Top Ten Visionaries of All Time ⚡

"The most powerful force on earth is collective intention!"

Stephen A. Schwartz

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Recently here in FYI on Vocal, I completed a Top Ten List of Prophets, Prognosticators, and Visionaries.

This addendum offers more information on everyone who I profiled in the original series and provides additional source material on each.

Any list of this kind is pretty subjective... especially so because I used all of human history to select my candidates.

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Here's who I chose, listed not by importance, but in chronological order...

1. The Oracle of Delphi — from about 700 B.C. to A.D. 362
2. The Sibyls of Rome — from around 1200 B.C. to A.D. 83
3. The Maya — at their height between A.D. 250 and 900
4. Hildegard of Bingen — 1098-1179, Middle Ages Germany
5. Leonardo Da Vinci — 1452-1519, Renaissance Italy
6. Nostradamus — 1503-1566, France
7. Jules Verne — 1828-1905, France
8. H.G. Wells — 1866-1946, Great Britain
9. Edgar Cayce — 1877-1945, Kentucky, U.S.A.
10. Marshall McLuhan —1911-1980, Canada

If you hadn't done so already, please check out the profiles of these amazing people, two mini-biographies for each entry in this five-part series. Here are the links... 👇

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And now here 👇 is some additional info on each of these ten luminaries...

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The Oracle of Delphi

In so many ways, these ancient priestesses set the standard for all future diviners. Several extraordinary prophets were known in ancient times. Among them were the Oracle of Zeus from Dodona; the Oracle from Klaros in Turkey; and the Oracle of Amun in the Siwa oasis in Egypt. But no ancient visionaries were more famous than the pythias from Greece.

The independent city of Delphi was unattached to any of the large and powerful Greek city-states: Athens, Sparta, and Corinth. That unique location was special in many ways.

According to ancient mythology, Apollo, the Greek god of prophetic divination, came to a place where a great serpent called Phython guarded a fissure for its mother Gaia, the goddess of the earth. That was Delphi, the navel of the world. Apollo killed Phython (who was more like a dragon than a snake) and the spilled blood of the monster transferred its clairvoyant powers to the site. Potent vapors rising from the crevice were what allowed the Oracles to have their prophetic visions.

In Delphi, the Greeks instituted annual "Phytic games," meant to honor both Apollo and Phython. The competitions were at first musical, but then later included athletic tournaments.

Want to know more?

The following is a 44 minute video with a more in-depth biography of the Oracle of Delphi. 👇

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The Sibyls of Rome

The sibyls were the female soothsayers of Roman mythology. Their predictions were given as riddles and ramblings, to be interpreted by learned priests. Over time, the sibyl's numbers varied from one to twelve.

Just like with the Oracle of Delphi, Sibyls prophesied under the inspiration of Apollo, the god of divination. The most famous description of a Sibyl's oracular method comes from the Roman national epic, Virgil’s Aeneid. In this tale, the Sibyl demanded the sacrifice of seven bulls and seven ewes from the hero Aeneas. She then went into an ecstatic state...

“As she spoke neither her face nor hue went untransformed, nor did her hair stay neatly bound: her breast heaved, her wild heart grew large with passion. She seemed taller to their eyes, sounding now no longer like a mortal, since she had felt the god’s power breathing near.”

This legendary Sibyl lead Aeneas into the underworld to consult with his dead father Anchises. It was the soul of Anchises who foretold that the world's greatest empire was coming. And so it was, according to tradition, that Aeneas's descendants became the founders of Rome.

Want to know more?

This video is about the Sibylline Books and is only 4:27 minutes long. 👇

This fascinating video 👇 isn't just about Sibyls, but is more generally about the role of women in ancient Rome. It's 11:22 minutes long and told from the point of view of women...

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The Maya

The most popular belief about the Maya is a misconception. It's an absolute falsehood that Mayan priests predicted that the world would end in 2012. In actuality...

The Maya had a dynamic view of time. They saw great cycles of time based on the movements of the universe where everything in the past, present, and future fused together.

