GAIA LEGACY E-Book

Rico Paganini

• Herausgeber: EVOL PUBLISHING
• Kategorie: Geisteswissenschaft
• Serie: Trilogy of living Legacies
• Sprache: Englisch
• Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2021

Seitenzahl: 1274

Beschreibung

Rico Paganini, one of the leading megalithic, geomantic and spiritual researchers has visited all the Earths major power points. In this book we travel along with him.And we are able to share in his stirring experiences, in sensitive discoveries and the wondrous insights that he was able to gain. He has not compiled them for himself, but for us all.Perhaps he could only manage his adventures travels, bear the travails and overcome some resistance because the spiritual world was on his side accompanied him, encouraged him and led him with direct guidance. These received messages are also an essential and moving part of this book, and are a special feature is astonishing.As is the telling of the tale of the spiritual and material creation, and the fact that Mother Earth is alive and is conscious; our ancestors had not yet forgotten this.He also leads us through the destruction of the environment, climate changes and the increasing natural catastrophes. What have we done?At the same time, he presents us with solution paths, gives us courage and hope in this dramatic turning point; it is not yet too late!Hence, GAIA LEGACY is much more than a travel report and insight into the power points. It is one can say without exaggeration an incomparable book full of awakening and strength, just as the fifteenth power source

Leseprobe

GAIA LEGACY

„When the last tree has been cut down, the last fish caught, the last river poisoned, only then will we realize that one cannot eat money.”

Copyright © 2015

by Rico Paganini

All rights reserved. No part of this book may

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1st German Edition:

GAIA VERMÄCHTNIS

Einblicke in die 14 Hauptkraftorte der Erde

May 2014, EVOL Verlag

ISBN 978-3-9522849-5-7

1st English Edition

March 2015, EVOL Publishing

ISBN 978-3-9522849-2-6

English version by www.wordandimage.ch

Translators: Janet Whitwill, Eric Zink

Proofreading: Michael Brewer

Graphics and Layout: Heike Wahnbeck

Cover Design: Andy Juchli - inkognito

Earth maps: Jochen Fischer

Quotes contained within this edition that were originally in German and not formally published in English were translated (see Sources).

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Rico Paganini

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Appreciation

My special appreciation goes to Andreas Sommer for the dramaturgical discussions and critical reflections, Michael Brewer and his team for the English translation and editing, Heike Wahnbeck for the beautyfull layout, Jochen Fischer for the patient execution of the maps of the locations and grid, Mirjam Grundbacher for the intensive research and documentation, and Paulo Conti for the fabulous video and the discussions in nature.

I would also like to thank everyone on the GAIA team who accompanied me on the excursions for basic research and everyone who otherwise contributed to the completion of this project.

Without the help of these dear people and the support of our spiritual guides, I would never have managed to write this monumental book and certainly would not have seen it through.

Dedication

I dedicate GAIA LEGACY to Mother Earth and the legendary power places, as well as our ancestors who left behind the wondrous structures and legacies for us there. Because when we “know where we come from” and “who we are”, then we also recognize “where we stand” and “where we are going“.

May free thinking and personal responsibility prevail to foster connection of the ancient wisdom to new knowledge to create a new awareness of our history and Mother Earth.

This book is dedicated to all those who help to protect Mother Earth, who have served to research the power places and geomancy, and who commit themselves with awakened spirit and an open heart for our future and uplifting.

Rico Paganini

Table of Contents

Editorial

Personal introduction

Chapter I Introduction to Creation

The creation of the material worlds

Introduction to the fundamentals of material creation

Vibration

Space

Dimension

Light

Color

Sound

Tone

Holy Geometry and mathematics

Chapter II The Universe, Solar systems and Planets

The Universe, our cosmology

The Solar system

The Sun

The Earth

The five Elements

Earth

Water

Fire

Air

Ether

The five Realms and Circles of creation/

The Mineral Realm

The Plant Realm (Flora)

The Animal Realm (Fauna)

The Human Realm

The Astral Realm (Ethereal Kingdom)

