It is a story of before the english channel was formed which makes it before the ice age. Earths ancient history from the earliest times untill bc, gods of sumer, akkad, babylonia, nibiru, atlantis, the bible, sumer, babylon, apochrypha books. Oera linda book the oera linda book forgery or fact there exists one very old frisian manuscript named the oera linda book. The book is an indepth historical, archaeological and scientific investigation into the oera linda book and has nothing to do with the paranormal or any esoteric ideas. Another fun piece of old cthulhu lore the oera linda book posted on november 6, 2015 by d. Nazi archaeology and the oera linda book jason colavito. Its hard to find books such as this one that not only seriously considers atlantis to be quite possible but finds and presents many facts and ideas to validate the atland variant of atlantis using the infamous oera linda document as a focus for language, history, biology and geology to support the idea of a real protohistorical atlantic maritime civilization with a major. Purporting to be an episodic chronicle of wars and migrations of the frisian people, the oera linda book describes events dated from 2194 bce to 803 ce. A mysterious dutch book, the oera linda boek, gives a detailed and puzzling description of the different episodes of a global turmoil, dated at 2193. Thanks to himmlers efforts, the oera linda book retained a patina of forbidden knowledge. While a dutch translation appeared in 1871, it was not until 1876 that the first english translation of the oera linda book by william r. Snyman used the oera linda book to advance his own political agenda.
You picked a bad example there, because the more you read the oera linda book the more you realise that it is a genuine history with dates, separate from and starting earlier than the classical tradition, which begins with mythology. The oera linda book also claims that europe was ruled by a mostly peaceful, just matriarchy for most of its history, and that the. You say it is difficult to prove a hoax, yet you find it easy to dismiss the oera linda book. For more detailed information on the oera linda book see jans blog. The oera linda book is a controversial manuscript, dated 1256, from the frisian region of the netherlands. From this writing it appears that it was land stretching far out to the west of jutland, of which. The legend around the oera linda book is full of controversy and claimed by some to be a fake. The last two sections of the oera linda book contain a number of lacunae and the book itself breaks off in midsentence. Oera linda frisian nonsense christogenea community forum. Robert scrutton wrote two books 117118 devoted to the oera linda book and its connection with atlantis. Contains the various texts of the oera linda book translation sandbach 1876 and scruttons commentary to them.
The shallow areas of the north sea off holland, germany, england and scandinavia have been proposed as the site of a sunken civilization that may have been atlantis. Goffe jensma, 2007 introduction in the world history of literary forgeries, hoaxes and mystifications the nineteenth century oera linda book is not a wellknown case. If so, aree those beliefs shaped in any major way by the oera linda. But there is a more troubling link between the two countries. European prehistory and the oera linda book blogger. It is about a lost manuscript handed down and copied over the years by descendants of the frisian people of holland. The oera linda book, from a manuscript of the thirteenth century by j. Nazis, atlantis and ancient aliens malcolm nicholson. Beginning in the 1970s, robert scrutton used it as evidence for atlantis, tony steele used it to support neopaganism, and some neonazi groups continue to accept it, largely because himmler loved it. Oera linda boek oder himmlers bibel genannt ist eine. Oera linda book and the great flood part 3 page 17.
The sensational implications of this book are best conveyed by simply quoting from the front and back cover. Today, it is conventionally agreed to be a forgery, written during the mid19th century. Entitled the other atlantis, it was an instant bestseller and once again the authenticity of the frisian text was debated by scholars and historians. The oera linda book has greatly influenced the liberal new age movement and is the source of many of wiccas basic ideas. Themes include the oera linda book, the ahnenerbe, ariosophy, theosophy, germanism, paganism, positive eugenics, the myth of the twentieth century, the polar homeland, ancient civilizations, and. In english, it has been incorporated into the other atlantis by roger scrutton neville spearman sphere 19771979. The book was forgotten until 1977 when ancient mysteries writer robert scrutton took it upon himself to write a lengthy commentary and introduction for an abridged edition of the oera linda book. Very few people believe it is a genuine manuscript handed down from heathen times generation to generation until today. There is a long and proud history of using realworld occult texts and mystery texts, and plain old cypher texts in the call of cthulhu rpg as well as people using the titles of lovecraftian tomes for real world texts in return. The oera linda book, sometimes referred as the uralinda chronicle.
Among academics in germanic philology, the document is widely considered to be a hoax or forgery. Against the prevailing opinion of historians, there are many reasons to believe that the oera linda book is one of the most important books about european history from about 3000 bc to at least to about 500 bc. The oera linda book very long graham hancock official. The oera linda book also speaks at length of alexander the great. From a manuscript of the thirteenth century 1876 illustrated and annotated atlantis mythology, island character and reference texts and sources kindle edition by wiliam r. The oera linda book has a long and controversial history.
