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[BROOK]

Originally Posted by Luminari

Ha! sorry I don't do 'Glam'. Im partial to a bit of W.A.S.P though, my only L.A. hair-band weakness..

Welcome Ravens and Doves! is that an Emmy award I see, they are very pretty aren't they? What is your connection to that? Do tell us some stories some time, very interesting.

Sorry to alienate you with all the guitars DAN.. as much as it is a passion of mine. Music and guitars would probably score barely a 2 out of 10 compared with the really important stuff like:

The RA Material - The Law Of One

The Anastasia - Ringing Cedars of Russia books

RAMTHA's teachings

The Billy Meier Contacts

Nassim Haramein - The Resonance Project

The Disclosure Project - CSETI

James Gilliland's ECETI

David Wilcock's research

The ongoing genuine CROP CIRCLE phenomenon!

Anomalies on the MOON and MARS!!

With naked girls and booze coming in at about a 3 out of 10..

This forum has some excellent people on it doing amazing stuff, like Manticore, Astralwalker etc etc... and inspiring spiritual folk like FutureEyes, eXchanger, Mudra etc etc
And fun people that know how to party like all the avalon lounge crew (love you guys!) but I have been really disappointed with the forum as a whole lately in regards to the absence of discussion of those wonderful topics above and what I see as constant parroting of everything in the mainstream media and a whole lot of circular discussions on politics and vague conspiracies. I guess I just had high expectations for this place due to to Project Camelot association. Thanks particularly to Antaletriangle and Dantheman64 for keeping the UFO and SPACE topics at the forefront WHERE THEY SHOULD BE.
Well thanks for letting me have a rant.. feel better now.

Peace.

I with you Luminari...I'm a little disappointed as well...btw thanks for the Nassim Haramein lecture...and the Ramtha Teachings...very interesting stuff...but your right.
I've been lately trying to spark some interest in Sacred Geometery but the subject just lies flat. The main stream media is getting way too much atteition. We all know thier power...and with the attention they are getting it seems to be working
But Kudos to the great inspiring things we've been seeing from the members you've mentioned above...they are keeping it going.
My rant is over now too...Love you guys!

[Brinty]

Originally Posted by BROOK

I've been lately trying to spark some interest in Sacred Geometery but the subject just lies flat.

I have a certain frustration with this type of geometry awareness too. Many years ago I read a book that laid down the ground rules for understanding it. Magic squares were brought into it and by translating the numbers into a certain sequence on a page of graph paper, then connecting the dots in a certain sequence, you'd came up with elevation views of cathedral architecture.

What narks me is that I've turned my rather biggish library inside out and I can't find that book. Please tell me I didn't dream it.

I agree with both of you Luminari and Brook. There are just too many threads on politics and global warming type issues. We know there are political issues and we know there are global warming issues. We also know the sky is blue and that grass is green - but we don't go poking these things under people's noses so why the blazes cause thread pollution on Avalon? This is not what Avalon is about - it's about like minded people trying to interact with each other to find a way through the upcoming events with the least damage done.

Okay, I've finished, does anybody else want to step up onto this soapbox?

[Brinty]

Have you ever wondered what angels sound like when they sing?

Well, sit back in a comfortable armchair, turn the lights down real low and relax while Manhattan Transfer bring you a perfect example of close harmony singing without an instrument to be heard.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NNHDKxjZBiQ

[Brinty]

The next round of drinks is on me. So lets bring the lights up a little while those saucy barmaids bring them to you.

From a live gig in Dublin, here are a couple of songs from Ed Bruce. The first one is his advice to mothers on how not to let their children grow up, while the second one tells of evil angels on your shoulder and the things they make you do.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6STxeRZPEsI

[Dantheman62]

Originally Posted by Brinty

I have a certain frustration with this type of geometry awareness too. Many years ago I read a book that laid down the ground rules for understanding it. Magic squares were brought into it and by translating the numbers into a certain sequence on a page of graph paper, then connecting the dots in a certain sequence, you'd came up with elevation views of cathedral architecture.

What narks me is that I've turned my rather biggish library inside out and I can't find that book. Please tell me I didn't dream it.

I agree with both of you Luminari and Brook. There are just too many threads on politics and global warming type issues. We know there are political issues and we know there are global warming issues. We also know the sky is blue and that grass is green - but we don't go poking these things under people's noses so why the blazes cause thread pollution on Avalon? This is not what Avalon is about - it's about like minded people trying to interact with each other to find a way through the upcoming events with the least damage done.

Okay, I've finished, does anybody else want to step up onto this soapbox?

I kind of,sort of,just a little tiny bit disagree with the part of your post about to many political and global warming threads. Yes I think maybe just a tad to much, but on the other hand as long as they are posted in the right section then it doesn't really matter.
That's what all the different sections are for, so if they're posted correctly then you could actually just stay away from that section. I happen to think there is way to much spirituality stuff, and way to much doom and gloom that most won't even come true.

I'd also like to see a lot more science and astronomy posting but you have to take the good with the bad I guess. OK that's my soapbox time, LOL!

