CHRONICLES
FROM THE
FUTURE
THE AMAZING STORY OF
PAUL AMADEUS DIENACH
Based on his Diary Pages
Edited by Achilleas Sirigos
Copyright © 2015 Achilleas Sirigos
This Way Out Productions
ISBN: 978-618-82218-0-2
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Written by Paul Amadeus Dienach
Edited by Achilleas Sirigos
Cover Design by Jeff Brown
Translation by Eleonora Kouneni
Translation Editing by Thalia Bisticas
Additional Translation by Matina Chatzigianni
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For the victims of the Greek depression (2009- ) and the millions of immigrants that risk their life in the Aegean Sea seeking a better future for them and their children.
Table of Contents
EDITOR’S PREFACE
TRANSLATOR’S PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION (1972) OF THE VALLEY OF THE ROSES
FIRST DIARY
REMEMBRANCES FROM THE PAST
December 2nd, 1918
December 4th, 1918
December 6th, 1918
January 17th, 1919
January 23rd, 1919
February 8th, 1919
February 24th, 1919
SECOND DIARY (the diary Paul Dienach wrote when he came out of his second coma)
THE AWAKENING
July 16th, 1922
July 21st, 1922
August 10th, 1922
August 14th, 1922
August 16th, 1922
August 17th, 1922
A NEW LIFE IN ATHENS
Athens, October 20th, 1922
Wednesday November 2nd, 1922
THE TRUTH ABOUT HIS SICKNESS
March 20th, 1923
March 21st, 1923
April 1923
Tuesday, April 24th
REBORN
August 17th
MEETING THE LEADERS OF THE FUTURE AND REVEALING HIS TRUE IDENTITY
ANDREAS NORTHAM’S ACCIDENT
August 18th
THE TRUTH: FAINTING IN THE PAST (1921 AD) AND WAKING UP IN THE FUTURE (3906 AD)
THE LANGUAGE: ENGLISH AND SCANDINAVIAN BLEND
THE NORTHAM-JAEGER RELATIONSHIP
August 20th
CONFESSIONS
August 21st
SLEEPLESS
August 23rd
August 24th
August 25th
August 26th
August 27th
August 30th
NORTHAM’S CIRCLE AND THEIR SOCIAL CODE
1-IX-MDIX (The dating system changes. It is our 3906 AD, but according to the future calendar it is 1509)
3-IX
5-IX
THE TWO-YEAR GLOBAL SERVICE, EVERYDAY LIFE AND DEMOGRAPHIC REGULATIONS
6-IX
7-IX
ROMANCING WITH SILVIA
8-IX
9-IX
10-IX
11-IX
16-IX
17-IX
18-IX
4-X
TRIP TO THE WEST COAST OF ITALY: AN ENDLESS, GLOBAL HOLIDAY RESORT
Salerno, 6-X
7-X
THE ESSENCE OF SAMITH AND “DIRECT KNOWLEDGE”
7-X Again
8-X
12-X
THE ESSENCE OF SAMITH AND THE GLIMPSE OF THE GREAT BEYOND
14-X
INFINITY, AFTERLIFE AND THE ORIGINS OF THE ETERNAL IMPULSE TO DO GOOD
14-X Again
THE WORK OF THE AIDERSEN INSTITUTE AND THE SUPERIOR INNER LIFE AS A PATHWAY TO HUMAN EVOLUTION
16-X
17-X
COMPLETION OF HIS RELATIONSHIP WITH SILVIA
22-X
22-X Again
TRIP TO THE NORTH: THE SUPERCITY OF NORFOR
5-X
15- XI
THE INTERROGATION: VISIT TO NORTHAM’S WORKPLACE
PRIVATE MEANS OF TRANSPORTATION AND THEIR OPINION ABOUT WORK
17- XI
TROENDE: THE NEW HUMAN BEING
SEX, MATERNITY, RELATIONS AND THE ESSENCE OF LOVE
25 - XI
OLD AND NEW LOVES: THEIR WAY OF SEPARATION
26-XI
SOUTHERN EUROPE
Loikito, 30-XI
1-XII
1-XII Again
2 to 3-XII
CITY LIFE IN WESTERN FRANCE: COMPARISON WITH THE 20TH CENTURY
9-XII
SOCIAL CLASSES, HIERARCHY, MANNERS AND THE DEFEATED BEAST OF BUREAUCRACY
