Ancient History
Stars & Stones Forum - Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, UK - April 2008
Understanding the ancient landscape, the heavens, the dawn of agriculture, the Golden Age and the evolution of social disorder
Two days of lectures, talks, networking, socialising, music and open forums, together with local field visits.
Lectures
Stars and Thrones: Druids, Kings and Queens – A Manifesto for Global Wisdom and Peace
Dr. Thomas C. Daffern,
philosopher, teacher, historian and Druid has been teaching, lecturing and researching for many years in Britain
and internationally, and is the Director of the International Institute
of Peace Studies and Global Philosophy, a unique academic international
network of scholars dedicated to achieving world peace through
philosophical understanding and the furtherance of wisdom in public
affairs. www.educationaid.net
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The Legacy of the Etruscans
Gary Biltcliffe, Independent Researcher,presents the ancient Pelasgi and Etruscan connections with Britain, magnificent megalithic stonework, lost cities, and the city state society of archaic Europe. (45.25mins)
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Learning from History Part Three - Diffusion of Farming, Farm Technology and Megalithic
Construction, from the Garden of Eden around the World
Edmund Marriage, Independent Researcher, shows how the development of sophisticated agriculture originated in the Fertile Crescent of the Middle East 11,300 years ago and provides evidence of its diffusion around the world. (1hr. 41mins) www.goldenageproject.org.uk
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Climate Change - Past, Present & Future
Peter Cedrowen Taylor holds an honours degree in Natural Sciences and a Diploma in Social Anthropology from Oxford University. He has over 25 years experience as a consultant scientist to environmental NGOs, government departments, agencies, inter-governmental bodies, the European Commission and Parliament and the UN. His range of expertise stretches from pollution and accident risk from nuclear operations, chemical pollution of the oceans and atmosphere, wildland and wildlife ecology and conservation, to renewable energy strategies and climate change. He has sat on several government commissions and research advisory bodies. (1hr. 26.54 mins) www.ethos-uk.com
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The God-Kings
Professor Hugh Montgomery, medieval historian, looks at the Mesopotamian origins and beliefs of the Vikings, and the origins of the great Ulvungar dynasty, and why they opposed modern Christianity, with much of the evidence coming from the original sources. He is the author of two books, God Kings of England and God Kings of Europe with a third due to be released in 2008, God Kings of Palestine. (49.27 mins)
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Servant of the Muses
Poetry by Dr. Thomas Daffern with music performed by Dirk Campbell, composer and specialist in ancient music.
(25.39mins) www.educationaid.net www.dirkcampbell.co.uk
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Science of Yoga
Peter Cedrowen Taylor holds an honours degree in Natural Sciences and a Diploma in Social Anthropology from Oxford University. He has over 25 years experience as a consultant scientist to environmental NGOs, government departments, agencies, inter-governmental bodies, the European Commission and Parliament and the UN. Peter has been under the tutelage of the Himalayan master Herakhan Baba for 27 years, teaches meditation, dance movement and shamanic arts, as well as working with various healing professions.
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Stars & Stones Forum - Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, UK - November 2007
Understanding the ancient landscape, the heavens, and the dawn of agriculture
Two days of lectures, talks, networking, socialising, and open forums on the origins of modern man and his
development from Cro-Magnon hunter gatherer to a sophisticated being, with remarkable abilities in
agriculture, animal husbandry, social organization, astronomy, surveying, mathematics, engineering, building
skills, artistic expression, consciousness, self awareness, and a belief in the transmigration of the soul.
