Who knows what the drinking gourd is? Well you will find out later on. But first some "underground history." In the mid 40s, 50s and 60s there were many who followed the drinking gourd. A lot of black slaves from the south followed it. So did UFOS! They used it as a reference to come up North away from the south. The tyrants of the blacks, who killed, raped and tortured the blacks were a disgrace to the human race. But the UFOs used it as a highway of close encounters and also of tracking the flight of these enigmatic flying objects.
I personally did a lot of cases in the 60s,70s, 80s, and 90s that had this same route. From South to North. Up and down the East coast. Virginia, Georgia, Florida, Pennsvlvania, Conn, R.I. NY, Mass, N.H. Up into the Canadadian border or just Visa Versa!!! I tracked these sightings for a long time. Some, as in any thing, were random.
But as Goldfinger said in James Bond, " Once is coincidence, twice is happenstance and 3 times is enemy action."
So I rate this as enemy action!!!!
But just as the UFOS and many humans used this drinking gourd......it was made as a sign for travel.
Pete Seeger sung this song and made it popular. "Follow the Drinking gourd, follow the drinking Gourd, for the old man is a waiting to give you some freedom so follow the drinking gourd. Right foot left foot, at the dark of night show you the way, just follow the drinking gourd."
Maybe the aliens heard the song ,too. But the drinking gourd was a night time sign in the sky to walk at night by and I contest it MIGHT be a sign for all of us to remember!
So what is the drinking Gourd? It is the guide to the North Star! The cup of the "gourd " is the stars that make up the "cup" and the handle is the stars that are in a line that make up the "handle." But the pointer stars are the 2 that you line up on the front of the cup that are the pointer stars to the NORTH STAR!!!! So if you "followed the drinking gourd you would be going north!!! Away from the South and heading to the freedom of the North. To you UFO buffs out there this is an easy reference. For all directions. If you find the "drinking gourd and line up the pointer stars it will be a straight line to the north Star!!!! This makes spotting the four directions of the compass easy! Point at the North Star with one finger and have your body pointing at it. Now point your other arm straight out to your side.. On your right side will be EAST. Point your right hand at the North Star and point your left hand straight out to your side and it is West.
Completely opposite of the North Star is South.. Now Think about this: Half way between East and North is what? North East...and you can do this in any direction to get a rough estimate of where an object is coming from or going with no compass on you!!!
The slaves of the south who traveled at night to escape the people who tried to get them back would use the "drinking gourd," to all ways go north to escape to the North. They slept in the day. They would find have symbols on the houses or other marks to know where they could stay or get a meal from the people who would help them on the perilous journey northward. So these slaves knew how to use the signs of the heavens to travel by! Think of this not so new idea?
How did the 3 magi find the Christ child? Some versions state that they were astrologers!!! Even the Egyptians and the Mayans and the Aztecs did just that. Some had instruments to go by but most did not. In fact if you look at the history of astrology the symbols of the night sky were made for directions. How so?
I do not remember the exact book but it goes some what like this: If you wanted meat you head in the direction of Tauras the bull. If you wanted Fish you headed to Pisces. If you wanted to head for the nation of Africa, you headed to the constellation of Leo. That is how I read it years ago. Though it changed over the years that was the way that astrology started in the middle East.
But the Drinking gourd is a fact for any where you are on the globe. If you are above the equator what I said to you is true if you are below the equator you have to reverse what I stated. So like the Negros headed North or if you see an object in the sky..........FOLLOW THE DRINKING GOURD........it will lead you to the NORTH and using common sense you can find East, West, South and the space in between.
