For the ancients, clothing was worn to receive or block energies. Crows, Helmets, Hats and Scepters, Wands and Cains channeled energy. This is still remembered in old fairy tales, legends and folk stories.
The drawings in this article are so old. They were first published in “China Illustrated” by Anastasius Kircher in 1667.
The book is a work of Jesuit propaganda to make people in Tartaria look like depraved, child-sacrificing, cannibalistic idol-worshipers. The Jesuits were on a mission to convert people to Catholicism and this may have been a pretext for the subsequent eradication of Tartaria from modern History books. Yes, it’s true that some of these people were what the Jesuits claimed they were, but we’ll later see that the Jesuits liked to fabricate and exaggerate.
Drawing Above: A woman wearing very long braids holding objects. Caption: “The figure of a northern Tartarian from front and back”.
The objects in the braids caught my attention. It was common among the ancients to use hair rings, hair spirals, hair beads, hair cuffs, hair strings and hair jewelry to fasten hair.But is it likely this heavy an object would be worn without greater use? Is it possible that, just like their antenna-like buildings, these had an energy, electric or magnetic aspect?
Hair is electric. If you don’t believe so, try this: Take two normal sized plastic straws. Rub both of them on your hair for about 10 to 20 seconds. Center one of them atop a cork so that it balances there. Use the other straw to try to move the straw on the cork…without touching it. If it’s charged with electricity it will move before it’s touched!
Is it possible that these are metal plates that are used to accumulate atmospheric energy to make the hair even more electric, to benefit the person? The book is cryptic about this. I translated this from the original French (bolding mine):
“At that time there was a woman native of Northern Tartary who lived in the Court of the King of Tanguth, of whom the Father judged that it would not be inappropriate to draw the curtain to to give knowledge of the clothes she wears every day, which flow in this way. She wore her hair hanging down, & tri-foiled with small ropes, which are loaded as well as the trifoil & the belt, with small sea shells. There were still certain cousins near this King, of whom you confided the habit, you knew that it was almost completely similar to that of women, except that they were still fond of a red coat, in the same way as the Lama”
The text refers to the braids as being "loaded". The English translation that I found on the servers of Stanford University, omits this wording: At the same time there was in the court of the Tanguth Deva a woman from the north of Tartary. As she was exceptionally dressed, she seemed a fit subject to be drawn by the father. She wore her hair braided like ropes, and she had seashells on her head and on her belt. See Figures VI1 and Vlll for front and back views. There were also in the same court of that kingdom certain courtiers, who dress exactly like women except that they wear a red mantle like lamas. Elsewhere we read:
"...a Tartar Kalmak woman clad in a skin garment or one made from a green or red material. Cer- tain persons also wear a locket or amulet around their neck to avert evil. Figure A shows their habitation. It is a Tartar tent made on the inside of small, pliable twigs woven together, and on the outside of a rough material which is a certain kind of wool bound with cords. Figure IV shows an instrument. It is a prayer wheel on a stick, which is whirled around by the heathen congre - gation while the lamas pray". The "amulet to avert evil" confirms that things really were worn to either receive or block energies. The spiritual elders of Tartaria are referred to as Lamas. A Lama is the spiritual elder in Buddhism. This is evidence that Buddhism may have originated with the Tartarians. The prayer wheel is also still present in Buddhism. The paragraph also teaches us that the Tartars built tents similar to those of native Americans.
Here the modernist sees mere head decoration and I again see metallic plates to amplify atmospheric energy:
“The fathers also saw at Barantola
women from the neighboring kingdom
of Coin. There was an old woman and a
young one…
…They put
their hair up in buns and twisted it back.
They wore on their foreheads a red rib –
bon adorned with pearls. On top of their
heads was a silver crown decorated
with turquoise and coral and made in
the shape of a box.
Lama Tartars and Kalmak Tartars. Their expressions are peaceful.
A Tartarian King. Notice again the headgear.
In this picture a ruler is radiating energy from the head while holding a mysterious ball:
“He had great strength and a strong
body, and was well trained in the use of
arms. It is written that he had sub –
jugated four large states to his empire.
In a public assembly he gleamed in his
majesty. Few monarchs had dress of
similar beauty, for he exhibited himself
to view adorned with a diadem made of
gold, pearls, and precious stones of
great price, and shining like that of a
divinity.
His throne was likewise a –
dorned. In his hand he held a sphere,
through which he showed himself to be
the lord of the world and the greatest
power. According to the custom of his
ancestors, he sat with bare feet, and
they were washed from time to time by
his servants with an expensive liquid.
