1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:03,000 They can control nature. 2 00:00:03,000 --> 00:00:06,000 Clouds come swirling in. 3 00:00:06,000 --> 00:00:08,000 Lightning is coming down. 4 00:00:08,000 --> 00:00:11,000 They can access other dimensions. 5 00:00:11,000 --> 00:00:17,000 This energy enables them to travel into the realm of the spirit beings. 6 00:00:17,000 --> 00:00:20,000 And connect with other worldly beings. 7 00:00:20,000 --> 00:00:26,000 Those creatures actually existed in physical form. 8 00:00:26,000 --> 00:00:34,000 Throughout history, spiritual leaders known as shamans have healed, protected and advised their people. 9 00:00:34,000 --> 00:00:39,000 But are they simply putting on elaborate ceremonies? 10 00:00:39,000 --> 00:00:42,000 Or is there something more to their rituals? 11 00:00:42,000 --> 00:00:49,000 In a sense, in these shamanistic states, you're tabbing into extraterrestrial powers. 12 00:00:50,000 --> 00:00:57,000 Millions of people around the world believe we have been visited in the past by extraterrestrial beings. 13 00:00:57,000 --> 00:01:00,000 What if it were true? 14 00:01:00,000 --> 00:01:05,000 Did ancient aliens really help to shape our history? 15 00:01:05,000 --> 00:01:13,000 And if so, might the evidence lie with mystical healers known as the shamans? 16 00:01:19,000 --> 00:01:22,100 The shamans are the real 17 00:01:22,100 --> 00:01:24,100 The shamans are the real 18 00:01:24,100 --> 00:01:26,100 The shamans are the real 19 00:01:26,100 --> 00:01:28,100 The shamans are the real 20 00:01:28,100 --> 00:01:30,100 The shamans are the real 21 00:01:30,100 --> 00:01:32,100 The shamans are the real 22 00:01:32,100 --> 00:01:34,100 The shamans are the real 23 00:01:34,100 --> 00:01:36,100 The shamans are the real 24 00:01:36,100 --> 00:01:38,100 The shamans are the real 25 00:01:38,100 --> 00:01:40,100 The shamans are the real 26 00:01:40,100 --> 00:01:42,100 The shamans are the real 27 00:01:42,100 --> 00:01:44,100 The shamans are the real 28 00:01:44,100 --> 00:01:46,100 The shamans are the real 29 00:01:46,200 --> 00:01:50,200 Northern China, 1211 AD. 30 00:01:50,200 --> 00:01:55,200 Five years after uniting the nomadic tribes of Mongolia, 31 00:01:55,200 --> 00:02:01,200 Genghis Khan launches a brutal invasion against Chinese Jin forces. 32 00:02:01,200 --> 00:02:09,200 Despite being severely outnumbered, the Mongol army decimates their enemy. 33 00:02:09,200 --> 00:02:15,200 In what is believed to be one of the bloodiest battles in Genghis Khan's more than 20 years of conquest. 34 00:02:16,200 --> 00:02:24,200 By the time of his death in 1227, his empire, covering most of Asia, Russia and parts of Europe, 35 00:02:24,200 --> 00:02:28,200 had become the largest in the world. 36 00:02:28,200 --> 00:02:35,200 Genghis Khan was a great warrior. He amassed one of the most awesome armies in the history of the planet. 37 00:02:35,200 --> 00:02:41,200 And he would go up the mountains to commune with the sky gods to gain power for his battles. 38 00:02:41,200 --> 00:02:45,200 According to historical accounts, 39 00:02:45,300 --> 00:02:52,300 the great Khan was also described as relying on powerful magic to create severe weather on demand. 40 00:02:52,300 --> 00:03:00,300 Like hail storms, hurricanes and tornadoes to confound and defeat his enemies. 41 00:03:00,300 --> 00:03:06,300 They march into battle and the next thing you know clouds come swirling in. 42 00:03:06,300 --> 00:03:14,300 Lightning is coming down, rain is falling down, ice is falling down, chunks of hail, snow. 43 00:03:14,400 --> 00:03:17,400 The soldiers are not equipped for the sudden burst of cold. 44 00:03:17,400 --> 00:03:21,400 They're shivering, they're freezing, they're slipping and falling on the ice. 45 00:03:21,400 --> 00:03:26,400 And then they get totally wiped out by the invading Mongolian army. 46 00:03:26,400 --> 00:03:34,400 What was remarkable about Genghis Khan is that we tend to think about him today as being this despotic, 47 00:03:34,400 --> 00:03:37,400 mad, cruel ruler. 48 00:03:37,400 --> 00:03:42,400 He was a priest king, something known as a shaman. 49 00:03:44,400 --> 00:03:53,400 In Mongolian culture, certain members of the tribe were thought to have the ability to communicate directly with the gods, 50 00:03:53,400 --> 00:03:58,400 accessing seemingly supernatural powers and information. 51 00:03:58,400 --> 00:04:04,400 These holy prophets were commonly known as shamans. 52 00:04:04,400 --> 00:04:10,400 Is it possible that Genghis Khan, one of the greatest conquerors in human history, 53 00:04:10,500 --> 00:04:15,500 used his connection with the divine to build the massive Mongol Empire? 54 00:04:15,500 --> 00:04:21,500 And if so, just what does it mean to be a shaman? 55 00:04:21,500 --> 00:04:26,500 For thousands of years in cultures throughout the world, 56 00:04:26,500 --> 00:04:35,500 shamans have been described as intermediaries who provide a link between humans and other worldly beings. 57 00:04:35,600 --> 00:04:40,600 Known in some cultures as medicine men or witch doctors, 58 00:04:40,600 --> 00:04:46,600 they are believed to have the power to travel to other realms in order to bring back healing, 59 00:04:46,600 --> 00:04:52,600 wisdom and guidance to their people. 60 00:04:52,600 --> 00:05:00,600 The word shaman originated with the indigenous people of Siberia and means simply to know. 61 00:05:00,700 --> 00:05:07,700 Shamans think of the universe as being constructed in different layers, 62 00:05:07,700 --> 00:05:12,700 one on top of each other, each one containing a separate world. 63 00:05:12,700 --> 00:05:21,700 One of the skills of the shaman is to be able to travel herself or himself between these different worlds in spirit form. 64 00:05:21,700 --> 00:05:28,700 Shamans are people who enter those realms and negotiate with the intelligent beings that inhabit those realms. 65 00:05:30,700 --> 00:05:37,700 But are shamans simply experiencing hallucinations? 66 00:05:37,700 --> 00:05:41,700 Daydreams manifested in their minds? 67 00:05:41,700 --> 00:05:46,700 Or is it possible that their visions are real? 68 00:05:46,700 --> 00:05:50,700 Dismissed by some today as madmen or charlatans, 69 00:05:50,700 --> 00:05:57,700 in the ancient world shamans like Genghis Khan often held positions of great influence. 70 00:05:57,800 --> 00:06:06,800 And ancient astronaut theorists claim the stories of these shamans reveal a connection to other worldly beings. 71 00:06:11,800 --> 00:06:14,800 Copan, Western Honduras. 72 00:06:14,800 --> 00:06:22,800 In the ruins of this archaeological site, once a major Mayan city that thrived from 400 to 800 AD, 73 00:06:22,900 --> 00:06:26,900 stands a statue of one of its most powerful ancient kings, 74 00:06:26,900 --> 00:06:32,900 Washa Klahun Uba K'Wil, commonly known as 18 Rabbit. 75 00:06:35,900 --> 00:06:41,900 Around 2000 years ago, the Mayan Empire was at its height. 76 00:06:41,900 --> 00:06:47,900 And they had a king by the name of 18 Rabbit. 77 00:06:47,900 --> 00:06:51,900 The rabbit to the ancient Mayans represented the moon. 78 00:06:52,000 --> 00:07:01,000 So basically 18 Rabbit was considered to be an incarnation of the moon god. 79 00:07:01,000 --> 00:07:07,000 And he is said to have had all sorts of miraculous powers. 80 00:07:07,000 --> 00:07:14,000 By the end of his 44 year reign, 18 Rabbit had erected seven stone pillars, 81 00:07:14,000 --> 00:07:19,000 each depicting him interacting with the divine. 82 00:07:22,000 --> 00:07:29,000 The Stella of Copan shows King 18 Rabbit standing in the center of the universe. 83 00:07:29,000 --> 00:07:33,000 But on the side of him is a portal to another world. 