19x18 - The Power of the Talisman

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For thousands of years,

people have held a belief

that objects can become imbued

with a mysterious energy.

Everyday objects can become

animate and even enlightened.

Known as talismans, they are

revered in every culture.

The ancient Sumerians,

the Greeks, the Romans

they thought there was sacred

power in inanimate objects.

And it is believed

that they provide

a connection to a higher realm.

Ancient Egyptian magic

was based on the idea

that a person holding

one of these talismans

actually possessed

the power of the god.

Could it be that what fuels

our faith in talismans

is not superstition,

but a real connection

to something beyond our world?

I think the reason why many

of us put so much value

into these talismans is because

they are a direct connection

to our ancestors

and to some sort of

a celestial power.

There is a doorway

in the universe.

Beyond it is

the promise of truth.

It demands we question

everything

we have ever been taught.

The evidence is all around us.

The future is

right before our eyes.

We are not alone.

We have never been alone.

The cross.

For billions of Christians

throughout the world,

this is the most prominent

symbol of their faith.

It adorns churches,

pulpits, the vestments

of clergy,

and members of the faith.

Representing the crucifixion

of Jesus Christ,

the cross serves as a symbolic

reminder of his sacrifice.

But for many, it is not

merely a symbol.

It is an object of power, and

serves as a modern-day example

of a very ancient concept:

the talisman.

Throughout history,

possibly throughout pre-history,

human beings have always had

an ongoing love affair

with talismans.

Talismans are found

throughout cultures

from South America

to the Middle East,

to Africa,

to East Asia and Europe.

They are found everywhere,

and they share

a lot of common features.

They are primarily material

concretions of the divine.

Of supernatural power.

Talismans provide

a physical anchoring

for what is usually invisible.

The word "talisman"

actually means

"to consecrate and to fulfill."

And it's thought

that they actually fulfill

or amplify the will or desire

of the person using it.

The Iroquois,

the Native American group,

had this energy in things.

It was called Orenda.

The Japanese Shinto tradition

believed that physical objects

had soul.

The ancient Sumerians,

the Greeks, the Romans,

they thought there was

the possibility of sacred

power in inanimate objects.

Talismans can be big or small.

They can be carried, they can

be installed in buildings.

There are all kinds

of talismans.

There are talismans

for protection.

There are talismans for healing.

And there are a lot of talismans

for religious purposes,

which are used

to feel closer or connected to

a religious character,

a saint, or even a god.

The earliest talismans

that we have records of,

specifically, are bear claws

for helping the hunt,

eagle talons

for personal strength,

and what are called

Venus figurines for fertility.

Even in the 21st century

talismans are big.

Many people might not

think of them as talismans,

but you have

Saint Christopher medals

for travelers,

you have Christian crosses,

and you often see people

touching them or holding them.

And they do think

of them as talismans.

They do think it actually

protects them in some way.

Throughout all of human history,

and in every culture, people

have assigned certain objects

with extraordinary powers.

But why?

What is behind

this enduring belief?

The talisman helps us bridge

the seen and the unseen.

The spirit and matter.

The sacred dimension is really

beyond our understanding.

We can't see it.

We can believe in it,

but it would be nice to touch.

And that's the bridging function

of a talisman or an amulet.

The talisman can be

a constant reminder that someone

or something

is watching over you.

And I think a lot of people can

find comfort and solace in that.

Even for nonreligious believers,

talismans can be a concretion

that is physical of the presence

of the invisible.

Any physical object has

the potential to be a talisman,

but there are certain talismans

that appear all over the world

and in many different cultures.

The talismans that I find

the most mysterious

are those that employ

the human eye.

And they're mysterious

precisely because they appear

all over the world, amidst

cultures that are separated

by vast differences in time,

geography, custom, language,

from Siberia to Polynesia.

Literally, human beings,

for millennia,

have been devising talismans

in the shape of an eye.

The most famous, of course,

being the Egyptian Eye of Horus,

but they occupy every culture,

every territory, every time.

And that common language

is fascinating.

Curiously, this talisman

serves the same function

in nearly every culture

in which it appears,

which is to protect against

what is commonly known

as the curse of the evil eye.

The evil eye goes back

at least 5,000 years.

Uh, you can go back

to Mesopotamia,

you can go back

to ancient Egypt.

The definition of the evil eye

is basically a curse.

And it is transmitted

through a glance.

So, the evil eye is born

from the emotion of envy,

of jealousy,

of greed, of resentment.

