Earth Ancients

Cliff Dunning

Startling New Discoveries from our Planets Distant Past

  • 1 hour 11 minutes
    Dean Radin: The Science of Magic: How the Mind Weaves the Fabric of Reality
    A science-backed guide to discovering the real power of magic and implementing it in your life, from the renowned author of Real Magic

    There is an idea that shakes the core of our scientific principles: That our consciousness participates in creating our physical reality. It's an idea that runs counter to the materialist worldview we're all taught in school. But the outer edges of scientific inquiry bleed into what can only be called 'magic.'

    Dean Radin, Ph.D., is at the forefront of researching magic from a scientific standpoint. In The Science of Magic, he shines a light on today's scientific breakthroughs, from quantum mechanics to the mind-body connection to telepathy, that can best be explained by what we currently call magic (or psi). In short, today's magic is the science of tomorrow. He shares his own groundbreaking research on psi phenomena, and explains how you can start utilizing these findings in your own life today.

    Accessible and practical, The Science of Magic offers magical methods from the perspective of a scientist, demonstrating how to effect change with exercises and hands-on techniques. In short, magic is a mental skill, like meditation or mathematics. You will find a quiz to discover your natural talents and foundational activities for strengthening your skills, including:

    • Affirmations (word magic)
    • Sigils
    • Knots
    • Candle magic
    • Writing magic
    • Spell-casting

    With his uniquely science-backed approach, Dean guides you through testing magic on your own, for example through dream precognition, evoking synchronicity, and more. The Science of Magic is a journey to the outer edges of our understanding of the universe, showing where science is leading us: namely, to magic.

    Dean Radin is Chief Scientist at the Institute of Noetic Sciences (IONS), Associated Distinguished Professor at the California Institute of Integral Studies, and cofounder and chairman of the biotech company, Cognigenics. He earned an MS (electrical engineering) and a PhD (psychology) from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, and in 2022 was awarded an Honorary DSc from the Swami Vivekananda University in Bangalore, India. He is the author or coauthor of some 300 scientific and popular articles, four dozen book chapters, and nine books, four of which have been translated into 15 foreign languages: The Conscious Universe (1997), Entangled Minds (2006), Supernormal (2013), and Real Magic (2018).

    https://www.deanradin.com/

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    10 January 2026, 6:00 pm
  • 1 hour 14 minutes
    Destiny: Graham Phillips, The Original Zodiac
    Discover the world’s earliest known system of astrology

    • Explores ancient Mesopotamian astrology, which originated with those who created Göbekli Tepe, and details the system’s eighteen zodiac signs

    • Shares the author’s decades-long research to decipher the meanings and characteristics behind each of the original eighteen signs

    • Shows how the original zodiac can enrich and expand our understanding of astrology, personal relationships, and our sense of self and destiny

    Today the zodiac is divided into twelve signs through which the sun appears to travel in a year. A person’s sign can influence their personality, physical characteristics, and fate. However, in ancient Mesopotamia, the first zodiac was divided into eighteen signs—different from the Western and Vedic systems in use today. The Original Zodiac reveals, for the first time in more than 4,000 years, this earliest known system of astrology.

    The original Mesopotamian zodiac offered very different birth signs, including the Serpent, Swan, Crane, Horse, Wolf, and Eagle. This zodiac was recorded on a clay tablet that is now housed in the British Museum, cataloged as BM 86378, but there is no written record of how these signs were interpreted. Now, after decades of intensive research, Graham Phillips reveals the meanings of these mysterious signs and their relevance for our times.

    To determine what traits might be shared by those born in each sign of the original zodiac, Phillips comprehensively surveyed hundreds of volunteers from diverse backgrounds. He measured each participant’s likes, dislikes, hobbies, habits, employment, health information, and other pertinent aspects of their lives and identities. Not intended to replace or challenge our traditional understanding of astrology, his findings offer an original system to enrich our current knowledge of the personality, character, and destiny of those born in each of its enigmatic signs.

