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> India Oral tradition has tales that scientists estimate they were already "mythical" 6000 years ago, and they talk about "giant metal arrows that create pilla

by ak217 10y ago

> India Oral tradition has tales that scientists estimate they were already "mythical" 6000 years ago, and they talk about "giant metal arrows that create pillars of fire and light", "air chariots that shoot other air chariots with light" and "air chariots that fire arrows that follow heat" Do you have a source?

KumarAseem 10y ago
If you can, then read the vedas, the upanishads, ramayana, mahabharata (bhagvad gita) and other texts which do mention such weapons.
Cozumel 10y ago
It's in the Indian Vedas, Mahabharata and Ramayana. It's worth picking up copies, they've got planetary colonies, nuclear weapons, hollow earth, even instructions on how to build anti-gravity devices, a lot of the medical science in them is more advanced than we have now, in fact just today the Indian Government announced a multi-million dollar expedition to find a plant mentioned in one of them ( http://medicalxpress.com/news/2016-07-indian-state-life-saving-mythical.html http://medicalxpress.com/news/2016-07-indian-state-life-savi... ) Also I realise this sounds crazy out there, but if you're interested keep an open mind and read them. The actual copies and stay away from research authors like Childress.
- jl6 10y ago
  Do people think these stories are anything more than mythic fiction?
  - 467568985476 10y ago
    Oh yes. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_astronauts https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_astronauts It's all pseudoscience/"amateur" history though. As far as I know, no experts take it seriously.
    - Razengan 10y ago
      That theory strangely fits in with a lot of religious myths quite readily though. I grew up in a religious household and even as a kid, I couldn't help but draw parallels between current technology or science fiction and religious icons or events, before I even knew the name for that concept. For example, in Islam the Quran mentions a steed, made of light in some tellings, whose step takes it to the farthest point within its sight.. [1] A craft that travels at/near the speed of light? They also have the concept of seven skies, or heavens; could it be seven planets known at the time? What about the different orders of angels in Christianity, flying beings (again made of light in some versions) each having an increasing number of wings? And of course there are already adaptations of the story of Atlantis as an alien mothership that crashed into the ocean and eventually sank. In any case it's fun to think about. [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buraq https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buraq

by ak217 10y ago

KumarAseem 10y ago

If you can, then read the vedas, the upanishads, ramayana, mahabharata (bhagvad gita) and other texts which do mention such weapons.

Cozumel 10y ago

It's in the Indian Vedas, Mahabharata and Ramayana. It's worth picking up copies, they've got planetary colonies, nuclear weapons, hollow earth, even instructions on how to build anti-gravity devices, a lot of the medical science in them is more advanced than we have now, in fact just today the Indian Government announced a multi-million dollar expedition to find a plant mentioned in one of them ( http://medicalxpress.com/news/2016-07-indian-state-life-saving-mythical.html http://medicalxpress.com/news/2016-07-indian-state-life-savi... ) Also I realise this sounds crazy out there, but if you're interested keep an open mind and read them. The actual copies and stay away from research authors like Childress.

jl6 10y ago
Do people think these stories are anything more than mythic fiction?
- 467568985476 10y ago
  Oh yes. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_astronauts https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_astronauts It's all pseudoscience/"amateur" history though. As far as I know, no experts take it seriously.
  - Razengan 10y ago
    That theory strangely fits in with a lot of religious myths quite readily though. I grew up in a religious household and even as a kid, I couldn't help but draw parallels between current technology or science fiction and religious icons or events, before I even knew the name for that concept. For example, in Islam the Quran mentions a steed, made of light in some tellings, whose step takes it to the farthest point within its sight.. [1] A craft that travels at/near the speed of light? They also have the concept of seven skies, or heavens; could it be seven planets known at the time? What about the different orders of angels in Christianity, flying beings (again made of light in some versions) each having an increasing number of wings? And of course there are already adaptations of the story of Atlantis as an alien mothership that crashed into the ocean and eventually sank. In any case it's fun to think about. [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buraq https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buraq