Check out this YouTube video about Maya Cosmology (13:18 mins). 👇

The Maya civilization spanned many different periods, including the Archaic Period: 7000-2000 BCE;- the Olmec Period: 1500-200 BCE;- the Zapotec Period: 600 BCE-800 CE;- the Teotihuacan Period: 200-900 CE;- the El Tajin Period: 250-900 CE (also known as the Classic Period in Mesoamerican and Mayan history);- and the Post-Classic Period: 950-1524 CE. If you are interested in reading more about the Maya and all they accomplished, I recommend starting here 👇

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Hildegard of Bingen

Hildegard of Bingen (German: Hildegard von Bingen; Latin: Hildegardis Bingensis), was also called the Sibyl of the Rhine. A Benedictine abbess, she was renowned as a playwright, composer, mystic, and philosopher. I included links to some of her music in the more detailed profile I wrote (Part 2 of this series⚡) . There are more surviving chants by Hildegard than by any other composer from the entire Middle Ages. And the Ordo Virtutum, written by Hildegard, is perhaps the oldest surviving morality play.

Hildegard once said...

There is the music of Heaven in all things... but we forget to hear it until we sing.

Here's a fairly short video about this fascinating visionary, considered today to be one of history's first feminists. This YouTube presentation is only 3:27 minutes long. 👇

And here is a longer video about Hildy. It tackles numerous topics, including ideas about creative inspiration (and creative consciousness). It's 56:19 minutes long. Watch just five minutes and see if you aren't intrigued enough to want more.

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Leonardo Da Vinci

Yeah.

Him. 👇

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Want to know more about this genius?

This wonderful video (which even references ninja turtles!) is just 9:20 mins. 👇

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Nostradamus 👀

Michel de Nostredame (usually Latinized as Nostradamus) was a French astrologer, physician, and psychic. His most famous book, published in 1555, is entitled Les Prophéties. It is a collection of 942 poetic quatrains allegedly predicting future events.

In the 20th (and 21st) centuries, the prophecies of Nostradamus have been the subject of hundreds of books (both fiction and nonfiction). His life has been depicted in several films.

In 2012, the History Channel and other media co-opted Nostradamus's prophecies to suggest that the end of the world was imminent. In fact, Nostradamus never once mentioned either 2012 or the end of the world.

Want to know more?

It was difficult finding good videos about Nosty. As I mentioned, the History Channel isn't the most reliable source for this guy. This 👇 six minute video, however, (that was actually made for kids)... it's way cool! It's accurate, "makes science super fun", and comes complete with a distinguished British accent. So, you know...

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Jules Verne

Said Verne...

"Ah! Young people, travel if you can, and if you cannot - travel all the same!"

What follows is a complete list of all the books Verne wrote. The dates provided here are the dates when each novel was published.

