If
you’ve been wondering why people from the Vatican have been showing up to Civil
War reenactment events wearing really authentic-looking uniforms, here’s why… -
Jonah
Vatican Sitting On Time Machine?
(June 28, 2002 - Wireless Flash)
BOCA RATON, Fla. (Wireless Flash) -- First, the Vatican was accused of hiding the records of priests who've abused kids. Now, it's being accused of hiding a time machine.
The machine in question is called a "Chronovisor" and was built in the 1950s by a Benedictine monk named Father Pellegrino Ernetti.
No photos of the Chronovisor exist, but paranormal journalist John Chambers says Ernetti reportedly used the "way back machine" to film Christ's crucifixion for Vatican officials.
Ernetti died in 1994 without revealing the secret of the Chronovisor but Chambers says evidence is mounting that the Catholic Church is hiding a working model from the rest of the world, supposedly to keep it from getting into evil hands.
Sound crazy? Maybe, but there may be something to it. Chambers says a Jesuit priest named Father Francois Brune believes the Chronovisor must exist because -- in the priest's words -- "Ernetti wouldn't lie about such things."
FATHER
ERNETTI'S CHRONOVISOR
The Creation and Disappearance of the World's First Time Machine
by Peter Krassa
ISBN 1-892138-02-6 $16.95
Ill 224 pp.
Father Pellegrino Maria Ernetti
(1925-1994) was a Benedictine priest, scientist, and world-class authority on
"archaic" music (pre-Christian to 10th century A.D.). He claimed to
have yoked quantum physics to the occult arts to construct a time-machine-- the
chronovisor. Father Ernetti said he had traveled to Rome in 169 B.C. to witness
a performance of the now-lost tragedy, Thyestes, by the father of Latin
poetry, Quintus Ennius. He claimed to have used the chronovisor to watch Christ
dying on the cross. Why would so distinguished a churchman have felt the need
to confabulate such a story? Is the Vatican suppressing the full truth of
Father Ernetti’s life and achievements? The reader may find the answer in this
book.
Reviews in Full
"Certainly
a Cult Classic in the Making. Fortean Rating: 4 out of 4 Stars.
Jeremy of Hampstead, Fiona
of Bloomsbury, beware. European-style intellectual novels are making a comeback
with a New Age touch. There are now no excuses for being a pre-industrial
writer any more. Father Ernetti's Chronovisor is a beautifully written
literary-cum-fictional experiment, in the Umberto Eco tradition. The book could
have been a candidate for a review by Arthur Koestler in the long-defunct
CIA-sponsored Encounter magazine. It could well represent a growing
anti-pop movement in that genre which is now called
"pan-dimensional." This style, while not
"stream-of-consciousness" or collage, nevertheless juxtaposes many
elements: an esoteric story, essays on occultism, historical elements and
technological myths--just about everything that FT readers are
interested in. Father Ernetti was an Italian Benedictine monk who died in the
middle years of this [the 20th] century. He lived in the lovely abbey on the
island of San Giorgio Maggiore, just off the main island of Venice, and as a
scientist and musicologist, he was an authority on archaic music. Using his
knowledge of the physics of chordal structures, he claimed to have made a
time-machine. This was based on a new principle he had uncovered, involving
musical frequencies, harmonic resonance and the relationship of these things
with the astral plane. By means of this machine, Father Ernetti said that he
witnessed Christ dying on the Cross. To prove that he could do such a thing, he
brought back a fragment from Thyestes, a play of Quintus Ennius
(239-169 B.C.). This new material, though it fitted perfectly Ennius's play,
caused great controversy within the church, as of course did Father Ernetti's
claimed visions of the life of Christ. How did the obviously sincere Father
Ernetti construct his machine? To try and answer that question, we are treated
to a fascinating investigation threading through Edison, Edgar Cayce, Mesmer,
and even Whitley Strieber!" - Colin Bennett, The Fortean Times, July, 2000
"...has
garnered huge critical acclaim....A riveting read. Subtitled, "The Creation and
Disappearance of the World's First Time Machine," this book tells the
story of a little-known Benedictine monk, Father Pellegrino Maria Ernetti, who
lived in Italy around the middle of the 20th century. Ernetti's claim to fame
was his assertion that he had combined ancient occult knowledge with modern
scientific discoveries to create a time machine, the Chronovisor. He then
claimed to have used this machine to witness such historical events as the Crucifixion,
and to "open a window" on ancient Greece and Rome. Peter Krassa's
book is a well-researched account of Ernetti's life and work that has garnered
huge critical acclaim. Originally published in Germany, the book now has a new
English translation, but, at present, is only available in a U.S. edition.
