BECKET’S BONES
Lastly, they might have been moved into the tomb of a French Huguenot who is buried in the Canterbury Cathedral.
It was the Canterbury theory which in- spired Peregrine and Risto. During the height of the Catholic persecution of Hugue- nots, the French Cardinal Odet de Coligny was forced to flee to England. The Cardinal lived until 1571, when he either died a nat- ural death or was murdered by agents of the French Church for his role in attempting to get English support for the French Hugue-
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intelligence objectives. During the Iran Hos- tage Crisis (1979-1981) under the Carter Ad- ministration, remote viewing was success- fully utilized to identify American hostages and their locations, as well as potential es- cape routes. In his book, White House Diary (2010), Jimmy Carter mentions the suc- cessful use of parapsychology-based intelli- gence, stating, “The proven results of these exchanges between our intelligence services and parapsychologists raise some of the most intriguing and unanswerable questions of my presidency . . . They defy logic, but the facts are undeniable.” (Quoted from a Politico ar- ticle, by Patrick Gavin, posted on the In- ternet 20 October 2010.)
If there is scientific evidence supporting the reality of parapsychological phenomena, and more importantly that it actually works, as testified to by a former U.S. president, why did the government stop funding such studies? Why is parapsychology held in such low regard by the scientific community and the public at large? Why is there so much disinformation about the subject? Shouldn’t substantial funds be put into such a para- digm-breaking subject?
Cardinal Odet de Coligny
nots. The unusual placement of his tomb in the Cathedral may have been in the secret hiding place where Becket’s bones survived the 1558 desecration. This tomb is plain, not adorned with jewels as was Becket’s. And it is wedged at an irregular angle between two pillars very close to Becket’s original shrine in the Trinity Chapel. Did the Archbishop and the Cardinal share a tomb? Is it possible the Cardinal’s bones were repatriated back to France? The Protestant French Church never made a request for the bones, which to some is suspicious.
This is the theory according to the Raiders of the Lost Bones, Peregrine Prescott and Risto Pronk. They claimed that Coligny’s death had been faked, that the Cardinal had actually returned to France alive and well. The story was a ruse that served two pur- poses: the Cardinal’s safety, and Becket’s bones had their hiding place. It also explains the reluctance of the Church in France to re- quest the return of the bones. The Church, said the defendants, already knows. In fact the amount of research they presented in de- fense of their actions was unexpected. “This is the most remarkable explanation that we have heard in this court,” declared the chairman of the magistrates bench. Prescott and Pronk convinced the judge that what- ever they were up to, it was no mere bur- glary.
They were freed on probation. 68 ATLANTIS RISING • Number 85
I believe the “problem” with parapsy- chology is indeed its paradigm-breaking as- pect. The data of parapsychology suggest the possibility that mind can exist and operate independent of matter, that consciousness is a force or entity unto itself that can interact with other consciousnesses and also directly affect the material world. These concepts strike at the very foundations of a material- istic, progressive worldview, where every- thing can be explained by a combination of physical forces mixed with random accidents. The status quo “scientific” worldview typi- cally leaves no room for a dualism between spirit and matter, nor even acknowledges the concept of spirit or soul as having an objec- tive reality. To make matters worse, parapsy- chology takes seriously such issues as the possibility of an afterlife, discarnate spirits, and the idea of consciousness (at some level) pervading all of life and the universe. It would seem that everything parapsy- chology studies, and finds evidence for, threatens the status quo currently benefiting those in charge. Modern society is built on materialism and consumerism; those with the most money have the most influence (be it in politics, business, or otherwise), and reap the material benefits of society. They want to keep it that way. Superficially it might appear that the relationship of para- psychology to religion would be more ami- cable, but such is not the case when it comes to many mainstream churches. Based on subservience to a god, with the intermedi- aries between the god and the everyday public being the officials of the church, there is little room for freedom of thought when it comes to the nature of spiritual beings, con-
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