Crop circles. 
What are they? 
What makes them? 
Why are they here?\nThey appear mostly under cover of darkness, complex designs mysteriously imprinted on fields of ripened grain. Except for eighty eyewitnesses, nobody knows how they got there or why. 
They leave the plants undamaged. They contain mathematical theorems. They encode secret geometry. They portray ancient symbols. 
Since the 1890s some 10,000 crop circles have appeared beside ancient sacred sites in Britain and 25 other countries. And the patterns are getting more intricate. Governments set up agents to tell us they're hoaxes but the scientific evidence firmly contradicts this view. 
What on earth is going on? 
Bestselling author Freddy Silva lived among this phenomenon in southern England, an area that hosted 90% of the world's crop circles. In his international bestseller, since published in four languages, he takes us on an exhilarating firsthand field trip into the heart of the mystery and behind the scenes of the enigma, introducing us to farmers, researchers, scientists, mystics, hoaxers and debunkers. 
He tells: 
- how to distinguish genuine from man-made 
- what the magnetic field anomalies mean 
- how sound, light and gravity are involved 
- how they are made 
- what the symbols might be telling us 
Deeply informative and copiously illustrated, Secrets In The Fields remains the most authoritative book on crop circles, even after 20 years in print.\nThis special 20th anniversary edition includes a synopsis of what has taken place since 2003.

Secrets In The Fields: The Science And Mysticism Of Crop Circles. 20th anniversary edition

Religion & Spirituality

SILVA, FREDDY

New Age & Spirituality

Invisible Temple

It has been a mystery how humans suddenly ‘discovered’ civilization around 8000 BC.
But ask indigenous people the world over and they will state that, 12,000 years ago — during a period called the Younger Dryas — another culture lived alongside them. Described as unusually tall, fair-skinned, red-haired or blonde, these ‘gods’ knew how to bend the forces of nature, enabling them to built extraordinary megalithic temples and develop a comparatively advanced civilization.
After a global flood wiped out their island homelands, the remaining gods emerged at strategic locations to rebuild their former world, and teach human survivors the roots of civilized society. Then, they vanished.
Who were these people? Where did they come from? And what did they want with us?
From the Birthplace of the Gods in New Zealand, to the Andean home of the Shining People, and the Yucatec temple cities of the People of The Serpent, best-selling author Freddy Silva re-examines the world’s flood traditions and discovers an interconnected web of master seafarers, astronomers and magicians, their monuments and traditions, and a previously unknown island nation where the antediluvian gods lived before it sank. He also examines the environmental challenge they faced and how it is destined to reoccur, the outcome of which will be determined by the very people they once sought to elevate from barbarism — ourselves.

The Missing Lands: Uncovering Earth's Pre-flood Civilization

History

Ancient Civilizations

Freddy Silva

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First Templar Nation: How the Knights Templar created Europe's first nation-state

Europe

A fresh and insightful account of the origin of ancient temples and the role played by sacred sites in raising human consciousness. Can a temple transform an ordinary person into an extraordinary being? Ancient texts refer to temples as living beings, intermediaries between matter and spirit that serve to transform people “into gods, into bright stars.”They also describe a global flood in 9703 BC, and how groups of survivors — Seven Sages, Shining Ones, Followers of Horus — set out to “rebuild the former mansions of the gods” by creating a vast, interconnected network of power places upon the Earth’s energy hotspots. And the temples that rose from them would serve future generations whenever they lost their spiritual compass. What’s more, science has now discovered these portals are still working. Based on solid evidence, this original work uncovers the origin of sacred sites, the seven laws that transform ordinary locations into portals, how the measurable energy in ancient temples induces altered states of consciousness, and why we seek out these mysterious places. From Stonehenge and the sacred sites of Egypt, to India, the Americas, Pacific islands and the Far East, best-selling author Freddy Silva takes you on a 17,000-year journey of levitating stones, underwater ‘cities of knowledge’, 15-foot tall gods and the secret esoteric groups who kept this single-minded vision alive throughout recent history. Their aim? The transformation of every person on Earth.

The Divine Blueprint: Temples, power places, and the global plan to shape the human soul.

The Lost Art of Resurrection: Initiation, secret chambers and the quest for the Otherworld.

