Theos-Talk Archives (August 2003 Message tt00131)

In a message dated 08/23/03 11:50:31 AM, stevestubbs@yahoo.com writes:

--- In theos-talk@yahoogroups.com, leonmaurer@a... wrote:

>> Judging by the endless wars, with the threat of mass extermination, 

>> that are now proliferating all around the globe, the closeness of Mars 

>> (known from antiquity as the "planet of war") might be an astrological 

>> sign that we are entering a critical phase of human evolution which, 
perhaps, 
>> reflects the great Mahabarata war that may have taken place around 60 
>> thousand years ago (when Mars was also close) during the last stages of 
>> the destruction of Atlantis and the beginnings of the new civilizations 
>> represented by the ancient Chinese, Egyptians, Brahmans, Mayans, Aztecs, 
>> etc. -- that scattered in far distant places around the world after that 
time. 
>> Does anyone have any theosophical references that might verify this 
>> possibility?


>You are probably right except for the date of the Mahabharata war. 

>If Krishna died 3001 BCE, as the SD asserts he did, then the 

>Mahabharata war must have taken place just prior to the historical 

>period and not 60,000 years ago.

Since the Mahabarata legends spoke of great "flying machines" that used 
"weapons of light" that could destroy entire cities, if such a war took place 5000 
years ago, archeological remnants of such weapons and machines should be still 
remaining. So, since they are not, perhaps the actual war of which Krishna 
and Arjuna participated (that had more primitive weapons) may have simply been 
a reflection of a much greater and much longer war that took place many 
thousands of years before in Atlantis prior to the exodus of the archaic Mayan, 
Egyptian and Brahman civilizations to far flung corners of the Earth. Even the 
Mayans, report (in their calendar carvings) that they were around over 12,000 
years ago... As, the Egyptians, appear to have been also around long prior to 
the Krishna time war (really a very small war between a single family and their 
cohorts) as described in the Bhagavad Gita -- which actually covers only a 
very short and later period in the ancient Mahabarata legends. (Are there any 
scholars here who thoroughly know the Mahabarata legends and can supply some 
references that may confirm this possibility?) Incidentally, the Mayan legends 
also appear to reflect the possibility of a much higher level of civilization 
using flying machines that preceded their appearance on the South American 
Continent. And, the legends of the Aztecs (also reflected in the Pueblo Indian 
legends) seem to support a great migration that occurred long prior to the 
Krishna-Arjuna war spoken of in the Bhagavad Gita. (We might refer here to the 
works of Arguelles, Van Daniken, etc.)