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New DNA tests prove that the descendants of Naundorff are Bourbons!

Karl Wilhelm Naundorff who the Dutch government recognized as King Louis XVII

Karl Wilhelm Naundorff died in 1845 in Delft (the Netherlands), where he was buried under the name of Louis Charles, Duc de Normandie,
Louis XVII on his tomb one can read: « Ici repose Louis XVII, Roi de France et de
Navarre, né à Versailles le 27 mars 1785, décédé le 10 août 1845,»



Louis XVII was the name of Louis Charles (1785-?), the second son of the French
King Louis XVI (1754 -1793) and Marie- Antoinette (1755- 1793).
According to the official records, Louis Charles died of tuberculosis in the
Temple (in Paris) on 8 June 1795. At the beginning of the 19th Century, about several ten of individuals claimed to be the son of Louis
XVII.  The most famous of them is Naundorff, who came in Paris on
May 1833. He could apparently provide sufficient circumstantial evidence to
convince ex members of the court of Versailles (and specially Mme de Rambaud, maid of the Dauphin) of his descent.
Naundorff was deported to England by the French authorities, after twenty-six
days of prison, on july 1836.
About fifteen years ago, Professor Cassiman excluded Naundorff as the son of Marie Antoinette on the basis of mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) sequences of his
remains compared with the sequences obtained from the hairs of two sisters of Marie Antoinette, Marie Antoinette herself, and with the sequences obtained
from DNA samples of two living maternal relatives.
Very recently 2 the same Laboratory produced the Y – chromosome STR profiles of three different members of the House of Bourbon. The goal of the present
article presented by The International Journal of Science is to compare these profiles to that of Hughes de Bourbon, a direct French Naundorff’s descendant,
in order to elucidate patrilinear relationships between him and these members of the Bourbon’s family.

Comparison photos of King Henri III of Navarre and IV of France and Prince Hughes father, Charles Edmond de Bourbon, Count of Poitiers.


Hughes de Bourbon (born in 1974) is the 4th generation living descendant (Figure 1) of Karl Naundorff. The Naundorff’s legacy bears today legally (confirmatory judgement of the Tribunal de la Seine , 26 November 1913) in France the «de Bourbon» name ; initially, the judgments of Bois-le-Duc (12 march 1888) and of Maëstricht (20 may 1891) Tribunals accorded the use of the «de Bourbon» name to the Naundorff’s family members.
Prince Hughes de Bourbon is the only son of Charles- Louis Edmond de Bourbon (Charles XII de jure) the last dynast of the elder branch ; so Hughes
could be the present King de jure, since 2008.

The Conclusions could not be more surprising:
Results reported in the present study concerning comparisons of genetic markersoftheY- chromosome between Hughes de Bourbon and three living males of the House of Bourbon recently published (Larmuseau et al 2) establish that: 1/ Hughes de Bourbon belongs to the same terminal sub-cladeofSNPpatrilineageofcurrentdifferenciation (cladeR1b1a2a1a1, SNPsub-terminalmarkerS21) than the other Bourbons studied (these Bourbons were nottestedforS21 but,beingZ381+,areobligatoryS21+). 2/ The high-resolution profile (in our own 27–STRs system of comparison) of  Hughes de Bourbon is greatly similar to those of the other Bourbons, differing from them by six  . 3/ On the basis of this criterium of six mutations of difference Hughes de Bourbon can be considered as being a member of the de Bourbon family, according to the established rules of genealogical relationships in recent families with identical surnames.

It must be noted that this six mutations threshold of differences concerns families of relatively recent origins 19. So, because the Bourbon family is a very ancient one (that can be traced back at least since Henri IV, for the royal french dynasties), such a six mutations criterium of differences corresponds to a minimal value.

Striking resemblance between King Louis XVI and Prince Hughes of Bourbon

 

The Kingdom of Morocco, leader in promoting true Islam: the Islam of Moderation

His Majesty King Mohammed VI

I came across a very interesting article I have found in The Times of India which I have decided to publish part of the article. I agree completely in what the article says and I am sure most of you will too:

In order to tackle the problem of the terror of Jihadism, one needs to understand the nature of this jihadi virus. By its very character it is able to quickly latch on to grievances through the narrative of injustice. While Islam indeed extols believers to fight against oppression and discrimination, it also abjures the use of violence for achieving one’s goals. But the proponents of jihadi extremism cleverly elide over the latter while emphasising the former.

