Chapter 1: Oak Island. A Place of Mystery Among Many
If one cultivates a passion
for the mysteries of the western world places like Oak Island, Rennes le
Chateau, and the famous Beale Treasure may appear as places or concepts of
significance beyond any treasure that may be hidden involved. Any examination of
these legends will reveal many interesting and unknown facts relative to the
common history of each place. In short the mysteries reveal some truth via the
use of metaphor and suggestion. Nothing is spelled out in the traditional way
revealing the need for one to speculate given these clues and hints to the
truth.
What exists as a common
factor in many of these tales reveals certain historical figures were privy to
the truths of these places. It is possible that specific people were initiated
into the mysteries that would at once reveal the truth and mechanics of what
these treasure tales may mean beyond a quest for lost riches. This information
may have come to specific individuals that were deemed capable of understanding
it via family fraternities, Freemasons, The Church, and other secret societies.
This tradition is not limited to one social class or philosophy.
Using what they had learned
on quests that they had been prompted to follow these lessons could be then
applied in both recognizing and solving other mysteries. The initiate of these
mysteries could become familiar with unspoken concepts and questions without
having to be told by someone at each location. Over the centuries many mystery
school conundrums such as this have taken on legendary status and the truth of
their purposes and origins may be lost in the mists of time. What is clear is
that these myths and legends have alternate meanings to those who know how to
interpret the clues and signs that were left behind for them. These same people
of course would be adept at creating the very same kind of quests that they had
been led on previously.
It is clear from previous
examinations that people like Thomas Jefferson, Alexander Von Humboldt, Antoine
d’Abbadie and others had been initiated into these mysteries and had also
created architectural clues as to the location of treasure or hidden
information. Each of these men had either created or been involved in the
creation of unique geometric shaped buildings that served as datum or axis mundi
on the face of the earth. Each of these places served as the center of a
defacto map projection that included valued directions based on the form of the
structure or temple from plan view. They were establishing meridians that meant
something to them beyond marking their position or the correct time.
Jefferson had built three
octagons, d’Abbadie had built Chateau Abbadia, The Cassini’s developed the
Paris Observatory, and Von Humboldt interpreted the Aztec Sunstone for them and
had been privy to and possibly assisted in the placement of these structures.
Even famous Confederate General Robert E. Lee seemed to be aware of these
concepts and had put them to use in his construction of Ft. Carroll in
Baltimore Harbor. Obscure monuments like the John Ericsson Memorial near the
Lincoln Memorial may have been placed at specific points in order to indicate
other valued locations in relation to their position.
Lee was distantly related to
George Washington and Alexander Spotswood. Spotswood was the Colonial Virginia
governor who built the octagonal Powder Magazine in Williamsburg. All of these
men were taking part in a geographic experiment that in this form had begun in
the first century B.C. with the construction of the octagonal Tower of the
Winds in Athens Greece. This tradition likely contributed to the famous street
plan of Washington D.C. and all of its associated mysteries. It is likely that
the Great Pyramid or more likely Heliopolis had served this function in the
Egyptian culture.
The Tower of the Winds in
Athens created a templum or sphere of influence that actually ‘pointed to’
places of talismanic value to the priesthood who had constructed the Tower.
This practice is a good example of a rational way to legally describe property
and a domain that also had many spiritual concepts applied. The practice of
astronomy and astrology overlapped through most of known history and its
practical applications have often been overlooked in any examination of the
technology of antiquity. It is clear the Greeks and Egyptians and their
predecessors had the geometric and mathematical skills to both understand and
execute such plans.
Over time the Royal class
adapted this activity in terms that other rulers could understand thus
establishing what would be termed legal ownership in the modern world. It
appears that a claimed territory had to be described in a way that included its
spatial relationship to a known temple or monument. In turn the claimed area
was described in relation to the new datum or axis. A by-product of this
tradition was the establishment of several prime meridians across the face of
the globe. It appears that this knowledge may have been lost and regained at
certain points in history. It is clear that through each of these eras there
were a class of human beings who saved and protected this information for many
different reasons. The same techniques used to calculate these relationships
were used in astronomy, astrology, cartography, and navigation. Those who were
aware of and had mastered these arts had a distinct advantage in commerce and
statecraft over others who did not.
In short they were shooting
in or measuring their domains in geometric and mathematical terms for the first
time. Eventually this practice became the domain of the landed gentry and was
practiced on a more personal level. This resulted in the construction of many
architectural follies on estates that had many hidden thematic and directional
attributes. This is displayed at reproductions of the Tower of the Winds at
Shugborough Hall, The West Wycombe estate of Sir Francis Dashwood, and the Mt.
Stewart estate of the Marquis of Londonderry. Later in the United States
Freemasons would apply this tradition instead of the Royal entities that had
defined it in the Old World. The Newport Tower and Powder Magazine of Colonial
Williamsburg were built in this tradition even prior to the above-mentioned
Tower of the Winds reproductions.
Despite this many Imperial
entities continued to apply this concept to N. America in the U.S. and Canada. More
modern versions of the Axis or datum are represented by The International Peace
Garden on the border of the U.S. and Canada, The Star Chart at Hoover Dam, The
Georgia Guidestones, and Maryhill Stonehenge. Many of these monuments have
millennial themes and include devices that let one sight the pole star and
figure the date and time via astronomy. They are leaving information that may
be useful to future generations after some sort of earth changing catastrophe.
The roots of all science and mathematics are laid bare at these temples of
time. The Great Cyclic Cross of Hendaye also serves as a prime example of this
tradition.
Through an examination of
this tradition in the United States it becomes clear that there were some
individuals who were so familiar with this concept that they had discerned the
truth about many of the mysteries that still fascinate us today. Their
knowledge of this is only seen via their actions and the architecture and art
that they left behind.
In other work such as the
book “The Sacred Towers of the Axis Mundi” I have discussed this tradition from
Constantine to Thomas Jefferson. Both of these men had a great impact on the
development of architecture in specific forms. Jefferson and Constantine had
both built octagons that represented axes mundi for their own reasons. It is
clear that Jefferson was inspired by Constantine and his legacy that included
the Tower of the Winds in Athens. So who else may have been privy to this
information and how had they illustrated their knowledge of this information?
Through the centuries this
practice was utilized by many intelligence services that valued the use of
occult concepts including that of the axis mundi. These concepts spawned an
entire genre of occult beliefs that centered on the relationship and use of the
concept of time in both astronomy and navigation. This gave fuel to the fire of
the notion that there were time based vortexes or warps in the temporal fabric
that may be marked by these locations. This would be a natural assumption given
the mixture of science and spirituality that have defined many occult concepts
through time. Many occult oriented artists guilds came to believe the truth of
these concepts up to and including the nineteenth and twentieth centuries and
beyond. As part of this fascination on the part of artist’s communities some
writers hinted at these concepts in their prose as well. Salvador Dali is said
to have held such beliefs as stated in the work of Patrice Chaplin. Some of
these concepts are being openly applied at the Burning Man festival held in the
Black Rock Desert of Nevada each Summer.
One such author from an
earlier era was none other than famous horror and science fiction writer of the
early to mid nineteenth century Edgar Allen Poe. Here we will examine the
involvement of Mr. Poe in the mysteries of Rennes le Chateau, The Oak Island
Treasure, and the Beale Treasure legend of Virginia. E.A. Poe was an incredibly
popular author in France. Here we may see some of the reasons he was so popular
there revealed for the first time. All of the esoteric and gnostic wisdom
contained in Poe’s writing and poetry may be the product of an initiate of the
mysteries combined with the active imagination of a gifted artist.
We will begin with an
examination of the Oak Island Treasure question and how Poe may have at least
been aware of the importance of Rennes le Chateau about 37 years before it
first became known to the public at large. This is also a great span of time
between the inception of this treasure myth and its popularity here in the
early 21st century.
We may see that Poe was
telling about his knowledge of all three of these mysteries via an examination
of one of his most popular short stories entitled “The Gold Bug.” This
examination may also reveal that Poe learned of these concepts or had even
possibly been initiate of their mysteries during his time as a student at the
University of Virginia. In addition his knowledge of these questions may also
indicate that these mysteries had either already been solved with all treasure being
recovered or that they were created for other reasons than hiding an actual
treasure beyond the incredible information that is exposed.
The
Oak Island Money Pit Treasure is one of the most enduring Grail Quest myths of
the world. This small island in Nova
Scotia may hold the answers to many of the mysteries concerning the true
history of early North America. Lore surrounding the island dictates that a
great treasure is hidden in a booby-trapped pit that is flooded by seawater
once excavation gets to a certain depth. Others believe that the missing
manuscripts of Sir Francis Bacon and the Temple Treasure of Jerusalem are
stored in the Money Pit. Large amounts of money and human resources including
loss of life have been expended on this quest. A closer examination may reveal
that this location was valued as part of a kind of vision quest by some very
significant historical figures through time. In addition the Oak Island
Treasure story has points in common with other famous Pirate’s treasures
including another story that has Captain Kidd stashing a treasure in a pit that
floods in Madagascar.
The
Oak Island question will be revealed here as being part of the same kind of
talismanic Grail Quest activity that is seen in many other similar treasure
stories. From a global perspective Oak Island is important to a lineage of
people who all expressed their value of Oak Island by arranging axes or datum
on the face of the earth that actually pointed the way to Oak Island. This
includes other axes we have studied in the past including: The hexagonal Port
of Portus; The Daphne Octagon of Constantine, the octagon of Heidelberg Castle;
Castel del Monte of Frederick II HRE; and the octagon present at the Cassini
estate north due north of the northern tip of the star in the landscape of
Rennes le Chateau. Actual physical elements of these geometrically shaped
structures point arcs or azimuths on the globe to Oak Island. Three of these
same axes also point arc to both Oak Island and the International Peace Garden.
In addition we see emperor Trajan who had built Portus also pointing another
structure he built towards the future site of the International Peace Garden.
The
Money Pit on Oak Island was discovered by young men in the late eighteenth
century who saw “strange lights” on the island one night. The next day they
went to investigate. During their search they are said to have discovered a
depression in the soil with an old ships block or pulley suspended on a branch
above the pit. Naturally they were curious as to what might be buried there.
The island had a history of Pirates visiting there over the years. Excitedly
they began to excavate the pit.