[Brinty]

Originally Posted by Dantheman62

That's what all the different sections are for, so if they're posted correctly then you could actually just stay away from that section.

You're right of course Dan. I just happened to be walking by and saw this unused soapbox sitting there. I think it must have been a magic soapbox because as soon as I stepped up on it, my blood pressure went up and I came over all bolshie and started making rude gestures.

[Dantheman62]

Here you go Brinty, a great song by some great guys! The Highwaymen-The Highwayman

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uw1bH...eature=related

[Brinty]

Originally Posted by Dantheman62

Here you go Brinty, a great song by some great guys! The Highwaymen-The Highwayman

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uw1bH...eature=related

Good one Dan, Check out Willie's views on hemp . . . . .

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k6tA3HxA9oQ

[Dantheman62]

Yeah he's always been a big advocate for that, and he's right!

[Dantheman62]

Here's some neat illusions...........

[Dantheman62]

[Brinty]

Very clever, makes me feel as though I've been partaking of some of what Willie was talking about Dan.

[Dantheman62]

Here's a good one...........

This must be the toughest optical illusion I’ve ever come across, created by American wildlife artist Rusty Rust, that shows a huge Bengal Tiger standing in a bamboo forest. Your mission now is to look for “The Hidden Tiger” in the image below, where is the hidden tiger?

[Dantheman62]

[777 The Great Work]

Originally Posted by Dantheman62

Here's a good one...........

This must be the toughest optical illusion I’ve ever come across, created by American wildlife artist Rusty Rust, that shows a huge Bengal Tiger standing in a bamboo forest. Your mission now is to look for “The Hidden Tiger” in the image below, where is the hidden tiger?

He's Hideing and no where to be found.

[BROOK]

[Luminari]

Originally Posted by 777 The Great Work

He's Hideing and no where to be found.

EUREKA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

It says 'the hidden tiger' in the stripes... man that took me a loooong time

im disappointed brain.. you let me down buddy.

BROOK have you seen this Dan Winter seminar yet?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tnMi-...7AC918&index=0

This guys a major smartty-pants, he totally gets off on saying things that will go over everyones head, and he keeps blowing your mind again and again

You will laugh when he talks about 'erotic planets' and the sun 'orgasming'..
watch the whole series if you can!

[BROOK]

Congrats Luminari....don't feel bad...I got some hints before I could find it

Dan Winter is something else...I've seen several of his video seminars and am in the process of checking out a few more....you pegged it
He loves to say things that go over your head...flat floors you
then he throws you a curve

[Luminari]

I will be going to an Ivan Stein 2012 maya calendar lecture in a few days.. This guy:
http://projectavalon.net/forum/showt...ighlight=stein

There is a good chance Brinty might come too! fun

[BROOK]

Originally Posted by Luminari

Yes.. well I will have to do some catching up and watch some more of his, back to work for another week tommorow (im on a funny roster).

I almost definately (just got to swap 1 shift at work) will be going to an Ivan Stein 2012 maya calendar etc etc lecture on monday night, up in Maleny.. This guy:
http://projectavalon.net/forum/showt...ighlight=stein

There is a good chance Brinty might come too! fun

Sounds like great fun!

[Luminari]

My housemate is going to EGYPT in 2 days... I have given her cash to buy me a TON of souveniers, exciting.. hoping to go over myself next year, as long as WW3 doesn't break out. fingers crossed, I am determined to go up the great pyramid even if it means spending the night in egyptian jail!

The Japanese tourists have got it down to an artform, here is an interesting account (apologies for the wall of text):

Pyramid climbing had been permissible up to the 1980s until Egyptian authorities forbade it following the deaths of several climbers. Despite the ban, the Great Pyramid is still climbed periodically as author Hancock had done, generally in the dead of night. Sometimes guards are bribed and guides hired to show intrepid climbers the way up. Other climbers prefer to forgo paying unnecessary bribes and find ways of avoiding opportunistic guards.

Interestingly enough, the leading nationality of these thrifty nocturnal climbers are the Japanese. Young Japanese travelers in Egypt have made Pyramid Climbing virtually a profession. They even have a handwritten book about how to do it in one of the hotels in Cairo.

Never Give Up! is the Japanese climber’s motto for surmounting the Pyramid, or as it is written in their book: Never Up Give!

The temptation to climb the Great Pyramid proved too great even for me to ignore despite my academic background in historical preservation and, more importantly, my fear of heights. I had climbed pyramids in Mexico and a minor pyramid or two in Egypt but Cheops just laughed at me. After all, what were these pitiful things compared to the Great Pyramid?

At 450 feet (135 meters), the Great Pyramid is nothing to sneeze at, especially when you’re clinging to the side of it for dear life in the dark, 200 feet up and a sneeze would send you tumbling to the ground in a broken bloody heap.

Before going, I diligently consulted the Japanese book for the necessary information. The book was a compilation of various personal accounts and advice from successful climbers written in both Japanese and English. In addition there were detailed maps on how to sneak into the area and which side to climb.