    Graham Phillips is one of Britain’s bestselling nonfiction authors. A former radio journalist and broadcaster for the BBC, and founder of Strange Phenomena magazine, he is a historical investigator of unsolved mysteries. The author of many books, including The Templars and the Ark of the Covenant, The Lost Tomb of King Arthur, The End of Eden, and Atlantis and the Ten Plagues of Egypt, he lives in the Midlands of England.

    https://www.grahamphillips.net/

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    7 January 2026, 3:00 pm
  • 51 minutes 12 seconds
    Observations and Insights on Maya Ruins in Guatemala
    GUATEMALA:
    Temple Energy ActivationAncient Sites, Sacred Traditions, and Hidden WisdomA private tour with the host of Earth Ancients, Cliff Dunning.
    Organized by Geophilia, Dr. Lydia & Arturo de León.December 1 – 12, 2025Embark on a Transformative Journey into the Heart of Ancient Mesoamerica
    Join Earth Ancients’ host Cliff Dunning and Geophilia’s founders Dr. Lydia and Arturo de León for a once-in-a-lifetime 12-day adventure through Guatemala’s sacred landscapes, ancient cities, and living Maya traditions.

    This exclusive retreat blends archaeological discovery with spiritual immersion, offering you a rare chance to experience the profound wisdom and mysteries of the Maya.
    Why Guatemala?Guatemala is a cradle of ancient civilization and a haven for spiritual seekers. From the mirror-like waters of Lake Atitlán, ringed by volcanoes, to the jungle-clad temples of Tikal, this magical country offers an unparalleled opportunity to connect deeply with both Earth and Spirit. The legacy of the Mayans, with their cosmic wisdom and sacred rituals, continues to resonate in the land, providing a profound backdrop for transformation and renewal.
    Guatemala + AtlantisGuatemala holds a profound connection to the mystical legacy of Atlantis through the enduring wisdom of the ancient Mayans. Many believe that the Mayans inherited their advanced knowledge of astronomy, sacred geometry, and spiritual practices from Atlantean teachings passed down through the ages. Lake Atitlán, revered as the “Navel of the World,” is often seen as a spiritual portal linked to Atlantis, its volcanic waters echoing the energy of this lost civilization. As you journey through Guatemala’s sacred sites, you’ll feel the threads of this ancient lineage awakening within you, inviting a deeper connection to the cosmic mysteries that unite past, present, and future. 

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    3 January 2026, 3:00 pm
  • 1 hour 17 minutes
    Destiny: Ellen Evert Hopman, Ancestral Celebrations, New Year's Eve
    • Explores in depth the medicinal and magical properties of the many herbs, barks, and berries associated with the Christmas and Yuletide season

    • Looks at the origins of the Christmas tree and Santa Claus, as well as female gift bringers, holiday Spirits, and Yuletide animals

    • Shares crafts such as how to make a Yule Log, practices such as Winter Solstice divinations, and recipes for traditional foods and drinks

    For millennia cultures have taken time out to honor the darkest days of the year with lights, foods, and festivities.

    In ancient Egypt, people decorated their homes with greenery at the festival of the rebirth of the God Horus. The ancient Romans shared gifts, especially candles, at the midwinter festival of Saturnalia. In Scandinavian and Germanic cultures, the Yule Log was burned in the hearth, fruit orchards were wassailed, and sheaves of wheat were displayed to carry luck into the New Year. In Celtic cultures, mummers and guisers went door to door, and European mistletoe (Viscum album) was gathered by Druids as a medicinal and magical aid.

    Ellen Evert Hopman shares folklore, recipes, rituals, and crafts to enliven your Yuletide observance. She explores the origins of the Christmas tree and Santa Claus as well as holiday Spirits and Yuletide animals. She explains how to perform Winter Solstice divinations and make traditional foods and drinks such as Elizabethan gingerbread cookies and Wassail. And she looks in depth at the medicinal and magical properties of the many herbs, barks, and berries associated with the Christmas and Yuletide season such as Frankincense and Myrrh, Cinnamon, Nutmeg, Hibiscus, Bayberry, and many more. This guide offers practical and magical ways to celebrate and honor the darkest days of the year.

    Ellen Evert Hopman is a master herbalist and lay homeopath, who has been a Druidic initiate since 1984. She is a founding member of the Order of the White Oak, the Archdruidess and founder of Tribe of the Oak, a former professor at the Grey School of Wizardry, and a member of the Grey Council of Mages and Sages. She is the author of Celtic herbals and Druid novels, including Secret Medicines from Your Garden, The Sacred Herbs of Samhain, and Once Around the Sun: Stories, Crafts, and Recipes to Celebrate the Sacred Earth Year. She lives in Massachusetts.

    https://elleneverthopman.com/

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    31 December 2025, 1:00 pm
  • 1 hour 15 minutes
    Jack R. Bialik: Lost in Time
    What if the knowledge we depend on today... disappeared tomorrow?
     
