Mysteries of the Ancient Past

Cutting-edge thinkers on the origins of civilization, the Giza pyramids, pre-Columbian and early America, and the power of human consciousness, with contributions by David Frawley, Daniel Pinchbeck, Jonathan Talat Phillips, and others.

Glenn Kreisberg, editor of the Author of the Month page at GrahamHancock.com, is a radio frequency engineer, writer, researcher, and licensed outdoor guide who currently serves as the vice president of the New England Antiquities Research Association. The author of numerous articles and papers and editor of Lost Knowledge of the Ancients, he is the founder of the alternative science and history website ASHnews.org. He lives in Woodstock, New York, with his wife and two children.

Acknowledgments

Introduction

One
Welcome to the Revolution: The Resurgence of Elemental Shamanism in the Twenty-first Century
Omar Rosales

Two
Higher Consciousness Explains Many Mysteries of the Ancient Past
Joseph Selbie and David Steinmetz

Three
The Vedic Literature of Ancient India and Its Many Secrets
David Frawley

Four
A Cosmological Journey: How Modern Scientific Data Is Taking Us Back to the Wisdom of the Ancients
Dr. Manjir Samanta-Laughton

Five
Megaliths, Shamans, and the City Builders: The Hidden Connections
Lucy Wyatt

Six
Atlantis and the Cycles of Time
Joscelyn Godwin

Seven
Bring Back the Sun
Gregory Sams

Eight 
Was Our Solar System Designed to Produce Humans?
Christopher Knight and Alan Butler

Nine
Science versus Religion: From Genesis to Atlantis and the Measurements of the Gods
Harry Sivertsen and Stephen Redman

Ten
The Electric Jesus: The Healing Journey of a Contemporary Gnostic
Jonathan Talat Phillips

Eleven
Mithras and Jesus: Two Sides of the Same Coin
Flavio Barbiero

Twelve
Star Beings in Stone? A Rock Art Site in Central South Africa
Gary A. David

Thirteen
Serpent of the North: The Overlook Mountain–Draco Constellation Correlation
Glenn M. Kreisberg

Fourteen
Secrets of the Serapeum at Saqqara: Parts 1 and 2
Antoine Gigal

Fifteen
The Case for the Daemon
Anthony Peake

Sixteen
The Intention Economy: From Ego to We Go
Daniel Pinchbeck

Seventeen
2012 and Beyond: The Tortuguero Prophecy Unraveled
Geoff Stray


Contributors

Index