Crop Circles. What Are They? Who Makes Them? Why Are They Here?
They appear at night, complex designs mysteriously imprinted on fields of almost ripened grain. Nobody knows how they got there, or why. They leave the grain stalks in swirls, virtually undamaged. They exhibit mathematical precision. They demonstrate principles of geometry. They portray ancient religious symbols.
Since the 1980s, some 10,000 crop circles have appeared, seemingly by magic, in England and 25 other countries. Each year the count grows, and the designs get more intricate, even fantastic. Governments tell us they're hoaxes, but the evidence shows that most are not.
What is going on?
Author Freddy Silva lives in Wessex, the four-county area of southern England that has been host to 90 percent of the world's crop circles. In Secrets in the Fields, he takes us on an exhilarating firsthand field trip into the heart of the mystery. Silva takes us to the scene of the enigma, before, after, and during the appearance of a fresh circle. He introduces us to farmers, researchers, scientists, mystics, hoaxers and debunkers. He tells: 
<ul>
<li>how to distinguish a hoaxed circle from a genuine one </li>
<li>what the magnetic field disturbances might mean </li>
<li>what time distortions observed at crop circles might mean</li>
<li>how sound, light and microwave energy may be involved</li>
<li>how a theory of music may account for their creation</li>
<li>what the circle images mean </li>
</ul>
Deeply informative and copiously illustrated, this is the most comprehensive look at crop circles to date.

Secrets in the Fields: The Science and Mysticism of Crop Circles

Reference

Hampton Roads Pub Co Inc

Ancient texts throughout the world speak of sacred sites as living entities where people contact the invisible universe to discover the secret wisdom of the ages. Evidence shows that these places of power are built at magnetically sensitive locations and according to an ancient prescription that is capable of altering states of consciousness.
In Legacy of the Gods, leading expert on sacred sites, Freddy Silva examines the origins of sacred places and takes readers to the most significant sites of the ancient world---from Stonehenge, Angkor Wat, Kurwah Tahit in New Zealand, and Petra, to the Vatican and Tibet. He offers a wide-ranging exploration of the planning behind temple building, the spiritual technology employed by various groups of adepts, and the secret wisdom contained in these sites that have survived over thousands of years. 
Topics include: * What is sacred space and where does it come from? * Understanding the power of sacred mountains. * Sacred centers--why entire cities of veneration grew up around these temples * The experience of altered states of consciousness at sacred sites. * Why periods of temple-building preceded climate changes * The Knights Templar, and other groups who continued to keep the wisdom alive
Legacy of the Gods is an engaging mix of archaeology, mythology, sacred geometry, history, and folklore. It's the ultimate guide to the secret wisdom of sacred sites.

Legacy of the Gods: The Origin of Sacred Sites and the Rebirth of Ancient Wisdom

Hampton Roads Publishing

Reveals the radical ancient practice of living resurrection, in which initiates ritually died and were reborn into a state of higher consciousness • Explores living resurrection initiation practices from world cultures, including Egyptian, Greek, Gnostic, Chinese, Celtic, and Native American traditions • Describes the secret chambers and temples where Mystery Schools practiced “raising the dead” • Shows why this practice was branded a heresy and suppressed by the Church More than two thousand years before the resurrection of Jesus, initiates from spiritual traditions around the world were already practicing a secret mystical ritual in which they metaphorically died and were reborn into a higher spiritual state. During this living resurrection, they experienced a transformative spiritual awakening that revealed the nature of reality and the purpose of the soul, described as “rising from the dead.” Exploring the practice of living resurrection in ancient Egyptian, Phoenician, Greek, Persian, Indian, Japanese, Chinese, Celtic, and Native American traditions, Freddy Silva explains how resurrection was never meant for the dead, but for the living--a fact supported by the suppressed Gnostic Gospel of Philip: “Those who say they will die first and then rise are in error. If they do not first receive the resurrection while they live, when they die they will receive nothing.” He reveals how these practices were not only common in the ancient world but also shared similar facets in each tradition: initiates were led through a series of challenging ordeals, retreated for a three-day period into a cave or restricted room, often called a “bridal chamber,” and while out-of-body, became fully conscious of travels in the Otherworld. Upon returning to the body, they were led by priests or priestesses to witness the rising of Sirius or the Equinox sunrise. Silva describes some of the secret chambers around the world where the ritual was performed, including the so-called tomb of Thutmosis III in Egypt, which featured an empty sarcophagus and detailed instructions for the living on how to enter the Otherworld and return alive. He reveals why esoteric and Gnostic sects claimed that the literal resurrection of Jesus promoted by the Church was a fraud and how the Church branded all living resurrection practices as a heresy, relentlessly persecuting the Gnostics to suppress knowledge of this self-empowering experience. He shows how the Knights Templar revived these concepts and how they survive to this day within Freemasonry. Exploring the hidden art of living resurrection, Silva shows how this personal experience of the Divine opened the path to self-empowerment and higher consciousness, leading initiates such as Plato to describe it as the pinnacle of spiritual development.