This is based on the paper which the manuscript is written on, as well as internal and linguistic evidence. Archivedoera linda book and the great flood ancient. It is true that the netherlands of polders might one day know the fate of atlantis. Atland is a place name mentioned in the oera linda book that has been equated by some with atlantis, thus placing platos story somewhere in the region of the north sea. European prehistory and the oera linda book robert sepehr the frisians are a germanic ethnic group indigenous to the coastal parts of the netherlands, scandinavia, and northwestern germany. Free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by project gutenberg.
It continues to attract opprobrium and censure whenever, or wherever, it is mentioned. Therefore, some words in the oera linda will be authentic and constantly rewritten. The oera linda book is a manuscript written in a form of old frisian, purporting to cover. Oera linda bok, meditation, enlightenment, gurdjieff. Although the last chapter actually the first chapter of it was written 1256 ad, it was composed to its preserved form 803 ad. The oera linda book is a manuscript written in a form of old frisian, purporting to cover historical, mythological, and religious themes of remote antiquity. The oera linda book says that friso was descended from a frisian colony that settled in the punjab about 1550 bc. The oera linda book, first translated into english from the dutch in 1876, has been universally condemned as a hoax and an impudent imposture by the guardians of scientific and archaeological orthodoxy ever since it was translated into english more than a century ago.
The pure friesic and easy wording of the oera linda book must be most welcome to students of english and saxon, as a widening of the now too narrow ground of the early speech of our forefathers. Its forewords were written in ad 1256, although its main section was a diary kept about 2000 years, which was put. The oera linda book speaks of an ancient civilization of farmers and sailors whose society once expanded across europe into russia and north africa. The oera linda book is a manuscript written in old frisian. In the oera linda book we are told that atlantis, or atland as the frisians called their original home, was submerged in 2193 b. It is claimed to be one of the oldest books ever discovered. It also describes a lost land called atland the name given to atlantis by the 17th century scholar olof rudbeck, which was supposedly submerged in 2194 bc, the same year as 19th century dutch and frisian almanacs, following traditional biblical chronology given for noahs flood. The oera linda book, from a manuscript of the thirteenth. The oera linda book, sometimes referred as the uralinda chronicle, is a highly controversial book from holland that occasionally is referred to in books and articles relating to atlantis. Even though the oera linda book has been dismissed as a modern forgery, it has been called himmlers bible. World heritage encyclopedia, the aggregation of the largest online encyclopedias available, and. This is intriguing because, even if a forgery, the oera linda book predates the origin of the modern atlantis craze, which began with ignatius. Another fun piece of old cthulhu lore the oera linda book. As i am also a photography enthusiast myself i find the video fascinating.
The oera linda book is not an easy book to categorise. Its forewords were written in ad 1256, although its main section was a diary kept about 2000 years, which was put together 560558 bc. Ottema, the oera linda book records the history of the people of a large island called atland, which was roughly on the same latitude as the british isles, in what is now the north sea in other words, off the coast of modern holland. It appeared that the tradition rests upon the contents of two letters, with which the manuscript begins, from hiddo oera linda, anno 1256, and from liko oera linda, anno 803. In my opinion is atland not the same as atlantis, believed by many historians, but the. Purporting to be an episodic chronicle of wars and migrations of the frisian people, the oera linda book describes events dated very precisely from 2194 bce to 803 ce. The reference date is the submergence of atland, a lost land in the north sea, which, according to the book, occurred in 2193 bce. The wiccan myth that secret pagan knowledge was passed down from generation to generation to today comes largely from the oera linda book. Their homeland is a place called atland, which can reasonably be correlated to atlantis, and is presumed to lie beneath the waves of the northern atlantic, save perhaps for a few. The oera linda book, free pdf, ebook, epub global grey.
The oera linda book, however, seems to contain indications for another historicalgeographical location. The oera linda book also claims that europe was ruled by a mostly peaceful, just matriarchy for most of its history, and that the frisians invented writing. This is intriguing because, even if a forgery, the oera linda book predates the origin of the modern atlantis craze, which began with ignatius donnellys atlantis, the antediluvian world, published in 1882. How to deal with holy books in an age of emerging science.
Oera linda research, translation and discussion by jan ott. The oera linda book is a manuscript written in a form of old frisian, purporting to cover historical, mythological, and religious themes of remote antiquity, from 2194 bce to 803 ce. If the oera linda is true, then all our preconceptions about prehistoric europe collapse. The mosaic kind of book is difficult to understand but contains authentic facts. During the 1970s there was a renewed interest in the oera linda book when robert scrutton relied on it for his books the other atlantis 1977 and the secrets of lost atland 1979. Download ebooks about the various mysteries and conspiracies surrounding our earth, such as the ancient city of atlantis, flat earth theory, and, theories about the interior of the earth. The oera linda book discovered in holland in the 1700s spoke of a sunken land off the frisian islands of holland. Oera linda book oera linda book the oera linda book full english translation alongside the original frisian text, with facsimiles of every page of the manuscript. The amazing story of atlantis where afrikaans had its origins 4000 years ago. There exists one very old frisian manuscript named the oera linda book.
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