The Cave of Forgotten Dreams

By Roland Boike

Chris Gallagher is an associate professor of engineering at the University of Cincinnati. While on sabbatical from the university, Chris signed up for an archeological dig in Ardche, France, so he could study the structure of caves.
Professor Gallagher has always had an interest in self-hypnosis, teleportation, and time travel.

Chriss knowledge and paranormal skills are put to the test when his assignment accidentally takes him back in time.

Chris spends his first night in France sleeping in the Circle of Dreams on the hill just above Chauvets Cave.

While in his sleep, Chris meets the artist who drew the four horse heads in Chauvets Cave some 32,000 years ago.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Xlibris US
• Release date: Apr 12, 2017
• ISBN: 9781543414080

Roland Boike

Roland Vincent Boike was born October 28, 1930 at his family home in Madeira, Ohio. He is the son of Dr. Stephen Boike and Ludvica Rensi Boike and is one of seven children. During the Korean War, Roland served in 134th and the 147th Field Artillery as Chief of Section of a 105 Howitzers Battalion. Roland attended Western Kentucky State University, Ohio State Department of Agriculture, and the University Of Cincinnati Department Of Applied Arts. He was awarded a full scholarship to attend Lincoln College of Chiropractic where he graduated in 1962 with a Degree in Chiropractic. Roland practiced Chiropractic in Loveland, Ohio for thirty- five years and was a Staff Physician at Jewish Hospital in Kenwood, Ohio. He served as Team Physician for Loveland High School, Western Brown High School and Wilmington College Girls Soccer Team. Roland served as Mayor and Vice Mayor in Loveland, Ohio, a community of over 10,500 residents. Roland was a founder and Director of The Community National Bank, Loveland, Ohio and Chairman of the Loveland 1976 Centennial Celebration, which produced a live outdoor spectacular, The History of Loveland. Roland was a founder, past president and member of the Board of Trustees of The Loveland Chamber of Commerce. He designed the Valentine postage meter stamp and the Logo There Is Nothing In The World So Sweet As Love. He was recognized with an award from The National Safety Council for saving the lives of three children in a submerged automobile at Lake Isabella in May, 1964. Roland was honored by the City of Loveland, Ohio for dedicated service to the community with a commemorative marker In the Veterans Memorial Park. Roland is a Kentucky Colonel and has received numerous awards for civic achievements.

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Contents

Chapter 1 The Legend And History Of Chauvet Cave

Chapter 2 Cave Of Forgotten Dreams

Chapter 3 Melody’s Hair Cut

Chapter 4 Teaching Melody

Chapter 5 A Rude Awakening

Chapter 6 First Day On The Job

Chapter 7 Dinner Out

Chapter 8 Chris’s Dream

Chapter 9 A Night In The Cave

Chapter 10 The Birth Mark

Chapter 11 The Lockout

Chapter 12 A Dilemma

Chapter 13 Security Check

Chapter 14 An Accident

Chapter 15 Time Together

Chapter 16 Learning Self Defense

Chapter 17 Teleportation

Chapter 18 The Gift

Chapter 19 Going Back In Time

Chapter 20 The Mystery Continues

Chapter 21 Secrets

Chapter 22 Revealing Her Dream

Chapter 23 A Night In The Cave

Chapter 24 Concealing The Truth

Chapter 25 The Proposal

Chapter 26 X Marks The Spot

Chapter 27 X Marks The Spot

About The Author

CHAPTER 1

THE LEGEND AND HISTORY OF CHAUVET CAVE

About 23,000 years ago, a religious group of indigenous people living in what is now France, witnessed a meteorite shower of unusual magnitude.

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About 23,000 years ago

Believing the Gods had sent them a strange and unusual gift, they searched the surrounding fields and located eight of the celestial bodies. The eight meteorites were placed in a circle that was approximately one hundred feet in diameter. They were equally spaced and placed in holes about two feet under the earth. The eight meteorites were marked by filling the hole with white sand from the beaches of Southern France.

The earthwork today is known as the Circle of Dreams. Myths, fables and fairy tales have plagued the sight in Ardèche, France for thousands of years. Tourist, explorers and local residents have for generations, speculated about the mystical powers of the Circle of Dreams and the cave beneath it.

In July 1305, French King, Philip IV of France, trying to decide what course of action to take regarding the religious strife in his kingdom in Ardèche, sought the advice of his sister, who he trusted and loved very much. She told him that she had heard stories of the Circle of Dreams that was located on a hill near Ardèche in the south of France. She told him it was rumored that travelers who spend the night on the slopes of the hill or in a nearby cave had dreams that reveal the future to them.

