Ior Bock
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Ior Bock born Bror Holger Svedlin (born January 17 1942) claims that his family line (Boxström) has been keepers of an ancient folklore tradition passed down through the generations, that provides insight into the pagan culture of Finland and its history.
A former tourist guide at the island fortress of Suomenlinna, Ior Bock has gathered a "following" of people who take interest in his family saga. In his teachings, Bock uses his own particular etymology of words to support his family's alleged personal folklore that supposedly forms the nucleus of an ancient Finnish culture.
One of the more surprising lessons to be learned from his stories is that man should not "waste" his semen but practise autofellatio (named as saunasolmu by Bock who claims it to be an ancient tradition) to drink the Viisauden Vesi (water of wisdom). Women should ingest vaginal lubrication, but not their own. They should drink the liquid with a straw inserted to another woman's vagina, leading to collective act as a special favour and sacrament to each other. They might also drink semen to enhance their fertility and vital energy.
Besides yoga exercises to keep limber, he and his followers began fundraising in order to finance the excavation of an ancient treasure chamber, the legendary Temple of Lemminkäinen. According to his family's stories, a large stone slab covered the entrance to one of the temple's hallways - on the side of a mountain. In the years between 1987 and 1990, a stone slab was found and so was a hallway - going 70 metres inside the Sibbo mountain, 35 km east of Helsinki. Allegedly, the ancient royal family of Finland used this temple for storage for many generations. This area was the ancient seat of the Boxstrom family.
In the summer of 1990, marijuana smoking was observed on Ior Bock's premises, which led to police charges and a social scandal. Consequently, sponsorship of the excavation drastically diminished. The last excavations stopped in 1991 - far from being completed. Ior Bock has been trying to raise funds to continue the excavation, but without success. Yet, he still contends that there were many encouraging features discovered during the former excavations. In particular, he emphasizes that his mothers story of a hallway hidden under Sibbo mountain proved to be true.
On June 3, 1999, Ior Bock was attacked in Helsinki by a madman who stabbed him in the back with a knife several times. The attack left him a quadriplegic. He continues to promote his ideas.
Bock in modern culture
In 1994, Kingston Wall, a Finnish progressive rock group included the core of Bock's teachings on their last album, Tri-Logy. The saga was described in the CD booklet and some of the song lyrics featured themes from it.