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Heer, Oswald
A German paleobiologist who was the first scientist to suggest, in 1835, that
the migratory patterns of certain birds and fish in the North Atlantic might be
residual behavior genetically imprinted over successive generations by the former
existence of Plato’s Atlantis.
(See C.P. Chatwin)Heitsi-Eibib
The Namaqua Hottentots’ flood hero who “came from the east,” landing in the
west of Cape South Africa, a very long time ago, with fellow survivors from a sunken
kingdom. He was the captain of a “swimming house” filled with people and animals.
Despite its resemblance to the biblical Noah, the story of Heitsi-Eibib predates any
contacts with missionary Christianity. Both the Namaqua version and Genesis shared
the same origin in describing culture-bearers from the Atlantean catastrophe.Helig Voel ap Glannog
A Welsh version of Atlantis.
(See Gwyddno, Llyn Syfaddon)Hemet Maze Stone
A gray boulder emblazoned with the intricate design of a labyrinthine maze
enclosed in a 3 1/2-foot square. The petroglyph is located on a mountainside just
west of Hemet, California, some 90 miles southeast of Los Angeles. Accumulation
on its surface of a light patina known locally as “desert varnish” suggests the
incised carving was executed between 3,000 and 4,000 years ago, despite the
insistence of mainstream archaeologists, who insist, on tenuous physical evidence,
that it could be no more than a few centuries old.
About 50 maze-stones have been identified throughout California, in Orange,
Riverside, Imperial, and San Diego counties, and at least 14 examples of labyrin-
thine rock art are known in the remote area of Palm Springs. All of them have
been found within 150 miles of each other, and virtually every one is rectangular,
although varying in size from 4 inches to several feet in diameter. They are invari-
ably located on boulder-strewn mountainsides, and are perhaps the remnants of
a pilgrimage route dedicated to commemorating a seminal event in the deep past.
The maze itself is in the form of a swastika, a sacred symbol for numerous
Native American tribes across the continent. Among the Hopi Indians, the hooked
cross signifies the migration of their tribe from the east following a great flood that
overwhelmed early mankind. Although it is not known if Hopi forefathers carved
the Hemet Maze Stone, the Atlantean significance of their ancestral myth is
suggested by its westward oriented design. These implications are complimented