Re: the everything site ...? <drifting off-topic>
Greetings friends,
Cactusjumper (Joe) wrote:
Roy,
I believe you mistyped Latin Illiterate. I believe anyone who has read as many books as I have, would have run across that phrase now and again.
I am not Latin-literate either my friend, but did learn a little bit and tried to wade through Caesar’s Commentaries. He had a couple of phrases that I particularly like, one was “Stellas Miramar”.
Cactusjumper also wrote:
I had no idea that bb was attributing all of his claims to remote viewing. I must have missed that along the way. I admit, I put him on ignore for awhile, but things got boring.
You did not miss a statement from Blindbowman that ALL of his claims are obtained via remote-viewing, and I did not mean to imply that. Some of his salient points are obtained by remote-viewing though, such as having spoken with Montezuma for instance and IF these are symbolic bits of information rather than literal as he is taking them, it would have a different meaning overall. I know that you and Blindbowman have some disagreements but still, I think that if we could get together around that campfire at the rendezvous, any hostility would quickly
evaporate. Just my opinion of course.
Cactusjumper also wrote:
It's good that he has a friend like you to explain his idiosyncratic notions. I suppose I will just have to find the Internet site where he learned about his......gift.
Well thank you amigo, but I suspect that you would do the same under different circumstances. After all we are a pack of treasure hunters here (altruistic claims notwithstanding, since every one of us has gone hunting treasures) to an “outsider” all of us here must appear to be quite mad and/or foolish. Who in this day and age would go off into the desert/arctic/mountains searching for gold and treasures like the old-time prospectors or pirates after all? Besides, I am really guessing about Blindbowman’s reactions, based on our months of interactions, and that I too have “jumped the gun” in forums when I had a bad day, reacting badly when it was not called for. He is certainly capable of speaking for himself, as you are. We do disagree on many things, but overall are more alike than different - just as we disagree on what types of firearms are best to carry, or what vehicle is best etc. The core interests are alike.
Cactusjumper also wrote:
Nice post. I especially liked the part about crossing the Alps with Hannibal. Were you one of the lucky ones who actually lived through it?
<grin>

Well I should have expected that, and thank you. (Even I get lucky once in a while with a string of words) The “memories” of various past lives are not much more than flashes and occasionally in dreams, so could very well be nothing more than a product of my imagination.
If it is real memories, I can tell you what I do “recall” of that crossing - it was a nightmare in every way. We had good woolen capes that also served as “sleeping bags” but they were not warm enough and would get wet during the day as we hiked through the snows. At night we could not find enough wood for fires to even get dry and many men lost fingers and toes. Some of the men burned their fence posts, which were intended for the camp fence and they got beaten for it. As darkness set in, the skies would clear off and the temperatures would plummet, but by morning the sky was grey again. In the mornings we would find men frozen to the ground and had to leave them where they lay, covering them with nothing but snow. The Sun rarely appeared and the tops of the mountains were often shrouded with mists, in which were hiding savage barbarians who sought to kill anyone who strayed from the columns but rarely would stand to fight. The mountains seemed to stretch up into the sky, and cresting the passes only showed yet more steep and treacherous mountains ahead. The trail became a hard-packed sheet of ice from the tramping of thousands of feet, and men and animals often simply fell to their deaths and there was nothing we could do. The elephants, horses and mules were starving and everyone believed we were lost and doomed. Hannibal would cheer us and encourage us when we were ready to give up and turn back, always promising that he would “find a way, or we will make one”. In the end, we did have to make our own road for we could not find the path leading down into Italy. Crossing the Alps was much worse than crossing the Pyrenees, and when we got down, it was only the beginning. I have often wished that I could return, and see if I could find the path we marched that awful winter. I could go on with the incident in the Senate in Carthage, when Mago put the lie to senator Hanno by dumping baskets full of Roman legionary rings but it would test your patience as well as your sense of humor.
So how is that for “historical fiction”?

Like I said, probably all my imagination – I don’t even know if I can believe in reincarnation for that matter. My apologies for the far-off topic post. So to try to tie this back in...
If Blindbowman located his sites through the use of remote viewing (or "spirit walking") then it should be possible for another person to locate the sites via the same or similar methods, right? Gossamer have you considered trying your hand at it? It might be interesting to see if you perceive or receive similar information or different information, etc. Thank you in advance,
your friend,
Oroblanco