1. A Drama In Mexico (1851)
2. Drama In The Air (1851)
3. Martin Paz (1852)
4. Master Zacharius, Or, The Clockmaker Who Lost His Soul (1854)
5. Five Weeks In A Balloon, Or, Journeys And Discoveries In Africa By Three Englishmen (1863)
6. The Adventures Of Captain Hatteras (1864)
7. The Count Of Chanteleine: A Tale Of The French Revolution (1864)
8. Journey To The Centre Of The Earth (1864)
9. From The Earth To The Moon (1865)
10. The Blockade Runners (1865)
11. In Search Of The Castaways/The Children Of Captain Grant (1868)
12. Around The Moon (1870)
13. Twenty-Thousand Leagues Under The Sea: A Tour Of The Underwater World (1870)
14. A Floating City (1871)
15. The Adventures Of Three Russians And Three Englishmen In South Africa (1872)
16. Dr. Ox's Experiment/A Fantasy Of Doctor Ox (1872)
17. The Fur Country (1873)
18. Around The World In Eighty Days (1873)
19. The Mysterious Island (1874)
20. Doctor Ox (1874)
21. An Ideal City (1875)
22. The Survivors Of The Chancellor: Diary Of J. R. Kazallon, Passenger (1875)
23. Michael Strogoff: The Courier Of The Czar (1876)
24. The Mysterious Document (1876)
25. Off On A Comet/Hector Servadac (1877)
26. The Child Of The Cavern/The Black Indies (1877)
27. Dick Sand, A Captain At Fifteen (1878)
28. The Begum's Fortune/The Begum's Millions (1879)
29. The Tribulations Of A Chinaman In China (1879)
30. The Mutineers Of The Bounty (1879)
31. The Great Navigators Of The Eighteenth Century (1880)
32. The Steam House (1880)
33. Ten Hours Hunting (1881)
34. Eight Hundred Leagues On The Amazon/The Giant Raft (1881)
35. The Green Ray (1882)
36. Godfrey Morgan:A Californian Mystery/The School For Robinsons (1882)
37. Kéraban The Inflexible (1883)
38. The Vanished Diamond/The Southern Star (1884)
39. The Archipelago On Fire (1884)
40. Frritt-Flacc (1884)
41. Mathias Sandorf (1885)
42. The Waif Of The Cynthia (1885)
43. A Winter Amid The Ice (1885)
44. Robur The Conquerer/The Clipper Of The Clouds (1886)
45. The Lottery Ticket/Ticket No. "9672" (1886)
46. Gil Braltar (1886)
47. The Flight To France (1887)
48. Texar's Revenge, Or, North Against South (1887)
49. Two Years' Vacation (1888)
50. The Purchase Of The North Pole/Topsy-Turvey (1889)
51. Family Without A Name (1889)
52. In The Year 2889 (1889)
53. César Cascabel (1890)
54. Mistress Branican (1891)
55. Adventures Of The Rat Family (1891)
56. The Carpathian Castle (1892)
57. Claudius Bombarnac (1892)
58. Foundling Mick/Lit'l Fellow (1893)
59. Captain Antifer/The Wonderful Adventures Of Captain Antifer (1894)
60. Propeller Island (1895)
61. Clovis Dardentor (1896)
62. Facing The Flag (1896)
63. An Antarctic Mystery/The Sphinx Of The Ice Fields (1897)
64. The Mighty Orinoco (1898)
65. The Will Of An Eccentric (1900)
66. The Castaways Of The Flag/Second Fatherland (1900)
67. The Village In The Treetops/The Aerial Village (1901)
68. The Sea Serpent/The Stories Of Jean-Marie Cabidoulin (1901)
69. The Kip Brothers (1902)
70. Travel Scholarships (1903)
71. A Drama In Livonia (1904)
72. Master Of The World (1904)
73. Invasion Of The Sea (1905)
74. The Lighthouse At The End Of The World (1905)
75. The Golden Volcano (1906)
76. The Danube Pilot/The Beautiful Yellow Danube (1908)
77. The Chase Of The Golden Meteor (1908)
78. The Survivors Of The "Jonathon"/Magellania (1909)
79. The Secret Of Wilhelm Storitz (1910)
80. The Eternal Adam (1910)
81. The Barsac Mission (1914/1919)
82. Backwards To Britain (1989)
83. A Priest In 1835 (1991)
84. Paris In The Twentieth Century (1994)

☝ 84 published books!!

And now I present to you the world's oldest science fiction movie, A Trip to the Moon, based on a Jules Verne novel! When you have the time, I urge you to take 13:27 minutes to watch this classic silent film! 👀👇⚡

(🎼🎶🎵 Fly me to the moon, 🎵 And let me play among the stars, 🎵Let me see what spring is like, 🎵 On Jupiter and Mars!🎶)

Is it just me? Don't those mushrooms ☝ on the moon 🌒look amazing! 👀 And that splashdown at the end?

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What are the odds they'd land their capsule right where there is a sunken ship (and probable sunken treasure)? 🤯 Doesn't that, in itself, make this a successful mission?

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H.G. Wells

Here are just a few of the cooler passages written by this innovative Englishman...

“This isn’t a war… It never was a war, any more than there’s war between men and ants.”

War of the Worlds

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“At any rate, whether we expect another invasion or not, our views of the human future must be greatly modified by these events. We have learned now that we cannot regard this planet as being fenced in and a secure abiding-place for Man; we can never anticipate the unseen good or evil that may come upon us suddenly out of space. It may be that in the larger design of the universe this invasion from Mars is not without its ultimate benefit for men; it has robbed us of that serene confidence in the future which is the most fruitful source of decadence, the gifts to human it has brought are enormous, and it has done much to promote the conception of the commonweal of mankind.”

War of the Worlds

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“Looking at these stars suddenly dwarfed my own troubles and all the gravities of terrestrial life.”

The Time Machine

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“I hope, or I could not live.”

The Island of Dr. Moreau

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“All men, however highly educated, retain some superstitious inklings.”

The Invisible Man

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H.G. Wells said...

“Moral indignation is jealousy with a halo.”

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“Our true nationality is mankind.”