Since all Islamist terrorist groups derive inspiration from distorted theology, the antidote lies in propagating true Islam. Extremist ideology needs to be countered with moderate ideology. In this regard, the North African constitutional monarchy of Morocco is pioneering the fight against the jihadi virus through the battle of ideas. The country’s Muhammadan League of Scholars is doing exemplary work in strengthening a brand of Islam that is rooted in the Quran but also the product of reason and contextual interpretation. Such moderate Islam has no conflict with modern life despite its grounding in theological teachings. Indeed, it is adherence to this interpretation of Islam that has largely staved off the jihadi virus from infecting Morocco.

Add to this Morocco’s King Mohammed VI’s farsighted foreign policy vision that has guided Rabat to facilitate training of imams from neighbouring African nations in its own moderate Maliki Islam. Such an initiative is bound to have a ripple effect throughout the African continent and counter jihadi Islamist tendencies. And given that almost all jihadi groups are networked and rely on each other for material and ideological support, Morocco’s push for moderate Islam strikes at the very root of the problem.

The international community must support Morocco’s efforts as Rabat, in its own unique way, tries to turn the tide of extremism that is threatening Middle East and North Africa. The challenge is humongous and the solution requires years of patience. But Morocco’s pioneering work could eventually shift the balance of power in the battle of ideas between extremist Islam and moderate Islam. Success on this front will automatically deny oxygen to jihadi terror groups wherever they are, making it easier for security forces to demolish their networks. This in turn should facilitate inclusive economic development to pull the rug from under groups such as Boko Haram.

Finally, India, which is deeply concerned about the spectre of jihadi terror looming over its neighbourhood and has significant stakes in Africa, should take cognisance of Morocco’s efforts. Both countries should enhance bilateral cooperation to strengthen the international security framework against global Islamist terrorism.

The Times of India

The Sovereign Order of the Ecumenical Knights of Rhodes & Malta, O.S.J

I have been recently been appointed Chancellor of Foreign Affairs of the O.S.J. The O.S.J is another Sovereign branch of what is known worldwide as the Order of Malta of which the Catholic branch, under the protection of the Vatican Church, is the most powerful.

Are these Orders with over ten centuries of history obsolete in the XXI century one could very well ask? It is true that we practice traditional rituals in our ceremonies that link us to our past but this is of no importance. The importance is that in the XXI century, the different branches of the Order of Malta do wonderful humanitarian work in many countries around the world and our at the service of the less fortunate.

The humanitarian work that the SMOM does around the world is of great worth and scope as they have much funds at their disposal. But this wonderful work should not over shadow the work that at a smaller scale, we and other branches of the Order do.

What in my view is unacceptable is that unfortunately the SMOM consider themselves as the sole branch and have tried actively to discredit not only the OSJ but other branches that they consider fake. These actions have included bringing expensive trademark litogation to the Knights Hospitallier in the United States which the SMOM  lost in 2012. These funds would have been better used for more humanitarian work!!  For more information on this check out the website http://www.theknightshospitallers.org...

Our Order is based in Sao Tome & Principe,  has its own Government, and an independent magistracy as well as bilateral diplomatic relations with countries. The O.S.J issues its own passports for its members of government and diplomats and our main goal apart from continuing with our humanitarian work, is the promotion of Inter-religeous dialogue as a means to propagate understanding between Christian and non-Christain faiths. This understanding of our common humaity is vital to achieve World Peace and harmony.

Interreligious dialogue is positive, cooperative, and constructive interaction between people of different traditions or religious or spiritual beliefs, both at the individual and institutional levels. The O.S.J. besides promoting Ecumenism, we promote understanding between different religions to increase the acceptance of others looking for the constructive reciprocal treatment between religions and spiritual movements that do not have a common Christian root.