84 00:07:33,000 --> 00:07:38,000 So it would seem to be telling us that he had access to the other world, 85 00:07:38,000 --> 00:07:42,000 as well as being the commander in chief of this world. 86 00:07:45,000 --> 00:07:49,000 Today we separate politics and religion. 87 00:07:49,100 --> 00:07:53,100 In the past, especially for the Mayan, that was not the case. 88 00:07:53,100 --> 00:08:00,100 To be the king was to also be supernatural, to have shamanic ability. 89 00:08:01,100 --> 00:08:05,100 You were not just a king, you were a shaman king. 90 00:08:08,100 --> 00:08:13,100 An 18 Rabbit, like every other king in the dynasty of Copan 91 00:08:13,100 --> 00:08:17,100 and in the cities around them, was a shaman. 92 00:08:17,200 --> 00:08:21,200 According to Maya tradition, shaman kings like 18 Rabbit 93 00:08:21,200 --> 00:08:24,200 would connect with other worldly beings 94 00:08:24,200 --> 00:08:29,200 through a process known as bloodletting. 95 00:08:33,200 --> 00:08:37,200 The Mayan king would put a spine through his hand. 96 00:08:37,200 --> 00:08:41,200 Blood would be collected by the shaman into a piece of paper 97 00:08:41,200 --> 00:08:45,200 and it would then be put into a fire and it would smoke. 98 00:08:45,300 --> 00:08:49,300 And by watching the smoke rise, the shaman could see 99 00:08:49,300 --> 00:08:52,300 what actions they were supposed to take. 100 00:08:52,300 --> 00:08:55,300 According to the will of the gods, revealed in the smoke 101 00:08:55,300 --> 00:08:59,300 that was made by the blood of the king or the ruler. 102 00:08:59,300 --> 00:09:04,300 The right to rulership for a Maya king, the thing that the people 103 00:09:04,300 --> 00:09:09,300 followed him for was his ability to contact the other world. 104 00:09:09,300 --> 00:09:14,300 Through shamanic ceremonies, he was able to ask for the fate 105 00:09:14,400 --> 00:09:17,400 of the gods for the people. 106 00:09:21,400 --> 00:09:25,400 18 Rabbit was a very powerful shaman king. 107 00:09:25,400 --> 00:09:30,400 You have to ask, is it possible that these gods could be extraterrestrials? 108 00:09:30,400 --> 00:09:34,400 Perhaps it was the guidance of these extraterrestrial beings 109 00:09:34,400 --> 00:09:38,400 that made him such a powerful leader. 110 00:09:38,400 --> 00:09:42,400 All around the world, we can hear stories of how shaman state 111 00:09:42,500 --> 00:09:46,500 that they were in communications with beings from other worlds. 112 00:09:48,500 --> 00:09:53,500 Is it possible that what we see in the experiences of ancient shamans 113 00:09:53,500 --> 00:09:56,500 is extraterrestrial human contact? 114 00:09:56,500 --> 00:10:01,500 And this contact wasn't seen as something dangerous or strange 115 00:10:01,500 --> 00:10:05,500 but rather as a means for moving humanity forward 116 00:10:05,500 --> 00:10:09,500 due to new and important knowledge received. 117 00:10:09,600 --> 00:10:15,600 Were kings like 18 Rabbit really communicating with divine, 118 00:10:15,600 --> 00:10:18,600 perhaps even extraterrestrial beings? 119 00:10:18,600 --> 00:10:22,600 Was it this otherworldly guidance that made them so powerful? 120 00:10:22,600 --> 00:10:27,600 But if so, where did these ancient shaman learn how to access 121 00:10:27,600 --> 00:10:30,600 these incredible abilities? 122 00:10:30,600 --> 00:10:35,600 Ancient astronaut theorists believe the answers can be found 123 00:10:35,700 --> 00:10:40,700 by examining the transformative and sometimes dangerous process 124 00:10:40,700 --> 00:10:44,700 of becoming a shaman. 125 00:10:48,700 --> 00:10:53,700 Fort Lauderdale, Florida, January 27th, 2014. 126 00:10:55,700 --> 00:10:58,700 A Peruvian-born shaman leads a group of participants 127 00:10:58,700 --> 00:11:01,700 in an ancient Andean practice. 128 00:11:01,800 --> 00:11:07,800 Known as a despacho ceremony, this ritual dates back thousands of years. 129 00:11:09,800 --> 00:11:13,800 In Peru, despachos or hayuas, which are offerings, 130 00:11:13,800 --> 00:11:17,800 have existed since the first pre-Columbian peoples 131 00:11:17,800 --> 00:11:21,800 settled the Andes and Coastal area. 132 00:11:23,800 --> 00:11:27,800 A despacho consists of a ritual honoring with reverence 133 00:11:27,900 --> 00:11:30,900 our ancestral star relatives in the cosmos 134 00:11:30,900 --> 00:11:35,900 that has been guiding the evolution of humankind on planet Earth. 135 00:11:38,900 --> 00:11:42,900 Every time I perform a pacacuti ritual, 136 00:11:42,900 --> 00:11:44,900 portals are open. 137 00:11:44,900 --> 00:11:49,900 Conduits between the Earth and the sky are revealed. 138 00:11:52,900 --> 00:11:56,900 It is believed that through ceremonies such as the despacho 139 00:11:57,000 --> 00:12:01,000 shamans are in fact able to access these so-called 140 00:12:01,000 --> 00:12:05,000 non-local realms of being in the universe. 141 00:12:05,000 --> 00:12:09,000 It helps to unify those of Earth with those from the sky. 142 00:12:13,000 --> 00:12:18,000 If shamans really are able to access these so-called non-local realms, 143 00:12:18,000 --> 00:12:20,000 how are they doing it? 144 00:12:20,000 --> 00:12:25,000 And who or what has chosen them to be the ones to communicate 145 00:12:25,100 --> 00:12:28,100 with beings from beyond our world? 146 00:12:28,100 --> 00:12:35,100 I came into this shamanic tradition as a result of deep curiosity as a child. 147 00:12:35,100 --> 00:12:38,100 He atexemuyu, titanci huiracocha. 148 00:12:38,100 --> 00:12:43,100 I learned from my two primary mentors in folk healing 149 00:12:43,100 --> 00:12:47,100 known as curanderismo, the following. 150 00:12:49,100 --> 00:12:52,100 The spirit world is here with us. 151 00:12:52,200 --> 00:12:56,200 Let us celebrate through that portal to the stars. 152 00:12:58,200 --> 00:13:04,200 I was introduced to a universe in which seen as well as unseen relatives 153 00:13:04,200 --> 00:13:08,200 and allies and spirit helpers abound 154 00:13:08,200 --> 00:13:12,200 and forming relationships with these spirit helpers 155 00:13:12,200 --> 00:13:15,200 was the foundation of my apprenticeship. 156 00:13:17,200 --> 00:13:19,200 But who are the spirit helpers? 157 00:13:19,300 --> 00:13:25,300 Are they actual beings who exist in a realm most of us are unable to experience? 158 00:13:25,300 --> 00:13:29,300 Ancient astronaut theorists believe the answer may be found 159 00:13:29,300 --> 00:13:33,300 in the story of a famous Native American shaman. 160 00:13:38,300 --> 00:13:41,300 Bighorn Mountain Range, Wyoming. 161 00:13:43,300 --> 00:13:46,300 Nearly 10,000 feet up on a desolate peak 162 00:13:46,400 --> 00:13:49,400 that is only accessible during the brief summer months 163 00:13:49,400 --> 00:13:53,400 lies a structure known as the Bighorn Medicine Wheel. 164 00:13:55,400 --> 00:13:59,400 This massive stone circle measures over 75 feet in diameter 165 00:13:59,400 --> 00:14:03,400 and contains 28 spokes representing the lunar cycle. 166 00:14:05,400 --> 00:14:08,400 By studying the astronomical alignments of the stones 167 00:14:08,400 --> 00:14:14,400 researchers were able to date the construction of the site to approximately 1200 AD. 168 00:14:16,400 --> 00:14:20,400 Although it is held sacred by over 60 different Native American tribes 169 00:14:20,400 --> 00:14:24,400 just who built the Medicine Wheel remains a mystery. 170 00:14:27,400 --> 00:14:32,400 So the Bighorn Medicine Wheel is significant to a lot of tribes 171 00:14:32,400 --> 00:14:36,400 because it has this connection to a lot of different traditions 172 00:14:36,400 --> 00:14:40,400 in terms of star knowledge and star power and ceremony. 