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Series - Laura Knight-Jadczyk
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Grail Quest and The Destiny of Man Now we get to some subject matter that is dear to the heart of many contemporary Grail Questors. A connection between Oak Island and the Shepherds of Arcadia would have been unheard of by those who have gone long before us because Oak Island is in North America. Or would it? Actually, I am going about this whole subject in a backward sort of way, and perhaps when it is all done, I will rearrange it so that the subjects come in a more chronological order. But then again, maybe this is the order in which it should be written. I apologize for jumping back and forth in "time," but it seems that the process has taken on a life of its own. I first heard about Oak Island when I was just a kid. My grandfather subscribed to several magazines, one of which, (I think it was "Argosy,") printed an article on the "Oak Island Mystery." I was completely fascinated by this account and it stayed in the back of my mind for many years. After the Cassiopaeans came along, as I have described before, I was like a kid in a candy store. It was fun to go through my many books and just ask question after question about all the things that were mysterious in our world. In a sense, it was a sort of "test" just to see WHAT they would say about these things, and I had no particular attachment to their remarks because, in many cases, there was no way to validate them. In terms of "Mysteries," one theory was about as good as another. I was initally just curious to get a LOT of material to analyze later, so I was jumping through things in a quick and haphazard way. I didn't know what an editing headache I was creating for myself. Heck, I had no idea what an impact the Cassiopaeans were going to have on my life! We didn't even record the first half dozen or so sessions because we didn't think it was that important! Before we get to the Cassiopaean comments on the Oak Island Mystery, I believe it would be useful to briefly recapitualate what is presently known about it. Oak Island is situated off the coast of Nova Scotia, and it is thought that the name of the island relates to the many oak trees that formerly dotted the small speck of land. There are a couple of residents who have built homes there, and in recent times, a causeway was built which effectively makes it no longer an island, but a peninsula. As is the case with other "Legends," there are a number of apoclyptic versions of the "discovery" on Oak Island. One version of the story tells us that, in 1795, a few young lads rowed over to the island to explore as part of an "adventure game" or on a dare. They were attracted to the "mystery" of the island because it was claimed by the local Indians to be haunted due to the fact that strange lights had reportedly been seen there. Knowing how such stories get told and retold, it is likely that the island was considered to be haunted by the locals, and dangerously so. A Chester woman whose mother had been one of the earliest settlers reported that once when the fires and lights had been observed, a boatload of men who had gone to investigate had disappeared without a trace. Whatever version of the story is told, the names of the three boys were Daniel McGinnis, John Smith, and Anthony Vaughn. As to what the boys "discovered," again there are some variations. It was a large oak tree with either a "large ship's pulley" hanging from an overhanging branch, or the "burn marks" on the branch that looked as though a heavy load had been suspended from a rope at that point. Details about the vegetation either being cleared away, or new growth in an area under and around the tree occur in different versions. The boys apparently decided that they had discovered a place where pirates had buried treasure, so they went off to fetch digging tools to recover whatever must be buried there. They dug a circular shaft 13 feet in diameter and, according to the basic story found strange things - barriers - at various levels: at 4 feet, flagstones; at 10 feet, a platform of solid oak; at 20 feet another oak platform, and at 30 feet, still another oak platform. Obviously, three boys weren't going to dig that much. Apparently, after the initial discoveries that something mysterious was indeed indicated, they had sought help from some men of the community. But it was all in vain because the hole suddenly filled with water just at the point when they thought they were going to get to the treasure. Nine years went by. In 1804, Simeon Lynds formed a "treasure hunting syndicate and digging resumed. At 40 feet, another layer of Oak covered with putty was found. Then there was a layer of charcoal. At 50 feet there was another oak platform sealed with