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>> We're here today to announce
the first synthetic cell.

As soon as we had
these two sequences,

we thought if this is
supposed to be the smallest

genome of a
self-replicating species,

could there be even
a smaller genome?

Could we understand the
basis of cellular life

at the genetic level?

>> On May 21, 2010, this
historic announcement was made

by Craig Venter on the first
fully functioning reproducing

cell controlled
by synthetic DNA.

Every protein of this cell
was based on a synthetic code

they had developed.

As exciting as this
was for bringing

in a new era of science,
the question was posed then,

what is life, if we can just
create it through a code?

There are some experts
that have suggested

that an ancient blueprint
was left behind.

In 1929, an American
archaeologist

named Matthew Williams
Stirling began

suspecting that artifacts
emerging out of Mexico

belonged to a time much earlier
than the suspected Olmecs.

He concluded that these
artifacts were actually Mayan.

In 1941, Stirling unearthed
a large carved stone monument

in the Mesoamerican site
Izapa of Chiapas, Mexico.

He named this, Stela 5.

>> And Stela 5 is a description.

It's a sketch of exactly
the type of world tree

that keeps showing
up in different forms

all over the world in
every indigenous culture

you look for.

One of the things that's
a very common element,

we see in the Mayan
version, which is birds

that are nesting in the tree.

Then, there's also the belief
that the upper part of the tree

sort of represents the
tangible, manifest world.

And then, the area
of the tree that

goes below the
surface of the Earth

represents the underworld.

>> The Mayan tree of
life depicts the oneness

of humanity, that we all
come from the same root,

and that we've branched
out to become many.

>> The Mayan tree of life may
not look like a coded depiction

for the human genome.

However, researchers
started mapping its imagery.

They counted 12 human
figures, a dozen animals,

over 25 botanical or
inanimate objects,

and nine stylized deity
masks carved into the stone.

Given the multiple
overlapping scenes,

it appears to be a narrative.

But what is the narrative?

And could Stirling's
suggestion that these images

belonged to a much older
culture be just the beginning

of its origin?

>> Well, let's go back
to the Garden of Eden.

In the Garden of Eden,
there are actually

two trees of significance.

One of them is the tree of
knowledge of good and evil,

which Adam and Eve eat from,
thus entering into a state

where they may begin to make
responsible choices for which

they will have to
bear the costs.

And the other is
the tree of life.

When the demiurge
drives Adam and Eve out

of the Garden of Eden,
he states his motive.

And the motive is kind of eerie.

He says, this has to be done.

They have to be driven
out of the Garden of Eden.

They've eaten of the tree of
knowledge of good and evil.

The next thing they will do
is eat of the tree of life,

and then they will
become gods, like us.

That statement is
actually in Genesis.

What on Earth is going on there?

What does that mean?

Is there some deeply buried
secret of transcendence

that demiurgic and
arconic forces have

concealed from us from so long?

Is there a tree of life?

Is there something
beyond what we

think of as the
span of human life,

some eternity that
is offered to us?

>> One meaning that people give
to it is that it was the tree

that leads to
physical immortality.

If you look at the old
Mesopotamian writings,

one of the big conflicts
between humans and the gods

was the gods did not want
humanity to have immortality.

Most people interpret that
to be physical immortality,

that we live and die too
soon; goes too quickly.

And meanwhile,
the gods were said

to have lived 20,000 years
or 50,000 years or longer.

So why not humans?

And the idea was that
humans were perhaps

programmed that way,
to die more quickly,

so they couldn't
be like the gods.

And so the tree of life,
by that interpretation,

would be that this is
the formula or this

is the knowledge for how you
attain that much longer time

span physically.

>> One of the greatest mysteries
of the Sumerian civilization

and the artifacts that have been
found from that civilization is

the ancient Sumerian kings list.

They identify the time
of the great flood.

That is almost universal in
every indigenous tradition

I've ever studied.

And the length of
time of the rulers

from that time until more
present times is right on.

It is very accurate.

And where this gets
really interesting--

the names of the rulers, the
time that they ruled on Earth,

the lengths of their reigns
are all within reason.

Prior to that
time, we're looking

at kings who are
said to have ruled

for periods of time of thousands
and thousands of years.

So for example, the
very first king listed

is said to have ruled
for 28,000 years.

>> Could these Sumerian gods or
rulers have been able to live

for 28,000 years at some point?

Or is this just another
meaning for something else

carved into the stone?

>> Another interpretation of the
tree of life is that it meant

the awareness of
spiritual immortality,

that humans would go
through this lifetime.

They go through
this between lives,

and there's a memory loss, and
then they get reincarnated,

and they've forgotten
all the past.

