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  CHRONICLES

  FROM THE

  FUTURE

  THE AMAZING STORY OF

  PAUL AMADEUS DIENACH

  Based on his Diary Pages

  Edited by Achilleas Sirigos

  Copyright © 2015 Achilleas Sirigos

  This Way Out Productions

  ISBN: 978-618-82218-0-2

  First Kindle Edition

  Written by Paul Amadeus Dienach

  Edited by Achilleas Sirigos

  Cover Design by Jeff Brown

  Translation by Eleonora Kouneni

  Translation Editing by Thalia Bisticas

  Additional Translation by Matina Chatzigianni

  All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, distributed or transmitted in any form or by any means, or stored in a database or retrieval system, without the prior written permission of the publisher.

  For the victims of the Greek depression (2009- ) and the millions of immigrants that risk their life in the Aegean Sea seeking a better future for them and their children.

  Table of Contents

  EDITOR’S PREFACE

  TRANSLATOR’S PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION (1972) OF THE VALLEY OF THE ROSES

  FIRST DIARY

  REMEMBRANCES FROM THE PAST

  December 2nd, 1918

  December 4th, 1918

  December 6th, 1918

  January 17th, 1919

  January 23rd, 1919

  February 8th, 1919

  February 24th, 1919

  SECOND DIARY (the diary Paul Dienach wrote when he came out of his second coma)

  THE AWAKENING

  July 16th, 1922

  July 21st, 1922

  August 10th, 1922

  August 14th, 1922

  August 16th, 1922

  August 17th, 1922

  A NEW LIFE IN ATHENS

  Athens, October 20th, 1922

  Wednesday November 2nd, 1922

  THE TRUTH ABOUT HIS SICKNESS

  March 20th, 1923

  March 21st, 1923

  April 1923

  Tuesday, April 24th

  REBORN

  August 17th

  MEETING THE LEADERS OF THE FUTURE AND REVEALING HIS TRUE IDENTITY

  ANDREAS NORTHAM’S ACCIDENT

  August 18th

  THE TRUTH: FAINTING IN THE PAST (1921 AD) AND WAKING UP IN THE FUTURE (3906 AD)

  THE LANGUAGE: ENGLISH AND SCANDINAVIAN BLEND

  THE NORTHAM-JAEGER RELATIONSHIP

  August 20th

  CONFESSIONS

  August 21st

  SLEEPLESS

  August 23rd

  August 24th

  August 25th

  August 26th

  August 27th

  August 30th

  NORTHAM’S CIRCLE AND THEIR SOCIAL CODE

  1-IX-MDIX (The dating system changes. It is our 3906 AD, but according to the future calendar it is 1509)

  3-IX

  5-IX

  THE TWO-YEAR GLOBAL SERVICE, EVERYDAY LIFE AND DEMOGRAPHIC REGULATIONS

  6-IX

  7-IX

  ROMANCING WITH SILVIA

  8-IX

  9-IX

  10-IX

  11-IX

  16-IX

  17-IX

  18-IX

  4-X

  TRIP TO THE WEST COAST OF ITALY: AN ENDLESS, GLOBAL HOLIDAY RESORT

  Salerno, 6-X

  7-X

  THE ESSENCE OF SAMITH AND “DIRECT KNOWLEDGE”

