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The Mystery of Ever-Burning Lamps
Posted on Tuesday, January 02, 2007 (CST) by Thoth
 "Now the House of Solomon the King was illuminated as by day, for in his wisdom he had made shining pearls which were like unto the sun, the moon and the stars in the roof of his house."
Imagine that you find a small burning lamp hidden deep in an ancient vault. This mysterious lamp, which is in perfect preservation, has burned continuously without fuel for the last 2,000 years. What would you think of your remarkable discovery?
Most likely you would wonder whether the precious lamp that you are holding in your hands is a magical object, a work of God, or perhaps some evil powers. Could this ancient treasure be a proof of highly advanced technology? Did our ancestors discover the secret of eternal light?
Although it
might sound amazing, and for some even impossible certain extraordinary
findings clearly show that perpetual light was rather common in
prehistory. I deal with advanced ancient technology in "Voices from
Legendary Times" to a large extent. In my book I uncover a number of
strange enigmas from all over the world. Perpetual light is an ancient
technology that to this today remains a mystery.
During the Middle Ages a
number of ever-burning lamps were discovered in ancient tombs and
temples. Based on ancient records we learn that these mysterious
objects were found all over the world, in India, China, South America,
North America, Egypt Greece, Italy, United Kingdom, Ireland, France and
many other countries.
Unfortunately, looters,
vandals, and superstitious diggers who feared that these objects
possessed supernatural powers destroyed many of the lamps.
As we all know, the Middle
Ages cannot be characterized as a particularly scientific period. It
was a dark time for those who persuaded knowledge. Still, curiosity is
a part of human nature and questions were asked. How were the ancients
able to produce lamps, which could burn without fuel for hundreds, and
in some cases thousands of years? From whom did our ancestors gain
their secret knowledge?
Naturally, the subject of
perpetual light became quickly a controversy and the opinions among the
authorities were divided. Some authors rejected the idea of a
never-ending flame, despite the evidence they were confronted with. A
small group of more open-minded and enlightened persons confirmed the
existence of, if not eternal then at least very long-lasting light.
Many on the other hand accused the Pagan priests of performing clever
tricks. However, a majority of the "learned" men acknowledged the
unusual findings and declared the perpetual lamps to be a work of the
devil. This was a common explanation in the Dark Ages. As soon as
something was unknown, of Pagan origin or not in accordance with the
rules set by the early Roman Church it was labeled as an invention of
the dark forces, the devil and his demons.
Some speculated that secret
Hebrew societies had preserved what in modern days is known as
electricity. For example, the occult writer Eliphas Levi relates a
curious story in his book "Historie de la Magie". He tells of a certain
mysterious French rabbi named Jechiele who was an advisor in the
thirteenth century court of Louis IX. Apparently, Jechiele owned a lamp
that he used to place in front of his house for everyone to see. The
"dazzling lamp that lightened itself" possessed no oil or wick. When
the rabbi was asked about the energy source, he always replied it was a
secret. Jechiele, obviously experimented quite a lot with electricity.
To protect himself from enemies, he invented a discharge button that
sent out an electric current into the iron knocker on his door. It is
written that when Jechiele "touched a nail driven into the wall of his
study, a crackling bluish spark immediately leapt forth. Woe to anyone
who touched the iron knocker at that moment; he would bend double,
scream as if he had been burned, then he would run away as fast as his
legs could carry him."
There were numerous
speculations regarding the perpetual lamps' secret energy source.
During the Middle Ages and later many great thinkers tried to solve the
problem how to prepare fuel that renewed itself as quickly as it was
consumed. However, none of the conducted experiments was truly
successful. It turned out impossible to produce a copy of an
ever-burning lamp. The ancients' technology remained unknown.
The earliest accounts of a
divine flame, an eternal light source can be found in various
mythological texts. The descriptions of the eternal flame, which was
considered a part of the divine fire, are closely connected with the
gods. The Greek god Prometheus was punished for giving fire to mankind.
The secret of the eternal flame was regarded as gods' sole property.
The knowledge of the eternal light should not be passed over to the
humans. Nevertheless, it seems as if some of the alien gods disobeyed
and revealed their divine secret to humanity. When humans learned how
to produce perpetual light, temples worldwide were equipped with
eternal altar flames.
According to the ancient
Egyptians, Greeks and Romans tradition, a dead person might need some
light on his or hers road to the Valley of the Shadow. Therefore,
before the tomb was sealed it was accustom to place an ever-burning
lamp inside. The lamp served as an offering to the god of the dead and
it kept evil spirits away. Its light also offered the deceased the
required guidance on the journey to the Underworld. Hundreds of years
later, when vaults were opened excavators found the lamps in perfect
condition and still burning.
So far, we have only spoken
in general terms about the existence of perpetual light in antiquity.
It has been estimated that as many as 170 mediaeval authors have
written about the phenomenal and mysterious ever-burning lamps. Let us
now look at some of the remarkable discoveries.