Is the sphere meant to be the Earth? Why is he considered to be the lord of the world and the greatest power?
The original book is found here: China Illustra
The English translation at Stanford is found here.
The English translation includes most drawings but omits the one with the ball and shining head. Why? It’s one of the most interesting.
The book says that this King was a Brahmin, a Muslim and a follower of the Gospels of Jesus. I guess in those days it was possible to be all three Neither Brahmins nor Muslims nor followers of Christ are known to be idol-worshipers so in this sense the book is debunking itself.
The book says that these towers, today known as pagodas (but the book says that pagodas are idols) had bells put into them.
The Jesuits who compiled this book call this one “Idols etched into Mountains”.
The caption in the book says “L’Idole de Puffa fous une autre forme”. If I’m translating this correctly, it means “Puffa, the Shapeshifting Idol”. According to the text her name is also Cybele and she is descended from Heaven (fallen angel?).
These are “idol worshipers in Manipur”, India. Manipur is named after an ancient God called Manipe or Menipe.
“Inland from the vast Tanguth
kingdom are other landlocked
kingdoms. The first of these is Baran-
tola, also called Lassa after the name of
the capital. It has its own king and is all
involved in the abominable errors of the
heathen. It worships different images of
divinities. Among these idols the prin –
cipal is that which they call Menipe. It
rises to a great height and has a nine –
fold division of heads in a cone shape.
Later, in the section concerning the
many – headed idols of the Chinese, we
will speak more fully of this god. The
stupid people worship before this idol.
making unusual gestures and perform –
ing their rites while repeating over and
over, “0 Manipe m i hum, 0 Manipe mi
hum,” that is, “Manipe, save US!” The
people even offer various foods to ap –
pease the divinity and perform similar
abominable examples of idolatry. Our
fathers, to illustrate the blind folly of
these nations worthy of the pity of
lamentation, drew the idol in the form
they saw it.
Jesuit propaganda or reality? Some of it is real. What the Jesuits call idol worship is still practiced in India today. I quoted this section because I’m fascinated by the chanting of “O manipe mi hum”. That’s almost the same as the Buddhist chant “Om Mani Padme Om”. Buddhists say it’s a prayer of purification that means “Hail to the Jewel in the Lotus”. But according to the Jesuits, it’s actually a prayer to the God Manipe.
Compare:
O manipe mi hum
O Manipa dme om.
“The Tartar shown in Figure I wears
the garment of a Lama. These Lamas
are priests of the Tartar tribe called
Kalmuks. These are in charge of sacred
rites. They wear a red cap and are
clothed in a white toga thrown back, a
red belt, and a yellow tunic. From the
tunic’s belt hangs a purse, as Figure I
shows. Figure II shows a Tartar Kalmak
clad in a skin garment and a yellow hat”.
Buddhists wear red is because the “red realm” is the lowest spiritual level one can reach. Above that is orange, then green, then blue and finally yellow. This is why the Dalai Lama is the only one seen covered in yellow. Being covered in gold has a similar spiritual meaning.
The red cap is also fascinating. The dwarves of old were known as “the redcaps”. If you read my last article posted on this website, you know that the little people were considered guardians of paradise, a place situated at the north pole. Is that why Santa Claus (situated at the north pole) wears a red cap? And was Tartaria originally one of the four landmasses at the north pole? (see my previous article for explanation).
Here’s an example of writing that leads me to believe that the book is dishonest in some things:
“There was a trigonal
piece of crystal which the Chinese took
for a priceless species of jewel, and
some persons even thought that it was
part of the celestial dome which covers
the world. The geographical maps of
the world left them stupified and filled
with astonishment, since they think
there is nothing of significance outside
the vast Chinese Empire. They could
scarcely conceive of a world filled with
so many and such powerful peoples,
tribes, and kingdoms unknown to them,
with such a large surrounding ocean,
and such a multitude of islands. They ,
marvelled at Europe, so far away to the’:, I
west and with so many lands and seas ‘
between, and with so many kingdoms,
and especially the splendor of the
Roman Empire”.
Both in mainstream History and Alt-History it’s been well established that the Chinese and the Tartarians were world travelers. The author claims that these people were amazed and surprised there existed anything outside of their own country. This and other sections of the book lead me to think that the author is making some of the stuff up on behalf of the narrative that everyone is uncivilized except for the Catholics.
If this article raises more questions than it answers, that’s OK. I don’t have the answers, like you, I have a lot of questions. Asking them furthers our understanding of real History.