However, those willing to take the necessary pains to get hold of a copy are
sure to be rewarded. The book dips into many of the areas that will be of
interest to X Factor readers, from fringe science to the occult, and
offers insights into the lives of many of the great figures within the world of
20th-century paranormal phenomena. Above all, however, this book is an
intriguing account of one man's attempts to understand the secrets of the
universe and his own place within it. A riveting read." -X Factor (U.K.), early June, 2000,
No. 91:
"Everything about the life
of Father Pellegrino Ernetti suggests that this Italian Benedictine
priest-scientist was a man of integrity and would not have created a hoax about
his work on the chronovisor--a camera that allegedly could tune into the past
or future and take pictures. Venice-based Father Ernetti (1925-1994) was an
authority on archaic music, a scholar in Greek and Latin, a sought-after
exorcist, a confidant of the influential, and an object of questioning by the
Vatican and NASA. His work on the so-called chronovisor stemmed from his time
at Father Gemelli's electroacoustical laboratory at the Catholic University in
Milan from 1952. So writes Peter Krassa in his fascinating exposé of Ernetti's
life and work, translated from German and now expanded with supporting
documents--such as the translation of the lost Latin classic, Ennius's Thyestes,
supposedly retrieved via the chronovisor. Krassa draws on commentaries from
associates of Ernetti, some of them priest-parapsychologists who were excited
that he may have found a way to tap the elusive akashic records. Apparently the
chronovisor (if it ever existed) was dismantled, its capacity for misuse too
great to justify continued experimentation. Fr Ernetti went very quiet in the
last decade of his life (by choice or force?), but, in late 1993, he and two
surviving scientists from the project presented their findings at the Vatican
before four cardinals and a scientific committee. What transpired has not been
divulged." - NEXUS New Times,
Vol. 7, No. 5, Aug.-Sept., 2000:
"It seems that this past
summer I made a grave error; I wish to amend it now. I was attracted to Father
Ernetti’s Chronovisor as soon as it arrived at The New Times, but
never quite understanding what the book was, I continued to pass on it
for review. When I recently tackled it just to better know my draw to the
thing, I found myself on a journey that I knew I must share. While The New
Times works to review only the latest titles, this one (at just over half a
year old) deserves a second look.
"Purporting to be a
biography, the book is a great deal more. Yes, it is fascinating enough as a
biography — it tells of a scientist/theologian who developed a machine to look
into the past — but it is also much more. To set the context of Father Ernetti,
to show how his chronovisor fit into the human quest for spirit, the author
also offers fascinating accounts of others who have added so much to our
spiritual understandings. The chronovisor, after all, purported to grasp both
sounds and images from the still-existent waves of the past, held forever in
the Akashic records.
"Mr. Krassa does not merely
offer examples of what these are, but gives an entire background by telling us
of the 18th-century birth of mesmerism and animal magnetism, which effects came
from 'a "vital fluid" diffused everywhere throughout the
universe.' The author shows the spread of this belief in varied forms,
and takes us through the lives of people like Madame Blavatsky, Rudolf Steiner,
and Edgar Cayce to explain where all of this went. He even tells of Thomas
Edison’s apparatus to contact the dead!
"Enter Father Ernetti and
his chronovisor. The father was widely known for his expertise in archaic
music, and for his interest and talent in science and languages. When he began
to speak of a machine built by scientists that allowed them to witness the past
in 3D, you can bet that people took note. But with fascinating irregularities
to the claims, people’s reactions widely varied. A huge reaction set in when
Ernetti claimed to have photographed the crucified Christ — and when the photo
was proven a fake. Ernetti was a man of good repute, and Mr. Krassa examines
why an honest man would lie in this way, why he would withhold information on
the supposed machine, and just what was really going on with the father.