Above, I listed all of Jules Verne's books, so it seems only fair to also provide the bibliography of this other Founding Father of Science Fiction. Check it... 👇

1. The Time Machine (1895)
2. The Wonderful Visit (1895)
3. The Island of Doctor Moreau (1896)
4. The Wheels of Chance (1896)
5. The Invisible Man (1897)
6. The War of the Worlds (1898)
7. When the Sleeper Wakes (1899)
8. Love and Mr Lewisham (1900)
9. The First Men in the Moon (1901)
10. The Sea Lady (1902)
11. The Food of the Gods and How It Came to Earth (1904)
12. Kipps (1905)
13. A Modern Utopia (1905)
14. In the Days of the Comet (1906)
15. The War in the Air (1908)
16. Tono-Bungay (1909)
17. Ann Veronica (1909)
18. The History of Mr Polly (1910)
19. The Sleeper Awakes (1910) – revised edition of When the Sleeper Wakes (1899)
20. The New Machiavelli (1911)
21. Marriage (1912)
22. The Passionate Friends (1913)
23. The Wife of Sir Isaac Harman (1914)
24. The World Set Free (1914)
25. Bealby: A Holiday (1915)
26. Boon (1915) (written as Reginald Bliss)
27. The Research Magnificent (1915)
28. Mr Britling Sees It Through (1916)
29. The Soul of a Bishop (1917)
30. Joan and Peter: The Story of an Education (1918)
31. The Undying Fire (1919)
32. The Secret Places of the Heart (1922)
33. Men Like Gods (1923)
34. The Dream (1924)
35. Christina Alberta's Father (1925)
36. The World of William Clissold (1926)
37. Meanwhile (1927)
38. Mr. Blettsworthy on Rampole Island (1928)
39. The Autocracy of Mr. Parham (1930)
40. The Bulpington of Blup (1932)
41. The Shape of Things to Come (1933)
42. The Croquet Player (1936)
43. Brynhild (1937)
44. Star Begotten (1937)
45. The Camford Visitation (1937), novella
46. Apropos of Dolores (1938)
47. The Brothers (1938)
48. The Holy Terror (1939)
49. Babes in the Darkling Wood (1940)
50. All Aboard for Ararat (1940)
51. You Can't Be Too Careful (1941)

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The following 👇 is a sweet BBC documentary on H.G. Wells, just shy of 29 minutes long.

"Don't you people ever go to bed?" said the woman about the writer. 🤣😂

Isn't it interesting that with both Verne and Wells, the books that we remember now— over a hundred years later— are novels they wrote not when they were seasoned authors, but stories they conceived at the very beginning of their careers.

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Edgar Cayce

Okay, beyond Edgar Cayce a.k.a. Kentucky's "Sleeping Prophet", when it comes generally to the topic of psychic awareness... this next video is both fascinating and explanatory. Cayce expert Professor Stephen A Schwartz defines psychic abilities in scientific terms, with a body of evidence from meticulous research to back up his conclusions.

Early in this recitation, he questions,

"What is consciousness? And what is information?"

Ask those questions ☝ (especially 'what is consciousness?') of fifty different scientists and you're likely to get fifty different answers. Consciousness is not understood. Only recently have some new studies made strides in explaining awareness. "Information theory physics"! Have you heard of it? For the first time in history, scientists are grappling with the idea that information is the foundation of reality.

Max Planck, the father of quantum mechanics, famously said...

"Consciousness is causal and fundamental. Space/time arises from consciousness; consciousness doesn't arise from space/time."

Mr. Schwartz's concepts regarding "nonlocalized consciousness" and "nonlocalized perception" are so enlightening! And what is especially intriguing, in my humble opinion, is the discourse about "intentioned focused awareness."

Intentioned focused awareness is a relatively new way of explaining both the benefits of meditation and the power of prayer.

This particular video is the longest of all the videos I'm sharing with you today. Its 1 hour 30 minutes long. If you have any interest in topics like Consciousness, Space/Time, Spirituality, God, Numinosity, Holistic Medicine, Reincarnation, Karma, and, of course, Psychic Awareness, this video is gold. The ideas and explanations here are mind-blowing/inspiring/stimulating! If you don't watch the entire video, try to give it at least 28 minutes of your attention, and you'll learn not just about Edgar Cayce, but also more about the "outbound viewing" of the Oracle of Delphi (the #1 prophet on this list.)

If you have no personal belief in the human soul, I'm guessing you probably won't be that interested in these theories. 🤷🏻‍♂️ And even if you are a Believer? You might find some of this hard to swallow. But I can almost guarantee that this scholar's reflections will give you some new ideas to think about!

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Marshall McLuhan

This quirky professor hated media, but appeared in a Woody Allen movie... as himself. He was a dichotomy... and the ultimate geek. He was definitely capable of slinging a lot of bullshit but much of what he predicted did happen.

Want to know more?

Check out this biography of Marshall McLuhan... 👇

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