Plutarch wrote of a lamp
that burned over the door of a temple to Jupiter Ammon. According to
the priests, the lamp remained alight for centuries without any fuel
and neither wind nor rain could put it out.
St. Augustine described an
Egyptian temple sacred to Venus with a lamp which wind and water could
not extinguish. He declared it to be the work of the devil.
In 527 A.D., at Edessa,
Syria, during the reign of emperor Justinian, soldiers discovered an
ever-burning lamp in a niche over a gateway, elaborately enclosed to
protect it from the air. According to the inscription, it was lit in 27
A.D. The lamp had burned for 500 years before the soldiers who found
it, destroyed it.
In 140, near Rome a lamp
was found burning in the tomb of Pallas, son of king Evander. The lamp,
which had been alight for over 2,000 years, could not be extinguished
by ordinary methods. It turned out that neither water nor blowing on
the flame stopped it from burning. The only way to extinguish the
remarkable flame was to drain off the strange liquid contained in the
lamp bowl.
In about 1540, during the
Papacy of Paul III a burning lamp was found in a tomb on the Appian Way
at Rome. The tomb was believed to belong to Tulliola, the daughter of
Cicero. She died in 44 B.C. The lamp that had burned in the sealed
vault for 1,550 years was extinguished when exposed to the air.
Interesting about this particular discovery is also the unknown
transparent liquid in which the deceased was floating. By putting the
body in this liquid, the ancients managed to preserve the corpse in
such a good condition that it appeared as if death had occurred only a
few days ago.
When king Henry VIII broke
away from the Catholic Church in 1534, he ordered dissolution of
monasteries in Britain and many tombs were plundered. In Yorkshire, a
burning lamp was discovered in a tomb of Constantius Chlorus, father of
the Great Constantine. He died in 300 A.D. which means that the lamp
had been burning for more than 1,200 years.
In France, near Grenoble,
in the mid-seventeenth century a young Swiss soldier accidentally
stumbled upon the entrance of an ancient tomb. Unfortunately, for the
young man he did not discover the golden treasures that he thought
might be hidden inside. Still, his surprise must have been just as big
when he was confronted with a burning glass lamp. Du Praz, that was the
soldier's name removed the mysterious lamp from the sealed grave and
carried it to a monastery. He showed his remarkable discovery to the
astonished monks and the lamp remained at the monastery. It burned for
several months until an elderly monk dropped it and it was destroyed.
Certain discoveries indicate that the ancients wanted to preserve their knowledge secret.
In his notes to St.
Augustine, 1610, Ludovicus Vives writes about a lamp that was found in
his father's time, in 1580 A.D. According to the inscription, the lamp
was burning for 1,500 years, however when it was touched it fell into
pieces. Obviously, Ludovicus Vives did not share some of St.
Augustine's views. He considered perpetual lamps to be an invention of
very wise and skilled men and not the devil.
Were the Rosicrucians
familiar with the secrets of eternal light? It would seem so. When the
tomb of Christian Rosenkreuz, alchemist and founder of the Rosacrucian
Order was opened 120 years after his death, a shining lamp was found
inside.
Another interesting case
worth mentioning occurred in England where a mysterious and most
unusual tomb was opened. It was believed that the sepulcher was of a
Rosicrucian. A man, who discovered the tomb, noticed a burning lamp
hanging from the ceiling, lighting up the underground chamber. As the
man took some steps forward, certain part of the floor moved with his
weight. At once, a seated figure in armour started to move. The figure
rose to its feet and hit the lamp with some sort of a weapon. The
precious lamp was destroyed. The goal had been accomplished; the lamp's
substance remained a secret.
The discoveries I mention
in this article are only a small representation of all remarkable
findings worldwide. Who knows how many more lamps are still burning
hidden in ancient vaults, undiscovered and protected from the outside
world.
The ancients were familiar
with perpetual light. As Eliphas Levi points out: "it is certain that
the Zoroastrian Magi had means of producing and directing electric
power unknown to us."
Yes, indeed and the ancient
Egyptians, Greeks, Romans and other cultures possessed the same
knowledge. King Solomon was a wise man when he wrote:
"… there is no new thing
under the sun. Is there any thing whereof it may be said, See this is
new? It hath been already of old time which was before us."
In my book "Voices from
Legendary Times" I make it clear that a number of wonderful and highly
advanced cultures have existed before us. What we discover today are
scattered pieces of their magnificent worlds. Prehistoric civilizations
shared a universal scientific and technological knowledge. Their Secret
Wisdom was a legacy of the Alien Gods...
Copyright: American Chronicle
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Re: The Mystery of Ever-Burning Lamps
by pog-mo-thon on Friday, January 05, 2007 (CST)
(User Info | Send a Message) | | I have one of these, I find it very helpful when I hunt for jackalope during a lunar eclipse. |
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Re: The Mystery of Ever-Burning Lamps
by blondin on Tuesday, January 09, 2007 (CST)
(User Info | Send a Message) | | there is no mystery to the lamps- they were found in china as well as many other sites and were able to burn as they had huge resevoirs of whale oil to keep them fed with fuel. |
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