In the novel, the Author is visited by Timothy Brooke, a man from Seattle who claims he went missing due to a shipwreck in the mid 19th century but instead of dying, woke up in Agartha. Agartha, is rumored to be a subterranean network of cities that exist below our feet and are populated by advanced beings. They possess advanced technology (much more advanced than our own) and depending on the flavor of Hollow Earth theory you subscribe to, may or may not be incredibly spiritual and may or may not be a part of a larger Galactic Federation.
Two of the cities rumoured to be a part of the Agartha network are Telos and Lesser Shamballah. Telos features heavily in this story.
The author has released the book as an account of real, factual events. Timothy claims that he has come to her with a message to all humanity, to announce the existence of these inner Earth entities as well as the larger Agartha subterranean network of cities and ultimately, to help guide humanity into our next phase of existence.
Assumedly, this ‘ascension’ event could equate to the prophesised Christian ‘judgement day’ where all human souls are judged and transcend either into heaven, or hell. (The Agartha network assumedly taking on the role of Heaven within this lore).
While I do not believe wholeheartedly in the concept of Agartha, (or judgement day) I do remain an open minded individual. Many events in my own life recently have led me to question what I previously thought to be infallible. Plus, there have been stories, myths and legends of Agartha and the hollow earth entities for centuries. (The recent series Hellier springs to mind, as well as The Hopi Ant People and a slew of other legendary beings) It also stands to reason that if a super advanced civilization survived a cataclysmic meteor impact of biblical type event like a flood somewhere in Earth’s history, then the smartest of the survivors would realise that the surface of the Earth, is where all the threat is. I know that’s what I would do. Anyway, Hollow Earth theories are always an interesting dig, even if 95% of it turns out to be rubbish, it’s still interesting rubbish to look at.
The events in the book are supposed to have taken place within the last 100 years. So I figured that if these events really did happen, then there’s a fairly decent chance they may have been captured somewhere in the web of the internet/media. Here is what I have found so far.
The Shipwreck/Crash.
From the information provided, we can ascertain a few things.
- Timothy Brooke was from Seattle
- His parents met somewhere in the mid 20th Century.
- He went missing with 5 other people when a ship carrying timber, was sunk against rocks off the coast.
Reading further, we get more information on the ill-fated voyage.
After some searching and paying a subscription to the New York Times. I came across an article in the New York Times, dated November 17th 1948 titled – 7 LOST AT SEA IN STORM
The article reads as follows:
“A North Pacific storm today apparently claimed the lives of seven persons and sank three tugs. Other vessels were reported in trouble.
Three men were lost when a tug piled up on the rocks near Port San Juan, B. C., west of Vancouver Island. Five others of the crew made it to shore in a lifeboat.”
Here is Timothy’s explanation of the events around the crash:
Let us consider the following synchronicities between these two events:
1: Timothy mentioned he left Seattle in Early November. Seattle to Vancouver can be done in a day, for an older tug, the trip time would be a couple of days at most. Which places a possible arrival date, right around the 16th.
2: Timothy mentioned being sunk near the coast, thrown against ‘the nearest cliff. The shipwreck the article mentions, is directly along the route that Timothy and his father would have taken.
Here is the shipping route Timothy and his Father would have taken. Highlighting the area the shipwreck was supposed to have occurred. The location the article mentions would hold many rocky areas with cliffs like the one Timothy described.
3: Timothy mentioned his parents met in the mid 20th Century, and that he went missing at 19. Meaning if he was on board during the event in 1948, his parents would have met prior to 1929. While modernly, we consider ‘mid 20th Century’ to exist between 1933-1967, I believe this date to be close enough to be considered a match.
While there are some consistencies, there are some things that don’t match up too well.
Inconsistencies:
- The article mentions 3 people dying from this particular crew, with 5 returning to shore and being rescued. Timothy mentioned that the entire crew (his father, and 4 others) was lost. And that he only survived by being rescued by the Agharthans.
