Mystery of Mysteries

 

The above is a map supposedly of Hyperborea, situated at the North Pole; this was supposed to have a capital of Thule. To the Aryans of Iran this was called Airyana Vaeja and to the Aryans of India Aryana Baeja. According to the Iranian Manual of Khshnoom this land took was one third of the Earth and centred around the North Pole. This was a Spiritual Realm peopled by Spiritual Beings; due to a massive winter that set in, the fault of the Dark Power, Angra Mainyu, this continent became inhabitable, and the Aryans moved southwards and eastwards into the material realm of the Earth. This is very much like the ideas of Miguel Serrano where he sees the Divine Heroes (Viras) descending into matter in order to wage a Holy War against the Demiurge (Shaddain-Jahu) who controls the material world where now Evil Sorcery reigns.

There are some problems with the Manual of Khshnoom in this case, since it is said to have been a Spiritual Realm where Spiritual Beings dwelt, and here the Evil Powers held no sway at all. If so this could not have been destroyed by a Great Winter brought on by Angra Mainyu. In which case we need to take note of Miguel Serrano's ideas on there being a First Hyperborea which was the spiritual realm, and a Second Hyperborean which was an earthly realm; in the latter case a Great Winter would certainly have caused the massive Folk-Wanderings away from the Ur-Lands. That seems to sort that problem out.

I am certainly in agreement with Miguel Serrano in that this First Hyperborea exists, but in another dimension of time and space - as the 'Inner Earth' as he calls it. The concept is one of a parallel world which is still peopled by High Spiritual Beings. As soon as we think of this image the realms of Agharti and Shambhalla come into mind. The alternative spelling of Asgartha suggest that this is the Norse Asgard, and when we find that Karl Haushofer referred to Shambhalla as a 'city of violence and power whose forces command the elements and the masses of humanity, and hasten the arrival of the human race at 'the turning-point off time'. The piece of interest here is that Shambhalla is a 'City of Violence', since this is supposed to be the Capital of Agharti (Asgard), which is, of course, Valhalla (Shamb-halla - Val-halla). Valhalla is, of course, a 'violent' place since it is  a daily battleground for the Einheriar. 

Shambhalla is called Chang Shambhalla and is said to be lit by the Northern Lights (Green Ray) in some legends. It is thus, like Thule-Hyperborean, situated at the North Pole, but in another dimension. We can get past the problem of the legend that there are two Shambhallas by seeing these as the First and Second Hyperborea, one spiritual and one earthly. There is the phenomena known as Fata Morgana where people have had hallucinations (*) of a Golden City when nearing the North Pole area, and this would suggest they see the Spiritual Agharti-Shambhalla. 

(*) In a modern English Dictionary the word 'hallucination' is said to mean something that is seen but not real. But if we go back to an English Dictionary 100 years ago the meaning was simply - 'a wandering of the mind'. The word is Latin and links to ALU (Magical Force) and its extension HALU (Heil-Force). 

Thinking logically, Agharti would be a realm where the 'Teachers of Righteousness' would dwell - Zarathustra, Buddha, Akhnaten, Kristos etc. since this is a place of peace and meditation. These would be what Savitri Devi called Men Above Time who act as if they were in a Golden Age, but have to act within Time. Shambhalla would be a place where the Warrior-Leader-Fuhrer would dwell with the Warriors of Woden. Such men are what Savitri Devi calls Men Against Time and they are forced to act with violence against the destructive violence of the Dark Forces that control at that time. 

These sacred places would have been known to the peoples of the areas of Tibet, India and Mongolia because at some ancient time the Aryans swept out of At-al-land and moved southwards and eastwards into these ancient lands. The location of these places would thus have been moved to these areas in ancient times, and remain as legends today. In a curious legend from Mongolia, recorded by Stephen Jenkins, who held a teaching post in Mongolia, the Mongols predict the return of Gesar Khan, and that the Buddha was a Shambhallic Initiate. In about 543 BCE (a curious dating) the Buddha was near the end of his life and he was visited by a European named Sucandra, whom the Lamas thought was a Celt, probably from Britain. They hinted that Shambhalla was in some way in Britain. 

The name Sucandra can be broken into Germanic Roots -

SU - To generate.

KAN - Fire-Serpent.

DRA - To twist, to turn, to coil. 

In order to perhaps understand this mystery we need to recall that before around 10,000 BCE there existed a massive continent in the North Sea which I have called At-al-land - 'Race Homeland' (also - 'Land of the Arya'). England (and Britain as a whole) was part of this North-West Continent until parts sank and the whole thing broke up, much still being under the sea. Friedrich Marby, a German Rune-Magician, saw this as 'Atlantis', and he considered the 33-Runes of the English Rune Row as coming from 'Atlantis'. Reference to Atlantis of the North by Jurgen Spanuth would be handy for this. This North-West continent was a shift to the Solar-Mythos from the original Polar-Mythos of the Thule-Hyperborean era of more ancient times.

J.R.R. Tolkien tried to recreate an English Mythology which he deemed to have been lost and needed restoring. In this he built a mythology on the ancient land of Beleriand, and then Numenor (Atalante) which were North and North-West landmasses in ancient times. In the Book of Lost Tales - 2 he speaks of this lost land in the North Sea and its sinking, and in doing so he links this with Ing or Ingwe who led the Ingwaiwar out of the sinking lands. Hengest and Horsa later led the English Tribes back to their Ur-Lands. 

Legend has it that the Aryan Race were 'created' on this North-West Continent of At-al-land; the Aryan Race was descended from the Shining Ones - the most Ancient Solar-Race referred to in the Ramayana. Occult Legend speaks of Manu leading the Aryans out of Atlantis, but this can be seen as no problem since Manu is linked to Agni in the Vedas, and Agni is the god Ingwe in Wodenic Lore. In fact, Ingwe is the 'Son of Man' (Manu-Mannus) in Germanic Lore. 

Shambhalla is associated with the Kalachakra Tantra which has been spread by the Dalai Lama around the world; these appear to be pacifistic teachings, though the Dalai Lama was a friend of Miguel Serrano and his mentor was Heinrich Harrer, an Austrian mountaineer and Olympic ski-champion who made an expedition there during World War II (Seven Years in Tibet by Heinrich Harrer - the film with Brad Pitt is a distortion). Heinrich Harrer was a member of the German SS. His Holiness the Dalai Lama sent a condolence message to the wife of Heinrich Harrer on January 10th 2006 after his death. It is known that a German expedition to Tibet brought back 108 Sacred Texts given by the Lamas (108 is a Sacred Number). 

Of course, over the thousands of years between these events, these lands of Agharti and Shambhalla have been mixed up and no doubt distorted in many ways. 'Like a diamond glows the Light on the Tower of Shambhalla' - stated a Tibetan Lama to Nicolas Roerich. The legends of Shambhalla are also linked to the UFO phenomena, which us yet another interesting subject, but not one we need to look at here. The one problem we face in all this is that Agharti and Shambhalla are said to be 'underground', although this could be a symbolic way of saying 'in another dimension'. But it is interesting to note that Miguel Serrano, who knew the Dalai Lama well, sees the 'First Hyperborea' as being the 'Inner Earth' - the 'Nether-World'. 

But this actually concurs with the idea of Odainsacre which Viktor Rydberg sees as being in the Underworld, a place ruled by Baeldaeg where the Asmegir dwell, the New Gods of the New Order after the Great Catastrophe. The 'New World' that 'arises from the waters' after the Great Catastrophe is referred to as 'Green' in the Eddas, and is most likely the 'Greenland' of the Book of Sajaha. This is where the Golden Tablets (Taefl) are found again by the New Order of the Gods. It is the 'Inner Earth' or 'First Earth' - the 'Former World' or 'Ancient World' said to have been 'shaped' by Kristos (Norwegian Rune-Poem - Hagal). 

Legends state that there are entrances to Aghart and Shambhalla in different parts of the world; this is merely saying that there are 'Gateways' or 'Portals' into the Inner Earth at different locations. Here in England we have the tale told to us by Walter Map, of a King Herla - a 'British King' - who found an underground entrance into another world. After what seemed to him hours he arrived back at the surface, only to find he had been gone for hundreds of years - a 'Time-Warp' associated with these extra-dimensional themes. In fact, the name 'King Herla' is not British, it is a Germanic name, and one used by the English; it gives rise to the 'Herla-Thing' and to the Harlequin of the French. But the importance here is that he is associated with a 'Gateway' into the Inner Earth here in England - though the location is not given. 

There is a place in Wiltshire that is connected to a 'Gateway to Heaven', and that is in Alton Barnes. A memorial in the church has the words 'Gateway to Heaven', and it points in the direction of 'Adam's Grave' on a nearby hilltop. This long-barrow was originally named Woden's Barrow and there was an account of a lady walking in the area who witnessed the Wild Army on this site. It seems that certain earthly sites have their counterpart in another dimension, and these sites are 'gateways' to the Other World. The 'Wild Army', of course, rides out of Valhalla!