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Hi. >> [clears throat and cough] >> So, um I'm making this video um as an update, as always. Um but also for myself
To keep track of uh everything that has been going on. Um I was sleeping, but just woke up. It's like um it's 2:20 8 a.m. Um well, I'm in Arcadia in Greece in Manolis Eliotis' land.
Um in the middle of the mountains in this beautiful shelter house. Uh I was provided with everything here. I'm I couldn't be more grateful. I have my kitchen here, sofa, table, candles. I can light the fire here. I have my bed, my it's a bathroom, refrigerator.
Um um this is the perfect spot that I needed actually to to be able to organize myself and to, you know,
Put everything together. Like uh all the material I have in the SD cards, uh you know, uh give order to everything I've been writing, the journaling I have to send to the guys, which is part of the field uh report that I sent. And obviously the the audio-visual material, like this one that I'm doing right now. Um
I was picked up in Loutra Iraias, uh like 20 from here by Christos. Um he picked me up in the morning and we went to get some provisions uh 2 days ago. He lives in the next uh uh house >> [clears throat] >> in in this land of Pan. So, I was provided with you know with uh with everything. I have my provisions in the refrigerator and and here in the kitchen. Um, so I want to say thank you again, of course.
Um, to give you a little bit of an update on or on what um I have been doing. Um, well, as I was telling you 2 days ago I arrived here. This is my second night. Um, we are preparing the next release for this 31 October, which is already 31 October for me. It's 2:30 now. Uh 2026 we are releasing Lycaean
Call number two Athens >> [clears throat] >> uh when I was with uh Alexandros in his temple of Apollo. Um so, you are going to be able to see that, which is a very special piece of footage. And for me it was a very special time that I spent in his uh in his place in Athens.
Um, I'm all the time connected with him, talking because he I was referred to him by Manolis. So, that was the beginning of this new dimension that opened for Forests of Stone and Serpents and for me. Uh
So, it has been like very quickly also. I arrived to Athens to Alexandros' house. And from Athens to Loutra Ilias, I spent there some days waiting. And also taking some footage of these places in the mountains, Arcadia.
Uh you are going to be able to see it. I'm also connected with Manolis all the time. Um and well, I must say this door that just opened for us um is probably the most unique one um so far.
Um thinking also that a lot has been happening. Um but uh yes, I am actually 30 seconds here where I am, there is a temple. There is a temple to Zeus and Pan.
And it's a modern temple, which is not,
You know, for show. This is actually uh place that it's been, you know, functioning as a temple. Um well, everything is, you know, is uh is public. Actually, I was doing the research about this just right now. Um you can find that we we are going to show to you uh what has been happening here in this place, you know? Because obviously had some, you know, um
Brushing against, I guess, modern-day religion. Um And it's actually well documented what happened here. So, this is an actual uh place where the
Ancient Greek the ancient Greek religious practices are
Having some kind of revival, [clears throat] I guess. Um or, you know, getting through again to surface. And um and so, I didn't I didn't compute that before, you know, uh uh in in, you know, in the whole
Um with that information because I was told a little bit, you know, by Manolis, but now that I've been doing the research and that I actually saw the temple, um going deeper in in in in the information you can find about the the things that have been happening in this land for the past years and the movement that is alive now here in Greece.
Uh that's why I was saying this is a complete unique
Um situation for us to to to engage with as a documentarians. Um So, I'm actually
Putting my head around it to be, you know, able to show it in the proper way to you. And also this is, you know, uh Manolis is completely open with me about this. It's not like there's nothing hidden. You can find it online, as I was saying. And and hopefully
Um she'll give me an interview. Um um um He's always very open to talk with me about everything right here. Uh I have permission to film everything I want in this land. I didn't felt like you know, these first days just to go and put my camera in front of the temple like this. I didn't felt it you know. So I'm taking my time for that. But in the meantime I've been recording you know, my daily life.
To show you the setup. I mean where we actually are. And to send material for you know, the content of the field reports. So I've been filming but but you know, I'm taking my time respectfully.
And because of the you know, >> [sighs]
>> Because what is happening here is you know, it's not it's So it's an important thing. It's an important thing what is happening here and and so I should I should take this time to you know, where actually we were talking with the guys like how are going to approach everything as a documentarians and as I was telling you we have the permission to do it. Probably right now I'm going I'm going to share with you the what you can find online. What was published about this you know,
Well, the actual gatherings they had here which was many people came. And what they are doing and which they show you know, you can see pictures, videos. And also there was like the first thing you will find is this big controversy with the Orthodox church.
Christian's church because it was pretty you know openly against the opening of this temple. So we obviously are going to cover this and show what is actually already there. But the thing is I am here so I encounter myself now with a unique opportunity.
To to show this in in in in an open and proper way in you know in our channel. in this Thompson Serpent material. Well, I think I covered everything I wanted to say and this is also helping me as a journaling to keep my mind you know focused in what I'm doing. And yeah, so if you like what we do please stay tuned. Tomorrow 31 October exactly one year after our first trailer release. on Lady Babylon we are releasing Lycian
Number two from Athens with Alexandros Chachalis. The Lycian call number two. So stay tuned it's going to be premiering in um in our YouTube channel. Also we are going to be releasing some exclusive material on our Patreon as always. But you know if you like the content we create and the information we share you can find a bunch of stuff in our YouTube channel. You have a library of many different topics. And also you have History Inquiries series which is like long format conversations. With Dr. Ramon Hillman and Evina
Um, so you can you can check that out also. As I am in the field, as always, I will put right here our support PayPal account. If you like what we do and you already know uh, what's been going on in the Universal Stones and Sculptures. You know that we reach out to the audience to support this project to keep going. And as I was telling you, we have some, you know, very unique stuff that is coming. Um, in the meantime, I'm so happy that we're releasing this second episode of this Arcadian Expedition, you know. Um, Lycian 2 from Athens. Stay tuned. Greetings from the road.