Hel's Legacy: The Second Coming

By Kerry Ogden

An ancient manuscript containing inscriptions over 4,000 years old surfaced in 1871; however, it was quickly deemed a fraud even though its translator Dr. Ottema was confident in its authenticity. Dr. Ottema also claimed there was a world-wide conspiracy to stop the book’s production and distribution. Some of the themes in the manuscript were extremely controversial including a man resembling Jesus Christ living 2,000 years too soon and a disaster similar to the sinking of Atlantis in 2193 B.C.E. Moreover, the text identifies the origin of monotheism and the possible core of all the major religions. In 2004, additional research concluded the Old Frisian manuscript now being called the Oera Linda Book was written as a hoax by three men from the Netherlands. Hel’s Legacy: The Second Coming offers overwhelming evidence to disprove these theories. It uncovers links between the Oera Linda Book, ancient mythologies, religions, and history offering reasonable explanations for the location of the Island of Atlantis, the formation of the alphabet symbols, and the authentic name of the Creator and bloodline of Christ.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Kerry Ogden
• Release date: Oct 24, 2013
• ISBN: 9781310823374

Kerry Ogden

Kerry Ogden holds a M.A. in Interdisciplinary Studies from the University of South Dakota and a M.A. in Leadership from Bellevue University in Nebraska. She is an educator, researcher, and analyst with a main interest in ancient texts. Kerry was born in Burke, South Dakota, and currently lives in Moville, Iowa, with her German Shepherd Maggie.

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Hel’s Legacy: The Second Coming

Kerry D. Ogden

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Published by Kerry D. Ogden at Smashwords

Copyright 2013 Kerry D. Ogden

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Dedication

This book is dedicated to the Helenbolt family; especially, my sister Julie who recently reminded me how, anything is possible - even the impossible and the family of Terry Ogden (1957 - 1995).

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Acknowledgments

I am deeply indebted to the Cornelis Over de Linden family and their ancestors for preserving the Oera Linda Book from generation to generation. Furthermore, I am indebted to Dr. Jan Gerhardus Ottema, one of the early translators and first publisher of the Oera Linda, who believed in the book and spent the rest of his life defending its authenticity.

I am also very grateful to my children, Terry and Joni, and my granddaughter, Bailey – their candidness is greatly appreciated. I am thankful to my sister Monie and my friend Meg Bishop as well for their suggestions, encouragement, and support in writing this book. I would also like to acknowledge Jerome Kills Small, my teacher, mentor, and friend whose contributions have proved to be timeless, boundless, and immeasurable - Philamayaye.

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Table of Contents

Introduction: The Book of Names

Chapter One: The Oera Linda Book’s Contributors and Contents

Chapter Two: Atland and the Legend of Atlantis

Chapter Three: Our Daily Bread

Chapter Four: The Symbols of the Alphabet

Chapter Five: The Story of Hel

Chapter Six: Gnosticism

Chapter Seven: Proto-Indo-European, Old Frisian, and the Oera Linda Alphabet

Conclusion: The Apocalypse

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Introduction: The Book of Names

When an Old Frisian manuscript later named the Oera Linda Book surfaced in 1871, it was quickly deemed a fraud even though its translator Dr. Ottema was confident in its authenticity. Furthermore, Dr. Ottema claimed there was a world-wide conspiracy to stop the book’s production and distribution. Dr. Ottema also noted the book raised such a fuss it seemed the, well-being of land and folk depended upon the authenticity or inauthenticity thereof. More recent research concluded the book was written as a hoax by three men from the Netherlands.

I came across the manuscript about thirteen years ago during a Google search. I had been working on my family genealogy and was told my maiden name was Frisian. Since I did not know anything about the Frisians, I included it in the inquiry along with several first names of descendants I had already found. My maiden name is Helenbolt, and the Oera Linda Book popped up on the screen because in addition to the claim of being the earliest primary source on Frisian history, the surname Hellenia and several given names in the book were very similar to, or the same as, several names in my family. The book claims to be the only surviving evidence of a past civilization headed by enlightened women called folk-mothers or earth-mothers. It contains writings from several authors covering a time period of almost two thousand years. The book also includes inscriptions copied from citadel walls dating before 4000 B.C.E.

