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Hopefully, Terry will make Bob Brewer's presentation available for all of us following the gathering. And we're expecting a report from you too, cuz.. . .
Btw Mr. Brewer, if you read this......I probably wouldnt be a Mason without your book. Thank you. It changed my life for the better in more ways than one. I have a deep respect for you and hope to meet you in Moon Lake. Thank you for the adventures.
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Sacred geometry is one thing - strictly mathematically based, a code of sorts describing our physical universe being directly derived from a higher creative consciousness. As above, so below, as they say. Pythagorus boiled it down even further for us boneheads roaming the planet - all is numbers.
That's all well and good, but since we're talking about the LUE here, we're hoping Bob will enlighten us about the unknown history of the topic. We may never master the esoteric geometry that the templates are based on, but we'd sure like to know the profane details about where the loot came from, how far back in time has it has been accumulated, why was it hidden, who claims to own it, and what will be its destiny? You know, the secrets.
Ah, yes, the templates. They are geometric map overlays, we know that. How they are used requires inside information. Generally, for our purposes, the game sorta starts during the post-Civil War KGC era. Folks in those days had modern tools to work with. Thanks to Thomas Jefferson and others, the Public Land Surveying System of 1785 gives us a handy chessboard to play on. And thanks to the US Geological Survey, established in 1879, we also have highly detailed, accurate and consistent maps based on the PLSS available for any place you wish to hide something. With a standard overlay template, you're in business - all you need to know is the proper 60 square mile USGS map, the proper scaling, rotation and point on the template to transfer back to the topo map. It's based on surveying skills, really.
Now, the real gorilla in the room - the telegraph, which came into widespread use in the mid-19th Century. This tool initially allowed a surveyor to determine longitudes on the earth's surface to within about 25 feet - the same accuracy as today's handheld recreational GPS units. Even greater accuracy soon followed. Now we have a record of close coordinates for where the loot is hidden. This all rubs me the wrong way, vis-a-vis the KGC treasure lore. Why do we need an accurate map and a secret overlay to get you to the goods? Why do we need a breadcrumb trail of various physical objects to chase hither and yon? If you have the correct coordinates (and why wouldn't you?), your surveyor can march you right to the correct spot. When you get there, is there then only one specific physical clue to find with a diligent search when you are within 25 feet of where exactly to start digging? A subtle carving, a buried can, a broken bottle, an out of place rock, etc?
Is this all theater meant to distract nosy treasure hunters? The LUE map certainly looks theatrical. Why was it created and available to the public in the first place? If these LUE caches exist, were they created before the KGC era when surveying technology wasn't readily available, say in the Revolutionary War era? If so, were there only a few huge caches in those earlier days, not the myriad of sites described in the Black Book and elsewhere? Or what about the truly old legends, some going back to ancient Pre Columbian days? Is there a chain of title to the ownership of all these hot goods, going back decades, hundreds of years, even thousands? We want answers. Why? Because we're curious.
So I don't care about its resources )






