Digging a Treasure Out of the Trash

 

Hello everyone. I'd like to introduce myself once again. My name is Christine Graves and I've been writing for more than 30 years. I started this little blog as a place to blow off steam during the Covid lockdown. As you can see, I didn't get a lot done on this site. 

However, I could never bring myself to shut it down. Something told me to just leave it alone as it might come in handy in the future. Well, the future has arrived. 

I've always had a fascination with histories, mysteries, and mythologies. I know more about the ancient world than I do with what's going on in the world today. I love the old stories and the tales from civilizations that no longer exist. The further back in time I can go, the better. 

As such, I've spent decades learning all I can about the ancient world, ancient mysteries, and the paranormal. I won't say I'm totally open-minded to everything I read and/or hear, but I am one of those "why not" type of people.

A few years back, I wrote for a multi-blogging site and compiled tons of information on everything from vampires and werewolves, to gods and aliens. I wanted to compile a library of information that would allow readers to find just about anything they could want to find. I've decided to use this site to do just that.

Now, with that being said, it's not going to happen overnight. I have a bad habit of jumping into these endeavors with both feet only to find out I can't swim. This time, I need to take things slowly and pay attention to details. 

This is also going to be more like an old-school blog. Yes, there will be a lot of my own beliefs in these passages, but I won't expect anyone to change their opinion based on mine. I'll simply state the facts as I find them. Or at least what's deemed as fact right now. 

I invite you to come along as we add new volumes to the library and build minds in the Mystic Realms.

Until next time,
Miss Chris!!!

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Christine Graves has been writing for more than 30 years. She runs several blogs including Priestess of Words, Collected Keepsakes, and Mystic Realms, all of which are part of her company, Graves Publications. She also writes for a platform called Medium.com, in which she runs a few publications.

Christine is also an avid crafter and multi-media artist. She runs two online stores. Prairied Treasures is where she showcases her handmade greeting cards and other multi-media art, and Pathways through the Past is where she sells her AI art creations on a wide variety of products.

If you'd like to stay up to date with everything she's got going on, you can sign up for her Graves Publications newsletter.

The Possibility that Giants Actually Existed

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Is it possible that giants may have actually roamed the Earth? I believe so, but not the 50-foot tall beasts that we read about in the books. I think it may have more to do with ancient peoples encountering other tribes/clans. 

Many ancient tales of giants seem to have originated from seafarers. As these sailors would go from one port to another, they'd encounter peoples they'd never seen before. Those people from around the Mediterranean were shorter in the ancient world than they are today. The average height of a Roman soldier seems to have been between 5' 5" and 5' 7". 

As ancient seafarers and warriors moved into the Balkan Regions and around the Black Sea, the inhabitants must have seemed enormous. The Thracians, from around modern Bulgaria, were said to be wild and savage warriors of large stature. 

The Roman Emporer Maximinus was said to be of Thracian blood, or at least partially. Some accounts have him standing more than 8-foot tall and having a thumb so large as to wear his wife's bracelet as a ring. Though there's no real proof of this, the Greek historian, Herodian, provided a description of the man. He said in his History of the Roman Empire (7:1:12) that "his appearance was frightening and his body was huge".

The Bible tells stories of giants throughout Mesopotamia. Probably the most famous is that of David and Goliath. The Philistine was portrayed as a giant 9-foot tall, and to the smaller Judean tribe, it probably seemed true. 

There are many stories from various Native American tribes that recount a race of giants that roamed the lands. Many were said to be of white skin and had red hair. They were quite large and very war-like. Ironically, there is a theory (The Solutrean Hypothesis) that says Western Europeans crossed the Atlantic some 3,000 years before the Clovis culture crossed the Bering Strait. Could this be the giants told of in the stories?

I can't say that I believe that there was an actual "race of giants" that populated the world. However, I do think that many of the stories about extremely large people were based in fact. And you? What do you believe? Is it possible that giants actually existed?

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© Christine Graves 2020

Welcome to Mystic Realms

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Hello and welcome to Mystic Realms. Allow me to introduce myself (to those of you who may not know me). My name is Christine Graves and I am an avid writer. I'm not a great writer. I'm not a well-known writer. But I do like to write in a wide variety of genres. 

Mystic Realms is going to be a space filled with stories of the unknown. I'm a huge fan of ancient history, mysteries, and mythologies. I love a good "Who Dunnit?" and I'm one of those weirdos who think they can solve mysteries that have baffled the experts for eons. If you're going to dream, dream big.

My goal for the site is to take a look at the "other" side of life. I'll write about odd disappearances, possible truths behind ancient myths and legends, and anything else that might fall into these categories. I'll be discussing historical moments that have a bit of a strange twist to them. If it seems weird, odd, or even completely impossible, I'll be talking about it.

I'll also be reviewing various books and websites throughout the cyber-verse that have to do with this genre. I have a lot of writing friends who dabble in this sort of thing and can't wait to tell you all about them. They're an awesome lot.

If you have any topics you'd like to see listed here, let me know. I'm always up for hearing what the readers are interested in. According to my husband, I'm the only person on the planet who has an interest in this type of thing, but I know that not true. Please help me prove him wrong. 

So come along and let's see if we can't find the truth in the world of unknown. We'll right the wrongs, prove the improbable, and maybe have a few laughs along the way. So here we go, kids. Let's journey into the Mystic Realms.