The Frisian Folk-Mothers

The Frisian folk-mothers were the ancient leaders of matriarchal societies covering a vast area including all of Europe. The folk-mothers ruled by succession and presided over an order of maidens. These societies promoting freedom and equality were founded by Frya, the mother of the Frisian people. This book claims Frya’s authority came from Wralda. In the Old Frisian language, Wralda means ‘world’. In the Oera Linda, Wralda is also recorded as Wr.alda meaning ‘the elder’ and ‘the oldest one’ and as Wral.da meaning ‘present everywhere’. In the later writings of the book, Wralda is referred to as God. Moreover, the authors of the Oera Linda Book claim a conspiracy between church and state has left people ignorant about Wralda and under the rule of a false god.

The Oera Linda Book Themes

Some of the themes found in the Oera Linda Book seem too outrageous to be true. Not only is there a man resembling Jesus Christ living two thousand years too early, but the book talks about several mythical characters from Norse traditions as if they are real historical people. The book states Frya (Freya) created the symbols of the alphabet and written instructions on how the Frisian people should live. Frya based her symbols on a six-spoke wheel, the first symbol of Wralda. Just after Frya gave her text to her descendants, a major disaster occurred in 2193 B.C.E. destroying much of the civilized world at that time. The disaster concluded with the sinking of Atland, a name very similar to Plato’s legendary Island of Atlantis. The folk-mothers also prophesized Frisian descendants would remember and reveal the conspiracy between church and state in approximately A.D. 2000 and, 1000 years later there shall exist no longer either priest or oppression.

Not only did I recognize several names in the Oera Linda Book, as I read the voices of the writers seemed to come alive and were as familiar as the names. As I stumbled through the awkward text full of double and sometimes triple negatives, I was often shocked at the bluntness and arrogant attitudes of the writers. For example, when the priests tried to convert the mothers to their own religion by noting the similarities between their gods, the mothers responded by informing the priests the mothers’ god could not possibly be the priests’ god because the priests’ god was dumb instead of light and wise like Wralda. The priests did not respond well to this reply, and unsurprisingly, many of the mothers and their followers were hung and burned as witches and heretics.

While many scholars found the themes in the Oera Linda Book too outrageous to be true, I found them too outrageous to be false. Further research into the book brought me into the world of Norse mythology and other early traditions. I was quite surprised when I found a variant of the Helenbolt name, Herebeald, in one of the most important works in Anglo-Saxton literature known as Beowulf. Herebeald is considered the predecessor to Balder, the returning Norse messiah. I also noticed the themes in Beowulf were very similar to the themes in many of the other stories found in Norse mythology. In particular, I kept finding one story being told over and over again. Then I noticed this same story appearing in Egyptian and Sumerian mythologies as well as in various religious texts. Moreover, I continued to notice more variations of the name.

The Story of Exile and Return

The common story found in the various mythologies and theologies is about an exile and a return. In many cases the exile was associated with the underworld, and the return was associated with major disasters or the apocalypse. For example, a pre-Christian religious group known as the Gnostics revered a feminine being named Sophia meaning the ‘wisdom of God’. Sophia and the myth of her fall and redemption were important aspects and the basis of the Gnostics’ beliefs. The motif is also found in much earlier traditions and legends. The story of Sophia is very similar to the Sumerian myth of the descent of the Goddess Inanna. In this myth, Inanna is exiled by the God Enlil from her realm of heaven and earth to descend into the great below.

When Inanna arrived at the outer gates of the underworld, she commanded her servant Ninshubur to wait there for her for three days. If she did not return, Ninshubur was to go to the elder gods for help. In the underworld, Inanna is condemned to death, and her corpse is hung on a hook. Three days later when Inanna does not return, Ninshubur approaches the gods. Although the first two refused to help, the great God Enki was grieved by Inanna’s troubles, so he created two creatures to descend into the underworld to save her. This story has many parallels to Christian beliefs where Jesus Christ descended into the underworld after his crucifixion. Like Inanna, Jesus stayed in the underworld for three days before rising to heaven.

