A strange mountain

[asiaticdarkperson]

I want to tell you guys about this mountain that I go to frequently. It is located approximately on the 33rd parallel north, in the Zagros mountains. The base of the mountain is about 2300 meters above sea level, and the peak is perhaps another ~300 meters high.

When you approach this mountain from the south, you notice a giant pyramid shaped rock sticking out of the ground. At the top of the pyramid shape, near the pointed peak you see what appears to be an eye. This perfectly eye-shaped hole (perfectly round black pupil surrounded by round red/yellow iris) is a man-made cave.

The insides of the cave are completely smooth. The cave is built in levels and the 3rd and highest level has an exit, like a hatch that leads to the peak of the mountain on the other side. There are no markings or paintings in the cave at all.

This mountain is made entirely of radioactive granite (according to the Iranian geological survey.) What makes the mountain special is the fact that in the area granite is the bedrock that sits under layers of limestone and earth. (soil) But in this mountain the layers are reversed so that the limestone is actually under the granite mountain itself.

The mountain is today considered a sacred place by the locals. When you are there you hear a distinct buzzing sound in your ears; colours also change and one's mood becomes somewhat dream-like. I would say that the mountain has undeniable psychedelic properties. The locals believe the mountain has healing powers.

No one knows who carved out the cave or even how they could have done it. No one knows why they did it either, as it is quite obvious that the cave was never a place of dwelling.

The side of the mountain facing the south-east has many man-made ledges. On each of the ledges there is a tree whose species is unknown to the locals. The trees are all clones, as in they are the same tree; they bear no fruit and the locals claim that the trees have been there since when their first ancestors settled in that area over 300 years ago. My estimate is that the trees are obviously over a thousand years old. The trees aren't planted in soil, rather they appear to be growing right out of the rocks. They get no irrigation water and the area receives absolutely no rainfall for 7-8 months of the year. (the dry season; late spring, summer and fall) No one knows who planted the trees, or why.

Sitting on the ledges, one sees the most majestic view of plains and mountains, that soon turns into a psychedelic dream-landscape. (no way to describe it really) There are actually sitting places with very comfortable backrests carved on the ledges. Once my pants were a little wet from perspiration climbing up, I sat down to rest on a spot on the ledge. When I got up I saw a distinct pointer shape or triangle pointing to the southeast right under me where I had been sitting. It disappeared after a moment when the rock dried off.

The mountain affects the compass, making the needle swing irrationally.

If you've ever seen the back of a dollar bill; this mountain looks almost exactly like the pyramid with the eye.

There is only one myth in regards to the cave that the locals know of. They say that Imam Ali was escaping his enemies on horseback and he found the mountain and rode up to the cave. His foes surrounded the mountain and some of them went up after him. When Ali entered the cave, he disappeared; vanished into thin air, leaving his enemies baffled.

I personally believe that the cave was carved by Enoch son of Jared as a portal to the otherworld, over 5000 years ago. But all I have to back this up is what a strange hairless dark man told me one night I was drinking ayahuasca in there.

All I can say is, very strange things happen in that cave and on the mountain too, and I have personally experienced some of the most powerful psychedelic experiences of my life there.

I find it absolutely baffling how granite was "carved" such that the inside of the cave is actually slippery it's so smooth.

I wish I had some pictures so you'd get an idea of how incredible the mountain and the cave are.

The entire area surrounding the mountain is a desert. (think Mojave desert) One time I was on mescaline and I'd walked 3 hours to get to the mountain. I climbed up and entered the cave through the eye, which is like the front door. I sat in the middle (2nd) level of the cave for a few minutes to catch my breath and then I climbed out of the hatch (back door) onto the peak. I was absolutely shocked and euphoric beyond description when I saw the view. What had been a desert two minutes ago was now the greenest forest I'd ever seen. There was a sea of trees, with scattered rocks (small mountains) sticking out here and there. I just sat there staring at what appeared to be a rainforest in the middle of the desert, stretching out as far as I could see. The area was exactly the same landscape, just covered in trees. I didn't dare to climb down, so after a while I got back into the cave through the hatch and went out through the eye. I wasn't surprised to find that the area was again the familiar desert.

