It may seem incredible to those who do not know that Churchians created Devil as a means of keeping their flock in fear - who also think Devil is a Pagan concept. The fear of death was not a Keltic concept and they weren't moved to assign all their wealth to some rich church when they approached death in order to avoid joining Devil. Some Christian fundamentalists sell idea that age of rocks was a way that Devil sought to lead Christians astray and these same people would have you teach your children "Rock of Ages" has more veracity than geology that proves we've had a long time on this earth to develop and learn what kind of Divine soul we are blessed with.

ASIATIC LAWS OF UNIVERSALITY IN THE 'STUPAS':

In other books I have explored Dolmen and Round Towers of ancient megalith Builders which resemble symbolism of Man as represented in steeple. They are part of era after truly great megaliths were built in places like Stonehenge and Poverty Point. The real meaning behind form and structure may be similar though. Mircae Eliade was one of Eranos Conference attendees with Jung and Campbell who I draw much insight from, in my studies. His scholarship is open and elucidative for me and I sincerely hope reader will enjoy taking a journey with him to Barabudur. It is not easy for those of us in present intellect-focused or faith oriented theology to integrate all aspects of how we might learn. Perhaps a simple suggestion to leave all preconceptions aside will suffice. So take off your 'thinking caps' and put your heart and soul on front burner while rose-coloured glasses of ego or faith diminish into distance.

"On subject of Barabudur, famous temple on island of Java and most beautiful monument in Asia, whole libraries have been written. Purely technical explanations have been attempted taking account only of laws of architecture; endless controversies have been joined over religious and magical meanings hidden in that colossal monument. Dutch Orientalists and architects have published over past fifteen years books of great value on Barabudur. The names of Krom, Van Erp, and Stutterheim must be mentioned. The last of these, in a work of 1927, laid foundation for a true interpretation of temple: 'Barabudur is nothing less than a symbolic representation of Universe'. From this intuition Paul Mus's investigations start. The beginning of his book consists of a history of controversy, an exposition of principle hypotheses, and a critique of methods. Examined in turn are theories of most illustrious India specialists, art historians and architects. Then Mus undertakes to discuss problem. It must be remembered that this gigantic volume is preceded by an 'avant-propos' of 302 pages in which author establishes validity of his methodology. In order to justify symbolic function of Javanese temple, Mus emphasizes a truth often remarked by Orientalists: that if Buddha was not represented iconographically for several centuries, it was not due to incapability on part of Indian artists, but to fact that a type of representation superior to images was essayed. 'That would not have been a defeat of plastic art, but rather triumph of a magical art.' When an iconography of Buddha was adopted, symbolism was poor by comparison. The 'aniconic symbol' of Enlightenment (the wheel, etc.) was much more powerful, more 'pure', than statue. Ananda Coomaraswamy also has published evidence for this thesis in his 'Elements of Buddhist Iconography'. (12) The conclusion to be drawn from this is that Buddhists, as well as Hindus (and Asians in general) {As well as Sauk Indians we showed are from area of Great Wall and were Buddhists before loss of magic represented by change to graven images or iconography.} before Buddhism, used symbolism more effectively, precisely because symbol was more comprehensive and 'Active' in magical sense than plastic representation. If Buddha was considered to be a god (as he was, in fact, immediately after his demise), then his magical 'presence' was preserved in anything emanating from him." (13)

Last week I was looking at a small hard pimple on my thumb. It had been there for years, and I decided I didn’t want it any more. I’m sure medical people reading this will chastise me, but I decided to cut thing off. So I got out some alcohol to sterilize things, and a sharp knife. When I was ready to start, I couldn’t find pimple. Within seconds, it had vanished without a trace! And it hasn’t returned.

Several days before that, I was getting dressed to go out early in morning before dawn. As I prepared to leave my bedroom, I started toward a lamp on my dresser, intending to turn it off. Before I even got near it, it turned itself off. “Strange!” I thought to myself.

And I’ve had several other such happenings recently.

While these may be trivial events, they powerfully illustrate my point -- it seems all I had to do was form intention, and universe responded instantly.

Chief Joseph