Chapter III Mother Earth

The knowledge of ancient cultures

Creations stories of the Bible, Hinduism, the Vedas, Islam and Buddhism

Creation stories from the ancient cultures of Greece, Egypt, America and Oceania

Our modern consciousness

GAIA lives

The Continents

Continental drift

Chapter IV Earth lines and grids

The Geographic Lines

The Energy Lines

The Geomantic Lines

The Magnetic Lines, Magnetic Field and Polar Shift

The Ley Lines

Chapter V The Power Places

The 12 Ley Line Places

The 7/14 Chakra Places

The 8 MerKaBa Places

The Profiles of the Power Places

1. Landscape

2. Power point

3. Structures

4. History

5. Spirit

1. GIZA (Egypt)

1.1 Landscape

Geography

Geology

Vegetation

Climate

1.2 Power place

Names

Geomancy

Power point

1.3 Structures

Main structures

Subterranean structures

Other structures in the region

Temple structures

1.4 History

Historical History

Finds

Prehistoric history

Builders and peoples

Original purpose

Legends and myths

1.5. Spirit

Religions and deities

Spirituality and transmissions

2. Mount KAILASH (Tibet)

2.1 Landscape

Geography

Geology

Vegetation

Climate

2.2 Power place

Names

Geomancy

Power point

2.3 Structures

Main structures

Subterranean structures

Temple structures

Other structures in the region

2.4 History

Historical History

Finds

Prehistoric history

Builders and peoples

Original purpose

Legends and myths

2.5 Spirit

Religions and deities

Spirituality and transmissions

3. MOUNT SHASTA (USA)

3.1 Landscape

Geography

Geology

Vegetation

Climate

3.2 Power place

Names

Geomancy

Power point

3.3 Structures

Main structures

Subterranean structures

Other structures in the region

Temple structures

3.4 History

Finds

Historical history

Prehistoric history

Builders and peoples

Original purpose

Legends and Myths

3.5 Spirit

Religions and deities

Spirituality and transmissions

4. KA LAE, Hawaii (USA)

4.1 Landscape

Geography

Geology

Climate

Vegetation

4.2 Power place

Names

Geomancy

Power point

4.3 Structures

Main structures

Subterranean structures

Temple structures

Original purpose

Other structures in the region

4.4 History

Historical history

Finds

Prehistoric history

Builders and peoples

Legends and myths

4.5 Spirit

Religions and deities

Spirituality and transmissions

5. OLLANTAYTAMBO (Peru)

5.1 Landscape

Geography

Geology

Climate

Vegetation

5.2 Power place

Names

Geomancy

Power point

5.3 Structures

Main structures

Subterranean structures

Temple structures

Other buildings in the region

5.4 History

Historical history

Finds

Prehistoric History

Builders and peoples

Original purpose

Legends and myths

5.5 Spirit

Religions and deities

Spirituality and transmissions

6. STONEHENGE (England)

6.1 Landscape

Geography

Geology

Climate

Vegetation

6.2 Power place

Names

Geomancy

Point of power

6.3 Structures

Main structures

Subterranean structures

Other structures in the region

Temple structures

6.4 History

Historical history

Finds

Prehistoric history

Builders and peoples

Original purpose

Legends and myths

6.5 Spirit

Religions and deities

Spirituality and transmissions

7. MEGIMI, Moruroa (French Polynesia)

7.1 Landscape

Geography

Geology

Climate

Vegetation

7.2 Power place

Names

Geomancy

Power point

7.3 Structures

Main structures

Subterranean structures

Other structures in the region

Temple structures

7.4 History

Historical history

Finds

Prehistoric history

Builders and peoples

Original purpose

Legends and myths

7.5 Spirit

Religions and deities

Spirituality and transmissions

8. RAPA NUI, Easter Island (Chile)

8.1 Landscape

Geography

Geology

Climate

Vegetation

8.2 Power place

Names

Geomancy

Power point

8.3 Structures

Main structures

Subterranean structures

Other structures in the region

Temple structures

8.4 History

Historical history

Finds

Prehistoric history

Builders and peoples

Original purpose

Legends and myths

8.5 Spirit

Religions and deities

Spirituality and transmissions

9. TIWANAKU / Tiahuanaco (Bolivia)

9.1 Landscape

Geography

Geology

Climate

Vegetation

9.2 Power place

Names

Geomancy

Power point

9.3 Structures

Main structures

Temple structures

Subterranean structures

Other structures in the region

9.4 History

Historical history

Finds

Prehistoric History

Builders and peoples

Original purpose

Legends and myths

9.5 Spirit

Religions and deities

Spirituality and transmissions

10. OVALAU, Viti Levu (Fiji)

10.1 Landscape

Geography

Geology

Climate

Vegetation

10.2 Power place

Names

Geomancy

Power point

10.3 Structures

Main structures

Subterranean structures

Temple structures

Other structures in the region

10.4 History

Historical history

Finds

Prehistoric history

Builders and peoples

Original purpose

Legends and myths

10.5 Spirit

Religions and deities

Spirituality and transmissions

11. ISABELA, Galapagos (Ecuador)

11.1 Landscape

Geography

Geology

Climate

Vegetation

Fauna und Flora

11.2 Power place

Names

Geomancy

Power point

11.3 Structures

Main structures

Subterranean structures

Other structures in the region

Temple structures

11.4 History

Historical history

Finds

Prehistoric History

Builders and peoples

Original purpose

Legends and myths

11.5 Spirit

Religions and deities

Spirituality and transmissions

12. SETE CIDADES, Sao Miguel (Portugal)

12.1 Landscape

Geography

Geology

Climate

Vegetation

12.2 Power place

Names

Geomancy

Power point

12.3 Structures

Main structures

Subterranean structures

Other structures in the region

Temple structures

12.4 History

Historical History

Finds

Prehistoric history

Builders and peoples

Original purpose

Legends and myths

12.5 Spirit

Religions and deities

Spirituality and Transmissions

13. ARUDY, Lourdes (France)

13.1 Landscape

Geography

Geology

Climate

Vegetation

13.2 Power place

Names

Geomancy

Power point

13.3 Structures

Main structures

Temple structures

Subterranean structures

Other structures in the region

13.4. History

Historical History

Finds

Prehistoric history

Builders and peoples

Original purpose

Legends and myths

13.5. Spirit

Religions and deities

Spirituality and transmissions

14. TAKLAMAKAN (China)

14.1 Landscape

Geography

Geology

Climate

Vegetation

14.2 Power place

Names

Geomancy

Power point

14.3 Structures

Main structures

Subterranean structures

Other structures in the region

Pyramids in China

Temple structures

14.4 History

Historical History

Finds

Prehistoric history

Builders and peoples

Original purpose

Legends and myths

14.5 Spirit

Religions and deities

Spirituality and transmissions

Chapter VI Environment, climate change, and natural disasters

Destruction of the environment

Environmental pollution

Water pollution

Soil pollution

Air pollution

Environmental disasters

Climate pollution

Climate change

Global warming

Global cooling

Environmental protection

Natural disasters

The increase in natural disasters

List of the most severe natural disasters

Continental drift and polar shift

VII Turning point, transformation and ascension

Turning point

Where are we today?

What does the turning point mean?

Outlook up to 2024 and 2036

Transformation

Galactic alignment

The photon belt

Ascension

The Plan of Redemption

The ascension

How can we prepare?

GAIA speaks

Sources

The Author

The Trilogy

Photo and Graphic Credits

Editorial

With the publishing of Volume III, the “Trilogy of the Living Legacies” is now completed, and with it a comprehensive overview of the material and spiritual worlds to enable you to recognize and experience the connections, the turning point and your own potential.

Where do we come from?

The aim of Volume I GIZA LEGACY (October 2010) was to update the essential facts and body of proof from the book “The Giza Wall”, published in January 2005, to share the current state of knowledge, with the since completed section above the underground complex and the Hall of Records. The new second half of the book includes the builders of these megalithic complexes, augmented with the prehistoric history, from the Lemurians, to the Atlanteans to the pharaohs, as well as the historical and scientific history and discovers in Giza. This places the history of humanity in a new light and allows us to recognize where we come from as descendents of the first divine human lines on Earth.

Who are we?

The aim of Volume II DEI LEGACY (January 2012) was to provide the spiritual-metaphysical connection, because only is this way is the comprehensive context of the legendary structures in Giza recognizable and understandable; they indicate the four aspects of divinity and the ascension of souls. And it brings together our divine origin, matrix and potential, as well as the history and connections of human existence through the present day. This book also traces the divine family, the creation story, the fall of souls and the history of humankind so that we can be aware of why we are here on Earth. Thus is revealed the divine Plan of Redemption and the turning point in which we can recognize who and what we are, specifically, divine beings moving through the spiritual world. The speculations regarding the year 2012 were also clarified through the 4-cycle Mayan calendar, the Vedas, astrology and the Great Pyramid in Giza, all of which are based on the galactic conjunction. These showed that the turning point extends across decades and does not happen on a certain date. I received some criticism for this point, but meanwhile we all know that this is the truth and that the world was not destroyed on December 12, 2012.

