the point of distraction. All monastic communities to follow, like Mount Athos, San Michel etc. were places of great religious attention for apart from the unbridled solitude it is possible that the nature of the electro magnetic concentrations that they produce near the peak, could have somehow accelerated the overall dynamism of the mind. Lighting as has now been found starts from these concentrations and sends the initial weak wave to the highly charged clouds above. It is now a well known scientific fact that it causes the bolt to follow and hit the same spot. The earthed Church steeple was an attempt to harness this force, and without which no religious building was ever without one in high places. It must have been obvious to early modern man that it was there that those terrifying sparks seemed to make their appearance. How many died in finding it out can well be imagined. Pyramids may well also have been the prototype for the ” collection of this force” and it appears likely that they stem from the same architectural principle. The association of Yahweh with fire or volcanoes and the choice of name for Jerusalem which means city of the sun in Latin, may also not be a coincidence. The concept draws in many other untied associations which need careful study before conclusions can be made. John the Baptist, baptised with water, but questioned Jesus as to whether, like the promised Messiah, he would baptise with fire. He incidentally did not recognize his own cousin so Jesus must have been well away form, there for a considerable amount of time and from an early age. John was without doubt, an Essene but his father appears to have come from a Mithraic background if we are to go by his name and that was a fire and sun culture par excellence and