The Lost Art of Resurrection: Initiation, Secret Chambers, and the Quest for the Otherworld

Politics & Social Sciences

Sociology

Inner Traditions

Overturns the long-established historical narrative about the origins and purpose of the Knights Templar • Explains how and why the Templars created Europe’s first nation-state, Portugal, with one of their own as king • Reveals the Portuguese roots of key founding members, their relationship with the Order of Sion, the Templars’ devotion to Mary Magdalene and John the Baptist, and the meaning and exact location of the Grail • Provides evidence of Templar holy sites and hidden chambers throughout Portugal • Includes over 700 references, many from new and rare sources Conventional history claims that nine men formed a brotherhood called the Knights Templar in Jerusalem in 1118 to provide protection for pilgrims traveling to the Holy Land. Overturning this long-established historical narrative, Freddy Silva shows that the Order of the Temple existed a decade earlier on the opposite side of Europe, that the protection of pilgrims was entrusted to a separate organization, and that, in league with the Cistercian monks and the equally mysterious Order of Sion, the Templars executed one of history’s most daring and covert plans: the creation of Europe’s first nation-state, Portugal, with one of their own as king. Including over 700 references, many from new and rare sources, Silva reveals Portugal, not Jerusalem, as the first Templar stronghold. He shows how there were eleven founding members and how the first king of Portugal, a secret Templar, was related to Bernard de Clairvaux, head of the Cistercians. The author explains the Templars’ motivation to create a country far from the grasp of Rome, where they could conduct their living resurrection initiation--whose candidates were declared “risen from the dead”--a secret for which the Church silenced millions and which the Templars protected to the death. Placing the intrepid Knights in a previously unknown time and place, Silva’s historical narrative reveals the Portuguese roots of key founding members, their relationship with the Order of Sion, the Templars’ unshakeable devotion to Mary Magdalene and John the Baptist, and how they protected a holy bloodline in Portugal. He also provides evidence of secret Templar holy sites, initiation chambers, and hidden passageways throughout Portugal, often coinciding with pagan and Neolithic temples, and explains how their most important site forms a perfect triangle with the Abbey of Mont Sion in Jerusalem and the Osirion temple in Egypt. The author also reappraises the meaning of the Grail and reveals its exact location, hidden in plain sight to this very day.

First Templar Nation: How Eleven Knights Created a New Country and a Refuge for the Grail

Destiny Books

Around 6000 BC a revolution took place on Orkney and the Western Isles of Scotland. An outstanding collection of stone circles, standing stones, round towers and passage mounds appeared seemingly out of nowhere. And yet many such monuments were not indigenous to Britain, but to regions of the Caspian Sea and the Mediterranean. 
Their creators were equally mysterious. Traditions tell of the Papae and Peti, 'strangers from afar' who were physically different, dressed in white tunics and lived aside from the regular population. They were regarded as master astronomers with an uncanny ability to work with enormous stones. But where did these relatively advanced ancient architects come from? 
In his seventh book, Scotland's Hidden Sacred Past, bestselling author Freddy Silva examines the Neolithic culture, Gaelic language and sacred traditions of the Scottish Isles and finds a trail of evidence leading to Sardinia and the Armenian Highlands. His research locates the origin of this misplaced civilization and what prompted its people to choose the furthest reaches of Europe to recreate the masterworks of their original homeland, a plan that included the establishing of Ireland's sacred and megalithic culture.\nAmong the many topics covered: 
The true dating of Orkney's sites, and their relationship to the Giza pyramids 
Armenian and Egyptian linguistic roots of sites and places in Orkney and the Hebrides 
Archaeo-astronomical connections with Orion 
The origin of the Papae, Peti and Tuatha de Danaan 
Armenian and Scythian roots of Ireland's prehistory 
Sardinian megalithic history and the origin of Scottish duns and brochs 
The connection between Armenia and Callanish 
Hidden geometric blueprints linking ancient sites in Orkney, Kilmartin and Ireland\nAuthor website: invisibletemple.com

Scotland's Hidden Sacred Past

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