These
three young men including McGinnis were all members of families that had come
to Nova Scotia as loyalists during the era of the American Revolution. These
young men’s families still had some strong familial relationships with their
American branches in what was now the United States. Their possible loyalties
to their family there may figure later in this story. These men’s role as
loyalists could have also possible involved their families acting as spies or
agents for the United States. At the very least they likely still had family in
the Colonies.
As
they excavated the pit the men encountered layers of oak logs and coconut
fibers. At ninety feet a stone with some strange inscriptions was found. This
stone has disappeared from history and only a reproduction is available for
analysis. The original stone was said to be made from a type of porphyry that
is not native to this part of the world. Though there are many theories no one
has accurately deciphered the stones inscription. Interestingly one
interpretation of the code on the stone was deciphered using a form of a cipher
that was present in Edgar Allen Poe’s short story entitled “The Gold Bug.” At
the time of the publication of this book an individual has come forward who
says they have the stone but no photographs or witnesses have corroborated this
claim.
Many
Oak Island researchers dispute that this would have been possible. How could a
code used by Poe be present so deep in a pit in which the treasure had been
deposited prior to Poe penning this story? If true and this inscription was
based on Poe’s work the treasure was either A: Deposited after Poe had written
the story or B: The treasure had been recovered after Poe had written “The Gold
Bug” and the stone had been left to tell you it had already been found. This
despite the message on the stone that states the treasure is 40 feet deeper
than where the stone was found. None of this means there was never anything
there or that there still may be. There are simply many curious historical
associations with Oak Island that no one has addressed to date. If the standard
story is true then this means that someone had put the stone there and then
deposited several layers of oaken logs above this point.
Note
that this stone has never been seen and it is only known of by those who saw it
during the era in which it was found. Many may deny the use of Poe’s work at
Oak Island because it changes the scope of what is there or what had already
been recovered. So here we have our first possible association with a famous
mystery that involves the spectre of Edgar Allen Poe. The location of Poe’s
story “The Gold Bug” at Sullivan’s Island South Carolina does faintly
relate to the Oak Island story. The location of this island may be important
later in this analysis. Does any of this mean Poe was aware of the fact that a
treasure was either located at Oak Island or had been recovered from there
already? More information does exist that may support the truth of this theory.
As
time went by the legend of the treasure grew to a point where groups of
investors including an organization known as the Truro Company and later the
Onslow Company would attempt to recover the treasure. Still others such as the
Oak Island El Dorado Company and Oak Island Treasure Company made attempts at
salvaging something from Oak Island. Personages such as movie star John Wayne
were known to have personally invested in the recovery of the treasure. Errol
Flynn once contemplated investing in Oak Island but changed his mind some say
because Wayne was involved. Future President Franklin D. Roosevelt invested in
one of the ventures to recover the treasure and showed interest even after he
became President.
All
of these attempts were foiled by the design of the money pit itself. Roosevelt went on to dedicate the Star Chart
at Hoover Dam and showed keen interest in the works of mystic Nicholas Roerich
and others. Roosevelt’s value of the Star Chart may indicate that he was aware
of the geographic concepts that may have been applied by those in the past that
recorded the location of the treasure. The Star Chart at Hoover Dan also may
serve as a permanent rendition of an ephemeris as it shows the what the skys
displayed at a given date at the time of the construction of the Great Pyramid.
The stone tiled floor of the monument actually displays this ephemeris.
One
of the earliest attempts to recover the money pit treasure on the part of the
Oak Island El Dorado Company revealed that the pit had actually been engineered
so that channels built from the sea would flood the pit if a certain depth were
reached. Not only did this add credence to the fact that there was a treasure
there it showed a great deal of planning and effort had gone into hiding the
loot that had been stashed there. Whoever had built the Money Pit wanted to
insure that no one could recover it without huge expense and effort invested.
To date only a small portion of a gold chain has been recovered. A large group
of investors still quest for the treasure today and a successful TV show has
been produced about two brothers quest for this lost treasure.
Theories
about what is in the Money Pit and who put it there vary from Pirates, Knights
Templar to UFO’s and Aliens. This place has captured the imagination of the
world and inspired theories of dreamers and pragmatists alike. What is there?
Who put it there and why? Is there a reason they selected this small Island on
the east coast of Nova Scotia to hide the greatest wealth and secrets of
history? If a treasure were once hidden there is it still there? Would anyone
who had discovered it in the past have reason’s they wouldn’t advertise the
fact that they had found it?
One
of the more popular theories as to who placed the treasure at the money pit
involves the Knights Templar and the vast amount of wealth that order was said
to posses at the beginning of the fourteenth century. The Templars had become
very powerful in the era of the crusades. During this time they were said to
have occupied the Temple Mount in Jerusalem and may have recovered information
or relics that aided them in their success. Evidence suggests that they may
have recovered the lost remains and manuscripts of Constantine beneath the
Temple Mount (see “The Sacred Towers of the Axis Mundi” for more on that).
As
we may see given the possible legacy of whatever info they had recovered at the
Temple Mount may have led them to Oak Island. There is no evidence to suggest
this is true at Oak Island. A few inscriptions have been found there that seem
to span an interpretation of symbols that were valued during Constantine’s time
yet also valued by later secret societies and Masonic groups. So in a way those
are inconclusive yet may represent a later faction leaving a sign that they
knew something was there while hinting at its original origins. So it is
possible that people as early as Emperor Trajan had come to Oak Island but
there is no evidence in the historical record nor has any cultural material
from these eras been recovered at Oak Island.
There
is evidence in the method in which they hid the treasure. This hidden way to
hide things may have been based on an art that was already well developed in
Imperial Rome and also displayed itself in a more refined way by subsequent
Byzantine rulers. The use of the concept of the Axis and Templum as used in the
legal description of property could provide a secret yet easy to access method
for encoding the location of something that was to be hidden. The use of
hydraulic engineering had also been perfected by the Romans and earlier the
Greeks as well so it is not out of the question they could have built the Money
Pit and the channels that seem to booby trap the site.
It
is obvious that these kind of mysteries were part of the royal legacy of many
rulers including Constantine and Charlemagne. Many times these mysteries were
funerary in nature. Is it possible that information including that fact that
something was hidden at Oak Island or other places was included in the
sepulcher of Constantine when they found it beneath the Dome of the Rock? This
may be possible if not via the mysteries of Constantine but a long list of
other candidates that also possessed a royal legacy that included the Imperial
heritage of Constantine. So it is possible that this mystery resembles one that
is more ancient because descendants of a given Royal could adapt the imagery and
symbols associated with past times.
During
the crusades the Knights Templar instituted one of the earliest forms of credit
in the world. For a fee they would let pilgrims and travelers to the Holy Land
deposit money in Europe for which they were issued a chit or receipt. This
would allow them to travel safely to Jerusalem without fear of losing all of
their funds. Upon their arrival they would withdraw as much money as needed and
leave the rest safely deposited. Similar to a modern bank. This combination of
cloistered knowledge and wealth eventually made them a threat to the monarchs
of Europe. In 1307 a Papal Bull was issued to arrest all Templars, disband
their order, and confiscate all of their property.
A
large number of the Templars were said to have escaped to Spain, Portugal and
Scotland. During this era the Templars were said to have the largest navy in
the world. Their fleet was stationed at the Port of La Rochelle, France. When
it became obvious that they had been betrayed their entire fleet disappeared
from the face of the earth never to be seen again (Sora). Many feel that they
were the group responsible for creating the elaborate system of the Money Pit.
Compared to the other popular theories involving pirates the Templars would
have had the time, funds, and know how to create such a device. Other theories
have the Templars in fact becoming Pirates! On the other hand it may be that
they had simply found information indicating something was hidden at the money
pit.
An
amazing correlation exists later in history between the Port of La Rochelle and
George Washington first President of the United States. His great grandfather
Nicolas Martiau was from La Rochelle and more specifically was from the Isle de
Re in La Rochelle Harbor. The Isle de Re seemingly named for the Egyptian Sun
God was also home to the Templar fortress of St. Martin located there. Martiau
would go on to have a major impact of the development of Yorktown Virginia and
the early Virginia Colony. There may be some connections between the legacy of
Martiau and the Beale Treasure legend. Martiau and the Beales were early
associates in Yorktown with Thomas Beale even being onetime Sheriff of York
County adjacent to the Colonial Capitol of Williamsburg. Another descendant of
Martiau would include famous Civil War general Robert E. Lee. In addition both
Lee and Washington had later married into the same Custis family.
Bolstering
this theory are other legends that Henry Sinclair of the family that created
Rosslyn Chapel was said to have made two or three voyages to this part of what
would become Canada. In reality it is more likely that Henry sent other family
members James Douglas and William Sinclair who had supposedly been killed at
the Battle of Teba. Their deaths in far off Spain may have been a cover for
their clandestine visits to North America. The exploits of these men and others
like them may account for the Templar Legends of North America as well as those
that refer to the existence of ‘giants’ at that time. The descriptions of many
Scottish, Swedish, and other European Knights have them ranging in size from
6’2” to 6’7” in height at a time when the average height was about 5’8”. This
includes James Douglas and the Knight Moir who supposedly recovered the fallen
Knights remains after the Battle of Teba. Very few people saw these men’s
remains.
Strangely
this theory is supported in that the local Mic Maq band of Native Americans
flag is nearly identical to the Sinclair naval ensign or flag. Other evidence
such as the origins of the Powder Magazine in Williamsburg, Thomas Jefferson’s
Poplar Forest, The Newport Tower and Kensington (Minnesota) Runestone may add
weight to the argument that Knights Templar or specific family groups may have
travelled to North America long before Columbus. In the end we may see that Poe
and the Lee family were privy to the real origins and dynamics of these
possibly intentionally created mysteries. Individuals who knew all of this may
have also included people from other countries like Scotland, France, England,
Spain, and Germany. The Lee family and other early gentry of Virginia and New
England were certainly among the faction that could have had the resources and
money to recover such a treasure.
Over
the centuries the Templars may have created a system by which someone was
always aware of the location and nature of the lost treasure. If there was a
central repository for relics and valued items then it may have been moved from
place to place over time. The modern Sinclair family claims to have no knowledge
of the treasure and apparently are as interested in finding the treasure as the
public at large. This may indicate that all of the clues needed to find the
treasure were left with an order or personage that had influence beyond that of
the Sinclair family itself. This unknown group would insure that the secrets of
the island were kept until they deemed otherwise. It is possible that this
mantle of responsibility eventually descended to Sir Francis Bacon himself.
