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Easter Island, the Rapa Nui
Easter Island is most famous for its colossal statues, the moai. The paleolithic inhabitants of Rapa Nui (the name they gave to Easter island) carved these statues over hundreds of years, then abruptly laid down their tools and stopped. Works in progress were abandoned; already-erected maoi were toppled and occasionally mutilated. But why did this happen? Who were these mysterious builders? Easter Island is a triangular island located in the Pacific Ocean. At 63 square miles, it is tiny! It is also very isolated – Chile is 2237 miles away, while Pitcairn Island, famous for the mutiny on the Bounty, is a mere 1290 miles away, in the other direction. Ancient Polynesian travellers settled on Easter Island, travelling by sea to arrive at their new home. Life on this new island wasn’t easy – the settlers endured famines, civil wars, slave raids, and the attention of the colonial Spanish. By far their biggest enemy was themselves, and the tragic consequences of their behaviour teach a lesson that’s valuable even today. The environmental destruction that the Islanders created would decimate their population and destroy the beauty of their island. Easter Island is most famous for its stone statues, or maoi (pronounced … Continue reading Easter Island, the Rapa Nui →
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Richard Cassaro is a journalist, speaker and author of “Written In Stone: Decoding The Secret Masonic Religion Hidden In Gothic Cathedrals And World Architecture.” The book uncovers a lost Wisdom Tradition that was practiced globally in antiquity, found memorialized in pyramids, Triptychs, and identical images worldwide. The central tenets of this tradition have been perpetuated in Western Secret Societies. The most visible of these is the so-called “Masonic Fraternity,” an age-old chivalric Order whose ranks have included Europe’s Gothic cathedral builders and America’s Founding Fathers. Richard has two websites: www.DeeperTruth.com and www.RichardCassaro.com
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