Egyptian myths also tell of a god who descends to the underworld in the story of Osiris, son of the deities Geb and Nut. Osiris, revered as the Universal Lord, became the king of Egypt. Osiris married his sister Isis. After Osiris’ death and restoration to life by Isis, Osiris became the judge of the dead in the underworld. In addition to Egyptian myths, a similar motif to the descending Christ is found in Northern European mythology with Balder and Frigg.

Although Frigg did everything she could trying to prevent it, her son Balder is sent to the underworld after he is accidently killed by his brother Hod. The Germanic people believed Balder would return to rule in a new age after Ragnarok, the doom of the gods. This belief has parallels to Christianity where the motif of an Apocalypse is found in the Revelations of Jesus Christ in the New Testament. Similar to the Norse Balder and Christian Jesus, the Oera Linda Book predicts the return of the light of Krishna and Frya.

Norse myths tell the story of an exile and return as well. When the God Odin finds out a woman named Hel and her siblings have some sort of writings or lore powerful enough to destroy all the gods, Odin banishes her to the underworld and puts her in charge of the inglorious dead. At Ragnarok or the final battle ending the world, the dead of Hel will return and be destroyed along with the gods.

The World Puzzle

With the Oera Linda Book in hand, I began a journey extending beyond the next decade earning a Bachelor of Arts degree in English and American Indian Studies and two Master’s Degrees. My first Master of Arts is in Interdisciplinary Studies. Most of my classes were taken in areas intended to benefit the research into the Oera Linda such as Communications, Linguistics, and History of the English Language. I recently completed my second Master of Arts in Leadership. My thesis for the program is based on the Oera Linda Book and establishing the folk-mothers historically as the world’s first authentic leaders.

During the many years spent studying the Oera Linda, I discovered how the well-being of the folk could be dependent upon whether or not this book is a fraud. I also discovered several reasons why there would be powerful people who would not want the book published or distributed. One reason is the book provides the invisible symbol used to format the letters of the alphabet. Efforts in symbolic interpretations of the letters have created many ideas combining various disciplines, and there are some who believe understanding the symbols will lead to the divine. The invisible symbol of the wheel around each of the letters found in Frya’s alphabet can be used to develop a theory to support this belief.

The Oera Linda also contains enough details to formulate a reasonable explanation of Plato’s Atlantis or Atland. The book gives the date of the sinking of the legendary Island, and it provides a general idea of where Atlantis was located. This explanation offers a history contrary to popular beliefs about the benefits of civilization and the creation of world classes - a subject the rich and powerful may prefer left unmentioned.

The most important and most dangerous detail in the book is the original definition of the word hell. The book links the name Hel to the early folk-mothers forming a proto-mythology and the possible core of the world’s major religions. Furthermore, the folk-mothers advocated a successful direct democracy intended to protect individual rights and freedom where common people rule instead of elite representatives. The book also defines the current power structures of both church and state as oppressive.

One by one, these details became the pieces of a gigantic world puzzle extending into many disciplines including theology, mythology, history, sociology, psychology, political science, languages, and communications. As each piece was placed in its proper position, the picture became clearer and clearer. However, upon completion the center piece of the puzzle was missing. Without it, the picture did not quite make sense, and there was one huge question left unanswered.

The Missing Piece

The piece of the puzzle still missing was the letter W - literally. In Frya’s alphabet recorded in the Oera Linda Book, there is no symbol for the W, although, the letter is clearly used throughout the text. Moreover, it is the first symbol in the name Wralda. I felt it impossible this was an oversight when the text was copied from the citadels’ walls, and there had to be a very important reason why it was not included.

While working on my first Master’s degree, I formulated the theory Frya’s symbols parallel the way speech is formed according to point and manner of articulation. In other words, Frya was actually drawing sounds, and the W was not included in her illustration of the alphabet because it was silent. But during the process of writing the thesis for my second Master’s degree, I discovered the symbols had dual meanings. I included my findings in the research, but it was not until the morning after I submitted the final thesis, I realized I had not explained the dual meaning of the symbol for the W. Because it was not visible in Frya’s alphabet, I had forgotten about it.