These factors may contribute to a theory that whatever was at Oak Island had
been moved at some point. It is also entirely possible that the nature of the
treasure is comprised of information. Alternately the treasure is the quest
itself and what one learns along the way.
Three
centuries later this part of the world would finally start to be colonized by
Europeans. Two of the earliest English settlements in the New World were
settled with the influence of Sir Francis Bacon. Jamestown Virginia (1608), and
Cupids Newfoundland (1610) both included Sir Bacon as investor in these
ventures. The Spanish also had a successful colony at St. Augustine Florida
that was established prior to England’s colonies. Later we would see French Arcadia which
includes Oak Island being governed by a direct relative of the d’Abbadie
(Jean-Vincent d’Abbadie de Saint-Castin) family associated with the Great Cross
of Hendaye. Still another d’Abbadie would become Governor of Louisiana and its
Arcadian or ‘Cajun culture (Jean-Jacques Blaise d’Abbadie). Blaise d’Abbadie actually
had a correspondence with Thomas Jefferson to discuss the exchange of the
Louisiana Purchase. So there are families with strong traditions of the axis
mundi that may have a direct involvement in what ever Oak Island represents or
means. Imagery and tradition associated with the d’Abbadie’s also may point to
their family being involved in the St. Germain Legend. They also seemed act as
viziers for the exiled court of James II and later Bonnie Prince Charlie at St.
Germain-en-Laye.
The
personage of Sir Francis Bacon like the Oak Island Treasure is one of the
greatest enigmas of history. He was said to have been the secret undocumented
son of Queen Elizabeth I. He was rumored to have been the actual author of or
at least leader of a group of men who actually wrote the plays of Shakespeare
and the King James Bible. Many works of Shakespeare are said to conceal hidden
messages and Masonic concepts recognized only by initiates. Along with Dr. John
Dee Bacon is said to have created the modern forms of Masonry and Rosicrucian
philosophy. In addition it is important to note that Robert Beale of the same
Virginia Beale family was part of the inner circle of Queen Elizabeth and was
involved in intelligence gathering activities with Francis Walshingham who was the
chief of English intelligence during her reign. It is likely that Beale and
Bacon were also closely associated.
Among
all of the lore of Sir Bacon is the possible existence of relics and papers
that are said to contain the secrets of history and the truth about Masonry and
possibly the Knights Templar. The most well known of these myths may be the
legend of the so called Bacon’s Vault in Willimsburg, Virginia. The vault, also
known as The Bruton Parish Church Vault is said to contain all of Bacon’s papers
and some other unknown information. The papers were said to be hermetically
sealed in mercury (double Hermes reference!). Some describe what Bacon left as
a copy of the Ark of the Covenant containing his papers.
Many
legends dictate that Bacons Vault is located beneath the Bruton Parish
Churchyard in Williamsburg. Despite the fact that an excavation was executed to
find the vault and a few illicit digs as well no clue as to its existence there
has been uncovered to date. Many still believe there is something hidden
beneath the church. Other information suggests this mystery in Williamsburg was
a kind of copy of an already existent mystery at Stirling Castle in Scotland
(Detailed in “Sacred Towers of the Axis Mundi.”
No
one really knows how the Bacon’s Vault legend got started. One major part of
this tale includes that fact that both President Thomas Jefferson as well as
President Franklin D. Roosevelt were among the last to actually see the
contents of the vault. Here is Roosevelt again associated if only in myth with
another similar question to the Oak Island mystery. The existence of secret
vaults in legend is not limited to Williamsburg alone.
Many
myths that comprise what is known as lore of the Holy Grail may contribute to
the mystery of what these vault legends may actually represent. They may
actually be meant to send initiates on a quest for treasure that may lead them
instead to a philosophical treasure discerned from the experience. This may be
similar to what is termed a vision quest in Native American culture. It is
entirely possible that this secret method for orienting oneself in relation to
an axis became a way to hide valuables as well.
It
is interesting that Jefferson and Roosevelt are said to be the last to see the
contents of the vault. Both men created geometric architectural features in the
form of the Hoover Dam Star Chart (Roosevelt) and Poplar Forest, University of
Virginia (Rotunda), Virginia State Capitol, Barboursville Mansion, and
Monticello (Jefferson). Is it possible that both men were initiated into these
mysteries at different times by being members of the same order?
Holy
Roman Emperor (HRE) Charlemagne may have been among the first to create a
mystery involving information hidden in a vault. It is possible that
Charlemagne had been inspired by a similar mystery that was left behind by
Constantine. In this case it may have been secret codices and relics that were interred
with him in his burial vault. Subsequent H.R.E. of the Ottonian dynasty were
known to have opened Charlemagne’s vault and recovered lost manuscripts and
relics. Legend states that the famous Coronation Gospels were among the
manuscripts that were recovered. Other manuscripts as well as some golden bees
sown into Charlemagne’s clothes were also said to have been recovered. It is
possible that Charlemagne left directional clues to his mystery in the form of
the octagonal element of Aachen Cathedral. This is also the site of
Charlemagne’s crypt. It is obvious to the trained eye that Aachen Cathedral was
originally a copy of the Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem. Some of the dynamics of
this tale also suggest a strong connection if in metaphor only to Byzantine
rulers Justinian I and II.
The
fact that rulers over a hundred years later took the time to actually open his
vault indicates that he may have left clues or hints as to what was there that
only they would understand. Perhaps they
used the octagon of Aachen to help them solve the mystery. This story has many
parallels with the legend of Bacon’s Vault. Could the Bacon’s vault and Oak
Island legends have a similar purpose and origin? Since clues were left and insiders were aware
of the location and possible contents of these vaults are they still there? Has
someone already solved the mystery of Oak Island and Willamsburg? Was it Edgar
Allen Poe!!!?? It is possible that the octagonal Williamsburg Powder Magazaine
was built to complement the mystery of Bacon’s Vault as part of an initiation
into the truth of what this question really means.
Thomas
Jefferson may have left a mystery similar to that of Bacon’s Vault in the form
of the Beale Treasure myth. Some researchers have guessed that the Beale Ciphers
were created by Poe. His octagonal estate Poplar Forest may function as a
directional device in part of the mystery. He may have created the myth to lead
one to his missing papers. After he donated them to the Library of Congress one
story states that they were said to have been lost crossing a river in transit.
It is possible that his papers may be stashed somewhere in part of a mystery he
created for us. It is possible that Jefferson’s lost papers may be the actual
Beale Treasure in a scheme that echoes the legend of the Bruton Parish Church
Vault.
Poplar
Forest does behave as an axis and has unique spatial relationships with the
Georgia Guidestones, The Rotunda at the University of Virginia, Barboursville
Mansion (Jefferson designed), Monticello, and James Madison’s Montpelier.
Interestingly the templum of the Great Cross of Hendaye points to Poplar Forest
as well. Jefferson was acquainted with and contemporary with the men who may
have created the Great Cross of Hendaye so it may be possible that he placed
Poplar Forest in this context on purpose.
The
Jefferson designed Rotunda on the University of Virginia Campus (based on the
Pantheon of Rome=12 deities or a hexagon) may function as a hexagonal axis and
aligns at 120 deg. true north with the Virginia state capitol which he
designed, Jamestown, and Blackbeard’s point in Hampton, Virginia. The 60 degree
azimuth leads to the geomantic feature of the War Harbor in Carthage, Tunisia!
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If
Sir Bacon was aware of the location or existence of Oak Island and what may be
there could he have used this information to hide his secrets as well? What
form would have the directions or clues have taken to lead him to the treasure?
It is possible that he would have learned from Dr. Dee how to use an axis as a
directional device and use it for navigation. Dr. Dee authored a book on
navigation and studied geography at Trinity College Cambridge. Dr. Dee also
taught navigation to pilots and captains of the Royal Navy. These facts may
serve as further rationale for the following theory.
If
Bacon was aware of Oak Island he likely did not have the resources to travel
there much less actually recover the treasure. If he had the clues or method by
which one could discern that the treasure was indeed at Oak Island how could he
have used it? If there were legends of treasure being there would not this also
be a good rationale to hide something there himself? Both Sir Francis Bacon and
the Knights Templar likely would have been privy to similar information. If
Bacon had created the modern form of Masonry then he may have had access to the
most closely guarded secrets of the Templars including the method by which the
treasure could at least be located. This phenomenon is similar to that of the
pirate’s treasure map seen in so many movies and novels.
Using
the concept of the axis mundi as a sighting device may reveal some interesting
things about Oak Island. In an initial survey of Oak Island’s spatial
relationship to the great Axes of Europe none of them seemed to point an
azimuth or line on the globe to Oak Island. Even the possible Templar Axis at
Bornholm Island in the Baltic Sea did not lead to Oak Island much less more
famous Axes like St. Peter’s Square or the hexagonal ruins of Baalbek in
Lebanon. Even the octagon of the Dome of the Rock which is a special place to
the Knights did not point the way to Oak Island.
The
use of globes to create and plot lines on the earth may have been cloistered
knowledge and may have been one of the things the Knights Templar discovered
during their time in the Holy Land. This method would have been totally alien
to the public during both the era of the Templars and later Bacon. This was an
era that had been preceded by the general acceptance and teaching of the “Flat
Earth Theory.”
There
is some evidence that this information was rediscovered or revealed to Dr. John
Dee who was also Queen Elizabeth’s astrologer. Astrology also uses azimuths
plotted to divine information. The knowledge by the elite that the concept of
using rays on a map that extend from an axis that are suggested by its
orientation and construction elements may be used to hide or stash important
objects likely goes back for thousands of years. If no one generally knew how
to read much less do geometry his or her secrets would have been safe using
this method. Even in the modern world few suspect or believe this may be true.
To
fully understand the use of an ancient axis by the Templars to hide their
treasure we must go back in history to the time of Roman Emperor Trajan. Trajan
is historically one of the best liked and revered of Roman rulers. He began his
rule right after the time that the Temple Mount in Jerusalem was destroyed by
Titus in about 70 A.D. This destruction of the Temple had been predicted by
Christ just before his crucifixion. Famously the Arch of Titus depicts sacred
relics from the Temple Mount being paraded as trophies through the streets of
Rome. This same treasure is said have made its way eventually to the Templar’s
and may be part of what is hidden at Oak Island.
