Chronicles From The Future: The amazing story of Paul Amadeus Dienach

THE ANNIVERSARY OF THE “BIG DAY” AND THE EXTINCTION OF THE RACES

AIDERSEN RIVALRIES AND THE ATTEMPTS AGAINST THE NEW REALITY

13-VI

LAST DAY AT MARKFOR

14-VI

18-VI

20-VI

THEIR AMAZING MOTORWAYS AND OTHER MEANS OF TRANSPORTATION

New Göteborg, 21-VI

TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCES, CLIMATE CONTROL AND “RETURN TO THE BASICS”

THE MASSIVE COLONISATION OF MARS AND THE GREAT DESTRUCTION

EXTRATERRESTRIALS: BRIEF ENCOUNTERS

TERRINGTOWN: THE BIRTHPLACE OF JOHN TERRING, THE FIRST UNIVERSAL LEADER

Marienborg, 26-VI

Blomsterfor, 27-VI

FEELING LIKE A STRANGER

Blomsterfor, 28-VI

FLOWER DECORATION AND THEIR TRANSPORT NETWORK

Blomsterfor, 29-VI

Blomsterfor, 30-VI

ART AND 3D THEATRES

CEREMONIES AND THE USE OF RELIGION

Blomsterfor, 1-VII

Annelud, 2-VII

2-VII Again

THE NEW RENAISSANCE OF 3300 AD

Nysalborg, 4-VII

Youthsmile, 5-VII

7-VII

STROLLING THROUGH THE LANSBEES

8-VII

THE “WALK OF VIKINGS”

12-VII

SILEA, THEIR ARTIFICIAL MOTHER RIVER

VALLEY OF ROSES: STARING AT THEIR SACRED CITY

Rosernes Dal, 13-VII

AN AMAZING RESEMBLANCE

13-VII Again

DOWN TO THE VALLEY

14-VII

15-VII

THE PANTHEON

LATHARMI

THE VOLKIES

16-VII

THE STORY OF COSTIA RODULOF

17-VII

STATUES OF THE FUTURE

18-VII

THE WISE MEN OF THE PALACE STREETS IN KONGEBORG

FAMOUS WOMEN OF THE FUTURE

THE TEMPLE OF THE UNSUNG MARTYRS AND THE GREAT PILGRIMAGE

20-VII

SYMPTOMS OF AGORAPHOBIA AT THE GOLD TEMPLE

THE OATH AND THE GRAND PROCESSION

THE SNOW WHITE SANCTUARY

22-VII

24-VII

25-VII

26-VII

BACK TO HIS HOMELAND

30-VII

CONFESSING EVERYTHING TO SILVIA

1-VIII

BACK TO THE PAST

1– VIII Again

LIST OF PROPER NAMES

NAMES OF PEOPLE

PLACE NAMES

CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE

CALENDAR BOARDS

GLOSSARY

"Άμμες δε γ΄ εσσόμεθα πολλώ κάρρονες"

*but we shall become much better than you

Promissory Oath of the teen Spartans towards the elderly [Ploutarhos: “Lykourgos” 21]

 

 

 

EDITOR’S PREFACE

Introductions typically attempt to present the essence of a book, highlighting the most important elements of the story you are about to read. My introduction does not do that. Rather, I will be telling you the story of how this unique text came to be, its journey from the 1920s until today.

This is a book that contains the diary of a man who never intended his words to be revealed to the world. It chronicles an experience that was never shared for fear of ridicule and disbelief. As you work your way through his very personal memoire, the reason for secrecy will soon become clear– the author claimed to have lived in the future and returned back to his original era, 20th century central Europe, to record a detailed account, outlining exactly what happened during his journey.

The real protagonists of this amazing, true story are two persons: Paul Amadeus Dienach, the author and the man who claimed to have lived in the future; and George Papachatzis, Dienach’s student of German language studies to whom he left his notes - the diary you hold in your hands today.

After making the first acquaintances, let's start unravelling their story step-by-step.

Paul Amadeus Dienach was a Swiss-Austrian teacher with fragile health. His father was a German-speaking Swiss and his mother was an Austrian from Salzburg. Dienach travelled to Greece in the Autumn of 1922, after having recovered from a one-year coma caused by a serious illness, hoping that the mild climate would improve his condition.

During his time in Greece, Dienach taught French and German language lessons in order to provide himself with a minimum income. Amongst his students was George Papachatzis, a student that Dienach appreciated more than any of the others. Papachatzis describes his teacher as a "very cautious and very modest man that used to emphasize the details".

Dienach, as we learn from Papachatzis, was born in a suburb of Zurich and lived his adolescence in a village nearby the large Swiss capital. He later followed humanitarian studies with a strong inclination to the history of cultures and classical philology. It is believed that he eventually died from tuberculosis in Athens, Greece, or on his way back to his homeland through Italy, probably during the first quarter of 1924.

Before Paul Dienach died, he entrusted Papachatzis with part of his life and soul– his diary. Without telling Papachatzis what the notes were, he left him with the simple instructions that he should use the documents to improve his German by translating them from German to Greek.

Papachatzis did as he asked. Initially, he believed Dienach had written a novel, but as he progressed with translations, he soon realized the notes were actually his diary… from the future!

At this point we have to clarify something crucial. Dienach is thought to have suffered from Encephalitis lethargica, a strange neurological disease that develops an immune system response to overloaded neurons. The first time Dienach fell into a lethargic sleep it was for 15 minutes. The second time it was for a whole year…