Atlantis Rising ... Introduction

I have decided to shift gears here for a little while. Rather than pursue what happened on 9-11 (a mystery which requires a much more in depth investigation than it got), I have decided that I am going to write a book.

This book will be the culmination of something I have been reading and researching for almost 15 years. Since I have already invested so much time into the subject, I guess it's time to get something out of it.

So here it is. I present to you the introduction for my new book:

It is said that history repeats itself. This little idiom is usually a warning given to budding history and political science students as a preface to the importance of studying their subject with great interest and intensity. But to what extent does history repeat itself? We may observe the rise and fall of civilizations, and we may see common themes involved throughout, but what are we missing? How far back must we go before we can understand the world we live in today?

While the modern world may reflect the universality of ancient Rome, or the militarism of ancient Greece, the hubris of ancient Babylon, or even the moral and religious decadence of ancient Egypt, there is one thing which separates it from the ancient world: This is the first age in recorded history that is as technologically advanced as it is. While the ancients were certainly ingenious and innovative, there is no record of the ancient world having achieved what we have achieved today. But is it the case that this earth has never seen our current technological levels before? Even the ancient world hints at advanced technology. A model found in an Egyptian tomb seems to indicate some knowledge of flight, or at least aerodynamics. Small golden statuettes discovered in an ancient Columbian temple have all the properties of powered aircraft. Clay pots in Babylon containing copper cylinders and certain other minerals point to a knowledge of electricity. These “batteries”, when examined in light of some hieroglyphs found in Egypt, it appears that the ancients may have created artificial light. Whatever the case may have been, each of these things, and many others, are only slivers compared to our modern accomplishments. But what if those flashes of technological inspiration were not precursors of technology to come, but reflections of the world of the past? Is it possible that a world much like our own once existed on this earth under a much younger sun? If so, is it significant?

The ancient world is replete with mythological anecdotes of a great flood which washed away some advanced civilization. The book of Genesis describes an age of man in which men lived for hundreds of years, only to fall into such decadence that God flooded the world, saving only Noah and his family. The Epic of Gilgamesh tells a very similar story. Even the Chinese cuneiform for the word “boat” is a combination of the word for vessel and the word for 8 people. Almost every ancient civilization has a flood legend, and some refer to a highly advanced civilization.

The common theme is that God created the world, and everything in it, but then became displeased with man. He then sent a flood, which destroyed the world. There is a begging of a question here … what sort of thing could have been so horrible that God would send a flood to destroy almost every man, woman, and child on the face of the earth? People today say that sin in the world is at its highest peak, while others say that some ages of the past were far worse than the world today. Whatever the case may be, there are many clues in the ancient and antediluvian worlds which stand as a stark warning that is all too pertinent to today’s world. In fact, if we do not seek to learn the mistakes of the past, we may be well doomed to repeat them … with far greater consequences than we may imagine.