    Have you ever wondered how much of humanity's greatest achievements have already been lost to time?
    • Do you suspect that ancient civilizations knew things we are only now beginning to rediscover?
    • Do you worry that our own digital civilization might be far more fragile than we think?
    If so... keep reading.

    For thousands of years, human knowledge has risen, vanished, and—sometimes—been found again.
    From medical breakthroughs in ancient Egypt to astonishing feats of engineering by cultures we barely remember, history shows a repeating pattern: discovery, prosperity... and catastrophic loss.

    Now, with our reliance on digital systems and complex global networks, we may be closer than ever to our own "forgotten age."

    https://jrbialik.com/

    Drawing on over 40 years of professional experience in engineering, technology, and history—including work with the U.S. Air Force, the Department of Homeland Security, and contributions to critical technology programs—Jack R. Bialik takes you on a journey across centuries of lost civilizations, vanishing wisdom, and the fragile threads holding our modern knowledge together.

    Here's a glimpse of what you'll discover inside Lost in Time:
     
    How cataract surgery was successfully performed in 2400 BC Egypt—and why we nearly lost that knowledge forever.
    • The shocking truth about technologies invented thousands of years earlier than historians once believed.
    • Forgotten disaster events that erased entire libraries of human understanding in a single day.
    • The hidden risks of a fully digital society—and what history teaches us about protecting what matters.
    • Lessons from the past that can guide business leaders, educators, and decision-makers today.
    • How to recognize the warning signs of a coming knowledge collapse.
    • ...and much more.
    You might think a book like this requires deep academic expertise to follow—it doesn't. Bialik's clear, compelling style makes these stories accessible for curious readers, history lovers, business travelers, and lifelong learners alike.

    If you're ready to explore the mysteries of humanity's greatest achievements—and learn how we can prevent them from disappearing again—scroll up and click "Add to Cart" now!

    Jack R. Bialik's 40-year career spans from Electrical Engineering and Project Management to biblical studies, with notable contributions to organizations like the U.S. Air Force and the Department of Homeland Security. His industry-impacting paper, presented at the Motorola System Symposium 2000, stands out among his many achievements. His unique expertise led him to be invited to be a reviewer for the White House's Broadband Technology Opportunities Program, marking another career highlight. Today, as the Chief Technology Officer of a niche Crypto-Mining company, he continues influencing the technology landscape. However, Jack's interests extend beyond his profession, with a certificate from the Awakening School of Theology and his interest in ancient history. His commitment to societal welfare is seen through his involvement with at-risk teens and clean water initiatives in Haiti. Jack is a consummate professional and committed humanitarian, exemplifying the power of lifelong learning and altruism.

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    27 December 2025, 3:00 pm
  • 1 hour 15 minutes
    Destiny: Tammy Billups: Your Animal Your Soul Mirror
    Your Animal - Your Soul Mirror is an extraordinary resource on fostering emotional wellness for animals and their people. Tammy’s newest book provides animal lovers with ways to identify which emotional wound pattern - The Scared One, Needy One, Sensitive One, Protector, or Perfect One - is operating within their companion and how to expedite the healing and resolution of that wound. This is ground-breaking work that has never before been shared. It offers techniques that can ameliorate negative behaviors, heighten levels of awareness, decrease suffering, increase love, and reveal one’s truest self (both in humans and animals). This emotional wellness guidebook offers resources for animal lovers to symbiotically heal their wounds alongside their animal kin through the awareness of soul mirroring. The healing of our wounds and traumas, and the gifts garnered by learning through reflection, are a big reason why we choose to partner with animals for our mutual healing and growth. When humans develop a symbiosis with an animal, their heart and soul connection creates a collaborative healing blueprint. By consciously teaming up with our animal, Tammy shows how we can identify the survival patterns we use and how to transcend them.