coconut fiber. At 60, 70 and 80 feet, oak platforms; at 90 feet, a flat stone was reportedly found that measured 3 x 1 feet. The stone was said to not be native to the areas and had "strange markings" on it. The story about the stone is rather confusing. It was said to have been installed at the back of a fireplace for a number of years. It was later "recovered" and exhibited to raise money for more digging. A Professor of languages claimed to have "cracked the code" and translated the markings to say "10 feet below, 2 million pounds." Someone else who saw the stone in the early years of this century remembered that whe he saw it, there were no "strange markings." It seems to have disappeared. At 98 feet, water began to pour in, apparently channeled to the pit through a series of stone-lined, coconut fiber filled conduits that act as "wicks." In 1849, a new syndicate was formed that bored 5 holes. They found that at the 98 foot level, there was a spruce platform 5 inches thick. This was followed by a 12 inch space, then 4 inches of oak, and then 22 inches of drilling brought up bits of metal. Also retrieved were 3 metal links of a chain. Following that event, which excited the drillers because it was claimed that the chain was gold and "looked ancient," (though I have never read an account by anyone who had actually SEEN it - it was always hearsay), the drillers kept going and encountered 8 inches of oak, another 22 inches of metal; 4 inches of oak; 6 inches of spruce; then 7 feet of clay and nothing else. At one point, it was reported that a James Pitblado found and pocketed something off the drill, but there is no firm idea as to whether this really happened, and if so, what the item was. In 1859, another attempt was made. This was when the conduits were discovered that repeatedly filled the pit with water. The discovery of the flood tunnels convinced this horde of idiots that there was a fabulous treasure. They reasoned that it was inconceivable that anyone would go to that much trouble to conceal ordinary treasure! Of course, the more logical reason would be to think that it was never meant to be dug up and therefore, could NOT be treasure! In 1865, still another attempt. This gang tunneled beside the original shaft, into it sideways, built a dam against the water, and so forth. Failure. In 1894, a new gang dynamited the flood tunnel! They lowered a pipe into the pit and at 126 feet, they struck iron. They drilled past the obstruction and, at 151 feet, hit CEMENT! Drilling futher, after 2 more inches, they encountered 5 inches of oak and then "large metal objects," then "loose metal," and then more "large metal objects." Sounds to me like there was some kind of big machine buried down there and they were just tearing it apart with their drills! There were attempts in 1931, and in 1963, a hole 80 feet wide and 130 feet deep was dug. Nothing. In the 1990s, a submarine TV camera revealed what looked like three chests and a severed hand. Divers were lowered to a depth of 235 feet, but found nothing. A good question to ask here is: what would a severed hand be doing down there? The bodies of the several people who have died during the 200 years of attempts to excavate this pit were all completely recovered. In any event, the lighting of the film was bad, there was nothing to provide scale. What was seen as a "chest" could have been a piece of wood a few inches square. Now, what seems to me to be the obvious questions are: why would someone who buries a "treasure" leave such things as a "marker stone," or a depression in the ground, marks on a tree, and other obvious signs of concealing said treasure? Doesn't make a lot of sense, does it? All the stories, legends, assumptions, beliefs and "wishful thinking" have been generated by treasure hunters who have an agenda: to get money to dig to get more money! Then, there are the folks who have linked this mystery to the Legends of the Holy Grail, the Ark of the Covenant, and so on. There are no artifacts in existence that have been validated reliably, and the site itself has been so obliterated by greed that no self-respecting archaeologist would even dream of attempting to sort out the mess! Despite all the books and articles and supposed investigations, there is a dark shadow of greed and avarice hiding the facts of the matter. We can wishfully think all we want, but that doesn't make a story true - as it is told, that is. And that is the crux of the matter. Where there is smoke, there is likely to be some fire, even if only a little! And, there are real questions about Oak Island that beg answers. Was the pit dug by humans? If so, what humans would have the capabilities of excavating such a pit? Was it a storage chamber? If so, WHAT was stored in it? If it was not a storage chamber, what other explanations can