When We Were Gods Table of Contents

When We Were Gods: Insights on Atlantis, Past Lives, Angelic Beings of Light and Spiritual Awakening

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements
Foreword
Author’s Note
Author’s Notes to the Second Revised Edition

Part I: When We Were Gods

Chapter 1: The Man of my Dreams
Chapter 2: Trouble in Paradise
Chapter 3: In the Beginning
Chapter 4: Fat Karma
Chapter 5: The Vision
Chapter 6: The Golden Ones
Chapter 7: God is Greater
Chapter 8: The Light Without
Chapter 9: The Dark Force
Chapter 10: The Light Force
Chapter 11: The Life to Come
Chapter 12: Love of the Physical
Chapter 13: Going Crazy
Chapter 14: A Message From Pan
Chapter 15: Flying Snake
Chapter 16: The Fifth Root Race
Chapter 17: The Brotherhood
Chapter 18: The Tower and the Crystal
Chapter 19: Snake Transportation
Chapter 20: The Great Pyramid
Chapter 21: When We Were Gods
Chapter 22: Death is the New Thing
Chapter 23: Feathered Serpent
Chapter 24: A New World
Chapter 25: Epilogue

Part II: Articles

Chapter 26: Introduction to the Articles
Chapter 27: “From Obesity to the Fifth Root Race” published in Venture Inward
Chapter 28: “Melting Off the Pounds: The Sun Diet” published in Whole Life Times
Chapter 29: “Arcturus is Home” published in Fate
Chapter 30: “The Great Crystal” published in Circle Magazine
Chapter 31: “Searching for the Hall of Records in the Yucatan” published in Venture Inward
Chapter 32: “The Man of My Dreams” published in Dream Network
Chapter 33: “In the Mouth of the Snake” published in Alternate Perceptions

Bibliography
Index
Author Biography

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Only three Maya “books” or codices survived the Spanish conquest of Yucatan

A page from the Dresden Codex showing images from Maya civilization. ~ from Wikipedia commons–this image is in the public domain because its copyright has expired.

The Maya, an indigenous people of the Yucatan Peninsula in Mexico plus Guatemala, Belize, and Honduras, made folding books written on the inside bark of certain types of fig trees.

Called “codices” (codex in the singular), many were destroyed by the Spanish conquistadors and priests.

For example, in July of 1562, Bishop Diego de Landa ordered the destruction of all of the codices in the state of Yucatan.

De Landa also destroyed a Maya temple in Izamal, using the stones from the temple to make an elegant convent, which we visit in the Yucatan Travel Movie. Izamal is a gorgeous colonial city only about an hour and a half drive from Chichen Itza and well worth the visit.

The three codices that survived the Spanish conquest are named by the location of the museum where they presently reside.

• The Dresden Codex, is housed in Germany, is made of 74 pages (39 leaves written on both sides), contains descriptions of rituals and astrological information on eclipses of the sun and moon as well as the cycles of Venus.
• To my way of thinking, the Paris Codex, in France, is the most interesting since it deals with the Maya calendar and includes prophecies for various tuns and Katuns.
• The Madrid Codex is the longest at 112 pages and is housed in Spain. Researchers believe it was put together quickly after the Spanish conquest.

Occasionally, hopelessly decayed codices are found in Maya ruins:

Given the rarity and importance of these books, rumors of finding new ones often develop interest. Archaeological excavations of Maya sites have turned up a number of rectangular lumps of plaster and paint flakes, most commonly in elite tombs. These lumps are the remains of codices where all the organic material has rotted away. A few of the more coherent of these lumps have been preserved, with the slim hope that some technique to be developed by future generations of archaeologists may be able to recover some information from these remains of ancient pages.

Maya Codices

“Atlantis and Its Colonies in Egypt and Yucatan” presented in Nanaimo

On April 21, 2012, Carol Chapman presented an all-day event, Atlantis and Its Colonies in Egypt and Yucatan, at the Unitarian Hall in Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada, sponsored by the Nanaimo Metaphysical Network.  

