The Forbidden Land
Since childhood, I’ve been deeply fascinated by numerous stories about the world inside our world – the Hollow Earth – a place of great wonders, eldritch mysteries and untold dangers
From Jules Verne’s A Journey to the Centre of the Earth and Edgar Rice Burroughs’ Pellucidar, to ancient legends about Agartha and modern conspiracy theories about a master race of humanoid reptilians, the concept of a hidden world – a secret world – beneath our feet has both fascinated and horrified us surface dwellers.
It’s been revealed (ostensibly by mentally unstable people who seem to believe that our game in some way closely mirrors real events) that the subterranean realm known as Agartha will feature – quite prominently – in The Secret World. We’ve dug deep (but not too deep, I hope) into all available literary and historical texts to find what we believe to be The Truth about the Hollow Earth. Or at least a truth. (There’s never just one, is there?) Exactly how Agartha will feature in TSW, I’m not about to reveal here, at least not now, but this is a golden opportunity for all of you to read up on the myths, legends and – possibly – facts about the forbidden lands below our feet. To prepare yourselves, so to speak, for the future.
Who knows, you might just stumble upon The Truth yourself. After all, there are many mysteries in this world that have yet to be revealed, and only the curious and tenacious may unlock those ancient secrets. Post your findings and recommended reading (or viewing, or listening) material in the comments for others to see. If there is a deeper truth here, it’s probably good to share.
I’ll certainly return to this intriguing topic at some point in the near future, so stay tuned.

I haven’t blogged in over a month and so the most natural thing to blog about is, of course, coffee. After all, coffee has been a recurring theme of my 
I typically start travelling at least twelve to eighteen hours before I actually start travelling. I get into the zone. That place where time starts to mean something different. I’m so used to being busy, running from place to place – meeting to meeting, appointment to appointment, home, work, home, sleep – that actually winding myself down to zero takes a while. And zero is where you need to be when you travel vast distances.


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