    Tammy Billups is a global pioneer and educator of the animal-human sacred soul partnership. A certified Interface Therapist, author, and holistic intuitive healer, her mission is to illuminate the evolutionary bonds between animals and their people. Tammy is also the creator of Animal-Human Tandem Healing Sessions, a groundbreaking modality that accelerates emotional, physical, and spiritual healing for both species simultaneously, honoring the deep soul contracts that unite them.With more than twenty-five years of research and practice, Tammy has become a trusted voice for those seeking to understand the higher purpose embedded in every animal-human relationship. Her work reveals how these partnerships serve as sacred mirrors, reflecting wounds and wisdom, and guiding both toward greater wholeness.Tammy is the award-winning author of four books, including Animal Soul Contracts, and Animal Wayshowers. Her newest release, Your Animal—Your Soul Mirror: Healing the Emotional Wounds of Animals & Their People, introduces groundbreaking insights and original research that uncover the hidden dynamics of shared emotional healing. Through her books, classes, and healing sessions, Tammy empowers animal lovers to embrace the divine contracts they share with their companions, opening pathways to inner peace, transformation, and spiritual evolution.

    https://www.tammybillups.com/

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    24 December 2025, 3:00 pm
  • 1 hour 29 minutes
    Adam Young: Out-of-Place Artifacts from Ancient Egypt
    The Artifact Research Foundation conducts archaeological, metrological, and historical research to explore the technological capabilities of prehistoric human cultures.​Human evolution is long and mysterious.  Today, we know very little about our ancient ancestors, save for stories passed down through time.  Physical remains of archaic human civilization may seem elusive, yet modern forensic methods can uncover more than we ever thought possible.​We approach forensic archaeology from a multi-disciplinary perspective.  The world's biggest story is also the world's biggest mystery.  To unlock it requires a different approach.  Our researchers come from diverse fields such as Mathematics, Physics, Engineering, Manufacturing, Geology, Computer Science, History, Art, and Literature.

    Adam Young
    Founder and Researcher
    Adam is an independent researcher with a background in mathematical statistics. Over the past decade, he has researched ancient artifacts throughout the world, most notably in Egypt. He was the first researcher to apply modern Metrology to analyze predynastic stone vessels in a controlled setting. With the help of other dedicated professionals, he founded the Artifact Research Foundation to study advanced machining in ancient Egypt and elsewhere. Members of the foundation have diverse backgrounds, but are united in a common purpose:  to analyze, document, and publish results to help further our understanding of ancient cultures.

    https://www.artifactfoundation.org/


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    20 December 2025, 6:45 pm
  • 1 hour 14 minutes
    Destiny: Dr. Matt McKay, Seeking Your Loved One on the Other Side
    Shares a proven process that has worked for the author as well as thousands of others to communicate with deceased loved ones

    Explores the use of mediums, past-life and between-life hypnotic regressions, a technique called Induced After-Death Communication, and channeled writing

    Presents revelations about the soul’s life after death, the structure of the afterlife, how karma works, and how to love in the face of pain

    If you’ve lost a loved one or had a brush with mortality, you undoubtedly have wondered about life after death—or if it’s possible to connect with souls on the other side. After the tragic death of his son, Jordan, the author embarked on a journey for ways to communicate with his son across the veil. He discovered not only successful methods to connect with lost loved ones but also profound truths about the afterlife, the illusion of loss, and how pain is integral to our life purpose.

    McKay recounts techniques he tried in order to connect with his son, including collecting unusual experiences from family and friends, consulting mediums such as Austyn Wells, undergoing past-life and between-life regressions, engaging in a technique called Induced After-Death Communication, and using channeled writing, which he learned with the help of psychologist Ralph Metzner.

    The culmination of hundreds of channeled conversations with his son, the author presents revelations about the soul’s life after death, the structure and key events of the afterlife, how karma works, why we incarnate, our future as souls, and how to love in the face of pain. As Jordan reveals, nothing is truly lost. The soul is constant and, while pain seems to damage us, the damage is an illusion. Because, as Jordan says, “there is no end; the conversation goes on . . . between all the souls who love each other, living and dead.”

    Matthew McKay, Ph.D., is a clinical psychologist, professor of psychology at the Wright Institute, cofounder of Haight Ashbury Psychological Services, founder of the Berkeley CBT Clinic, and cofounder of the Bay Area Trauma Recovery Clinic, which serves low-income clients. He has authored and coauthored more than 40 books, including The Relaxation and Stress Reduction Workbook and Seeking Jordan. The publisher of New Harbinger Publications, he lives in Berkeley, California.

