A reading of my article A Rather Dark Enterprise

(c) K Wicks

We have some rather compelling stone mysteries around the world, buildings, sculptures and remnants of a time past that we can barely get our head around these days. And if we didn’t have so much of it just lying around and still in situ, I doubt we would believe it to be true and would consign it to myth and fiction. But they are there – Baalbek in Lebanon, the Moai on Easter Island, Gobleki Tepi in Turkey, Petra in Jordan, Churches in Ethiopia, Angkor Wat temple complex in Cambodia and many others – the African Pyramids, South American Pyramids, vast quarries and evidence of activity and grand projects across the globe. And some things are a bit further along in the weathering and aging process, showing only a hint of what once was, and imagination seems to fill in the gaps for the archaeologists and historians sometimes. Like Stonehenge and the multitude of other stone circles all throughout Europe and the world, Dolmens in Spain and Portugal, Menirs and Carnac stones in France. Various sites in the Americas, Russia, China, Japan and so on.

And people speculate on things that appear to be left overs from something, that isn’t quite recognisable anymore, but something about it catches our eye. And whether we create patterns as they say people are prone to, or we are actually just good at spotting patterns. The Richat structure in Africa for example with its concentric circles, was put forward as a possible candidate for the elusive and legendary Atlantis, and I can see why. But I recently read an excerpt from a 1747 journal, which described a petrified city of round form in Africa, with the usual strange direction of that time period. Two days south of Ouguela, and seventeen days south-east of Tripoli. Make of that what you will, but depending on the mode of transport, you could find yourself perhaps near the Richat Structure. Although there are a number of places named Tripoli, and as things are renamed and moved, who can say for sure.

There is another twist to the story of stone though, as we also have rumours and legends of abilities, and of curses, magic and of people and places being turned to stone in an instant.

Medusa – one of three sisters, all Gorgon’s who could turn people to stone if they looked at them.

Return to Oz – in the sequel to the original, Dorothy found all the inhabitants of the emerald city had been turned to stone by the villain.

Willow – acorns that can turn things to stone when it touches them, but there was also a scene near the end where the ‘abandoned’ castle showed the people encased in what looked like crystal stone. Obviously, they all get saved at the end, but almost as if they were in a cryo stasis. Which then makes me think of the Superman scene, when Zod and other two are trapped in the 2D crystal spinning off into space.

So, could it be that there is a type of process that can petrify an entire city? Well, if you look at Pompeii, it seems there is a known process that can capture a place and people in time, solidified to then be buried or face the ages and elements as part of the landscape. Could it have happened in other conditions we aren’t quite aware of yet? Where we see ‘old stone’, could be much newer than we give it credit for and have a more human origin than we would care to believe. We do however, like to build and record things in stone by way of statues, sculptures, carvings and architecture, using it to shape the world around us, and leave a record behind us. Even if as time goes by, we aren’t exactly sure what those records are trying to tell us. But that is where it becomes a mystery, and based on what we have to hand in these modern times, the game is definitely afoot…

(c) K Wicks

Are we really sure that what we remember are actually our own memories? Or that they are accurate and can be trusted? My articles Memory and Hard Copy go into a couple of angles on memory, and why it might serve a purpose to mess with, confuse or destabilise it for people, so they don’t know what is true or not.

Dark City – yes, that film again, but part of the main aspect of it came to mind again when thinking about this. The fact they have stolen the people from somewhere, and then wiped their memories, instead creating new ones for them and injecting them directly into the brain. Upon awakening from a enforced ‘sleep’, they are the ‘new person’ and have no recollection of anything previous.

Alzheimer’s – a disease which affects memory, thinking, behaviour and social skills.

Hippocampus – the part of the brain that is responsible for memory, behaviour and emotion.

It seems the disease is a cruel twist of nature, to rob you of your memories and emotions towards the end, making life confusing, difficult and a strain on the brain and on those around the person. But is it entirely natural? Is it a consequence of something that ends up building up in the brain, and goes somewhat unnoticed for the longest time. Only put down to age, or an unfortunate set of genes, or whatever they come up with to try and ease the burden. Because it would be so much worse if you knew you could have prevented it, or actually made it better once discovered.

And this is where I theorise about our memories being messed with on purpose, because if we don’t remember facts, dates, personal history and so on, then how can we pass it down? A part of the generational ancestral line gets broken, and can be replaced or rewritten in a much smaller timeframe, with less ‘removals’ I shall call them.

And perhaps we will start to see more of it among younger age groups. I had thoughts towards it after all those nasal swabs were encouraged (and possibly still are in some places). Wondering if that in itself was a quicker way to damage, or interfere with the hippocampus early on, no longer content to wait decades for a build-up of toxins or pollutants. Wanting a much faster result for purpose. And if those people have suffered damage in any way to that area, then as mentioned above, memories, emotions and behaviour can and would all be affected. It could go some way to explain some of the ‘personality changes’ people have mentioned along the way, observed in others. Of course, it could also just be a consequence of all the extra stress, pressure and unknowns being thrown at people on an almost constant basis by way of future threats, so there is a lot to contend with mentally. But if you aren’t functioning properly within that, then it will create an even more difficult arena to find normality.

I can’t help thinking though, that normality is no longer on the cards, and never was, just an illusion of it that is no longer needed. And it might sound far-fetched to think that they can inject actual memories into people, or extract them – but when I give it thought, there are other representations of that kind of thing.

Dumbledore in the Harry Potter films, in one of them he uses his wand to extract a memory and ‘save it for later’ to be viewed in one of their magical devices.

Dark Crystal – the crystal is used to extract the life force and memories of their slaves, leaving them as numb zombie type creatures.

Batman Forever – the Riddler and his invention to harvest the thoughts and mental energy from people while they watch television.

Like I said, it might sound far-fetched on the face of it, and the mechanics of the ideas put forward in the movies somewhat elaborate or fantastical. And just as they may be able to remove certain things, there is no saying they can’t put them in there either – the rise in reports of intrusive thoughts springs to mind there. But who knows what they can achieve through signals, implants, drugs and frequencies – as we don’t even know ourselves how our brains work so, how can we say for sure they haven’t been infiltrated. As I have said before, be mindful of your thoughts, and sometimes it might just be a good idea to question, whether those thoughts are really your own…

(c) K Wicks