Approaching Chaos – could an ancient archetype save C21st civilisation?
The truth that I am keen to expose is an alternative interpretation of how cities came to be built. We have told ourselves that they arise out of a farming experiment. I don’t think that the evidence supports this belief – and I explain why, using established research material. My sources are mainstream: my interpretations are not.
I propose that the original city builders were shamanic priest-kings and that the earliest cities over 7,000 years ago correspond to an archetype which allowed the elite to live in comfort and in harmony with Nature. I show how the pharaohs of Egypt were shaman as indeed were the rulers of other city cultures around the world.
My book also explores the origins of the Indo-Europeans more than 5,000 years ago and I reveal evidence of contact between them and the city builders – evidence which no-one else has realised – long before they came to live in cities (2,500 years before that happened).
My book covers the period from the end of the Ice Age over 10,000 years ago to the Modern day. In it I explain how things went wrong at about 1200 BC, in the shift from Bronze Age to Iron Age, with the rise of the powerful Indo-European tribes; and how we have been living in the Dark Ages ever since. It is my opinion that knowledge has been kept secret to protect the knowledge – and it is only now that things are beginning to shift.
About Lucy
Lucy Wyatt and family live on an unspoilt farm by the east coast of England. The farm was derelict but had 600 year-old oak trees, woods, hedgerows and old buildings. It was a chance to explore living in harmony with Nature. The Wyatts restored it using mostly eco-materials and now share this special place with many animals (horses, cattle, pigs, chickens, dogs, cats). The experiment includes the collection of rainwater for animal drinking; a 3-pond sewage system with Steiner-inspired flowforms; and a processor that uses Oil Seed Rape for high grade bio-fuel in farm machinery and a large electricity generator.
Apart from a grandfather who gave Lucy her love of horses, her family were not farmers. She grew up in the University town of Cambridge where her father was an architect (now in his 80s, he drew the illustrations in her book). Lucy, however, studied International Relations and Italian at Sussex University, aiming to work in Europe but instead ended up in London at Conran Group, and followed that with editing a magazine for a City of London stockbroker firm where she met her husband. They moved to the countryside after their first daughter was born. As well as researching the ancient past, Lucy is also interested in Earth energies and now leads local Gatekeeper Trust pilgrimages on equinoxes and solstices.
For further information please go to Lucy’s website www.approachingchaos.co.uk