In the Declaration of Vatican Council II, entitled Nostra Eatate, on the relations of the Church with non-Christian religions, one of the milestones is the propitiation of inter-religious dialogue, which spread through the Secretariat for non-Christians, instituted by H.H. Pope Paul VI in 1964, and continued with the Pontifical Council for the interreligious dialogue created by H.H. Pope Juan Pablo II in 1988 with the Apostolic Constitution Pastor Bonus. This policy is now followed enthusiastically by H.H Pope Francis.

The main difference bewteen us and the other branches is that we also welcome Knights and Dames from non-Christian religions within our midst in the Order of the Crescent of Anjou and the Order of the Fleur de Lys which our sister Orders of the O.S.J.  We consider that as human beings we have many more things that unite us than divide us. Religion, ethnicity and cultural background should not divide us, as together we can all strive for a better world through understanding and dialogue. This is the future of ancient Orders as ours.

It is our aim that all the different branches of the Order can work together in harmony for the benefit of humanity. We offer the olive branch to our brothers and sisters of St.John.

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His Holiness Pope Francis with leaders of non-Christian faith. The Pope is an active advocate of Inter-Faith Dialogue.

 

Gestapo Lodge

 

 

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I remember it was during the Christmas holidays of 1992 that I was alone with my father in Costa Rica and he revealed to me after a series of circumstances that I now know was causality or synchronicity, that he had been a member of the British Intelligence MI6. Since those days and until his death in 2001, I urged him to write his memoirs that seemed fascinating to me.  After his death and while I was going through his papers, I found a manuscript full of notes in which he had also ventured to write passages of his early memories. It was the skeleton of what would have been his autobiography, had he lived a bit longer. So I was compelled as a tribute to his life to take over and finsih what he had started.

Borrowing from his notes, writings and tales and the recollections of his first wife, Phryne Alabaster, I was able to picture a time past and construct the backbone of the story, but the material had too many gaps to be a biography; so instead, I decided to write a novel. This would allow me the freedom to change the names of certain characters in order to protect the identity of their descendants, to fictionalize some of the different incidents and to fill the gaps to the narrative’s convenience.

My father in 1936 at the Royal Navy Academy in Dartmouth before the accident that would change the course of his life.

As Gestapo Lodge is a work of fiction based on my father’s exciting life, I have made the creative choice of writing it as if the narrator was my father’s consciousness remebering his life.

Amazon says about the book:

“The real-life world of espionage can, it appears, be every bit as glamorous, perilous, duplicitous and erotically charged as the most sensational fiction. Elaborating his father’s unfinished memoirs, Carlos Mundy had crafted an unforgettable account of a career in MI6 during the most dangerous period of recent European history: the years of the Second World War and its aftermath.

After escaping from a Gestapo internment camp in France and illegally entering Spain, Rodney Mundy found himself imprisoned again. But the British Embassy secured his release and recruited him as a spy for MI6. Entering high society Madrid, Mundy soon met prominent Fascists, Nazis, agents and double agents, film stars and exotic dancers as well as the nobility and royal families of much of Europe. What followed was a series of thrilling adventures that took him to Cairo and Jerusalem, eventually leading to a violent showdown in Costa Rica.

Rodney Mundy during the Second World War in Madrid. He had been recruited by British intelligence.

With his good looks making him irresistible to all, Mundy seems to have had more dangerous liaisons than even James Bond. To protect the innocent and bridge the gaps in his father’s writings, Carlos Mundy has blurred the line between fact and fiction, presenting the story as a novel. But in a world where deception is the name of the deadly game, nothing could be stranger than the truth.”

The experience of writing this novel has been one of the most exciting experiences of my life. To place myself in my father’s shoes and try to live his life to be able to narrate it has been exhilirating.

The result I think has been very satisfactory and I have recieved very good critics which is always something that is appreciated after over four years of very hard work. I hope that my father wherever he is does not feel dissapointed. I do feel that he can be proud.

I trust you will all enjoy reading the novel as much as I did writing it.

Rodney Mundy in the mid nineties.

The Twilight of the Fourth World Facebook page

My sister Charis and I have started a Facebook page for the novel

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The intention of the page is to create a THINK TANK for our readers to contribute with ideas on how we can all help to make this world a better place for all of us to live in. A world that we will feel happy  that future generations live in.