THEIR RENAISSANCE AND HUMAN EVOLUTION BEFORE THE FIRST NIBELVIRCH
9-XII Again
THE GIANTS OF ART: LARSEN AND VALMANDEL
COMPARISONS WITH THE 20th CENTURY
A UNIQUE CONCERT
Majorca, 13-XII
SILVIA’S WORLD VIEW
13-XII Again
CHRONICLES FROM THE FUTURE
GRETVIRCHAARSDAG
MARKFOR (EX-ROME): THE MEGACITY
16 — XII
Markfor, 27-XII
STATUES FROM THE FUTURE
28—XII
PROMINENT INHABITANTS OF MARKFOR
28-XII Again
LANGUAGE AND ART
29 – XII
INTERROGATION AT HOME
30 – XII
NEW YEAR’S EVE
DEATH AND SPIRIT
1-I-MDX
3-I
4-I
GOING TO SCHOOL
4-1 Again
6-I
9-I
THEIR MONTHS AND FESTIVE DAYS
9–II
13-II
THE ESSENCE OF THE AIDERSIAN KNOWLEDGE: THE UNITY OF THE MATERIAL AND SPIRITUAL WORLD AND THE EVOLUTION OF RELIGIONS
14-II
HOW TO LIVE ACCORDING TO PROFESSOR LAIN
16-II
ARTISTIC CREATION: ARTISTS OR PROPHETS?
19-II
20-II
22-II
24-II
THE “BEASTS” OF HISTORY AND THE VALUE OF HUMAN LIFE
27- II
THE DECLINE OF THE 20TH AND 21ST CENTURY
Overpopulation shows its face
28-II
8-V
THE “PHANTOM OF NUMBER” AND SUBSEQUENT BIRTH CONTROL
9-V
THEIR DIVISION OF HISTORY
12-V
ELDERE: THE FOUR-CENTURY STRUGGLE FOR REAL GLOBALISATION
13-V
THE “FEAR FACTOR” AS AN EDUCATIONAL TOOL FOR THE YOUNG CITIZENS
2-VI
THE NIGHT OF THE “GRETLYS” (the Grand Light)
3-VI
5-VI
5-VI
6-VI
THE STORY OF MARY-LEA: A MODERN SAINT
7-VI
THE JUDGEMENT OF THE AIDERSEN INSTITUTE
8-VI
MASS SUICIDES AND THE PURPOSE OF LIFE
9-VI
10-VI
11-VI
11-VI Again
Retsstats Aarsdag, MDX
12-VI
SIGHTSEEING IN MARKFOR
THE ANNIVERSARY OF THE “BIG DAY” AND THE EXTINCTION OF THE RACES
AIDERSEN RIVALRIES AND THE ATTEMPTS AGAINST THE NEW REALITY
13-VI
LAST DAY AT MARKFOR
14-VI
18-VI
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THEIR AMAZING MOTORWAYS AND OTHER MEANS OF TRANSPORTATION
New Göteborg, 21-VI
TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCES, CLIMATE CONTROL AND “RETURN TO THE BASICS”
THE MASSIVE COLONISATION OF MARS AND THE GREAT DESTRUCTION
EXTRATERRESTRIALS: BRIEF ENCOUNTERS
TERRINGTOWN: THE BIRTHPLACE OF JOHN TERRING, THE FIRST UNIVERSAL LEADER
Marienborg, 26-VI
Blomsterfor, 27-VI
FEELING LIKE A STRANGER
Blomsterfor, 28-VI
FLOWER DECORATION AND THEIR TRANSPORT NETWORK
Blomsterfor, 29-VI
Blomsterfor, 30-VI
ART AND 3D THEATRES
CEREMONIES AND THE USE OF RELIGION
Blomsterfor, 1-VII
Annelud, 2-VII
2-VII Again
THE NEW RENAISSANCE OF 3300 AD
Nysalborg, 4-VII
Youthsmile, 5-VII
7-VII
STROLLING THROUGH THE LANSBEES
8-VII
12-VII
SILEA, THEIR ARTIFICIAL MOTHER RIVER
VALLEY OF ROSES: STARING AT THEIR SACRED CITY
Rosernes Dal, 13-VII
AN AMAZING RESEMBLANCE
13-VII Again
DOWN TO THE VALLEY
14-VII
15-VII
THE PANTHEON
LATHARMI
THE VOLKIES
16-VII
THE STORY OF COSTIA RODULOF
17-VII
STATUES OF THE FUTURE
18-VII
THE WISE MEN OF THE PALACE STREETS IN KONGEBORG
FAMOUS WOMEN OF THE FUTURE
THE TEMPLE OF THE UNSUNG MARTYRS AND THE GREAT PILGRIMAGE
20-VII
SYMPTOMS OF AGORAPHOBIA AT THE GOLD TEMPLE
THE OATH AND THE GRAND PROCESSION
THE SNOW WHITE SANCTUARY
22-VII
24-VII
25-VII
26-VII
BACK TO HIS HOMELAND
30-VII
CONFESSING EVERYTHING TO SILVIA
1-VIII
BACK TO THE PAST
1– VIII Again
LIST OF PROPER NAMES