This
treasure or significant parts of it may have been stored at the port of Rome,
which was then known as Ostia. Part of the port is comprised of a large complex
of warehouses and other buildings. The actual barge that carried the Egyptian
Obelisk that is now in the center of St. Peter’s Square was fashioned into the
lighthouse island of Ostia. This feature would be incorporated into the next
rebuilt port there.
During
Trajan’s era as ruler he and his architect Apollodorus of Damascus designed a
large hexagonal harbor with canals connecting to the Tiber River and Rome. This
complex was adjacent to the older harbor of Ostia and provided a much more
protected anchorage for shipping. Apollodorus’ influence may also be seen in
Trajan’s Column and Arches. Apollodorus was also said to have influenced the
building of the hexagonal structure of Baalbek, Lebanon.
Both
the hexagon of Baalbek and Trajan’s harbor were likely designed with
directional attributes and were meant to function as an Axis Mundi. The fact
that Portus was a harbor and many ships captains and navigators were included
in the class of people who knew the secrets of navigation adds credence to this
theory. The hexagonal shape may have provided fixed points from which to
observe the heavens over periods of even several decades. Astronomical almanacs
that enabled people to compare themselves to the location of Portus at any
other point on earth may have been part of the reason this information was kept
so secret. This was a huge advantage over competitors and this information was
kept from the public.
Trajan’s
use of the hexagon of Portus is evidenced by the northeasterly direction
suggested by the harbor’s shape. One of Trajan’s largest foe’s were the
Dacian’s who controlled what is today Romania and Bulgaria. Trajan led a long
campaign to defeat the Dacian’s and subsume their lands into the Empire. To
commemorate this Trajan oriented his hexagon to point an arc on the globe
directly to the ceremonial center of the Dacian culture in Sarmizegetusa Regia,
Romania. It is possible that somehow Trajan is associated with Oak Island as
well. Many theories have the temple treasure being stashed on Oak Island. It is
entirely possible that any treasure associated with the sacking of the Temple
in Jerusalem was stored in the warehouses of Ostia and Portus. So it is fitting
in some ways that the Temple Treasure could have been stashed at Oak Island
using Portus as a hidden directional clue. As we may see what ever is at Oak
Island may not be the Temple Treasure at all.
The
fact that Portus was the port of Rome would have made it one of the most
important Axes of its era. Portus remained the main port of Rome until the late
seventh century after which time it was silted in and too shallow to facilitate
shipping. Eventually the entire Hexagon was indiscernible from the rest of the
surrounding countryside. Even though the port was out of use there would have
existed a highly valuable almanac that enabled people to navigate using this
point on the earth. One of the functions of a given axis would have been that
of a celestial observatory. Priesthoods of Augurs would have documented
celestial events using the directions suggested by the axis itself.
In
the mid nineteenth century the hexagon at Portus was again cleared but for only
historical appreciation as the story went. This was an era of the development
of modern archaeology and there may have been personages at that time who
wanted to know about Portus because they realized that among other things it
represented a tool which inferred important directions. To those wishing to
conceal a great secret what better use for an ancient unused axis? As we may
see those that may have recovered whatever treasure was at Oak Island were
aware of the importance of Portus from something they had learned or
deciphered. This nineteenth century date for the “rediscovery” of Portus is
important later in this story with regard to those that Poe may have been
associated with at the Paris Observatory. Among the people who could have
understood the use of Portus as an axis or Prime Meridian was none other than
Jean-Dominique Cassini. An accomplished astronomer and cartographer that
corresponded with and likely knew Thomas Jefferson personally. This era also
saw one of the most well funded attempt to recover the treasure of Oak Island
on the part of the Oak Island El Dorado company.
The
rediscovery of Portus aslo coincides with the attempts of the El Dorado Company
to recover the treasure. Starting in 1866 the El Dorado Company was the concern
that built an extensive cofferdam around the cove to cut of seawater from
entering the flood channels that feed the money pit. They are also the first
company to find one of the drain channels in a pit they had excavated. After
the discovery of the channel they did attempt to plug it but failed. This
channel was noted later by the Oak Island Treasure Company at the turn of the
twentieth century. The Eldorado Company also seems to have been the first to do
systematic drilling to determine the depth of cultural material and define the
natural stratigraphy of the island. Eventually the sea destroyed the cofferdam
and the Eldorado Company was forced to abandon their efforts at Oak Island only
after contributing a great deal of information that later treasure seekers
would find invaluable.
The
fact that Portus had by the time of the Templars been largely forgotten may
have been the reason they used it to conceal their treasure. The logs and
almanacs of Portus used later may not have been readily available by the time
the Money Pit was created. The Templars would have been prime candidates among
those who may have still had knowledge of Portus. They may have also valued the
fact that the Temple Treasure from Jerusalem may have once rested among the
warehouses of Portus. In this manner the almanac may have later made its way
into the hands of Dr. John Dee. Even it were not the “Templars” per se that
left the Oak Island treasure this tradition was likely known by many naval
officers from many countries who had been trained in the art of celestial
navigation. If the Templars had indeed recovered the remains of Constantine
then information about where the Temple Treasure had been hidden may have been
included in his burial vault as part of an intentionally left mystery. Again
this may be what the Templars actually found beneath the Temple Mount and not
the Temple Treasure itself.
Using
the northwest orientation of the hexagon of Portus an azimuth on the globe may
be created that leads directly to Oak Island, Nova Scotia! Is this a happy
coincidence or a planned method by which the treasure could be located later by
those with the information that would lead them there? Historically Portus and
Oak Island do not seem to be related. It is possible that Portus’use as an axis
and celestial observatory was known to people like the navigators of the
missing Templar Fleet of La Rochelle and important individual’s like Sir
Francis Bacon.
In
an arrangement that has to be more than a coincidence the northwest azimuth
from Portus also transects just north of La Rochelle, France and goes on to
transect the environs of Cupids, Newfoundland! This scheme may indicate that
the Templars used this system to hide their treasure and Bacon may have used it
situate the colony at Cupids. The naming of this part of Newfoundland is
interesting. This is the name of the supposed resting place of King Arthur
himself. It may indicate that he valued this place enough to hide something
there as well.
This
may be why the legend of Bacon’s papers being at the Money Pit evolved. Also
supporting this notion is the fact that the famous British navigator Sir
Francis Drake visited Conceptions Bay very near Cupids during his famous voyage
of discovery. Was he visiting here using the codex or celestial almanac from
Portus? Many Spanish and Portuguese pilots seemed to have made first landfalls
on azimuths projected from the Dome of the Rock or St. Peter’s square. Both of
these structures likely had similar logs used by navigators to compare
themselves to that spot on the earth. Both of those sites were also of immense
talismanic value to those men as well. The Axis Mundi is both an important
spiritual and practical concept.
This
scheme may also infer that there is an equal chance of Bacon’s Vault or other
clues of importance being located at Cupids. If one were hiding something may
not it be more advantageous to hide things in a place where the curious would
be less likely to search? Given Bacon’s penchant for creating ciphers and
mysteries this may be entirely within the realm of possibility. If true it may
also infer that the Templars would have had access and knowledge of the Cupids
area as well. Bacon must have named this region Avalon for a reason. Edgar
Allen Poe was also known for creating ciphers, which he incorporated into many
of his stories such as “The Gold Bug.” In fact the Oak Island story did not
come to light until long after Poe’s death.
Interestingly
Baltimore has an even spatial relationship link to Williamsburg. A line or
azimuth projected southward from the western city limit of Baltimore extends
right to Wren Hall on the Campus of William and Mary in Williamsburg! Yet
another mysterious link between Calvert and Bacon. Given the fact that these
men may have been privy to the ancient value of the spatial arrangement of
monuments this may have been entirely intentional on the part of Lord
Baltimore.
It
is possible that both Williamsburg and its vault legend as well as Oak Island
are what is known among treasure hunters as a “dodge” or false clue. The fact
that England intentionally limited occupation of Newfoundland during this era
may also be telling. Why would they want to keep people away in this era of
development? Were they trying to insure no one would discover the truth?
Recap:
One continuous line drawn on the globe drawn from Portus using its NW (true
north) orientation crosses just north of La Rochelle, France the supposed
Templar Treasure Port. Next it transects the North Atlantic to the Vicinity of
Cupids, Newfoundland. Finally the line intersects with Oak Island, Nova Scotia.
The Templars may have been using sacred navigation to arrange this scheme.
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In
the story of Oak Island we at least have one association involving speculation
that Edgar Allen Poe’s work was used as a clue in this mystery. Is it possible
that somehow Poe knew the complete treasure story of Oak Island? There are many
parallels between treasure stories in Poe’s work and the Oak Island mystery. As
discussed his piece entitled “The Gold Bug” may be the source of the cipher
used on the so called “90 foot stone” found at Oak Island. Is this where Poe’s
association ends or is there more to the story?
There
is some scant evidence and suggestions that what ever may have once been at Oak
Island was recovered by an influential group of families sometimes referred to
as The First Families of Virginia. In turn their association and tradition in
this realm may have compelled this same group of families to create similar
treasure stories or myths in the form of the Bruton Parish Church Vault and the
famous Beale Treasure Legend.
How
could this be possible?
A
thread of evidence may be discerned in examining the lineage and associations
of the family of famous Confederate Civil War General Robert E. Lee. The Lee
family includes a rich heritage including ancestors from the Washington and
Spotswood family. Lt. Governor Spotswood was the creator of the octagonal
Powder Magazine in Colonial Williamsburg. The Washington and Beale families are
indeed associated in England prior to their arrival in the Colonies as
displayed in the memorials to both families in All Saints Church in Maidstone
England. This Church also contains a memorial that includes a reference to a
“Franklyn” family. It is not known if this is the same family as that of
Benjamin Franklin.
One
of the ways Edgar Allen Poe may have been exposed to the concept of the
treasure myth as family tradition may have been his close association with a
member of the Lee family inner Circle. It is possible that both men were
members of the Society of the Cincinnati a group composed of officers of the
Revolutionary War and their descendants.
Poe
was a lifelong friend with Robert E. Lee’s first cousin Zaccheus Collins Lee.