173 00:14:40,500 --> 00:14:45,500 According to the oral tradition of the Crow Tribe 174 00:14:45,500 --> 00:14:48,500 the 19th century leader Red Plume 175 00:14:48,500 --> 00:14:51,500 made a journey to the Medicine Wheel as a young man 176 00:14:51,500 --> 00:14:55,500 that shaped his destiny as a powerful shaman and chief. 177 00:14:57,500 --> 00:15:00,500 The Medicine Wheel you connect to particular constellations 178 00:15:00,500 --> 00:15:05,500 that are kind of like vortexes between certain star energy 179 00:15:05,500 --> 00:15:08,500 and certain earth energy. 180 00:15:08,600 --> 00:15:13,600 The Medicine Wheel seems to be creating some place that marks 181 00:15:13,600 --> 00:15:17,600 the particular spot at a particular time 182 00:15:17,600 --> 00:15:24,600 where those star energies and earth energies and human energy come together. 183 00:15:29,600 --> 00:15:32,600 During what the Crow Tribe called his vision quest 184 00:15:32,600 --> 00:15:36,600 Red Plume claimed to have encountered a mysterious race of beings 185 00:15:36,700 --> 00:15:39,700 he called Little People. 186 00:15:41,700 --> 00:15:44,700 He was visited, he said, by these little men 187 00:15:44,700 --> 00:15:47,700 who then took him inside the earth 188 00:15:47,700 --> 00:15:51,700 into some kind of a vortex wormhole. 189 00:15:51,700 --> 00:15:57,700 There they taught him secrets of medicine. 190 00:15:59,700 --> 00:16:03,700 There are lots of stories about Little People in Native tradition 191 00:16:03,700 --> 00:16:05,700 across the Americas. 192 00:16:05,800 --> 00:16:07,800 Little People come from another planet 193 00:16:07,800 --> 00:16:10,800 and they kind of play around with human beings 194 00:16:10,800 --> 00:16:13,800 but they're also protectors of them 195 00:16:13,800 --> 00:16:16,800 teaching them even through that playfulness. 196 00:16:17,800 --> 00:16:21,800 Is it possible that this medicine man was actually meeting 197 00:16:21,800 --> 00:16:26,800 with extraterrestrials who then taught him some medical secrets 198 00:16:26,800 --> 00:16:30,800 and then allowed him to return back to his people? 199 00:16:30,900 --> 00:16:37,900 These stories didn't originate in our ancestors' imagination. 200 00:16:37,900 --> 00:16:42,900 There is a core of truth to all those stories 201 00:16:42,900 --> 00:16:46,900 and so those beings are they in reality 202 00:16:46,900 --> 00:16:49,900 of extraterrestrial origin 203 00:16:49,900 --> 00:16:52,900 something physical flesh and blood? 204 00:16:52,900 --> 00:16:54,900 Absolutely. 205 00:16:54,900 --> 00:16:59,900 Those beings are the progenitors of knowledge. 206 00:17:00,900 --> 00:17:03,900 Could the stories of the Big Horn Medicine Wheel 207 00:17:03,900 --> 00:17:06,900 be describing extraterrestrial contact? 208 00:17:08,900 --> 00:17:12,900 Is this where shamans like Red Plume acquired wisdom 209 00:17:12,900 --> 00:17:15,900 from other worldly beings? 210 00:17:19,900 --> 00:17:21,900 In cultures throughout the world 211 00:17:21,900 --> 00:17:24,900 there are stories of shamanic initiation 212 00:17:24,900 --> 00:17:27,900 at the hands of so-called spirits. 213 00:17:28,000 --> 00:17:32,000 Oftentimes the process is described as dangerous. 214 00:17:32,000 --> 00:17:36,000 In fact, many healers are said to be taken against their will 215 00:17:36,000 --> 00:17:38,000 for this instruction. 216 00:17:38,000 --> 00:17:40,000 When shamans narrate their life stories 217 00:17:40,000 --> 00:17:42,000 they usually do not say, 218 00:17:42,000 --> 00:17:44,000 well I chose to be a shaman. 219 00:17:44,000 --> 00:17:48,000 The healer does not choose her or his profession 220 00:17:48,000 --> 00:17:51,000 they are chosen by the spirits. 221 00:17:51,000 --> 00:17:53,000 My shaman is usually called 222 00:17:53,000 --> 00:17:57,000 and there's some sort of wound that the shaman sustains. 223 00:17:57,100 --> 00:18:00,100 It can be any bizarre melody 224 00:18:00,100 --> 00:18:04,100 struck by lightning, epileptic fits, 225 00:18:04,100 --> 00:18:07,100 bad accident, anything that wounds the person 226 00:18:07,100 --> 00:18:09,100 enables them to go inward. 227 00:18:09,100 --> 00:18:11,100 It's quite a hardship 228 00:18:11,100 --> 00:18:13,100 and that's not something that anybody 229 00:18:13,100 --> 00:18:15,100 who really knows about it would readily undertake. 230 00:18:17,100 --> 00:18:19,100 Once the spirits have got you, you either die 231 00:18:19,100 --> 00:18:22,100 or remain permanently sick or become a shaman. 232 00:18:22,100 --> 00:18:24,100 There aren't a lot of ways out. 233 00:18:24,200 --> 00:18:27,200 You often go mad for a bit 234 00:18:27,200 --> 00:18:30,200 or fall sick for a bit as the spirits take possession of you 235 00:18:30,200 --> 00:18:35,200 and then you go through a visionary process 236 00:18:35,200 --> 00:18:38,200 in which for example quite often 237 00:18:38,200 --> 00:18:40,200 you feel your entire body being taken apart 238 00:18:40,200 --> 00:18:42,200 and then put back together again 239 00:18:42,200 --> 00:18:44,200 and when you're back together again 240 00:18:44,200 --> 00:18:46,200 you're starting to acquire the abilities 241 00:18:46,200 --> 00:18:48,200 to travel through time and space. 242 00:18:48,300 --> 00:18:53,300 Why would so many of these traditional healers 243 00:18:53,300 --> 00:18:56,300 share this belief that they had been chosen 244 00:18:56,300 --> 00:18:58,300 and physically changed by spirits? 245 00:19:00,300 --> 00:19:02,300 Some ancient astronaut theorists 246 00:19:02,300 --> 00:19:04,300 believe more clues can be found 247 00:19:04,300 --> 00:19:08,300 by examining the similarities between these shamanic experiences 248 00:19:08,300 --> 00:19:13,300 and the stories of modern-day UFO abductions. 249 00:19:13,400 --> 00:19:16,400 People who believe they've been abducted by aliens 250 00:19:16,400 --> 00:19:19,400 will speak of implants being put in their bodies 251 00:19:19,400 --> 00:19:21,400 put there by the aliens. 252 00:19:23,400 --> 00:19:25,400 Exactly the same experiences 253 00:19:25,400 --> 00:19:30,400 are reported in much more traditional cultures, shamanistic cultures. 254 00:19:32,400 --> 00:19:36,400 The construal there is that this is being done by the spirits 255 00:19:36,400 --> 00:19:39,400 and the similarity between the two experiences 256 00:19:39,400 --> 00:19:42,400 are a few of the most common experiences 257 00:19:42,500 --> 00:19:44,500 are very, very, very strong 258 00:19:44,500 --> 00:19:46,500 and very, very powerful. 259 00:19:46,500 --> 00:19:48,500 Perhaps what's happening 260 00:19:48,500 --> 00:19:50,500 is that you're really in contact 261 00:19:50,500 --> 00:19:52,500 with some kind of extraterrestrials 262 00:19:54,500 --> 00:19:57,500 and in a sense in these shamanistic states 263 00:19:57,500 --> 00:20:00,500 you're tapping into what we would almost call 264 00:20:00,500 --> 00:20:02,500 extraterrestrial powers. 265 00:20:04,500 --> 00:20:06,500 Is it possible that shamans 266 00:20:06,500 --> 00:20:08,500 receive their mysterious powers 267 00:20:08,500 --> 00:20:10,500 through alien abductions? 268 00:20:10,600 --> 00:20:14,600 And might this explain why shamans all over the world 269 00:20:14,600 --> 00:20:17,600 claim to have a connection to other realms? 270 00:20:19,600 --> 00:20:21,600 Perhaps the answers can be found 271 00:20:21,600 --> 00:20:23,600 in the strange and powerful visions 272 00:20:23,600 --> 00:20:25,600 experienced by shamans 273 00:20:26,600 --> 00:20:28,600 in the Amazon. 