Deep in
north central New Mexico is the sleepy little town of Dulce. Dulce is
located on the Archuleta Mesa on the Colorado - New Mexico Border. It is
home to about 3000 residents and is the capitol of the Jicarilla Apache
Nation. For as small and as insignificant as this remote location may
sound, it became the center of controversy in the early 1980's. Physicist
and inventor, Paul Bennewitz claimed he had discovered an underground base
occupied by extraterrestrials near Dulce. His story quickly spread through
the UFO community. Allegations th at surround the base include human
abductions ("alien abductions") by these extraterrestrial
beings. He also asserted that the extraterrestrials were engaging in the
development of advanced technology including genetic manipulation. Their
plan, according to Conspiracy Theorists, is to control the government and gain
ultimate control of the Earth by means of a New World Order. Stories have
emerged regarding an untoward alliance between humans and the inhabitants of the
Dulce base which include ties to shadow governments via secret societies such
as the Illuminati, the Masons, the Bilderberg Group and the Skull and
Bones.
Dulce is
not the only place on earth where it is believed underground bases exist, but
it is the one which has received the greatest notoriety in recent times.
Subterranean bases, according to Conspira cy Theorists, can be found around the
world with major active outposts all across the United States, Australia,
Antarctica and South America. These bases are connected to each other via
a series of channels which connect one base to another. There are even
assertions that one of these tunnels leads to an active base beneath the
Vatican which has been exerting control over western civilization for centuries.
A wealth of information regarding this subject has
recently surfaced that seemingly reaches across vast extremes. And as
strange as all of this may sound, could any of what they say be true? We
turn to mythology in the search for answers. It must be stated before we
move on, that mythology, like many of the claims that come from the UFO
community is treated more like science fiction rather than fact.
Traditional mythologists contend that the gods we f ind in myth represent the
forces of nature or the creation of someone's vivid imagination. With
that said, does mythology support these seemingly outlandish claims?
Stories
of underground realms occupied by "the gods" pervade mythology.
Depending on the culture, it has been called Hades, Tartarus, Xibalba, Duat,
Patala and Hell. These "homes of the gods", are not always
found deep within the earth, but are sometimes described as being within a
mountain or deep beneath the waters of the earth. Access to their domain,
regardless of locality, is often described as located through the mouth of a
cave. The entrance may appear open at one time and then disappear from
view completely and instantaneously. The inhabitants of these underground
realms did not desire to be visited by unwanted nor unexpecte d company, yet
access was granted to select individuals.
According
to ancient texts, entrance into the underworld was anything but easy. The
Mayan Popul Vuh, for example, describes the route taken by the hero
brothers Hunhun-Ahpu and Vukub-Hunapu. It tells of a steep descent into
the home of the Lords of Xibalba and the many challenges they had to
face. Similarly, texts such as the Egyptian Book Of The Dead,
describe the path by which the deceased god-King must travel to enter Duat.
Like the Popul Vuh, the path is fraught with challenges the individual
must pass in order to enter the realm of the dead, the underworld. The Vishnu
Purana states that the deepest level of the underworld, Patala, can be
found 70,000 yojanas beneath the surface of the earth. Gilgamesh, in the
epic bearing his name, is described as traveling twel ve leagues in the dense
darkness until he arrived in the light filled chamber of the underworld.
The
underground domains of the gods are described as filled with houses or vast
halls where thousands of individuals could assemble. Fountains, plants,
tall grasses, trees and animals of all kinds filled this land. The divine
ascetic, Narada, who is featured in the Vishnu Purana claims to have
visited Patala. "Patala was much more charming than heaven. He
exclaimed "What can be compared with Patala where Nagas (serpents) are
adorned with beautiful and brilliant and pleasure-diffusing gems? This region
is embellished with the daughters of Daityas and Danavas.".
Similar
descriptions of the underground/underwater homes of the gods are scattered
through mythology. The home of the Sumerian fertility god Enki, which is
located in the watery deep, is described as having his house built of gold,
silver and lapis lazuli. Even writers, such as Greek philosopher Plato,
echo this notion. He believed that the earth was littered with a number
of hollows that were full of water, air, trees, fruits and flowers.
Surprisingly,
Plato confirms yet another claim made by modern UFOlogy. Plato goes on to
state that these hollows were connected to one another by subterranean
channels. But Plato isn't the only one who refers to tunnels that lie
beneath the surface of the ear th. Inca legends tell of vast networks of
tunnels that crisscross the length and breadth of the planet, complete with
underground cities. When Pizarro and the Spanish conquistadors entered
Peru, they kidnapped the Inca emperor Atahualpha and held him for ransom.
They demanded enough gold to fill a room in return for Atahualpha's
release. Pizarro's men heard rumors that the Inca gold was being held in
a vast network of subterranean tunnels. The tunnels were thousands of
years old and ran for miles beneath the Inca capitol. In more recent
years adventurers who have hazarded into the caverns beneath Cusco entered but
were never seen again. One man actually did make it out of the tunnels
alive and he brought with him two bars of gold. According to officials he
had gone mad. The entrances to the tunnels were then walled up for
safety's sake - at least that is the official story. The Apache Indians
report that their ancestors took refuge in ancient tunnels during a cataclysmic
disaster on the earth. They wandered these immense passageways for years
carrying the seeds for life in the new world.