Z. Lee was in fact said to be Poe’s roommate at the University of Virginia
during his year there as a student. Lee was even one of the only people to have
attended Poe’s funeral in Baltimore. Lee also eventually settled in Baltimore
sometime long before Poe’s death.
As
a member of the inner circle of the main branch of the Lee family it is highly
likely that Zaccheus was fully aware of any lore in the family that involved
the recovery of treasure or the creation of false leads or stories to cover the
truth of these myths. In short Z. Lee may have shared this information while
they were students at the University of Virginia. Indeed there are some
theories afloat that attribute Edgar Allen Poe with the creation and authorship
of the so called “Beale Papers” which also may be deciphered to lead one to a hidden
treasure.
Other
factors that may contribute to the Lee’s involvement are inferred by where they
were from in Virginia. The Lee family owned property and were part of a
geographic designation known as the Truro Parish in early Virginia. This parish
was named after a town in Cornwall England. Another Truro exists in Nova Scotia
and one of the first organized attempts at recovering the treasure was
administered by and named the Truro Company by the families of the men who
originally found the Money Pit. We may see some links between those of Truro
Nova Scotia and the Truro Parish in Virginia. Coupled with this is a strong
tradition of the art of engineering in the Lee family. This includes Robert E.
Lee and several of his uncles and cousins. For such a group this skill would
aid in the recovery of any treasure or a true understanding of the mechanism
that hides the treasure at Oak Island.
One
may understandably question the possibility of this theory. In addition it is
possible that someone knew of the same code prior to Poe publicizing it in his
story “The Gold Bug.” What may prove that the code on the 90 ft. stone did come
from this story is if the Lee family and other First Families had recovered the
treasure and left this myth behind including the Poe cipher to cover their
tracks. If this story were proven true it would make sense that they would not
have advertised the fact that they had recovered a treasure on what was then
British soil.
What
they may have done was to concoct a fable involving three young men who found a
strange pit on Oak Island. All three of these men were from families that used
to be part of the colonies that would become the United States. If one really
examines the facts of the story of Oak Island one is being asked to take many
facets of the story on faith alone as there is no physical proof to back any of
it up. This includes the missing 90ft. stone. If the cipher did come from Poe
it means that the commonly told story has a huge hole in its fabric. The truth
of this possibility would mean that someone was pulling a very large hoax or
had recovered the treasure and left this story to act as a smokescreen.
Virtually none of the popular myths of Oak Island include tangible evidence
proving their truth.
What
additional evidence may exist that the Lee family is involved in the Oak Island
saga?
Some
of the same geographic associations discussed earlier between the Oak Island
treasure location and the ancient port of Portus appear to have been known of
by Robert E. Lee and his family including the Washington family. If one extends
the same azimuth on the globe extending from Portus that intersects Cupids, and
Oak Island it extends to the south west and intersects a hexagonal fort built
by Robert E. Lee in Baltimore Harbor. Portus points from hexagon to hexagon.
What are the chances of this being a freak anomaly?
It
is possible that this point on earth was valued by Lee for many different
reasons of which one may have been knowledge of the importance of Oak Island.
Lee’s construction of Ft. Carroll in its hexagonal form carries on the
tradition of his family and is also meant to clue us in to the fact that they
may have already recovered and moved whatever was found at Oak Island by his
immediate forebears. This information was likely known of by Poe. (See the
chapter about Ft. Carroll). There may be a reason Lee chose a hexagonal plan
for Ft. Carroll that extends beyond its practical applications. Was Lee giving
us a metaphorical message that he knew about the hexagonal Port of Portus?
The
Hexagon of Ft. Carroll points to Lee’s Arlington estate (house) and the new
D-Day memorial in Bedford to the southwest. To the Northeast the hexagon of Ft.
Carroll points to Omaha Beach of the D-Day invasion and the Dome of the Rock in
Jerusalem. All of this arranged by Lee in a context that had Portus pointing to
Oak Island and Ft. Carroll. This infers that the site of D-Day was planned this
way as well as the placement of the D-Day memorial. It was likely placed in
association with Ft. Carroll. This may be why it is situated in the small town
of Bedford in rural Virginia and not in the Washington D.C. area. The D-Day
memorial thus may be also telling us something about the Beale Treasure. The
D-Day Memorial is indeed within the area where the Beale Treasure is thought to
be hidden.
Given
the geographic associations of Ft. Carroll to Portus, The Dome of the Rock,
Arlington, and the D-day memorial in Bedford it may be inferred that this
information or tradition has been carried out over a large span of time using
the same datum or axis coupled with the reality or myth of the many treasure
stories associated with them. There are too many common links in the stories of
Stirling Castle, Williamsburg, The Bruton Parish Church Vault, The Beale Treasure,
Oak Island, Newport Tower, and now the Rennes le Chateau mystery, for there not
to be a common link if only in the way the story is told. Each place also seems
to have pieces of architecture that help to tell the story and lead to other
things to be learned. Many of these mysteries seem to involve an octagonal
structure that serves as a sighting device on the globe. There seems to have
been a group of people during this era that were expert at the astronomical and
geographic skills needed to appreciate and plan such things.
The Oak Island El
Dorado Company and The Parthenon of Nashville.
The
Chief Operating Officer of the Oak Island El Dorado Company founded 1866
(OIEDC) was A man named Henry G. Hill. This happens to be the same initials as Nashville
Tennessee Grocery Store tycoon Horace G. Hill. Nova Scotian Henry G. Hill had a
partner named O.A. Creighton. Grocery store tycoon Horace Hill was also closely
associated with a man named Creighton who was involved in the design and
building of a reproduction of the Parthenon in Nashville. Both the Mr. Hill and
Creighton became influential citizens of Nashville and contributed a great deal
to the development and culture of the city in the post Civil War eta. Both of
these men came from Virginia First Families that had settled Cincinnati Ohio
before Horace and O.A. Creighton moving to Nashville.
So
it would be tempting to attribute the creation of the Oak Island El Dorado
Company to the tycoon Horace Hill but he lived about 25 years after the
creation of that company and its associated H.G. Hill and Creighton. It is
possible that there are relations between both sets of men. This Creighton in Nova Scotia is also the
family name associated with a bookbindery where the famous Oak Island stone
found 90 ft. deep in the Money Pit was said to have been displayed for years
before its disappearance.
This
company was formed just after the Civil War and era of Edgar Allan Poe as
discussed before. The Hill family of the United States has strong connections
and a membership in the Society of the Cincinnati so it may be that their
fascination with Oak Island and the Parthenon are connected to their membership
in this group. The Hill family would also have been exposed to any concepts
involving lost treasures and the methods by which they could be recovered just
as Z. Lee had also been privy to this information. Hill, Z. Lee, and Edgar
Allan Poe had all been members of the Society of the Cincinnati. It is possible
that Creighton was as well and may have been related to the namesake of Craig
County in Virginia.
Meanwhile
in Nashville Horace Hill was a 33rd degree Scottish Rite Mason and
Creighton was a 32cnd degree Scottish Rite. This also fits the later
involvement in the Oak Island Treasure Company on the part of 32cnd degree
Scottish Rite Mason Franklin Delano Roosevelt future president. So it appears
that Oak Island is of interest to those associated with the Scottish Rite of
Freemasonry in North America. Yet is there more to this association between men
with similar names who may have been involved in Oak Island. There may be
family relations in England with our Hill family of America and H.G. Hill in
Nova Scotia that is indeed interrelated to many of the First Families of
Virginia including the Washington, Reade, and Lee families. This part of Nova
Scotia is home to many United Empire Loyalists who came as refugees to the
Maritime region before and during the Revolutionary War. It is possible that
this Mr. Henry G. Hill of the Oak Island El Dorado Company came to Nova Scotia
at this time though it is not sure.
Amazingly
Horace Hill of Nashville is the cousin of Samuel Hill who built the Maryhill
Stonehenge. This makes Horace a direct descendant of George Washington and
other First Families of Virgina himself. This information serves to support the
notion that the Lee family was also involved in the recovery of the Oak Island
treasure. It is clear that the Lee family and Washington family are directly
related both before and after Robert E. Lee married a Custis family member just
as George Washington had done earlier in history. Several members of the Lee
dynasty were highly trained engineers including Robert E. So here we have
direct proof that members of the First Families of Virginia took part in
searching for the Oak Island treasure directly funding a company that did this.
The common name between the Truro Parish and Truro Company of Oak Island is a
pivotal metaphorical clue that illustrates this relationship.
If
this was not amazing enough Hill’s partner Creighton’s descendant was involved
in building the more permanent version of the reproduction of the Parthenon in
Nashville later in 1920. The original reproduction of the Parthenon in Nashville
had been cheaply constructed for the Centennial Exhibition held in Nashville in
1897. Eventually the structure deteriorated and it was decided to build a more
permanent version of the Parthenon. The Creighton Construction firm was given
the contract to rebuild a more enduring structure in 1920. This story is
stunningly similar to Horace Hill’s cousin building the Palace of the Legion of
Honor in a more permanent form after a temporary structure with a similar
design had been displayed an the Pan America Exposition in San Francisco. So a
kind of family pattern of reproducing important structures is present in
association with the Hill family. This includes reproductions of Stonehenge,
The Palace of the Legion of Honor in Paris, and now the Parthenon of ancient
Greece. Two sets of Hill’s and Creighton’s taking part in the construction of
architecture in the tradition of the Maryhill Stonehenge and searching for the
Oak Island treasure. Is there a connection?
Interestingly
an arc on the globe can be created by using the orientation of the Parthenon
replica that leads to about twenty miles west of Oak Island Nova Scotia to the
small town of New Ross. New Ross fits into the Oak Island narrative as having
been the location of structures that may match the date range of what ever is
on Oak Island. The site is comprised of structural alignments of dry laid
stones that many say resembles the plan of a small castle or fortress. This has
led to local legends of Sinclair Knights Templar having once occupied the site.
There is little to suggest this is true but is interesting that Hill and Creighton
may be responsible for this association. Had Hill and the El Dorado Company
found the Oak Island Treasure at New Ross? Of all the people to search for this
treasure Hill would have had the most money to spend. There are many variables
beyond a gut feeling that this group of influential Virginia First Families had
known of and recovered what ever had been there for a long time prior.