Where are we going?

The aim of Volume III GAIA LEGACY (March 2015) is now to convey the old new knowledge about Mother Earth, that she is a living organism and is conscious, is the embodiment of the Earth until it reaches the next step in the dimension ascension. This is the meaning and purpose of the divine creation of the material world. This process of ascension is closely connected energy grids circling GAIA and the point places that lie on its intersections.

Everything is very dense in three-dimensionality, or to put it differently, full of low vibrations. The new state of existence will vibrate at a higher level so that the healing Plan of Redemption can be fulfilled. This not only plans for the ascension of souls, but the lifting of all material creation from the 3rd to the 5th dimension. That is where we are going. The question is only HOW, since Mother Earth is close to collapsing as a result of global environmental destruction and climate change. But it still is not too late…

Trilogy of the Living Legacies

Therefore the meaning and purpose of this trilogy is that through the historical awareness provided in GIZA LEGACY we know WHERE WE COME FROM, though the spiritual awareness provided in DEI LEGACY we know WHO WE ARE, and through the earthly awareness provided in GAIA LEGACY we can decide WHERE WE ARE GOING…

Hence you have an overview of how these three essential questions and area are inseparably linked and how we can proceed and act at this turning point in our matrix and with our divine potential. That is our power!

Causes and effects

HOW we think and act form the causes and thus all future and effects from our consciousness and actions. Equally applicable, however, are what we do not yet recognize and do not do. It is an interaction of passivity, action, reaction and interaction. So let‘s take an active role, because we have the power to change the world…

“Every cause has its effect; every effect has its cause!”

(6. Hermetic Principle)

If a person knows their true history and divine origin, and has an overview of the present turning point in which they move, then they recognize the possibilities and the right path. Such people become loving (of themselves), self-aware, courageous and responsible, and from this overview perceive, recognize and act differently than before. In this way, they have turned towards creation, their souls and divinity, and will be uplifted.

These three volumes of the “Trilogy of the Living Legacies” represent the current state of what is known today across all areas of knowledge and, at the same time, are also spiritually guided books, in which higher dimensional beings have also added their perspective. Only when the material and the spiritual worlds and developments are integrated can attain an overview of existence.

I look forwarding to accompanying you through this special turning point and hope that the three legacies shed light for you on the foundations, connection and possibilities.

Personal introduction

It can also be said that my own path of knowledge – from being fully disenchanted, to interested, then towards believing and my own individual uplifting, led through these three questions and levels of being and that this trilogy is the result of that path. This path and the spiritual guidance I received first led me to myself, then to Giza and afterwards to the other power places with their astonishing structures and builders and ultimately opened a completely new awareness of the connections between them.

Spiritual guidance

The first indication came when GIZA LEGACY was nearly complete and I also mentioned Mother Earth and power places in the comparison of the megalithic structures. Gabriel spoke the following words and also gave me a few tips and additions to the book, and in the end told me something very surprising:

„When you are ready, you will repeat the connections and transmissions which you received on your last trip to Giza at other locations on the planet as well. In this way you will recognize their connections, which you are not yet aware of, and also subsequently pass this knowledge on“

GAIA then spoke to me the first time during the next Giza excursion, after hours of meditation at the Solar Cross, the intersection of the ley lines on the plateau situated in front of the three pyramids (see page 75):

„Your prayer moved me deeply, you truly recognized me. And you sense and recognized that this is the place that unites all the other places. And if you like, you will visit and get to know them, and make the connection that in the new-old wisdom they bear the path of uplifting within them.“

She then guided my consciousness through the 14 primary power points, and thereby through this third volume of the GAIA LEGACY, which you now hold in your hands (even if it took two years longer than planned due to the difficult trip to Taklamakan in China and to Kailash in Tibet). Originally only two volumes were planned, GIZA LEGACY detailing human history on Earth, along with DEI LEGACY covering the creation and human history from the perspective of the spiritual world.

During this trip, it can said that my consciousness was raised when it came to Mother Earth, her tasks, the energy lines and the spiritual interactions between them. Compiling information about these places and the beings there led me to the knowledge that we all are all one, together with Mother Earth, and that the ascension of the turning point relates equally to GAIA and our entire solar system.

Power points and the energy grid

Some megalithic structures situated on the main power points at the intersections of the energy grid network also point to the ascension of the worlds. They are connected through the five ley line waves and the electromagnetic fields and form various energy grids which are required for the uplifting of the vibrations. That is why is will explore these 7/14 places together and then also recognize that they too were aligned along the ley line grid before the shifting of the continents. Astonishingly, prehistoric advanced civilization possessed this knowledge, because the Lemurians and Atlanteans also built their above-ground and subterranean complexes at these spots, in dimensions using construction techniques they remain unmatched today, so that they could tap into then energy flows emitted by Mother Earth. We can do exactly the same thing today if we can again acquire this knowledge and apply it.

I was also able to learn a great deal from GAIA, who spoke to me multiple times, as well as from the spiritual beings at the 14 power points. Parts of their moving transmissions and perspectives are presented to you in the book at the end of each chapter. As an example, I‘d like to share an experience I had in October 2013 when I traveled around the holy mountain of Kailash on the three-day Kora, which was the last of the 14 power points that I visited. I retreated afterwards for a full day and night to the Tibetan Chiu Compa monastery, which is located directly at the center of the triangle between the Kailash and the Manasarovar and Rakshastal lakes. While there I was in a near constant state of meditation, ultimately mainly about the powerful perceptible energy connections and the grid network, the connection between which I longed to know. The being called Rasa finally spoke to me in the early hours of morning:

„You have now fully arrived; have once more connected your soul with the Buddha consciousness and looked upon the spiritual pyramid. You have gone and visited the 14 places and recognize the connections between them. Now pass this knowledge on to your fellow humans, even if you do not entirely understand how they are arranged. The wave-like energy gird will yet reveal the answer to you.“

That that is how it came to pass, though not until January 2014, when I drew various energy grids for the maps in the book. It was only then that I truly recognized and understood and finally put it all together in a harmonic order (see the maps on page 64 ff)

Environmental destruction

After the uplifting sections about the power points, comes the rather devastating part which provides an overview of the state of Mother Earth, from environmental destruction to climate change and the potential scenarios. We can all help GAIA, because we humans were actually intended as guardians and protectors of the Earth. Yet, humankind currently is doing precisely the opposite thing; it is poisoning the entire planet and thereby itself. We are destroying our basis for life and cultivation areas. Clean water grows ever scarcer and more valuable. Consequently, food for people and animals too grows scarcer; since the year 2000 the world‘s harvests no longer suffice to feed the world. Compounding this are the increasingly frequent epidemics such as AIDS and pandemics such as BSE, mad cow disease, SARS and swine flu which have killed millions of people and animals. The earthly micro and macrocosm are completely off balance.