King Philip and his entourage traveled to the hill and spent the night. It is said King Philip slept in the center of the asteroid Circle of Dreams, under the open sky.

Upon returning home, King Philip told his sister that he had a dream in which he foresaw the annihilation of the order of the Knight Templars and the uniting of the kingdoms of France. The dream set Philip on his quest to solidify all the kingdoms of France.

King Phillip never revealed the exact contents of his dream but, after his visit, he forbid anyone from sleeping in the cave or on the nearby hill. Later, realizing that the ability to foresee the future might weaken his position as ruler, he forbid anyone from trespassing on the hill or entering the cave. Two years later in 1309, King Philip had a twelve foot stone wall built to seal off the Circle of Dreams. Workers closed the entrance of the cave with iron bars and covered it with rubble.

After King Philip’s death, trespassers would be burned at the stake as heretics by order of the Pope. The Vatican believed that seeing into the future was the work of Satin.

By the early 1700 the wall and the stones used to seal off the Circle of Dreams were vandalized and used for construction of a cathedral in Ruoms, France. Today there is not a single stone left from the original wall.

The exact location of the eight holes filled with white sand was soon lost due to soil erosion and sedimentation. The entrance of the cave was eventually covered with additional fallen rock from the cliff above and vegetation soon obscured the cave entrance.

The wall has long since disappeared, King Philip IV deceased and the church’s edict of death by burning for trespassing, has faded into history. However, superstition has kept adventurers and other inquisitive travelers from staying the night on the hill or sleeping in the cave.

The cave and the Circle of Dreams have for centuries since, been part of the local legend, but its exact location on the hill has long since passed into oblivion.

Up until recently, only the rumor of a cave and the steel gate that once blocked the entrance remained.

It was only after days of climbing the cliffs and rocky crevices that Jean-Marie Chauvet and her team of archaeologist found the completely covered entrance to the ancient cave. That extraordinary find is now known today as Chauvet Cave.

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Jean-Marie Chauvet and her team of archaeologist

In 1952, with permission from the French Government Department of Antiquities, a team of scientist investigated the sight and after many test and soil samples, finally located the iron-laden meteorites using metal detectors. Each meteorite was unearthed, cleaned, photographed and a chemical analysis performed. Due to public uproar over the removal of the meteorites, all the meteorites were returned to their original location after all the cataloging, photographing and testing was completed.

The meteorites were returned to precisely the same position they occupied originally. The holes that contain the meteorites was again filled with white sand from the beaches in Southern France. In 1981 1981 with permission from the French Government Department of Antiquities, a team of archaeologist from the University of Phoenix, Arizona planned to excavate the floor of the cave to retrieve any artifacts that might have been left by the inhabitants in the sediment deposit on the floor of the cave.

CHAPTER 2

CAVE OF FORGOTTEN DREAMS

Monday, a week from today, will be the first day of the 1984 digging season at the cave. Duray’s team had already arrived the Hotel La Siesta. The La Siesta is an inexpensive hotel within two miles of the Chauvet Cave. It is furnished free to the crew working with Doctor Duray on the dig, being performed by the University of Phoenix.

I was anxious to see Paris and tour France before I started on the dig.

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I was anxious to see Paris

My name is Chris Gallagher and I signed up for the project financed by the University of Phoenix. I was on a summer sabbatical from the University of Cincinnati Department of Mechanical Engineering. I am presently employed at the University as an associate professor, teaching Structural Materials 101.

I am also working on a project for the Cincinnati Museum of Natural History. The Museum is planning a future expansion of its display of prehistoric man and his tools. The display is to include several caves in which the patrons will walk through to experience the exhibit. The exhibit will display known cave drawings, primitive tools and a cave family dressed in native garb.

As part of my French experience, I decided that I would test the legend of Chauvet, The Cave of Forgotten Dreams.

Chauvet’s Cave and the Circle of Dreams are closed to the public and are posted with a security guard.

It was dusk on Friday night when I finally found an inconspicuous place to park my rented car.

I climbed the makeshift walk toward the cave entrance. As I rounded a bend in the path, I saw the security guard seated on a wooden high back chair with his leg propped up on a stone outcropping, virtually obstructing the pathway to the cave. It would be impossible to enter the cave without waking him up. I could see that the cave entrance was also blocked additionally by a steel bar gate.

The guard’s chin was resting on his chest and it was obvious to me that he was fast asleep.

About fifty feet from the guard the path separated and one of the trails angled upward toward the top of the hill.

It is apparent to me that I will not be sleeping in the cave tonight, I said to no one in particular under my breath. Looks like I will be camping out under the stars, in the woods, at the top of the hill.

I retraced my steps, returned to my car, and retrieved my backpack and sleeping bag from the back seat. When