NAMES OF PEOPLE
PLACE NAMES
CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE
CALENDAR BOARDS
GLOSSARY
"Άμμες δε γ΄ εσσόμεθα πολλώ κάρρονες"
*but we shall become much better than you
Promissory Oath of the teen Spartans towards the elderly [Ploutarhos: “Lykourgos” 21]
EDITOR’S PREFACE
Introductions typically attempt to present the essence of a book, highlighting the most important elements of the story you are about to read. My introduction does not do that. Rather, I will be telling you the story of how this unique text came to be, its journey from the 1920s until today.
This is a book that contains the diary of a man who never intended his words to be revealed to the world. It chronicles an experience that was never shared for fear of ridicule and disbelief. As you work your way through his very personal memoire, the reason for secrecy will soon become clear– the author claimed to have lived in the future and returned back to his original era, 20th century central Europe, to record a detailed account, outlining exactly what happened during his journey.
The real protagonists of this amazing, true story are two persons: Paul Amadeus Dienach, the author and the man who claimed to have lived in the future; and George Papachatzis, Dienach’s student of German language studies to whom he left his notes - the diary you hold in your hands today.
After making the first acquaintances, let's start unravelling their story step-by-step.
Paul Amadeus Dienach was a Swiss-Austrian teacher with fragile health. His father was a German-speaking Swiss and his mother was an Austrian from Salzburg. Dienach travelled to Greece in the Autumn of 1922, after having recovered from a one-year coma caused by a serious illness, hoping that the mild climate would improve his condition.
During his time in Greece, Dienach taught French and German language lessons in order to provide himself with a minimum income. Amongst his students was George Papachatzis, a student that Dienach appreciated more than any of the others. Papachatzis describes his teacher as a "very cautious and very modest man that used to emphasize the details".
Dienach, as we learn from Papachatzis, was born in a suburb of Zurich and lived his adolescence in a village nearby the large Swiss capital. He later followed humanitarian studies with a strong inclination to the history of cultures and classical philology. It is believed that he eventually died from tuberculosis in Athens, Greece, or on his way back to his homeland through Italy, probably during the first quarter of 1924.
Before Paul Dienach died, he entrusted Papachatzis with part of his life and soul– his diary. Without telling Papachatzis what the notes were, he left him with the simple instructions that he should use the documents to improve his German by translating them from German to Greek.
Papachatzis did as he asked. Initially, he believed Dienach had written a novel, but as he progressed with translations, he soon realized the notes were actually his diary… from the future!