Climate change

Along with global environmental pollution, we will also offer several theories about climate change, especially the three essential things that have driven climate warming so far:

1. Warming of the planet through environmental destruction; in just 200 years of industrialization, humans have impacted climate change more powerfully than everyone and everything have ever done before, including the atmosphere and the electromagnetic grid. Twenty years of digital high-tech and the world stands on the edge of destruction. “Artificial intelligence” is taking over. It seems that humankind has ceased thinking for itself and lost meaning of life.

2. Solar warming caused by solar storms, which have had a major impact.

3. Warming of the Earth through galactic constellation, because the Earth is also subject to essentially larger cycles, such as the galactic conjunction and the photon ring every 26,000 years, which also usher in major earthly and spiritual changes. These three causes are leading to a dramatic rise in temperature which is melting the ice caps at the poles and causing glaciers around the world to melt, which ultimately will cause Earth‘s climate to cool by 3-5 °C and lead to global starvation.

Environmental catastrophes

In the worst case, the combination of these influences will lead to continental shifts, as they did 13,000 years ago, when continent plates rose up and then sank by a kilometer. That is why natural catastrophes have increased massively over the past 200 years, both in frequency and intensity. In the last 14 years alone, since the turn of the century, scientists have recorded five times more environmental catastrophes than were recorded for the entire 20th century. Earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, tornadoes and tsunamis are occurring more frequently and in the news we hear that they are the most powerful since records have been kept! Scientists are also saying that the combination of climate change and natural catastrophes could lead to pole shift, which will extensively change the Earth as we know it, if it does not destroy it entirely.

Do we still have a chance to survive?

GAIA LEGACY ended with an outlook of the next 24 years through the year 2036, but there are basically just two scenarios:

- People and the community of nations remain passive, everything carries on as it is and leads to catastrophic upheavals!

- Or we finally change and immediately alter our behavior both on a small and large scale, so that a soft transition is possible.

GAIA LEGACY is also intended to provide an earthly and spiritual comprehensive overview which makes it possible to see where we stand, what possibilities remain open to us and where we are heading…

Uplifting and ascension

The energetic state and consciousness in which humankind as well as Mother Earth are in will prove to be decisive when the planetary ascension occurs. This will probably happen between 2018 and 2024. However, do not be afraid, it will not be „end of the world“, but a massive lifting of the vibrations.

GAIA has a distinct task within the divine Plan of Redemption; she lovingly and selflessly serves the divine creation as well as the development and redemption of souls. Mother Earth enables us all to gather the experiences that our souls need to be able to ascend back to the higher levels. That also applies to the special turning point in which we now live, which should enable a collective ascension. As the people of Earth we now move through the 3rd and 4th dimensions, on the way to the 5th dimension, if the next uplifting of creation to these higher vibrations succeeds. About this GAIA says:

„This ascension is still possible if you safeguard the Earth from further destruction. The tasks of humankind that lead to this are the “DEI element” (the four aspects of divinity), „self-recognition“ (the divine matrix), the „unfolding of your loving potential“ and the safeguarding of creation“!“

However, humankind is no longer listening to these quiet words and prefers to focus instead on loud media, consumption and digital technology which will ultimately destroy us and Mother Earth.

Therefore it is also decisive that humankind no longer simply continues destroying the environment and wasting our scarce resources without a care. With the proper understanding and behavior on a small scale (e.g. consumer behavior) and with specific actions by the united nations on a large scale (e.g. laws and thresholds), the Earth can be given relief so that it can still serve the realignment of the planets and the ascension of souls at this special turning point. Because without GAIA no collective ascension is possible, and this would mean a long period of waiting and purification for countless souls in the various dimensions of material creation. This would mean that “only” individual ascension will be possible, as previously, though many people have not yet achieved the necessary consciousness and would then have to remain on these three-dimensional levels for a further 26,000 year cycle (see the Four Cycle Calendar in Volume II, DEI LEGACY page 334 ff).

Therefore we should serve ourselves, our fellow humans, the animals, plants and Mother Earth, life itself, honor the Creator and walk into the light together on the path of love. If we do this, then the critical mass of awakened and conscious souls will be reached by the turning point and we will ascend together, together with our entire solar system and Mother Earth, from the 3rd to the 5th dimension. Then we will be in resonance with the blessing divinity that uplifts, penetrates and redeems everything with love until we return to the spiritual.

Together we will manage to navigate through this special turning point, to more conscious forms of life and being, which will offer us all a great deal of joy. That is the new old knowledge, in the light of wisdom and the love of creation. May we all recognize and be able to experience it.

Rico Paganini

Chapter I Introduction to Creation

The creation of the material worlds

In Volume II: DEI LEGACY, I described the origins of the creation of the spiritual and material worlds, with extensive information about the Creator, the races of gods and their background (see page 60 ff.). DEI LEGACY is highly recommended to the interested reader who wants to learn more about all these topics, because here, in Volume III of the trilogy, GAIA LEGACY, I will deal with the fundamentals of creation only very briefly to refresh the context for those who have not yet read my other books.

The universe, including our solar system and the earth, did not arise randomly through evolution, as Charles Darwin described, although his fascinating principles and insights have given us greater insight into the various periods of life-form development on earth. Nevertheless and regardless of whether you believe in divine creation or random evolution, you will agree that for the first single-cell organism to crawl out of the water and onto land, there first had to be a planet and the elements of water, earth, air, fire and ether. Darwin did not explain how these things developed.

So we begin here with the creation of the material worlds, our universe of worlds, created from the deity as a parallel to the spiritual world. The former is the image of the latter, but inverted and bound to matter, of much courser material and with significantly lower vibration and frequency. Even science has come to confirm this, as we will see.