For several weeks I had been working from sunrise to sunset trying to complete the thesis and had just submitted it the night before, a few hours before its midnight deadline. I was sitting on the couch drinking my first cup of coffee for the day, relieved I was finally done. A copy of the thesis laid next to me on the couch, opened to the final page of the literature review quoting Frya’s final words before she died. The Oera Linda Book was lying on my coffee table, opened to the page containing the illustration of the symbols for Frya’s alphabet. As soon as I saw the letters, I remembered I had not accounted for the W. Moreover, I did not know how to account for it. I picked up my thesis, and as soon as I began to read the opened page, I saw my name again. At the same time - I found the missing symbol.

My grandfather was Albert Harry Helenbolt, and some of his ancestors’ given names included Tunis, Demas, John, Adel, and Minerva. These names are the same as, or very similar to, names in the Oera Linda Book including the surname Hellenia and the given names Tunis, Demetrius, John, Adela, Minerva, and Alberta. After the first reading of the Oera Linda, I concluded the book provides sufficient evidence the name Helenbolt is indeed Frisian. After several years of researching the book and other significant texts, I have concluded the name Helenbolt provides sufficient evidence to disprove the theories the Oera Linda Book is a fraud or a hoax as well.

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Chapter One: The Oera Linda Book’s Contributors and Contents

The Oera Linda Book surfaced in 1871 when a man named Cornelius Over de Linden (Oera Linda) took some manuscripts belonging to his family to a local librarian for translation. The collections of texts and writings had been given to Cornelius by his Aunt Aafjie Meylhof in 1848. The manuscripts had previously been in the care of Andries Over de Linden, Cornelius’ grandfather. The language used in the texts was an earlier form of Old Frisian, previously unknown and unreadable by the Over de Linden family. Consequently, Cornelius waited nineteen years before taking the manuscripts to Dr. Elco Verwijs. When the librarian refused to publish the manuscript, it was turned over to Dr. Ottema who translated and published the text.

What is now called the Oera Linda Book had been in the possession of the Oera Linda family from, time immemorial without anyone knowing whence it came or what it contained. It was first compiled of ancient writings found on the walls of burghs or Frisian citadels. Family members through the centuries added on and recopied the book to safeguard the writings. The most ancient of the texts is Frya’s Tex dating from before 2193 B.C.E. The Oera Linda Book describes the transformation of the Frisian people from a free matriarchal society into a period after floods and other disasters when a new militaristic power assumed control.

The matriarchal society the Frisians belonged to is described as one where females are enlightened. In this society, there is equality between men and women – neither dominates nor controls. Their roles are often different, but the various positions and responsibilities are considered equally important and recognized as essential in maintaining the culture’s sovereignty and independence. For example, the women are the carriers and consciences of their culture and customs. They travel and teach others their ethics, morals, and laws; however, within their own citadels, most of the teachers are men.

In addition to Frisian history, the Oera Linda describes the histories of other peoples such as the Finns, Phoenicians, Gauls, Celts, Britons, Greeks, Franks, and Scots. This book also challenges the institutions of church and state by revealing the original source for both the system of government and moral codes in Europe. Along with identifying Wralda as the creator, the Oera Linda Book identifies a man named Jessos Krishna as a possible predecessor to Jesus Christ. The histories in this book portray a culture with an advanced level of thinking. The laws found in the Oera Linda are described as the fairest to all people. They were designed to protect the people’s democratic system of government based on Frya’s advice protecting individual rights. Three principles bound all laws: the right to protect one’s livelihood, the right to procreate when of age, and the right to live free and unharmed. Above all, freedom must be maintained at all times; and the word ‘free’ derives from the name Freya. The Old Frisian laws and regulations also provided for a defense and political system.

The laws provided for the people economically as well. This system split profits between all the people with the main objective of keeping people as equally rich as possible. The folk-mothers served the members of their communities, and they faced the highest penalties for any crimes they committed against the people.

This system resisted change and sustained their culture for over 2,000 years until a division within the Frisian people led to its fall. The people were divided between the political powers of the matriarchal folk-mothers and the patriarchal kings. This division began when a sea king by the name of Jon the Navigator saved the Maiden Hellenia from an attack by a maiden named Kalta, thus starting a war between them. Jon also came into the possession of Kalta’s lamp, a powerful symbol used by the mothers as a