And we see there are

many different types of amulets

that deflect

this negative energy.

Today, you can find the evil eye

just about everywhere.

You have jewelry, the evil eye

beads, which is called a nazar,

of the blue

and the white circles.

The hamsa.

People will hang hamsas

on their doors,

above their desks,

they tie them on cribs.

So, you can see

these amulets everywhere,

and they are all to deflect

the curse that is unleashed

from the evil eye.

As the evil eye

is for protection

and the Venus figurine

is for fertility,

many talismans take forms

that are directly connected

to their intended purpose.

But there are some whose origins

are far more mysterious.

One talisman that many people

around the world

wear around their neck

or as a bracelet

is the so-called Merkabah.

The Merkabah

is a concept that comes

from the Hebrew faith,

and "Merkabah," translated

into plain English,

is "chariot."

It actually ties in

with the story of Ezekiel,

in which he describes,

as an eyewitness,

what he saw up in the sky.

In the Hebrew bible's

Book of Ezekiel,

the prophet Ezekiel describes

witnessing a fiery chariot

with wheels within wheels,

descending from the sky

in a whirlwind.

Not only did he see these wheels

within a wheel up in the sky,

but that thing landed

in front of him,

and somebody came out.

And Ezekiel himself is actually

taken inside this craft.

So, the Merkabah

is a transportation device.

I find it fascinating

that the Merkabah now

is just, oh, for protection.

It's for you know, longevity.

It is for procreation,

which are all great things.

But when I read that Merkabah

means "celestial chariot,"

that's when my ears perk up.

The book itself is among

the most mystical texts.

And so, when you

do that connection,

and you look at the Merkabah,

you can really get the idea

that it creates a connection

to another realm,

metaphorically, but then,

also, I do believe, too,

that people who wear it do sense

some sort of a portal

into something else.

Is it possible

that the Merkabah

that is still worn

by millions of people today

was inspired by

an extraterrestrial visitation?

And if so, might this be true

of other talismans

as well, and the belief

that inanimate objects

can be imbued with energy?

Perhaps further clues

can be found by examining

the most prominent

and mysterious talismans

of ancient Egypt.

Thebes, Egypt.

Here, in the 1830s,

British Egyptologist

Sir John Gardner Wilkinson

discovered

the earliest known version

of what the ancient Egyptians

referred to as

"The Book of the Dead."

This text,

dating back 3,600 years,

was a key component

of Egyptian funerary rituals

and detailed as many

as 75 talismanic objects,

each with a specific purpose

for both

the living and the dead.

Ancient Egyptian magic was based

on the idea that the gods

could imbue an object

with magical powers,

with superpowers.

That a person holding

one of these talismans

actually possessed

the power of the god,

and then could heal themselves,

protect themselves,

manipulate their environment.

The Egyptians utilized talismans

in a very special way.

The actual physical object

of the talisman

what it was created from

is important.

Was it a scarab

carved out of lapis lazuli?

Was it important stone?

How was it inscribed?

The ancient Egyptians

often made talismans

from a type of limestone

called lapis lazuli,

which they believed

would provide good fortune,

as well as protection during

the journey to the afterlife.

Another powerful talismanic

material was moldavite,

a type of green glass

formed by a meteor impact

super heating the desert sand.

A protective heart scarab

made of moldavite was found

in the tomb of King Tut,

and the Egyptians believed

it provided a connection

to the cosmos.

The origins of the moldavite

are extraterrestrial,

and people believed that you can

use the stone as a talisman,

um, to connect

with extraterrestrial energy.

It's bringing

the properties that

are from an extraterrestrial

world into ours.

For the ancient Egyptians,

just as important

as the material

from which a talisman was made

was the shape that it took.

The design of each talisman

invoked a certain energy.

The people believed

they could gain access

to the gods through, well,

little figurines of the gods,

or-or animals, although some

of them were very abstract,

even technological-looking.

Arguably, one of the oldest

and certainly the most popular

and common talismans in human

history is the Egyptian ankh,

which is sometimes called

the "Key of Life,"

which resembles a cross

with a loop on the top of it.

The ankh symbolized

the goddess !sis.

Carrying the ankh was believed

to imbue you

with a lifeforce and a vitality

that came directly as a gift

from the goddess herself.

The ankh is of enormous

importance to the Egyptians.

And you have gods carrying them.

Especially the god Anubis,

the jackal-headed god,

who ushers you

into the afterlife.

And when he points it towards

the mummy of the deceased,

he's aiding in the first stages

of resurrection

and, indeed, reincarnation.