That was the first time I realized the cave was awesome.

But there is a definite sinister and menacing mood that hangs around the big rock like a fog. A couple of friends and I all agreed that the mountain and the cave both give a feeling of "pure evil" that is very threatening and frightening. I've noticed that all animals stay away from the mountain, and while one would expect the cave to be a nesting place or shelter for bats, birds or other animals, there is absolutely no sign of any creature (besides people) ever going in there.

Once, myself and a buddy climbed down the rock and started heading home when we were attacked by a pack of wild dogs. There must have been 7-8 of them. Three of them bit me that day. I still have the scars on my legs and thighs. We both thought the dogs seemed possessed. (This business of being attacked by a gang of wild dogs is absolutely unheard of in the area. And if I didn't have the bite-marks on my legs to prove it I'd dismiss the whole thing as hallucination.)

There's a Qanat (artificial spring) at the base of the mountain that allegedly heals.

[asiaticdarkperson]

When you enter the cave from the eye you find a hall-way that is like 6-7 meters (~20 feet) long and maybe 2 meters wide (6 feet.) To your left there's a boulder that's like 4 meters (12 feet) high that you can climb to reach the second level.

The second level is like a big room whose ceiling (the floor of the 3rd floor) has collapsed and the debris is scattered on the ground when you enter the cave through the eye.

The second story has a hole carved in it that leads to a third floor that doesn't really exist anymore. From the upper level you can see a vertical chimney-like tunnel that goes straight up for at least 4-5 meters before it reaches an opening on the peak. There's no way any sane man would climb up the chimney and it's beyond my understanding how it was even made in the first place. But there's another horizontal opening that looks like a hatch that also leads to a ledge on the peak.

When you light a fire in the big room you immediately notice that the smoke rises up directly towards the chimney and exits the cave. No smoke accumulates in there. There is a constant current of air that always seems to enter the cave through the eye and exits through the chimney-hole in the roof. Suffice to say, we were shocked when we discovered this.

[asiaticdarkperson]

I would say that the whole cave-complex with the third floor intact could have held at least 30-50 people if they didn't mind touching eachother a little bit.

The cave is large enough, and the ceiling high enough that there's absolutely no feeling of claustrophobia when you're in there.

In the summer, when it's 40 degrees celsius (over 100 degrees F) outside, the cave is cool (at least 10 degrees celsius cooler than outside) and there's a steady breeze that always circulates in there.

At night, the cave is IMO the scariest haunted house imaginable. The locals will warn you not to stay in the cave overnight, or for more than a couple of hours at a time. To take ayahuasca in the cave is IMHO the epitome of insanity and/or courage. Just being in the cave for an hour will have you "tripping balls" guaranteed.

Many of the locals report having seeing angels and apparitions of saints (Islamic version: Imams) in the cave. Many report that they were cured of illness just from spending a few hours at the cave. However, all this comes from the older generation. Apparently, ~20 years ago people went to the cave numbering in the hundreds at a time. Today, it is an almost forgotten relic of the past. Young people sometimes go there to smoke cannabis now.

[asiaticdarkperson]

The nearest village is approximately 30 kilometers (20 miles) away. In the past, the people of this village (who don't advertise the cave as they feel it belongs to them, since it is in their territory) used to go on these pilgrimages where they would start on their way before dawn and walk all the way to the mountain in groups of over a hundred men, women and children. They'd spend the day there together as a kind of picnic and head back home in the afternoon.

Today with TV, cars and modern medicine people feel they have no need for the cave, and if anyone feels like going there, they drive out alone or with their family.

[asiaticdarkperson]

A wide variety of medicinal plants grow on the mountain naturally. Any observer would find it shocking I think to discover that many of the plants can't be found anywhere else in the area.

I've identified at least two species of poisonous plants that grow there too.

While the general biodiversity and plant diversity of the area is relatively rich and complex in itself, I estimate that over 150 species of plants grow on this single rock alone; at least ~50 of those are "endemic" to the mountain and can't be found anywhere else in the area (although they can be found in other places in Iran and the world.)