274 00:20:34,600 --> 00:20:36,600 The Amazon jungle, Peru. 275 00:20:36,700 --> 00:20:38,700 Stretching from the Andes mountains 276 00:20:38,700 --> 00:20:40,700 to the eastern shores of Brazil, 277 00:20:41,700 --> 00:20:43,700 this rainforest is home to more than 278 00:20:43,700 --> 00:20:45,700 80,000 species of plants 279 00:20:45,700 --> 00:20:47,700 many of which shamans 280 00:20:47,700 --> 00:20:49,700 and religious healers 281 00:20:49,700 --> 00:20:51,700 have consumed for thousands of years. 282 00:20:53,700 --> 00:20:55,700 As a way to access realms 283 00:20:55,700 --> 00:20:59,700 they say are inhabited by other worldly beings. 284 00:21:01,700 --> 00:21:03,700 In the Amazon 285 00:21:03,700 --> 00:21:05,700 one of the shamans 286 00:21:05,800 --> 00:21:07,800 jobs aside from going to the other world 287 00:21:07,800 --> 00:21:09,800 and speaking with the spirits 288 00:21:09,800 --> 00:21:12,800 is to find the plants right here on earth 289 00:21:12,800 --> 00:21:15,800 that can heal the people of his tribe. 290 00:21:18,800 --> 00:21:20,800 And in the Amazonian belief systems 291 00:21:20,800 --> 00:21:22,800 each plant in the jungle 292 00:21:22,800 --> 00:21:24,800 has its own spirit. 293 00:21:28,800 --> 00:21:30,800 And one of the shamans gift 294 00:21:30,800 --> 00:21:32,800 is that he can communicate 295 00:21:32,800 --> 00:21:34,800 with these plant spirits 296 00:21:34,900 --> 00:21:36,900 originating in the central Andes 297 00:21:36,900 --> 00:21:38,900 of South America 298 00:21:38,900 --> 00:21:39,900 ayahuasca 299 00:21:39,900 --> 00:21:41,900 meaning the vine of the souls 300 00:21:41,900 --> 00:21:43,900 is a psychedelic brew 301 00:21:43,900 --> 00:21:45,900 consisting of two different types 302 00:21:45,900 --> 00:21:47,900 of plants cooked with water. 303 00:21:49,900 --> 00:21:51,900 And this is drunk by the shamans 304 00:21:51,900 --> 00:21:53,900 but in order to enter the spirit world 305 00:21:53,900 --> 00:21:55,900 to gain information about diseases 306 00:21:55,900 --> 00:21:57,900 to force see the future 307 00:21:57,900 --> 00:21:59,900 to carry out a healing for somebody. 308 00:21:59,900 --> 00:22:01,900 We know 309 00:22:01,900 --> 00:22:03,900 some of the shamans 310 00:22:04,000 --> 00:22:06,000 We know some of the history of ayahuasca 311 00:22:06,000 --> 00:22:08,000 because archaeologists have found artifacts 312 00:22:08,000 --> 00:22:10,000 from the rainforest 313 00:22:10,000 --> 00:22:12,000 which date back three and a half thousand 314 00:22:12,000 --> 00:22:14,000 or four thousand years 315 00:22:14,000 --> 00:22:16,000 but those are only the surviving artifacts 316 00:22:16,000 --> 00:22:18,000 that they've found. 317 00:22:18,000 --> 00:22:20,000 Potentially this could go back to the beginning of time. 318 00:22:22,000 --> 00:22:24,000 Ayahuasca contains dimethyltryptamine 319 00:22:24,000 --> 00:22:26,000 or DMT 320 00:22:26,000 --> 00:22:28,000 one of the most powerful hallucinogens 321 00:22:28,000 --> 00:22:30,000 known to man. 322 00:22:30,000 --> 00:22:32,000 But strangely 323 00:22:32,100 --> 00:22:35,100 only works when consumed under precise conditions. 324 00:22:35,100 --> 00:22:37,100 In just DMT 325 00:22:37,100 --> 00:22:39,100 it's inactivated 326 00:22:39,100 --> 00:22:41,100 in the intestine by 327 00:22:41,100 --> 00:22:43,100 by certain enzymes 328 00:22:43,100 --> 00:22:45,100 so in order to get the DMT 329 00:22:45,100 --> 00:22:47,100 to be activated 330 00:22:47,100 --> 00:22:49,100 and to be able to be absorbed 331 00:22:49,100 --> 00:22:51,100 they have to combine it with other plants. 332 00:22:51,100 --> 00:22:53,100 Ayahuasca contains 333 00:22:53,100 --> 00:22:55,100 a mixture of two plants 334 00:22:55,100 --> 00:22:57,100 there's actually quite subtle 335 00:22:57,100 --> 00:22:59,100 and sophisticated 336 00:22:59,100 --> 00:23:01,100 knowledge of plants goes into the preparation 337 00:23:01,200 --> 00:23:03,200 because these two things on separately 338 00:23:03,200 --> 00:23:05,200 will not work. 339 00:23:05,200 --> 00:23:07,200 You have to mix them together 340 00:23:07,200 --> 00:23:09,200 and let's not forget that there's a hundred 341 00:23:09,200 --> 00:23:11,200 and fifty thousand different species of plants 342 00:23:11,200 --> 00:23:13,200 and trees in the Amazon 343 00:23:13,200 --> 00:23:15,200 it's really quite an amazing achievement 344 00:23:15,200 --> 00:23:17,200 of ancient chemistry 345 00:23:17,200 --> 00:23:19,200 to bring these two plants together 346 00:23:19,200 --> 00:23:21,200 to produce a highly psychoactive 347 00:23:21,200 --> 00:23:23,200 visionary brew. 348 00:23:23,200 --> 00:23:25,200 But how did ancient people 349 00:23:25,200 --> 00:23:27,200 living in the jungles of Peru 350 00:23:27,200 --> 00:23:29,200 over three thousand years ago 351 00:23:29,300 --> 00:23:31,300 with tens of thousands of plants 352 00:23:31,300 --> 00:23:33,300 to choose from 353 00:23:33,300 --> 00:23:35,300 figure out that combining these two particular plants 354 00:23:35,300 --> 00:23:37,300 would produce these powerful visions. 355 00:23:37,300 --> 00:23:39,300 According to the mythology 356 00:23:39,300 --> 00:23:41,300 of the Oshware people of the Amazon 357 00:23:41,300 --> 00:23:43,300 their ancestors didn't discover this on their own 358 00:23:43,300 --> 00:23:45,300 but were guided 359 00:23:45,300 --> 00:23:47,300 by extraterrestrial beings. 360 00:23:47,300 --> 00:23:49,300 The shawmas 361 00:23:49,300 --> 00:23:51,300 communicated with their spirits 362 00:23:51,300 --> 00:23:53,300 and would tell them 363 00:23:53,300 --> 00:23:55,300 that they were the ones 364 00:23:55,300 --> 00:23:57,300 who were the ones 365 00:23:57,400 --> 00:23:59,400 who were guided by the shawmas 366 00:23:59,400 --> 00:24:01,400 and were told to go into the jungle 367 00:24:01,400 --> 00:24:03,400 and turn two corners as the myth goes 368 00:24:03,400 --> 00:24:05,400 and then they would find this plant 369 00:24:05,400 --> 00:24:07,400 and they brought that back to the village 370 00:24:07,400 --> 00:24:09,400 and prepared it in the appropriate way. 371 00:24:09,400 --> 00:24:11,400 The oral tradition 372 00:24:11,400 --> 00:24:13,400 says that 373 00:24:13,400 --> 00:24:15,400 ayahuasca is a linkage 374 00:24:15,400 --> 00:24:17,400 to the upper world 375 00:24:17,400 --> 00:24:19,400 and it is entirely possible 376 00:24:19,400 --> 00:24:21,400 that they were given 377 00:24:21,400 --> 00:24:23,400 this gift 378 00:24:23,400 --> 00:24:25,400 by their own gods 379 00:24:25,500 --> 00:24:27,500 which may be 380 00:24:27,500 --> 00:24:29,500 extraterrestrials. 381 00:24:33,500 --> 00:24:35,500 If the Oshware story 382 00:24:35,500 --> 00:24:37,500 of how their ancestors discovered ayahuasca 383 00:24:37,500 --> 00:24:39,500 is true 384 00:24:39,500 --> 00:24:41,500 could they have been guided not by spirits 385 00:24:41,500 --> 00:24:43,500 but by extraterrestrial beings 386 00:24:43,500 --> 00:24:45,500 beings 387 00:24:45,500 --> 00:24:47,500 who communicated with them 388 00:24:47,500 --> 00:24:49,500 on another plane of reality? 389 00:24:49,600 --> 00:24:51,600 Between 1990 390 00:24:51,600 --> 00:24:53,600 and 1995 391 00:24:53,600 --> 00:24:55,600 scientists at the University of New Mexico 392 00:24:55,600 --> 00:24:57,600 administered DMT 393 00:24:57,600 --> 00:24:59,600 the active ingredient in ayahuasca 394 00:24:59,600 --> 00:25:01,600 to 60 volunteers 395 00:25:01,600 --> 00:25:03,600 and discovered 396 00:25:03,600 --> 00:25:05,600 shocking results. 