Around three in the morning, I and another American, Greg, sneaked onto the pyramid grounds. We had both taught English in Egypt for nearly a year and decided we had to climb the pyramid before we left. We went crouching and darting about like ninjas amongst the shadows trying to avoid the guards. We climbed up one of the small pyramids supposedly made for Cheops’ Queens to see where the guards were posted. From there, we watched the guards walk back and forth taking note of their positions before climbing back down. We were prepared to make our ascent but unfortunately, the guards had other plans.

Our ninja skills must have been a wee bit rusty because the guards caught us. They harassed us at first with threats of jail and fines but they soon softened up and asked for a friendly bribe. In the end, they let us go once they realized we didn’t have any money to bribe them with and that arresting us would require them to actually work. The guards weren’t paid enough to do actual work so they escorted us out.

We waved goodbye to them, walked out of sight, then sneaked back in. This time we skirted wide around the Great Pyramid running along the open area between the Sphinx and the Pyramid of Khafre/Khephren. We were horribly exposed but somehow the gods that protect fools were with us and no one saw us.

The Japanese book had listed the southwest corner of the pyramid as the safest place to climb. Here the pyramid resembled a high-stepped staircase of steady, firm blocks. It makes for easy climbing but we made the mistake of scaling straight up the middle of the west side rather than the corner. We didn’t take the corner because we were afraid of being spotted again. Instead we nearly ended up as bloody spots at the bottom of the pyramid.

The west side was steep and crumbly. There was nowhere for us to stop and rest. It was tricky business climbing as our feet kept slipping out from underneath us and our hands kept losing their grip from time to time. Our only comfort was that we had promised each other if one of us should fall to our horrible gory demise, we would not scream out during our death plunge so as to give away the other.

We eventually achieved the summit in about half an hour. At the top of the pyramid was a small flat area the size of a Japanese apartment where several people could sit. It was also large enough for several thousand mosquitoes to gather and dine on weary climbers. I took my shoes and socks off and soon found my feet covered with mosquitoes.

From our vantage point, we could see the lights of Cairo twinkling in the near distance. The city is practically squats at the pyramid’s doorstop like an obstinate Jehovah Witness who refuses to take no for an answer. One day I fear Cairo may completely surround the pyramids and swallow them up whole.

We were not there long when three Japanese climbers suddenly popped up. They had taken the proper route so they were more relaxed both physically and mentally. They had been able to rest along the way and they didn’t have to get reacquainted with their religious faith as we did when we implored what powers that be not to let us fall.

We took each other’s pictures then waited for the sunrise together. Unfortunately my pictures were later stolen along with the camera they were in along with the bag the camera was in by some junky thief in London. But that’s another story.

The pollution of Cairo looked beautiful in the morning light; unfortunately it blocked out any sunrise. The sky just got lighter and lighter but the sun didn’t show till 9 a.m. or 10 a.m. and by then we were long gone.

Kheprhen’s Pyramid loomed massively near us while the Sphinx looked like no more than a week-old kitten with a genetic defect resembling an Egyptian Pharoah’s head. Behind us the desert stretched into the nothingness of sand. In front of us the Giza Plain stretched into the Pizza Hut that was directly across the street.

When we decided we had fed the mosquitoes enough, we descended. We got caught again but this is the normal procedure at this stage of the venture. Fortunately it wasn’t the same group as before. That might have damaged the friendly relations, which Greg and I had worked so hard to establish with the first group.

They took us to a guard station and made us sit there for an hour. Eventually the captain came out to question us. He asked me where I heard that I could climb the pyramid. I told him in a book. He asked which book. “Mark Twain’s Innocents Abroad,” I told him. I neglected to inform him the book was over 130 years out of date.

When he asked the Japanese their nationality, I was surprised when they said “Thai.” I later learned that every climber from the “Land of the Rising Sun” goes up the pyramid Japanese, but comes down Thai or some other Asian nationality whose country doesn’t have the economical means to sustain its citizenry in paying off large bribes. Typically, Japanese are favorite targets of Egyptian hustlers, guards, and touts in relieving large amounts of money from them.

Disappointed with the “Thai-ness” of his three Asian detainees, the captain left. After sitting around for another half hour, we finally just got up and left as well. The guards made minimal protests to our departure. They go through this little routine just about every morning so they were not too concerned. We were confidant they wouldn’t shoot us but, just in case, I bravely made sure Greg and the Japanese were blocking me from the guards’ line of fire as we walked away.

[BROOK]

wow..I often thought that would be great fun

Funny I would have never have thought there were mosquitoes in Egypt. Don't know why..guess the hot dry climate

[Brinty]

Originally Posted by BROOK

Funny I would have never have thought there were mosquitoes in Egypt. Don't know why..guess the hot dry climate

Probably BROOK, something to do with the curse of The Mummy - or old King Tut.

[Brinty]

Hey, I need to blow the cobwebs out of my head - so lets get Kenny Ball and his Jazz Band to tell us about the demise of Old Man Moe.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=603jGzk41j4

[Brinty]

Oh boy, I'm starting to feel better already - hang on - what's that I hear, it's coming from outside. Sounds like there's some Trad Jazz happening. Let's take a peek, if we're lucky, we might get to see some impulsive dancing. Come on, let's go.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dKfDK-LZs6o