"If I may reclassify the
book, I’d call it investigative reporting of a fascinating mystery. And, it
helps the reader understand better where we stand today by better seeing from
where the spiritual movement has arisen. This is one of the most interesting
accounts I have read, and I recommend it for those wanting to take an unusual
reading trip." -
Steve McCardell, The New Times, Seattle, Washington, Fall,
2000
"All roads may lead to Rome,
but in Krassa's book all story lines lead back to Father Ernetti. The
Benedictine monk, a scientist and professor of archaic music, had a thirst for
knowledge that led him down unusual paths for a clergyman. With the help of
other scientists, he built a time machine and brought back a picture of Christ
and a selection from a Quintus Ennius play called Thyestes, which was
performed in 169 B.C. Besides the fascinating work of Father Ernetti, Krassa
includes intriguing study of other time and space manipulators, from Madame
Blavatsky to Thomas Edison. So rev up your astral fluid for a titillating
journey into the ether." - Linda Fleischman, Magical Blend, Issue # 72:
"Something about being able
to travel to the past and perceive firsthand a bygone era or past event is
extremely enticing, maybe because it seems so impossible. Author Peter Krassa
uses this magic to produce a book which is simultaneously exciting and
disappointing. The nonfiction book begins like an adventure story. An
Italian priest, Father Ernetti, stumbles upon the ability to communicate with
the dead via standard audio recording equipment; as the plot unfolds he uses
this knowledge to build the chronovisor, a machine that displays images from
the past on a TV screen. This part of the book is well-written and suspenseful,
with each chapter ending in a cliffhanger. Unfortunately, its similarities to
fiction do not end there: Krassa fails to provide us with any real reason why
we should accept this serial as truth. The only proof of the existence of the
chronovisor he gives us is second-hand testimony from friends of the priest,
who died in 1994. They say he told them of his fabulous machine; no testimony
is given from anyone who actually saw it. This attempt to substantiate
Ernetti’s claim does not hold up well against the hoaxes he was accused of
perpetrating. The second half of the book, while not quite so spellbinding, may
hold more interest for the discerning reader. In this section, Krassa gives
detailed summaries of many key figures in the paranormal movement. These
people’s lives, beliefs, discoveries and thoughts are truly fascinating, and
inspire the reader to research these figures further. The purpose of this summary
section is to lend historical credence to the possibility of a time machine, by
discussing the nature of time, "etheric fluid," past attempts by
individuals to time travel, and much more, and linking all these subjects
together to "prove" how the time machine worked. Again, however,
Krassa fails to convince, and the support for his story consists of leaps in
logic and exercises in hypothesis. All in all, this book is very entertaining
at first, and fascinating later on, but in the end I remain unconvinced of the
reality of Father Ernetti’s chronovisor." – Janet Brennan, Fate, November,
2000:
"In this unusual work, the
author sets forth to describe Father Ernetti's creation of a time
machine. What is more unusual is that the Venetian priest managed to
realize the contraption under the wing of the Roman Catholic Church. Yet
his machine afforded more than mere travel into the past and future, but rather
embodied a kind of living metaphor for our time. The Father's machine
afforded a look at linearity, the Gregorian calendar, perhaps even Bishop
Ussher's insistence that the world was created on September 21, 4004
B.C., a belief still held by some even in this day of quantum
non-locality. The author describes other achronological curios such as
Baird T. Spalding's Camera of Past Events, the Secret School of Whitley
Strieber, as well as Edgar Cayce. Also, information on Thomas Edison's
device to contact the dead is described in this worthwhile volume."
- Jaye C. Beldo, Dream Network, Vol. 19, No. 3.
"For me what makes Father
Ernetti's Chronovisor a treasure-trove of hard-to-find information is all
the documentation on the Akashic Records it brings together for the first time,
as well as the superb biographies of much-misunderstood yet seminal historical
figures, such as Helena P. Blavatsky and Franz Mesmer. This fascinating book is
a most welcome addition to my library." - George Andrews, author of Extra-Terrestrials
Among Us, Extra-Terrestrial Friends and Foes, and Pyramids
and Palaces, Monsters and Mazes: The Golden Age of Mayan Architecture:
"Father Ernetti's Chronovisor is a brilliantly-researched, absorbing
compendium of a current-times Benedictine monk's forays into specific events in
the life of Christ and ancient Greece. Using his enigmatic invention--the
chronovisor--scientist/scholar/exorcist Father Ernetti plumbs the depths and
drives a cutting wedge into man's hidden past, our access to alleged akashic
records, and the present-day relevance of those to such new and baffling
paranormal techniques as electronic voice phenomena and transcommunications
with television and computers. Peter Krassa illuminates his thesis with
sparkling accounts of the life and achievements of such fellow time-travelers
as Madame Blavatsky, Rudolph Steiner and Thomas A. Edison, and some others not
quite so well-known, such as the controversial free energy inventor/genius(?)