397 00:25:05,600 --> 00:25:07,600 Medical researchers 398 00:25:07,600 --> 00:25:09,600 actually administered DMT 399 00:25:09,600 --> 00:25:11,600 to patients in a controlled medical setting 400 00:25:11,600 --> 00:25:13,600 and they had exactly the same experiences 401 00:25:13,600 --> 00:25:15,600 as those reported in the journal 402 00:25:15,600 --> 00:25:17,600 and they had exactly the same experiences 403 00:25:17,700 --> 00:25:19,700 as those reported in the jungles 404 00:25:19,700 --> 00:25:21,700 of South America and elsewhere 405 00:25:21,700 --> 00:25:23,700 who were experiencing ayahuasca. 406 00:25:23,700 --> 00:25:25,700 Ayahuasca users 407 00:25:25,700 --> 00:25:27,700 typically experience 408 00:25:27,700 --> 00:25:29,700 hallucinations in the visual form 409 00:25:29,700 --> 00:25:31,700 and a lot of them say that they see 410 00:25:31,700 --> 00:25:33,700 other beings 411 00:25:33,700 --> 00:25:35,700 and a lot of them say that they get 412 00:25:35,700 --> 00:25:37,700 messages 413 00:25:37,700 --> 00:25:39,700 sent to them from these beings. 414 00:25:39,700 --> 00:25:41,700 In several cases 415 00:25:41,700 --> 00:25:43,700 those intelligent entities 416 00:25:43,700 --> 00:25:45,700 said to them roughly the following 417 00:25:45,800 --> 00:25:48,800 We're so pleased you've discovered this technology 418 00:25:48,800 --> 00:25:50,800 now we can communicate with you 419 00:25:50,800 --> 00:25:52,800 more often 420 00:25:52,800 --> 00:25:54,800 Perhaps what we're dealing with here 421 00:25:54,800 --> 00:25:56,800 is intelligent inhabitants of other dimensions. 422 00:25:57,800 --> 00:25:59,800 Why would so many people 423 00:25:59,800 --> 00:26:01,800 report such similar experiences 424 00:26:01,800 --> 00:26:03,800 while using ayahuasca? 425 00:26:03,800 --> 00:26:05,800 Is it possible 426 00:26:05,800 --> 00:26:07,800 DMT provides access 427 00:26:07,800 --> 00:26:09,800 to another realm? 428 00:26:10,800 --> 00:26:12,800 Some shamans believe 429 00:26:12,800 --> 00:26:14,800 that plants like ayahuasca 430 00:26:14,900 --> 00:26:17,900 have an extraterrestrial origin. 431 00:26:17,900 --> 00:26:19,900 That they drifted here 432 00:26:19,900 --> 00:26:21,900 as space spores perhaps 433 00:26:21,900 --> 00:26:23,900 and then came to earth on comets 434 00:26:23,900 --> 00:26:25,900 starting growing here 435 00:26:25,900 --> 00:26:27,900 and perhaps they even had an agenda 436 00:26:27,900 --> 00:26:29,900 perhaps they are communication 437 00:26:29,900 --> 00:26:31,900 from extraterrestrials. 438 00:26:33,900 --> 00:26:35,900 Is it possible 439 00:26:35,900 --> 00:26:37,900 extraterrestrials gave the ancients 440 00:26:37,900 --> 00:26:39,900 the recipe for this powerful concoction 441 00:26:39,900 --> 00:26:41,900 as a way to communicate healing powers 442 00:26:41,900 --> 00:26:43,900 with shamans? 443 00:26:44,000 --> 00:26:46,000 And if so 444 00:26:46,000 --> 00:26:48,000 might the very core of mankind's knowledge 445 00:26:48,000 --> 00:26:50,000 about medicine 446 00:26:50,000 --> 00:26:52,000 have come from another worldly source? 447 00:26:55,000 --> 00:26:57,000 Hua Shan Mountain, China 448 00:26:59,000 --> 00:27:01,000 This 7,000 foot high peak 449 00:27:01,000 --> 00:27:03,000 in the Shanxi Province 450 00:27:03,000 --> 00:27:05,000 is believed to have been the place 451 00:27:05,000 --> 00:27:07,000 where Shanang, a benevolent emperor 452 00:27:07,000 --> 00:27:09,000 that ruled the area more than 4500 years ago 453 00:27:09,000 --> 00:27:11,000 was conceived. 454 00:27:11,000 --> 00:27:13,000 According to accounts 455 00:27:13,100 --> 00:27:15,100 the Han dynasty 456 00:27:15,100 --> 00:27:17,100 Shanang not only introduced agriculture 457 00:27:17,100 --> 00:27:19,100 to mankind 458 00:27:19,100 --> 00:27:21,100 but also developed a profound knowledge 459 00:27:21,100 --> 00:27:23,100 of Chinese herbs. 460 00:27:25,100 --> 00:27:27,100 Shanang pledged that he would venture out 461 00:27:27,100 --> 00:27:29,100 into the world 462 00:27:29,100 --> 00:27:31,100 and test every plant 463 00:27:31,100 --> 00:27:33,100 on the planet 464 00:27:33,100 --> 00:27:35,100 in order to determine its benefits 465 00:27:35,100 --> 00:27:37,100 for humans and also to catalog 466 00:27:37,100 --> 00:27:39,100 the more toxic 467 00:27:39,100 --> 00:27:41,100 or dangerous effects 468 00:27:41,200 --> 00:27:43,200 of testing these plants. 469 00:27:45,200 --> 00:27:47,200 Sometimes he would ingest of course 470 00:27:47,200 --> 00:27:49,200 poisonous plants 471 00:27:49,200 --> 00:27:51,200 and he would suffer poisonings 472 00:27:51,200 --> 00:27:53,200 up to 70 times 473 00:27:53,200 --> 00:27:55,200 per day. 474 00:27:55,200 --> 00:27:57,200 More than 2000 years later 475 00:27:57,200 --> 00:27:59,200 Shanang's findings were compiled 476 00:27:59,200 --> 00:28:01,200 in the Divine Farmers Erbroot Classic 477 00:28:01,200 --> 00:28:03,200 a medical journal 478 00:28:03,200 --> 00:28:05,200 that became one of the foundations 479 00:28:05,200 --> 00:28:07,200 of Chinese medicine. 480 00:28:07,300 --> 00:28:09,300 But just how could this mysterious being 481 00:28:09,300 --> 00:28:11,300 have tested so many herbs? 482 00:28:11,300 --> 00:28:13,300 Some even 483 00:28:13,300 --> 00:28:15,300 containing deadly poisons. 484 00:28:15,300 --> 00:28:17,300 Shanang was a quite 485 00:28:17,300 --> 00:28:19,300 unusual person. 486 00:28:19,300 --> 00:28:21,300 It said that he had a transparent stomach 487 00:28:21,300 --> 00:28:23,300 and he himself 488 00:28:23,300 --> 00:28:25,300 after ingesting these poisons 489 00:28:25,300 --> 00:28:27,300 would look into his own stomach 490 00:28:27,300 --> 00:28:29,300 and see how 491 00:28:29,300 --> 00:28:31,300 these poisons were interacting 492 00:28:31,300 --> 00:28:33,300 with himself 493 00:28:33,300 --> 00:28:35,300 and then he would take the antidotes 494 00:28:35,400 --> 00:28:37,400 for it. 495 00:28:37,400 --> 00:28:39,400 So you have to wonder 496 00:28:39,400 --> 00:28:41,400 if he's not some kind 497 00:28:41,400 --> 00:28:43,400 of extraterrestrial. 498 00:28:43,400 --> 00:28:45,400 Shanang could in fact 499 00:28:45,400 --> 00:28:47,400 have been an astral 500 00:28:47,400 --> 00:28:49,400 or star being 501 00:28:49,400 --> 00:28:51,400 who came to Earth 502 00:28:51,400 --> 00:28:53,400 to teach the secrets of healing. 503 00:28:53,400 --> 00:28:55,400 This idea would explain 504 00:28:55,400 --> 00:28:57,400 his strange appearance 505 00:28:57,400 --> 00:28:59,400 and also his ability 506 00:28:59,400 --> 00:29:01,400 to withstand ingesting 507 00:29:01,400 --> 00:29:03,400 poisonous plants 508 00:29:03,500 --> 00:29:05,500 and harm. 509 00:29:07,500 --> 00:29:09,500 Might Shanang have been 510 00:29:09,500 --> 00:29:11,500 an alien visitor 511 00:29:11,500 --> 00:29:13,500 one who traveled to Earth 512 00:29:13,500 --> 00:29:15,500 in order to educate mankind 513 00:29:15,500 --> 00:29:17,500 about medicine 514 00:29:17,500 --> 00:29:19,500 and the healing nature of plants. 515 00:29:19,500 --> 00:29:21,500 And is this proof 516 00:29:21,500 --> 00:29:23,500 that ingesting DMT 517 00:29:23,500 --> 00:29:25,500 a practice that dates back 518 00:29:25,500 --> 00:29:27,500 thousands of years 519 00:29:27,500 --> 00:29:29,500 actually connects shamans 520 00:29:29,500 --> 00:29:31,500 with extraterrestrial beings? 521 00:29:31,600 --> 00:29:33,600 The scientists say yes 522 00:29:33,600 --> 00:29:35,600 and claim further evidence lies 523 00:29:35,600 --> 00:29:37,600 with the supernatural healing rituals 524 00:29:37,600 --> 00:29:39,600 of the San Bushmen. 525 00:29:45,600 --> 00:29:47,600 The Kalahari Desert 526 00:29:47,600 --> 00:29:49,600 South Africa 527 00:29:49,600 --> 00:29:51,600 Here 528 00:29:51,600 --> 00:29:53,600 the native San Bushmen 529 00:29:53,600 --> 00:29:55,600 hold elaborate fireside rituals 530 00:29:55,600 --> 00:29:57,600 lasting for hours into the night. 