The ankh often associated

with a second symbol

known as the djed pillar.

This was the representation

of the backbone

of the god named Osiris.

But what the djed pillar

represented in terms of

talismanic use was stability.

Carrying the djed pillar

was to keep you stable

and to protect you from chaos.

The forces of evil in Egyptology

were the forces of chaos.

These two symbols together

represented

life and stability,

and they were shown

being given by a god

to the current pharaoh

to bring stability

to his or her own reign

during their lifetime.

But beyond this, it was a symbol

of communication,

also, with the gods themselves.

In Egyptian mythology,

the gods Osiris and !sis

are husband and wife,

and they came to Earth

from the belt stars

of the Orion constellation.

When the talismans

that represent them

the ankh and the djed pillar

were combined,

it was believed to facilitate

a connection

to these otherworldly entities.

And in some cases,

these objects were associated

with a third talisman:

the was-scepter.

The was-scepter was a type

of baton, a scepter, a stick.

And at the top,

there was the representation

of an animal's head, most

often believed to be a jackal.

It was a symbol of dominion.

It was a symbol of power.

The was-scepter

was used by the gods

and the was-scepter was

also used by the pharaoh.

The was-scepter was not used

by common people.

It was only used

by people of power.

The was-scepter,

combined with the ankh

and the djed pillar, becomes

a symbol of absolute power.

You have to ask the question,

well, how are they related?

And frankly, especially the

djed pillar and the was-scepter,

they look very technological

in origin.

What is curious about

the djed pillar

is its resemblance

to a Tesla coil

or an electrical conductor.

Is it possible, therefore,

that the ancient Egyptians

modeled the djed pillar

on some kind of device

that they had that could

generate electricity?

My question is: is it possible

that the ancient Egyptians

witnessed far-advanced

technology

that they then

misinterpreted as magic?

And therefore,

a mythology was created

around these objects

suggesting, well,

if you have an ankh

around your neck

or if you have a djed pillar

around your neck

or something like this,

it is imbued with power.

It would seem

these djed pillars,

which people would

carry around as amulets,

were imitations

of really high-tech

extraterrestrial devices.

The three powerful talismans

of ancient Egypt

inspired scepters

that are still incorporated

in royal ceremonies today,

like those used

for the coronation

of King Charles III

of England in 2023.

And they continue to symbolize

divinely granted authority.

The British monarchy

is the classic example

of a modern monarchy

that still uses talismans,

the scepter, that have these

ancient antecedents in Egypt

that convey the idea

that the monarch

is now separated from humans

and is much closer to the gods

than any other human being

on Earth.

Could it be that

ceremonial objects

still being used today

are rooted in ancient talismans

that were fashioned after

extraterrestrial technology?

Perhaps further clues

can be found

by examining talismans that

represent the gods themselves.

In cultures throughout

the world,

there are talismans

that take the shape of divine

or celestial beings

and are believed

to hold a connection

to the entities they depict.

In some cultures,

these talismans

are even considered to be alive.

In Buddhism and many other, uh,

East Asian religious traditions,

statues or iconographic

representations

of deities are paramount.

And typically,

when carving a statue

that represents a deity,

the last part to be carved

are the eyes

because that's

what gives them life.

So, they're considered

to be alive, and at the point

when the eyes are opened,

this is when

the essence of the deity

descends into the statue

or the image.

They are venerated, of course,

they are cleaned and washed.

They are fed through offerings,

and these are considered

to be the equivalent

to having the deity

present in front of you.

For ancient astronaut theorists,

some of the most intriguing

talismanic objects ever made

can be found on the East Asian

islands of Japan.

Here, the Jomon people,

who emerged roughly

12,000 years ago,

created thousands of figurines

depicting strange,

humanoid beings.

The earliest culture that we can

identify in Japan is the Jomon,

which is originally

a Stone Age culture

running roughly

from 10,000 BCE to 300 BCE.

The little that we do know

about the Jomon

comes from

archaeological evidence.

And one of the most

representative artifacts

that is tied to the Jomon

is the dogu statue.

There are over 15,000

dogu figurines,

uh, that date back

to the Jomon period

that are spread all over Japan.

They are thought to be

some kind of talismanic object,

but their appearance

is very striking.

They're humanoid in form,

but they don't look like

anything properly human.

Many of them have

heart-shaped heads

and they wear suits

that seem otherworldly.

A variety of these

dogu figurines

also seem to be wearing goggles,

as one would find

on astronaut helmets

or some kind

of advanced technology.

