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stratosphere, destroying all trace of their civilisation. Earthquakes a massive hall which contained working models of ancient tech- and tsunamis once again racked the world, and Tibet, which had nology and the history of a vanished race. His Guide told him been a low-lying seaside resort for the super-race, was elevated by that there were other time capsules, with an identical one in South tectonic forces in only a few minutes. It was in Tibet that the far- America "concealed by the peoples of old so that their artefacts seeing priests had hidden their time capsules in a great cave and would be found by a later generation when the time was ready". forgotten city enclosed in a glacier in the Chang Tang Highlands. (Cave of the Ancients, p. 85) The survivors were plunged back into the Stone Age and eventu- Rampa's fourth book is devoted to the Tibetan cave and his ally forgot about the lost "Golden Age". visit. Before describing his journey, he warned: "The commu- During his final initiation, Rampa came face to face with the nists are now in Tibet, so the location of the Cave of the Ancients gilded mummies of the extraterrestrial super-race beneath the is deliberately being concealed, for the cave is a very real place Potala. Three aged abbots led him to an ebony crypt with strange indeed, and possession of the artefacts there would permit the symbols along its sides, and spoke of the gods who came from the communists to conquer the world... It is in a secret place, com- skies before the mountains came. He stared in awe at the three —_ plete with references and sketches, and noted on paper so that gigantic nude figures: a female 10 feet long, and two males over when the time comes, forces of freedom can find the place." 15 feet long. Each had a large and conical head, a narrow jaw and (ibid.) thin-lipped mouth. The nose was long and The expedition consisted of seven people, thin, and the eyes were straight and deeply including Lobsang, who had to travel for recessed. weeks to reach the cave. They discovered As part of his initiation, he had to medi- glowing blue lights illuminating a huge, tate for three days in the tomb while his spir- Before describing his almost inaccessible cave which contained it soared back in time. He had visions of . . many strange machines and devices, some in giants gambolling in the warm waters of a journey, he warned: actual working condition. A huge sphinx Tibetan lake when suddenly a cataclysmic "The communists are crouched against a wall. The monks found a earthquake and massive tsunami inundated . = recording device which showed them scenes the great city. As tectonic forces sent the now In Tibet, so the of the lost civilisation: strange creatures area soaring thousands of metres, the lake location of the Cave of which wandered the planet, winged vehicles froze, preserving the great city in a huge . . that traversed the skies, animals and humans glacier. the Ancients IS communicating telepathically. Dissentions a a small party of monks, Rampa vist deliberately being arose; priests ranted About their own Kind of ed this ancient city hidden in a secret valley salvation, while scientists developed more in the Chang Tang Highlands to the concealed, for the cave and more lethal weapons. A few north of Tibet and described it in i very r l | priests, fearful for the future, decided to Doctor from Lhasa. His Guide . Save y ea Pp ace inaugurate this cave so that later explained in an awed voice: "Half a indeed, and possession generations could learn from their of the artefacts there would permit the million years ago this was the home to technology. Other chambers were built the gods... This was a pleasant sea- in Egypt, South America and Siberia, communists to conquer the world..." side resort in which lived scientists of each spot marked by a sphinx. The war a different race and type. They came escalated and the wise men decided to from another place altogether...but seal the Cave of the Ancients, their through their experiments they brought farewell speech telling any future calamity upon the earth, and they fled discoverer that mankind was about to the scene of their disaster leaving the destroy itself. They said: "Within ordinary people of earth behind... these vaults are stored such records of Through their experiments the sea rose our achievements and follies as may up and froze." (p. 185) benefit those of a future race who have To reach the city, they crawled the intelligence to discover it, and, across the inhospitable highlands until they found a cleft in a rock, having discovered it, be able to understand it." leading to a plain about five miles across. "We found a mighty The picture faded and the lamas went into a trance to consult city, half of it exposed in the hot air of the hidden valley, and the the Akashic records to determine the fate of the capsule. They other half buried in the clear ice of a glacier... That part of the saw the cave being sealed by a huge crane a few months before a city which had thawed out was almost intact. The still air, the massive bomb sent the Earth reeling on its axis. Great quakes and absence of wind, had saved the buildings from damage by attri- tsunamis destroyed every vestige of this advanced civilisation and tion. We walked along the streets, the first people to tread those left only a few terrified survivors huddling inside caves to propa- streets for thousands of years... We saw many skeletons, petri- gate the human race. fied skeletons, then we realised that here was a dead city. There In Feeding the Flame (1971), Rampa wrote more about the were many fantastic devices which indicated that this hidden val- buried time capsules and what they contained. A huge chamber ley had once been the home of a civilisation far greater than any beneath the Egyptian sands "is an absolute museum of artefacts now upon the face of the earth. It proved conclusively that we which existed tens of thousands of years ago". These capsules were now as savages compared to the people of that bygone age." contained antigravitic aircraft, where "the power of the motor is (DEL, author's foreword) not expended in supporting the weight but is used just to propel Rampa was also fortunate enough to visit a second time capsule the vehicle forward". "I will tell you quite truthfully that I have hidden in the mountains of Tibet, which had been discovered by a seen such aircraft." (FTF, p. 146) Antigravity was also used to group of monks. After crawling inside a cavern, they discovered move heavy objects, with a special device which could neutralise a massive hall which contained working models of ancient tech- nology and the history of a vanished race. His Guide told him that there were other time capsules, with an identical one in South America "concealed by the peoples of old so that their artefacts would be found by a later generation when the time was ready". (Cave of the Ancients, p. 85) Rampa's fourth book is devoted to the Tibetan cave and his visit. Before describing his journey, he warned: "The commu- nists are now in Tibet, so the location of the Cave of the Ancients is deliberately being concealed, for the cave is a very real place indeed, and possession of the artefacts there would permit the communists to conquer the world... It is in a secret place, com- plete with references and sketches, and noted on paper so that when the time comes, forces of freedom can find the place." (ibid.) journey, he warned: "The communists are now in Tibet, so the location of the Cave of deliberately being concealed, for the cave isa very real place indeed, and possession of the artefacts there would permit the communists to conquer the world..." 52 * NEXUS Before describing his the Ancients is www.nexusmagazine.com FEBRUARY — MARCH 2006