531 00:29:57,600 --> 00:29:59,600 During these ceremonies 532 00:29:59,700 --> 00:30:01,700 the transdances perform what's known 533 00:30:01,700 --> 00:30:03,700 as a trance dance 534 00:30:03,700 --> 00:30:05,700 through which they reach 535 00:30:05,700 --> 00:30:07,700 an altered state of being 536 00:30:07,700 --> 00:30:09,700 and access other dimensions. 537 00:30:09,700 --> 00:30:11,700 The trance dance 538 00:30:11,700 --> 00:30:13,700 is thought to activate 539 00:30:13,700 --> 00:30:15,700 an energy in their body called noon. 540 00:30:15,700 --> 00:30:17,700 And this energy 541 00:30:17,700 --> 00:30:19,700 opens a portal of sorts 542 00:30:19,700 --> 00:30:21,700 that enables them to travel 543 00:30:21,700 --> 00:30:23,700 into the spirit world. 544 00:30:23,700 --> 00:30:25,700 And when the Bushmen 545 00:30:25,700 --> 00:30:27,700 activate this energy 546 00:30:27,800 --> 00:30:29,800 to put their hands in the fire 547 00:30:29,800 --> 00:30:31,800 without being burned 548 00:30:31,800 --> 00:30:33,800 they can see vast distances 549 00:30:33,800 --> 00:30:35,800 and it's as if in every way shape and form 550 00:30:35,800 --> 00:30:37,800 they're transformed into super powerful beings. 551 00:30:37,800 --> 00:30:39,800 By accessing 552 00:30:39,800 --> 00:30:41,800 the power of noon energy 553 00:30:41,800 --> 00:30:43,800 it is believed 554 00:30:43,800 --> 00:30:45,800 that a shaman who can extract illness 555 00:30:45,800 --> 00:30:47,800 see the insides 556 00:30:47,800 --> 00:30:49,800 of the sick 557 00:30:49,800 --> 00:30:51,800 and travel out of their own body 558 00:30:51,800 --> 00:30:53,800 to the land of the gods. 559 00:30:53,800 --> 00:30:55,800 This noon 560 00:30:55,900 --> 00:30:57,900 the shaman goes up the body 561 00:30:57,900 --> 00:30:59,900 and then often it goes out of the crown of the head 562 00:30:59,900 --> 00:31:01,900 and that's usually when the other body experience occurs 563 00:31:01,900 --> 00:31:03,900 and they travel to the spirit world. 564 00:31:03,900 --> 00:31:05,900 I've seen a bushman 565 00:31:05,900 --> 00:31:07,900 put a coal in his mouth 566 00:31:07,900 --> 00:31:09,900 and he wasn't burnt. 567 00:31:09,900 --> 00:31:11,900 They put their heads in the fire 568 00:31:11,900 --> 00:31:13,900 and although their hair might singe 569 00:31:13,900 --> 00:31:15,900 and even catch fire 570 00:31:15,900 --> 00:31:17,900 their face won't be burnt. 571 00:31:17,900 --> 00:31:19,900 So something is happening with this noon energy. 572 00:31:19,900 --> 00:31:21,900 They call it boiling energy. 573 00:31:21,900 --> 00:31:23,900 It's almost like there's a vibrational change 574 00:31:24,000 --> 00:31:26,000 in the DNA in some way. 575 00:31:28,000 --> 00:31:30,000 Could the so-called noon energy 576 00:31:30,000 --> 00:31:32,000 really be inherent in shamans 577 00:31:32,000 --> 00:31:34,000 accessed only while in a sort of dream state? 578 00:31:36,000 --> 00:31:38,000 And is it possible 579 00:31:38,000 --> 00:31:40,000 that the genetic makeup of these medicine men 580 00:31:40,000 --> 00:31:42,000 is what allows them to access 581 00:31:42,000 --> 00:31:44,000 other dimensions? 582 00:31:48,000 --> 00:31:50,000 The San Bush people 583 00:31:50,000 --> 00:31:52,000 have a tradition 584 00:31:52,100 --> 00:31:54,100 that the first tribe 585 00:31:54,100 --> 00:31:56,100 ever created 586 00:31:56,100 --> 00:31:58,100 they're the oldest people in the world. 587 00:31:58,100 --> 00:32:00,100 DNA tests 588 00:32:00,100 --> 00:32:02,100 have shown that they probably are 589 00:32:02,100 --> 00:32:04,100 that all other 590 00:32:04,100 --> 00:32:06,100 cultures 591 00:32:06,100 --> 00:32:08,100 and all other peoples that spread throughout the world 592 00:32:08,100 --> 00:32:10,100 came originally 593 00:32:10,100 --> 00:32:12,100 from where 594 00:32:12,100 --> 00:32:14,100 the San people 595 00:32:14,100 --> 00:32:16,100 are now. 596 00:32:18,100 --> 00:32:20,100 When we look at the San Bushman 597 00:32:20,200 --> 00:32:22,200 and we see the clear genetic evidence 598 00:32:22,200 --> 00:32:24,200 that they are the primordial seed 599 00:32:24,200 --> 00:32:26,200 of human civilization 600 00:32:26,200 --> 00:32:28,200 and life on Earth 601 00:32:28,200 --> 00:32:30,200 it is possible 602 00:32:30,200 --> 00:32:32,200 that their DNA 603 00:32:32,200 --> 00:32:34,200 is especially well equipped 604 00:32:34,200 --> 00:32:36,200 to have this potential 605 00:32:36,200 --> 00:32:38,200 to access these non-ordinary states of consciousness 606 00:32:38,200 --> 00:32:40,200 which may in fact 607 00:32:40,200 --> 00:32:42,200 be a key 608 00:32:42,200 --> 00:32:44,200 physically journeying into them. 609 00:32:44,200 --> 00:32:46,200 Giving these people the ability 610 00:32:46,200 --> 00:32:48,200 to do things that most of us 611 00:32:48,300 --> 00:32:50,300 seemingly cannot. 612 00:32:51,300 --> 00:32:53,300 Is it possible 613 00:32:53,300 --> 00:32:55,300 that the San Bushman 614 00:32:55,300 --> 00:32:57,300 have special knowledge of how to alter their genetic makeup 615 00:32:57,300 --> 00:32:59,300 in order to access 616 00:32:59,300 --> 00:33:01,300 other realms? 617 00:33:01,300 --> 00:33:03,300 A knowledge that is shared by shamans 618 00:33:03,300 --> 00:33:05,300 around the world 619 00:33:05,300 --> 00:33:07,300 and might this knowledge or power 620 00:33:07,300 --> 00:33:09,300 have been given to them by alien beings? 621 00:33:11,300 --> 00:33:13,300 Ancient astronaut theorists 622 00:33:13,300 --> 00:33:15,300 believe an undeniable connection 623 00:33:15,300 --> 00:33:17,300 between shamans and extraterrestrials 624 00:33:17,400 --> 00:33:19,400 is found in cave paintings 625 00:33:19,400 --> 00:33:21,400 that date back thousands of years. 626 00:33:25,400 --> 00:33:27,400 Alaska caves 627 00:33:27,400 --> 00:33:29,400 southwestern France 628 00:33:29,400 --> 00:33:31,400 discovered in 1940 629 00:33:31,400 --> 00:33:33,400 near the village of Montagnac 630 00:33:33,400 --> 00:33:35,400 This cave complex 631 00:33:35,400 --> 00:33:37,400 is covered in paleolithic paintings 632 00:33:37,400 --> 00:33:39,400 dating back more than 633 00:33:39,400 --> 00:33:41,400 17,000 years. 634 00:33:41,400 --> 00:33:43,400 Anthropologists believe 635 00:33:43,400 --> 00:33:45,400 ancient shamans 636 00:33:45,500 --> 00:33:47,500 use these subterranean chambers 637 00:33:47,500 --> 00:33:49,500 to perform sacred rituals. 638 00:33:51,500 --> 00:33:53,500 And curiously 639 00:33:53,500 --> 00:33:55,500 among the many ice age animals 640 00:33:55,500 --> 00:33:57,500 that are depicted on the walls 641 00:33:57,500 --> 00:33:59,500 there is a strange creature 642 00:33:59,500 --> 00:34:01,500 that has the body of a man 643 00:34:01,500 --> 00:34:03,500 and the head of a bird. 644 00:34:03,500 --> 00:34:05,500 The technical term for such a creature 645 00:34:05,500 --> 00:34:07,500 is a therianthrope 646 00:34:07,500 --> 00:34:09,500 and that's from the Greek therion 647 00:34:09,500 --> 00:34:11,500 which means wild beast 648 00:34:11,500 --> 00:34:13,500 and anthropos which means man. 649 00:34:13,600 --> 00:34:15,600 Clearly these are not things 650 00:34:15,600 --> 00:34:17,600 that one encounters 651 00:34:17,600 --> 00:34:19,600 in everyday life. 652 00:34:19,600 --> 00:34:21,600 The imagery of cave art 653 00:34:21,600 --> 00:34:23,600 is best explained 654 00:34:23,600 --> 00:34:25,600 as the experiences 655 00:34:25,600 --> 00:34:27,600 that shamans undergo 656 00:34:27,600 --> 00:34:29,600 in a deep state of trance. 