there be for the apparent original disturbance of the landscape? How, at this late date, would it be possible to sort through all the lies and confusion? How do we explain the burn marks/pulley on the tree and the cannon shot reportedly found during the original dig? Is this evidence of pirates and treasure? Or an ammo dump? But, if it was that, why go to such extreme measures to make the materials almost impossible to access in a rapid manner? That doesn't make sense. And, if it was a practical joke perpetrated by some young boys, it is certainly one of the most elaborate and long lived pranks in history! There is a pretty extensive body of work about the Oak Island Mystery. We find ourselves in the presence of a very great mystery that has defied two hundred years of brawn and brain to solve it! Now, with so great a host of words already spent on the subject, notwithstanding that the mystery has never been solved in any concrete and verifiable way, what more could I add to the matter without further muddying the waters? I actually hesitate to offer anything at all! Nevertheless, before getting into Oak Island properly, there are several other related subjects that need to be addressed that will be seen to have a bearing on our discussion in rather unusual ways. As I described in Amazing Grace, I had been a rather severe critic of the "alien abduction/UFO" ideas that were being discussed in certain circles. I suppose you could have placed me in the company of arch skeptic, Phil Klass, and we would have had a lot in common! But, as described in the above mentioned series of pages, I was rather "tricked" into actually reading a large body of material about the phenomenon that left me with an odd sensation that SOMETHING was going on and this, of course, piqued my curiosity to no end. It was later in that year that I had my own "experience" with a UFO, and the rest is history. But, in all the literature I devoured obsessively from that point on, I was still puzzled by the endless variations of opinions, views, stories of anomalous happenings, and, most of all, I was baffled by the apparent "paranormal" powers exhibited in these cases. Of course, it is an easy answer to attribute all of it to "Satanic" or "demonic" activities, but that begged the question of exactly how some of these feats of apparent levitation and overcoming of the known laws of physics were accomplished. So, very early in the Cassiopaean contact, on October 25, 1994, the following small exchange occurred:
Later still, in November of 1994, another curious exchange had occurred and the tape of the session was so full of static that it could not be recovered. But, the essence of the discussion had been about the physical creation of the universe and the role supernovae play in generation of matter from thought. So, I asked for a little recapitulation on this subject:
Well, that was pretty interesting and it was clear that this was something I was supposed to study and learn. A few days later, a member of our group was telling a story about how he had just experienced a tremendously interesting synchronicity that seemed to absolutely confirm a current theory that he was testing.
Now, I hope you noticed the implications of this little series of questions and answers. The main thing to understand is that "it is no trouble at all" for certain forces to set up all sorts of elaborate "synchronous" events to lead humans astray in their investigations, their research, and their thinking. The suggestion of time travel capabilities, mind manipulation capabilities, and so on, utilized for the purposes of maintaining a cover over some other activities simply staggers the mind. And, this puts a rather grim light on anything and everything we attempt to uncover in all areas of human endeavor! And, it is something I have never forgotten. When I read, study, interact with other people, make discoveries, and so forth, I always look for the funny "glitches" that can signal to me that some sort of "confirmation" is being engineered. And, when I see it, when I detect it, I stop what I am doing and carefully analyze about where I am going with my thinking so that I, too, will not fall into the trap of disinformation. But, it is never a sure thing! But, this started me to thinking about what kinds of capabilities such beings might have, so, a little later that same session, I asked the following:
Well, we were nonplussed with such an answer and, having no basis at the time, on which to frame further questions, we moved on to the following which, as we will see, is also related to our subject:
A few weeks later, on December 10, 1994, sort of out of the blue, I threw the Oak Island question on the table. I had been reading an article about it and my curiosity about it from childhood all came bubbling to the surface.
