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THE EXTRATERRESTRIAL CONNECTION The chapter continued with the seven lamas being taken up into "Flying saucers? Of course there are flying saucers! I have seen space from where they could see Tibet. The vehicle left the many, both in the sky and on the ground, and I have even been for atmosphere, with no increase in gravity or sensation of speed, and a trip in one. Tibet is the most convenient country of all for flying soared into space. The monks were taken on a tour of the saucers. It is remote from the bustle of the everyday world, and is spaceship. Its propulsion system utilised a form of magnetism peopled by those who place religion and scientific concepts before which repelled the Earth's magnetism. The repelling force could material gain. Throughout the centuries, the people of Tibet have be adjusted to allow the vessel to hover, rise or sink. The ship was known the truth about flying saucers, what they are, why they are, also capable of collecting "space electricity"—a form of how they work, and the purpose behind it all. We know of the magnetism based upon cosmic energy. flying saucer people as the gods in the sky in their fiery chariots." The Venusian hosts took the lamas in a strange vehicle to the ("Home of the Gods" in My Visit to Venus ) Hall of Knowledge, where they observed the Earth's creation along Like many writers of the 1950s, such as George Adamski and with the mighty civilisations of Lemuria, Atlantis and Poseidonia. George Hunt Williamson, Rampa described benevolent The Broad One warned: "We guard the Earth, for, if man's folly is extraterrestrials who had come to warn humanity about the follies allowed to go unchecked, terrible things will happen to the race of of nuclear power. During the following decades, his discussions man. There are powers upon the Earth, human powers who oppose on extraterrestrials = became more all thoughts of our ships, who say there is sophisticated and on the cutting edge of UFO nothing greater than the human upon Earth, research, particularly with The Hermit (1971) so there cannot be ships from other worlds." which introduced the ideas of human Eventually, after many days, the Tibetans abduction and experimentation for genetic were returned to Earth "which now seemed a engineering purposes. Clearly, Rampa's tawdry place" and "paled into significance revelations of extraterrestrial genetic against the glory of Venus". The story ended engineering pre-dated Zechariah Sitchin's . with this: "Never again, I thought, shall I see Earth Chronicles series, and yet his influence During the such wonderful things. How mistaken I was, in this genre is unrecognised. following decades, for that was but the first of many trips." ~ My Visit to Venus his discussions - Beyond the Tenth My Visit to Venus, an anthology of Rampa on extraterrestrials During the 1960s the subject of ufology chapters which had been rejected from earlier books, was published without authorisation in late 1958 or early 1959 by Gray Barker, an American who ran Saucerian Bulletin. Prior to Barker's book, it had been published in various magazines such as Flying Saucer Review. Rampa did not want it published, fearing it would be dismissed as science fiction. The opening chapter, "Home of the Gods", continues on from Doctor from Lhasa's description of a visit to the Chang Tang Highlands, where the became established, and Rampa in his books Chapters of Life and Beyond the Tenth expanded the theme of aliens as the guardians and indeed creators of the Earth. He described UFOs as being of four distinct types: 1. Extraterrestrials. These Gardeners of the Earth, an extremely advanced race from another galaxy, colonised our planet billions of years ago. Every now and then they come back to check on the progress of the human race. 2. Inner Earth inhabitants. In the Venus anthology, they are described as lamas discovered a huge, ancient city. advanced humanoids who live in the Half frozen in a glacier, this city had Earth's interior and sometimes use their once accommodated a race of giants. "Nearby in a spacious vehicles to explore the Earth's surface. This theme was later courtyard, there was an immense metal structure which reminded —_ expanded in Twilight. became more sophisticated and on the cutting edge of UFO research... me of two of our temple dishes clamped together and was clearly 3. Antimatter vehicles. These explode when they come into a vehicle of some sort.". The monks cautiously approached the contact with the Earth's atmosphere. vehicle, which was about 50 to 60 feet (15.24 to 18.29 metres) 4. Interdimensional vehicles containing aliens from other across, and ascended a ladder leading inside. Once inside, realms. Usually we are unable to perceive these aliens, as they Rampa's Guide touched something which caused the ship to hum vibrate at a different frequency to human beings. We can only and emit a bluish light. perceive their vehicles as gyrating lights in the sky, a third- To their surprise, they were approached by large humans who dimensional shadow of fourth-dimensional vehicles. communicated telepathically: "Be not afraid, for we were aware of Beyond the Tenth was published in 1969, the same year that your coming for the past hundred years. We made provisions so Erich von Daniken's Chariots of the Gods? was published in that those who were intrepid enough to enter this vessel should —_ English. While the Swiss author built his case upon incongruous know the past." The humanoids showed them pictures from the ancient anomalies, Rampa stated unequivocally that "Earth is like past civilisation: huge buildings which sat by the sea with disc- a colony; Earth is a testing ground, a seeding place where different like vehicles soaring above. They witnessed an enormous types are put together so that the Gardeners of Space can see how explosion which toppled the buildings and caused a tsunami to rise they get on together" (p. 77). He claimed that even though the above the ruins. The humanoids told them of a "White Gardeners were friendly and concerned with our welfare, they Brotherhood", composed of incarnate and discarnate entities, sometimes abducted and experimented upon humans in an effort to which safeguarded all life. improve our species. During the following decades, his discussions sophisticated and on the cutting edge of UFO research... 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