Expanded THIRD Edition, with 4 NEW
CHAPTERS, and dozens of new and additional images! Grave
Distractions Publications is proud to announce the publication of the 3RD
EDITION of the cult classic CAVERNS, CAULDRONS, AND CONCEALED CREATURES, is the
first book of its kind to examine the striking
similarities between folklore, religious, mythic, "new age," fictional, and
first-hand eyewitness and historical accounts of anomalous beings, entities,
cryptids, hidden civilizations, and related anomalies.
Drawing from scientific facts, folklore, comparative mythology and
eyewitness/anecdotal sources, it is demonstrable that the structure of our
planet, the history of our species, the underlying truths disguised as our
myths, legends, folklore and " pop culture " imagery, are not quite what we have
been led to believe. The Earth itself is much more complex in structure than we
have realized, and our species has perhaps experienced, through the ages,
encounters and conflicts with "others"— non-human intelligences or beings of
various types who have seldom been our friends. Memories and accounts of these
encounters have come down to us in the form of folklore and mythology, often
viewed with superstitious terror or awe through the conditioned lenses of
religions, religious interpretation or "folk traditions." Such encounters are
continuing today.
The
theories put forth in this book are based on two types of evidence: very strong
circumstantial evidence based on folklore, mythology, religion, legends,
archeology, geology, and related areas, and first-hand or witness accounts, both
ancient and modern. Often these two areas of source material or even anecdotal
evidence overlap.
It is
possible that these various phenomena and beings are in fact modern
representations of those who have traditionally been considered fairies, gnomes,
trolls, nagas, djinn, "aliens" and their "magic" is a technology of such
antiquity, advancement and complexity that it is, to our limited understanding,
"magical." With UFOlogy, cryptozoology, Fortean phenomena, and all the rest, we
are in fact seeing, perhaps even participating in, an ongoing contemporary "
update of "folklore," which is in actuality the way our human minds attempt to
gather, categorize, assimilate, comprehend and decipher (as well as "cover up"
with terror-masking simplifications) the very REAL evidence for the existence of
such beings and their ongoing yet seemingly inexplicable
activities.
From
ancient myths to modern experiences from credible witnesses, it is ALL folklore,
and ancient folk traditions may contain much more truth than has previously been
believed, just as "forteana" and related topics do today. Once we make the leap
of understanding that the creation of folklore is part of the process of
comprehending these mysteries, and even may be caused by them, the whole picture
of our culture, literature, fairytales, Jungian archetypes, and so on takes on
an entirely different light. The creation of folklore, based on very real "
others " and their parasitical or otherwise peripheral activities, has become an
instinctive, mind-protecting function for the collective human
mind.
Throughout our oral and written
history as a species, folktales and folk traditions have either hinted at or
indicated the reality of this "hidden world" which surrounds us. The furtive and
parasitical nature of this "alternate reality" leaves no doubt as to the
intrinsic hostility of these "others," or at best, the indifference that some of
their "racial types" or subspecies exhibit toward humankind.
This
book has been previously published in a First Edition, an expanded
Second
Edition, and now is offered EXCLUSIVELY in a greatly-expanded, magnum
opus 3rd
Edition presentation by Grave Distractions Publications with
introductions by Brad Steiger, Micha Hanks, Brian J Allen, and Dean de
Lucia. Not only is this
visually and textually stunning digital version more expansive and
complete; it
is considerably less costly than its printed predecessors. New
chapters,
artwork, photographs, maps, and introductions are joined by substantial
data and
observations added to each section of the book, as well as a
greatly-expanded
appendix featuring the possibly non-human-generated imagery discovered
by
Richard S. Shaver, recorded in solid rock, and evidence of an ancient
civilization that once existed on our planet.