The Twilight of the Fourth World is inspired by the teachings of His Holiness The Dalai Lama who is an enlightened being that preaches a message of peace and harmony for all. IT is also inspired by the prophecies of the Indian Hopis. When we started writing we were oblivious to the connection between Tibet and the Hopis. In fact the character that is inspired on His Holiness, the Rainbow Warrior  is closely connected to the Hopi traditions and that is real synchronicity.

The truth is that many of the things that we have narrated in our novel are happening as the Hopis predicted. It is not a coincidence that our democracies and personal freedoms at risk as we have found out thanks to Wikileaks. Wikileaks has released 17 different documents relating to the so-called ‘secret’ negotiations for a massive global trade deal known as the Trade in Services Agreement, a lesser known cousin of the Trans-Pacific Partnership that US President Barack Obama has been campaigning heavily for in Washington. The leak has been timed to coincide with a meeting of leaders for the Trade in Services Agreement in Paris. TiSA is one of three trade treaties that global political leaders have been trying to agree on, alongside TTP and the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP).

Negotiations for the deals have been conducted in private. While this is standard procedure, it has raised suspicions about the content of the talks. One UK MEP wrote an op-ed on the fact that she’d seen the ‘undemocratic’ TTIP deal, but wasn’t at liberty to reveal any of its contents. Another study said even EU representatives in Brussels thought their European Commission colleagues were making deals behind closed doors.

Supporter of Wikileaks said the negotiating texts were ‘the largest leak of secret trade negotiations in history’. “The secrecy charade has collapsed,” said Deborah James of the Our World Is Not For Sale (OWINFS) network, a group of activists committed to fighting against corporate globalisation.  Wikileaks published a draft financial services annex of the TISA negotiations a year ago, containing plans to deregulate the financial sector. It said the new document confirms these plans, while also revealing new information about air traffic, maritime, professional services, e-commerce and domestic regulation.

This is one of the many topics the novel narrates and thus we invite all our readers to become proactive by clicking LIKE on the Facebook page and entering into any discussion of their choice related to topics that we bring up in the novel.

We look forward to your participation. Thanks!

His Majesty King Lhagyari Trichen Wangchuk on the day of his coronation with His Holiness The Dalai Lama. Both are important characters in The Twilight of the Fourth World.

The Lost Romanov Icon & The Enigma of Anastasia

Cover of the novel. Though historical fiction the main story is based on historical facts.

The Lost Romanov Icon and the Enigma of Anastasia is a historical novel whose characters  are entangled in an amazing series of events brilliantly tied together to unveil  facts and documents never before revealed about the true fate of Anastasia and her family in 1918.
The plot brings to the attention two mysteries together: The real fate of the youngest daughter of the last Russian Czar, still considered  one of the most talked about mysteries of all times, (despite of the identification by the Russian government of  some bones unburied in Ekaterinburg  1991, and the still “unbelievable” results of DNA tests performed in England in 1994), as well as  the whereabouts of an invaluable holy icon that belonged to the Romanov family, since the times of Catherine the Great, and was given to Anna Anderson/Anastasia Manahan in 1946, as a lifetime loan, when she became the godmother of the only male heir  of  the  Duke and Duchess of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, two prominent and respected members of a German ducal  family.
Both I and Marie Stravlo, have been fascinated since a young age by the fate of the Russian Imperial Family and I can now say that we have a deep knowledge of the Anastasia saga, and we hope that in this book we present a fluid narrative that captures the attention of readers  by taking them to several countries (Spain, England, Morocco, Costa Rica, The Vatican, Russia, Italy, Germany and Poland) where hidden information and documents related to the fate of the last Russian Imperial Family have been kept during more than sixty years, 
Rodney Mundy, the main character, not only was my father, but also an MI6 agent in his real life.  According to the plot, after being retired in Spain for several years, and  due to strange circumstances  occurring around  him,  Rodney chooses to investigate the story of Anna Anderson/Anastasia Manahan, the woman  that surfaced in Berlin  in 1920, claiming to be the youngest daughter of  the Tsar that had  survived  the massacre of  her family in July 1918. He discovers that an orthodox icon, apparently containing a hidden document with explosive information about the fate of the Romanovs, disappeared in 1984 from the Manahan’s home in Charlottesville, Virginia, by the time of the death of Anastasia.