Material creation has therefore never been independent; it is dependent on the spiritual world, for it can only exist at all because the spiritual world forms and prepares its foundations. So the spiritual world and the material world are not so very different, for nothing can exist in the material world that does not exist in the spiritual world. The spiritual world is simply of finer material, with much higher vibrations and at higher levels, permeated by light and love. For instance, both worlds are subject to the same divine laws and both incorporate the 12 dimensions, the five elements and the five kingdoms, which we will examine a little more closely in the following.

But there are also differences: For instance, the creatures in the spiritual world are not subject to any cycle of life and death; they do not suffer illness or any sort of need. These are characteristics of the ephemeral material creation.

Introduction to the fundamentals of material creation

Certain conditions must be met for anything to be created or to come into being. There must be space and dimensions with atmospheric conditions, light and color so that it can be recognized and animated, sound and tone for the corresponding vibrations and creations, Holy Geometry for the actual granting of form and the elements in which all that is created exists and combines, animates and nourishes itself.

The conditions for creation, so to speak, in both the spiritual and the material world, can be summarized as follows:

• Vibration and frequency

• Space and dimension

• Light and color

• Sound and tone

• Holy Geometry and mathematics

We will first examine these briefly and then turn to the concrete manifestations and combinations of the creation foundations that surround us.

• The Universe

• Our solar system

• The sun

• The earth

• The five elements

• The five circles of creation (kingdoms)

This background knowledge gives us a better understanding of the earth, the energy grid, our habitat, ourselves as human beings and, ultimately, the process of manifestation and exaltation. Then we will turn to Mother GAIA, the living planet and to old and new knowledge about her nature and work. This will give us the consciousness necessary to immerse ourselves in the energy grid and the main sources of energy. Let us begin with creation, from light, love and their vibrations.

Fig. I.1 - The universe, the unimaginably beautiful and mysterious foundation of material creation

Vibration

The foundations necessary to create space and dimensions and maintain them in a given form consist of a wide range of vibrational fields and the vibrational spaces that arise from them. Ultimately, everything in creation exists in, rests upon and lives from vibrations. These frequency bands with their countless wavelengths make all other manifestations of creation possible. This quote by the Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft (German Physical Society, DPG) sums this up brilliantly in scientific language::

“According to string theory, the smallest objects in the universe are not points, but vibrating strings – so small and complex that they still haven‘t been captured mathematically. String theory attributes all elemental particles to the same thing: unimaginably tiny threads that vibrate back and forth. These strings measure a few billionths of a trillionth of a trillionth of a meter. That is so tiny that physicists have resigned themselves to never being able to see the strings directly. The particle accelerator that could generate the necessary energy would be the size of a galaxy. Everything vibrates. Whether the strings appear to us as electrons or quarks, such as force particles or Higgs bosons, depends on how the strings vibrate. All particle attributes are produced by this movement, much like a deep, heavy C note, can be produced by the same violin string as a high, light one. When the strings vibrate, we hear a symphony that we call ‚the Universe‘.”

(Karl-Franzens-Universität Graz - I.1)

Space

Space is fundamentally a spatial field, a kind of container for matter and fields that absorbs multi-dimensional manifestations from the process of creation into itself and thus makes their very existence possible. From a human perspective, spaces are three-dimensional, defined by height, breadth and width.

However, the concept of space has undergone incredible changes in the course of the development of physics and the sciences, particularly in the last 20 years. It has been redefined once again by string theory, neutrino theory and quantum physics. New spatial levels are constantly being discovered.

The CERN high-tech institute in Geneva, where underground tests simulating the Big Bang as the origin of the universe 15 billion years ago are carried out with huge particle accelerators, should be mentioned in this context. The simulations are an attempt to discover what was “before” or “on the other side” that caused or set in motion the ongoing expansion of space-time. We will return to this point.

The experts work with the image of a membrane with hyperspace “on the other side”. That image is also correct spiritually speaking; these worlds lie next to each other or within each other and the essential difference between the worlds is their vibrations, which, simply put, are on a high and a low wavelength, respectively.

Dimension

Dimension is almost as easy and as difficult to comprehend as space, for which it provides the parameters. Thus, 12 dimensions also exist in the material creation and the thirteenth is the bridge between the two worlds. The dimensional levels correspond to the basic wave forms and vibration wavelengths that permeate space at different speeds. Here, too, science is converging with the spiritual view of more than four dimensions that actually reflect more vibration levels.

The concept of dimension arises in many contexts but so far, no single mathematical concept has been able to satisfactorily explain dimensions for all fields. This is why science has different dimensional terms for various spaces, such as the Hamel dimension with its vector space, the Schauder dimension with its diversity and the topological dimension with its chain length.

String theory is also based on multiple dimensions or parallel levels and comes very close to the truth:

“According to string theory, the universe must consist of ten or even eleven dimensions. That is far more than the four that we experience every day: length, width, depth and time. String theoreticians assume that these extra dimensions are rolled up into strings so tiny that we simply overlook them. We normally do not even notice the thickness of a piece of paper.”

(Karl-Franzens-Universität Graz - I.2)

To the question of the number of spatial dimensions, the brilliant astrophysicist Stephen Hawking answers:

“More than the four that are accessible to our know-how. Space may hide countless additional worlds. Time began with the Big Bang and will end with a black hole.” What would God say about his theories? “I hope he would smile. If not, I would be in big trouble.”

(ORF Science - I.3)

Fig. I.2 - Visualization of the 12 dimensions of the spiritual and material worlds of the DEI LEGACY. The surrounding blue can be imagined as the 13th dimension, or hyperspace

Light

Light is the source of life and the foundation of creation. The main source of light on earth is, of course, the sun with its widely varied mixture of rays. The rays, in turn, are based on waves and vibrations in a broad spectrum from .01 nanometers to one kilometer. Only a small fraction of these are visible to the human eye, in the frequency of electromagnetic radiation with wavelengths from 380 to 710 nanometers.

In addition to these wavelengths and the corresponding frequencies, light is also differentiated by the attributes of polarization (the direction of the vibration) and coherence (the dynamic pathway).

In physics, the term “light” is used to refer to the entire electromagnetic spectrum of waves. Light has both wave and particle characteristics, something which was long considered contradictory. This wave-particle duality is now explained by quantum physics, in which wave and particle characteristics are mutually dependent and complementary. Quantum electrodynamics gives us the most exact physical definition of light, for it confirms the particle model and defines the particles as photons that possess no mass when at rest and move at the speed of light independently of any movement by an observer. The speed of light is also the foundation of the theory of relativity, since it is the top speed of all movement. Inside matter, the speed of photons decreases, but they continue to move between particles at the speed of light.