And the trees on the mountain (there's exactly 7 of them) are unidentified as of yet. I myself have delved into botany quite passionately over the years and I have never seen this tree anywhere.

[asiaticdarkperson]

And apparently there's more places like this on earth.

"Pic de Bugarach" is a mountain in France where the layers of rock on top are older than the bottom layers. www.nytimes.com/2011/01/31/world/europe/31bugarach.html

I think the media can make fun of this all they want. But I'm sure the safest places to be when the "apocalypse" occurs is at power places like my little strange mountain, the peak of Mount Fuji in Japan, Bugarach in France, Jabal Al-nur in Mecca, or artificial man-made power spots like Tikal in Guatemala, Silbury hill near Avebury, or Chichen Itza in Yucatan.

There are natural places with strange unusual energy all over the earth, and there's also artificial hand-made ones scattered here and there.

The way to distinguish a real power spot from a fake one is simple. At a place of power you will immediately notice a buzzing in your ears, you will notice the light and colours change, you may notice strange alien thoughts in your head, your mood might change noticeably or you might feel extremely agitated, and if you stay there long enough you will most likely start hallucinating. If you sleep in such places, chances are you will have nightmares where strange entities rape your soul and fuck your mind.

Also, I'd definitely stay away from places like the Sonoran desert, Qom and the Kavir desert in Iran, Death Valley in California, the Sinai desert and the whole country of Israel/Palestine.

Consider yourselves warned.

[asiaticdarkperson]

Also, back to the OP, the fact that this particular granite is highly radioactive IMO implies that it came from the depths of the earth, close to the core because uranium and thorium (that exists in this granite) are heavy elements that have mostly sunk to the earth's core by now, and they are relatively rare in the crust and mantle IMO.

So, I would say that this strange mountain is made of the earth's blood, quite literally. The granite that makes up this mountain is different than the ordinary bedrock granite that exists all over the region. The vast difference in color and texture is quite apparent to anyone, I'd say.

[karlsie]

That's astonishing! I would definitely like to see a mountain like that. All of our mountains are relatively young. The Talkeetna's were created by teutonic pressure and increase in size by a couple centimeters a year. The Chugach was created by different pieces of land masses floating up as far away as Peru and attaching themselves to the mainland. The Aleutians are actually made from the same oceanographic volcanic eruptions that formed the Hawaiian Islands. We still have our wonders, such as the enormous beds of fossilized plants, bugs and small animals in the mountains of Sutton that prove Alaska had once had a tropical climate. It's a surreal place where you often feel like you're viewing the world upside down, but we don't have anything like what you've described, or at least, we haven't discovered it yet.

[asiaticdarkperson]

These natural places of unusual energy are where the ancient geomancers of China, the original practitioners of feng shui, used to build their temples. They believed that a peculiar balance and confluence of the elements (wood, earth, fire, water) occurred on these spots that resulted in a special flow of energy.

Tibetan monks today believe that these places are ideal locations for meditating.

In Mexico and in Iran there is an abundance of strange man-made caves. There's numerous distinct configurations of artificial cave-structures that were utilized for different purposes by the people who made them; this depended mainly on the type of rock and also the shape and size of the cave.

I'm sure there's plenty such places in Alaska. There might not be a whole lot of hand made caves, but I'd look for ancient temple sites or "sacred places." There's a reason they're 'sacred' and there's a reason the catholics tend to build their churches on these spots. (think tlachihualtepetl)

[asiaticdarkperson]

So, like I said, the first time I spent the night alone in the cave (with ayahuasca) I hallucinated (or dreamed) a hairless man who had very dark skin, and was dressed in the weirdest getup I'd ever seen. We were together all night, til dawn.

This guy didn't tell me his name and I didn't ask. He spoke a language that I'd never heard before but I understood him perfectly without even having to think about it. It was like we spoke the same language, when we obviously didn't.

My memory of the night is sketchy at best. I know that plenty of things happened that I can't quite recall.

I remember he told me the cave was carved by Enoch son of Jared, under the supervision of "they who aren't people." He explained that the cave was like a gateway; a portal to the otherworld. He stressed that the portal works both ways.