At this event, Carol explored the exciting topic of the lost continent of Atlantis. Although Atlantis has yet to be found, Carol believes that evidence of Atlanteans can be found in ruins in Egypt and Yucatan. Carol showed a PowerPoint Presentation in which she showed photographs of paintings in the pharaohs’ tombs and carvings on Mayan ruins that correlate with her past life regression memories of Atlanteans.

Carol also discussed information presented in trance readings by psychic Edgar Cayce for individuals with past lives in Atlantis. These “life readings” reveal the fascinating story of the exodus of survivors from the sinking Atlantis to safety lands in Egypt and Yucatan.

Comments from participants include:

“I was skeptical! But, this has been one of my most enlightening and enjoyable day. Carol’s energy and knowledge has been most energizing!”

 “Very personable speaker! Extremely knowledgeable. Sparked much interest for future reading.”

“Wonderful! I would like to hear the continuing story . . .”

 “A wonderful message and way to bring people together who share something ‘outside’ of our ‘usual’ ways of thinking and interpreting history and the future.”

 In reply to the question, “What do you like BEST about the program?,” one participants wrote: 

“Carol’s personal experiences supporting or verifying Cayce’s readings and sometimes differing or enriching them.”

Some artifacts in Mayan ruins discovered by using intuition

In yesterday’s post, I referred to August and Alice LePlongeon, explorers of the Mayan ruins in Yucatan. While we were in Yucatan filming the Yucatan Travel Movie, we visited Hacienda Chichen, the place where many of the original explorers of Chichen Itza stayed. There we learned of Alice Le Plongeon’s psychic talents and how she had found a Chac Moll buried deep in the ground purely by intuition.

The Lost Continent of Mu e-book available online

In looking for information on Lemuria, I just came across the e-book of the 1926 book by James Churchward, The Lost Continent of Mu. I like that I can easily ready the book online. It even has links to the chapters of the books. Right away, I am interested because I see references to August and Alice LePlongeon who explored Mayan ruins in Yucatan.

The Turtle in Mayan Mythology

At the end of my talk The Yucatan Connection to Atlantis and Lemuria Using Cayce Clues and Mythology on Wednesday at Edgar Cayce’s A.R.E. for the Edgar Cayce Forum, a man came up to me and asked me the significance of the turtle in Mayan Mythology.

I knew the turtle had to be significant to the Maya in some way since I remembered seeing a large turtle made of earth and carved stone in one of the Mayan ruins I visited.

Well, it turns out that when the Maya looked at the constellation of stars we presently call Orion, the Hunter, they saw instead a turtle. It represented the original domestic oven.

Final Yucatan Travel Movie Back Cover Copy

Here’s the final wording of the DVD back cover for the movie Yucatan Travel: Cancun to Chichen Itza:

“Discover secrets about the Yucatan that few travelers know such as a fantastic Caribbean beach located within a Mayan ruin site. Encounter a huge underground cave used for drinking water and swimming. In this travel documentary, you will visit a pyramid that contains a tomb and see local children feeding a wild crocodile. Join narrator Miriam Balsley as she shops for colorful crafts with her Mom and Step-dad, savors local delicacies and explores sacred ground where shamans still perform traditional ceremonies. Whether you travel to the Yucatan by plane or cruise ship . . . whether you explore by bus, rental car or tour group . . .
Yucatan Travel: Cancun to Chichen Itza provides insider views of appealing attractions.”

The Atlantes and Atlantis

A coincidence or what! In Yucatan, among Mayan ruins, there are ancient statues that are supposed to be holding up the world called Atlantes. Is that Atlantes or Atlantis? Where did these Atlantes get their name? What difference, if any, is there between the pronunciation of Atlantes and Atlantis. It could very well be only a difference in interpreting the spoken word. They are probably the same word!

Atlanteans in Yucatan

Based on my past life regression sessions on the lost city of Atlantis and my travels in Yucatan, Mexico,there are indications in Mayan ruins that Atlanteans came to Yucatan. You can read about my past life memories and my Yucatan travel experiences in my book When We Were Gods by Carole Chapman.