Fig. I.3 left side - The wavelength spectrum of light radiation, from 0.01 nanometers to 1 kilometer

Color

Through a prism (an optical grid), this multicolored light can be filtered into its monochromatic components. Each of these components corresponds to the sensation of a color, together called the spectral colors, for humans. They can be observed in the beautiful rainbow when a prism of water particles breaks up the sunlight. The seven color areas each receive different color tones that are actually electromagnetic rays.

So the spectral colors of violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange and red are in turn based on light and their mixtures produce, with fluid borders, all other shades of color. For example, the transition from green to blue is cyan (turquoise). Other colors visible to the human eye, such as brown, are derived from corresponding light increments through subtractive color mixing of filtered white light, or by overlaying multiple wavelengths (additive color mixing from yellow, red and black). However, it should be noted that black and white do not fall into the category of colors.

Note:

The electromagnetic rays that fall below the wavelengths visible to the human eye, that is, with wavelengths between that of violet, 380 nanometers and a certain lower frequency, are called ultraviolet or UV rays. The rays with wavelengths between that of red, 710 nanometers and a certain upper wavelength are called infrared rays.

Fig. I.4 below - The color spectrum in the wavelengths perceptible by the human eye, from 380 to 710 nanometers.

Sound

Besides light, sound is the most important component of creation, but we perceive only a limited frequency range. Sound is an acoustic signal made up of waves that the human auditory system associates with pitch. The spectrum of musical sounds is influenced by periodic vibrations which consist of a single basic and multiple sub-vibrations, interacting harmonically with the basic vibration to form its so-called numerically complete multiplicity.

The psychological perception parameters of a sound are:

• the pitch, which is largely determined by the frequency, f0, of the basic vibration,

• the volume or sound strength, which is dependent primarily on the amplitude of the vibration and hence from the acoustic pressure of the transmission medium,

• the timbre, which is determined by the number and the relationship between the amplitudes of the partial frequencies,

• the frequency composition of the harmonic overtones of a sound is represented by means of the following symbols: f0.2 f0.3 f0.4 f0.5, etc., where f0 is always the basic frequency.

Acoustics

Acoustics refers fundamentally to the noise, that is, the quality of waves such as sound, tone or percussion, as they are perceived by people or animals. From a physical point of view, acoustic noise is the propagation from the smallest pressure and density variation in an elastic medium (gases, liquids and solids). Acoustics are also dependent on waves and always forms a longitudinal wave in the most important medium, air, as well as in gases and liquids at rest. Acoustic velocity therefore depends primarily on the propagation medium. In air at 20° C, it is about 343 m/s and in water at 0°, around 1,407 m/s.

The following distinctions are made according to the frequency or vibration range:

• infrasound, which at 16 Hz is inaudible to humans,

• audible sounds, from 16-20 Hz, which we can perceive,

• ultrasound, from 20 Hz to 1 Ghz, a high frequency which is inaudible to humans,

• hypersound, beginning at 1 Ghz, which dissipates into the ether and has a limited ability to propagate itself in waves.

Fig. I.5 - Sound wave and acoustic pressure over duration

Tone

Tones are formed from sound and transmitted via acoustic waves. In the musical scale, we distinguish eight basic tones and in the European scale, there are four half-tones between those, twelve tones in all, with the eighth being the first tone in the next octave.

In general, then, a scale of only pure or harmonic tones should be derived from a mixture of its own overtones (harmonics). If one considers a tone scale as a space in which music primarily moves, it describes the tone or sound material of the music in the space.

Tones

Frequency/vibration

• C

264 Hz

• D

297 Hz

• E

330 Hz

• F

352 Hz

• G

396 Hz

• A

440 Hz

• H

495 Hz

• C

528 Hz

Note:

In acoustics (DIN 1320), a tone is always a “sinusoidal tone”, or a signal with a discrete frequency. Colloquially, the reference is often to a “violin tone”, although the signal generated by a vibrating string, because of its harmonic composition, is not a tone, but instead – as we have seen – a sound.

Fig. I.6 - The general scale:

DO - RE - MI - FA - SO - LA - TI - DO

Fig. I.7 - The piano scale:

C - D - E - F - G - A - B - C

Holy Geometry and mathematics

Holy Geometry containing the numbers of mathematics is needed to manifest around the basics of creation. Holy Geometry is also called secret, hidden or Hermetic Geometry; it reveals what is behind physical existence in the underlying universe.

The five Platonic bodies

Ultimately, there are, within any physical existence, only five shapes that form the basis of everything: cube, tetrahedron, octahedron, dodecahedron and icosahedron.

A Platonic body always has the following fundamental attributes:

• equal side lengths,

• enclosed by sides of equal length,

• equal interior angles between surfaces,

• within a sphere, all points touch the interior of the surface.

Incidentally, this is why some sources call the sphere the “sixth body”, but in physics, it only exists in theory, since it is comprised of atoms, making it a body with a great many corners. The five Platonic bodies taken together comprise all basic shapes upon which the structures of the Holy Geometry of creation are built; every shape in our material worlds and creations consists of these shapes or a combination of them. This makes them the foundation of all manifestations, of the atoms and the crystals, the elements and all cell structures of every living organism. This means that the Platonic bodies form the great foundation for creation upon which everything has been made manifest; it connects all parts of the creational basics and connecting them faciliates the creation and manifestation of everything we can perceive within and around us.

Note: They are called “Platonic bodies” because their correct context and significance are attributed to the Greek philosopher Plato. In his work, “Timaeus”, he describes the universal cosmology, which is based on connected geometric structures. But the knowledge that these five geometric bodies are the building blocks of the universe is much older than Plato. The Ashmolean Museum in Oxford houses models of Platonic bodies that have been determined to be 3,400 years old, meaning that they existed more than 1,000 years before Plato. The Cairo Museum has amazingly perfect models made of jewels that have been determined to be 3,000 years old. These two shapes from the Holy Geometry have special significance for us personally.

Fig. I.8 - The five Platonic bodies

Metatron’s Cube

This “cube” is a geometric and mathematical miracle that contains and unifies all five Platonic bodies. The shape, which is three-dimensional in space, is not really a cube, but a star shape which, in esoteric circles, is called the Mother Star.

