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The Chronicle of Akakor
This is the tale told by the Chronicle of Akakor. And thus Ina’s command was executed. With
confidence in the promise of the Former Masters, the people of the Ugha Mongulala moved into lower
Akakor for protection against the impending catastrophe. Here they remained until the earth had
quieted, like a bird hiding behind a rock when a storm approaches. The Ugha Mongulala were saved
from the catastrophe because they trusted in the Ancient Fathers.

The First Great Catastrophe

The year 13 (10,468 B.C. according to the calendar of the White Barbarians) is a fateful year in the
history of my people. After they had withdrawn into the underground dwellings, the earth was visited by
the greatest catastrophe in memory. It even exceeded the second Great Catastrophe, 6,000 years later,
when the waters of the Great River flowed upstream. The first Great Catastrophe destroyed the empire
of our Former Masters and brought death to millions of people.

"This is the account of how men perished. What happened on earth? Who made it tremble? Who made
the stars dance? Who made the waters surge forth from the rocks? Numerous were the scourges visited
on man. He was subjected to various ordeals. It was terribly cold, and an icy wind blew over the earth. It
was terribly hot, and people were burned by their own breath. Men and animals fled in panic.
Desperately they ran hither and thither. They tried to climb the trees, but the trees rejected them. They
tried to reach the caves, yet the caves crumbled and buried them. The bottom was flung to the top, and
the top sank into the depths. The sound and fury of the Gods would not finish. Even the underground
shelters began to tremble."

The first mention of the shape of the continent before the first Great Catastrophe was after the departure
of the Former Masters. After that time, it differed considerably from its present shape. It was much
colder, and rain fell regularly. Periods of drought and rain were more clearly distinguished. There were
no great forests yet. The Great River was smaller and flowed into both oceans. Tributaries linked it with
the giant lake where the Gods had erected the temple complex of Tiahuanaco on the southern shore.

The first Great Catastrophe gave the surface of the earth a different shape. The course of the rivers was
altered, and the height of the mountains and the strength of the sun changed. Continents were flooded.
The waters of the Great Lake flowed back into the oceans. The Great River was rent by a new mountain
range, and now it flowed swiftly toward the East. Enormous forests grew on its banks. A humid heat
spread over the easterly regions of the empire. In the West, where giant mountains had surged up,
people froze in the bitter cold of the high altitudes. The Great Catastrophe caused terrible devastation, as
had been predicted by our Former Masters.

And the same thing will happen in the future catastrophe which our priests have calculated from the
course of the stars. For men’s history runs in preordained paths: Everything is repeated, everything
returns in a circle lasting 6,000 years. Our Former Masters taught us this law. Again, 6,000 years have
gone by since the last Great Catastrophe, and it is 6,000 years since our Former Masters left us for the
second time. Once again, ominous signs appear in the sky. Animals flee in panic. Wars have broken out.
Laws are disregarded and held in contempt. While the White Barbarians, out of sheer arrogance, destroy
the link between nature and man, fate approaches fulfillment. The Ugha Mongulala know that the end is
near. They know it and are expecting it in resignation. For they believe in the bequest of their Former
Masters. With the image of the Gods in their hearts, they follow in their footsteps. They follow those
who are of the same blood and have the same father.

3. THE ERA OF DARKNESS
10,468 B.C.—3166 B.C.

The German-Bolivian scientist Posnansky estimates that Tiahuanaco was destroyed around 10,000 B.C.
Geologists speak of tremendous changes in climate that might have been caused by a shifting of the

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