The Ancient Alien Question (43 page)

When molecular biologist Dr. Pia Malnoe was taken into the Amazon by Narby, she concluded that “The way shamans get their knowledge is not very different from the way scientists get their knowledge. It has the same origin, but shamans and scientists use different methods.”
¹

In my opinion, most Ancient Alien Theories have failed in finding proof because their scope was too limited, and the answer they were after was erroneous. Though in a number of rare instances the gods
were
likely here in physical form, they definitely did not come to planet Earth to exploit its minerals or enslave Homo sapiens for that purpose. I would argue that, apart from Oannes, an accidental crash like “the Chinese Roswell” at Baian-Kara-Ulla, and one or two other similar incidents, such physical contact was probably sporadic at best. But when we really look at our history, it is clear that civilization was indeed guided by gods, by a nonhuman, extraterrestrial intelligence. Though today we would consider this to be the bailiwick of religion, it is not; it is about directly experiencing another reality and contacting this intelligence. The work of McKenna, Narby, Harner, and so many others has made it clear that this is real. The technology and information they have given us ranges from insights into DNA (as per Jeremy Narby), the enigmatic mathematical formula of time that Terence McKenna received, and maybe the chemical methodology to create geopolymers, given to the Egyptian priest Imhotep.

What is evidence? What is proof? There are clear parallels between what McKenna and Imhotep received. There are hundreds of passages in the sacred literature of every ancient civilization that speak of contact with nonhuman intelligences. In the case of Oannes, even the likes of Carl Sagan felt that the evidence was in—that this could only be explained as contact with a physical extraterrestrial entity. For some, these accounts will not be enough.

But we have also learned the answer goes far beyond a simple yes. In fact, life is a cosmic imperative. We
are
the aliens. Chandra Wickramasinghe in
Cosmic Dragons
writes, “Life is a truly cosmic phenomenon, the sum total of an evolutionary experience gained and accumulated in a multitude of different places, quite widely separated, and extending in time throughout the entire history of the Universe.” Wickramasinghe is convinced that there is a slow but definitive move within the scientific community to accept the extraterrestrial origins of life, describing it as “a major paradigm shift comparable in importance to the Copernican revolution of the 16th century.” When that happens, the next challenge science will have to address is the Ancient Alien Question—a question it has consistently shied away from.

The key here is the consensus reality: what we all agree to
believe
. It is a basic human right that any individual has the freedom to believe what he or she wants. And so it is my hope—my wish—that in these pages, I have laid out the nature and complexity of the Ancient Alien Question in such a way that you have the necessary building blocks that will allow you to decide whether
you
believe. I have shown you the process as to why I
believe
the answer is yes. But what I
know
is that the Ancient Alien Question has to be asked again today, for there are millions of people out there who want an answer.

Notes

Foreword

1.
Pessl,
The Chronological
.

2.
Waddell, “Manetho.”

3.
Diodorus,
Historical Library
.

4.
Ibid.

Introduction

1.
Walter-Jorg Langbein, in an interview with Dr. Hermann Oberth, as reported at
langbein.alien.de/bericht13.html
, a transcript of the 24th Ancient Astronaut World Conference lecture delivered by W-J Langbein, August 4, 1997, Orlando, Fla.

2.
Hirji, “Nature’s.”

Chapter 1

1.
Kaku, “First Contact.”

2.
Story,
The Encyclopedia
,
pp. 162
–3.

3.
Sagan,
Cosmos
,
p. 193
.

Chapter 2

1.
Icke, David, Interview.

2.
Bramley,
The Gods of Eden
,
p. 16
.

3.
Ibid.,
p. 2
.

4.
Ibid.,
p. 225
.

5.
Ibid.,
pp. 3
–4.

6.
Heiser, “Open Letter.”

7.
Von Dechend and Santillana,
Hamlet’s Mill
, p. 431.

8.
Boulay,
Flying Serpents
,
p. 51
.

9.
Story,
The Encyclopedia
, p. 635.

10.
James and Thorpe,
Ancient Mysteries
,
p. 107
.

11.
Ibid.,
p. 108
.

12.
Ibid.,
p. 109
.

13.
Villars,
The Comte
,
p. 64
.

Chapter 3

1.
Blumrich,
The Spaceships
.

2.
Story,
The Encyclopedia
,
p. 182
.

3.
Cassuto,
A Commentary
,
p. 260
.

4.
Legendary Times Magazine
,
Vol. 10, nos. 1 and 2
,
p. 20
–21.

Chapter 4

1.
Davidovits, “X-Ray.”

2.
Geiger, “Imhotep’s.”

3.
Davidovits, “They Built,”
p. 61
.

4.
Nickerson, “Did the Great.”

5.
Nickerson, “A New Angle.”

6.
Ibid.

7.
Ibid.

8.
Neugebauer,
The Exact
,
p. 91
.

9.
Dunn,
The Giza
,
pp. 152
–153.

10.
Alouf,
History
,
p. 92
.

11.
Thom,
Megalithic Sites
,
p. 43
.

12.
Thompson,
Alien Identities
,
p. 226
.

Chapter 5

1.
Haviland, et al,
Cultural Anthropology
,
p. 232
.

2.
“Aztec Crystal Skull.”

3.
Morton and Thomas,
Tränen
,
p. 124
.

4.
Morant, “A Morphological,”
p. 108
.

5.
Hancock,
Fingerprints
,
p. 166
.

6.
Ibid.,
p. 171
.

7.
Ibid.,
p. 72
.

8.
Grist, “Mysteries.”

Chapter 6

1.
Ancient Skies
,
p. 1
.

2.
“Antikythera Mechanism.”

3.
Childress,
Technology
,
p. 94
. Also at
www.world-mysteries.com/sar_4.htm
.

4.
“Antikythera Mechanism.”

5.
Legendary Times
,
p. 17
.

6.
Hancock,
Fingerprints
,
p. 5
.

7.
Ibid.,
p. 112
.

8.
Lenormant and Chevallier,
A Manual
, p. 502.

9.
Sagan,
Broca’s Brain
,
p. 67
.

10.
Wadell, “Manetho.”

11.
Sitchin,
The End
,
p. 86
.

12.
Ibid.,
p. 95
.

13.
Noorbergen,
Secrets
,
p. 73
.

14.
SciForums.com
.

15.
Mitchell-Hedges,
Danger
,
p. 87
.

16.
Personal correspondence with Jon Rolls, April 22, 2008.

17.
Hausdorf,
The Chinese
,
p. 34
.

18.
Ibid.

19.
Ibid.,
p. 35
.

20.
Ibid.

Chapter 7

1.
Wickramasinghe, “Extraterrestrial.”

2.
Weinstein, “Influenza,” pp. 1058–1060.

3.
Joseph and Wickramasinghe, “Comets.”

4.
Sagan,
Cosmos
,
p. 130
.

5.
Hancock and Bauvel,
The Mars
,
Chapter 6
.

Chapter 8

1.
James and Thorpe,
Ancient Mysteries
,
p. 241
.

2.
Radford, “The Mysterious.”

3.
Geller, Uri. “Dr. Vinod.”

4.
Ibid.

5.
Naydler,
Shamanic Wisdom
,
p. 166
.

6.
Jenkins and Matz,
Pyramid
,
p. 37
.

7.
Harner, “The Sound.”

8.
Narby,
The Cosmic Serpent
. See also
www.world-mysteries.com/newgw/cosmicserpent.htm
.

Conclusion

1.
Dicum, “The Cosmic.”

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