Forbidden History: Prehistoric Technologies, Extraterrestrial Intervention, and the Suppressed Origins of Civilization

by J. Douglas Kenyon

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  Contributors

  Mel and Amy Acheson

  Mel and Amy Acheson are freelance journalists and researchers who live in Oregon. They studied planetary catastrophism for forty years and for the past five years have collaborated with Wallace Thornhill and Dave Talbott on the Internet newsletter THOTH, which features the convergent theories of Thornhill and Talbott. The Achesons currently are working on a DVD/monograph series called “Thunderbolts of the Gods,” available in 2005.

  Peter Bros

  Having disagreed at an early age with the accepted explanation that objects fall because it is a property of them to fall, Peter Bros challenged the current, splintered concepts of empirical science by taking an advanced science curriculum at Bullis Preparatory School, a degree in English at Maryland University, and a Doctor of Jurisprudence at Georgetown. The result is The Copernican Series, a multi-volume exposition that sets forth a consistent picture of physical reality and humanity’s place in the universe.

  Christopher Dunn

  Christopher Dunn has spent more than four decades working at every level of high-tech manufacturing and is currently a senior manager at a Midwest aerospace company. His book, The Giza Power Plant: Technologies of Ancient Egypt, published by Bear & Company, Rochester, Vermont, continues to influence technologists and scientists across many disciplines.

  William P. Eigles

  William P. Eigles is the managing editor of Aperture, the quarterly publication of the International Remote Viewing Association, which promotes scientifically validated paranormal perception. A former attorney and professional engineer, he is a writer, advocate, and noetic adviser.

  Rand Flem-Ath and Rose Flem-Ath

  Rand Flem-Ath is a Canadian librarian and the author with his wife Rose Flem-Ath of When the Sky Fell: In Search of Atlantis, which originated the theory that Antarctica was Atlantis before a displacement of the Earth’s crust occurred. He is also the author of The Atlantis Blueprint, a seminal scientific work on ancient sites across the globe. He and his wife live on Vancouver Island on Canada’s beautiful west coast.

  Will Hart

  Will Hart is a veteran journalist and a regular contributor to Atlantis Rising. An independent researcher with a deep and abiding interest in history’s mysteries, he is also a widely published outdoor photographer and the author of The Genesis Race.

  Frank Joseph

  Frank Joseph’s books, published by Bear & Company, Rochester, Vermont, include The Destruction of Atlantis; Survivors of Atlantis; and The Lost Treasure of King Juba. He has been the editor in chief of Ancient American magazine since 1993, is a member of Ohio’s Midwest Epigraphic Society, and was inducted into Japan’s Savant Society in 2000.

  Len Kasten

  Len Kasten received a B.A. degree from Cornell University in psychology and literature. His interest in New Age subjects began when he was introduced to the Edgar Cayce material while living in Virginia. He studied theosophy with British author/teacher Cyril Benton who was the founder of the American Philosopher Society, and upon Mr. Benton’s death, he became the president of the Society. Len Kasten was also the editor of the magazine Metamorphosis, which was one of the first New Age magazines in the country. He later became the editor of Horizons, published in Farmington, Connecticut.

  J. Douglas Kenyon

  J. Douglas Kenyon has spent the last forty years breaking down barriers to paradigm-challenging ideas. From hosting radio talk shows in the 1960s to narrating video documentaries in the 1990s, Doug has always pushed points of view largely ignored by the mainstream press. He founded Atlantis Rising magazine in 1994 and, since that time, it has become a “magazine of record” for ancient mysteries, alternative science, and unexplained anomalies. Doug Kenyon lives in Montana.

  John Kettler

  John Kettler is a frequent contributor to Atlantis Rising on alternative science as well as being a published poet. A military analyst for more than eleven years with Hughes and Rockwell, John Kettler is now a director for a marketing and graphics firm. He lives in Carson, California.

  David Samuel Lewis

  David Samuel Lewis is a journalist who has made a personal study of the issues of alternative science. He publishes The Montana Pioneer, a monthly news-and-human-interest journal distributed in southwest Montana. He also regularly contributes articles to Atlantis Rising that deal with alternative theories of history, science, human origins, and consciousness. Born and raised near Philadelphia, David Lewis now makes his home in Livingston, Montana.

  Steven Parsons

  Steven Parsons received a master’s degree in journalism in 1989 from the University of Wisconsin, Madison, with a focus on science reporting. He has worked as a journalist and technical writer since then. His interest in the work of Immanuel Velikovsky began in the 1970s and was inspired by the continuing research of David Talbott and Wallace Thornhill.

  Marshall Payn

  Marshall Payn graduated with a degree in engineering from M.I.T. in 1956. He is experienced in both mechanical engineering and sales engineering and is presently the District Manager for an industrial valve company. He has done extensive research in archeology, specializing in the study of megalithic monuments, and is a frequent contributor to Atlantis Rising.

  Joseph Ray

  Joseph Ray studied at The Center for Brain Research at the University of Rochester, receiving
his Ph.D. in 1965. Studying learning in various animal species, he published several “firsts,” disputing the dominant but incorrect theory of behaviorism. Meditation and the writings of G. I. Gurdjieff led him to ancient Egyptian thought and an effort to deepen his understanding of the remarkable teachings of the ancient philosopher-scientist-priests.

