Let's cut out the crap & bullshit — starting with this Index
(or Home) Page!
by Paul Quek, from Singapore
MAppSci (CompSci), BBA (Hons)
[Master of Applied Science, Computing Science]
[Bachelor of Business Administration, Honours]
Incept Date:
01 May 2008
Rev'd Date:
30 January 2010
It is human nature for us to love a mystery. We all love to be intrigued by the
mysterious and tantalized by the idea of something that cannot be solved. For
this reason, murder mysteries, courtroom dramas and books about ghosts and the
paranormal have been immensely popular for decades. We love to question, to
wonder and be baffled by those things that we believe to be unexplained. Of
course, most fictional mysteries are usually solved by the intrepid detective
in the closing pages of the book or the last reel of the film ... but what of
mysteries that cannot be solved? What of real-life mysteries for which no
explanation exists?
—
Troy Taylor, Into the Shadows
Sub-title: Anerican Legends, Lore & Unsolved Mysteries
(Whitechapel Productions Press, Alton, Illinois: 2002)
Welcome to the website of the Mysteries of the World (or MOTW).
Please continue to explore by clicking either on the left — and
right — NavBar(s) ... or the 'TABLE OF CONTENTS' below.
Or ... you may wish to continue reading the rest of this Home Page (Index Page)
...
[Note: You can always come to this Index, or Home, Page by clicking on the "Home Page" button on the
left NavBar — or on the "Home" link in the Breadcrumbs at the
top and near the bottom of every webpage and web article.]
In February 2008, after exploring and studying the package of
process-and-software-tools system known Site Build It!, or SBI!, I finally concluded that it is an invaluable resource.
Therefore, I decided to take the plunge and to 'go for it' ...
I trust SBI! ... to help me to build a website on a favorite pastime of mine:
the Mysteries of the World (MOTW)!
... [I] take every chance I get to chronicle and investigate Nessie at Loch
Ness, prehistoric stone walls at Illinois, giant snakes in Missouri, mad
gassers in Illinois, panthers all over eastern North America, sea serpents off
Nova Scotia, Skunk Apes in Florida, and hairy homind sightings everywhere, all
for fun and entertainment. I have a great deal of passion for what I do; that's
why I do it.
— Loren Coleman, Mysterious America (2007)
2.0 Brainstorming — Site 'Themes' & Page 'Keywords'
2.01 Brainstorming for the Site 'Theme'
For a detailed explanation/discussion of how this site
'theme' — that is, 'Mysteries of the World (MOTW)' — came about, see our web article entitled 'Background of this Site'. For now, it suffices to say that I had used the SBI!
process-cum-software-tools package to brainstorm various site 'themes' that
interest me and to
eventually select the theme 'Mysteries of the World (MOTW)'. Note that SBI! refers to the chosen site theme as the 'site concept'.
2.02 Brainstorming for Page 'Keywords'
One very important activity in the SBI! system is keyword brainstorming and analysis ... and several very clear keywords came out of my brainstorming and analysis
activities with the SBI! BrainstormIt! tool, using the word 'Mysteries' as the so-called 'seed-word'.
In other words, the word 'Mysteries' triggered an avalanche of keywords in the
brainstorming process with the help of BrainstormIt! ... and, in order of importance, these keywords happened to be:
death
life
god
jesus
ghost
ufos
aliens
area 51
pyramids
stonehenge
bermuda triangle
crop circles
time travel
loch ness monster
roswell
free energy
illuminati
cold fusion
knights templar
esp
occult
human brain ...
The above list is not complete or exhaustive, naturally; it's only a sample
listing.
In fact, at the very beginning stages of the SBI! keyword
brainstorming-cum-analysis process, I found that I had more than 600 keywords
relating to the site theme (or 'site concept'), meaning the 'Mysteries of the World (MOTW)'.
Of course, these 600-plus keywords include synonyms and derivatives, lateral
or otherwise ...
But I found that, even as I continued to cull these keywords, I was also
continuing to unearth more and more keywords every time I perform additional brainstorming (both vertical and lateral) and analyses sessions, within the SBI! process ... which is why I really appreciate that
the SBI! BrainstormIt! tool is based on a database of over 60 billion keywords
...
Wow!