John Worrell Keely. Wow! Once you start reading Father Ernetti's
Chronovisor, you won't put it down till you've finished. It is a
first-rate, challenging mystery-thriller, not fiction but--whatever the true
explanation behind it all is--the "real thing!" - Berthold E.
Schwarz, M.D. (Psych.), author of Parent-Child Telepathy, UFO
Dynamics, Psychiatric and Paranormal Aspects of UFOlogy, The
Jacques Romano Story and many others:
"Is Father Ernetti's
Chronovisor a flight of fancy or the real thing? The question has tantalized
the scientific and religious communities for nearly 40 years, ever since the
September day in 1952 when two Benedictine priests collaborating in a
laboratory at the Roman Catholic University of Milan stumbled on its discovery.
In a moment of frustration, Father Ernetti entreated his departed father for
help with a problem, and was astounded to hear an answer from him through a
recording device they were working on! This event led to the development of the
Chronovisor, a time camera that can retrieve sound and sight images from space
and project them on a screen. Father Ernetti eschews any connection with
parapsychology or metaphysics, claiming instead that his machine is based on
the scientific principle that light and sound waves are not lost after emission
but are transformed and remain indefinitely in the ether. Without trying to explain
the pertinent theories, suffice to say that the Chronovisor can recapture and
reconstitute sound waves even from by-gone centuries--including a Roman tragedy
that was performed in 169 B.C.! Ernetti is no visionary or magician, but a
highly regarded scientist, an authority on prepolyphonic music, a professor,
and the director of the Italian Secretariat of Religious Instruction of Man. As
Krassa attempts to reconcile fact and fiction, his book will challenge your
thinking--but we are reminded of Hamlet's observation: "There are more
things on heaven and earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your
philosophy." - P.S., The NAPRA
Review, Vol. 11, No. 3, May-June, 2000:
"Time travel? This
book is based on the work of Father Pellegrino Ernetti, a well-respected
Italian Benedictine priest, who claimed to have engineered a device to
"view" the past called a "chronovisor." First
published in 1997 as Die Schichsal ist vorherbestimmt (Your Destiny
is Foretold), by Peter Krassa, this edition has been expanded to include
previously unreleased documents that have recently been made available to the
American editors--the most intriguing of these being the long-lost Latin text
of Quintus Ennius's play, Thyestes, which is reported to have been
brought back through time by Father Ernetti. Reading this book is in itself an
expedition in time travel. We are introduced to leaders in the fields of
occultism, spiritualism, alchemy and science, and we are taken to the
beginnings of time and back again, in an exciting journey of possibility that
gives more than enough credence to Father Ernetti's claims. This updated
American edition leaves no stone unturned and is a comprehensive wealth of
knowledge. Each chapter is a story within this multifaceted work; both
newcomers and serious students of occultism will be impressed by Peter Krassa's
well researched and refreshingly unbiased study into time and
space." - Kyles, Psychic Interactive, No. 4 (Australia):
"A strange case!....The
text of the play [Thyestes] is translated here, and there is genuine
wonder why such an otherwise accomplished individual as Father Ernetti would
have fabricated such a bizarre fantasy or hoax. A curious book, and a
book for the curious." - Robert C. Girard, Arcturus Books Catalog, March, 2000:
"In the middle part of the
twentieth century, Italian Benedictine monk Pellegrino Maria Ernetti claimed to
have created a time machine he called the "chronovisor" through which
he could see and hear events of the past including Christ dying on the cross
and a performance of a now-lost tragedy, Thyestes, by the father of
Latin Poetry, Quintus Ennius, in Rome in 169 B.C. Father Ernetti was a leading
authority on archaic music and claimed to have combined the insights of modern
physics with ancient occult knowledge of the astral planes to build his
invention. After his death the chronovisor was nowhere to be found, leading his
critics to proclaim this otherwise distinguished scientist-priest a fraud. This
American edition of Peter Krassa's Father Ernetti's Chronovisor: The
Creation and Disappearance of the World's First Time Machine includes the
first translation from Latin to English of the text of Thyestes which
Father Ernetti claimed to have recovered using the chronovisor. This and other
newly-discovered documents contain astonishing revelations refuting the claims
of fraud against the strange, tormented, brilliant Father Pellegrino Ernetti. Father
Ernetti's Chronovisor is a highly recommended biographical study for
students of metaphysics, religion, and science." - Midwest Book Review, April, 2000: