Exploring Sound : The Secret : I

We all are familiar with the concept of sound...
Sound in simple terms is a form of energy, it is a vibration. If you want it in complex scientific terms, click here!
Sound propagates through the three states namely, solid, liquid, and gas. So basically, it needs a medium through which it can move, or be transferred.
Although some may argue that sound is not to be mixed with acoustics, which includes sound, vibration, ultrasound and infrasound. Another definition for acoustics would be 'the study of mechanical waves in the three states'.
 But let's just stick to sound.
I'm not going to deal with the entire concept of sound, rather let's find out what the Ancients knew about this enigmatic force.....

Mantras

You might have heard the word "Mantra". The Western world relates the term to 'magic'. For example, 'success mantra' or 'mantras for good health'. But that is not the case. Mantra in the Hindu society means a definitive chant. The Hindu Mantras have their own ritualistic and mythological background, and the Vedas, the Upanishads, the Puranas, and the Dharma Sutras supply enough evidence for the therapeutic purpose of the Mantras.Every Mantra is unique and affords special benefits to those who chant it with full faith and dedication.

Combination of mantras with mudras and body posture also benefits and brings out the full potential of  the effect of the mantra itself. Every mantra has it's own tone and and speed counts too. And pronunciation plays very important role! Mistakes can lead to other effects and so these mantras must be supervised.

Various gods have been mentioned in the mantra sastras. There is a large compilation called a Mantra Maharnava; ‘An Ocean of Mantras’ is the name of that book. All kinds of mantras are described, with their mode of application, like we may have mathematical formulae for the manufacture of different kinds of nuclear warheads or weapons. The formulae change according to the requirement on hand. So a particular mantra of a god is a formula. It is a mathematical equation, as it were, which conjures up a hidden energy and releases it into action, and the mantra does what we expect it to do.

The mantra japa, therefore, is a sacred act of the spiritual seeker. It is not merely a verbal audible utterance of a word or a linguistic formula. It is a preparation for going inward into the very power with which we are able to vocalise or articulate the mantra. 

In a similar manner is the energy that we can invoke in our own selves by a mental cooperation with the actual reciting of the mantra through the vocal organs. It is not necessary for us to struggle hard to understand what kind of god may be there in front of the mantra; the god will manifest itself automatically. When a particular chemical combination is swallowed, its definite action will be palpable. Everybody will know what particular effect will be there through a particular given chemical combination, and he need not theoretically argue about it.

"Mantras are not small things. Mantas have power. They are the mind 

vibration in relationship to the Cosmos. The Science of Mantra is based on

the knowledge that sound is a form of energy having structure, power, and a

definite, predictable effect on the chakras and the human psyche." 

                                                                                                                  -Yogi Bhajan

Being awakened or enlightened is not simply a mental state. 

It is a physiological state as well. How we breathe, how the 

glands secrete, how the nervous system is operating, all of this 

changes based on what we speak, what we hear, and what we perceive.

"The meaning of the Word-Sound is not what is important.

It is the effect of the Word-Sound that matters."

                                                                                                   -Hari Singh Kalsa

Channeling By Tom Kenyon : Galactic Alignment

The Galactic Alignment is the alignment of the December solstice sun with the Galactic equator. This alignment occurs as a result of the precession of the equinoxes.(I'll cover this topic in future posts.)

Precession is caused by the earth wobbling very slowly on its axis and shifts the position of the equinoxes and solstices one degree every 71.5 years. Because the sun is one-half of a degree wide, it will take the December solstice sun 36 years to precess through the Galactic equator. This Galactic Alignment occurs only once every 26,000 years, and was what the ancient Maya were pointing to with the 2012 end-date of their Long Count calendar.

The Transformation of Self-limiting Thought Forms and Beliefs ~ A Hathor Planetary Message through Tom Kenyon

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As channeled by Tom Kenyon :

Due to the Solstice/Galactic Alignment that took place on Dec. 21st 2012, you are now experiencing an increased influx of catalytic evolutionary energies. This state of affairs is potentially elevating as well as disruptive due to the increased polarization of humanity.
We shall focus our comments on the elevating aspect of these new energies.
As a result of the increase in spiritual light that is entering your solar system, your higher dimensional aspects are, in many ways, now more accessible.
In truth, these dimensions have always been accessible to you for they are a part of your nature, but with the passing of the galactic alignment some of the veils have been and will continue to be, lifted.
Your experience of this will differ from others, based upon your ability to sense subtle energies. But the shift has occurred, and it will affect the course of human history at its roots.
How this will be played out in your collective timeline is yet to be seen. What we wish to address here are methods and approaches you can use to positively affect your timeline and your personal evolution through the transformation of self-limiting thought forms and beliefs.
Philosophical Considerations
From our perspective you have been encumbered by many of your religious and spiritual philosophies. While these considerations may seem abstract, in point of fact, these thought forms affect perception, and by their very nature they limit your experience in the worlds of matter.
Many, but not all of your religious and spiritual traditions, look askance at the world of matter. They say that heaven, paradise or some such version of perfected existence, lies outside of your experience as an embodied human being.
Indeed, some of them consider your physicality to be an error or a “sin,” and you are tainted by the mere fact that you have a body. While you may have distanced yourself intellectually from such beliefs, these thought forms move through the underworld of your culture. They affect how the bulk of humanity views itself.
If you consciously or unconsciously accept this thought form then you are bound by it, and there will be a tension between your transcendent aspects (i.e., your multidimensionality) and your embodied existence. This is an unfortunate situation from our perspective.
We view consciousness as one continuum, from the highest vibratory levels where non-duality is the reigning principal, down through the realms of light into the realms of matter. There are vibratory boundaries, for sure, but the worlds of matter are just as “sacred” as the highest realms of light and pure consciousness.
When you attain this realization you will have access to all dimensions of your being, which will increase your spiritual courage, capacity for deep insight, and creativity, as well as your healing/self-healing abilities.
We wish to suggest a method for jumping into this reality—to experience it directly. Using this method on a regular basis will accelerate the transition from a limited sense of being into your larger multidimensional Self.
Some of you will be able to make this transition quickly. Others will require more time. How long it will take depends upon how infested you are with limiting thought forms.
The Method
This method uses the Central Channel of energy that runs from the crown at the top of your head, through the center of your body to your perineum, a point midway between your anus and your genitals. Some refer to this channel as the Pranic Tube, the Central Pillar or the Secret Channel.
In this method you first sense and imagine that this channel runs from your perineum upward, through the center of your body, to your crown at the top of your head.
Next, imagine that this channel extends to a point above your head. You can locate this point by temporarily raising your arms straight above you and then touching your fingertips together directly above your head. Where your fingers touch is the location. From the perspective of Egyptian Alchemy, this point is an energetic portal for your BA, your Celestial Soul. Your BA is an aspect of your being that is outside time and space as you experience them, and your BA is a source of immense spiritual insight and abilities. For us, this point is just one of several gateways to your multidimensionality.
Next, you then extend your Central Channel through your perineum into the Earth. Depending upon your personal energetics, this channel may move a few inches into the Earth or many miles. In some cases the Central Channel can extend to the center of the Earth itself. Through this extension of your Central Channel to the multidimensional gateway above your head and then down into the Earth, you symbolically join together the worlds of matter and the realms of light. Some refer to this as the union of Earth and Sky or the marriage of Heaven and the Earth.
The next step, in this method, is to play the Aethos Sound Meditation while holding an awareness of the entire channel, from the gateway above your head, through the center of your body and into the Earth.
We suggest that you work with the five-minute sound track first. Due to the high vibratory nature of the Aethos, you will set off in yourself a spiritual purification of your Central Channel when you hold your awareness in the manner we described above.
As you continue to work with the meditation in this way you will bring to the surface of your awareness all types of thought forms that are “housed,” so to speak, within your chakra system and cellular memory.
The end point of clearing limiting beliefs and thought forms is the realization that you are the Living Mystery. You are the union of matter and light. And by your very nature, you are a Bridge Between the Worlds and thus have access to all the treasures of all the realms.
Think of this method as a type of spiritual house cleaning. As thought forms arise during this meditation, you determine if you wish to continue living in this belief or not. If not, you discard it like an old broken piece of furniture you no longer need or want. If you wish it, keep it. If not, let it go.
When you are comfortable with the 5-minute track, you can experiment with the 30-minute version if you wish, or you could work with a few five-minute tracks in a single meditation session. DO NOT, however, engage this meditation more than once a day unless you are prepared for a journey into your underworld.
We are not dangling this warning like some type of “cosmic carrot” to entice you. It is a call to spiritual sobriety as you disentangle yourself from culturally reinforced negative and limiting thought forms.
This simple meditation can bring you immense benefit by allowing you to clear yourself of beliefs and thought forms that have limited you in the past.
If you are committed to the transformation of your own limiting thought forms and beliefs, we suggest you revisit this meditation method often.
The Hathors
February 20, 2013

Tom’s Thoughts and Observations

After receiving this message, I asked my mentors to explain further their thoughts about the Solstice event of December 21, 2012.
They are of the opinion that with this particular galactic alignment there was indeed a burst of intense spiritual light and evolutionary energies from the galactic center. But as they have always said, this alignment did not signal the end of the planet. It did, however, usher in a new wave of catalytic and evolutionary energies.
I imagine there were quite a few people disappointed on the morning of December 22nd when nothing external particularly happened after all the hoopla and hype. But then human history is full of similar prophecies of doom that came to nothing. A quick Internet search of the phrase “ the history of prophecies of doom” will bring up a veritable plethora of historic doomsdays that came and went.
But if the Hathors are correct, while the physical planet did not end on the Solstice of 2012, it entered a new epoch.
The Hathors are of the distinct opinion that humanity was infused with an increase of spiritual light as a result of this last galactic alignment. How that infusion of light will affect each individual will vary from person to person.
Furthermore, the Hathors believe that this infusion of light is now working itself through our individual atomic structures—literally affecting the interactions of light and matter within us.
I asked them to clarify this because it seemed a bit vague. What did they mean by interactions between matter and light?
Their view of these interactions is based on the premise that matter and light are intimately related, and in some ways they are two sides of the same coin. This relationship between light and matter was expressed by Albert Einstein in his famous equation E=mc2. From this perspective our bodies, which are composed of matter, could theoretically transform into light under certain conditions—under extreme and unusual conditions I might add.
But what I found truly intriguing about their answer was their take on the nature of light itself. For them physical light and spiritual light are also intimately related. The range of vibration that we call “light” (meaning the electromagnetic spectrum that we can see with our eyes) is only a small portion of the entire energy spectrum.
According to the Hathors, spiritual light vibrates much faster than physical light (and faster than any category of energy in the electromagnetic spectrum as well). But due to their intimate relationship, spiritual light can step-down into physical light under certain conditions and vice versa.
When I asked them to clarify their use of the term spiritual light further, they said that this type of light is an expression of consciousness and is normally encountered only during profoundly altered states of awareness—as in certain types of Samadhi (yogic trance) or during mystical contemplation. This is because spiritual light cannot be perceived with the physical senses but only through the agency of the deepest levels of consciousness itself.
When the Hathors said, “powerful interactions between matter and light are occurring within us,“ they were referring to both physical and spiritual light.
As in all things human, how each of us deals with this increased interaction between light and matter will be highly individualized. Some of us seem to be moving upward in consciousness, some of us seem to be treading water, and some of us seem to be losing our minds. Adding to the odd mix of irrationality, a disturbing number of us seem to be going berserk.
As these oscillations of matter into light and light into matter increase, the Hathors are of the opinion that we will see both an acceleration of human irrationality and luminosity (meaning an increase in spiritual awareness). And the world will be caught between this “seesaw” of self-destruction and self-realization. For this, and many other reasons, they think it would be very helpful—if not mandatory—that we clear out old thought forms and beliefs.
The Hathors view thought forms and beliefs as separate categories. Thought forms are concepts regarding reality, and when a culture accepts a thought form as true, it becomes a consensus reality—whether or not the thought form is accurate or not.
When an individual incorporates a thought form into his or her personal view of reality, the thought form becomes a belief.
The Method: Step-by-Step
1. Imagine and sense your Central Channel through the centerline of your body from your perineum up to your crown.
2. Extend the Central Channel to your BA point above your head. To locate this point, temporarily raise your arms directly over your head and touch your fingertips together. Where your fingertips touch is the general region of your BA point.
3. Next, extend your Central Channel into the Earth as far as it seems comfortable for you.
4. Place your awareness inside your Central Channel.
5. Play the Aethos Sound Meditation while focusing on the Central Channel.  Begin working with the five-minute version of the sound meditation at first, so as to become familiar with how this Method works for you.
6. At this point in the Method, you have two options.
Option 1:
The first option is to work on a specific thought form or limiting belief you know you are dealing with.  As you hold your awareness in the Central Channel, allow the energetic of the thought form/belief to present itself to you inside the channel. This energetic will present itself to you in the sensory modality or form that is natural for you. Thus, you might see it, or feel it in some way. You might also experience it in some other way(s). When the energetic emerges, keep your focus on it while the sound meditation is playing. When your mind wanders, bring it back.  Keep working with the energetic until you feel that there is a sense of openness or resolution in the region where the energetic of the thought form/belief was located.
It could easily take several sessions to work with particularly dense or deeply imbedded thought forms/beliefs.
Option 2:
The second option is to use the Aethos Sound Meditation to bring the energetics of a suppressed (or unconscious) thought form into your conscious awareness.
As you focus your attention inside the Central Channel, notice what arises. When you get a sense of an energetic in your Central Channel, focus on it with your full attention. This will eventually reveal to you the thought form that is connected to the energetic. When your mind wanders, bring it back to the energetic.
It is possible for more than one energetic to arise in your Central Channel. In this case, intuitively choose one energetic and work with it until you feel a sense of openness or resolution in the region where the energetic of the thought form/belief was located. You can then return and work with the other energetics that you noticed, in a later session, if you feel inclined to do so.
As with Option 1, it could easily take more than one session to work with dense or deeply imbedded thought forms/beliefs.
You will know that the thought form/belief has been transformed when you have a sense of resolution or openness. If you don’t sense this in the region where the energetic was located, continue to focus on the space where the energetic was, while still listening to the Aethos Sound Meditation until you get a clear sense of this openness or resolution.
If you don’t get this sense of completion, return to the Method again in another session for the purpose of further transforming this thought form/belief.
You will sense something new in yourself when you have fully transformed the thought form/belief. And you will most likely have a new mental, emotional, and/or spiritual resource that you did not have before.
You may have to work the Method several times if the thought form/belief is particularly dense (i.e., stubborn) or deeply imbedded.
Final Thoughts
I believe this Method has the power to reweave the tapestry of perceptual reality through the conscious transformation of self-limiting thought forms and beliefs.
This capacity to perceive the world in new ways is, I believe, one of our greatest (though often overlooked) potentials.

The power to change our perceptual reality is nothing less than the power to re-imagine ourselves and the world.
  

Namaste

Ancient Architecture : How the Pyramids were Built

This post is going to be dedicated to learning how the Pyramids were built!
Ever wondered how they were built, besides the astonishing question as to why?
Well, let's explore the mystic, shall we?

 Possible Myth

When we have to debunk something, we have to believe it first. We have to consider the possibility of such a thing and its implications. If it fits right into place, you might have to actually consider it as reality!

And that's what we're going to try now. Consider this : Aliens. Hope you haven't passed out or just laughing at it. Well and good? If Aliens have indeed made contact with us way before the "Common Era" , there's a slight chance that they might have given us their knowledge. A chance that opens up all doors and lifts the fog right up.

12 Pyramids of Thoth

Thoth is the Egyptian God of Knowledge for starters, but he did way more than that! What he did was leave knowledge on Emerald Tablets (Source) which includes how the pyramids were built. According to these tablets, he created it with the power of his mind. He laid out the design on the fourth dimension, and things fell into place on the third. One reason I give you to believe this is by the fact that these emerald tablets do not react to ANYTHING! They are incorruptible as far as physics is concerned.

Another belief is that, when Earth was going through a transitional period, the gravity became lesser. So less that one could move tons of square rocks and shape it into structures and Thoth did just that.

There are many theories behind the 'why' part of it, which I will cover in future posts.

           Insight on Possible Advanced Technology

There is another reality where an advanced technological power could have been adapted to build such entire structures. Probably a technology so advanced yet based on a simple idea that exists in our everyday life?

Sound

This idea is indeed very reliable and a believable aspect to justify the building of the Pyramids. 
Not to sound(pun intended) far flung again, but according to a channeling by William LePar (Source)   the Priests used a special tool to levitate objects using sound! 
The Council states : 
Special appliances. Basically, metallic rods held in hands. One was a barrel-shaped rod; the other was a staff rod. The high priest then would carry these, and it was used as a tuning mechanism. The assistant priests or the common priests then would concentrate, and through a means of chanting which would have been strictly cosmetic in actuality, the chanting served their conscious mind for concentration, but the chanting in itself served no other purpose; focusing these thoughts then and the high priests holding these rods, touching the stone or the block that had to be moved, created a field that negated the gravitational force, thus allowing that stone or that rock to rise.
The mind emanates an electrical field. This electrical field can be focused. The priests would concentrate on the rising of the rock or the elevating of the rock. They were of one mind then. The high priest which held these appliances, with the use of the appliance would be able to be what you could refer to as a power element or the priest with these appliances then would accumulate these electrical impulses derived from the extreme concentration and would trigger then, with the help of these appliances, a force that would negate the magnetic field in relationship to the object. Now the priests would lay hands on the object or the stone.
The high priest would walk ahead or behind of the stone and one could consider then, because of the appliances, the high priest would be used as the power source to cancel out the gravitational force on the rock itself. This would be done in a manner that is hard to explain because the concept is not in line with man's normal understanding but what constitutes material form but atoms. Again, what are atoms but fields of energy or electricity, and so by activating the molecular structure of the stone in such a way it would eliminate the relationship with the magnetic field or with the gravitational field, thus causing it to elevate or levitate.

Not to rely completely on this, but the basic idea is to levitate objects using sound. There's a breakthrough in modern science which is strikingly similar to this : Sound Levitation Technology.

Although this is completely on a small scale when compared to stone blocks weighing thousand tons, this research can further blend in with the power of the mind and results could be very helpful in the coming future.
Keep thinking!

Namaste

Lost Civilizations : Part II : Atlantis!

Everybody's heard of Atlantis! Yes, that's what this post is about.
As mythical as it sounds, as ridiculous as it's descriptions might be, try to keep up with me here.
Have you really wondered about Atlantis ever?

 Written Sources

                             According to Wikipedia, Atlantis was first mentioned by Plato in 360 BC. Yeah it is of fictional source but when you think of it, where did he get this idea from? He might actually really heard about a land and so wrote about it. Thankfully, we have reference to some of his works. Here's a mention about Atlantis in Timaeus : 
                                 For it is related in our records how once upon a time your State stayed the course of a mighty host, which, starting from a distant point in the Atlantic ocean, was insolently advancing to attack the whole of Europe, and Asia to boot. For the ocean there was at that time navigable; for in front of the mouth which you Greeks call, as you say, 'the pillars of Heracles,' there lay an island which was larger than Libya and Asia together; and it was possible for the travelers of that time to cross from it to the other islands, and from the islands to the whole of the continent over against them which encompasses that veritable ocean. For all that we have here, lying within the mouth of which we speak, is evidently a haven having a narrow entrance; but that yonder is a real ocean, and the land surrounding it may most rightly be called, in the fullest and truest sense, a continent. Now in this island of Atlantis there existed a confederation of kings, of great and marvelous power, which held sway over all the island, and over many other islands also and parts of the continent.

Another passage from Proclus' commentary on the Timaeus gives a description of Atlantis' geography :

That an island of such nature and size once existed is evident from what is said by certain authors who investigated the things around the outer sea. For according to them, there were seven islands in that sea in their time, sacred to Persephone, and also three others of enormous size, one of which was sacred to Hades, another to Ammon, and another one between them to Poseidon, the extent of which was a thousand stadia [200 km]; and the inhabitants of it—they add—preserved the remembrance from their ancestors of the immeasurably large island of Atlantis which had really existed there and which for many ages had reigned over all islands in the Atlantic sea and which itself had like-wise been sacred to Poseidon. Now these things Marcellus has written in his Aethiopica".

Several writers have speculated that Antarctica is the site of Atlantis, while others have proposed Caribbean locations such the alleged Cuban sunken city off the Guanahacabibes peninsula in Cuba, the Bahamas, and the Bermuda Triangle. Areas in the Pacific and Indian Oceans have also been proposed including Indonesia (i.e. Sundaland). Likewise some have speculated that the continent of South America bears striking similarities to the description of Atlantis by Plato, particularly the Altiplano region of the Andes. The stories of a lost continent off the coast of India, named "Kumari Kandam," have inspired some to draw parallels to Atlantis.

Plato said Atlantis existed about 9,000 years before his own time, and that its story had been passed down by poets, priests, and others. But Plato's writings about Atlantis are the only known records of its existence.

Atlantis was an advanced civilization, rich and prosperous with everything in abundance—a paradise, according to Plato. The inhabitants were a great power who opposed even Europe and Asia, and were able to navigate the sea.
The City of Atlantis is believed to have had an amazing geography. The Central City itself was at the very centre of Atlantis. It was surrounded by concentric island forms which were rich in flora and fauna. Here's what Atlantis is believed to have looked like :






If what Plato mentions is true, then do we have ‘gods’ in flesh and blood, creating the continent of Atlantis, populating it and helping it to become an advanced civilization? Gods also destroyed Atlantis once it became ‘corrupted’ and its inhabitants began misusing their powers, defying the gods and their rules. It cannot be clearer that once again we have references to supreme beings, or gods, with unique powers, wisdom and technology—the same beings that later on become mythology and, in one way or another, abandon humanity…or did they? 

 In Search of The Lost Land

The most common theory of location of Atlantis is the Atlantic Ocean itself. And so the modern day landmasses around Atlantic Ocean become 'prime suspects'.
Here's a map of the lost land by Athanasius Kircher : 




A map showing the supposed extent of the Atlantean Empire. From Ignatius L. Donnelly's Atlantis: the Antediluvian World, 1882.




Ireland could possibly have been a part of the Legendary Atlantis, owing to the history of Ireland. It has been claimed that Ireland's oldest rock is about 1.7 billion years ago, and this opens the door that it could have been part of another great landmass. You can read more on the geography and formation of Ireland here.

What is more intriguing is the remains of the megalithic structures found around the United Kingdom. Of these, the Stonehenge and the Knowth Passage.
The artifacts found at Knowth seem to astonish minds. The kerbstones at Knowth have carvings. The most popular kerbstone being : 




Now, this is believed to be a lunar cycle or a cycle of some sort. This means that the civilization was advanced as to calculate the lunar positions and cycle of the Moon. It could also represent a sundial.   The Basin Stone : 















In fact, the whole Knowth Passage itself
 is designed in a rather complex manner:

Lost Civilizations : Part I : Introduction

What if everything you've been taught about the origins of civilization is wrong? Be it that certain pieces of our history have been intentionally hidden, or that we have yet to discover and realize the true story of our past?

You must first understand that all the information provided might not necessarily be 'true'. In the end, it is you who is the judge. You can believe in anything you want and nobody can force you into believing anything.
All the information has been collected through various sites and my personal opinions.

So, let's begin.

Normally any creationist would think that Earth is about 6,000 years old but believe me, it's billions of years older than that! Science dates Earth formed about 4.5 Billion years. The Bible dates that the 'Young Earth' formed about 6,000 years ago.(You can read more on YoungEarth here : Source )
So that opens up a chance that there might have been an 'older earth', doesn't it?

How did humans evolve from apes? Did evolution really turn apes in to Homo Sapiens or was there another force at work? Where is the proof for the missing link of evolution? To let you in on a personal opinion, Gods might actually be aliens!
I know, I know, this reminds you of this guy :
But you have to consider the fact. To justify this statement of mine, let me give you an example.

In religions all over the globe, you will find one thing common about our Gods. Most and all of them 'descended' from the heavens or more importantly the 'skies'.
See? There are many justifications I can give, but that's a story for another day.


Information has been manipulated by some 'societies' or important 'people' so that the truth doesn't come out. We may be misled by some scriptures that might have been intended to destroy the 'truth' and these 'truths' in turn grow in to modern day legends and myths. So this control system can be a powerful tool in shaping humanity as whole. This tool has been, and will be used in history. Time holds a factor here. In time these stories surface up to truth and in time there will be another version of it.

Ancient Wonders

THE PREHISTORIC ALIGNMENT OF WORLD WONDERS 

JIM ALISON 

 THE GREAT CIRCLE

Great circles are straight lines that go all the way around the center of the earth. The equator is a great circle. Meridians of longitude that cross over the north and south poles are also great circles. For every location on a great circle, it's antipodal location is also on the circle. Other than the equator itself, any great circle crosses the equator at two antipodal locations, 180° apart. Other than the equator and meridians of longitude that run due north and south, any great circle reaches it's maximum latitudes at two locations that are 90° of longitude east and west of the two locations where the great circle crosses the equator.

Easter Island, Nazca, Ollantaytambo, Paratoari, Tassili n'Ajjer and Giza are all aligned on a single great circle. Additional ancient sites that are located within one tenth of one degree of this great circle include Petra; Perseopolis; Khajuraho; Pyay, Sukothai and Anatom Island.

Near Ollantaytambo, Machupicchu and Cuzco are within one quarter of a degree. The Oracle at Siwa in the western Egyptian desert is within one quarter of a degree. In the Indus Valley, Mohenjo Daro and Ganweriwala are within one quarter of a degree. The ancient Sumerian city of Ur and Angkor temples in Cambodia and Thailand are within one degree of the great circle. The Angkor temple at Preah Vihear is within one quarter of a degree.

This circle crosses over the source and the mouth of the Amazon, the dividing line between upper and lower Egypt, the mouth of the Tigris-Euphrates, the Indus River and the Bay of Bengal near the mouth of the Ganges. The circle also crosses over a number of areas of the world that are largely unexplored, including the Sahara Desert, the Brazilian Rainforest, the highlands of New Guinea, and underwater areas of the North Atlantic Ocean, the South Pacific Ocean and the South China Sea.

The alignment of these sites is easily observable on a globe of the earth with a horizon ring. Aligning any two of these sites on the horizon ring will align all of these sites on the ring. 3-D world atlas software programs will also draw this great circle around the earth. The four images below are centered on the two locations where the great circle crosses the equator and the two locations where the great circle reaches it's maximum latitudes. The circle crosses over the equator at 48° 36' west longitude and 131° 24' east longitude. The maximum latitude of the circle is 30° 22' north latitude at 41° 24' east longitude and 30° 22' south latitude at 138° 36' west longitude.

All great circles have two antipodal axis points. The two axis points for the equator are the north and south poles. Every point along the equator is equally distant at 90°, or one quarter of the circumference of the earth, from the north and south poles. For any great circle, the distance from the axis points to any point along the circle is one quarter of the circumference of the earth. For any great circle other than the equator, the longitude of the axis points are 90° east and west of the two points where the great circle crosses the equator.