If you go to Japan today,

at the museums,

you can find

countless dogu statues,

and some of which

are still used today

in Japanese households

in a shrine.

The Shinto religion suggests

that any inanimate object

can be imbued with a soul.

And Shintoism is

the primary religion of Japan.

According to Shinto tradition,

uh, certain objects

can come to life.

They can become animate

and, uh, sentient as well.

Household objects,

everyday objects, tools

can become animate

and even enlightened.

They worship

what they call the kami,

which are these

celestial beings that come down

from their celestial palace

in the sky.

And these figurines look like

these humanoid beings

that are in some type

of space suits.

And of course, the ancient

astronaut's suggestion

is that they were created after

the extraterrestrials

visited Earth in a remote past.

Could it be that the mysterious

dogu figures are, in fact,

imbued with some type

of metaphysical energy?

And if so, might this energy

have been imparted

by otherworldly beings

that the dogu

were modeled after?

You have, also,

these figurines from Sumeria

that are showing people

with these extremely large eyes.

They also are talismans,

and they look very much

like extraterrestrials.

And they were carrying them

around in their pocket

or in a little altar

in their house.

In Sierra Leone, Africa,

hundreds of strange,

humanoid figurines

with amphibian features

were unearthed in the 1990s.

Called the nomoli,

they are believed to date back

at least 17,000 years.

In Southern Iraq,

figurines of reptilian humanoids

have been discovered

that date to 5900 BC.

And perhaps the most

mysterious artifacts of all

are the large-eyed clay figures

found in Tell Brak, Syria,

that are more

than 5,500 years old.

You have the figurines that were

unearthed at Tell Brak,

and they have large eyes,

and they are very,

very much reminiscent,

in some cases if not identical,

to the image of aliens,

of Greys.

When we think of ET,

the image that comes to mind

is always the really large eyes.

They are very, very reminiscent

of even ET himself

from the movie.

Tens of thousands

of these objects

have been recovered,

and it's enormously intriguing

to find this similarity

of design

in objects among ancient people

who were separated

by vast differences

in culture, custom, language.

Were these mythological ideas,

or did they come from

actual experiences with aliens,

who were then perceived

to be sky gods?

Is it possible

that the gods depicted

in many ancient talismans

are representations

of otherworldly beings

that our ancestors

actually encountered?

Ancient astronaut theorists

say yes.

And as further evidence,

point to special talismans

that feature writings

and symbols

said to have been sent down

from the heavens.

Sanliurfa, Turkey.

Here, on a rocky mountaintop,

stands one of the oldest

and most astonishing

archaeological sites

in the world: Gobekli Tepe.

This ancient megalithic complex

features nearly

two dozen enormous

T-shaped limestone pillars

and has been dated

to roughly 10,000 BC,

long before

the first known writing

or the invention of the wheel.

Gobekli Tepe

features many carvings

that include depictions

of animals,

human hands,

and intricately

designed symbols.

But most intriguing

to ancient astronaut theorists

is a carving of three handbags.

The oldest symbols in all

iconography is the handbag.

When we go back to Gobekli Tepe,

12,000 years old,

we find a carving

of these three handbags

that appear above

this bird-like creature.

And what's fascinating

about this is that you can find

carvings of similar handbags

about 400 miles

to the south, where

the ancient Sumerians lived.

And there, the handbags are held

by these winged figures

with bird-like heads

called Anunnaki.

We find them at Tula, in Mexico.

What is the meaning

of this handbag?

All around the world,

on many carvings and figurines

and drawings,

you see these ancient deities

holding on to

some sort of a handbag.

This motif of a handbag

exists worldwide,

in pretty much

all ancient cultures.

Is it merely coincidence

that this mysterious

handbag motif is repeated

around the world and

in a vast range of cultures?

Ancient astronaut theorists

say no.

And some suggest that these bags

have a connection to talismans.

One theory is that

these handbags

are containers of talismans

brought by the gods

that contain all the wisdom

of the universe.

The ancient Sumerian texts tell

us that these handbags contained

the me tablets of the gods.

These are the tablets

of destiny.

The tablets of civilization.

The tablets that contain

all the working knowledge

of the earthly world,

as well as the heavenly world.

The Sumerian tablets

also tell of a figure

named Adapa, who was

the bringer of civilization

and carried a bag that contained

all the knowledge

that humanity would ever need.

They may have been,

literally, handbags,

in that they contained

something very useful.