He said Enoch had lived in a land to the south, a place that is now submerged under the waters of the persian gulf; he said the place was called "Edin" because it was flat. He stated that Edin was destroyed when the ice age ended; the sea level rose suddenly and a gigantic wave from the east, and another from the north wiped Edin off the face of the earth. He said the wave that came from the east was as tall as a mountain.

He asked me if I would like to accompany him outside. I said yes and followed him up and out through the hatch. I though he climbed out of the cave with skill and ease, better than myself. I noticed it was day outside. It had just been around midnight back in the cave. It was a dark overcast day; the clouds hung very low and it was snowing lightly. I noticed that the entire area was covered in thick snow, but the extreme whiteness didn't hurt my eyes. I could see everything in great detail; the patterns that formed and morphed and danced on the surface of the snow reminded me that I was on ayahuasca. It was an all around very oppressive scene; a dark, cold winter in a mountainous area. But I didn't feel cold.

He told me to hold his hands and he stretched them out. I grabbed them and instantly woke up in another dream. I was soaring through the air. It was bliss; there wasn't a single thought in my head. I was gliding through the air. What I felt in terms of bodily sensations was like a fullbodyorgasm that just kept peaking and peaking but wouldn't climax, and I saw mountains completely buried under snow a very short distance below me. I noticed that I couldn't look at myself, because there was nothing to look at. I felt the hairless guy next to me to my right but I couldn't turn my head to look at him. I was so intensely euphoric that I couldn't even hold on to a thought for a moment. I was seeing the landscape below me crystal clear, and yet I didn't know what it was, because I couldn't think about it. All I could do was just "be" and observe.

We kept flying until I was completely dissolved and every bit of self-awareness left me. I woke up in the cave. At first I didn't remember where I was, or who I was. I climbed down and out of the eye. The east was lighting up, but the stars were still visible. The west was in sharp contrast to the east; it was completely black.

At that time (~3 years ago) all I knew about Enoch was that he was one of the biblical antediluvian patriarchs. I didn't know anything more about him, and I'd never heard of the book of Enoch. I read it last year and really enjoyed it very much. The book is basically a recounting of dreams, visions (hallucinations) and apparently some earthly travels too.

I wasn't surprised at all to find that the word "mountain" was repeated countless (over 50) times in the book. I even found a passage that pretty much describes in detail my strange mountain and its surrounding area.

[karlsie]

Hmm. That sort of goes along with the Mayan Bible of breaking through the ice gate, doesn't it? If the sea rose suddenly, it means there was a major event. The ice didn't melt slowly over decades or hundreds of years, slowly eroding the coastline, but calved in massive fragments, raising the sea levels radically and suddenly.

In recent years, they've found a number of cities that had been submerged under water for centuries. They generally showed remarkable advancements for an era that was supposed to exist primarily of sheep herders and war-like nomads. I still envy you. If there are any ancient civilizations here, they are buried so deep in the soil, i don't see how we'd ever find them; especially since the glaciers moved across, grinding and pushing great mounds of earth, gigantic boulders, carving out new valleys and reshaping mountains.

[asiaticdarkperson]

I've been to the strait of hormuz twice; once after the vision in the cave.

The Persian gulf is relatively shallow. It ranges from 50-100 meters in depth. The sea of Oman however is much more deep and its waters even appear to be a different color than the shallow gulf.

When one looks at the strait of hormuz up close, one definitely notices that it used to be a mountain in ancient times. On both sides of it on shore there is what appears to be a continuation of a mountain chain. It is also apparent that on one side of the mountain/strait there used to be the sea (the sea of Oman; the Arabian Sea) and on the other side there was a plain; a large lowland valley.

I think it's reasonable to assume that as the sea level rose it finally reached a point where it overflowed and cracked/demolished the mountain that was holding back the water, and so the persian gulf could possibly have been flooded suddenly, without the ice having melted too quickly.

And today in the mountain chain there is a piece missing which is the narrow waterway that we call the strait of hormuz.

I also think it's absolutely reasonable that in the ice age people would have chosen the lowest areas to live in. The bottom of the Persian gulf is 100 meters below sea level so it would have been much warmer than the surrounding areas during the ice age.