Doorways and stone plates

 Doorways and stone plates

I walked into Pioneer Provisions in Ephriam because I was curious. I wanted to see what kind of survival supplies they carried. 

It was 1994, I was talking with my wife about the movie we had just seen. It was a Sci-Fi movie called Stargate. The story line unfolds with an ancient device being uncovered that allows travel between worlds.

I must have been talking loud enough to be overheard because the owner asked me some questions about the movie. I excitedly reviewed the plot while we stood in the store. He listened patiently, then asked if I wanted to learn about some local artifacts.

I said I did. 

Several days later I went to his house and he told me his story.

Jerry had grown up in Sanpete Valley mostly alone. Family life for him had been lonely, he spent most of his time exploring the mountains surrounding the valley. He brought out some metal plates that he found and showed them to me. I examined each one as he handed them to me. They looked old and were covered with unfamiliar markings.

Jerry had been in the military. He had done some work in the middle east. He had a gift. The government recognized his natural ability to read ancient languages and used his skills.

Jerry told me that he had translated these plates. Each tiny plate contained about a chapter of information.

I asked him if the plates ever contained information that he didn’t agree with. He said, yes. I asked him what he did when that happened. He said, I don’t write that part down. 

He asked if I wanted to see where he found them, of course I said yes. We set up a time for our next meeting. He took me behind the Manti Temple. There along the old quarry were hundreds of petroglyphs, some faint, others bold and easy to see. He showed me the most prominent petroglyphs and said that they contained information that told him where to find other stone tablets. As we walked along the cliff he showed me many markings and then read them.

He took us on a walk along to top of the cliff and pointed out ancient stone pools. He showed us a large stone that had some notches. When you sighted along the markings, they pointed to a place across the valley holding more records.

Then the most curious thing happened. He told us that we had just passed a “doorway.”  He wouldn’t say exactly where it was but he told us a story. 

He said, one day he was walking along the dirt road and noticed a shimmering around this area. He said it looked like heat waves rising from the ground. When he walked closer it opened up into a kind of tunnel. Being curious, he ventured inside and followed a passage towards a light at the other end. He stepped out into the light and found himself nearly 30 miles from Manti near Fountain Green.

He told us there were other doorways in the valley. 

I have walked by that area many times in the years since and I have never seen the doorway. He told me that there was no magic involved. He even allowed someone else to go into the doorway with instructions not to go into any of the other corridors. He said if a person were meant to use the corridors the door would open.

There are many doorways here on the earth. Some are used to travel the earth while others are used to travel the universe. There are many ways to travel both externally and internally. 

When we are ready, the way is clear ...