The Flower of Life

The beautiful “Flower of Life” is contained in Metatron’s Cube and, in turn, contains the creation patterns and the “fruit of life”. It is thought to have arisen directly from the creative thoughts of the deity. This geometrical and magical symbol can be found in many ancient texts and also in structures: in Egypt, for example, in the Osireion, the megalithic temple in Abydos from Seti I and in Israel in ancient synagogues such as Galill and Mesada. In the book of the same name, Thoth or Hermes Trismegistos the Greater explains the greater context:

“I know this is an outrageous statement […] but this one drawing, according to Thoth, contains within its proportions every single aspect of life there is. It contains every single mathematical formula, every law of physics, every harmony in music, every biological life form right down to your specific body. It contains every atom, every dimensional level, absolutely everything that’s within waveform universes.”

(Melchizedek Drunvalo - I.4)

Much more information and fascinating quotes concerning the foundations of the material creation can be found in Volume II: DEI LEGACY, pp. 72 ff. And from these foundations, our universe opens itself to us.

Fig. I.9 - Metatron’s Cube, Star of the Mother

Fig. I.10 - The Flower of Life

Chapter II The Universe, Solar systems and Planets

The Universe, our cosmology

The universe, a term that stems from the Latin word “universus” (“entire”) and from “unus” and “versus” (“combined into one”), is considered by science to be space and the entirety of things. Looking into the infinite distances of space is looking into the past and moves us to reverence. Nowhere else are space and time so unified as in the exploration of our universe. Nowhere else can we comprehend the development of matter and life, that is, the unification of the foundations of creation with the circles of creation and elements that arise from it. The cosmological foundations of space exploration are Einstein’s theory of relativity and description of the structure of our universe. The age of the universe has been estimated, on the basis of precise measurements by the WMAP satellite, at 13.7 billion years. The sun and the earth arose comparatively recently, about 4.6 billion years ago, from condensation points in a gas and dust cloud.

Was the Big Bang really the beginning?

Until the middle of the 20th century, steady-state theory, according to which space has always had the same structure, held sway. In 1964, the discovery of cosmic background radiation led to the popularization and recognition of the Big Bang Theory, which posits that the universe, as it is today, arose from a central event that released phenomenal amounts of energy. Previously, the cosmos had been extremely small, dense and hot, but subsequently, it has expanded constantly in all directions. The most recent measurements and calculations of the galaxies’ escape velocity revealed that this cosmic expansion began about 15 billion years ago. The Big Bang Theory also claims that time, space and matter have only existed since this primordial event. The question of origins and history was unfortunately thereby rendered irrelevant; there was no space in which anything could have happened according to this definition. But just as I was composing this section on creation, on March 18, 2014, cosmologists reported a ground-breaking discovery concerning the Big Bang Theory and the speed-of-light expansion of the universe. The Bicep2 microwave telescope received background radiation and gravity waves from space at the South Pole that have been shown to have their origin at the beginning of our worlds.

Fig. II.1 - Emergence of a new universe

Two decisive insights have been obtained from this information:

1. The Big Bang Theory and its fundamental expansion is correct: the universe came into being within one billionth of a second after this primordial event.

2. This initial signal after the emergence of our universe clearly points to a multiverse. That means that in addition to ours, there is at least one other universe and perhaps many.

According to the Hermetic Principles, every effect has a cause, so any thinking person would ask who and what triggered this explosion and material creation and what happened before it? I am certain that it was the creator deity “on the other side”, in the spiritual universe. Astrophysicist Stephen Hawking once described the situation with an image of two worlds that are only separated from each other by a membrane. But we will begin by looking at our own universe, which is barely comprehensible to us in its expanse.

Galaxies and their solar systems

This incredible size only becomes imaginable to us when we turn to the galaxies that move through our universe. The term “galaxy” is used in astronomy to describe an island of worlds, a collection of matter bound together by gravity, consisting of stars, planetary systems, clouds of gas and dust and dark matter. Galaxies vary widely in terms of appearance, size and composition. They usually occur in groups or clusters of dozens or even thousands of individual galaxies; considered mathematically, there is an infinite number of them. The Hubble Telescope’s most recent “ultra-deep field” recordings from March 2004 allowed scientists to calculate that modern technology could be used to observe over 50 billion galaxies from the earth. That is probably an infinitesimal amount compared to the number existing in the entire universe.

When astronomers refer to “the galaxy” (in singular), they are always referring to our own galaxy, the Milky Way. On a clear night, the thickly clustered stars of our galactic disk resemble a trail of spilt milk, which is where the name comes from. With a diameter of 100,000 light years, it is one of the largest galaxies known to us and contains around 300 billion stars. The next-largest neighboring galaxy is Andromeda, 2.4-2.7 million light years away and together with other galaxies, we form a so-called small local group.

Fig. II.2 - A beautiful spiral galaxy

The Solar system

Our solar system is located between two spiral star concentrations, the Perseus arm and the Sagittarius arm, in a local branch of the Orion arm. It is about 15 light years north of the galactic symmetry plane and 26,000 light years from the center of the galaxy, around which our solar system revolves every 230 million years, a period of time equal to a galactic year. A 26,000-year cycle is the basis of cycle calendars used by the Maya, in the Vedas, in astrology and the Giza pyramids (see page 662, Galactic Conjunction and Volume II: DEI LEGACY, page 399 ff.)

Every star is also a sun and each sun is surrounded by a gravitational solar system that may be a planetary system or a simple star system.

A solar system is comprised of the sun, the planets revolving around it and their natural satellites, the dwarf planets and other small bodies such as comets, asteroids and meteoroids and all gas and dust particles which have been held together in a celestial order by the sun’s attractive force.

The people of earth are only beginning to understand the universe or even our own solar system. We have few insights into the planets and those we have are mostly of a material nature, based on the three-dimensional measuring devices available to modern science. We still know very little about the central star of our solar system, the sun, or about the planets: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune and Pluto. The planets and stars are not there by mere coincidence and do not revolve as they do randomly. Is there anyone who has not wondered who or what controls all these paths and has for millions of years maintained this marvelous order? It is scarcely comprehensible to our relatively tiny minds.