At this point we have to clarify something crucial. Dienach is thought to have suffered from Encephalitis lethargica, a strange neurological disease that develops an immune system response to overloaded neurons. The first time Dienach fell into a lethargic sleep it was for 15 minutes. The second time it was for a whole year…
During this year that Dienach was in a coma in a Zurich hospital, he claimed to have entered the body of another person, Andreas Northam, who lived in the year 3906 AD.
Once he recovered from his coma, Dienach didn't talk to anyone about his remarkable experience because he thought he would be considered crazy. However, what he did do was write down the entirety of his memory relating to what he had seen of the future. Towards the end of his life, he even stopped his teaching job in order to have as much time as possible to write everything he could remember.
Dienach describes everything he experienced of the environment and people of the year 3906 AD, according to the mind-set and limited knowledge of a 20th century man. This was not an easy task for Dienach. There were many things he claims not to have understood about what he saw, nor was he familiar with all their terms, technology, or the evolutionary path they had followed.
In his memoires, he claims that the people of the future fully understood his peculiar medical situation, which they called "conscious slide", and they told Dienach as many things as they could in relation to the historical events that took place between the 21st and 40th century. The only thing they didn't tell him was the exact story of the 20th century, in case Dienach’s consciousness returned back to his original body and era (as he did) – they believed it would be dangerous to let him know his immediate future and the future of his era in case it disturbed or altered the path of history and his life.
By reading Dienach's unique personal narration page by page, you will be able to decode what he claims to have seen in relation to mankind, our planet, and our evolution.
Many may wonder – what happened to the diary in all that time, from the distant year of 1926 until now, almost a century later?
George Papachatzis gradually translated Dienach's notes – with his not so perfect German – over a period of 14 years (1926-1940), mostly in his spare time and summer breaks. World War II and the Greek civil war delayed his efforts of spreading the amazing story that landed on his desk all those years ago.
On the Eve of Christmas in 1944, Papachatzis was staying with friends at a house which was also used occupied by the Greek Army. When the soldiers caught sight of Dienach’s notes, which were of course in German, they confiscated them because they considered them suspicious. They told Papachatzis that they would return them only after they had examined their contents. They never did. But b
y then, Papachatzis had already finished the translation.
George Papachatzis tried to track down information about Dienach, by visiting Zurich 12 times between 1952 and 1966. He could not find a single trace of him, nor any relatives, neighbours, or friends. Dienach, who is thought to have fought with the Germans during World War I, probably never gave his real name in Greece, a country that had fought against the Germans.
After the end of World War II and the Greek Civil War, Papachatzis gave the translated diary to some of his friends – masons, theosophists, professors of theology and two anti-Nazi Germans– and after that, when everybody realized what they had in their hands, the diary was kept within a close philosophical circle and in the Tectonic Lodge, in which he was a member. The book was taken very seriously by the Masons, who did not want the information spread to a larger circle. They considered the book to be almost holy, containing wisdom about the future of humanity, and better kept only for the few.
Finally, after strong disputes, George Papachatzis decided to publish Dienach's Diary. It was during the period that Greece entered the hardest phase of the 7 year dictatorship in 1972. Strong protest from certain church circles – who considered the book heretic – and the fall of the dictatorship a year later, condemned the first edition to oblivion. No one was interested in the future when the present was so intense and violent.
All these factors, along with the difficult language and the rough style of Dienach’s notes, which mixed together elements of his past, along with his experience of the future, made the diary even more difficult to understand. Only a few had the time and patience to decode the secret knowledge that lay encoded within almost 1,000 pages.
Another edition followed in 1979 in Greece titled “The Valley of the Roses”. However, again the book disappeared and it was hardly mentioned again, apart from the few that knew of its existence.
After all the silence, Papachatzis died, and his family did not wish to carry on with his work.
Twenty two years passed before the diary was picked up again by the independent publisher Radamanthis Anastasakis, who decided to publish the book on a small scale, exactly as it was previously written.
That's when I discovered the book for the first time and started to "restore" it, without the sentimentalities that kept Papachatzis from doing something more than an exact translation of the ‘holy’ scripts of his teacher. Almost a century after the original script was written, this was a task that had to be undertaken so that a 21stcentury reader could really understand what a20thcentury man wanted to say.