657 00:34:29,600 --> 00:34:31,600 When they return 658 00:34:31,600 --> 00:34:33,600 from the trance state 659 00:34:33,600 --> 00:34:35,600 they then depict 660 00:34:35,600 --> 00:34:37,600 on the cave walls the visions 661 00:34:37,600 --> 00:34:39,600 that they have seen in this 662 00:34:39,600 --> 00:34:41,600 deeply altered state of consciousness. 663 00:34:43,600 --> 00:34:45,600 The bird man found in Lasco 664 00:34:45,600 --> 00:34:47,600 is reminiscent 665 00:34:47,600 --> 00:34:49,600 of one of the Egyptians 666 00:34:49,600 --> 00:34:51,600 most important gods, 667 00:34:51,600 --> 00:34:53,600 Thoth. 668 00:34:53,600 --> 00:34:55,600 It is also consistent 669 00:34:55,600 --> 00:34:57,600 with the depiction of the Sumerian sky gods 670 00:34:57,600 --> 00:34:59,600 the Anunnaki. 671 00:34:59,600 --> 00:35:01,600 But is it mere coincidence 672 00:35:01,600 --> 00:35:03,600 that these shamans 673 00:35:03,600 --> 00:35:05,600 are encountering the same types of beings 674 00:35:05,600 --> 00:35:07,600 while in a trance 675 00:35:07,600 --> 00:35:09,600 that the world's earliest civilizations 676 00:35:09,600 --> 00:35:11,600 depict it as their gods? 677 00:35:11,700 --> 00:35:14,700 In all of these different indigenous cultures 678 00:35:14,700 --> 00:35:16,700 around the world 679 00:35:16,700 --> 00:35:18,700 there are remarkable similarities 680 00:35:18,700 --> 00:35:20,700 of what types of beings 681 00:35:20,700 --> 00:35:22,700 people claim to be meeting 682 00:35:22,700 --> 00:35:24,700 when they go out of body. 683 00:35:24,700 --> 00:35:26,700 This suggests that in the dream plane 684 00:35:26,700 --> 00:35:28,700 and in the shamanic state 685 00:35:28,700 --> 00:35:30,700 there is in fact a real place 686 00:35:30,700 --> 00:35:32,700 that we are going 687 00:35:32,700 --> 00:35:34,700 and real beings that we are encountering 688 00:35:34,700 --> 00:35:36,700 when we get there. 689 00:35:36,700 --> 00:35:38,700 This is where the ancient 690 00:35:38,700 --> 00:35:40,700 asnot theory suggests 691 00:35:40,800 --> 00:35:42,800 that they were the same teachers 692 00:35:42,800 --> 00:35:44,800 the teachers 693 00:35:44,800 --> 00:35:46,800 that went to all 694 00:35:46,800 --> 00:35:48,800 the ancient cultures 695 00:35:48,800 --> 00:35:50,800 and brought them the basics 696 00:35:50,800 --> 00:35:52,800 for what we've accomplished today. 697 00:35:56,800 --> 00:35:58,800 But there was 698 00:35:58,800 --> 00:36:00,800 a big noticeable change 699 00:36:00,800 --> 00:36:02,800 in human behavior 700 00:36:02,800 --> 00:36:04,800 around 40,000 years ago 701 00:36:04,800 --> 00:36:06,800 exactly at the time that our ancestors 702 00:36:06,800 --> 00:36:08,800 begin to manifest the first 703 00:36:08,900 --> 00:36:10,900 amazing cave art. 704 00:36:10,900 --> 00:36:12,900 But what is clear 705 00:36:12,900 --> 00:36:14,900 is that it's not a coincidence 706 00:36:14,900 --> 00:36:16,900 that at the moment that 707 00:36:16,900 --> 00:36:18,900 the cave art begins 708 00:36:18,900 --> 00:36:20,900 we also witness 709 00:36:20,900 --> 00:36:22,900 in the archaeological record 710 00:36:22,900 --> 00:36:24,900 a radical change 711 00:36:24,900 --> 00:36:26,900 in human behavior. 712 00:36:26,900 --> 00:36:28,900 Could the Lascaux cave paintings 713 00:36:28,900 --> 00:36:30,900 be proof that shamans 714 00:36:30,900 --> 00:36:32,900 really do communicate 715 00:36:32,900 --> 00:36:34,900 with extraterrestrial beings? 716 00:36:34,900 --> 00:36:36,900 As ancient astronaut theorists suggest 717 00:36:37,000 --> 00:36:39,000 and if shamans 718 00:36:39,000 --> 00:36:41,000 like those of the San Bushman 719 00:36:41,000 --> 00:36:43,000 undergo a physiological change 720 00:36:43,000 --> 00:36:45,000 in order to make this connection 721 00:36:45,000 --> 00:36:47,000 what might that change be? 722 00:36:47,000 --> 00:36:49,000 Perhaps the answer can be found 723 00:36:49,000 --> 00:36:51,000 inside 724 00:36:51,000 --> 00:36:53,000 the human brain. 725 00:36:59,000 --> 00:37:01,000 Tepozlan, Mexico 726 00:37:01,000 --> 00:37:03,000 October 2011 727 00:37:03,100 --> 00:37:05,100 Here 728 00:37:05,100 --> 00:37:07,100 just 50 miles 729 00:37:07,100 --> 00:37:09,100 from Mexico City 730 00:37:09,100 --> 00:37:11,100 shamans from all over 731 00:37:11,100 --> 00:37:13,100 North and South America 732 00:37:13,100 --> 00:37:15,100 gathered to commemorate 733 00:37:15,100 --> 00:37:17,100 the region's long tradition 734 00:37:17,100 --> 00:37:19,100 of shamanic healing. 735 00:37:19,100 --> 00:37:21,100 Throughout the three day celebration 736 00:37:21,100 --> 00:37:23,100 these modern day 737 00:37:23,100 --> 00:37:25,100 medicine men engage in 738 00:37:25,100 --> 00:37:27,100 sacred dances, 739 00:37:27,100 --> 00:37:29,100 rhythmic chanting 740 00:37:29,100 --> 00:37:31,100 and drumming 741 00:37:31,200 --> 00:37:33,200 to the shamans that shamans use 742 00:37:33,200 --> 00:37:35,200 to connect with other realms. 743 00:37:35,200 --> 00:37:37,200 But why? 744 00:37:37,200 --> 00:37:39,200 Do these practices 745 00:37:39,200 --> 00:37:41,200 really affect a change 746 00:37:41,200 --> 00:37:43,200 within the shamans 747 00:37:43,200 --> 00:37:45,200 that allows them to communicate 748 00:37:45,200 --> 00:37:47,200 with beings that are otherwise 749 00:37:47,200 --> 00:37:49,200 beyond our perception? 750 00:37:49,200 --> 00:37:51,200 In many shamanic traditions 751 00:37:51,200 --> 00:37:53,200 shamans have special tools 752 00:37:53,200 --> 00:37:55,200 that allow them to access the spirit world. 753 00:37:55,200 --> 00:37:57,200 Among the most important 754 00:37:57,200 --> 00:37:59,200 of these tools 755 00:37:59,300 --> 00:38:01,300 and or the shamans' rabble 756 00:38:03,300 --> 00:38:05,300 these are rhythm instruments 757 00:38:05,300 --> 00:38:07,300 that beat out a particular rhythm 758 00:38:07,300 --> 00:38:09,300 that allow the shaman to enter into 759 00:38:09,300 --> 00:38:11,300 trance and to journey 760 00:38:11,300 --> 00:38:13,300 to the world of spirits. 761 00:38:13,300 --> 00:38:15,300 We see 762 00:38:15,300 --> 00:38:17,300 this rapid 763 00:38:17,300 --> 00:38:19,300 very steady rhythm on the drum 764 00:38:19,300 --> 00:38:21,300 as being a central tool 765 00:38:21,300 --> 00:38:23,300 shamans being able to open up 766 00:38:23,300 --> 00:38:25,300 the doors of the mind 767 00:38:25,300 --> 00:38:27,300 giving voice 768 00:38:27,400 --> 00:38:29,400 to the unseen realms of the cosmos. 769 00:38:33,400 --> 00:38:35,400 Is it merely coincidence 770 00:38:35,400 --> 00:38:37,400 that shamans all over the world 771 00:38:37,400 --> 00:38:39,400 share the belief that by repeating 772 00:38:39,400 --> 00:38:41,400 certain rhythmic movements and sounds 773 00:38:41,400 --> 00:38:43,400 they can communicate with other realms? 774 00:38:46,400 --> 00:38:48,400 Or might this ancient practice 775 00:38:48,400 --> 00:38:50,400 produce a real physiological change 776 00:38:50,400 --> 00:38:52,400 in the shamans themselves? 777 00:38:52,400 --> 00:38:54,400 There's a neurological explanation for this. 778 00:38:54,400 --> 00:38:56,400 One of the ways that we can alter 779 00:38:56,500 --> 00:38:58,500 our consciousness is through 780 00:38:58,500 --> 00:39:00,500 rhythmic movement. 781 00:39:00,500 --> 00:39:02,500 So throughout the world you see many traditions 782 00:39:02,500 --> 00:39:04,500 in which people communicate with the gods 783 00:39:04,500 --> 00:39:06,500 by spinning 784 00:39:06,500 --> 00:39:08,500 by dancing 785 00:39:08,500 --> 00:39:10,500 by doing something rhythmic. 