As you can see, we were not really taking the matter seriously at all! It was just a fun question with no urgency as to whether or not we obtained an answer, and we had no investment IN the answer! It was five months before we brought the subject up again. In the meantime, I had read several more books and articles on the story so that I would be able to ask more specific questions. I wasn't exactly sure that the "remolecularizer" that they had said was on Oak Island was the same thing as the Transdimensional Remolecularizer, but I assumed, apparently correctly, that this was so:
Well, yes, as a matter of fact. Over and over again the Cassiopaeans have told us that we have to learn to use our minds, to think, to analyze, to follow clues and recover information that is already existing on the planet which, if assembled properly, will tell a complete story. After I had transcribed the session, I studied it for clues. The two things that struck me as being the most productive paths to follow were the words "Arcadia," "sect" and "alchemy." There was nothing else in the session that was, for all intents and purposes, verifiable. It was an interesting interpretation; nothing more. I had read somewhat extensively on alchemy in years past, and was familiar with most of the "exoteric" ideas; but, so many other things had demanded my attention that this most curious belief in the transmutation of metals was put aside. I pulled down the various books I had on the subject and began to read. In retrospect, I understand that the Cassiopaeans were very gently suggesting a certain path... a course of study and learning that was to have enormous implications. And, most curious of all, the connections of "Arcadia," "sect," and "alchemy" would become the central motif of the Greatest Mystery of all - the search for the Holy Grail. And it all began on Oak Island... for me, at least. References For Oak Island Crooker, William S., The Oak Island Quest, Lancelot Press, Hantspost (N.S.), 1978. Evans, Millie, Nova Scotia's Oak Island : the unsolved mystery, Tantallon, N.S. : Four East, 1993 Furneaux, Rupert, The Money Pit Mystery, Dodd, Mead and Co., New York, 1972. Harris, Reginald V., The Oak Island Mystery, McGraw-Hill Ryerson, Toronto, 1958. Hine, Charles Gilbert, Travels in Nova Scotia in the Year Nineteen Thirteen, (publisher stats not currently available). Kingston, Jeremy, Mystere's de i'insolite, Le Livre de Paris, Hachette, Paris, 1980. Leary, Thomas P., The Oak Island enigma : a history and inquiry into the origin of the money pit, T.P. Leary, 1953. Available on the Web at The author's site. Marcil, Claude, Oak Island: l'Ile du Tresor, ISBN 2920176625 O'Connor, D'Arcy, The Money Pit: The Story of Oak Island, Coward and McCann, Geoghegan, New York, 1978. O'Connor, D'Arcy, The Big Dig, Ballantine Books 1988 Young, George, Ancient Peoples and Modern Ghosts, Lunenburg County Print Ltd. Lunenburg (N.S.), 1980
Finnan, Mark, Oak Island Secrets. Halifax: Formac Publishing Ltd. 1995.
Platt, Cameron, and John Wright, The Fascinating World of Pirates, Buried Treasure, and Fortune Hunters. Golden, Colorado: Fulcrum 1995.
Doyle, Lynn C., "Nova Scotia's Treasure Island", MacLean's, 1 June 1931. Ellerd, Kerry, "Finding Buried Treasure: It's an Expensive Business", Montreal STAR (weekend magazine), Feb 6, 1971. French, Carey, "Treasure Island? Fabled Booty Eludes the Fortune Hunters", Globe and Mail, Toronto, 19 Nov 1983. Howlett, A., "Mystery of Captain Kidd's Treasure", World Wide Magazine, Oct 1958. MacDonald, David, "Oak Island's Mysterious `Money Pit'", Reader's Digest, Jan. 1965. Morell, Parker, "The Money Pit", Saturday Evening Post, Toronto, Oct 14, 1939. Morell, Virginia, "The Pit and the Perplexities", Equinoxe, May-June 1983. Teale, Edwin, "Captain Kidd's Gold?", Popular Science, vol 134 #4, April 1939.
Preston, Douglas. "Death Trap Defies Treasure Seekers for Two Centuries", _Smithsonian_, June, 1988 (Vol. 19, No. 3)
Crooker, William W., Oak Island Gold: One of the world's most baffling mysteries. Halifax: Nimbus, 1993 "Island of controversy" Maclean's, August 21, 1995 "Yep, they're still digging..." Forbes, September 26, 1995
Freeman, Patricia, and Dirk Mathison. "Adventure: Writer D'Arcy O'Connor, Digging Deep into 'Money Pit' Lore, Unearths a Trove of Mysteries", People, 6 Mar., 1989. Available at The Electric Library . Proctor, Steve, "Island of Controversy. (Oak Island Salvage Operation)", Maclean's, Vol. 108, 21 August 1995. Available at The Electric Library . Gomez, Linda, "Cover Story: 8 Great Buried Treasures This Lucky Man Found His, But Others Lie Unclaimed", Life, 1 March, 1987. Available at The Electric Library . The reader may also wish to check out some websites with further information (or DISinformation - you never know!) The Oak Island Mystery has many links, maps and other information. The Oak Island Mystery by Lionel and Patricia Fanthorpe (this site is to sell their book that claims to have the solution to the mystery that is "challenging, controversial and disturbing.") The Mystery Pit of Oak Island where numerous other links can be found.
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