Return of the Gods

by Erich von Daniken

Include a link to the book cover - possibly at amazon books - or I could JUST scan MINE ... :)

I may get around to typing more extensive excerpts at some stage, but it's available in paperback and if this little section doesn't arouse one's ... basically it re-examines ... oh here's a scan of the rear page. I am so lazy these days with access to a scanner ...

I must remember to upload this image or this page will lack something ... :) basically it says that Erich's book puts forward the controversial proposal that we have been subject to countless visits from beyond this planet for many years. He argues that we are very much in the minds and eyes of cosmic life-forms and that many of the dramatic events and remarkable teachings of religious texts should be re-interpreted. It includes * a coherent theory about the nature of extraterrestrials and their effects on our genetic make-up * examination of ancient texts from many cultures and religions in the light of this research * contemporary accounts of past and present visits * ancient drawings of strange beasts which might have been created by genetic experiments

He also mentions intersting characters like Enoch & Gilgamesh ... I'll mention more next time I flick through the book ...

Page 173

Falsely Programmed ?

Various abduction victims, especially those who were abducted on several occasions, no longer feel themselves to be entirely 'earthly'. In spite of retaining a normal, intact human body, they cannot rid themselves of a feeling that their consciousness has changed. They have the impression that they harbour a latent knowledge that extends beyond the earth and the present epoch. This group of abductees say that they have great difficulty in putting these new feelings into ordinary language. They have suddenly come to possess a knowledge of time and space that fills their whole skulls, as though their previously unused brain capacity had recieved a sudden input of data.

It seems to them that they have entered a soaring cathedral, full of millions of frescoes and fragments, through whose holy spaces the soft melodies of millennia vibrate. Inexpressible. There are no human words or concepts which can render such feelings and visions comprehensible. Everything seems to co-exist simultaneously: on the one hand it is a real, reasonable and clear vision, on the other, too much - much, much too much - interwoven and intermingled, superimposed and ranged one layer upon another, and at the same time interconnected by lightning-quick channels.

Is this a condition close to madness - the inability to cope with or digest a flood of information? Or are data intentionally being implanted in human grey matter so as to give rise to a cosmic consciousness? Is this cosmic consciousness, this quite other perspective on things, intended to enable those who experience it to show their fellow human beings a new way forward? Is this 'expanded reason', as I would like to call it, intended to open people's eyes to other realities? It is fairly common knowledge by now that our world consists of more than we can perceive through our sense alone.

The reader of this book will by now have understood that every cell of his body contains the total information (DNA) necessary to the structuring of his body. At the same time, also contains innumerable fragments - the so-called 'junk' - which have no apparent purpose. They do not form part of any chain or sequence (in the 'Lego' brick model). It is also generally known that only a small portion of our brain capacity is used. Evolution created something that, up till now, has not been called upon. To these scientifically proven facts can be added what has been passed down to us from the ancient religions:

[  The gods created man in their own image

[  The survivor of the Flood - whether he was called Noah, Utnapishtim or any other name - was a hybrid between human beings and the 'guardians of the sky' (see the earlier reference to the role of Lamech, page 119)

Our genetic material therefore contains extraterrestrial portions. The little grey aliens know this. All they have to do is awaken the 'junk' by making it compatible with the rest of our DNA chains, so that the half-empty brain is flooded with information. Human beings were never only earthly. We developed in earthly ways upon the earth; for generation upon generation we evolved religious, political and scientific self-righteousness, radically suppressing the extraterrestrial aspects of ourselves, and imagining ourselves to be at the centre of the universe. Now, however, the day of reckoning is approaching - the wakening bell of consciousness.

{May type more of this section at some stage ...}

Some Links

Erich Van Daniken Page

Biography

Images inside the great pyramid

I really ought to scan a few more images from the book - includes Borobudur; the 'thunder hammer' at the Kva Bahal Monastery in Nepal; the pyramids; aboriginal cave drawings of the godess Vandina; Sumerian scroll seals; King Narmer; King Salamasar II; and tons of other stuff ...

... or you could plug those items into a search engine like Google, if you were so inclined ... {it really is a nice search engine, trust me}

I'd imagine if you plug in 'erich von daniken' you might get a few 'results' ...

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It might be an idea to grab an image of the book cover from somewhere or other ...