Anyway, the above list shows that the 'Mysteries' surrounding "death, life, god, jesus, ghost" to be of greatest interest to many who use search engines (such as Google)
and directories (such as Yahoo!) ... which explains why this website has (or
will have) such webpages as:
Death Mysteries
Life Mysteries
God Mysteries
Jesus Mysteries
Ghost Mysteries
in addition to the 'Mysteries' dealing with sensational stuff, such as UFOs,
Aliens (plus Roswell, Alien Autopsies, Area 51, and the Majestic-12 or MJ-12
matter),
Bigfoot and other so-called "cryptids", Atlantis, Bermuda Triangle,
Easter Island, Stonehenge, Pyramids and Ziggurats, etc. ... as well as
historical 'Mysteries' surrounding Robin Hood (or Robin of Loxley?), King Arthur
and the Knights of the Round Table (plus Excalibur and Sir Percival's
involvement with the Holy Grail), Prester John and Avalon, etc. ... and
present-day 'Mysteries' (aka Conspiracy Theories and Urban Legends / Myths), such as the JFK
Assassination, Marilyn Monroe's very-private and certainly
revealing/naked-yet-mysterious death,
Princess Diana's very-public and perhaps equally mysterious death, Bruce Lee's
death and that of various other celebrities, NASA's Moon Landings, "Face" on
Mars, Crocodile in the (New York) Sewers, and the like ... and, of course, we
will look into various so-called "paranormal" stuff (using the word
"paranormal" in every possible sense)!
For sure, our eventual Index of the 'Mysteries of the World (MOTW)' will keep on growing and growing as we unearth/discover and
study/explore/investigate 'Mystery' after 'Mystery' ...
Death Touch (Dim Mak) Death Touch - Extract from Death Weapons of the East - a documentary about the Ancient Chinese martial arts for Ancient Discoveries, History US.
Mystery of Love Mystery of Love - love is both a mystery and a non-mystery, because it occurs without our knowing why, yet it seems to be perfectly natural.
Bigfoot Mystery Bigfoot Mystery is normally regarded as an American mystery of the Pacific Northwest, but it may be related to the Yeti Mystery and others.
Legend of Atlantis - Notes & YouTube Videos Legend of Atlantis is an interesting video, allowing us to learn what the Fringe crowd thinks about that so-called lost civilization or lost continent
Bermuda Triangle (aka Devil's Triangle) Bermuda Triangle aka Devil's Triangle is a strangely dangerous place and is one Mystery of the World that is truly and literally deep.
Jesus Mysteries Jesus Mysteries abound so much that we could build entire web sites; more than half the world's population 'believe' in Jesus in some manner or other.
Please do not assume or conclude that, just because I present many views (in
the form of textual notes and video clips) on this website, it means that I am
in agreement with or that I believe in the views offered-proferred ... That
would be displaying such a parochial and provincial attitude, towards this
website and towards me as well!
As an ex-military officer, I assure you that I am in the habit of reading,
viewing and digesting lots of stuff that I don't necessarily believe in ... We
call all the stuff we read, view and digest, 'military intelligence' ... The
same applies with 'business intelligence' in the business world, of course.
Our aim, as usual, is to find out what others (including our friends, enemies,
competitors, suppliers, strategic partners, business partners, etc.) believe in
... In order to do that effectively, we have to 'get out of the way', so to
speak ... we have to remove our humongous ego! ... else we will never ever
really have gotten started in our journey of exploration and discovery of the Mysteries of the World.
Here is a sentiment that I am wholeheartedly in agreement with ...
As I sit down to redo this book for an American audience, what rises before me
is last night's dream: I'm in a broad and beautiful land among many trees. It's
night. I look up at a huge old tree that's dark against the starry sky in its
detail of twig and branch. There is room enough here for all of us, I realize,
here in this big, intricately textured park. But I see that some want to cut
down the trees and level it out, so huge throngs of people can gather to gaze
up at the sun's glare. I watch dark twigs fingering the remote, untouchable
stars. A voice speaks: "Don't turn this into a Copernican Garden."
Waking up, I remember that I went to sleep wondering how to put this book
together. And I take "Copernican Garden" to mean a parking lot vista where
masses gather to honor the bright sun of traditional science with its old rules
as the center of the universe.
So I will not cut down the trees and level this book out. It is between you and
me [or you and I], a conversation as we stroll along in a moonlit fractal
garden past webby connections of thought that merge to patterned insight. Here
hidden delights nestle in scaling patterns of self-similar but never quite
repeating beauty. Here the tree of life hold stars in its branches. No matter
how huge, this garden stays human-sized because we have a place in it, you and
I. No need to cut down the connective forest and level things out for that
bright Sol [sun] of left-brain logic whose daytime dazzle — so
close and glaring — can blind us to the myriad constellations
beyond.
[...]
— Katya Walter, Tao of Chaos
Sub-title: Merging East and West
(1994, 1996)
Here is an observation (adapted) made in the Acknowledgement page of a book ...
It takes many minds to produce a book [including an e-book, of course].
