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The Celtic legends are very lucid in respect to magical weaponry and powers. We read. of weapons of strange power and magical properties, which literally needed several men to use. Their records give pronounced indications of genetic engineering in the tales of demonic hybrid entities, called the Fomorian Race, or Men of Lochlann, endowed with great powers, clairvoyance, and physical strength. We hear mention of “glass towers” from which the evil overlords could keep watch over the entire island. The later races subjugated the land of Ireland and its natives for centuries until they were finally overthrown. The Celtic word Fomhoraigh, means “giants,” and also derives from a term that means “from under the seas.” The myths say that the Fomorians lived under the ocean. Interest- ingly, one of the ancient names for the mythical lost isles was Tir fo thuinn, meaning “Land beneath the Wave.” One of these mysterious weapons mentioned in the Irish sagas was the Lance of Lugh, the sun god. Lugh was called Ildanach, or “Master of all the Arts,” but also the “Far- Shooter.” Here is a description of his strange lance: He also had a magic spear, which...he had no need to wield himself, for it was alive and thirsted for blood...When battle was near it was drawn out; then it roared and struggled against its thongs; fire flashed from it...it tore through and through the ranks of the enemy, never tired of slaying. (See Celtic Myth and Legend by Charles Squire; The Book of Con- quests, and The Silver Arm by Jim Fitzpatrick.) Another weapon of power was the sword of the high king Nuada, called Retaliator. It is the prototype of Excalibur. Retaliator was said to vibrate in the presence of negative forces or enemies. The Celts had the strange prohibition that no king could rule who was “blemished.” This does not make sense until we realize what it relates to is genetic alteration. The high king of the Gaels, Nuada himself, had to step down as leader after his arm was severed in the titanic war with the Formorian hybrids. He sub- sequently had his missing limb replaced with a “silver arm.” The astonishing account of this limb’s “magical” replacement clearly bespoke some form of advanced cyber- netics. (See Celtic Myth and Legend by Charles Squire.) The Greeks and Teutons, as so many others, also have records of hybrid beings that had the countenance of either great beauty or ugliness. (See Clash of the Titans, Jason and the Argonauts, the Odyssey, and the Amazing Voyages of Sinbad.) 42 The World Falls Dead Atlantis, Alien Visitation, and Genetic Manipulation