I remember this very well. The 'guy' was IBM's Crystal Scientist. He and his daughter were diving off Bermuda (I believe it was Bermuda) after a tropical cyclone went through the area turning up the sands. As they were diving, they saw the tip of a pyramid sticking up out of the sand. He went down to look around and found an entrance. In the pyramid, there was a gold spike that came down from the ceiling. It was pointing at a pair of golden hands that were holding the crystal ball in place, just under the point of the spike coming down from the top. He tried to break the gold spike off, but it was too strong. He then turned his attention to the crystal ball. He was able to pluck the crystal ball from the golden hands.
He took the crystal ball home and played with it trying to understand the properties of the crystal. He, and being the IBM Crystal Scientist, could not understand how it was producing and energy field. He took it to the lab and worked on it trying to figure out this energy field. That is when he attached a hunk of metal onto a handle that had a strong coil spring on it. As he pushed the metal toward the crystal ball, it repelled the metal. I saw the in search of show back when it aired. He had it on a table sitting in a basket with a white towel under it. He then brought the hunk of metal with the coil spring attached to a handle out and from above pushed the hunk of metal toward the crystal. It repelled the metal and bent the spring up to where the handle and the part of the spring were bent at about 70 degrees. It was amazing to see. He did the same thing from different sides with the same result. He said in all of his years dealing with crystals, he has never heard of or worked with any crystals that exhibited this type of behavior as if there were a field protecting it.
I had never heard of it again in all these years. I was wondering if the pyramids were truly built around the world and some were buried in a cataclysm like the Atlantis story. Atlantis was supposedly destroyed due to some catastrophe with their technology. There has been theories about the pyramids and obelisks being some type of electrical power or field generator. If this pyramid (which is in the Devil's Triangle - Bermuda Triangle) where many ships and planes disappeared and many more reports of navigation compasses and electronics malfunctioning) was sunken during a catastrophic technological disaster, could the power generation apparatus have been left in its operational mode? The crystal ball was held by two hands under a gold spike. Gold is one of the best electrical conductors available and that is why it is used in electronics and chips. If this crystal was powering the sunken and buried pyramid until it was exposed by the storm and subsequently was found by the Dr., it could have potentially caused all the navigation anomalies that ships and planes reported in the Bermuda Triangle.
Regardless of what you think of the Atlantis story sinking into the sea in one night, someone was building these devices and were using natural materials to make their power generators or whatever this technology was used for.
I happen to believe that this IBM Crystal Scientist was legit and happened upon something that challenged all his beliefs. I suspect after the 'In Search Of' show appeared and he demonstrated the strange properties of the crystal when interacting with metal, he was taken away to a secret lab or base to try and figure out how this crystal was able to give of said power. I don't know what happened to him and his crystal ball, but I suspect he was deaaling with the types that can make a person disappear. They must have seized his crystal ball and who knows what else.
I think mankind went the way of science and technology the wrong way. I think the advanced race that built and used these machines (possibly to terraform Earth) went about science in the natural way. We see the leftover remnants of what these pyramids once were. They are not tombs in my humble opinion. We went about science in a technological way, building machines and computers, etc. This has, and will, bring about trouble. But, that is for another thread. I suspect we will never know the truth about the crystal ball and the technology it powered. I also believe the shadow operatives for the powers that be went after the crystal and technology in their attempt to find a weapon to repel borders or control human minds. Anyway, that is what I think about the situation.
I do not know if you believe Plato in the same way you believe this stuff about crystal technology, because Plato said that human artists; poets, rhapsodes, and musical people are inspired by the gods and the muses, and their compositions are attributed not to the artists themselves, but are, in reality, inspired by these supernatural deities. And based on this suggestion by Plato, I have found further clues and indications as to the whereabouts, and the confirmation of the wide extent of the Atlantis island. Believing Cayce, and taking in consideration Bimini, it seems that Atlantis extends further Northeast and it is, at least, as far as the shoals off the New England coast. Is not the bottom of the Atlantic in this area shallow and muddy? Google Earth will confirm curved lines that must have been full circular ones at one time, besides resemblances of river beds and canyons. Also notice the remaining islands and their shapes, sort of like Thera, and therefore possibly due to volcanic eruptions somewhere in time. This location indicator and pointer to Atlantis I'm basing on a modern, talented, and inspired musical artist, who also happens to be a working fisherman, and a proud owner and captain of the vessel, Downeaster Alexa, besides. And he trawls those areas, the shallow "Nantucket shoals," and the nearby abyss which he phrases as, trawling Atlantis with its canyons. But as to where, specifically, lies our Atlantis capital he does not say. But says that, "God only knows," which is a clear indication pointing to Socrates' sacred belief, and a favorites saying of his, as Plato cites him. The artist also alludes to Islands and Islanders like himself; clearly confirming Cayce's prophecies about the souls of once Atlantians, which are reincarnating in the America of today. This artist has a lot of other tips for us too, such as "Keeping the Faith," referring to those of us searching Atlantis, and