Grand Duchess Elisabeth of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, who gave the Icon to Anastasia and was stolen from her home when she died in Charlottesville.

 

He decides to  go back to his previous life as a spy with  the help of former colleagues in secret services and some members of a spiritual Secret Society, trying to find the icon and the truth. Rodney embarks in a dangerous mission and during his journey he receives numerous  revelations  about  historical facts  that have been hidden to  cover up one of the greatest secret service operations  in history, and  finds not only the proof that Anna Anderson was Anastasia, but also the documents that may attest that other members of the Imperial Family survived and lived under false identities in different countries around the world, with the protection and complicity of several governments, royal houses and The Vatican.

Critics say we have wisely and carefully handpicked the other characters, and infused them with specific emotions, personalities, feelings, motives and secret agendas, since they play important roles that represent the past, the  present and will subtly suggest the future of the saga.
It has been our aim that with a balanced mix of facts and fiction, to manage to develop a thrilling sequence of events taking place in 1994, the unforgettable year when several people got involved in a legal battle in Charlottesville, Virginia, to gain access to a tissue sample of Anna Anderson/Anastasia Manahan, kept at the Martha Jefferson Hospital in Charlottesville, Virginia, to be tested to obtain her DNA. Finally, the sample was taken  to London for the DNA analysis, and the results announced on October 5th, 1994 discredited  her claim of being the historical Anastasia. But despite the scientific results, still today, thousands of Anna Anderson’s supporters all over the world believe in her authenticity.  Many questions about the true fate of the last ruling family of Russia remain unanswered, including why the Russian Orthodox Church does not recognize the bones exhumed in 1991 as those of Nicholas II‘s family.



Letter of Prince Michael Benedict to Robert Crouch about Icon in 1991


The lost Romanov Icon contains a detailed description of several events of the life of Anna Anderson/Anastasia Manahan that were never mentioned before.  I do think that it is definitely an intriguing novel that combines history with legend, facts with fiction, and suggests royal and state secrets kept since 1918 by powerful people around the world, that probably will result in a new controversy around one of the bloodiest episodes of history: the fate of the last Imperial Family of Russia.
No doubt this novel will add more mystery to an almost 100 year’s enigma that will outlive all of us while we wait for the definitive work of Marie Stravlo that will shock all those that keep insisting that the official version is the only version.


Her Imperial Highness Grand Duchess Anastasia Nicolaievna Romanov, youngest daughter of Tsar Nicholas II in Lugano, 1926

 

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I invite you all to read it and to post comments either here or on my author Facebook page. Enjoy!

 

We must save the ancient city of Palmyra from ISIL at whatever cost!

Palmyra in Syria cant not be allowed to become another victim of ISIL. An oasis in the Syrian desert, north-east of Damascus, Palmyra contains the monumental ruins of a great city that was one of the most important cultural centres of the ancient world. From the 1st to the 2nd century, the art and architecture of Palmyra, standing at the crossroads of several civilizations, married Graeco-Roman techniques with local traditions and Persian influences.

The history of these well preserved ruins is extraordinary rich and is part of the history of humanity. Palmyra’s wealth allowed the construction of many monumental projects. By the third century, Palmyra was turned into a prosperous metropolis, with a strong army capable of defeating the Sassanid Empire in 260. Following the victory, Palmyra’s chief Odaenathus was proclaimed king but was assassinated in 267. He was succeeded by his minor sons, under the regency of queen Zenobia, who started invading the Roman eastern provinces in 270. The rebellion was masked by a nominal subordination to Rome. However, the situation escalated and the Palmyrene rulers adopted the imperial titles in 271. Roman emperor Aurelian defeated Palmyra in 272, and destroyed it in 273 after a failed second rebellion. Palmyra became a minor city under the rule of the Byzantine, Rashiduns, Ummayads, Abbasids, Mamluks, and their vassals. After being destroyed by the Timurids in 1400, Palmyra remained a small village under the rule of the Ottomans until 1918, then the Syrian kingdom, followed by the French Mandate. In 1929 the French started evacuating the villagers into the newly built village of Tadmur. The evacuation was completed in 1932 and the site became abandoned and available for excavations.