The ancient priests,

almost across the board

we're talking ancient Egyptian,

Sumer, you name it

they, one way or another,

would communicate,

they believed, with the gods

or spirits, who would

give them information.

And what if these handbags

contained something that was

significant and highly

important to their rituals?

While researchers can only

speculate as to the true meaning

behind the handbag motif

found throughout the world,

other talismans exist that,

according to those

who create them,

are directly inspired

by otherworldly beings.

There's a special class

of talismans

in East Asian traditions

that are considered

to be the most powerful,

and they are actually inscribed

in a, uh, illegible language

that is considered to be

the language of the gods.

Known as fulu,

these talismans can be found

in Taoist, Buddhist,

and Shinto traditions.

Very little is known

about the origin of the fulu,

and they are made

even more mysterious

by the fact that

they feature script

that does not belong

to any earthly language.

Fulu are made by priests

who claim to receive visions

of so-called "magic writing."

Although the priests are not

able to comprehend this writing,

they understand it

to be the language

of the gods

and inscribe what they see

on objects

such as coins or amulets.

They're typically made up

of commands or injunctions

or requests addressed

to divine beings

in their own language.

They are revealed

spontaneously sometimes

in dreams or through visions.

And another feature of these

extremely powerful talismans

is that they are adorned

with constellations.

And these function,

in some cases, as a way

to call down the gods

from those stars.

In other cases, they can

actually function as passports

to an ecstatic journey from

Earth to the stars directly.

The practitioner either leaves

their body to go directly

to those stars or experiences

this through a series

of very powerful

and inspirational visions.

Some of the most powerful

talismans are inscribed

with messages received through

some kind of, uh, divine source.

It's almost like

the higher intelligence

is speaking to you directly.

It would seem

that certain talismans

they could all be inspired

by extraterrestrials.

If objects like the fulu and

the mysterious handbags depicted

in various cultures

possess a real link

to otherworldly beings,

then might they contain

some type of hidden power?

Perhaps further clues

can be found by examining

a recent scientific experiment

that appeared to capture

a thermal anomaly

triggered by a talisman.

On Easter Sunday, thousands

gathered in St. Peter's Square

bow their heads

as Pope Francis performs

the Liturgy of the Eucharist

and consecrates the offerings

of bread and wine.

According to

the Roman Catholic tradition,

during the mass, the priest

is empowered by the prayers

that energize the bread and

the wine such that they become

transformed,

or transubstantiated,

into the living presence of the

body and the blood of Christ.

Transubstantiation is one

of the Catholic Church's

most exalted mysteries.

And Catholics believe that,

through this

transubstantiation miracle,

or process, somehow

these ordinary wafers

and ordinary wine become,

as a matter of fact,

the blood and body of Jesus.

In the example

of the Catholic Mass,

the recitation

of the eucharist prayer

is believed to infuse the bread

and wine with an outside energy.

Similarly, many cultures

hold the belief that talismans

can become energized through

spoken words or sacred sounds.

Throughout all sorts

of cultures,

ancient African cultures,

South American, Sumer,

ancient Egypt, you name it,

the power of the word

was quite something.

Egyptians used magical words

over all the talismans.

Talismans that they carried.

Talismans that they buried

the dead with.

All of these items

would have magical words spoken

over them, chanted over them.

In South Asian traditions, um,

tantric Buddhism,

for example or Hinduism, um,

and even Jainism,

the power of the spoken word

is paramount.

Words unlock divine potential

in the talismans.

Spoken words and sacred sounds

also play a critical role

in Native American rituals,

especially in connection

to certain places or objects.

If you go to

Native American ceremonies,

you see that repeating

certain phrases

are essential to the ritual.

The words are the conveyor.

The word is the portal

to the sacred dimension.

Is it possible

that certain words,

when spoken, can imbue objects

with talismanic power,

perhaps unlocking gateways

to other dimensions,

and even otherworldly beings?

Ancient astronaut theorists

say yes

and point to recent

experiments conducted

at one of the most mysterious

sites in the world:

Skinwalker Ranch.

Located in Northern Utah,

this 512-acre property

has been a hotbed

of UFO sightings

and other mysterious phenomena

for more than a century.

Today, a team of researchers,

which includes

astrophysicist

Dr. Travis Taylor,

is conducting scientific

experiments across the property,

and has documented

numerous startling anomalies,

including a number of

unidentified aerial phenomena.

- Hey, look, J.P., right there!

- Yep. I see it.

Some of which have vanished

into thin air.

It's gone.