Had
the El Dorado Company found the Oak Island Treasure and not advertised this
fact for many reasons? Mr. Hill certainly had immense wealth from his grocery
store chain that would have enabled him to hide any riches that may have been
recovered at Oak Island. Given the overall scheme of the appreciation of Oak
Island on the part of the Romans and subsequent royal interests it is more likely
that the El Dorado Company had recovered what ever was once thee and had moved
it to an additional location possibly the site of the future International
Peace Garden. The Eaton family who seemed to have been the early vanguard to
the later creation of the Peace Garden established Dunseith in 1860. Of course
this all may hinge on any possible family relation between Horace G. Hill of
Nashville and Henry G. Hill of Halifax Nova Scotia. Halifax is another name in
common between Virginia and Nova Scotia. This includes Halifax County in
Virginia.
This
Civil War era and just prior is pivotal in considering whether anything at Oak
Island had already been recovered and where it may have been later stored. It
is clear given the list of other axes or datum that point the way to Oak Island
that there was something of immense interest to the same Norman Hauteville
legacy that had created octagonal structures in Europe and the United States
before 1715. This kind of geographic value may indicate Oak Island as a place
where something was hidden but also point to the island as a place of
talismanic importance where some pivotal yet secret historical event had taken
place that was of value to these people. So it is still entirely possible that
nothing ever was or is at Oak Island.
To
understand this question better lets examine the architecture that was created
by Horace Hill’s cousin Samuel Hill. It is clear that Horace Hill’s
establishment of the Oak Island El Dorado Company and fascination with the
treasure had come from the same source as his cousin’s interest as displayed in
building a reproduction of Stonehenge and the Palace of the Legion of Honor in
San Francisco. All of this information combined points to the International
Peace Garden being a site of immense importance in this Grail Quest that seems
to have been valued by some very influential and powerful individuals who had
descended from George Washington himself. Both Horace and Samuel had sprung
from the same Hill family that had settled in Minnesota where the Kensington
Rune is located.
The Maryhill Stonehenge and Palace of
the Legion of Honor in San Francisco
Two of the more impressive
and obvious examples of this tradition will tie the International Peace Garden
and Williamsburg together in this activity. This new arrangement will echo the
associations displayed in the orientation of the Powder Magazine and the
Compass and Square shaped auditorium of the International Peace Garden. This
relationship represents both family and spiritual ties that include monuments
that may also be appreciated by the public at large. The next two monuments to
be discussed here were both built in veneration or as copies of older more
storied monuments. Both structures were built as World War I memorials in the
United States. Both of the structures discussed here display properties that
are present at the other similar monuments. These two buildings both are copies
of older structures that display the chronology of this tradition. Both also
have very interesting ties to George Washington and Thomas Jefferson.
Near Maryhill, Washington is
located what is known of as the Maryhill Stonehenge. This reproduction of
Stonehenge in England is built of re-enforced cement and was built as a
memorial to all of the fallen of WWI in Washington State. This reproduction of
Stonehenge is even oriented towards the Summer Solstice. A plaque present on
the site states that the original Stonehenge was likely an astronomical
observatory meant to calculate time. This concept is involved in many of the
millennial monuments discussed in this book. As it turns out the Maryhill
Stonehenge was built by a direct familial relation of George Washington first
President of the United States of America.
The Maryhill Stonehenge was
built by a descendant of original early Virginia colonists of the Hill family
named Samuel Hill in 1929. Sam Hill is directly descendant of the same
Washington family as George Washington. Sam Hill as he is known was a
successful businessman and had built the first paved road in Washington State
near where the Stonehenge Memorial is located on the Columbia River. This led
to Washington having one of the best road systems in America ahead of even many
Eastern States. Hill also built the Maryhill Museum of Art that would go on to
compete with world-class museums like the Palace of Legion and Honor in San
Francisco. There are many strong links between the Palace of Legion and Honor
and the Maryhill museum of art including one of the greatest patrons of both
museums and builder of the Palace of Legion and Honor Alma de Bretteville
Sprekels. Ms. Sprekels was the wife of sugar magnate Adolph Sprekels.
An examination of family
tree’s and historical events shows that the Hills were also closely related to
Reverend Rowland Jones who was an early pastor of the Bruton Parish Church when
it was created in 1715. The Bruton Parish Church is the storied location of the
mystery of “Bacon’s Vault” in Williamsburg. It was during this era that an
early Hill family member had the name Mary Hill possibly leading to the name of
Samuel Hill’s Stonehenge memorial and art museum. It seems that Hill’s first
wife even changed her first name to Mary as in Maryhill. Jones’ great
granddaughter would go on to marry yet another later man named Lawrence
Washington making her the niece of President Washington. It is clear that the
legacy that Samuel and Horace were operating under included these early
mysteries of Virginia. The Hills are even descendant of Nicolas Martieau who
had helped to establish Yorktown Virginia and had come from the Isle de Re in
La Rochelle France. Of course they are also descendant of Martha Washington’s
Custis family as well.
Through this entire American
tale we see a distinct tradition of family relations being valued with the
Washington clan or associated branches. George Washington himself married
Martha Custis. Later we would see the Buchanan and Rodgers clan of Druid Hill
marry a Washington (Custis) who was a stepdaughter of the President. Still
Later we see that famous Confederate General Robert E. Lee would also marry a Custis
and hence gain the famous Arlington estate in his name. One of the original
Washington D.C. city commissioners David Stuart was also married to a member of
the Custis family. This family has played a very large yet somewhat unnoticed
role in American History.
Lee is also possibly
directly related to a former Earl of Lichfield where Shugborough Hall is
located in England. Lee would eventually build his axis in the form of the
hexagonal Ft. Carroll located in Baltimore Harbor. Lee is yet another early Virginia
Colonist family that would take part in this tradition. Later in the nineteenth
century a Hill would marry directly into the Washington family line. The same
azimuth on the globe that points to Oak Island from Portus continues crossing
Lee’s hexagonal Ft. Carroll and continuing to the site of Arlington Mansion
located in what is today Arlington National Cemetery.
It is in this tradition
Samuel Hill created the Maryhill Stonehenge. Note also that it may be no
coincidence that all of this was being built in the Great State of Washington
given the name and family relations of Hill. Samuel Hill was creating his axis
in the form of one of the most well known monuments in antiquity. In doing so
he was recreating one of the best examples of what was likely an early form of
astronomical observatory. Is it possible that somehow Sam Hills riches had come
via the efforts of his relation Horace Hill’s attempts to recover the Oak
Island treasure?
Being from the lineage he
was Hill undoubtedly knew that navigation and plotting one’s position on the
globe was also part of the tradition of his family as well as one of the
functions of Stonehenge itself. Bolstering the fact that Hill was an initiate is
that he like many others who practiced this art was a trained land surveyor. It
is in this spirit that Hill created his own Stonehenge in the desert of Eastern
Washington. Amazingly Hill’s creation would tie together all the mysteries of
the Palace of Legion and Honor, Powder Magazine, The International Peace
Garden, Bacon’s Vault, and the Beale Treasure together into one. All of the
factors and reasons as to why Hill would have these values may also be applied
to Horace Hill’s search for the Oak Island Treasure and likely involvement in
creating the Parthenon reproduction in Nashville.
Some of these associations
can be made by using Hill’s replica of Stonhenge as an octagonal axis on the
face of the earth. Hill’s Axis Mundi points to more than one place that
directly relates it to the tradition set forth in association with the Douglas
family at the International Peace Garden on the border of the Untied States and
Canada in Manitoba and North Dakota. Since Hill is showing us the Winter
Solstice in this monument then it may be logical to orient our octagon at
Maryhill to true north.
Using the 337.5 degree true
north heading suggested by an octagon from Maryhill Stonehenge an azimuth or
arc on the globe can be inferred that leads to a an additional park situated on
the Border of the United States and Canada known as the Peace Arch. This
monument was also constructed by Samuel Hill in 1921 eight years before he had
built the Stonehenge replica in Maryhill Washington. The Peace Arch was also
built about thirteen years prior to the International Peace Garden and its
Sunken Gardens octagon and one year prior to the Palace of Legion and Honor in
San Francisco. All of this may suggest that Hill or those like him would also
be involved in the creation of the IPG. This is in fact illustrated by the name
of the border crossing where the Peace Arch is located.
The Peace Arch is adjacent
to the town of Douglas just north of the border there. This small town was
named for Sir James Douglas the ‘owner’ or controller of the Hudson’s Bay
Company that had also managed the region around the International Peace Garden.
In turn James Douglas bears the same name as Knight of Santiago James Douglas
who disappeared at the Battle of Teba. Strangely even the famous The Kensington
Rune is located in Douglas County, Minnesota. Even more strange is that the
namesake of Douglas County Stephen Douglas is directly related to the Arnold’s
who, in the standard scheme of history, built the Newport Tower.
The Douglas’ may indeed be
related to the Washington’s via the Scottish branch and their relations to
older French Norman families like the Anjou’s who had created an octagon at
Monte Sant’Angelo, Italy in the 12th century. It is a fact that at
one time an Earl of Douglas held the French title Count of Tourraine just prior
to Rene’ of Anjou. This octagon in Italy also points the way to the
International Peace Garden site. The Douglas’ were undoubtedly aware of this.
The arms of Douglas includes a blue field with three white stars. This may also
link Douglas’ arms to the field of stars or compostela on the United States
flag.
In this association between
Maryhill and the Peace Arch in Douglas these relationships are being laid out
for us to interpret in a way in which is hard to communicate to others. This
kind of coded allegory is descendant of alchemical concepts and the secret
societies and intelligence gathering apparatus of the ancient world. The Peace
Arch is the forerunner of the International Peace Garden in what appears to be
a several decade long plan to venerate past historical exploits of the clan.
This activity may have involved a value of points on the globe that had some
historical significance as axes or places from which to measure.
It may be interpreted that
Mr. Hill was privy to the true historical importance of the Peace Garden and
that he had gained this knowledge via his family legacy. In short it is likely
that Hill knew that people had gone to the site of the Peace Garden long before
history dictates that this is true. Somehow the point where the Peace Garden
and Peace Arch are located is historically important or was used as a point to
measure from long before we suspect this would be possible long before Columbus
sailed on his voyage of discovery. Both the Peace Arch and International Peace
Garden are located on the border of the U.S. and Canada suggesting they may
have been used in this context. It is clear that there are likely older and
more hidden reasons that these points are valued that has nothing to do with
the future border placement. Perhaps the fact that these relationships mark the
exact 49th parallel of latitude is important to them (4+9=13) beyond
its use as a demarcation. Other places that the Maryhill Stonehenge ‘points to’
seem to support this notion.
