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Dear Duncan, it seems the TimeMonk Project (Maranatha Puzzle) was being used to reveal sensitive information from the past. Do you feel it is safe to reveal it now? And are you having help? ~ Gellis
Ooh, the only way I could say that the information could be considered sensitive, is that I know, for example, many Masons believe you simply do not discuss ANY masonic material. So there are those who would STRONGLY disagree with the puzzle and this conversation.
The reason I am up and chatting again is because I wasn’t ready to discuss it before. I am genuinely sorry for not speaking earlier, and I thank you for being here to listen, but the whole Maranatha thing was a huge negative thing in my life (no matter how amazing the answer is); the puzzle and the effects of it, really broke me. Sounds pathetic, but it’s honest. Now, I am stronger and in a better position to chat. If that is ok with you guys.
As for help, no, other than technical help now. The main reason for not looking for help is through concern for others. I don’t imagine anything like death threats, it’s just I haven’t forgotten how some people are quite passionate about these subjects, and went to great lengths to invade and damage people’s privacy. I have come to accept certain things that happened to me, but I would hate someone to offend (or worse) someone who was helping me now – sorry – does that make sense? D
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Dear Duncan,
I’d very much like to express gratitude for your personal sacrifice in making Maranatha available and that it was most certainly not done without the benefit of good for others. Especially for those like myself who do not belong to a lodge or may not have had access to the content in another form. For us, it will continue to inspire. Many thanks.
I agree so much haywardg. In a previous comment (of another QwD) you mentioned the puzzle’s positive timing for your life. I have to say it was the same for me. The quest will always deeply inspire me, and I continue to learn from mystery revealing itself.
I hope knowing it has affected lives for such goodness helps lessen some of the negativity felt by producing the puzzle. When creating this site, I expressed my thanks at the bottom of the About page, but do so again here, ‘Thanks Duncan for such joy of the quest- the Ultimate Game’.
I third that expression of gratitude. the puzzle was a key part that enabled me to focus this most important pursuit. I have sought the essential meaning of the quest, without the aid of any organization – perhaps not so wisely – but to avoid any coloring of personal discoveries. There were many amazing discoveries during those years, some I still have not come to terms with, but simply have learned to accept. Thank-you.
HI Nate-
I didn’t get that reading from his response here necessarily, but one of the main themes I’ve picked up regarding his discussion of the Maranatha work, especially in the years since its premature end, is a continual reaffirmation of his loyalty to Freemasonry and it being his prime focus in terms of the subject surrounding the “Key”, Rennes Les Chateau, et al. Fortunately for the rest of us, there is much else out there besides Freemasonry involved as the secret is much older. Additionally, we are bound to no oaths so thus not required to skirt around any discussion potentially related therein.
I hear you Nate-
The secret has certainly aroused sensitivity in many. We might as well add the entire groups of the Cathars and Knights Templar to that list also.
Yet, several have gone forth over the years and expounded their knowledge- even while belonging to secret groups. Israel Regardie, Dion Fortune, Paul Foster Case, several others. I think the many believe that the subject is far too important to relegate to secrecy in closed quarters. And, of course, the change in climate in terms of our cultures’ receptivity to such matters plays a factor in their being open. For the Masons, it appears as a modern organization operating within a speculative frame while maintaining a core of its original values, of which most important it seems is its bond of exclusivity. But for it own good purposes perhaps. And they always seem open to take new members.
I often have this thought: what if one were to walk up to an ordinary stranger and explain every detail of the secret to them, or left it all out as an open book explaining the idea in detail, would it have any impact on them? Would it make a difference or would that individual go out in search of discovering the whole? The conclusion I always settle with: there would have to be desire for it to begin with. A s acertain questioning in need of specific answering.
I think that everyone would agree with the fact that there’s “more to” the understanding than the “Geometrical Grand Mystery!” But because other people undertand the “more to” part differently, the reasons for all of the secrecy might not appear to be apparent to others at first. We’re talking about an organization for which one of the major symbols is the “eye in the capstone.”
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This is something I have wondered about often. In fact, what attracted me to the puzzle initially was wondering: “What the hell is going on here? How can an old secret still be sensitive?”
On one hand, it’s easy to see how it may not be so sensitive. A lot of the material from the Priory of Sion is doubtful, so the deaths of the authors of the Serpent Rouge could be fabricated. Maybe the real authors picked some mysterious death from the papers, and then put those people as the authors.
As for the death of Sauniere, it could have been suicide, and his reasons to commit suicide might have nothing to do with the source of his mysterious wealth.
On the other hand, we know that Duncan can be somewhat economical with the truth. The solution that he released was very far from a full solution, and his reasons to avoid giving a full solution are just not believable. The so-called “intellectual property” of the puzzle could probably be said to exist in the public domain. So his claim that “it’s not really sensitive” has to be taken with a pinch of salt. He could well be saying this to protect himself (and maybe also the puzzlers).
Add to this that I’ve found convincing evidence of information being actively suppressed. One example: the solution of the Shugborough inscription. I can’t believe it isn’t on Wikipedia. If it’s just a game, why not publish it? Another example is a figure of sacred geometry. Try as I may to search for it with logical search terms, it’s almost impossible to find. I found it once, and then I couldn’t find it again. But it appears again and again hidden in pictures.
That’s why I’m cagey about my findings. I can’t help but suspect that there’s something very big behind all this, and that there could be consequences to saying too much.