And so now, they feel like, oh,
life is just 70, 80, 90 years,

not realizing, no, it's this
whole continuum that goes back

thousands, hundreds
of thousands,

maybe millions of years.

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>> The Sumerian Eden text,
just like in the Bible,

we find two trees: the tree
of life and the tree of good

and evil.

The tree of life
refers to eternal life.

As far as the truly inaccessible
tree of life is concerned,

it relates to ways for people
to achieve transcendence.

This way people can truly
liberate themselves.

>> The Mayan tree of life stone
and the Garden of Eden tree

of life aren't the only
references that represent this

same concept.

In fact, throughout
many cultures

it is found depicted
in almost the same way.

>> The Mayan tree of life
is a very good example

of the concept of
the cosmic tree,

the tree from which life
and creation emerges from.

It was seen to exist essentially
in the center of the world.

Out from it went the four
different directions,

each of which had four different
colors associated with them.

And in each of those
directions there

were different clans and tribes.

This shouldn't be
seen in isolation,

because all the way
around the world,

we have similar ideas of these
world trees or cosmic trees.

>> The tree of life is a symbol
that's found in many cultures

and civilizations down through
history all over the world.

The ancient Norse
civilization in Europe

had the sacred tree,
Yggdrasil, and they

believe it connected
the world of the gods

with the world of humans and
then down to the underworld.

The ancient Indian spiritual
text, the "Bhagavad Gita,"

speaks of a tree of life
with its roots going up

and its branches going down.

The essential
thing to understand

is that the real self
is the conscious self,

and the physical body, be
it a human body or a plant

body or an animal
body, is a vehicle

for that conscious
self, which originally

existed as a divine spark on
a higher level of reality.

This is one of the
main gnostic teachings.

So that means as long as there
has been a material world,

human beings and
other conscious selves

have been part of
the tree of life

here for millions or
even billions of years.

>> If there is a universal tree
of life depiction in almost all

these different cultures, then
how do we decipher the code

in its branches?

>> "Hamlet's Mill" describes
a continuity that seems almost

impossible to believe between
mythologies all over the world.

In fact, they combined 35
different geographically

isolated, in most cases,
mythological traditions

and showed that there
was an underlying

commonality between them all.

Now, one of the common
things that you hear about

in "Hamlet's Mill" is this idea
of a mill for grinding grain,

where there is a central
axis, and then you

have this millstone with
a rod going through it.

There's a hole in the
middle of the millstone,

and you grind it
around in circles,

and it grinds up the
grain into flour.

Now, the strange thing is
that this mythology shows up

in different ways
around the world.

And one of the most common ways
that Santillana and von Dechend

talk about is the world tree.

So instead of it
being the actual axle

of a mill for grinding
grain, now you

have the central
trunk of a tree.

And the tree is
actually something

that fits into this same
mythological concept

that Santillana and von
Dechend are talking about.

So what is the
mythological concept?

The myths almost always
describe some sort

of spontaneous metamorphosis
of the human being.

>> But how does a human
form spontaneously?

Is it possible that
the tree represents

an even deeper understanding of
how we were created as humans?

>> According to my research,
the tree of life depicts

the frequency that
DNA oscillates at.

Everything is made out of
frequency or vibration.

The wall behind me
is all vibration.

You could stick
your hand through it

if you were able to
match that vibration.

All genetics have a
vibratory signature that

can be picked up by technology.

And in the secret
space programs,

they're able to use
this type of frequency

to detect different
types of life

just by their genetic frequency.

>> If DNA has its own frequency,
then how can it be manipulated

and changed?

>> We are gods.

We forget this connection.

And the more you
understand that,

the more you actually become
aware of your position in life.

I think that's where
the interaction is

between the tree of knowledge
and the tree of life.

One leads to the other.

Now, if you follow that
through in terms of genetics,

the more you come to understand
who you are as a temple

and as a god, you begin to
alter the chemical structure

of your own DNA.

It actually starts
to alter who you are.

And this is something that we
now know in modern physics.

So in a way, you can see
there's a tree of life,

because it means
that you actually

are altering your very own DNA.

Your own thoughts and
your own belief patterns

do alter your DNA.

It only takes a small change
in the local electromagnetic

environments to alter the
information received by DNA.

>> Were the gods afraid that
we could be able to manipulate

our own DNA?

And if so, could
the tree symbology

be a blueprint for this
inevitable knowledge?

>> The world tree symbology also
has a very interesting parallel

in actual physics.

Only recently have
we really started

to understand the value and
the significance of the torus,

the spherical torus.

If you have a vector moving
through a fluid medium,

meaning if you just have a
force moving through a fluid,

as that force moves,
it will naturally

cause a torus to form.

The torus is the
curling of the fluid

as the vector moves through it.