  7-X Again

  8-X

  12-X

  THE ESSENCE OF SAMITH AND THE GLIMPSE OF THE GREAT BEYOND

  14-X

  INFINITY, AFTERLIFE AND THE ORIGINS OF THE ETERNAL IMPULSE TO DO GOOD

  14-X Again

  THE WORK OF THE AIDERSEN INSTITUTE AND THE SUPERIOR INNER LIFE AS A PATHWAY TO HUMAN EVOLUTION

  16-X

  17-X

  COMPLETION OF HIS RELATIONSHIP WITH SILVIA

  22-X

  22-X Again

  TRIP TO THE NORTH: THE SUPERCITY OF NORFOR

  5-X

  15- XI

  THE INTERROGATION: VISIT TO NORTHAM’S WORKPLACE

  PRIVATE MEANS OF TRANSPORTATION AND THEIR OPINION ABOUT WORK

  17- XI

  TROENDE: THE NEW HUMAN BEING

  SEX, MATERNITY, RELATIONS AND THE ESSENCE OF LOVE

  25 - XI

  OLD AND NEW LOVES: THEIR WAY OF SEPARATION

  26-XI

  SOUTHERN EUROPE

  Loikito, 30-XI

  1-XII

  1-XII Again

  2 to 3-XII

  CITY LIFE IN WESTERN FRANCE: COMPARISON WITH THE 20TH CENTURY

  9-XII

  SOCIAL CLASSES, HIERARCHY, MANNERS AND THE DEFEATED BEAST OF BUREAUCRACY

  THEIR RENAISSANCE AND HUMAN EVOLUTION BEFORE THE FIRST NIBELVIRCH

  9-XII Again

  THE GIANTS OF ART: LARSEN AND VALMANDEL

  COMPARISONS WITH THE 20th CENTURY

  A UNIQUE CONCERT

  Majorca, 13-XII

  SILVIA’S WORLD VIEW

  13-XII Again

  CHRONICLES FROM THE FUTURE

  GRETVIRCHAARSDAG

  MARKFOR (EX-ROME): THE MEGACITY

  16 — XII

  Markfor, 27-XII

  STATUES FROM THE FUTURE

  28—XII

  PROMINENT INHABITANTS OF MARKFOR

  28-XII Again

  LANGUAGE AND ART

  29 – XII

  INTERROGATION AT HOME

  30 – XII

  NEW YEAR’S EVE

  DEATH AND SPIRIT

  1-I-MDX

  3-I

  4-I

  GOING TO SCHOOL

  4-1 Again

  6-I

  9-I

  THEIR MONTHS AND FESTIVE DAYS

  9–II

  13-II

  THE ESSENCE OF THE AIDERSIAN KNOWLEDGE: THE UNITY OF THE MATERIAL AND SPIRITUAL WORLD AND THE EVOLUTION OF RELIGIONS

  14-II

  HOW TO LIVE ACCORDING TO PROFESSOR LAIN

  16-II

  ARTISTIC CREATION: ARTISTS OR PROPHETS?

  19-II

  20-II

  22-II

  24-II

  THE “BEASTS” OF HISTORY AND THE VALUE OF HUMAN LIFE

  27- II

  THE DECLINE OF THE 20TH AND 21ST CENTURY

  Overpopulation shows its face

  28-II

  8-V

  THE “PHANTOM OF NUMBER” AND SUBSEQUENT BIRTH CONTROL

  9-V

  THEIR DIVISION OF HISTORY

  12-V

  ELDERE: THE FOUR-CENTURY STRUGGLE FOR REAL GLOBALISATION

  13-V

  THE “FEAR FACTOR” AS AN EDUCATIONAL TOOL FOR THE YOUNG CITIZENS

  2-VI

  THE NIGHT OF THE “GRETLYS” (the Grand Light)

  3-VI

  5-VI

  5-VI

  6-VI

  THE STORY OF MARY-LEA: A MODERN SAINT

  7-VI

  THE JUDGEMENT OF THE AIDERSEN INSTITUTE

  8-VI

  MASS SUICIDES AND THE PURPOSE OF LIFE

  9-VI

  10-VI

  11-VI

  11-VI Again

  Retsstats Aarsdag, MDX

  12-VI

  SIGHTSEEING IN MARKFOR

  THE ANNIVERSARY OF THE “BIG DAY” AND THE EXTINCTION OF THE RACES

  AIDERSEN RIVALRIES AND THE ATTEMPTS AGAINST THE NEW REALITY

  13-VI

  LAST DAY AT MARKFOR

  14-VI

  18-VI

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  THEIR AMAZING MOTORWAYS AND OTHER MEANS OF TRANSPORTATION

  New Göteborg, 21-VI

  TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCES, CLIMATE CONTROL AND “RETURN TO THE BASICS”

  THE MASSIVE COLONISATION OF MARS AND THE GREAT DESTRUCTION

  EXTRATERRESTRIALS: BRIEF ENCOUNTERS

  TERRINGTOWN: THE BIRTHPLACE OF JOHN TERRING, THE FIRST UNIVERSAL LEADER

  Marienborg, 26-VI

  Blomsterfor, 27-VI

  FEELING LIKE A STRANGER

  Blomsterfor, 28-VI

  FLOWER DECORATION AND THEIR TRANSPORT NETWORK

  Blomsterfor, 29-VI

  Blomsterfor, 30-VI

  ART AND 3D THEATRES

  CEREMONIES AND THE USE OF RELIGION

  Blomsterfor, 1-VII

  Annelud, 2-VII

  2-VII Again

  THE NEW RENAISSANCE OF 3300 AD

  Nysalborg, 4-VII

  Youthsmile, 5-VII

  7-VII

  STROLLING THROUGH THE LANSBEES

  8-VII

  THE “WALK OF VIKINGS”

  12-VII

  SILEA, THEIR ARTIFICIAL MOTHER RIVER

  VALLEY OF ROSES: STARING AT THEIR SACRED CITY

  Rosernes Dal, 13-VII

  AN AMAZING RESEMBLANCE

  13-VII Again

  DOWN TO THE VALLEY

  14-VII

  15-VII

  THE PANTHEON

  LATHARMI

  THE VOLKIES

  16-VII

  THE STORY OF COSTIA RODULOF

  17-VII

  STATUES OF THE FUTURE

  18-VII

  THE WISE MEN OF THE PALACE STREETS IN KONGEBORG

  FAMOUS WOMEN OF THE FUTURE

  THE TEMPLE OF THE UNSUNG MARTYRS AND THE GREAT PILGRIMAGE

  20-VII

  SYMPTOMS OF AGORAPHOBIA AT THE GOLD TEMPLE

  THE OATH AND THE GRAND PROCESSION

  THE SNOW WHITE SANCTUARY

  22-VII

  24-VII

  25-VII

  26-VII

  BACK TO HIS HOMELAND

  30-VII

  CONFESSING EVERYTHING TO SILVIA

  1-VIII

  BACK TO THE PAST

  1– VIII Again

  LIST OF PROPER NAMES

  NAMES OF PEOPLE

  PLACE NAMES

  CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE

  CALENDAR BOARDS

  GLOSSARY

  "Άμμες δε γ΄ εσσόμεθα πολλώ κάρρονες"

  *but we shall become much better than you

  Promissory Oath of the teen Spartans towards the elderly [Ploutarhos: “Lykourgos” 21]

  EDITOR’S PREFACE

  Introductions typically attempt to present the essence of a book, highlighting the most important elements of the story you are about to read. My introduction does not do that. Rather, I will be telling you the story of how this unique text came to be, its journey from the 1920s until today.

  This is a book that contains the diary of a man who never intended his words to be revealed to the world. It chronicles an experience that was never shared for fear of ridicule and disbelief. As you work your way through his very personal memoire, the reason for secrecy will soon become clear– the author claimed to have lived in the future and returned back to his original era, 20th century central Europe, to record a detailed account, outlining exactly what happened during his journey.

  The real protagonists of this amazing, true story are two persons: Paul Amadeus Dienach, the author and the man who claimed to have lived in the future; and George Papachatzis, Dienach’s student of German language studies to whom he left his notes - the diary you hold in your hands today.

  After making the first acquaintances, let's start unravelling their story step-by-step.

  Paul Amadeus Dienach was a Swiss-Austrian teacher with fragile health. His father was a German-speaking Swiss and his mother was an Austrian from Salzburg. Dienach travelled to Greece in the Autumn of 1922, after having recovered from a one-year coma caused by a serious illness, hoping that the mild climate would improve his condition.

  During his time in Greece, Dienach taught French and German language lessons in order to provide himself with a minimum income. Amongst his students was George Papachatzis, a student that Dienach appreciated more than any of the others. Papachatzis describes his teacher as a "very cautious and very modest man that used to emphasize the details".

  Dienach, as we learn from Papachatzis, was born in a suburb of Zurich and lived his adolescence in a village nearby the large Swiss capital. He later followed humanitarian studies with a strong inclination to the history of cultures and classical philology. It is believed that he eventually died from tuberculosis in Athens, Greece, or on his way back to his homeland through Italy, probably during the first quarter of 1924.

  Before Paul Dienach died, he entrusted Papachatzis with part of his life and soul– his diary. Without telling Papachatzis what the notes were, he left him with the simple instructions that he should use the documents to improve his German by translating them from German to Greek.

  Papachatzis did as he asked. Initially, he believed Dienach had written a novel, but as he progressed with translations, he soon realized the notes were actually his diary… from the future!

  At this point we have to clarify something crucial. Dienach is thought to have suffered from Encephalitis lethargica, a strange neurological disease that develops an immune system response to overloaded neurons. The first time Dienach fell into a lethargic sleep it was for 15 minutes. The second time it was for a whole year…

  During this year that Dienach was in a coma in a Zurich hospital, he claimed to have entered the body of another person, Andreas Northam, who lived in the year 3906 AD.

  Once he recovered from his coma, Dienach didn't talk to anyone about his remarkable experience because he thought he would be considered crazy. However, what he did do was write down the entirety of his memory relating to what he had seen of the future. Towards the end of his life, he even stopped his teaching job in order to have as much time as possible to write everything he could remember.

  Dienach describes everything he experienced of the environment and people of the year 3906 AD, according to the mind-set and limited knowledge of a 20th century man. This was not an easy task for Dienach. There were many things he claims not to have understood about what he saw, nor was he familiar with all their terms, technology, or the evolutionary path they had followed.

  In his memoires, he claims that the people of the future fully understood his peculiar medical situation, which they called "conscious slide", and they told Dienach as many things as they could in relation to the historical events that took place between the 21st and 40th century. The only thing they didn't tell him was the exact story of the 20th century, in case Dienach’s consciousness returned back to his original body and era (as he did) – they believed it would be dangerous to let him know his immediate future and the future of his era in case it disturbed or altered the path of history and his life.

  By reading Dienach's unique personal narration page by page, you will be able to decode what he claims to have seen in relation to mankind, our planet, and our evolution.

  Many may wonder – what happened to the diary in all that time, from the distant year of 1926 until now, almost a century later?

  George Papachatzis gradually translated Dienach's notes – with his not so perfect German – over a period of 14 years (1926-1940), mostly in his spare time and summer breaks. World War II and the Greek civil war delayed his efforts of spreading the amazing story that landed on his desk all those years ago.

  On the Eve of Christmas in 1944, Papachatzis was staying with friends at a house which was also used occupied by the Greek Army. When the soldiers caught sight of Dienach’s notes, which were of course in German, they confiscated them because they considered them suspicious. They told Papachatzis that they would return them only after they had examined their contents. They never did. But b
y then, Papachatzis had already finished the translation.

  George Papachatzis tried to track down information about Dienach, by visiting Zurich 12 times between 1952 and 1966. He could not find a single trace of him, nor any relatives, neighbours, or friends. Dienach, who is thought to have fought with the Germans during World War I, probably never gave his real name in Greece, a country that had fought against the Germans.

  After the end of World War II and the Greek Civil War, Papachatzis gave the translated diary to some of his friends – masons, theosophists, professors of theology and two anti-Nazi Germans– and after that, when everybody realized what they had in their hands, the diary was kept within a close philosophical circle and in the Tectonic Lodge, in which he was a member. The book was taken very seriously by the Masons, who did not want the information spread to a larger circle. They considered the book to be almost holy, containing wisdom about the future of humanity, and better kept only for the few.

  Finally, after strong disputes, George Papachatzis decided to publish Dienach's Diary. It was during the period that Greece entered the hardest phase of the 7 year dictatorship in 1972. Strong protest from certain church circles – who considered the book heretic – and the fall of the dictatorship a year later, condemned the first edition to oblivion. No one was interested in the future when the present was so intense and violent.

  All these factors, along with the difficult language and the rough style of Dienach’s notes, which mixed together elements of his past, along with his experience of the future, made the diary even more difficult to understand. Only a few had the time and patience to decode the secret knowledge that lay encoded within almost 1,000 pages.

  Another edition followed in 1979 in Greece titled “The Valley of the Roses”. However, again the book disappeared and it was hardly mentioned again, apart from the few that knew of its existence.

  After all the silence, Papachatzis died, and his family did not wish to carry on with his work.

  Twenty two years passed before the diary was picked up again by the independent publisher Radamanthis Anastasakis, who decided to publish the book on a small scale, exactly as it was previously written.

  That's when I discovered the book for the first time and started to "restore" it, without the sentimentalities that kept Papachatzis from doing something more than an exact translation of the ‘holy’ scripts of his teacher. Almost a century after the original script was written, this was a task that had to be undertaken so that a 21stcentury reader could really understand what a20thcentury man wanted to say.