The Bosnian pyramids and their tunnels: Energy, yes or no?

I’ll admit it right at the beginning: As an Egyptologist, I don’t think much of the “Bosnian pyramids”. Whether they exist at all, i.e. whether these mounds near Visoko are actually pyramids built by human hands, has not yet convinced me professionally. Osmanagić himself speaks of five pyramids in the valley, which he has christened “Sun”, “Moon”, “Dragon”, “Love” and “Mother Earth”; the largest, the Pyramid of the Sun, is even said to tower over the Pyramid of Cheops in Giza at around 220 meters. Many years ago, I even conducted an interview with Sam Osmanagić, the man who “discovered” the pyramids. He was a very charismatic person, I’ll give him that, but to be honest, I wasn’t convinced by his professional expertise. And yet I went. Because what attracted me was not the pyramids themselves, but what lies beneath the ground: the extensive Ravne tunnel system.

Addis Elias Fejzić – Into the labyrinth with an artist

I was accompanied by a very good friend: Addis Elias Fejzić, a well-known Australian-Bosnian artist who has created several sculptures for the park surrounding the complex. Together we descended into the tunnels, of which around 500 meters are open to visitors. According to geo-radar, the labyrinth itself stretches for several kilometers, and the distance to the so-called Pyramid of the Sun is around three kilometers.

Visoko – From slumber to tourist boom

As soon as you arrive, you can see what the pyramids have achieved: They have brought the small town of Visoko, which had fallen asleep for centuries, back to life. A whole street full of kiosks leads from the entrance to Ravne Park, a man-made facility that even has a tennis court built for professional training. The town is visibly benefiting from the international tourist boom: travelers from Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovenia and long since from all over the world make a pilgrimage here. Osmanagić himself speaks of over 200,000 visitors per year, a figure that comes from him or his foundation and which I, as a good skeptic, cannot verify, but which illustrates the noticeable upswing well. For a region that has long been overlooked, this means new jobs and new hope.

Visoko is anything but without history. In the Middle Ages, the town was one of the most important royal bases in the country; Kulin Ban, one of Bosnia’s most famous rulers, resided here around the year 1200. The ruins of the old Visoki Castle from the 14th century, which is enthroned on the top of the so-called Pyramid of the Sun, still bear witness to this “high city”, as the name Visoko means, a real piece of history above the controversial myth.

Cool air and a special frequency

What was scorching hot outside that day turned into a pleasant coolness of around twelve or thirteen degrees inside. That alone made the visit worthwhile in midsummer. And breathing is actually remarkably easy down there. This is nothing mysterious at first, as the air in tunnels and caves is generally very clean. On site, however, it is interpreted more energetically: a constant Schumann frequency of 7.83 Hertz is measured there, i.e. the resonance at which our brain enters a relaxed alpha state, and a very high concentration of negative ions, which increases with depth.

The megaliths, or: the art of the subjunctive

And then there are the megaliths. Huge blocks that are said to be man-made and more than 30,000 years old. The most famous is K2, a ceramic block with a quartz core that is the subject of all kinds of stories. This quartz is said to produce oxygen from moisture and breathing air, which is why it never gets stuffy, even with large groups of visitors. And it is said to emit vibrations in the ultrasonic range of 28 kilohertz, which “massages our cells on a subtle level”. As an Egyptologist, I cautiously raise my eyebrow at this point and hand you the words “allegedly” and “supposedly” like little lifebuoys. There is another megalith, K5, much larger but still half stuck in the wall. If you hold your hands over K2, they say you should feel something.

Energy – yes or no?

And this is where it gets honest. I didn’t feel anything the first time, nothing at all, as a critic should. Then we went back to record the scene. And suddenly it was there: a tingling in my fingertips, as if they were fine pinpricks. I took my hands away and it disappeared immediately. I held them over it again and it came back. I have to admit that I was amazed. I don’t have an explanation for it, and I don’t want to pretend to have one, but the ultrasound didn’t present itself to me.

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Water that is available for free elsewhere

There is also a small lake in the tunnel with very pure, mineral-rich water, which is sold and recommended for mixing with normal water. This is where my skepticism flares up again: After all, this water is also available to drink for free in unlimited quantities in other places in the country, such as the Vjetrenica cave, which is a UNESCO World Heritage Site, and nobody has to “neutralize” it there.

Meditation chambers and the question of healing

There are small meditation chambers throughout the system, and we actually found people sitting quietly and meditating there. We were told that guests, including sick people, regularly come here seeking healing because of the frequency. And you know what? If it helps, why not? We know from epigenetics that we can heal ourselves to an amazing degree through our thoughts. If a place like this helps people to do that, then they should go there.

A park full of history

Finally, there is a park around the tunnels for walking, with sculptures of well-known personalities from the history of the Balkans. Addis naturally showed me “his” Kulin Ban, one of the first rulers of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and a few more of his portrait sculptures.

Visit – yes or no?

I’m still not convinced by the pyramids themselves, and my interview with Osmanagić didn’t change that. But the visit to the tunnels was worthwhile, so much so that I will definitely visit them more often, simply because of the fresh, rich air and because it was simply great fun. The walk through the cool labyrinth was a pleasure, the benefits far outweigh the disadvantages, especially in the heat. And I’m really looking forward to seeing what else is unearthed there in the future. In any case, we drove home full of energy, however you might interpret that, back to creativity: he to his sculptures, I to my writing.

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