Mr. Rufus Edmisten, Mr. Bob Timberlake and J.P. McKelvey at the Bob Timberlake Gallery for a book signing in Lexington, North Carolina.
Book signing at the West End Arts Market hosted by Ms. Kathy George in downtown Pilot Mountain, North Carolina.
Book signing at Key City Antique Mall & Shops, North Wilkesboro, North Carolina.
Book signing at Pages Books and Coffee during Mayberry Days in Mt. Airy, North Carolina.
It is such an honor to have this historical guidebook about the 270 year history of Pilot Mountain State Park available on the shelves of the North Carolina Museum of History that is a Smithsonian Affiliate in Raleigh, North Carolina. The author is profoundly grateful for the help of Mr. Rufus Edmisten for this achievement.
Cosmic Summit 2024 this past weekend was amazing on June 15, 16 & 17th, 2024.
Anyone interested in the history of this world was rewarded with over 30 international speakers held at the Joseph S. Koury Convention Center at the Four Seasons’ Guilford Ballroom in Greensboro, North Carolina. Over 500 people attended the weekend event and many spilled over to Monday for even more talks that included “all the Randall (Carlson) you can handle.”
The author’s book signing booth placement was perfect right at the entrance to the Guildford Ballroom where many of the important talks were given. So many people sat down in the chair in front of the booth to talk about the mountain. It was truly an honor to be on the same aisle with the Randall Carlson booth. Many of the speakers also had booths and megalith researcher/documentary film maker, Hugh Newman, did a barter for his latest book with mine. There were so many great respectful conversations with the authors at Cosmic Summit for the public.
The event organizer, George Howard, took particular interest in the book passing by the booth often saying kind words. Howard posted about the book at the close of the event from his hotel room on the social media platform X. Then in a video recap (see below) he mentioned the book again a few days after the CS24. Pilot Mountain is only about a 45 minute expressway drive from the venue. Looks like we might have an excursion from the convention center to Pilot Mountain next year from Cosmic Summit 2025!
Honestly, at times it felt like being under Niagara Falls with so many beautiful conversations at Cosmic Summit flowing around me. Here is a link to images that display the pyramid shape (click left image) of Pilot Mountain that was discussed so much at Cosmic Summit and also in the Cosmic Summit wrap up video (click right image at 22 minute mark) done a few days afterward.
Edited by Matt Zeeman
Cosmic Summit 2024 was so much fun!
Randall Carlson and the author, J.P. McKelvey
J.P. McKelvey, Scott Wolter and Joe Crane. Wolter is a forensic geologist, author, and host of the History channel series America Unearthed.
Still finding time to do more research even all the way up to Newark, Ohio at the Moundbuilders Country Club where the author was treated with so much kindness. Explored the 18.6 year Lunar Standstill alignments with Dr. Bradley Lepper on the one day he was there in October of 2024.
http://ancientohiotrail.org/sites/newark
“Faces of Pilot Mountain:
Intriguing Journey into the Deep Mysteries”
by J.P. McKelvey
Lots of Youtube videos to support the book are found here:
https://www.youtube.com/@jimmckelvey6913
Next public talk that is free and open to the public will be given at the Orange County Public Library in Hillsborough, North Carolina on December 21, 2024 from 1 to 2:30 PM:
https://orangecountync.librarycalendar.com/event/mountain
These songs have been a sort of private soundtrack to the writing of the author’s first book while I observed nature in my backyard. When doing an historical dive into a sacred mountain it really is hard to find the traces to follow of the unnamed faces. Often when the muse was strong hummingbirds, cardinals and even a red tailed hawk or two would fly by for a visit. Some would hover right outside my writing window where my keyboard faces. I would later see a feather on my path and I knew I was moving in the right direction. The artists, both of whom I know, do not know I’ve done this so do not look at this as an endorsement for the book. See it more that they both inspired the research of the book in a profound way. I did give autographed copies of “Faces of Pilot Mountain” to both of them at shows recently. They are both very busy this summer but if there is any objection I would immediately take these down. They both know how to contact me.
Neil Young with Graham Nash “Birds” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I4zSLoMCvfg
Neil Young’s “Traces” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9A93krVxWZM
Darrell Scott’s “Passing” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8xPrQDOgU0U
Neil Young’s “Goin’ Back” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cccsU12U8bU
Darrell Scott’s “Looking Glass” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iBTZL0DZRQA
Darrell Scott’s “I Wish” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e8BBK0BzT1g
