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scrambled up the shaft. He had barely reached the
upper world before a terrible explosion heaved the ground, the shaft
disappeared and this extraordinary sarcophagus was eternally sealed.’"
(Take this
one for what it is worth - Branton... ;o)
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Page 6 of the "HOLLOW HASSLE" newsletter,
which was published by Mary Martin and TAL LeVesque during the 1980's, carried
the following information in issue #9:
"HOPI
INDIAN LEGEND; A Journey from the Interior.
“A long
time ago the HOPI’S lived in the Underworld or in a land beneath the Surface of
our Planet. Life in that region was like life on the surface of the earth and
the HOPI People were very happy there. But a time came when crops failed due to
lack of rain and the people became unhappy.
“When they
looked up to the sky they could see a Great ‘HOLE’ there, and this was a sign
to them that there may be another land on the ‘OTHER SIDE’ of the SKY'; HOPI
Leaders led the People through the ‘HOLE’ to the land on the other side.
(Similar Legends are told by several other American Indian Tribes)
“HOPI’S
have a concept of ‘SKY GODS’; Rituals and Ceremonials (for them) take place in
the Underground ...Kivas (The ancient and Sacred
"’We
will continue to keep PEACE with all Men while patiently waiting for our 'TRUE
WHITE BROTHER' whose duty is to Purify this Land." --- Dan Katchongva (SUN
CLAN) Oct.8,1950
“THE
HOPI’S ANCESTORS; A Journey from MALDEK.
“A long
time passed and there were Other Worlds and
