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allplanets-hollow, "deandddd" <deandddd

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List Members,

 

Here is just one piece from the Religions & Legends section of Jan

Lamprecht´s book, Hollow Planets. There is a site by the same name:

www.holloplanets.com

 

Very interesting, but don´t go to Tibet!

 

Religion & Legends

 

Amazing tales emanated from Tibet. There were strange stories from

this land which was ruled by the Priest hood and whose Priests had

strange powers. There were some Westerners who decided to go sneaking

through this country to see what was really going on. It is to these

extremely hardy and dedicated individuals that we owe our

descriptions of Tibet before the Communist Chinese came and enslaved

that nation, and destroyed its priesthood.

 

One of these travellers was a German, Theodore Illion. Illion tackled

the task of sneaking through Tibet with typical Germanic

thoroughness. In 1932 he began planning his trip. He left Germany in

1934 and returned in 1936 whereupon he wrote his Ratfelhaftes Tibet.

Illion could speak Tibetan fluently. He intended travelling in

disguise. He planned to dress and behave like a Tibetan. He was to

find that the ignorance of the common people was great and this

helped him considerably in pulling this stunt off. The Lamas were

however cleverer, and he did not fool them as easily. In their

presence he would pretend to be deaf and dumb. Once in Tibet he was

sometimes found out. But he was also fortunate enough to make friends

with some of the Lamas who saw no harm in assisting him even though

this was forbidden.

 

Since Tibet is a mountainous desert there was little point in taking

beasts of burden with him. Sometimes one could travel hundreds of

miles without seeing a single blade of grass. So Illion began

practising the normal mode of travel in Tibet walking. He began

walking long distances. Then he began spending freezing nights in

northern Scandinavia at many degrees below zero.'

Illion's experiences in Tibet led him to believe that the Tibetans

over exaggerated when they spoke of an Underground City. Illion

believed that he had indeed discovered the Underground City. In his

introduction to Darkness over Tibet, Illion writes: "The existence of

an Underground City in Tibet is occasionally hinted at by well

informed people in the forbidden country, although the stories are

often extravagant and turn the Underground City, which I succeeded in

entering, into a `Mighty Underground Empire inhabited by millions of

people"' (emphasis added).

 

"Tibet becomes somewhat more accessible as the years roll by, and I

am confident that eventually explorers will confirm my description of

the Underground City of Tibet."

 

Tibet did not become more open, instead, the Tibet of that time with

its religious culture disappeared altogether. Saddest of all was the

deliberate Chinese destruction of this strange religious order which

fascinated so many and which had kept Tibet at peace for centuries.

The brutal Chinese suppression of religion in that country is one of

the darker events of this century. I also can't help but wonder what

happened to Mr Illion during World War II for one never hears of him

again.

 

Illion therefore does not place any credence in the existence of an

Underground Empire which has millions of inhabitants. But it does

nevertheless demonstrate that back in the 1930's there was talk among

the "well informed" of Tibet about the existence of a vast

Underground Empire "inhabited by millions."

 

Illion's City of Initiates, as he preferred to call it, was really

nothing special. He does not mention its exact location but does

mention passing through one of the sidevalleys of the Sangpo Valley

on his way there. He says it was located 20 miles from the nearest

village. It was located at a place where the valley widened to

approximately 400 yards across.

 

It can be likened to a sub surface apartment building. It consisted

of seven underground buildings arranged in a circle around a central

hole like a bore hole. At the top of each building was a staircase

which went down into it. And at the top were thick sheets of glass

through which sun light streamed. The rectangular patches at the top

measured 40 yards x 40 yards. The buildings could easily be

camouflaged if necessary. The railings and entrances could be hidden

and sand could be strewn across the top of the glass.

While waiting to be received into the city, Illion investigated the

central shaft. There was a wall around it, and he formed the

impression that the shaft was extremely deep. He then took a 10 pound

stone and threw it down to ascertain the hole's depth. But he never

heard the sound of it hitting the bottom. He then threw a 20 pound

stone down the shaft and listened carefully. After 35 40 seconds he

heard the sound of it scraping down the one side of the shaft but he

never heard it strike the bottom. He was getting ready to throw a 30

pound stone down the shaft when a messenger bade him to please stop!

Illion lived in the city for quite a while. During this time he

realised that several hundred people lived here. Life was very

regulated and rigid. This city, although composed of Tibetans, does

not seem to be in any way linked to the Tibetan Buddhist order or to

the Government of that country. It seems to have been a strange

religious cult which was extremely dangerous. At one point Illion

feared for his life and that was when he made his successful attempt

at escaping.

 

The buildings were several stories deep. How such a thing could have

been carved out of rock is a puzzle. Perhaps it is of ancient origin?

The strangest part of the complex was without a doubt the central

shaft. Its incredible depth was a mystery. At one point Illion

mentioned to his rich Tibetan friend, Narbu, that the shaft was very

deep. Narbu replied "It is immeasurably deep, but no one except the

Prince of Light and a few of the highest Initiates ... know where it

leads to. Anyone who would find out where it leads to and what it is

used for would have to die... There are such secrets:" The "Prince of

Light" was the cult's leader, and Illion came to dislike him greatly.

Illion could offer no further insight or guesses as to the function

of this shaft.

 

I should emphasise that there was no talk of this "city" being linked

to Agharta. llion believed that this was Agharta even though the

Tibetans themselves never claimed that. Narbu had referred to this as

the "City of Initiates." The "Prince of Light" never claimed to be

the "King of the World:" It is Illion who came to his own conclusion

that perhaps this was Agharta.

 

Illion decided to flee when he accidentally stumbled into

the "kitchen" and saw them cutting bits of flesh off a corpse and

cooking it. He had seen many human skeletal remains and had come to

suspect that there was cannibalism going on there. When he saw the

corpse being cut up he decided it was time to leave with the greatest

of haste. It should be pointed out that Tibetan Buddhists do not eat

meat, and this cannibalism is definitely an aberration by their

standards. The cult derived its power and finances from a number of

rich Tibetans who were caught up in it.

 

Illion's tale is the only one of its kind. His writing is very

rational as he discusses many aspects of Tibetan life and as he makes

his own observations of them. He seems to be level headed and had not

expected to stumble upon this strange cult. Illion's discovery has

never been verified because of the changes which have taken place in

Tibet since then.'

 

The tale of the extremely deep shaft is quite curious by itself.

There have long been rumours of deep tunnels in Tibet which led to

the Inner Earth. But whether this is in fact one of them is an open

question.

 

It is Illion's confirmation that there really was talk of a vast

Underground Empire of millions of inhabitants which is of interest to

us. This talk had enough substance for Illion to believe it was a

physical place.

 

Posted by Dean

allplanets-hollow/

 

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