  Robert M. Schoch

  Robert M. Schoch, a full-time faculty member at the College of General Studies at Boston University since 1984, earned his Ph.D. in geology and geophysics from Yale University. Dr. Schoch is known internationally as a specialist on ancient Egypt. His books include Voices of the Rocks: A Scientist Looks at Catastrophes and Ancient Civilizations (with R. A. McNally) and Voyages of the Pyramid Builders: The True Origins of the Pyramids from Lost Egypt to Ancient America (also with R. A. McNally).

  Moira Timms

  Moira Timms, M.S., is the author of the bestsellers Prophecies and Predictions: Everyone’s Guide to the Coming Changes, Beyond Prophecies and Predictions, and The Six O’clock Bus: A Guide to Armageddon and the New Age. She is a researcher and “archaic futurist” specializing in the beginnings and endings of historical cycles. Her work encompasses a deep understanding of Egyptian Sacred Science (its symbolism, mythology, and mysteries), Jungian psychology, and prophecy.

  About the Author

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

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  Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

  Forbidden history: prehistoric technologies, extraterrestrial intervention, and the suppressed origins of civilization / edited by J. Douglas Kenyon.

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  Includes bibliographical references.

  eISBN-13: 978-1-59143-996-7

  1. Civilization, Ancient--Extraterrestrial influences. I. Kenyon, J. Douglas.

  CB156.F67 2005

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  Table of Contents

  Title Page

  Acknowledgments

  Introduction

  PART ONE • The Old Models Don’t Work: Darwinism and Creationism under Fire

  Darwin’s Demise: On the Futile Search for Missing Links

  Evolution vs. Creation: Is the Debate for Real?

  WHAT ABOUT THE BIBLE AND CREATIONISM?

  NEW GROUND OR ANCIENT WISDOM?

  LOST CIVILIZATIONS, THE REAL MISSING LINK?

  WHY LIMIT THE DEBATE TO WESTERN MODELS?

  Exposing a Scientific Cover-Up: Forbidden Archeology Coauthor Michael Cremo Talks about the “Knowledge Filter” and Other Means for Cooking the Academic Books

  PART TWO • Making the Case for Catastrophism: Earth Changes, Sudden and Gradual

  In Defense of Catastrophes: Pioneering Geologist Robert Schoch Challenges the Conventional Wisdom on Natural History

  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

  ORTHODOX ASSUMPTIONS

  LETTING THE FACTS SPEAK

  CONTRIVED SCIENCE

  COSMIC EXPLOSIONS

  WHAT THE ANCIENTS KNEW

  The Case for the Flood: Exposing the Scientific Myth of the Ice Age

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

  INTERNATIONALLY FAMOUS; SCIENTIFICALLY DAMNED

  VELIKOVSKY: INTERDISCIPLINARY SCIENTIFIC HERETIC

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

  OPENING THE MIND TO THE ELECTRIC UNIVERSE

  UNLOCKING AMNESIA THROUGH MYTH

  Thunderbolts of the Gods: Does Growing Evidence of an Electric Universe Reveal Previously Hidden Meaning in Ancient Mythology?

  COMPARATIVE MYTHOLOGY

  THE WEAPON OF THE GODS

  ELECTRICITY AND ASTRONOMY

  PLANETARY PLASMA EFFECTS

  THE LIGHTNING-SCARRED GOD

  THE LIGHTNING-SCARRED PLANET

  PART THREE • Exploring the Greater Antiquity of Civilization

  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

  Pushing Back the Portals of Civilization: For John Anthony West, the Quest for Evidence of Advanced Prehistoric Civilization Is Bearing New Fruit

  THE LEGACY OF SCHWALLER DE LUBICZ

  SECRETS OF THE RED PYRAMID

  TOWARD A PROPER EGYPTOLOGY

  New Studies Confirm Very Old Sphinx: Orthodox Protests Notwithstanding, Evidence for the Schoch/West Thesis Is Growing

  PHOTO INSERT

  R. A. Schwaller de Lubicz’s Magnum Opus: The Keys to Understanding the Wisdom of the Ancients Have Been Preserved

  Fingerprinting the Gods: A Bestselling Author Is Making a Convincing Case for a Great but Officially Forgotten Civilization

  The Central American Mystery: What Could Explain the Failure of Mainstream Science t
o Unravel the Origins of Mesoamerica’s Advanced Ancient Cultures?

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

  A VISION QUEST

  THINKING AND KNOWING

  THE BEGINNING IS NEAR, THE BEGINNING IS NEAR!

  PART FOUR • Searching for the Fountainhead

  Megalithic England: The Atlantean Dimensions, a Conversation with John Michell

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

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

  A CASE OF MISTAKEN IDENTITY

  AN OCEAN OF SUNKEN ISLANDS

  A LABYRINTH OF MISINFORMATION

  A CONFUSION OF DATES

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

  Atlantis in Antarctica: Forget About the North Atlantic and the Aegean, Says Author Rand Flem-Ath

  Blueprint from Atlantis: Doments of Ancient Monuments Have Something to Tell Us about the History of Earth’s Shifting Crust?

  Japan’s Underwater Ruins: Have Remains of Ancient Lemuria Been Found?