We see in physical
systems like the atom

that the atom is a series of
toroidal shells of electrons

that are all concentric
with a nucleus.

In much the same
way, the world tree

appears to have layers
of onion-like shells.

>> If the tree of life is
a representation of DNA

on a deeper level, where can
this be decoded in ancient

texts?

>> The closest thing I believe
on the planet right now that

you might be able to come
across is the original Hebrew

language, which when
you begin to examine it,

has 22 letters matching all
of these other ancient occult

secrets.

And those 22 letters each
equate to a number value.

And because of that,
you can construct

words that have
a numerical value

or a mathematical relationship
with their surroundings.

I think that's the last
surviving piece that shows us

what that language was like.

And no, it's not
perfect by any means,

but the fact that
you can literally

construct mathematical
equations out of words

and the words make
sense, and that

these mathematical equations
interact harmonically

with our surroundings, is
the great occult secret.

That's the occult secret
that every occult group has

been searching for
forever and the reason

why the tree of life,
for example, where

you have 22 paths
and each equate

to one of the Hebrew
letters, is the basis of most

of their occult teachings.

What we know about
DNA today that--

they're still discovering
new things every single day,

but we know that the female
and the male human body

share 22 chromosomes.

The 23rd are the sex chromosomes
that make us different.

The 22 is what's
interesting, because DNA

is created in a spiral,
and spirals naturally

transmit fractal energy.

What's even more interesting is
that when you begin to examine

a lot of the ancient cultures
who were building these

megalithic monuments--
for instance,

the pyramids at Egypt--

there are 22 pyramids along
the causeway of peace.

Not the three that they
always show, there are 22.

And when you began to study
the occult, especially

the Western occult
tradition that came up

through the Knights Templar
and into the Freemasons

and into Crowley's
group and the OTO,

you begin to learn that
the 22 trumps of the tarot

also match the 22 paths
on the tree of life, which

also match the 22 pyramids.

And they all have the same
vibrational frequency.

That's fascinating.

>> Interestingly enough, the
Mayan tree of life carved

into Stela 5, and its depictions
throughout Mayan culture,

also has a strange
correlation to the number 22.

>> When I was in the Yucatan
working with the Mayan elders,

there was an elder
that came out,

and we were having the
conversation, and he said,

it's easier if I show you.

It begins with many
branches of the tree above,

and it represents the 13
heavens that we aspire to.

Below, the root
system, represents

what they called the nine
levels of the underworld.

Nine hells is what the Western
tradition would call them.

And the area in
between is Earth.

>> Could the tree of life
really be a secret code

for our physical
existence on the planet?

Could it explain our material
existence in this density?

>> If you look at the idea that
the planets are not just being

held by some strange combination
of centrifugal and centripetal

force, but there is some sort of
greater emanation from the sun

that's holding them in place,
because their orbits should not

be so consistent over so
many thousands of years.

And this is what mainstream
scientists have said.

They've had a big problem
trying to figure out

why do the planets not lose
energy and crash into the sun.

I've often modeled this idea
that the planets themselves

are on spherical layers, that
there's a spherical force field

holding each planet in place.

And that's what determines
its orbit, which

means if you looked
at our solar system

from the perspective
of the afterlife,

you would see a series
of concentric spheres

with a central axis, and
it would look like a tree.

And what I find really
interesting about this

is that PMH Atwater
in one of her books

describes her own
near-death experience

where, when she got
thrown out of her body

into the solar system, she
saw a phenomenon of what

looked like a series
of umbrellas of energy.

And the central stalk of the
umbrella was where the sun is.

Well, that's the world tree.

The ancient beings seem to
have left behind mythologies

like the world tree on
purpose, because they

get us a lot closer
to understanding

how physics really works.

The ubiquity of
the spherical torus

in any type of
energetic system you're

looking at-- biological,
cellular life, molecules,

the energy fields of
planets, the energy fields

of the solar system, even
the energy fields of galaxies

appear to have these spherical
toroidal shapes in them.

So it's a trail of
bread crumbs leading us

down a very interesting
line of investigation.

And when you start
to understand this,

you can no longer look
at these inscriptions

and see them as primitive.

You say, there's something going
on here that's very powerful.

>> If the ancient gods were
afraid that humans would eat

from the tree of life,
and they were successful,

could someone or something
have picked up on this trail

of breadcrumbs and have created
their own version of our DNA?

Reporter Linda Moulton Howe
discovered some shocking links

to specifically the Mayan tree
of life and a DNA manipulation.

>> It was back in
the early 1980s.

I was in New York.

It was another one
of those phone calls.

Can I talk to you about?

And this person, a
man, said that he

had worked for the Central
Intelligence Agency, retired.