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    17 December 2025, 3:00 pm
  • 1 hour 30 minutes
    Catherine & Robert Schoch: The Ancient Burial of Egypt
    Catherine (Katie) Ulissey, wife and research partner of geologist Dr. Robert Schoch, found her early years shaped by dance. Conservatory trained, she turned professional at the age of 16, performing with classical ballet and contemporary dance companies, and later transitioning to musical theater, performing on Broadway in a number of productions including the original cast of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s "The Phantom of the Opera". Her early childhood in Saudi Arabia sparked a lifelong fascination with ancient mysteries. Katie and Dr. Schoch met at a conference on the topic in 2007 and married on Easter Island in 2010. Together, they have co-authored works exploring ancient civilizations and their connections to cosmic events. Katie has contributed significantly to her husband’s research, including connecting Easter Island’s previously undeciphered rongorongo script to global “plasma petroglyphs” first identified by renowned physicist Dr. Anthony Peratt of Los Alamos National Laboratory. This discovery shifted her husband’s research toward our Sun as the probable cause of the end of the last ice age. Related to this, she noticed giant Lichtenberg patterns emanating from beneath the Great and Second Pyramids on the Giza Plateau (dendritic patterns would be consistent with plasma ejected during massive solar outbursts). More recently, she has offered an hypothesis regarding the potential “Ancient and Intentional Burial of Ancient Egypt” (in similar fashion to Göbekli Tepe). She holds a B.A. from Emerson College (2002) and stays connected to her dance roots by teaching ballet at Wellesley College. She is the author of a children’s book, “Adriana and the Ancient Mysteries: The Great Sphinx”, published in German, Italian, and English (revised edition).




    Dr. Robert M. Schoch, a full-time faculty member at the College of General Studies at Boston University since 1984, and a recipient of its Peyton Richter Award for interdisciplinary teaching, earned his Ph.D. in Geology and Geophysics at Yale University in 1983. He also holds an M.S. and M.Phil. in Geology and Geophysics from Yale, as well as degrees in Anthropology (B.A.) and Geology (B.S.) from George Washington University. In recognition of his research into ancient civilizations, Dr. Schoch was awarded (in 2014) the title of Honorary Professor of the Nikola Vaptsarov Naval Academy in Varna, Bulgaria. In 2017, the College of General Studies at Boston University named him Director of its Institute for the Study of the Origins of Civilization (ISOC).In the early 1990s, Dr. Schoch stunned the world with his revolutionary research that recast the date of the Great Sphinx of Egypt to a period thousands of years earlier than its standard attribution. In demonstrating that the leonine monument has been heavily eroded by water despite the fact that its location on the edge of the Sahara has endured hyper-arid climactic conditions for the past 5,000 years, Dr. Schoch revealed to the world that mankind’s history is greater and older than previously believed. The subsequently excavated 12,000-year-old megalithic site of Göbekli Tepe in Turkey confirmed these assertions.Dr. Schoch’s more recent research has focused on the cataclysmic events that ended Earth’s last ice age, circa 9700 BCE, simultaneously decimating the high civilizations of the time. The overwhelming evidence drawn from varying disciplines, put forth in his book Forgotten Civilization: New Discoveries on the Solar-Induced Dark Age (2021), points to enormous solar outbursts as the cause.Dr. Schoch has been quoted extensively in the media for his work on ancient cultures and monuments around the globe. His research has been instrumental in spurring renewed attention to the interrelationships between geological and astronomical phenomena, natural catastrophes, and the early history of civilization. He has appeared on numerous radio and television shows and is featured in the Emmy-winning documentary The Mystery of the Sphinx, which first aired on NBC in 1993.The author and coauthor of books both technical and popular, Dr. Schoch’s works include Phylogeny Reconstruction in Paleontology (1986), Stratigraphy: Principles and Methods (1989), Voices of the Rocks (1999), Voyages of the Pyramid Builders (2003), Pyramid Quest (2005), The Parapsychology Revolution (2008), Forgotten Civilization: The Role of Solar Outbursts in Our Past and Future (2012), Origins of the Sphinx (2017), and the 2nd edition (revised and expanded) of Forgotten Civilization, subtitled New Discoveries on the Solar-Induced Dark Age (2021), among others. Dr. Schoch is also the coauthor of an environmental science textbook used in universities across the United States, and he has contributed to numerous magazines, journals, and reviews on geology, ancient civilizations, parapsychology, and other topics. His works have been translated into a number of languages and distributed around the world.Besides his academic and scholarly studies, Dr. Schoch is an active environmental advocate who stresses a pragmatic, hands-on approach. In this connection, he helped found a local community land trust devoted to protecting land from harmful development, serving on its Board of Directors for many years. And despite acknowledging that our Sun is a major driver of climate on the planet, Dr. Schoch takes an active part in “green” politics; for over a decade he served as an elected member of his local city council.In 1993, an extinct mammal genus was named Schochia in honor of Dr. Schoch’s paleontological contributions.It was at the instigation of the late John Anthony West (1932—2018) that Dr. Schoch first began studying the age of the Sphinx. The chamber beneath the Sphinx's paw, which Dr. Schoch, working with Dr. Thomas Dobecki, discovered in the early 1990s and which many people believe is an ancient archive or "Hall of Records" remains unexplored.In 2010 (and grateful to the dignitaries who made it possible), Dr. Schoch married former ballet and Broadway dancer Catherine Ulissey in both civil and traditional Rapanui ceremonies on Easter Island.