Along the 90 degree true
north heading from the Maryhill Stonehenge lays Thomas Jefferson’s Poplar
Forest. The Maryhill Stonehenge points the way using an arc on the globe to
this octagon that is so entrenched in the historical story of the United States
in occult values and the hidden saga of the Beale treasure. This is yet another
amazing association that leads us back to The First Families of Virginia and
Williamsburg, The Powder Magazine, and the Bruton Parish Church.
These men’s families
seemingly knew what this research exposes. Here is yet Another prominent early
Virginia colonial family that has a direct association with talismanic
architecture that points the way to other places deemed or made significant in
the history of The United States of America and this family line. Mr. Hill was
not only in on the game and understood how to play he had also created an axis
that in many way tips you off to the entire scheme. The Maryhill Stonehenge in
many ways proves this activity by valuing some of the same places the
International Peace Garden does as well as figures like Thomas Jefferson and
Edward Beale.
This idea is supported by
the fact that the even octagonal designation of 157.5 degrees True North can be
used to create an arc on the globe that leads directly to the Beale Mountains
in what is today the Mojave National Preserve. This point in the Beale
Mountains is also pointed to by the octagon of the International Peace Garden
and is associated with the U.S. Camel Corps of Edward Beale. As discussed
earlier Beale was likely the creator of the Beale Treasure Legend that may use
Jefferson’s Poplar Forest as a sighting device used to find the treasure.
Keeping in the family tradition Sam Hill is telling us he knows what the Beale
Treasure is. He pointed his axis to the Peace Arch, Poplar Forest and the Beale
Mountains in California. Again remember that Edward Beale’s son Truxtun Beale
is interred in the Bruton Parish Church in Williamsburg pointed to by the
Powder Magazine!
We have discussed before the
importance of the region in New Mexico where the Very Large Array is now
located as somehow fascinating President Jefferson and Alexander Von Humboldt.
The VLA itself is a 21 mile a side equilateral triangle representative of the
Trinity. This triangle actually points to the Trinity Test Site. The Very Large
Array is pointed to by both the International Peace Garden and Jefferson’s
Monticello. Now we also have Samuel Hill pointing an azimuth that leads to the
southwestern tip of the VLA’s triangle from his Stonehenge replica. Hill is
telling us something about older arrays similar to that of the Maryhill
Stonehenge that he is aware of. Is there some other value of the site of the
VLA that has nothing to do with the search for extraterrestrial life?
Supporting this idea is the
fact that Maryhill Stonehenge points the way to Baton Rouge, Louisiana just as
the International Peace Garden does. So far that is three places pointed to by
both Hill’s Stonehenge and the International Peace Garden.
Baton Rouge is home to the
mythical Le Baton Rouge described as a Cypress tree trunk or post smeared red
with blood with game hanging on it. This was recorded by early French explorer
La Moyne D’Iberville. Amazingly his descriptions match historical accounts of
the appearance of the Yrrgdrasil tree of the Viking culture. Many compare the
famous Apprentice Pillar of Rosslyn to a representation of the Yrrgdrasil tree
though it also seems to represent a Solomonic Column from an architectural
history perspective. Here is yet another site in America that may have been
imbued with this talismanic mythology and value of place. The Yrrgdrasil Tree
is also displayed on the Ericsson National Memorial in Washington D.C. just
south of the Lincoln Memorial.
Next we will see a long
distance association that links Hill and his beliefs all the way back to Europe
and one of the most storied axes in all of the old country. Using the even
octagonal divided heading of 67.50 degrees True North from Maryhill an azimuth
on the globe can be created that leads directly to Santiago de Compostela in
Galicia, Spain. This is a stunning association that leads us directly into the
realm of the mysteries of the Great Cyclic Cross of Hendaye and Fulcanelli’s
book “Mystery of the Cathedrals.” Santiago de Compostela also holds great
mystery and significance in the lore of the Catholic Church that extends to
characters like Charlemagne and groups like the Knights of Santiago and
Calatrava. Exposed here for the first time is also an overlooked association
between Santiago (St. James) and the names James of both Scottish Kings and Sir
James Douglas or the Battle of Teba. Some sources even state that William
Sinclair the creator of Rosslyn Chapel was a Knight of Santiago. This
association is repeated in that the octagon of Santiago de Compostela points an
azimuth on the globe directly to Rosslyn Chapel in Scotland.
Given his status it is
likely that Hill knew of the significance of the Way of St. James pilgrimage,
the importance of Santiago de Compostela and Sepulcher of St. James. The entire
imagery of the pilgrimage and its association with St. James was valued heavily
by American, Scots, French, and Scandinavian Jacobites who had helped to create
the United States. This may represent one of the mysteries of the origins of
the United States. The Powder Magazine and Bruton Parish Church were both built
within one year of the 1715 Jacobite uprising in Scotland and England. The
spirit of Jamestown (note James or Jacobus association), The Puritans, and the
spirit of liberty were definitely a component of early Virginia and the other
colonies as well so it is no surprise to see these families from there valuing
this ancient tradition. The octagon of Santiago de Compostela Cathedral
operates in the same tradition as Hill’s Stonehenge Axis also making another
connection between two axes.
Hill was a well travelled man
who had spent huge amounts of time in Europe. He seemed to have spent a great
deal of time seeking out a specific point on the earth with which to associate
all of these valued points on the earth. In the end it is likely that Hill had
built his Stonehenge and Museum at this point on earth specifically to make
these associations. His plan may have been set prior to his building of the
Peace Arch on the Border. Some of the mystery surrounding the Maryhill
Stonehenge does involve why he built this monument and museum so far out in the
middle of nowhere. Indeed many point to the fact that the famous Georgia
Guidestones were placed in a rural area “out in the sticks.” Is the reason for
their placement similar to the reasons the Maryhill Stonehenge was placed where
it is?
Mr. Hill also situated the
location of his Maryhill art museum to be pointed to by his Stonehenge replica.
The museum is located only about three miles southwest of the monument. This
museum in itself is an amazing place. The building was originally begun as a
residence for Hill in 1926. Eventually it was turned into a museum that
includes one of the most eclectic and impressive collections of art in the
world. Unfortunately the museum did not open until nine years after Hill’s
death in 1931. During this period the Museum project was pushed forward and
funded by Alma de Bretteville Sprekels an avid art collector and friend of Mr.
Hill’s.
The collection includes many
pieces that had been meant to be displayed at the Palace of Legion and Honor in
San Francisco another eclectic art museum. Pieces include icons from Europe and
many items of Romanian royal regalia donated by the Queen herself. The Maryhill
Museum of Art also contains one of the largest collections of chess sets in the
world.
Samuel Hill created yet
another talismanic axis meant to teach and inform one while gifting you a kind
of treasure other than the classic box full of gold coins many envision. He and
his other family members seemed to have in a large way affected the destiny of
the United States no matter the clandestine nature of their tradition. This
tradition in fact may have helped to protect the fledgling country by giving
them an already existing secret framework that may have worked in tandem with
Freemasons and other secret societies. While doing so they had the privilege to
take part in the same activity as President Jefferson while at the same time
being able to learn about his alliances with Scottish people and possibly the
King of Prussia Frederick the Great Holy Roman Emperor. It is also possible
that Hill was a member of the Society of Cincinnati or Order of Redmen.
In some ways this tale may
suggest that there was an early American value of creating a monarchy using
these families as the new American nobility. In many ways this did come true
leading to the landed aristocracy of the South before the Civil War. In the end
the democratic and republican ideals won out and we were left as one of the
first self-governing countries on earth. As time went on the intelligence
gathering aspects of this ancient craft helped to create our country and hide
secrets that were important to keep concealed from our enemies.
Supporting the use of
Maryhill as an axis on the earth is the existence of yet another structure with
geographic information hidden in its construction. The Palace of the Legion and
Honor was built in 1922 in the Lincoln Park section of San Francisco. Alma de
Brettville Sprekels had fallen in love with a mock up of the Palace of Legion
and Honor in Paris that had been part of the French Pavilion at the Panama
Pacific International Exhibition of 1915. The Palace of Legion and Honor in San
Francisco is the result of her admiration of this structure. The Palace of the
Legion of Honor in San Francisco is a three quarters sized replica of the
original in Paris. Ms. Sprekels had this structure built to house and display
her massive art collection.
The Palace of Legion and
Honor in Paris is a storied structure that houses the Legion of Honor of
France. The Order of Legion of Honor was created by Napoleon Bonaparte in 1802.
Prior to this time the building that would become the Palace of Legion of Honor
was known of as the Hotel de Salm. It was designed by Pierre Rousseau and
constructed between 1782 and 1787. The Palace of the Legion of Honor is said to
be one of Thomas Jefferson’s primary influences for his design of Monticello.
It is possible that aspects such as this also influenced Ms. Sprekels
appreciation of this structure.
As stated above Ms. Sprekels
also played a large role in the development of the Maryhill Museum of art after
Mr. Hill passed. It is in this way that the Palace of the Legion of Honor Art
Museum and the Maryhill Museum of art and its Stonehenge replica came to be
associated. Or is there more to the story? She and Mr. Hill had been friends
and fellow art collectors who may have both possessed a common Norman heritage.
In fact the de Brettville family of France is a Norman family who actually used
the name Le Normand at one point. The Normand name is also a sept of the
Sutherland Clan of Scotland.
So if Sam Hill had built a
structure that pointed to all of these significant places including the Peace
Arch would this hold true for the Palace of the Legion of Honor in San
Francisco as well? The answer would be a resounding yes in grand fashion.
