Challenges the scientific theories on the establishment of civilization and technology

•Contains 42 essays by 17 key thinkers in the fields of alternative science and history, including Christopher Dunn, Frank Joseph, Will Hart, Rand Flem-Ath, and Moira Timmes

•Edited by Atlantis Risingpublisher, J. Douglas Kenyon

In Forbidden Historywriter and editor J. Douglas Kenyon has chosen 42 essays that have appeared in the bimonthly journal Atlantis Risingto provide readers with an overview of the core positions of key thinkers in the field of ancient mysteries and alternative history. The 17 contributors include among others, Rand Flem-Ath, Frank Joseph, Christopher Dunn, and Will Hart, all of whom challenge the scientific establishment to reexamine its underlying premises in understanding ancient civilizations and open up to the possibility of meaningful debate around alternative theories of humanity's true past.

Each of the essays builds upon the work of the other contributors. Kenyon has carefully crafted his vision and selected writings in six areas: Darwinism Under Fire, Earth Changes--Sudden or Gradual, Civilization's Greater Antiquity, Ancestors from Space, Ancient High Tech, and The Search for Lost Origins. He explores the most current ideas in the Atlantis debate, the origins of the Pyramids, and many other controversial themes.

The book serves as an excellent introduction to hitherto suppressed and alternative accounts of history as contributors raise questions about the origins of civilization and humanity, catastrophism, and ancient technology. The collection also includes several articles that introduce, compare, contrast, and complement the theories of other notable authors in these fields, such as Zecharia Sitchin, Paul LaViolette, John Michell, and John Anthony West.

"...a convincing argument for the existence of advanced technologies in prehistory."

Challenges the scientific theories on the establishment of civilization and technology.

J. Douglas Kenyon offers 42 essays from the archives of the journal Atlantis Rising, providing an overview of the fields of ancient mysteries and alternative history. An excellent introduction to alternative accounts of history including essays on Earth Changes, Civilization's Greater Antiquity, Darwinism Under Fire, Ancestors from Space, Ancient High Tech, and The Search for Lost Origins.

ANCIENT MYSTERIES / NEW AGE

In Forbidden Historywriter and editor J. Douglas Kenyon has chosen forty-two essays from the bimonthly journal Atlantis Risingto provide readers with an overview of the positions of some of the key thinkers in today’s supercharged debate over ancient mysteries and alternative history. Contributors include, among others, Robert Schoch, Rand Flem-Ath, Moira Timms, Frank Joseph, Christopher Dunn, and Will Hart, all of whom have played leading roles in challenging the entrenched scientific establishment to reexamine its assumptions about our forgotten origins and to consider the possibility of meaningful debate--whatever the consequences to the existing paradigm.

Kenyon has carefully built a collection of material in support of the growing challenge to such outmoded ways of thinking as Darwinism and Creationism, with each contribution building upon the work of the other authors. In these pages the latest discoveries and ideas regarding such perennially controversial topics as Atlantis, the pyramids, and extraterrestrial influence are explored, and many provocative questions are raised. What emerges is a thoughtful case in support of a much greater antiquity for civilization, a convincing argument for the existence of advanced technologies in prehistory, and the vast yet unmistakable outline of a lost fountainhead of world culture. These alternative arguments, once marginalized, are now gaining credibility and respect.

The collection also includes several articles that introduce, compare, contrast, and complement the theories of other notable authors in these fields, such as Zecharia Sitchin, Paul LaViolette, John Michell, Graham Hancock, and John Anthony West.

J. DOUGLAS KENYON is the editor and publisher of Atlantis Rising. He lives in Montana.

In "Forbidden History" writer and editor Kenyon has chosen 42 essays that have appeared in the bimonthly journal "Atlantis Rising" to provide readers with an overview of the core positions of key thinkers in the field of ancient mysteries and alternative history.

J. Douglas Kenyon is the editor and publisher of Atlantis Rising. He lives in Montana.

Introduction

Part ONE---The Old Models Don’t Work: Darwinism and Creationism under Fire

1--Darwin’s Demise: On the Futile Search for Missing Links
--Will Hart

2--Evolution vs. Creation: Is the Debate for Real?
--David Lewis

3--Exposing a Scientific Cover-Up: Forbidden ArcheologyCoauthor Michael Cremo Talks about the “Knowledge Filter”and Other Means for Cooking the Academic Books
--J. Douglas Kenyon


Part TWO---Making the Case for Catastrophism: Earth Changes, Sudden and Gradual

4--In Defense of Catastrophes: Pioneering Geologist Robert Schoch Challenges the Conventional Wisdom on Natural History
--William P. Eigles

5--Cataclysm 9500 b.c.e.: Two New Works of Immense Scholarship Throw Orthodox Ice Age Theories into Question and, in the Process, Corroborate Plato and Many Other Ancient Sources
--David Lewis

6--The Case for the Flood: Exposing the Scientific Myth of the Ice Age
--Peter Bros

7--The Martyrdom of Immanuel Velikovsky: As Catastrophists Gain Ground, an Early Hero Gets Some Long Overdue Credit
--John Kettler

8--The Perils of Planetary Amnesia: As Evidence of Ancient Cataclysm Mounts, the Legacy of a Rejected Genius Is Reconsidered
--Steve Parsons

9--Thunderbolts of the Gods: Does Growing Evidence of an Electric Universe Reveal Previously Hidden Meaning in Ancient Mythology?
--Mel and Amy Acheson


Part THREE---Exploring the Greater Antiquity of Civilization

10--The Enigma of India’s Origins: The Dating of New Discoveries in the Gulf of Cambay Upsets the Orthodox Scenario for the Dawn of Civilization
--David Lewis

11--Pushing Back the Portals of Civilization: For John Anthony West, the Quest for Evidence of Advanced Prehistoric Civilization Is Bearing New Fruit
--J. Douglas Kenyon

12--New Studies Confirm Very Old Sphinx: Orthodox Protests Notwithstanding, Evidence for the Schoch/West Thesis Is Growing
--Robert M. Schoch, Ph.D.