Formation of the solar system

The current theory concerning the formation of the solar system is based on the nebular hypothesis, according to which the large planets arose at roughly the same time from a rotating cloud of gas and dust. The idea of this primordial cloud can be traced back to the German philosopher Immanuel Kant, who proposed it in his 1755 book “Allgemeine Naturgeschichte und Theorie des Himmels”. Today, we know that 4.6 billion years ago, there was a huge cloud of matter where our solar system is today; it and the surrounding stars, rotated around the center of the galaxy. Over 99% of the cloud consisted of hydrogen and helium and tiny dust particles, only micro millimeters across, which were generated by the Big Bang. The heavier elements and the volatile compounds were generated inside stars and released as stardust when those stars exploded. Pieces of the cloud of matter contracted under the influence of their own gravitational force and condensed, which led to the formation of several hundreds or even thousands of stars in a star cluster. Over several hundred million years, they have developed into free single or double stars and formed corresponding solar systems.

Fig. II.3 - The sun and the nine planets that revolve around it in fixed orbits.

The Sun

Our sun (“Sol” in Latin, “Helios” in Greek) is an infinitesimally small piece of the Milky Way galaxy, which, according to scientists’ calculations, contains 100-400 billion other stars. It is located in the center of our solar system and constitutes nearly 99.9% of its total mass. Its diameter, at about 1.39 million kilometers, is much larger than that of any other planet in the solar system.

It consists of the solar core, the corona, the photosphere and the solar prominences.

Everything that exists in the solar system depends on the sun; the eight planets revolve around it and rotate about their own axes. This means that the sun is of fundamental significance for life on earth. Many crucial processes on the earth’s surface, such as light, warmth, the climate and the life of all organisms are supplied by the radiant energy of the sun. We receive an almost incredible 99.98% of the entire energy contribution to the earth’s climate from the sun. Without these factors, no life would be possible, even if all matter and chemical prerequisites were fulfilled on earth. Thus the sun (father RA) supplies the Earth (mother GAIA) with energy and makes the five circles of creation, and thus the foundation of life here, possible.

As we are coming to recognize more and more, scientifically and spiritually, the sun is just as much a living organism as the Earth.

From a spiritual point of view, sunlight corresponds to the creation energy of the deity and the connection to the source; life on earth arises from the light of the father and the warmth of the mother, which allows it to arise again and again.

Sun activity

Thus its atmosphere – like that of the earth – should be protected from further influences so that the sun can achieve rest once again. Without the environmental influence of humans on earth, from the massive industrialization and the environmental changes, it would not have been possible for the sun to develop such activity as it has over the past few decades. These are compensating energies that arise in resonance and are released primarily by electromagnetic fields.

That is why we cannot simply blame harmful radiation on the sun after we have perforated the natural atmospheric protections, especially the ozone layer. We must protect ourselves not from the sun, but from the imbalances that we have caused.

The sunspot cycle and eruptions

What stands out when we observe our sun’s activity more carefully is the phenomenon of sunspots. The sunspot cycle is particularly interesting, lasting 12 years, registering the highest number of sunspots in its final phase. The last cycle finished at the end of 2012 and astronomers expect the next sunspot activity peak in 2024. This phase of maximum sunspot activity arises when two magnetic field lines of opposite polarity reconnect and release energy into space; we experience this release in solar eruptions and solar winds. If the radiant eruptions occur in the direction of the earth, they can cause severe disruption in the earth’s magnetic field (see page 62) and severely limit or even stop the functioning of satellites, radar systems and large electrical plants on earth; this is because these systems rely on the tension between positive and negative polarity, which the radiation suspends.

Fig. II.4 - The sun in the radiation of its photosphere. The light spots are solar storms.

It is also interesting to observe UV rays in their true light as well – not as dangerous and cancer-causing, as we are repeatedly informed by the media; they are, above all, essential for life. Again, it is a question of dosage; UV rays are, so to speak, our light nutrition and our bodies would die without them just as they would die without water or food.

The UV waves that penetrate our atmosphere form a trinity of UV-A, UV-B and UV-C rays.

• UV-A is, among other things, known for causing tanning of the skin, but also activates the entire organism.

• UV-B primarily stimulates the formation and synthesis of Vitamin D in the body and its absorption capacity for calcium and other minerals.

• Only UV-C rays are, at high doses, dangerous to organisms and deadly to bacteria, viruses and infectious agents. These UV-C rays, however, are almost entirely filtered out by the ozone layer that surrounds our earth at a height of about 50 kilometers, so that less than 1% of these rays reach the surface of the earth.

The opposite danger is usually the case: people grow ill because they receive too few UV rays. The human organism has developed over millions of years of direct contact with sunlight lasting hours each day. Before industrialization in 1870, when nearly everyone still worked on farms, 90% of the population received radiation for 8-10 hours each day. In contrast, in 1970, only 10% of people received that much because most of them remained almost exclusively in their workplaces or homes. Recent studies show that people in Western countries do not even spend 10 minutes a day outdoors, where they can receive the light that is essential for survival.

Much more information and fascinating quotes concerning the universe, galaxies and solar systems can be found in Volume II: DEI LEGACY, pp. 169.

Fig. II.5 - The structure of the sun

Fig. II.6 - Sun spots, larger than the earth

The Earth

Like the other planets in our solar system, the earth arose around 4.6 billion years ago from a rotating cloud of gas and dust that slowly coalesced under the force of its own gravity. More massive particles with greater gravitation attracted smaller ones, and in this way grew gradually to become proto-planets, ultimately forming the nine planets that comprise a large part of the free-floating matter in our solar system remained. The earth achieved approximately the shape of a sphere with a diameter of about 12,800 km by means of this electromagnetic self-gravitation.

But we must be conscious of the fact that the earth is not simply a clump of rock, but a fireball upon which the cooled outer layers that form our continents lie. According to seismic measurements, the earth consists of three layers:

• In the center lies a solid core with a radius of 1,250 km comprised primarily of iron and nickel. This is surrounded at a radius of 3,500 km by the liquid part of the earth’s core, which also consists primarily of iron.

• Over that is a 2,900 km thick layer of viscoplastic rock consisting of silicates and oxides called the mantle.

• On top of all this lies a very thin, hard crust, also of silicates and oxides, but also minerals and elements that are not found in the mantle rock beneath.

These layers are insulated from one another by seismic areas of discontinuity. The earth’s crust and the upper part of the upper mantle together form the so-called lithosphere. It is between 50 and 100 km thick and is separated into large and small tectonic units, the plates on which our continents rest. Its layered construction makes it the prototype of the four terrestrial planets: Earth, Venus, Mars and Mercury.

Earth‘s water