The Palace of Legion and
Honor in San Francisco is oriented so as to point an azimuth or arc on the globe
directly to the International Peace Garden on the Border of the United States
and Canada. Ms. Sprekels is telling you that she is aware of the importance of
this point on the earth even prior to the construction of the Peace Garden in
1934. In so doing she was mimicking the builders of the octagon of Monte ‘Sant
Angelo, The Shepherd’s Monument, and Powder Magazine in Williamsburg. It is
also obvious that the true builders of the Newport Tower were also aware of the
significance of the point on the earth occupied by the Peace Garden today. The
creation of the sandstone pillar with Hebrew inscription on the Milk River and
the Kensington Rune may both be by products of the placement of these monuments
or the value of the points on earth where they are located prior to their
construction. Both the stone and pillar have even geographic relationships with
the site of the Peace Garden as if this was a planned activity. All of this
directly associated with a collateral descendant of George Washington who had
also built the Peace Arch, and Stonehenge replica.
So the Maryhill Stonehenge
points to the Peace Arch in Douglas Canada on the border and the Palace of the
Legion of Honor points to the International Peace Garden also situated on the
border. This arrangement transcends any possibility of this arrangement being a
fluke. Here again is the Douglas name associated with the Peace Arch just as
the Kensington Stone is found in Douglas County, the Red River Colony run by
Selkirk/Douglas and so on.
In 1945 representatives of
over 50 countries met in San Francisco to sign the charter that would become
the United Nations. Some of these meetings were held in the Palace of the
Legion of Honor that had been built by Alma Sprekels. During this time offices
of the United Nations used the Palace. This association with the U.N. is
interesting in light of its association with Maryhill and the International
Peace Garden. The Palace may serve as a prime example of the talismanic use of
such a structure as well as exemplify an appreciation for the heritage of the
structure on the part of the United Nations organization. Eventually the U.N.
was moved to New York City on property donated by the Rockefeller Foundation.
To mark the association between the Palace of the Legion of Honor in San
Francisco and the United Nations in New York both places include identical
small glass pyramids.
Both the Maryhill Museum of
Art and the Palace of the Legion of Honor represent structures with hidden
directional attributes all valued by the same class of movers and shakers that
had created the United States and ultimately the United Nations. Given this
what mysteries may be revealed in any examination of the artwork contained
within?
A
major branch of the Hill family settled only a few miles from where the
Kensington Rune was originally found and had a great deal to do with the
development of Alexandria, Minnesota the town where the stone is currently
displayed in the Kensintgon Runestone Museum. Given what is exposed here about
the Hill family we may consider that they either knew the stone was there or
could have possibly had knowledge of it true origins. It is curious
that this family is located in such close proximity to the location of the
stone both before and after its discovery. The Hill family of Minnesota
directly descendant in part of the Washington family had had a significant
presence in Douglas County Minnesota since the mid nineteenth century at least
thirty or forty years prior to the discovery of the Kensington Stone. This is
very curious indeed.
The
lineage of this family of Hills merged with the legacy of the Samuel Hill and
his Washington ancestors in Jamestown and York County Virginia. Still another
Samuel Hill arrived in Fredericksburg Virginia in 1755. He immediately marries
a Holloway family member descendant of George Washington’s great grandfather
Nicolas Martiau. Subsequently both branches of the Hill family would intermarry
with the elite First Families including the Washington, Randolph, Reade, Jennings,
Carter, Lee and other families. So in some regards we are seeing a legacy that
includes a family based group that all may have been somehow privy to or may
have even created many strange mysteries or quests. What they were taking part
in echoed the same activity that had been practiced in Europe for thousands of
years within the same elite families there.
Eventually
though these lines had branched off somewhat one group of them that would later
include Samuel Hill builder of the Maryhill Stonehenge would settle in
Minneapolis Minnesota. The Branch that originated through the second Samuel Hill
that had come from England to Fredericksburg eventually settled in Alexandria,
Douglas County, Minnesota. Alexandria is not too far north of Minneapolis so it
is possible that these two related branches knew each other though no record of
this has been found to date.
If
all of this weren’t suspicious and bizarre the Hill’s have a strange
association and legacy involving the same symbols found on the Kensington Rune.
The Rune Stone that was found less than fifteen miles from Alexandria Minnesota
the home of the Hills and the Kensington Runestone Museum where the relic is
now housed. Is it possible that this Hill First Family of Virginia had come to
Alexandria Minnesota because they had known this stone was there? Or had they
played a hand in placing the stone there? Was this all part of everything else
we have discovered to this point?
Via
their associations with the First Families of Virginia of which they were one,
the Hills also had strong connections to the founding of Williamsburg and the
College of William and Mary. A string of immediate and distant blood relations
to the Hills such as the Blair family acted as Chancellors of the College and
played a strong role in the creation of the of William and Mary. There was even
a Hill father daughter couple who named William and Mary. Mary Hill and her
descendants would have a great hidden impact on the development of the colonies
and. It seems that ultimately Mary also served as the namesake for the Maryhill
Stonehenge in Washington State.
Amazingly
the modern logo of the College of William and Mary displays the Auspice of Mary
symbol. This symbol contains what appears to be four letter’s X with the hooked
Omega symbol and Auspice of Mary present as on the Kensington Stone. It is
amazing given the legacy and use of these symbols in this family line that they
would be included both on the William and Mary logo and the Kensington Rune.
The X with hooked omega symbol and the stand alone runic letters for AVM are
present on the Kensington stone and the William and Mary logo. It is possible
that the origins and use of these symbols at both William and Mary and as they
appear on the Kensington Rune are due to the involvement of the Hill family of Alexandria,
Minnesota whose family blood lived in and were so involved in the development
of both places if not the country in its entirety. A more far reaching theory
may involve them being family related to this entire progression of octagonal
and directional monuments as far back as Frederick II or even Constantine
himself. All of the nuts and bolts are still present in this story to suggest
that people related to these family lines had come to North America on scouting
parties long before the time of Columbus and that the Hill family may have had
knowledge of these secrets.
The
presence of this family in proximity to the Kensington Stone is likely not a
chance association. They either knew the stone was there or placed it there
themselves. They are descendant of all the family groups that created all the
axes in Europe that point to the International Peace Garden and valued the
runic symbols and Latin Church symbols that are present at each place of
mystery in this quest. This family created series of structures like the
Maryhill Stonehenge that are associated with the Peace Garden and Peace Arch.
When
considering the possible involvement of this Hill branch in the Kensington Rune
phenomena it is important to also remember the origins of the name of Douglas
country as discussed earlier. Stephen A. Douglas who is the namesake of Douglas
County Minnesota is directly descendant of Benedict Arnold Sr. who history
tells us was the person who built the Newport Tower. The octagonal array of the
Newport Tower points an azimuth on the globe directly to the Kensington Rune.
So there are too many familial connections there that all indicate that the
Kensington Stone is a boundary marker for the Hudson’s Bay Company that also
denotes the boundaries of the Louisiana Purchase. The geographic situation of a
rumored lost stone in Minot and Sandstone pillar on the Milk River in Alberta
both also match the boundaries of the Hudson’s Bay Company a.k.a. Rupert’s Land
and the Louisiana Purchase.
It
appears that the Kensington Stone may have been placed sometime shortly prior
to the establishment of the Hudson’s Bay Company. The stone may have been
placed by French interests marking their territory in relation to what the HBC
had claimed in the form of Rupert’s land. Both sides of this story including
the Hills and the founders of the HBC all have a common heritage linking back
to the Hautville Norman dynasties of France, England, Scotland, Italy, Malta,
and Sicily. All of the reasons many professional linguists and rune experts
point to the questionable authenticity of the stone is likely related to these
later origins for the Kensington Rune. In addition it appears that at some
point after their colonial story ends the Hill family appears to have become
Catholic.
Even
so there is a wealth of evidence shown here that may display that the
Kensington Stone’s age does match the 1362 date inscribed on it. All of the
history of this scheme does infer at least knowledge that the continent was
here and that an ephemeris had been collected from Turtle Mountain somewhere
very near to the location of the modern International Peace Garden. Also
exposed here is a scheme that may involve that date being placed on the stone
to forestall any claims to the region that may have been older than the Hudson’s
Bay Company? Alternately French interests had placed these markers to make
their claim seem older than it really was. Lets not forget that the octagon of
the Dome of the Rock points to the Kensington Stone as well. The DOTR appears
to have also been a reference point for land claimed during the Age of
Exploration.
The fact that the Minot stone (referred to the La Verendrye Rune), Kensington Stone, and Sandstone Pillar are all located at the demarcation of north and south flowing watersheds seems to indicate an era when it was finally important to mark the boundaries of these claims in relation to each other. The Minot Stone’s possible location and location of the Kensington Stone are pointed to by the axis of the International Peace Garden. The sandstone Pillar on the Milk River in Alberta is very close to the 49th parallel where the IPG is located. So all of these places may have been intended to mark property using the site of the Peace Garden as a datum, axis, and point from which to measure.
The fact that the Minot stone (referred to the La Verendrye Rune), Kensington Stone, and Sandstone Pillar are all located at the demarcation of north and south flowing watersheds seems to indicate an era when it was finally important to mark the boundaries of these claims in relation to each other. The Minot Stone’s possible location and location of the Kensington Stone are pointed to by the axis of the International Peace Garden. The sandstone Pillar on the Milk River in Alberta is very close to the 49th parallel where the IPG is located. So all of these places may have been intended to mark property using the site of the Peace Garden as a datum, axis, and point from which to measure.
Today
the Kensington Runestone Park encompasses the site of discovery of the
Kensington Stone. Present in the park is a small monument comprised of what
appears to be locally obtained larger stones. This almond shaped array from
plan view has a distinct north to south axis. If an arc is plotted on the globe
at the same angle as this array the resulting azimuth extends directly to the
Heavener Rune Park in southeast Oklahoma. This is an interesting association
that may prove someone is privy to the entire truth and scheme of this age old
plan.
A
great deal of attention and emphasis has been placed on the Kensington Rune
when in reality the site of the International Peace Garden is of more
significance. All of the overtones suggested in how the array of Peace Temple
and fora of Trajan and Julius Caesar points to the International Peace Garden
may serve a hidden if somewhat metaphorical clue that something of immense
importance is hidden at the International Peace Garden. It seems obvious that
the Peace Garden had even been named in honor of the Peace Temple and the story
it tells. Whether this treasure is tangible in the classic sense may pale in
comparison to the truth told in the possession of relics and the remains of
past influential people that would provide a baseline for a new interpretation
of the history of the United States of America and beyond. Even if none of
these treasures are present at the Peace Garden the story it tells when one
questions the origins of this unique place may serve to explain its importance
and meaning.
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