13--R. A. Schwaller de Lubicz’s Magnum Opus: The Keys to Understanding the Wisdom of the Ancients Have Been Preserved
--Joseph Ray, Ph.D.

14--Fingerprinting the Gods: A Bestselling Author Is Making a Convincing Case for a Great but Officially Forgotten Civilization
--J. Douglas Kenyon

15--The Central American Mystery: What Could Explain the Failure of Mainstream Science to Unravel the Origins of Mesoamerica’s Advanced Ancient Cultures?
--Will Hart

16--Destination Galactic Center: John Major Jenkins Thinks Today’s World Has Much to Learn from the Ancient Maya
--Moira Timms


Part FOUR---Searching for the Fountainhead

17--Megalithic England: The Atlantean Dimensions, a Conversation with John Michell
--J. Douglas Kenyon

18--Plato, the Truth: How Does the Credibility of the Best-Known Chronicler of Atlantis Stand Up?
--Frank Joseph

19--The Aegean Atlantis Deception: Was Plato’s Grand Tale Nothing More Than the Saga of an Insignificant Greek Island?
--Frank Joseph

20--Atlantology: Psychotic or Inspired? Media Stereotypes Aside, What Kind of Person Pursues Knowledge of a Forgotten Civilization?
--Frank Joseph

21--Atlantis in Antarctica: Forget About the North Atlantic and the Aegean, Says Author Rand Flem-Ath
--J. Douglas Kenyon

22--Blueprint from Atlantis: Do Alignments of Ancient Monuments Have Something to Tell Us about the History of Earth’s Shifting Crust?
--Rand Flem-Ath

23--Japan’s Underwater Ruins: Have Remains of Ancient Lemuria Been Found?
--Frank Joseph

24--West, Schoch, and Hancock Dive into Lemurian Waters
--J. Douglas Kenyon

25--India 30,000 b.c.e.: Do the Roots of Indian Culture Lie Drowned beneath the Indian Ocean?
--David Lewis


Part FIVE---Ancient High Tech

26--A Conversation with Peter Tompkins: Secrets of Forgotten Worlds
--J. Douglas Kenyon

27--Ancient Agriculture, in Search of the Missing Links: Is the Inescapable Evidence of a Lost Fountainhead of Civilization to Be Found Growing in Our Fields?
--Will Hart

28--Advanced Technology: How Advanced? What Does the Evidence Really Show?
--Frank Joseph

29--Archeology and the Law of Gravity: Orthodox Theory of Ancient Capability Tends to Cave In under Its Own Weight
--Will Hart

30--An Engineer in Egypt: Did the Ancient Egyptians Possess Toolmaking Skills Comparable to Those of the Space Age?
--Christopher Dunn

31--The Giza Power Plant, Technologies of Ancient Egypt: A New Book Challenges Conventional Wisdom on the Intended Purpose of the Great Pyramid
--Christopher Dunn

32--Return to the Giza Power Plant: Technologist Chris Dunn Finds New Fuel for His Thesis
--Christopher Dunn

33--Petrie on Trial: Have Arguments for Advanced Ancient Machining Made by the Great Nineteenth-Century Egyptologist Sir William Flinders Petrie Been Disproved? Christopher Dunn Takes On the Debunkers
--Christopher Dunn

34--How Did the Pyramid Builders Spell Relief? Do We Really Know Why the Ancients Used Such Giant Stones in the Pyramid’s So-Called Relieving Chambers?
--Christopher Dunn

35--Precision: Did the Ancients Have It? And If They Did, Should It Matter to Us?
--Christopher Dunn

36--The Obelisk Quarry Mystery: Do Egyptologists Really Know How These Monuments Were Created?
--Christopher Dunn

37--Behind the Pyramid’s Secret Doors: What Does Astonishing New Evidence Reveal about the Great Pyramid’s True Purpose?
--Chistopher Dunn

38--The Case for Advanced Technology in the Great Pyramid: What Does the Evidence Really Show about the Advancement of Its Builders?
--Marshall Payn


Part SIX---New Models to Ponder

39--Visitors from Beyond: Our Civilization Is a Legacy from Space Travelers, Says Zecharia Sitchin, and His New Book Offers to Unveil New Secrets of Divine Encounters
--J. Douglas Kenyon

40--Artifacts in Space: For Author Richard Hoagland, the Trail of Ancient ETs Is Getting Much Warmer
--J. Douglas Kenyon

41--The Pulsar Mystery: Could the Enigmatic Phenomenon Be the Work of an Ancient ET Civilization? A New Scientific Study Makes the Astonishing Case
--Len Kasten

42--The Physicist as Mystic
--David Lewis

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