    Dr. Schoch's website is www.robertschoch.com.

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    13 December 2025, 3:00 pm
  • 1 hour 13 minutes
    Destiny: Wouter Bijdendijk, Plant Power
    A full-color reference guide to beneficial plants and mushrooms

    “An excellent resource about the natural properties of plants.”—Kirkus Reviews

    • Explores the ethnobotany and practical applications of 30 plants, fruits, nuts, bulbs, roots, flowers, and mushrooms that support the immune system, digestion, endurance, vitality, and the brain

    • Examines ritual and mind-expanding plants such as fly agaric, blue lotus, cannabis, and peyote cactus

    • Offers 60 delicious vegetarian recipes (two for each plant or mushroom) by Michelin star chef Joris Bijdendijk

    WHILE KNOWING that spending time in nature and eating healthy is important, we often dismiss the fact that plants have been used as healing medicine for thousands of years.

    In this guide, Wouter Bijdendijk highlights thirty mushrooms, herbs, flowers, fruits, nuts, bulbs, and roots that support the immune system, digestion, endurance, vitality, and the brain—from ginseng and turmeric to chaga and reishi to olive and chamomile. He also explores several plants that have played a significant role in rituals and ceremonies, such as fly agaric, blue lotus, cannabis, and peyote cactus, enabling our ancestors to connect with deeper layers of themselves, the spiritual realms, and the Divine. Michelin star chef Joris Bijdendijk provides two delicious vegetarian recipes for each major plant, offering culinary delights to help you easily incorporate the medicinal powers of these plants in your life.

    A journey through the deep and ancient roots of plant knowledge, from folk uses to mystical properties to the vital role of plants in human evolution, this book shows you how to harness the natural power of plants to revitalize your body, integrate your spirit, and empower your life.

    Wouter Bijdendijk is an anthropologist specializing in ethnobotany and pharmacognosy with a degree from Amsterdam University. In more than 20 years of touring the world as renowned mentalist and magician Ramana, Wouter has studied herbal medicine in different traditions from around the globe. An author, lecturer, and TEDx speaker, he lives in the Netherlands.

    Chef Joris Bijdendijk earned three Michelin stars within just eight years of beginning his career. As executive chef at RIJKS®, the restaurant of the Rijksmuseum, and Wils as well as Wils Bakery Café in Amsterdam, Joris is one of the leading culinary figures in the Netherlands. Beyond the kitchen, he is a columnist for Dutch newspaper Het Parool, founder of the Low Food Foundation, and author of several cookbooks.

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    10 December 2025, 3:00 pm
  • 1 hour 20 minutes
    Rafael Eissmann: Echoes of an Unknown History
    The historiographical studies developed by Ruth Rodríguez Sotomayor, a
    graduate librarian of the University of Guayaquil, researcher at the Historical
    Archive of Guayas, and lecturer, are extraordinary. Her studies go beyond the limits of traditional historiography, or rather, they transcend the boundaries of the orthodox history, as Ruth Rodríguez Sotomayor rescues and exposes, through the study of symbols, the arts, sciences, and philology, of an almost unknown past of the Americas.
    And to speak of the Americas is to speak of the continent of civilizing gods
    whose traces are today silent vestiges of the original Golden Age.
    Certainly, Rodríguez Sotomayor’s work opposes the aforementioned
    orthodox or “official” version, and thus, consequently, becomes a revolutionary
    proposal.

