Originally posted by Rik Clay on The Cosmic Mind Blogspot (No Longer Available). Posted here as a tribute to Rik Clay and his work.

With the recent commotion over the torch relay for the 2008 Beijing Olympics you'd be forgiven for asking why we even bother with it? Any responsible committee would have halted the parade after it became obvious it was being followed by violent protests. But no, we had to remain 'in the Olympic spirit' and presume that the keeping of a long-running tradition was so important that a little police brutality and a few hundred arrests were mere necessities.

Tibet's been in an international dilemma for nearly 60 years since China sent in thousands of troops in 1950. Over the decades, several uprisings have been violently quashed by Chinese authorities, with many monks arrested or killed. The latest of these was in March 2008 and the outcome was once again predictable. China accused Tibet's exiled "spiritual leader" the Dalai Lama of masterminding the violence – an accusation that should sound ludicrous for anyone who knows who the Dalai Lama is. The press then used the violence to aggravate global disapproval of China.

Originally posted by Rik Clay on The Cosmic Mind Blogspot (No Longer Available). Posted here as a tribute to Rik Clay and his work.

I shall start by stating my intentions. With my research, I do not intend to cause panic or fear, or to create a platform for prejudice and hate. As a spiritual person, I publish these views in order to simply raise awareness. To raise awareness on the grounds, that if indeed something does transpire during the London Olympics 2012, you can observe the event with a critical eye. It is my intention to ensure we shall not be duped!

Following my two previous articles concerning the Olympics 2012, I decided to cast my eyes into the air and look down again. You guessed it, out came Google Maps.

Originally posted by Rik Clay on The Cosmic Mind Blogspot (No Longer Available). Posted here as a tribute to Rik Clay and his work.

The BBC announced early this year that the flagship programme "Timewatch" were to break "virgin" soil at Stonehenge in one of the last archaeological digs the monument will see. The aim of this dig was to get an accurate dating as to when building work began on Stonehenge with the infamous arrival of the bluestones from Wales.

They achieved that and more... leaving a trail of breadcrumbs heading somewhere much darker.