In 1899, Nikola Tesla (1856 – 1943) had a revealing interview in his former laboratory in Colorado Springs (USA) with a journalist of the magazine “Immortality” named John Smith, in which Tesla explained, among other things, why the theory of relativity of Albert Einstein (1879 – 1955) is wrong.
For more then a century, it was the most suppressed interview with Tesla. In about 2011, it was rediscovered, and it became ever since republished on an increasing number of websites. Simply search on “Nikola Tesla interview 1899”, and you will find many of these publications.
However, there are two major problems with this interview text, which is nowadays so abundant on the Internet. First of all, the widely copied text in the English language is full of errors, as a result from the automatic translation from the text in the Serbian language, which was Tesla’s mother tongue. Secondly, without in dept understanding of Tesla’s way of thinking, this interview is not much of a help at all, even if you read the Serbian text.
That is why I added explanations to the answers given by Tesla, as shown below, and I also edited Tesla’s answers where necessary in meaningful and correct English, provided with extra information. After doing this, it became clear that the 43-years old Nikola Tesla had given extremely important answers, as you can read below for yourself.
Question: Mr. Tesla, you have gained the glory of the man who got involved in the cosmic processes. Who are you, Mr. Tesla?
Tesla’s answer: It is a right question, Mr. Smith, and I will try to give you the right answer to it.
Question: Some say you’re from the country of Croatia, from the area called Lika, where together with the people are growing trees, rocks and starry sky. They say that your home village is named after the mountain flowers, and that the house, where you were born, is next to the forest and the church.
Tesla’s answer: Really, this all is true. I’m proud of my Serbian origin and my Croatian homeland.
Question: Futurists say that the Twenty-and Twenty First Century was born in head of Nikola Tesla. They celebrate conversely magnetic field and sing hymns to Inductions engine. Their creator was called the hunter who caught the light in his net from the depths of the earth, and the warrior who captured fire from heaven. Father of alternating current will make the Physics and Chemistry dominate half the world. Industry will proclaim him as their supreme saint, a banker for the largest benefactors. In the laboratory of Nikola Tesla for the first time is broken atom. There is created a weapon that causes the earthquake vibrations. There are discovered black cosmic rays. Five races will pray to him in the Temple of the Future, because they had taught a great secret that Empedocles’ Elements can be “watered” with the Life Forces from the Aether.
Explanation: Empedocles lived in the fifth century BCE on the island of Sicily. “Empedocles’ Elements” is a reference to the Essences of Earth, Air, Water, and Fire. The Fifth Essence is referred to in Latin as the quinta essentia, which has been translated into English as the “quintessence”. It is a reference to that which is the most essential, namely Aether. We can imagine Aether as being an imperceptible liquid with which the entire universe is filled. This “Cosmic Water” then contains the four Essences of Earth, Air, Water, and Fire, which are also known as the “Life Forces”.
Tesla’s answer: Yes, these are some of my most important discoveries. I’m a defeated man. I have not accomplished the greatest thing I could.
Question: What is it, Mr. Tesla?
Tesla’s answer: I wanted to illuminate the whole planet. There is enough electricity for her to become a second sun. Light would appear around the equator, as a ring around Saturn. Mankind is not yet ready for the Great and Good. In Colorado Springs (Colorado, USA), I soaked our planet by electricity. We can also water her with the other energies, such as positive mental energy. These are for instance in the music of Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750) and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 – 1791), or in the verses of great poets. In our planet’s interior, there is the energy of Joy, Peace and Love. Their expressions are a flower that grows from her crust, the food we get out of her, and everything that makes this planet our homeland. I’ve spent years looking for the way that this energy could influence people. The beauty and the scent of roses can be used as a medicine, and the sun rays as food. Life has an infinite number of forms, and the duty of scientists is to find them in every form of matter. Three things are essential in this. All that I do is a search for them. I know I will not find them, but I will not give up on them.
Question: What are these things?
Tesla’s answer: One issue is food. Which stellar or terrestrial energy can feed the hungry on this planet? Which wine waters all thirsty, so that they can cheer in their heart and understand that they are gods?
Another thing is to destroy the power of evil and suffering in which man’s life passes! They sometimes occur as an epidemic in the depths of space. In this century, the disease has spread from our planet in the Universe.
The third thing is: Is there an excess Light in the Universe? I discovered a star that by all the astronomical and mathematical laws could disappear, and that nothing seems to be modified. This star is in this galaxy. Its light can occur in such density that fits into a sphere smaller than an apple, a heavier than our Solar System. Religions and philosophies teach that man can become the Christ, Buddha, and Zoroaster. What I’m trying to prove is wilder, and is almost unattainable. This is: What to do in the Universe so every being is born as Christ, Buddha, or Zoroaster. I know that gravity is prone to everything you need to fly, and my intention is not to make flying devices (aircraft or missiles), but teach individual to regain consciousness on his own wings.