But what
about the other claim made by UFOlgists regarding these bases being used for
genetic engineering? According to their assertions it is in the lowest
level, the 7th level, of the Dulce base that the extraterrestrials are engaging
in this kind of experimentation.
Again,
mythology supports this premise. Native American tribes across the
country are the most vocal when it comes to this topic. The Jicarilla
Apache (whose headquarters is in Dulce), the Navaho and Hopi Indians have
long-standing traditions of man's creation and emergence from beneath the
surface of the earth. The Algonquians recount "Thus did the
lowermost world-cave become overfilled with living things, full of unfinished
creatures, crawling like reptiles over one another in dark blackness."
In this matter they do not stand alone. Berosus, a Babylonian priest,
tells of the hideous creatures that inhabit this underground realm. He
described men who had one body but two heads, some with the legs and horns of a
goat and even some with the hind quarters of a horse and the body of a
man. "In short, there were creatures in which were combined the
limbs of every species of animal."
These genetic experiments are, according to reports
from UFO advocates, being conducted by a grou p of reptilian beings in the
lowest levels of the base. Thomas Castello, a former senior security
officer at the base, testified that the base at Dulce is a seven level
underground facility with the lower levels described as a series of natural
caverns. It was believed by Castello that these caverns were used by
different extraterrestrial races in our remote past. In Hindu cosmology,
the Naga (serpents) once lived on earth, but the great god Brahma sent them to
live under the sea and in the seventh level of their underground realm called
Patala. In the Sumerian Inana's Descent To The Nether World, Inana
is required to pass through seven gates to finally reach the bowels of the
underworld. Aztec legend says that Quetzalcoatl, the feathered serpent,
went to Mictlan, the Aztec Underworld, and created mankind using his own blood
and the bones of the previous race. Throughout mythology the act of
creating humanity is always associated with a specific group of gods, the
fertility gods. Fertility gods around the world are traditionally
depicted as reptilian or amphibious in nature and appear in art as a blend
between a man and a fish or a man and a snake.
A number
of individuals also argue the Reptilian's true agenda is to control us, with
the objective to dominate the planet. They cite the development of a New
World Order. Proponents of this theory believe that the Reptilians, or
the byproduct of their genetic manipulation experiments, intend to take control
of the earth's surface. This takeover is being orchestrated by an
extremely powerful and influential group which includes many of the world's
wealthiest people. Some claim members of this elite group are actually
genetically related to each other. Their goal is to have every man, woman
and child on the earth obedient to their covert agenda. The Reptilians are also
accused of wanting to reduce the population on the earth and are employing
weapons such as chemt rails, GMO's, vaccinations and man-made viruses to reduce
our numbers. It is contended that it is easier to control 500,000 or a
million individuals than it is the 7 billion who currently live on the
earth.
A look
into mythology relative to this claim does have a few pillars of support.
The idea of culling the human population on Earth is not a modern concept.
In the Sumerian Epic of Atrahasis we find a story where the gods do just
that! Twelve hundred years after the creation of mankind the number of
people who inhabited the Earth grew. Their "noise" disturbed
the Sky god Enlil's sleep. Enlil decided to send a plague in order reduce
the population. This worked for a while but when another 1200 years
passed the populati on had grown again and Enlil was once more bothered by the
noise. This time, in order to decrease their numbers, he gets the Thunder-rain
god Adad to hold back the rains and the world suffered from a great drought
where vast numbers died. The population continues to grow, and by the
time another 1200 years pass the noise became too much for Enlil to bear.
Wanting to alleviate his problem he tells the gods to hold back all of nature's
gifts. This went on for six years and as the texts describe, the people
of Earth were reduced to cannibalism in order to survive. The Fertility
god, Enki, tried to save the people from starvation. This angered Enlil
even more. Finally Enlil, in an act of vengeance, decided to destroy
mankind once and for all. He planned to do this by flooding the
world. Enki, once again steped in and saved humanity from total
annihilation. He warned Atrahasis of the impending flood and told him t o
build a boat to save himself and his family.
Torrents
of theories have come forward as we seek the truth regarding our place in the
universe. Mythology does lend itself to support a number of these
claims. It is difficult to determine if the creators of these theories
based their conjecture using myth as their foundation, first hand experiences,
or, something else. What does seem evident is that much of the
information UFO researchers are bringing to light does parallel the myths and
legends that have passed to us from antiquity. Bringing this idea full
circle; if the stories being unearthed in the UFO community were not
based on mythological sources, yet mythology su pports these claims, then the
stories of our distant past may have a basis in fact. It implies that the
gods were living breathing beings who walked the earth in our remote past,
created man and played an essential role in the development of life and culture
on the planet.