Great circles that run due north-south along meridians of longitude have their axis points on the equator, 90° of longitude east and west of the points where the meridian circle crosses the equator and 90° of latitude from the poles where meridian circles reach their maximum latitudes. The distance from the axis points to any point along a meridian circle is one quarter of the circumference of the earth, but 90° of longitude from the axis point to the point where the meridian circle crosses the equator is 6,225 miles, while 90° of latitude from the axis point to the maximum latitude of the meridian circle at the poles is 6,215 miles. This is because the polar circumference of the earth is 24,860 miles, while the equatorial circumference is 24,901 miles, due to the bulge of the earth at the equator and the flattening of the earth at the poles.

Our modern system of calculating degrees of latitude from the equator to the poles is based on the north-south angular change along the surface of the earth. As a result, degrees of latitude are slightly longer at the poles, where the earth is flatter, and slightly shorter at the bulge of the equator. For great circles other than the equator and other than meridian circles, the north-south distance from the axis points to the great circle crosses over the pole in one direction, while it crosses over the equator in the other direction. As a result, the latitude of the axis points must be adjusted slightly to compensate for the longer distance of degrees of latitude at the poles and the shorter distance of degrees of latitude at the equator.

The two axis points for the great circle illustrated above are located at 59° 53' north latitude and 138° 36' west longitude and at 59° 53' south latitude and 41° 24' east longitude. The southern axis point is in deep water approximately 500 miles from the coast of Antarctica. The northern axis point is in the northwestern corner of Canadian British Columbia on a glaciated ridge line approximately 6,500 feet above sea level. The circumference of this great circle is 24,892 miles. This is slightly less than the equatorial circumference of the earth, but closer to the equatorial than the polar circumference because the maximum latitude of the great circle is closer to the equator than the poles, and because most of the shortening of the polar circumference is due to the flattening of the earth near the poles.

The chart below lists the distance of each site from the great circle and the distance of each site from the northern axis point. There are slight variations in the distance from the axis point to the great circle depending on whether the route from the axis point to different locations along the great circle crosses over the equator or polar regions. The mean distance from the axis point to the great circle is 6,218 miles.

	Latitude	Longitude	To Great Circle:	To Axis Point:
Giza	29° 59' N	31° 09' E	0 miles	6.219 miles
Siwa	29° 14' N	25° 31' E	10 miles	6,231 miles
Tassili n'Ajjer	26° 32' N	9° 50' E	0 miles	6,218 miles
Paratoari	12° 48' S	71° 25' W	0 miles	6,219 miles
Ollantaytambo	13° 15' S	72° 16' W	0 miles	6,220 miles
Machupicchu	13° 06' S	72° 35' W	15 miles	6,206 miles
Nazca	14° 42' S	75° 06' W	0 miles	6,221 miles
Easter Island	27° 06' S	109° 20' W	0 miles	6,221 miles
Aneityum Island	20° 10' S	169° 48' E	8 miles	6,230 miles
Preah Vihear	14° 24' N	104° 40' E	25 miles	6,241 miles
Sukhothai	17° 01' N	99° 42' E	5 miles	6,226 miles
Pyay	19° 15' N	95° 05' E	5 miles	6,213 miles
Khajuraho	24° 51' N	79° 56' E	12 miles	6,206 miles
Mohenjo Daro	27° 15' N	68° 17' E	20 miles	6,243 miles
Persepolis	29° 56' N	52° 55' E	5 miles	6,215 miles
Ur	30° 57' N	46° 07' E	40 miles	6,173 miles
Petra	30° 19' N	35° 28' E	6 miles	6,213 miles

The sites listed above are shown clockwise from Giza on the equal azimuthal projection below. The projection is centered on the axis point in southeastern Alaska. Distances to any location from the center of an equal azimuthal projection are equally scaled. Since all of the sites on the great circle alignment are equally distant from the axis point at one quarter of the circumference of the earth, the alignment forms a perfect circle halfway between the center and the outer edge of the projection.