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Provides convincing evidence that angels, demons, and fallen angels were flesh-and-blood members of a giant race predating humanity, spoken of in the Bible as the Nephilim. andlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;and#8226; Indicates that the earthly paradise of Eden was a realm in the mountains of Kurdistan. andlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;and#8226; By the author of Gateway to Atlantis. andlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;Our mythology describes how beings of great beauty and intelligence, who served as messengers of gods, fell from grace through pride. These angels, also known as Watchers, are spoken of in the Bible and other religious texts as lusting after human women, who lay with them and gave birth to giant offspring called the Nephilim. These religious sources also record how these beings revealed forbidden arts and sciences to humanity--transgressions that led to their destruction in the Great Flood. andlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;Andrew Collins reveals that these angels, demons, and fallen angels were flesh-and-blood members of a race predating our own. He offers evidence that they lived in Egypt (prior to the ancient Egyptians), where they built the Sphinx and other megalithic monuments, before leaving the region for what is now eastern Turkey following the cataclysms that accompanied the last Ice Age. Here they lived in isolation before gradually establishing contact with the developing human societies of the Mesopotamian plains below. Humanity regarded these angels--described as tall, white-haired beings with viperlike faces and burning eyes--as gods and their realm the paradise wherein grew the tree of knowledge. Andrew Collins demonstrates how the legends behind the fall of the Watchers echo the faded memory of actual historical events and that the legacy they have left humanity is one we can afford to ignore only at our own peril.
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"A magnificently researched work; its startling conclusions will undoubtedly reverberate over the coming decades."
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"An exciting and original intellectual quest . . . important new facts concerning the mysterious origins of human civilization."
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"Tracking down angels both heavenly and fallen, Collinsandrsquo;s detective work takes him through entire libraries. . . . His conclusion is that we humans are not the first race to live on the planet. Reading books like this one can be as much fun as reading Conan Doyle or Agatha Christie."
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"A fascinating and in-depth look at . . . how actual events inevitably evolve into the stuff of indecipherable legend as centuries pass."
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"An exciting and original intellectual quest . . . important new facts concerning the mysterious origins of human civilization."
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"A magnificently researched work; its startling conclusions will undoubtedly reverberate over the coming decades."
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"A fascinating piece of research which does much to bring the biblical world of Eden back into the historical spotlight . . . a major contribution to the study of the genesis of civilization."
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"Tracking down angels both heavenly and fallen, Collins’s detective work takes him through entire libraries. . . . His conclusion is that we humans are not the first race to live on the planet. Reading books like this one can be as much fun as reading Conan Doyle or Agatha Christie."
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"A fascinating and in-depth look at . . . how actual events inevitably evolve into the stuff of indecipherable legend as centuries pass."
Synopsis
Mythology describes how beings of great beauty and intelligence, who served as messengers of gods, fell from grace through pride. These angels, also known as Watchers, lusted after human women, lay with them, and fathered giant offspring called the Nephilim. Andrew Collins reveals that these angels were flesh-and-blood members of a race who lived in Egypt (prior to the ancient Egyptians), before leaving the region for what is now eastern Turkey.
About the Author
For more than twenty-five years, history and science writer Andrew Collins has investigated the relationship between paranormal phenomena, ancient sites, and the human mind. His books challenge our ideas regarding the way we see the past, and its effect on our lives today. Among them are andlt;Iandgt;From the Ashes of Angelsandlt;/Iandgt;, which sees the Watchers and Nephilim of the Book of Enoch as a race of human beings who instigated the Neolithic revolution at the end of the last Ice Age; andlt;Iandgt;Gods of Edenandlt;/Iandgt;, which shows the greater antiquity of Egyptian civilization and its roots in ancient Eden, the home of the Watchers; andlt;Iandgt;Gateway to Atlantisandlt;/Iandgt;, which pins down Atlantis to the Bahamas and the Caribbean, with Cuba as its flagship, and his latest book andlt;Iandgt;The Cygnus Mysteryandlt;/Iandgt;, which shows that evolution was accelerated by cosmic rays coming from the direction of the Cygnus constellation. He is also the organizer of the annual Questing Conference, Britainandrsquo;s largest conference on ancient mysteries. He lives in England.
Table of Contents
Author's Note andlt;BRandgt;List of Figures andlt;BRandgt;List of Charts andlt;BRandgt;List of Maps andlt;BRandgt;Acknowledgements andlt;BRandgt;1. I Have Begotten a Strange Son andlt;BRandgt;2. The Search for the Source andlt;BRandgt;3. Demonic Doctrine andlt;BRandgt;4. Insane Blasphemy andlt;BRandgt;5. Visage Like a Viper andlt;BRandgt;6. When Giants Walked the Earth andlt;BRandgt;7. Angels in Exile andlt;BRandgt;8. Terrible Lie andlt;BRandgt;9. Born of the Demon Race andlt;BRandgt;10. On the Edge of Death andlt;BRandgt;11. In the Realm of the Immortals andlt;BRandgt;12. Eastward, in Eden andlt;BRandgt;13. The Peacock Angel andlt;BRandgt;14. Children of the Djinn andlt;BRandgt;15. Where Heaven and Earth Meet andlt;BRandgt;16. Sleeping with Gods andlt;BRandgt;17. In the Footsteps of the Watchers andlt;BRandgt;18. Shaman-like Demon andlt;BRandgt;19. Born of Fire andlt;BRandgt;20. Hell-fire and Flood andlt;BRandgt;21. Egyptian Genesis andlt;BRandgt;22. Father of Terrors andlt;BRandgt;23. Kosmokrator andlt;BRandgt;24. Tragedy of the Fall andlt;BRandgt;25. Amnesia of the Masses andlt;BRandgt;Postscript andlt;BRandgt;Notes and References andlt;BRandgt;Bibliography andlt;BRandgt;Index