Although most authors [especially of non-fiction books and articles] would
prefer not to admit this fact, fundamentally they are merely 'synthesisers' of
accumulated knowledge.
The process of synthesising may unveil a new reality map, or paradigm, which,
in due course, will be used by future pioneers to unveil further paradigms.
This principle was summed up by Sir Isaac Newton when he remarked: "If I have
seen further, it is by standing on the shoulders of giants".
[...]
— Christian von Nidda, Our Secret Planet
(2005)
Latest Updates! (New window opens)
Announcement! - Roswell Rock (New window opens)
Notes on Browsers (New window opens)
Check our Mysteries Blog to see the latest changes to our webpages and 'web articles' (click on the Mysteries Blog button on the left NAVBAR)
Announcement!
Penn & Teller Bullshit! Showtime (TV Series)
Hi ...
In our Introduction page (see left NABVAR), we posted the following warning
about the Penn & Teller Bullshit! Showtime TV Series
In other words, if you are not an adult ... and/or if you are faint-of-heart ...
and/or if you are of a sensitive nature ... and/or if 4-letter words never escape your lips ... and/or if you are a non-liberal (aka conservative)
Christian ... then you are advised NOT to visit any Penn & Teller Bullshit! Showtime TV Series webpages on the Internet, including on this website!
So, there! You have been fairly warned!
The rest of our website
— i.e., sans the Penn & Teller Bullshit! Showtime TV Series webpages —
are quite okay, even though, of course, I have to present some quite
controversial viewpoints held by others (but NOT necessarily by moi, okay!?)
... That's the nature of our exploration, investigation, study, discovery,
etc., of the 'Mysteries of the World' ... and by 'World', of course, we mean EVERYTHING and EVERYWHERE, including
the whole she-bang Universe (or Multiverse!) ... See our web articles (or web
presentation-discussion) on the meaning of the words 'Mysteries' and 'World',
okay?
Oh yeah ... if you are asking why I include the Penn & Teller pages ... well,
they ARE relevant in a Mysteries website, seeing how P&T debunk matters such as
'Alien Abduction', 'Cryptozoology', and a whole lot of other topics, plus they
provide such an interesting and 'funky' counterpoint to the
straight-and-narrow, 'establishment', mainstream view(s) AND other debunkers
such as those folks from Skepdic.com or professional skeptics like Dr. Michael
Shermer from the Skeptic Society ...
Another answer is provided, collectively, by songs I like, such as the
following from YouTube ...
"Play That Funky Music" Scene from Evolution (Movie)
"Wild Cherry - Play That Funky Music"
Tremeloes - "Me & My Life" - 1970
Tremeloes - "I Like It That Way" - 1972
Dr. Alban - "It's My Life" (Extended Mix)
Okay ... Let's go onwards to the announcement proper ... In two of our web
articles
— specifically on "Alien Abduction" and "Cryptozoology" (two non-mainstream, or fringe, areas of studies or investigations conducted
by various individuals
- e.g., the late Harvard Professor of Psychiatry John Mack; conveniently
killed in an apparent automobile accident while in the UK -
and groups-organizations like those people from Skepdic.com, or Dr. Michael
Shermer and his team from Skeptic Society/Skeptic Magazine, or the
investigators from the CSI/Committee for Scientific Investigation of the
Paranormal) —
where we featured Penn & Teller Bullshit! video clips available from YouTube, we have always wished our readers-viewers
to "Enjoy! ... and Cheers!".
But here's the latest update ...
Latest Update:
Sorry!
No more enjoyment ... or cheers!!
Many (or several) Penn & Teller Bullshit! video clips apparently have been removed from YouTube ...!!!
So ... sorry!
We have to carry the following announcements in the affected web articles on "Alien Abduction" and "Cryptozoology" ...
(Wonder whether CBS will follow the major movie studios who may be placing
entire movies on YouTube and/or other video hosting sites????
You know ...???
Exploiting the power of viral marketing by or from giving out lots of freebies ...???
Will CBS ever be smart enough??? Time will tell ...
Oh, well ... maybe CBS's competitors, i.e., the other competing TV and/or News
networks, will learn from CBS' mistake!!! ... and EXPLOIT that mistake!!!!!)
As stated in our Mysteries Blog, the 'Mysteries of the World' Website does NOT aim to sensationalize any
particular 'Mystery', although we will examine and explore all possible
viewpoints pertaining to each 'Mystery' — including the fringe
AND the mainstream.
We will, of course, come to a conclusion (eventually!) about each 'Mystery' ...
even if that
conclusion may eventually turn out to be 'as yet unresolved' or 'unexplained to
our satisfaction'.