Only The Good Die Young, an obvious reference to the early death of the brave young Athenian warriors, after they defeated Atlantis. Then there is his "
River of Dreams," alluding to the great river running within the great circular ditch of Atlantis. And we must not forget his "
We Didn't Start The Fire," clearly alluding to Plato having been the original source for Atlantis and also referring to the rest of the Timaeus and the creation story. Let us not skip his "
This Is The Time," clearly indicating the time being this, our time, when the truth about Atlantis will be revealed, also confirmed by Cayce. And we cannot leave out "
Zanzibar," and this one I leave it up to your imagination, but it is also alluding to Atlantis and this site. Zanzibar in Etruscan means Nantucket, which in the North American Mohican language and folklore, Nuntucket, means Atlantis. But there are no Mohicans left, since the last Mohicans were done away with by James Cooper, so we cannot verify this, although we must place faith in it. It is a "
Matter of Trust" and the artist means that we must trust Plato to the number and letter, and to that end we must stay and persevere; pay attention to the beginning of the song, as it starts just the same as the Timaeus does. I emphasize these other tunes too, "
You're Only Human (Second Wind)" and "
Say Goodbye To Hollywood." And I will conclude with his "
Stranger," alluding to Plato's Laws and the Athenian Stranger. And although it is not the last of his songs I can cite to make my point, it is already too many for prospective listeners, unless they happen to be Billy Joel fans, and in that case, listen to all his tunes, and see if you can spot any other clues I have missed. But also, please remember that there are many other artists out there that are likely to be just as much inspired by the Muses and Gods. Who knows what other valuable clues are awaiting to be found by all the imaginative minds searching for Atlantis. I really believe that it will be music, and not geology, nor archaeology, that will reveal and salvage Plato's Atlantis.
But as in reference to a portion of your post, and specifically that portion I have underlined and "bolded," I am interested in knowing if you had other clues as to those that can make people disappear. I want to pursue that avenue, because I would like a certain 3-headed creature lurking on this site to disappear for a little while, which would be a great relief to me, sort of like when one has gas and gets relief when passing some air, at the intervals of pressure buildup. Like that, I mean
I hope that you, Terran Kess, will forgive me for also using your post to stage my personal frustrations with some on this site. Therefore, in addition to my comments on your post, and my particular idea as to where we should look for Atlantis I have made above, I need to make some comments and recommendations not related to the topic. Please close your eyes and nose as the following is not related to you nor your posted topic, as I'm about to pass gas.
I have to include the following, because I know that a friend of mine on this site will, no doubt, keep haunting me and my posts, and anything he will perceive as being Christian ideas. Therefore I will not forget this special friend on this site, a wealthy, French Canadian, which goes by Parta, or Rennes-le-Chateau, or whatever other usernames being used, a someone very hostile to Christians, or others who seem to be Christians to him. To you, Parta, I dedicate this one, especially, and specifically for you. Here, listen to this one, it tells of you almost to a TEE; so my dear golfer, swing away at "
BIG SHOT," as I'm in a "
New York State of Mind." And to be sure, just in case you do have only one big dumb head, to your Siamese twin, Rennes, I offer, for his listening pleasure, these other tunes by our Artist, Billy Joel. So Rennes, it's "
CAPTAIN JACK" to you, and "
You May Be Right." And if you were a real expert on Plato, you would understand that Only a true divine lunatic will be able to find Atlantis for the masses. Try the "Phaedrus," as a starter, in your lesson of what is it that I mean by, "divine" madness," and how it relates to the real message of the Atlantis myth. It's all about understanding Plato, and not about your ignorance that I persist. Because, you Parta/Rennes, are ignorant in knowing and understanding Plato's works. And like the old proverb, "One can lead a donkey to water, but cannot make it drink. And "
Don't Ask Me Why." Your username tells all. Stick with Mr. Dan Brown, and leave Atlantis alone. The Da Vinci Code is just where you belong. And to calm you down and make you rest, I will try Joel's very own "
Lullabye (Goodnight, My Angel)". And this brings me to conclude and restate why I "
Go To Extremes," and why
"I'm An Innocent Man," which is all for Plato's sake and reputation. And in this last, I agree with our dear Nikas, as we must unite and prove Plato true to his words, when it comes to Atlantis.
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The Downeaster 'Alexa'"
Well I'm on the Downeaster Alexa
And I'm cruising through Block Island Sound
I have charted a course to the Vineyard
But tonight I am Nantucket bound
We took on diesel back in Montauk yesterday
And left this morning from the bell in Gardiner's Bay
Like all the locals here I've had to sell my home
Too proud to leave I've worked my fingers to the bone
So I could own my Downeaster Alexa
And I go where the ocean is deep
There are giants out there in the canyons
And a good captain can't fall asleep
I've got bills to pay and children who need clothes
I know there's fish out there but where God only knows
They say these waters aren't what they used to be
But I've got people back on land who count on me
So if you see my Downeaster Alexa
And if you work with the rod and the reel
Tell my wife I am trawling Atlantis
And I still have my hands on the wheel
Yeah yo [x4]
Now I drive my Downeaster Alexa
More and more miles from shore every year
Since they tell me I can't sell no stripers
And there's no luck in swordfishing here
I was a bayman like my father was before
Can't make a living as a bayman anymore
There ain't much future for a man who works the sea
But there ain't no island left for islanders like me