Re: [CTRL] Pyramid capstone?!?!
-Caveat Lector- On 1 Jan 00, at 21:30, Ynr Chyldz Wyld wrote: -Caveat Lector- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Anybody hear anything about the celebrations in Egypt at the pyramids? The last I heard the events were being cancelled. Did anything happen there? Does anybody know about it? Only thing I saw was a bit of the 'floor show' that was carried by PBS...and quite frankly, it looked tacky, tawdry, and boring...sort of a trailer park idea of what 'high art' should look like... I guess at the stroke of midnight, they did a laser light show and fireworks, beyond that I don't know... Interesting to me that in spite of the worldwide coverage of New Millennium festivities, we saw very little of Egypt and Jerusalem. Unless they failed to cover it, what they did do in Egypt seemed absolutely dwarfed and swallowed up by the immensity of the pyramids and the desert. H..Now what was that all about? sno0wl DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substancenot soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
[CTRL] Pyramid capstone?!?!
-Caveat Lector- Anybody hear anything about the celebrations in Egypt at the pyramids? The last I heard the events were being cancelled. Did anything happen there? Does anybody know about it? ** *** "Welcome to the desert of the real." Morpheus, "The Matrix". "The most merciful thing in the world, I think, is the inability of the human mind to correlate all its contents. We live on a placid island of ignorance in the midst of seas of infinity, and it is not meant that we should voyage far. The sciences, each straining in its own direction, have hitherto harmed us little; but someday the piecing together of dissociated knowledge will open up such terrifying vistas of reality, and of our frightful position therein, that we shall either go mad from the revelation or flee from the deadly light into the peace and safety of a new dark age." H.P.Lovecraft; "The Call of Cthulhu" DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substancenot soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
Re: [CTRL] Pyramid capstone?!?!
-Caveat Lector- Egypt's Millennium Show Starts 12/31/99 -- -- CAIRO (Reuters) - Floodlights lit up the ancient pyramids of Giza and electronic sounds reverberated over the desert as Egypt's millennium show eased into gear on Friday. French composer Jean-Michel Jarre's ``Twelve Dreams of the Sun'' electronic opera got off to a low-key start at about 6:45 p.m. with the pyramids illuminated in green and recorded drumming and eerie music booming from loudspeakers. The audience for the overnight extravaganza of song, dance and music was expected eventually to top 50,000, but spectators were only beginning to arrive at the 4,500-year-old monuments when the $9.5 million show began. Organizers said 9,000 armed troops, police and security men, some mounted on camels, were guarding the plateau, where President Hosni Mubarak was expected to arrive for Jarre's live performance due to start at about 10:30 p.m. Egypt's Culture Ministry has come under fire from Islamists and archaeological purists over the millennium celebration. ``Devil worship at the millennium party profanes the sanctity of Ramadan'' ran a headline on Friday in the Islamist Al-Shaab newspaper, keeping up its long campaign against the festivities. The music began well after sunset when Muslims break their daylong fast in the holy month of Ramadan now in its final days. Two giant Ramadan lanterns flanked the 50-yard wide stage. == Millennium Inspires Pyramid Power 17:10EST By TAREK ELTABLAWY Associated Press Writer 12/30/99 -- -- CAIRO, Egypt (AP) -- Silhouetted against a brilliant sunset, the Giza Pyramids rise like three jagged teeth from the desert plateau outside Cairo -- a sight that has inspired poets, conquerors and, lately, conspiracy theorists. The outlandish theories and rumors seem to be growing wilder with the approach of the new millennium. That exasperates scientists like Zahi Hawass, the archaeologist who oversees the pyramids for the Egyptian government. "If you want to make some money, grab a camera. Take some pictures of the pyramids and develop a theory on their origin and significance,'' he grumbles. As the country's chief spokesman on pyramids, Hawass himself plays a role in some of theories discussed on the Internet. Texe Marrs, described on his Web site as president of a Christian group called the Power of the Prophecy and pastor of the Bible Home Church in Austin, Texas, argues that the name Hawass bears a striking resemblance to "Aiwass,'' who he says is a devil. Marrs warns that at midnight on Dec. 31, a mysterious group may hold a satanic ceremony inside the Cheops Pyramid, the largest in the Giza group. He offers more information on a video available for $20 through his Web site. New Ager David Icke claims on his own Web site that former President Bush will be among the devil worshippers at the pyramids. And Queen Elizabeth II of Britain, "who heads the reptilian-Illuminati House of Windsor,'' will officiate at a twin ceremony in Greenwich, England. Hawass says the only ceremony planned at the pyramids that day is a millennium concert, featuring French minimalist composer Jean Michel Jarre. Plans for the concert originally included a helicopter placing a gold capstone on the Cheops Pyramid. That was abandoned, but not before an uproar in the Egyptian opposition press. Editorials linked the plan to the glowing pyramid cap pictured on U.S. dollars, and claimed that the capstone ceremony had Masonic and Zionist overtones. Hawass says: "We were afraid that the helicopter would damage the pyramids.'' The out-there theories have their followers -- and victims. In July 1998, a German tourist described as a student of ancient Egypt reportedly told a friend he would be reincarnated, and then committed suicide by jumping off the landmark 613-foot Cairo Tower. "These are nuts,'' Hawass says. He describes a mysterious telephone call from an Australian woman. Identifying herself only as Sally, she told him that she believed she had been impregnated by the ancient Egyptian god Horus as part of a plan to destroy the world. "She said that I was the only one who could save her,'' Hawass says. "What could I do?'' Such cases are extreme illustrations of the pyramids' power over the imagination. Napoleon Bonaparte once rallied his troops by pointing to one and declaring: "Soldiers, from the summit of yonder pyramids, 40 centuries look down upon you.'' A little more than a century ago, Mark Twain wrote that encountering the pyramids was seeing "a fairy vision'' made real. With millennium excitement growing manic, travel companies hope to capitalize on that enduring fascination. "Become a Serpent of Wisdom'' suggests Soluna Tours, one of dozens companies using the Internet to promote trips to ancient locales
Re: [CTRL] Pyramid capstone?!?!
-Caveat Lector- In a message dated 1/1/00 5:39:56 PM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Plans for the concert originally included a helicopter placing a gold capstone on the Cheops Pyramid. That was abandoned, but not before an uproar in the Egyptian opposition press. Editorials linked the plan to the glowing pyramid cap pictured on U.S. dollars, and claimed that the capstone ceremony had Masonic and Zionist overtones. Thanks for the info.! I wonder if the Bush was there as has been suggested. ** *** "Welcome to the desert of the real." Morpheus, "The Matrix". "The most merciful thing in the world, I think, is the inability of the human mind to correlate all its contents. We live on a placid island of ignorance in the midst of seas of infinity, and it is not meant that we should voyage far. The sciences, each straining in its own direction, have hitherto harmed us little; but someday the piecing together of dissociated knowledge will open up such terrifying vistas of reality, and of our frightful position therein, that we shall either go mad from the revelation or flee from the deadly light into the peace and safety of a new dark age." H.P.Lovecraft; "The Call of Cthulhu" DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substancenot soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
Re: [CTRL] Pyramid capstone?!?!
-Caveat Lector- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Anybody hear anything about the celebrations in Egypt at the pyramids? The last I heard the events were being cancelled. Did anything happen there? Does anybody know about it? Only thing I saw was a bit of the 'floor show' that was carried by PBS...and quite frankly, it looked tacky, tawdry, and boring...sort of a trailer park idea of what 'high art' should look like... I guess at the stroke of midnight, they did a laser light show and fireworks, beyond that I don't know... June ;-) DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substancenot soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
