Post by Steve Gardner on Dec 24, 2007 12:35:21 GMT
A while ago, I posted the following at Above Top Secret.
Now, I'm normally dead set against these types of theories. But since posting the above, we have established that the original Roman date of August 23rd becomes September 10th (give or take) according to the Gregorian calendar (see conversion tables).
This leaves us with a number of interesting coincidences, the accumulating weight of which has moved this out of the 'don't be a dumbass' and into the 'warrants further attention' category. They are:
The last one, I accept, is more subjective but nonetheless relevant give the context.
Any thoughts?
I’ve been doing some digging around for a new article I’m writing and came across some information that will interest those of you who look upon 9/11 as some sort of ritual or sacrifice.
I’ve been looking into 9/11 Commission member, Jamie Gorelick, who many thought ought to have recused herself because of her infamous ‘Wall’ memo.
My meandering has led me to a late 1998 John F Kennedy School of Government study entitled, Catastrophic Terrorism: Elements of a National Policy, a project led by none other than Philip Zelikow, who went on to become the 9/11 Commission’s Executive Director.
Jamie Gorelick is one of the study’s contributors, as is Robert Zoellick. Now Zoellick was a member of a foreign policy advisory team known as The Vulcans, which was assembled to brief George W Bush prior to the 2000 U.S. presidential election. Another member of The Vulcans was Condoleeza Rice, who co-wrote ‘Germany Unified and Europe Transformed: A Study in Statecraft’ with Philip Zelikow in 1995.
The Vulcans were named, ostensibly, after The Vulcan statue in Birmingham, Alabama where Rice lived. But anyone familiar with Roman mythology will also know that Vulcan was the Roman god of fire and volcanoes.
Now, whilst Vulcan was associated with the constructive use of fire in metalworking, he was more closely associated with fire’s destructive capacity. The Romans sought to placate him during a festival called Vulcanalia, which occurred on August 23rd, a time when the summer heat often caused fires to break out in crop fields and granaries.
This directly from WikipediaDuring the festival bonfires were created in honour of the god, into which live fish or small animals were thrown as a sacrifice, to be consumed in the place of humans. Vulcan was among the gods placated after the Great Fire of Rome in AD 64. In response to the same fire, Domitian (emperor 81–96) established a new altar to Vulcan on the Quirinal Hill.
Interesting, huh?
Now, I'm normally dead set against these types of theories. But since posting the above, we have established that the original Roman date of August 23rd becomes September 10th (give or take) according to the Gregorian calendar (see conversion tables).
This leaves us with a number of interesting coincidences, the accumulating weight of which has moved this out of the 'don't be a dumbass' and into the 'warrants further attention' category. They are:
- Some of Bush's key advisors belonged to a group called The Vulcans
- The Roman God, Vulcan, was associated with volcanoes and, as a smith (note: working with molten metals) both the benficial and destructive capacity of fire
- The Romans appeased Vulcan with a bonfire ritual, involving the sacrifice of fish and small animals
- The Roman date of this festival was August 23rd
- The Roman date of August 23rd translates into a modern date of September 10th (with a possible margin of error)
- The collapses of the twin towers have been likened in appearance to the pyroclastic flows associated with erupting volcanoes
The last one, I accept, is more subjective but nonetheless relevant give the context.
Any thoughts?