Further more, I am trying to awake the energy contained in the air. In the air, there are the main sources of energy. What is considered as empty space is just a manifestation of matter that is not awakened. There is no empty space on this planet, nor in the Universe. So-called “black holes”, that is what astronomers talk about, are the most powerful sources of energy and life.
Question: Mr. Tesla, you have gained the glory of the man who got involved in the cosmic processes. Who are you, Mr. Tesla?
Tesla’s answer: It is a right question, Mr. Smith, and I will try to give you the right answer to it.
Question: Some say you’re from the country of Croatia, from the area called Lika, where together with the people are growing trees, rocks and starry sky. They say that your home village is named after the mountain flowers, and that the house, where you were born, is next to the forest and the church.
Tesla’s answer: Really, this all is true. I’m proud of my Serbian origin and my Croatian homeland.
Question: Futurists say that the Twenty-and Twenty First Century was born in head of Nikola Tesla. They celebrate conversely magnetic field and sing hymns to Inductions engine. Their creator was called the hunter who caught the light in his net from the depths of the earth, and the warrior who captured fire from heaven. Father of alternating current will make the Physics and Chemistry dominate half the world. Industry will proclaim him as their supreme saint, a banker for the largest benefactors. In the laboratory of Nikola Tesla for the first time is broken atom. There is created a weapon that causes the earthquake vibrations. There are discovered black cosmic rays. Five races will pray to him in the Temple of the Future, because they had taught a great secret that Empedocles’ Elements can be “watered” with the Life Forces from the Aether.
Explanation: Empedocles lived in the fifth century BCE on the island of Sicily. “Empedocles’ Elements” is a reference to the Essences of Earth, Air, Water, and Fire. The Fifth Essence is referred to in Latin as the quinta essentia, which has been translated into English as the “quintessence”. It is a reference to that which is the most essential, namely Aether. We can imagine Aether as being an imperceptible liquid with which the entire universe is filled. This “Cosmic Water” then contains the four Essences of Earth, Air, Water, and Fire, which are also known as the “Life Forces”.
Tesla’s answer: Yes, these are some of my most important discoveries. I’m a defeated man. I have not accomplished the greatest thing I could.
Question: What is it, Mr. Tesla?
Tesla’s answer: I wanted to illuminate the whole planet. There is enough electricity for her to become a second sun. Light would appear around the equator, as a ring around Saturn. Mankind is not yet ready for the Great and Good. In Colorado Springs (Colorado, USA), I soaked our planet by electricity. We can also water her with the other energies, such as positive mental energy. These are for instance in the music of Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750) and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 – 1791), or in the verses of great poets. In our planet’s interior, there is the energy of Joy, Peace and Love. Their expressions are a flower that grows from her crust, the food we get out of her, and everything that makes this planet our homeland. I’ve spent years looking for the way that this energy could influence people. The beauty and the scent of roses can be used as a medicine, and the sun rays as food. Life has an infinite number of forms, and the duty of scientists is to find them in every form of matter. Three things are essential in this. All that I do is a search for them. I know I will not find them, but I will not give up on them.
Question: What are these things?
Tesla’s answer: One issue is food. Which stellar or terrestrial energy can feed the hungry on this planet? Which wine waters all thirsty, so that they can cheer in their heart and understand that they are gods?
Another thing is to destroy the power of evil and suffering in which man’s life passes! They sometimes occur as an epidemic in the depths of space. In this century, the disease has spread from our planet in the Universe.
The third thing is: Is there an excess Light in the Universe? I discovered a star that by all the astronomical and mathematical laws could disappear, and that nothing seems to be modified. This star is in this galaxy. Its light can occur in such density that fits into a sphere smaller than an apple, a heavier than our Solar System. Religions and philosophies teach that man can become the Christ, Buddha, and Zoroaster. What I’m trying to prove is wilder, and is almost unattainable. This is: What to do in the Universe so every being is born as Christ, Buddha, or Zoroaster. I know that gravity is prone to everything you need to fly, and my intention is not to make flying devices (aircraft or missiles), but teach individual to regain consciousness on his own wings.
Further more, I am trying to awake the energy contained in the air. In the air, there are the main sources of energy. What is considered as empty space is just a manifestation of matter that is not awakened. There is no empty space on this planet, nor in the Universe. So-called “black holes”, that is what astronomers talk about, are the most powerful sources of energy and life.
Read the rest of the translated interview on Johan Oldenkamp's Pateo.nl: http://www.pateo.nl/HTML/EN/Articles/The_Quintessence_in_Nikola_Tesla_s_own_Words.htm