The Palmyrenes were mainly a mix of Arameans, Amorites and Arabs, in addition to Jewish and Greek minorities. The society was tribal and the inhabitants spoke their own dialect of Aramaic, in addition to Greek. Both of the languages were replaced by Arabic following the Arab conquest in 634. Palmyra’s local culture was influenced by the Greco-Roman and Persian cultures, which produced a distinctive art and architecture. The city’s inhabitants worshiped local deities, in addition to Mesopotamiam and Arab gods. They later converted to Christianity in the fourth century, followed by Islam in the second half of the first millennium.

The Palmyrene political organization was based on the Greek city-state model. It was governed by a senate responsible for both the public works and the military. After gaining the status of a Colonia in the third century, Palmyra incorporated Roman institutions to its system before adopting a monarchical system in 260. Palmyra gained its wealth from caravan trade. The Palmyrenes were renowned merchants who established colonies along the Silk Road, and conducted their operations all around the Roman empire.

ISIL has already destroyed the ancient Assyrian  city of Nimrod and  have also have bulldozed the world heritage city of  Hatra and at whatever cost, must not be allowed to commit another crime of CULTURAL GENOCIDE. The United Nations and all the governments of the world including the governments of Muslim countries must work together and fast, to prevent the destruction of this unique and  wonderful world heritage.

How would the Islamic world react if a crazy sect of fanatic Christian fundamentalist went around destroying World heritage Islamic sights such as the Masjed-e-Jamé of Isfahan in Iran or the Taj Mahal in Agra to name a couple?

But this barbarian assasins that are also responsible for the worst crimes of Cultural genocide do not only destroy non Muslim sights.

In 2014, media reported destructions of multiple, chiefly Shiite, mosques and shrines throughout Iraq. Among them were Al-Qubba Husseiniya Mosque in Mosul, Jawad Husseiniya Mosque and Saad bin Aqeel Husseiniya Shrine in Tal Affar, Sunni Ahmed al-Rifai Shrine and tomb in Mahlabiya District and the so-called Tomb of the Girl (Qabr al-Bint) in Mosul. The Tomb of the Girl, reputed to honour a girl who died of a broken heart, was actually believed to be the tomb of medieval scholar Ali ibn al-Athir . In June 2014, ISIL bulldozed the shrine of Fathi al Ka’en. On September 24, 2014, the Al-Arba’een Mosque in Tikrit, containing forty tombs from the Umar era, was blown up. On February 26, 2015 ISIL blew up the 12th century Khudr Mosque in central Mosul.

In Mosul, ISIL also targeted several tombs with shrines built over them. In July 2014, ISIL destroyed one of the tombs of prophet Daniel  by implanted explosives. In the same year, on July 24, the tomb and mosque of prophet Jonah was destroyed with explosives. On July 27, ISIL destroyed the tomb of Prophet Jirjis. On July 25, 2014, the 13th-century shrine of Iman Awn al-Din  in Mosul, one of the few structures to have survived the 13th-century Mongol invasion, was also destroyed by these monsters. All destructions were carried out mainly with explosive devices, in some cases with bulldozers. In March 2015, ISIL reportedly bulldozed to the ground the Hamou al-Qadu Mosque in Mosul, dating back to 1880.

ISIL also destroyed beautiful Sufi shrines near Tripoli in Lybia, in March 2015. The shrines were destroyed by sledgehammers and bulldozers.

So, in my view, it is clear what needs to be done. The whole world must unite to put an end to these acts of barbarism. Our common ancient cultural heritage must be saved at ALL costs. Palmyra MUST be saved and these bunch of criminal thugs MUST me made to pay for the destruction of all these historical sights that are now lost forever.

 

The Twilight of the Fourth World: My latest novel co-written with my sister Charis

I am delighted to announce the publication, as an ebook of our latest novel, The Twilight of the Fourth World.

This novel has taken over 4  years to write and we consider it an achievement. Our aim is to enlighten our readers to situations that are already affecting our lives and though book 2 is set in the year 2038 we are certain our readers will be surprised as to wear we are heading to unless we make changes to prevent this grim future.