Conclusion:
While there are similarities between the events. There is nothing solid. Further investigation would be required to prove the events were the same. While the number of dead is inconsistent, it is based off Timothy’s knowledge of the events. In the story Timothy claims that he was told everyone else perished, he would have no real way of knowing if they did, or not. The total number of crewmembers not matching (Timothy describes 6 including himself, the article identifies 8) remains an inconsistency I cannot account for rationally outside of human error. Which seems unlikely. A crew register or identification of one of the survivors may be able to provide much more solid information.
Seattle
The second synchronicity I found came later when Timothy was describing a brief trip home, to tell his family where he had been the last 3 years. I have highlighted the parts that contain personal or important information.
Beginning with the description of Timothy’s Seattle home and neighbourhood, it is important to understand who is writing this material. The author’s name (and Medium whom Timothy narrates through) is a lady named Mariana Stjerna.
Born in 1921 in Sweden, I was unable to find much information about her online despite her rather prolific career. Her wikipedia page, which I was unable to find in English and had to use google translate; contains the bare basics on her life. Her novels appear to sometimes take years to be translated into English, many have not been.
This information is why I find it hard to understand how Timothy (And by extension, Mariana) managed to describe the area around the Seattle Airport so well if neither of them had been there or had access to modern satellite views. Being that the book was originally published in 2012, it is possible that Mariana, at the age of 91, studied the area online. Or that she has been there in her life. Still, another odd consistency.
Here is a photo of the area around Seattle Airport which I believe is like the one that Timothy is describing. Near both the Seattle Airport and a large harbour. All the houses have Jettys.
Conclusion:
Again, while this is interesting. It is far from proof that the events Timothy describes actually happened. If Mariana has never been to Seattle, and it could be proven that she had no access to photos or descriptions of Seattle, then this would again be a lot more convincing.
The Fish Shop
In Timothy’s story, during his trip home to visit his family, he reconnects with his old neighbor Tillie, he reminisces about her owning a fish shop with her husband, Harry. This information is not included in the original excerpt above but included below. As this could be an important component in proving/disproving this story.
If these events are factual, and really did happen. This visit happened 3 years after the crash in 1948. Placing the visit back home around 1951. If the fish shop was as successful as Timothy described, then maybe I could find something on it. I honestly didn’t expect this to pan out to be honest, Googling the names of fish shop owners in Seattle.
Imagine my surprise when I found Pure Fresh Fish Market. With articles on longtime Employee Harry and Tillie. It appears as though their family has owned the fish market for 4 generations.
They are still in business, and have a facebook page. Now, I am not about bothering people, so please if you are reading this, PLEASE DO NOT BOTHER THEM. RESPECT THEIR PRIVACY. But I believe this could be a very solid way of confirming this entire story.
Conclusion
If Tillie is the same Tillie as the story mentions, and she is able to confirm that Timothy went missing, and ‘came back’ 3 years later, then went missing again. It would lend a LOT of credibility to this story. While Harry and Tillie appear to be Employees and not Husband and Wife (Sol and Tillie appear to have been married for many years, according to news articles I can find on the Fish Shop) I don’t believe this coincidence should be overlooked.
Agartha: The Earth’s Inner World is riddled with real world events that should be easy to track down if they did in fact occur. While it is possible that Stjerna is a pseudonym for a Seattle based writer; I don’t believe this is likely due to her body of work and native language most her books are written in. While I don’t believe there is enough evidence here to show that the events in the book happened in the way they are portrayed, I do believe there are enough consistencies between book and real-world events, that it is worthy of further exploration.
I am still trying to track down information on the Sister who died during childbirth, and the widowed Brother in law who moved to Vancouver. I would also like to talk to someone in Seattle and potentially someone with a subscription to the SeattleTimes so that we can look through the historical articles and try to find the article Timothy mentions being written about him on his return home. If you have any information, please let me know via email and I will add it to this document.