786 00:39:15,500 --> 00:39:17,500 At the University of California 787 00:39:17,500 --> 00:39:19,500 in San Francisco 788 00:39:19,500 --> 00:39:21,500 neuroscientist Dr. Adam Ghazali 789 00:39:21,500 --> 00:39:23,500 is performing experiments 790 00:39:23,500 --> 00:39:25,500 using 3D gaming technology 791 00:39:25,600 --> 00:39:27,600 that actually track 792 00:39:27,600 --> 00:39:29,600 how drumming affects 793 00:39:29,600 --> 00:39:31,600 the human brain. 794 00:39:31,600 --> 00:39:33,600 Participants 795 00:39:33,600 --> 00:39:35,600 wear virtual reality goggles 796 00:39:35,600 --> 00:39:37,600 and experience both visual 797 00:39:37,600 --> 00:39:39,600 and auditory rhythms. 798 00:39:39,600 --> 00:39:41,600 We feel that if we have 799 00:39:41,600 --> 00:39:43,600 a participant 800 00:39:43,600 --> 00:39:45,600 and learn how to entrain with different rhythms 801 00:39:45,600 --> 00:39:47,600 through game mechanics 802 00:39:47,600 --> 00:39:49,600 we could strengthen the rhythms of the brain 803 00:39:49,600 --> 00:39:51,600 and lead to better performance, better cognition, 804 00:39:51,600 --> 00:39:53,600 better memory, better attention. 805 00:39:53,700 --> 00:39:55,700 And so we're recording 806 00:39:55,700 --> 00:39:57,700 in real time 807 00:39:57,700 --> 00:39:59,700 what's going on in her brain. 808 00:39:59,700 --> 00:40:01,700 You can have a rhythm going on that you're listening to 809 00:40:01,700 --> 00:40:03,700 and your brain has its own natural rhythms. 810 00:40:03,700 --> 00:40:05,700 The entrainment would be that 811 00:40:05,700 --> 00:40:07,700 they become locked in time 812 00:40:07,700 --> 00:40:09,700 such that they follow each other. 813 00:40:09,700 --> 00:40:11,700 We're sort of at like the gateway 814 00:40:11,700 --> 00:40:13,700 of this frontier now. 815 00:40:15,700 --> 00:40:17,700 Could rhythm and repetition 816 00:40:17,700 --> 00:40:19,700 hold the key 817 00:40:19,700 --> 00:40:21,700 to discovering untapped potential 818 00:40:21,800 --> 00:40:23,800 within the human brain? 819 00:40:23,800 --> 00:40:25,800 Might shamans 820 00:40:25,800 --> 00:40:27,800 have been aware of this connection 821 00:40:27,800 --> 00:40:29,800 for thousands of years 822 00:40:29,800 --> 00:40:31,800 and is the practice 823 00:40:31,800 --> 00:40:33,800 of entering a trance state 824 00:40:33,800 --> 00:40:35,800 still used to access this power 825 00:40:35,800 --> 00:40:37,800 in other spiritual ceremonies 826 00:40:37,800 --> 00:40:39,800 across the world? 827 00:40:39,800 --> 00:40:41,800 Pentecostal faith healers 828 00:40:41,800 --> 00:40:43,800 incorporate music 829 00:40:43,800 --> 00:40:45,800 that mirrors the rhythm of the heart. 830 00:40:45,800 --> 00:40:47,800 Hypnosis 831 00:40:47,800 --> 00:40:49,800 is often known 832 00:40:49,900 --> 00:40:51,900 Hypnosis 833 00:40:51,900 --> 00:40:53,900 is often achieved 834 00:40:53,900 --> 00:40:55,900 through the use of a pendulum. 835 00:40:55,900 --> 00:40:57,900 Preach 836 00:40:57,900 --> 00:40:59,900 performing exorcisms 837 00:40:59,900 --> 00:41:01,900 repeat phrases over and over. 838 00:41:01,900 --> 00:41:03,900 Even the Catholic rosary 839 00:41:03,900 --> 00:41:05,900 involves repeating a sequence 840 00:41:05,900 --> 00:41:07,900 of prayers 841 00:41:07,900 --> 00:41:09,900 counted out on a string of beads 842 00:41:09,900 --> 00:41:11,900 to communicate 843 00:41:11,900 --> 00:41:13,900 with Almighty God. 844 00:41:13,900 --> 00:41:15,900 It seems possible 845 00:41:15,900 --> 00:41:17,900 that the shamans 846 00:41:18,000 --> 00:41:20,000 must have understood something about the brain 847 00:41:20,000 --> 00:41:22,000 that we're only rediscovering today 848 00:41:24,000 --> 00:41:26,000 and how the drum in particular 849 00:41:26,000 --> 00:41:28,000 can affect the brain. 850 00:41:28,000 --> 00:41:30,000 It's the brain 851 00:41:30,000 --> 00:41:32,000 who works different with the shamans 852 00:41:32,000 --> 00:41:34,000 than with normal people. 853 00:41:34,000 --> 00:41:36,000 I always suggested 854 00:41:36,000 --> 00:41:38,000 look at our brain 855 00:41:38,000 --> 00:41:40,000 like a gigantic hole 856 00:41:40,000 --> 00:41:42,000 with big machines in there. 857 00:41:42,000 --> 00:41:44,000 Some of the machines are running 858 00:41:44,000 --> 00:41:46,000 and others are dead. 859 00:41:46,100 --> 00:41:48,100 Some of the shamans 860 00:41:48,100 --> 00:41:50,100 are running 861 00:41:50,100 --> 00:41:52,100 which in other brains they are not working. 862 00:41:52,100 --> 00:41:54,100 That makes the difference between the brain 863 00:41:54,100 --> 00:41:56,100 of a shamans 864 00:41:56,100 --> 00:41:58,100 and the normal, the average people. 865 00:41:58,100 --> 00:42:00,100 Half shamans discovered the means 866 00:42:00,100 --> 00:42:02,100 to communicate with extraterrestrials 867 00:42:02,100 --> 00:42:04,100 within the human brain. 868 00:42:04,100 --> 00:42:06,100 And does this suggest 869 00:42:06,100 --> 00:42:08,100 that similar powers might exist 870 00:42:08,100 --> 00:42:10,100 within all of humanity? 871 00:42:10,100 --> 00:42:12,100 Powers that we have yet 872 00:42:12,100 --> 00:42:14,100 to fully realize. 873 00:42:16,100 --> 00:42:18,100 As we settle into the 21st century 874 00:42:18,100 --> 00:42:20,100 are craving to be connected 875 00:42:20,100 --> 00:42:22,100 with what we used to know, 876 00:42:22,100 --> 00:42:24,100 what we can know again 877 00:42:24,100 --> 00:42:26,100 and how unlimited we are as human beings 878 00:42:26,100 --> 00:42:28,100 is something that we're all seeking 879 00:42:28,100 --> 00:42:30,100 and it is through the power of shamanism 880 00:42:30,100 --> 00:42:32,100 it is with the help of these intermediaries 881 00:42:32,100 --> 00:42:34,100 that we can begin to experience this again. 882 00:42:37,100 --> 00:42:39,100 The shamans were always bringing 883 00:42:39,100 --> 00:42:41,100 advanced knowledge 884 00:42:41,100 --> 00:42:43,100 and leading humanity forward. 885 00:42:43,100 --> 00:42:45,100 They represented healing 886 00:42:45,200 --> 00:42:47,200 and they presented expansion of our consciousness. 887 00:42:49,200 --> 00:42:51,200 If the shamans are really in contact 888 00:42:51,200 --> 00:42:53,200 with some kind of extraterrestrial gods 889 00:42:53,200 --> 00:42:55,200 then we can see 890 00:42:55,200 --> 00:42:57,200 how these ETs 891 00:42:57,200 --> 00:42:59,200 have been purposely guiding us 892 00:42:59,200 --> 00:43:01,200 throughout our history. 893 00:43:01,200 --> 00:43:03,200 In many ways they created us 894 00:43:03,200 --> 00:43:05,200 and even today 895 00:43:05,200 --> 00:43:07,200 they are still manipulating 896 00:43:07,200 --> 00:43:09,200 and guiding us 897 00:43:09,200 --> 00:43:11,200 into the future. 898 00:43:15,200 --> 00:43:17,200 Did shamans really communicate 899 00:43:17,200 --> 00:43:19,200 with other worldly beings 900 00:43:19,200 --> 00:43:21,200 in the distant past? 901 00:43:21,200 --> 00:43:23,200 Is it possible 902 00:43:23,200 --> 00:43:25,200 that through these spiritual mediators 903 00:43:25,200 --> 00:43:27,200 extraterrestrials 904 00:43:27,200 --> 00:43:29,200 were able to influence mankind? 905 00:43:31,200 --> 00:43:33,200 And might such celestial command 906 00:43:33,200 --> 00:43:35,200 continue even today? 907 00:43:35,200 --> 00:43:37,200 Perhaps one day 908 00:43:37,200 --> 00:43:39,200 we will realize 909 00:43:39,200 --> 00:43:41,200 that the key to contact with our alien ancestors 910 00:43:41,200 --> 00:43:43,200 does not lie in technology 911 00:43:43,300 --> 00:43:45,300 that propels us to the stars. 912 00:43:45,300 --> 00:43:47,300 But in rediscovering abilities 913 00:43:47,300 --> 00:43:49,300 that already exist 914 00:43:49,300 --> 00:43:51,300 deep within ourselves.