According to the traditions

of the Indigenous Navajo people

in the Uintah Basin,

the phenomena that occurs

on Skinwalker Ranch

is actually related

to interdimensional portals.

And they believe that

by utilizing certain words

and sound frequencies,

particularly in conjunction

with talismanic objects,

these portals can be opened.

Within Native American culture,

there are music, there's chants.

There's things that are done

at a certain frequency,

and we believe that

it's very possible

that different frequencies

can open portals

to other places.

In 2022,

an organization

of Indigenous tribal members

known as Blazing Bear

were invited to Skinwalker Ranch

in order to perform

an ancient song ritual

near a megalithic spiral

of boulders.

A formation that was created

centuries ago

and is believed to hold

talismanic power.

A circle of stones

that were purposely

set up in a circle

could be a portal area.

Maybe with all our

scientific instruments,

we can nail it down

a little better.

As night falls

on Skinwalker Ranch,

the Blazing Bear drummers

continue their song ritual

near the spiral of boulders.

The investigative team

filmed the event

using a thermal camera.

- Right there.

- And almost immediately,

they spotted an anomaly.

Well, when they started singing,

the temperature

literally changed.

Look at the top of the mesa!

Eric, the stone circle

is where it's heating up

- on top of the mesa.

- Are you kidding me?

- You should see this.

- This is fascinating.

Right there that's

where the stone circle is.

And it's heating up.

Look how hot it's getting.

Is it possible that

a spiral of boulders

was imbued

with talismanic powers

by the words and sounds

of an ancient, sacred ritual?

While many cultures

throughout history have believed

that sounds can infuse objects

with otherworldly powers,

there are those who suggest

even more profound talismans

can be created

from the remains of the dead.

Clay figurines

believed to be sentient.

Coins inscribed

with the language of the gods.

A spiral of boulders said to

open an interdimensional portal.

Many talismans are considered

to possess great power,

but perhaps none more than

the remains of holy figures.

Human remains have

been used as talismans

since the beginning of time.

In the last 2,000 years, we tend

to think of human remains

in terms of relics

holy relics used primarily

by Christians,

uh, in order to connect them

to the saints

who they are praying to

as an intercessor

between them and to God.

It's the idea that

just being in the presence

of this tiny bit of bone

is touching you with the divine.

The tip of

a little finger belonging

to Saint John the Baptist,

for example,

has become hotly contested

over the centuries.

Because saints and other

holy figures are seen

as transcending humanity

and having a connection

to the divine,

their remains are considered

to hold special power.

With these talismans,

it's as if that energy,

that power

that these people had,

is still embedded

in pieces of their body,

such as bones or skulls or hair.

While it may sound

like a primitive notion

that a bone fragment

or a piece of fabric

retains a connection

to the person

it once belonged to

some researchers suggest

it is not so far-fetched

and point to the modern-day

scientific concept

of quantum entanglement.

Quantum entanglement says that

if two objects' particles

were ever connected,

they're forever connected.

And you can link with a being

clear across the universe

through an object

through quantum entanglement.

Quantum entanglement is based

on the idea that electrons

are like waves,

and if I have two electrons

right next to each other, they

wave simultaneously, coherently.

If I separate them,

there's a invisible

umbilical cord

that connects these two,

even if I separate them,

to the ends of the universe.

Is that what talismans

are ultimately all about

some kind of

quantum entanglement device?

A god originally touched

or possessed an object

and it still has the energy

of that god.

I think it's very possible.

Could there really be

a scientific explanation

behind the ancient notion

that objects

can possess a connection

to some otherworldly power?

And if so, was this taught

to our ancestors

by extraterrestrial visitors?

The mythology brings us back

to this idea of the gods.

Were these mythological ideas

or did they come from

actual experiences with aliens

who were then perceived

to be sky gods,

aliens who came forth

and communicated?

It may be that, really,

in the past,

the early talismans

were ET technology,

real devices

that could do things.

We see talismans

in pretty much any culture

in modern day society

because of belief.

It is faith in an object

that it is imbued with some sort

of a divine or celestial power.

And you have to ask

the question, why?

I think that has to do

with extraterrestrials

that visited Earth

in a remote past.

Could it be that the talismans

we continue to carry with us

and revere

provide a connection

to an incredible past

when ancient people

encountered visitors

from other worlds?

And if so, is this connection

merely symbolic

or might these objects

of veneration

possess a profound power

that we are not yet

equipped to understand?

Perhaps it is through talismans

that our

extraterrestrial ancestors

have remained

among us all along.