Is There Evidence of Advanced Technology in Ancient Hopi Culture?
Posted on March 4, 2012 by Micah Hanks
Years ago, I recall doing an interview with a very skeptically-minded cosmologist, who on occasion would humor journalists by fielding questions about UFOs, most–if not all of which–he believed, could be explained away through the marvelous knowledge base of the modern sciences. When asked if he believed humankind had ever had interaction with advanced extraterrestrial intelligences, he replied, “I don’t think there’s any evidence of that sort of thing in recent times, although I wouldn’t be surprised at all if hadn’t likely happened in prehistoric times.”
I found this statement rather interesting, since it seemed to allude to the very same sort of sentiment expressed within the UFO circles: that mankind may have had “help” at various times along the way in our lineage of coming to hold the position of dominance among species here on Earth. It was particularly strange to hear it coming from this individual, however, since this position is often criticized heavily by the science-minded for doubting the ingenuity and natural prowess of mankind as a species, instead favoring the position that we could not have achieved what we have on our own.
Regardless of what position on the matter one may hold, it cannot be dismissed that a multitude of ancient sacred and religious texts from around the world can be interpreted as dealing with this approach: from the Sanskrit epics of ancient India, rife with their reports of flying “vimanas” and advanced sounding weapons, to similar rich traditions found amidst cultures of ancient Mesopotamia, there are many who claim that evidence of a far greater level of advancement existed on Earth thousands of years ago… the question, of course, has to do with whether such proposed advanced technologies were our own, or if they came from someplace else.
One of my colleagues, the blogger Red Pill Junkie of the Daily Grail, sent along a fascinating series of insights pertaining to a word called Patuwvotas, which among the Hopi Indians in North America means “flying shield” (and brings to mind references to other flying shields seen throughout history). According to Red Pill Junkie, Patuwvota is
…a Hopi word, and it means ‘flying shield’. The Hopi believe that Mankind has been destroyed 3 times. During the 3rd era, man turned his intelligence and creativity into making tools, and he devised the Patuwvotas to cross the heavens; he also made great cities and towers.
But men displeased the gods once again. They became arrogant and wicked, and used the Patuwvotas to make war with each other –sound familiar?– so Taiowa (the Sun god) decided to act: He spared the life of the last virtuous men by making them build boats, while waves as tall as mountains destroyed everything in their path.
This legend sounds remarkably similar to the stories of ancient civilizations such as those in the Sanskrit epics, that harnessed incredible weapons of mass destruction (including flying vimanas) to their advantage for warfare, but which may have eventually also led to their demise. In the Hopi legend, Sotuknang (the Creator god) spoke to the survivors:
“I have washed away even the footprints of your Emergence; the stepping-stones which I left for you. Down on the bottom of the seas lie all the proud cities, the flying patuwvotas [shields], and the worldly treasures corrupted with evil, and those people who found no time to sing the praises to the Creator from the tops of their hills. But the day will come, if you preserve the memory and the meaning of your Emergence, when these stepping-stones will emerge again to prove the truth you speak.”
As Red Pill Junkie put it cryptically, such stories were “intended to be a warning to the Western civilization, but alas, we decided not to pay attention… again.” He joked with me during a recent email exchange that, apparently, “the world will be destroyed… again.” But maybe this is exactly the case… I’ve penned a number of articles in the past that dealt with such topics myself, and the curious evidence of ancient nuclear events in man’s prehistory… is it possible at all, despite however incredible it may seem, that we once had incredibly advanced technology here on Earth, and that it’s proliferation may have led to the demise of some ancient culture that existed here long before us? Perhaps, strange though it sounds, this is indeed an alternative worthy of consideration.
But then there’s that heralded and almighty alien question that often gets associated with things… in other words, did visiting extraterrestrials come and make their presence known in our midst long ago, and help humans along after a fashion? This, of course, will be the subject of Intrepid Magazine’s Paradigm Symposium conference this October in Minneapolis, Minnesota. With any luck, perhaps the gathering of minds we’re hoping for at this event may be conducive to bringing us a bit closer to ultimate realization of the truth regarding our inconspicuous and enigmatic beginnings… to learn more about the event, follow this link to visit the Paradigm Symposium website.
Also, you may enjoy this interview I did with one of our speakers, Philip Coppens, author of the new book The Ancient Alien Question:
The Gralien Report Podcast featuring an interview with Philip Coppens (Click Here to Download)
Hopi “Kachina dolls” image by Grombo via Wikipedia. |
