Time for another sip from the deep well of wisdom that is Echan Deravy, the Scots-born, Japanese-based mystic who is leading the “Earth Pilgrims” project.
Echan is proud of his Celtic ancestry. And why not? For he believes that the Celtic magic represented by the Stone of Scone and the Lia Fail stone in Ireland dates back to… can you guess? Yes! Ancient Egypt! Indeed, Echan believes that his ancestors may have included “an EgyptoIsraeliCeltic pilgrim priest”. Here’s a sample of his reasoning:
[The Irish stone] was principally used as the stone on which Kings sat to become annointed [sic] monarchs and that is a ceremony that clearly has its origin in Pharaonic Egypt. It is thus highly likely that this stone was first carried to the distant shores of Spain and Ireland from Egypt, and then on to Scotland by Scota’s descendants.
I love that word “thus”, so characteristic of the Graham Hancock school of historical logic. (Graham is another of the Earth Pilgrims.) Here is the full entry from Echan’s blog. It’s the usual rich brew, involving a Blair-backed conspiracy to hide the real Stone of Scone and our old friends the Knights Templar. True, the CIA aren’t directly implicated - but, never fear, Echan’s managed to slip in a wee mention of them!
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9 responses
The Stone of Destiny is commonly known as Jacob’s Stone and does has, according to tradition, its origins in the middle east. He does refer to it as an Egyptian/Israeli artifact. Israeli, according to the story of Jacobs pillow on Mt Moriah and speculates that it could be Egyptian, based on the writings of Ralph Ellis and the similarity in coronation ritual.
It is said to have travelled through Egypt between the time of Jacob and 850AD, so in actual fact according to legend it was taken from Egypt, and could well have been used for ritual purposes there.
Sorry to be rude, but “could well” is another favourite construction of alternative “historians”.
Now we know this man is making it all up. All ancient civilisations were created by Altantean missionaries, not Egyptian. As any fule kno.
The man is a numpty. The “Egyptian” theory re: the Scots’ descent from Scota, the name they gave the Egyptian princess who saved Moses, was invented in the Middle Ages, as a bit of oneupmanship versus the English, who claimed (on behalf of Britain as a whole) that the land was founded by a Trojan called Brutus. There is no historical evidence for Steve’s claims about the coronation stone.
Silverwhistle:
Absolutely, there is no historical evidence regarding the Stone of Scone prior to 850ad. I make no claims but simply quote common folklore and tradition. Even Echans claims are really just speculation about something of which there is much mystique and obvious importance, but so little documented history.
Steve, it’s quite late folklore, and regarded as highly dubious: part of the mediaeval ‘Scota’ myth, which was a deliberate literary fabrication. I don’t regard it as of any great mystique.
(I am, btw, both a mediaevalist and a Scot.)
The first time I saw a reference to the ‘Scota’ myth was in the ‘Slaine’ comic strip published in ‘2000AD’.
That just about tells you all you need to know about its veracity.
Silverwhistle, do you consider there to be any history to the stone prior to 850AD? Or do you think it’s just a lump of Scottish quarry sandstone?