Mysterious Stone Spheres are a Map to Atlantis?

I love it how just about anything weird and inexplicable is often attributed to Atlantis. Take a look at the following excerpt. The rest of the article goes on to say that director of the University of Kansas’ Global Indigenous Nations Studies Program John Hoopes says that because of the mysterious nature of the huge spherical rocks, they have “inspired a lot of crackpot theories, most notably that the spheres are an archaic guide to Atlantis.”

I’d have to agree with Hoopes. How could anyone possibly get a map from these stone spheres?

The mysterious, almost perfectly spherical stone balls dotting the Costa Rican landscape may soon be up for UNESCO World Heritage status. But who built them circa 600 AD? Are they a map to Atlantis, or something even weirder?

The Mysterious Stone Spheres of Costa Rica

Check out the site for a photo of the spheres and some delightful, amusing, occasionally ribald comments by clicking on the above link.

Yucatan Travel Movie Premier

Today I visited a theater to see if it would be a good fit for the premier of the Yucatan Travel Movie. I felt happy to see that the Beta version of the movie looked good on the much larger-than-my-TV screen. In fact, it looked great! I also felt happy and grateful that the manager of the theater kept watching and watching the video, entranced by the movie, long after we’d established that the movie looked and sounded good on her projector. The Yucatan Travel Movie should be ready in a month.

Atlantis Novel Explores Present-day Correlations with Ancient Destruction

Spanish author Javier Negrete locates his fictional Atlantis on the Greek island of Santorini, where, many believe, the largest volcanic eruption in human history occurred. In Negrete’s Atlantida (Atlantis in Greek), he interweaves the story of the destruction of this Santorini Atlantis with our present-day situation, in which we stand on the brink of another possible Atlantis-like destruction.

FIRA, Greece – Spanish writer Javier Negrete explores people’s fascination with natural disasters in “Atlantida” (Atlantis), a novel that transplants the tale of that mythical submerged civilization to the modern day.

Spanish Novelist Transplants Atlantis Myth to Modern Day in New Book – Latin American Herald Tribune

Sculpture from Atlantis in West Africa?

Take a look at this article about magnificent ancient sculptures judged on a level with ancient Italian and Greek artwork. I love how, so often, explorers attribute their finds to having come from the lost continent of Atlantis, especially when they don’t know who created the works of art.

When the German explorer Leo Frobenius went on an expedition to West Africa 100 years ago and discovered beautiful terracotta sculptures and brass heads from Ife, he thought he had found Plato’s lost city of Atlantis.
Majesty, Serenity and Suffering from Ife’s Golden Age

Divers Study Bimini Road

Here’s a blog report of a snorkelling trip to the “road” from the Lost City of Atlantis off the coast of Bimini Island.

With a nod to the affirmative, snorkellers zipped tight into wetsuits are ready to slip into the sea in search of the Lost City of Atlantis.

Since the 1970s when a prediction made by American psychic Edgar Cayce in the 1930s appeared to be realized, the site has been explored by thousands of divers, scientists and TV crews.

– IFPress

Yucatan, One of Top Three Spiritual Travel Destinations

I like this excerpt because it implies that Yucatan is one of the top three destinations for spiritual travel, on a level with the Vatican and Egypt:

“In these modern times, traveling for spiritual reasons has become more popular and there are numerous options to choose from that include going to places other than Yucatan, the Vatican and also Egypt.”

— You Get the Gist of It: Transforming Lives Through Knowledge

As director of the Yucatan Travel Movie, I feel encouraged for the movie’s success.

Lord of the Rings Past Lives

I saw Peter Jackson’s marvelous Lord of the Rings, Return of the King, again last night and wondered how much of our resonance with the J.R.R. Tolkien story comes from past life memories of our time during the Middle Ages. But also, with the immortal elves and the evil orcs, I wonder if our fascination with the Trilogy of the Rings harkens even further back to the time when we were immortal, during the time before death when we were in Atlantis.

Opening Credits Today

I am working on the opening credits of the Yucatan Travel Movie today. It is a SunTopaz, Travel Along With Us, Mystery Lands presentation.

“Behind the Scenes” Short

I look forward to putting together the “Behind the Scenes” video short for the “Special Features” part of the Yucatan Travel Movie.

Decisions, Decisions

The editing process on the Yucatan Travel Movie continues. What to leave in? What to take out?