For details of the next Stars & Stones Forum on 19/20 April 2008, see Events & Courses or visit
www.goldenageproject.org.uk/conferences_stars.html
Michael Hodges, West Country Historian, explains how ancient farmers created calendars to structure theiryear, using seasonal festivals marked by particular solar and lunar alignments at specific sites to mark
the progress of the year and the timing of all important work. This system was considered so significant for
agricultural production by the early church that it was taken over for its own purposes, but its original intent
was still remembered in local folklore. (58.28 mins)
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Learning from History Part One - Ancient Civilisation and the Golden Age, Serpent Knowledge of
the Shining Ones, the Watchers and the Druids
Edmund Marriage, Independent Researcher, shows how the re-interpretation of ancient texts and modern science reveals extraordinary skills in the development of sophisticated agriculture and social organisation in the Fertile Crescent of the Middle East 11,300 years ago. He shows that the domestication of plants and animals can be traced back to the Sumerian Kharsag (head enclosure) also known as the Garden of Eden, and gives an update on the research confirming the location of the site north of Mt Hermon in Southern Lebanon. (1hr 43mins) www.goldenageproject.org.uk
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Learning from History Part Two - Druidic Links from Eden/Kharsag to British Christianity
In studying the history of Jesus’ mission in Palestine and the British Church, we find that the ancient Druidic high culture, which could be described as the Abrahamic faith, had survived almost intact with the descendents of the Indo-European farming peoples, who entered the British Isles from around 4,000 BC, led by the teachers and craftsmen of the God An.
The origins of our British Christian story is further confirmed by the Kharsag (head enclosure) Sumerian cuneiform texts, translated and published by Christian and Barbara Joy O’Brien in the Genius of the Few. Our early British religious history cantering on Joseph of Arimathea and Glastonbury, is well supported by the most prominent Vatican historians. (1hr 37mins)
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Sounding the Earth Grid : Re-singing the Songlines
Carolin Comberti, Specialist academic and practitioner in the teaching of singing and the use of sound. – Will demonstrate that science has rediscovered the harmonic and geometric energy grid surrounding the planet and ways to interact with cosmic forces to affect positive changes to the environment in co-creation with the natural world. (1hr 22mins) www.vocal-ease.co.uk
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Stone Age Survival - Earth Energies, Fertility and the Secrets of the Stones
Hugh Newman, Author and Earth Mysteries Researcher with special knowledge of nutrition and megaliths describes how the ancients used earth mounds, big stones and magnetic earth energy currents to enhance seeds, promote fertility and re-mineralise their food. See Events & Courses for details of the next Megalithomania - Ultimate Stone Circle Conference in May 2008. (1hr 5mins) www.avalonrising.co.uk
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Druidry and Peace: Towards a Manifesto for Global Wisdom
Dr. Thomas C. Daffern, philosopher, teacher, historian and Druid has been teaching, lecturing and researching for many years in Britain and internationally, and is the Director of the International Institute of Peace Studies and Global Philosophy, a unique academic international network of scholars dedicated to achieving world peace through philosophical understanding and the furtherance of wisdom in public affairs. He also founded the Order of Peace Poets, Bards and Druids to focus mind on the work of Druids in peacemaking and conflict prevention. As an intellectual historian he has invented the concept of transpersonal historiography, as a way of reconciling spiritual and scientific approaches to historical knowledge, linking the insights of transpersonal psychology with historical methodology. (1hr 1min) www.educationaid.net
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Interviews
John Agnew - Conference Organiser (4.34 mins)
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Barbara Joy O'Brien - Co-author of 'Genius of the Few' in conversation with Edmund Marriage (32.01 mins)
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Michael Hodges - West Country Historian (24.10 mins)
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Edmund Marriage - Independent Researcher (22.10 mins) www.goldenageproject.org.uk
See Events & Courses for dates of future lectures.
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Hugh Newman - Independent Researcher (12.55 mins) www.avalonrising.co.uk> Windows Media Player
Dr. Thomas Daffern - poet, philosopher, teacher, historian and Druid www.educationaid.net
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The Antiquarian Society (5.31 mins)
Stuart Mason tells us how The Antiquarian Society are creating an archive of astro-alignments at ancient and
new sites around the world. They aim to raise awareness about the need to protect ancient megalithic
archaeological sites for the sake of future generations. www.theantiquariansociety.com
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