Mysteries of the ancient past : a Graham Hancock reader

318 Pages·2012·6.2 MB·English

by  Kreisberg

I would like to dedicate this book to all my wonderful family,
including my mom and dad, who always encouraged reading, education, and
open-minded exploration; my wife, Stephanie, without whose help and support
this project would not have happened; and my two great kids, Sophie and Jason,
for inspiring and keeping alive my inner child.
Contents
Cover Image
Title Page
Dedication
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Chapter 1. Welcome to the Revolution
Omar Rosales
The Rise and Fall of the Plastic Shamans
A Return to Scholarship
Cherokee Spirit Walker: Expert in Soul Retrieval
Mysteries in Guatemala: The Cult of the Maximon
Ghosts in the Air Realm: Footpaths to Himalayan Glory
Don’t Ignore the Hydra
The Elemental Shamans
Chapter 2. Higher Consciousness Explains Many Mysteries of the
Ancient Past
Joseph Selbie and David Steinmetz
Case in Point: Treta Yuga and the Vedas
Chapter 3. The Vedic Literature of Ancient India and Its Many Secrets
David Frawley
Secrets of Ancient Civilizations: The Vedic Connections
The Living Vedic Tradition
My Work as a Vedic Scholar and Vedic Practitioner
Vedas and Ancient Yogic and Occult Knowledge
Implications
Conclusion
Chapter 4. A Cosmological Journey
Dr. Manjir Samanta-Laughton
A Realization of Galactic Proportions
The Road to Eureka
At the Heart of Every Galaxy
The Great Annihilators
The Universe Speaks
Dimensions of Consciousness
Black Holes: The Source of Infinite Light
Burping Black Holes
The Fractal World
Bolt upright
Bang Goes the Theory
Nothing New under the Black Hole Sun
Chapter 5. Megaliths, Shamans, and the City Builders
Lucy Wyatt
The Ice Age
The Farming Experiment?
Bronze Age Secondary Products Revolution
The Total Civilization Concept
Proto-Indo Europeans
Global Catastrophe: Fourth Millennium BCE
Shamanic Ritual and Role of the Pharaoh
Pyramids—Not Tombs
Alchemy and the Solar Bread
Hathor and Gold
Snakes Communicating with DNA
Pharaohs—Sophisticated Shamans
Romano-Christian Destruction
Roman Power
Chapter 6. Atlantis and the Cycles of Time
Joscelyn Godwin
Chapter 7. Bring Back the Sun
Gregory Sams
Chapter 8. Was Our Solar System Designed to Produce Humans?
Christopher Knight and Alan Butler
The Origin of the Megalithic Yard
Artifact-based Evidence
Weights and Measures
The Sumerian Meter
The Jefferson Paradox
The Sun and the Moon
The Rhythm of the Solar System
Photo Insert
The Message
Ancient Knowledge
Chapter 9. Science versus Religion
Harry Sivertsen and Stephen Redman
Creation
The Flood
The Books
Deluge: From Genesis to Atlantis
Measurements of the Gods
Conclusion
Chapter 10. The Electric Jesus
Jonathan Talat Phillips
Gnosis: The Not-So-Secret History of Jesus
Chapter 11. Mithras and Jesus
Flavio Barbiero
The Origins of Mithraism and Christianity
Josephus Flavius and St. Paul
Josephus Flavius and the Sol Invictus Mithras
The Sol Invictus Mithras Conquers the Roman Empire
Chapter 12. Star Beings in Stone?
Gary A. David
Under the South African Sun
Chapter 13. Serpent of the North
Glenn M. Kreisberg
History and Description of the Site
Comparative and Descriptive Analysis
Native Stone Constructions
Serpent Mound Connection
Draco and Mythology
Thuban, the Once and Future Pole Star
Conclusions and Further Inquiry
References
Chapter 14. Secrets of the Serapeum at Saqqara
Antoine Gigal
Part 1
Conclusion to Part 1
Part 2
Conclusion to Part 2
Chapter 15. The Case for the Daemon
Anthony Peake
The Evidence from Theology
The Evidence from Neurology
Cheating the Ferryman?
Chapter 16. The Intention Economy
Daniel Pinchbeck
From Ego to We Go
Enlightenment Reason or Occult Conspiracy?
Building a Scaffold for Social Change
Chapter 17. 2012 and Beyond
Geoff Stray
Tortuguero Monument 6
The Pibnaah and the Kiva
Nine Generation Rites
New Developments
Who Are the Nine Gods?
The Nine Night Lords
Yggdrasil and Ragnarok
Shambhala and the Kalachakra Prophecy
Heaven, Hell, and Purgatory
Nine Vaults of Enoch
Precession and the Nine Doors of Louhi
Nine Goddesses
The Enneads of Heliopolis
Nine Steps to Transformation
Healing and Revealing the God Self
Footnotes
Endnotes
Contributors
About the Author
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