“The Twilight of the Fourth World,” with book one, The Rainbow Warrior and book two, The Return of Queen Malik, form a complete literary work — a mandala, where, one might say, one book is the image of the other projected on a mirror, and which together form a whole, that happening simultaneously, lets us penetrate through allegory and imagination into the human psyche. A dance of lights and shadows where love and fear confront each other. Two parallel worlds that seek to stimulate the imagination of the reader and, blurring the boundaries of time and space, raise questions about reality, the observer and the observed. We dedicate this book to the Native American People and to the resilient people of Tibet and their spiritual leader His Holiness The XIV Dalai Lama. Both these cultures are in real danger of extinction. Both these cultures are rich in spiritual knowledge and wisdom, which are much needed in the perilous times that humanity as a whole is living in.

The fist part of the Twilight of the Fourth World, Book 1: The Rainbow Warrior narrates a dream and like dreams, it is woven with threads of two worlds: the real and imaginary one. It is a choral and visual composition. A caricature and a kaleidoscope of human emotions, painted with light and thick strokes of a brush, in a simple language. The teachings of several great masters enlighten us throughout. The alter ego of planet Earth, Plutonio, came into being through an act of faith and will. Life in Plutonio was idyllic, and the nations of the planet lived in peace and harmony until they came in touch with two humans and chaos was installed. The spiritual teachings are inspired by the Dalai Lama, Osho, Deepak Chopra, Talbot Mundy, Joseph Campbell, Enrique Barrios, Lao Tse and other enlightened masters. As for Book 2, The return of Queen Malik, the events take place in the year 2039 as the planet is heading to provoked and controlled disaster manipulated to achieve the dictatorship of the Council of Corporations. The parallelisms to many events that are already happening, gives the reader food for thought. We have been inspired by the prophecies of the American Hopi Indians. The novel has been endorsed by Deepak Chopra, His Majesty the King of Tibet, Melissa Rossi, Marisa Berenson and Grandfather Lee Standing Bear Moore, Keeper of Manataka and for this we are greatly honoured and thankful.

For all of you that are following my blog, I urge you to help us get the message out by reading the book and recommending it to friends and friends of friends. Both Charis and I will be eternally grateful for your help with this.

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The destruction of Nimrod and other treasures from antiquity by ISIL

An ISIL militant commiting Cultural genocide

This is not the first time that the ISIL destroys in a barbaric way what is World Heritage and belongs to all of humanity. It is our link to the past of glorious civilizations like the Assyrian Empire that was founded in the 13th century before Christ.

A painting despicting Nimrod in Biblical times

This time ISIS militants hammered, bulldozed and ultimately blew up parts of the ancient Iraqi Assyrian city of Nimrod, destroying a site dating back to the 13th century BC. The destruction at Nimrod, located near the militant-held city of Mosul, follows other attacks on antiquity carried out by the group now holding a third of Iraq and neighbouring Syria in its self-declared caliphate.

The attacks have horrified archaeologists, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, who last month called the destruction at Nimrod “a war crime.” as well as most of the civilized world. A  seven-minute video some days ago shows bearded militants using sledgehammers, jackhammers and saws to take down huge alabaster reliefs depicting Assyrian kings and deities. A bulldozer brings down walls, while militants fill barrels with explosives and later destroy three separate areas of the site in massive explosions.

The level of fanatism and ignorance is expressed in the opinions of some of these militants. “God has honoured us in the Islamic State to remove all of these idols and statutes worshipped instead of Allah in the past days,” one militant says in the video. Another militant vows that “whenever we seize a piece of land, we will remove signs of idolatry and spread monotheism.”

Nimrod, founded in the 13th century BC, until now was one of the most famous archaeological sites in a country often described as the cradle of civilisation. The ancient city was first described in 1820 and plundered by Western explorers and officials over subsequent decades. It was also looted and damaged during the 2003 US invasion because of this most of Nimrod’s priceless artefacts were moved long ago to museums in Mosul, Baghdad, Paris, London and elsewhere but giant “lamassu” statues — winged bulls with human heads — and reliefs were still on site.

Before ISIL beheaded history!