    One of the most important fields of her studies is the prefiguration of the
    origin of mankind in South America and the spread of its civilization to other
    continents. They are therefore connected to the essential works of distinguished
    researchers such as the multidisciplinary Francisco P. Moreno, the philologist and
    ethnologist Emeterio Villamil de Rada, and the archaeologist Roberto Rengifo,
    since Rodríguez Sotomayor recognizes in America –or Pre-America as she aptly
    sheds light on it, that is, the America before the known America– as the nucleus
    from which the civilizing group emerged, migrating, projecting, and settling in
    different centers of the globe, expanding its civilization.

    Rafael Videla Eissmann (Chile, 1979) is a historian graduated from UniversidadCatólica de Chile. He has developed numerous anthropological and ethno-historical investigations on pre-Hispanic America, focusing his studies onmythology and symbols.Rafael is a member of the Berchtesgaden-based Privatinstitut fürWelteislehre (“Private Institute of Glacial Cosmogony”), of РОИПА (“RussianSociety for the Study of Atlantis”) and of the Italian cultural association AkakorGeographical Exploring.Among his main books are Crónica de la Montaña de Melimoyu (“Chronicle ofthe Mountain of Melimoyu”, 2003), Roberto Rengifo y el Secreto de la AméricaAborigen (“Roberto Rengifo and the Secret of Aboriginal America”, 2007), LaCosmogonía Glacial de Hörbiger y la Doctrina del Hielo Universal (“Hörbiger’sGlacial Cosmogony and the Universal Ice Doctrine”, 2007), El Diluvio y losgigantes. Mitos de Chile a la luz de la Cosmogonía Glacial (“The Deluge andthe Giants. Myths of Chile in the Light of Glacial Cosmogony”, 2010), Símbolosrúnicos en América. Con un prólogo de Vicente Pistilli (“Runic Symbols inAmerica”. With a Foreword by Vicente Pistilli. 2011), El Gran Diluvio. Mitosamericanos sobre la última catástrofe planetaria. Con un prólogo de MarcoNünemann (“The Great Flood. American Myths About the Last PlanetaryCatastrophe”. With a Foreword by Marco Nünemann. 2011), Mitos del PoloAntártico. Cosmogonía y antropogonía de la civilización prediluvial (“Myths ofthe Antarctic Pole. Cosmogony and Anthropogony of the PrediluvialCivilization”, 2012), La Ciudad de los Césares y el misterio de los indiosblancos (“The City of the Caesars and the Mystery of the White Indians”, 2012),Los Dioses Extraterrestres y el regreso de B’olon Yokte’ K’uh. Con un prólogode Erich von Däniken (“The Extraterrestrial Gods and the Return of B’olonYokte’ K’uh”. With a Foreword by Erich von Däniken. 2013), Los lituches. Latradición de los hombres-dioses del sur del mundo. Con un prólogo de Erichvon Däniken (“The Lituches. The Tradition of the God-Men of the South of theWorld”. With a Foreword by Erich von Däniken. 2014), El Símbolo Sagrado delSol (“The Sacred Symbol of the Sun”, 2014), Antártida, Arquinesia y laAtlántida. Aproximaciones al poblamiento americano (“Antarctica, Arquinesiaand Atlantis. Approaches to American Peopling”, 2017), Irminsul. Simbolismoen torno al origen de la raza polar (“Irminsul. Symbolism Around the Origin ofthe Polar Race”, 2017) and La tradición sagrada de los ugha mongulala.Tatunca Nara y el misterio amazónico (“The Sacred Tradition of the UghaMongulala. Tatunca Nara and the Amazon Mystery”, 2018) –among others–.Rafael is also a contributor to the magazines Sagenhafte Zeiten from Germany,PaleoSETI from Canada and Ancient America from the United States.Contact: [email protected]://obrasrafaelvidelaeissmann.blogspot.com/

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