And he traveled with
another CIA colleague.

And their destination
was New Delhi in India.

And they were given detailed
instructions upon landing

at the airport,
maps, and he said,

it was really necessary that
they went into this detail.

He said, in that
work, going to India,

knowing that we are dealing
with actual preserved material

related to ET
technology in a body.

He said, we also were told that
the last major manipulation

of DNA in already evolving
primates on this planet,

exactly as I had seen in
that presidential briefing

paper at Kirtland, was in
Bhutan in the Himalayas, 5,000

years different ages.

He said, I think the
last was 2,500 years ago.

And that was the creation
of hybrids between Bhutanese

and something else.

And that we know,
and he said, we

have proof that the
hybrids in Bhutan

were picked up by
craft, UFOs, and flown

to what we would today
call the Yucatan Peninsula

on the Gulf of Mexico.

Then, that was the
Mayan civilization

created in a hybridized program
by EBEN, Extraterrestrial

Biological Entities.

And they were put down
in the Yucatan Peninsula

to keep them away from every
other hybridization program

that they had on the Earth,
which included putting hybrids

in the tops of mountains,
putting hybrids

on islands, peninsulas, to keep
their experiments on the Earth

separate.

The tree of life--

at least, this is my just
basic understanding--

that the tree of life
in any culture's history

has related to
we'll call it elites

who may have actually
been handed information

down from something that
we are a created species.

But in religions, the
creation of humans

is allocated to a godhead.

>> I view DNA as an
analog coding molecule.

And when we sequence
the DNA, we're

converting that analog
code into digital code.

The ones and zeros
in the computer

are very similar to
the dots and dashes

that Schrodinger indicated
might be the original code.

And I've called this
process digitizing biology.

>> If Craig Venter and
his institute are correct,

does this mean our code is part
of a larger database or system?

Is the tree of life
the representation

of the database we live in or
an invitation to free ourselves

from the code?

>> Tree of life has also been
sometimes interpreted to maybe

mean certain drugs
that give you insight.

For example, we know
that certain drugs

were used to gain
psychedelic experiences,

to try to gain insight
into other realms.

Ayahuasca is a very commonly
talked about drug today.

And that the tree of
life may have actually

been the source of one
of these drugs that

then gives this insight during
life into these other realms.

>> Interestingly, in ancient
Egypt, the tree of life,

which is found in many
scenes-- for example,

there's a fabulous scene on
one of the walls of the Temple

of Karnak at Luxor
in Upper Egypt,

which shows the god
Thoth, the god of wisdom,

the inventor of writing.

He's the Egyptian counterpart
of Enki, as a matter of fact.

The god Thoth is
beside the tree,

and he's writing a name
on a little object that's

hanging from the tree.

And off to the other side,
you see the pharaoh Seti I

who reigned about 1400 BC.

And what Thoth is doing
is he's writing the name

of Seti I on the tree of life.

What he's saying is, you have
been justified in the judgment.

Now, you have earned the
life of millions of years.

This becomes all
the more interesting

when we look botanically at the
ancient Egyptian tree of life.

It happens that a very
good friend of mine,

Dennis McKenna,
who's the brother

of the late great
Terence McKenna--

Dennis is an
ethnopharmacologist.

He knows his trees.

He's very experienced and
knowledgeable in this area,

and he's worked on this subject.

And he's identified the
ancient Egyptian tree of life

as Acacia nilotica,
which it so happens

is a tree, the bark
of which contains

large quantities of the most
powerful hallucinogen known

to humanity,
dimethyltryptamine, DMT,

which interestingly is a
natural brain hormone as well.

We all produce DMT in the body.

A lot of research has
gone on into this.

What's it doing there?

It's present normally in
subpsychedelic quantities.

But why is it generated
in the human body at all?

And where is it generated?

And there's more
and more of a focus

on the pineal gland,
the third eye,

as a place where DMT manifests.

It's fascinating that out
of the realm of plants,

with the molecule DMT involved,
the very molecule that

is associated with the
ancient Egyptian tree of life,

we have these
teachings of how we

are to function in this
university of duality

and how we can be nurturing
and positive presences

in that universe rather
than negative ones--

how, in fact, we can detach
ourselves from the demiurge

and approach the realm of
spirit much more directly.

>> Could the tree of life hold
a fruit of which we could see

beyond our created world?

Could these ancient
representations

give us the tools
we need to break

our third dimensional prison?

Some experts, like Jack Carey,
believe the ancient humans

tapped into a tool that
defied the ancient gods.

>> Imagine a species that has
developed a language that is

so potent that it literally uses
the laws of harmonic resonance

in order to create instantaneous
change in your surroundings.

>> Up next, the revolt of early
man and the Tower of Babel.

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