The militants have been destroying ancient relics they say promote idolatry that violate their fundamentalist interpretation of Islamic law, including the ancient Iraqi city of Hatra, a Unesco World Heritage site.

Authorities also believe they’ve sold others on the black market to fund their atrocities. Some of the figures in the video released Saturday at Nimrud appeared to have rebar, ribbed bars of steels designed to reinforce concrete that is a technique of modern building.

The Assyrians first rose around 2,500 BC and at one point ruled over a realm stretching from the Mediterranean coast to what is present-day Iran.

They left dozens of palaces and temples decorated with huge reliefs mainly depicting their kings’ military campaigns and conquests, hunting lions and making sacrifices to the gods. Their main hallmark was the colossal winged man-headed lions or bulls, protective deities put at the entrances of palaces and temples.

Finishing the job!

ISIL and its militants must be made acountable for all their crimes. They have hijacked Islam and the Islamic leaders of the world should proclaim a Fatwa agains them. Their heinous crimes against anyone who does not agree with their mistaken interpretation of Islam including other followers of Islam,  and the Cultural genocide they are commiting regularly MUST be stopped mainly by the Islamic states. Is lslamic states that play by international rules and respect their neighbours. Many of the militants have been deluded by lies and should be de-radicalized and rehabilitated but this difficult task can only be done by true followers of Islam with patience and compassion. The war against ISIL can not be won in the battle field only.

I have many Muslim friends in different parts of the world and they are wonderful kind, tolerant and compassionate people and they all agree that the Islam that ISIL follow and are trying to impose through crimes against humanity is not Islam. I could not agree more!

Disenchanted youth and why they should be taught to be MOTIVATED!

I just found some days ago that the thirteen year old son of someone I love very much is smoking hashish. Smoking at that age is obviously not healthy because the the body is not physically developed and it is definitely harmful for his health but what worries me most is that mentally at that age one is not developed enough to understand what is to be under the influence of a substance even if it is not strong and socially acceptable.

Please do not take me wrong. I am a believer that drugs should be legal and controlled and sold by the government as not only it would mean an end to the mafias that now control this profitable market but it would also mean revenue for the government and a control on quality etc.  There is no doubt in my mind that this is the best way forward. But let us go back to my friends son. When she told me I realized how confused and worried she was and I asked her why as I tried to reassure her that it was most certainly just  a passing phase of rebellion. She confided in me that the fact that he was smoking was though disturbing, not what worried her. Her grave concern came after her son told her that he did not like this world and the injustice in it!

Why would a young teenager  with a solid good education and a loving family feel so disturbed by the world around him  and have no motivation to do anything about it? This made me think and think until I came to the conclusion that today’s youth have grown in a technological world with values very different to ours and as they grow many of them see that truly the world is not a just place and they realize they have nothing to look forward or at least this is what they feel. So what can we do to help them?

My sister Charis and I have written a lovely novel, The Twilight of the Fourth World which is an epic fantasy full of beautiful messages directed mainly to the young of the world but also to all of us adults, that still have their youngster alive in them.  Everybody with help can start seeing the glass half full instead of half empty.

I have decided to write an e-book that will be distributed at a small cost world wide recounting a story that will inspire and motivate the young of the world. I will write it and dedicate it to my friend’s son and hopefully I can help him find his way. I agree with him that the world is not a fair place and that their is much ugliness around us, but there is also much beauty. it has never been fair. It was not fair in our time or in our parents time. That is the way of the world but we can do things to make the world a better place and one of them is not complaining.

We must all start by practicing gratitude and counting all our blessings. There is always someone that is in a worst place than ours  and therefore everything is relative. How about inspiring those youths that feel lost and disenchanted to become volunteers in their free time and help those less fortunate than them? Giving and helping others is a most enriching experience that makes one  feel very satisfied and enriched. The feeling of being needed!

I hope that I will succeed in my endeavor. I will definitely will put everything I have into achieving this goal and I Invite all my readers to make suggestions and participate in this beautiful project with suggestions, ideas and even personal experiences and stories.

A teenager should be happy and discovering all the wonderful things that the Universe has to offer. It is a period of discovery and joy and should never be one of sadness and depression.

Thank You!