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Indeed, according to Hecataeus, Leto, the mother of Apollo, was born on an island in the Arctic Ocean far beyond the North Wind." It is not my intention to attempt a discussion of the theogony of the deities nor the cosmogony of the world. INDEED ACCORDING TO HECATUS LETTO THE MOTHER OF APOLLO WAS BORN ON AN ISLAND IN THE ARCTIC OCEAN FAR BEYOND THE NORTH WIND UNCLE ITNTENTION TO ATTEMPT A DISCUSSION OF THE THEOGONY OF THE DEITIES NOR THE COSMOGONY OF THE WORLD
ain statements may be relied upon as a record of the things Olaf Jansen claims to have seen with his own eyes. A hundred times I have asked myself whether it is possible that the world's geography is incomplete, and that the startling narrative of Olaf Jansen is predicated upon demonstrable facts. The reader may be able to answer these queries to his own satisfaction, however far the chronicler of this narrative may be from having reached a conviction. Yet sometimes even I am at a loss to know whether I have been led away from an abstract truth by the ignes fatui of a clever superstition, or whether heretofore accepted facts are, after all, founded upon falsity. It may be that the true home of Apollo was not at Delphi, but in that older earth-center of which Plato speaks, where he says: "Apollo's real home is among the Hyperboreans, in a land of perpetual life, where mythology tells us two doves flying from the two opposite ends of the world met in this fair region, the home of Apollo. HE PAST THESE PLAIN STATEMENTS MAY BE RELIED UPON AS A RECORD OF THE THINGS OLEF JANSEN CLAIMS TO HAVE SEEN WITH HIS OWN EYES A HUNDRED TIMES I HAVE ASKED MYSELF WHETHER IT IS POSSIBLE THAT THE WORLD'S GEOGRAPHY IS INCOMPLETE AND THAT THE STARTLING NARRATIVE OF OLAF CHANSEN IS PREDICTED UPON DEMONSTRABLE FACTS THE READER MAY BE ABLE TO ANSWER THESE QUERIES TO HIS OWN SATISFACTION HOWEVER FAR THE CHRONICLER OF THIS NARRATIVE MAY BE FROM HAVING REACHED A CONVICTION YET SOMETIMES EVEN I AM AT A LOSS TO KNOW WHETHER I HAVE BEEN LED AWAY FROM AN ABSTRACT TRUTH BY THE IGNIS FATUI OF A CLEVER SUPERSTITION OR WHETHER HERETOFORE ACCEPTED FACTS ARE AFTER ALL FOUNDED UPON FALSITY IT MAY BE THE TRUE HOME OF APOLLO WAS NOT AT DELPHI BUT IN THAT OLDER EARTH CENTER OF WHICH PLATO SPEAKS WHERE HE SAYS QUOTE APOLLO'S REAL HOME IS AMONG THE HYBOBOREANS IN A LAND OF PERPETUAL LIFE WHERE MYTHOLOGY TELLS US TWO DOVES FLYING FROM THE TWO OPPOSITE ENDS OF THE WORLD MEET IN THIS FAIR REGION THE HOME OF APOLLO
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