Zusatztext Somewhere in the far distant past may not be far enough or distant enough to tell us the truth of our beginnings. Atlantis and the Kingdom of the Neanderthals! 100!000 years of Lost History is a great way to start re-configuring what we know. Informationen zum Autor Colin Wilson (1931-2013) was a prolific author whose works include the bestselling The Outsider, From Atlantis to the Sphinx, and his autobiography, Dreaming to Some Purpose. He was also the coauthor, with Rand Flem-Ath, of The Atlantis Blueprint. Klappentext The history of Neanderthal influence from Atlantis to the contemporary era• Provides evidence of Neanderthal man's superior intelligence • Explores the unexplained scientific and architectural feats of ancient civilizations• Presents an alternative history of humankind since 7500 B.C. with an emphasis on esoteric traditions and the history of Christianity from the Essenes onwardIn Atlantis and the Kingdom of the Neanderthals Colin Wilson presents evidence of a widespread Neanderthal civilization as the origin of sophisticated ancient knowledge. Examining remarkable archaeological discoveries that date back millennia, he suggests that civilization on Earth is far older than we have previously realized. Using this information as a springboard, Wilson then fills in the gaps in the past 100,000 years of human history, providing answers to previously unexplained scientific and architectural feats of ancient civilizations.Wilson shows that not only did Atlantis exist but that the civilizing force behind it was the Neanderthals. Far from being the violent brutes they are traditionally depicted as, Wilson shows that the Neanderthals had sophisticated mathematical and astrological knowledge, including an understanding of the precession of the equinoxes, and that they possessed advanced telepathic abilities akin to the group consciousness evident in flocks of birds and schools of fish. These abilities, he demonstrates, have been transmitted through the ages by the various keepers of the hermetic tradition--including the Templars, Freemasons, and other secret societies. In the course of his investigation, Wilson also finds new information about historical links between the Masonic tradition and the Essenes that indicate that America was discovered long before Columbus set sail and that Jesus actually survived crucifixion and fled to France with his wife Mary Magdalene. from Chapter Eleven Primal Vision As I researched this book, my mind kept returning to Hapgood's phrase advanced levels of science that may go back 100,000 years. What did he mean by advanced levels of science? We are fairly certain that our Cro-Magnon ancestors had no steam engines or electric lights. Or could he have meant something quite different? After all, Stonehenge and Tiahuanaco reveal high levels of science without anything that looks like technology. In Time Stands Still by Keith Critchlow, there are some extraordinary facts about Babylonian mathematics. These were calculations about the sides of Pythagorean triangles--the amazing thing being that, in spite of their crude number system, the Babylonians seemed to have no difficulty in multiplying huge numbers like 18,541 by itself, the product of which exceeds 343 million. Yet apparently they did not even possess the simple algebra for working out the hypotenuse of a right angle triangle. Critchlow concluded that people in the remote past possessed some sort of immediate perception of the general relationships existing between these numbers. In other words, they saw the answer, as you and I can see that 2 times 2 equals 4. That sounds absurd--until we remember the story of five-year-old Benjamin Blyth, who took only half a minute to work out how many seconds he had been alive, including leap years. How can such things be possible? Mathematical calculation is an abili...

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Colin Wilson (1931-2013) was a prolific author whose works include the bestselling The Outsider, From Atlantis to the Sphinx, and his autobiography, Dreaming to Some Purpose. He was also the coauthor, with Rand Flem-Ath, of The Atlantis Blueprint.

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The history of Neanderthal influence from Atlantis to the contemporary era

• Provides evidence of Neanderthal man’s superior intelligence

• Explores the unexplained scientific and architectural feats of ancient civilizations

• Presents an alternative history of humankind since 7500 B.C. with an emphasis on esoteric traditions and the history of Christianity from the Essenes onward

In Atlantis and the Kingdom of the Neanderthals Colin Wilson presents evidence of a widespread Neanderthal civilization as the origin of sophisticated ancient knowledge. Examining remarkable archaeological discoveries that date back millennia, he suggests that civilization on Earth is far older than we have previously realized. Using this information as a springboard, Wilson then fills in the gaps in the past 100,000 years of human history, providing answers to previously unexplained scientific and architectural feats of ancient civilizations.

Wilson shows that not only did Atlantis exist but that the civilizing force behind it was the Neanderthals. Far from being the violent brutes they are traditionally depicted as, Wilson shows that the Neanderthals had sophisticated mathematical and astrological knowledge, including an understanding of the precession of the equinoxes, and that they possessed advanced telepathic abilities akin to the “group consciousness” evident in flocks of birds and schools of fish. These abilities, he demonstrates, have been transmitted through the ages by the various keepers of the hermetic tradition--including the Templars, Freemasons, and other secret societies. In the course of his investigation, Wilson also finds new information about historical links between the Masonic tradition and the Essenes that indicate that America was “discovered” long before Columbus set sail and that Jesus actually survived crucifixion and fled to France with his wife Mary Magdalene.

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**from Chapter Eleven

Primal Vision**

As I researched this book, my mind kept returning to Hapgood's phrase “advanced levels of science that may go back 100,000 years.” What did he mean by “advanced levels of science”? We are fairly certain that our Cro-Magnon ancestors had no steam engines or electric lights.

Or could he have meant something quite different? After all, Stonehenge and Tiahuanaco reveal high levels of science without anything that looks like technology. In Time Stands Still by Keith Critchlow, there are some extraordinary facts about Babylonian mathematics. These were calculations about the sides of Pythagorean triangles--the amazing thing being that, in spite of their crude number system, the Babylonians seemed to have no difficulty in multiplying huge numbers like 18,541 by itself, the product of which exceeds 343 million. Yet apparently they did not even possess the simple algebra for working out the hypotenuse of a right angle triangle. Critchlow concluded that people in the remote past possessed some sort of immediate perception of the general relationships existing between these numbers. In other words, they saw the answer, as you and I can see that 2 times 2 equals 4.

That sounds absurd--until we remember the story of five-year-old Benjamin Blyth, who took only half a minute to work out how many seconds he had been alive, including leap years.

How can such things be possible? Mathematical calculation is an ability that human beings have developed after thousands of years of civilization. Yet apparently it can be done by people without any kind of intellectual sophistication--in fact, they do it far better than the rest of us.

The psychiatrist Oliver Sacks has described a pair of subnormal tw…