Author,
lecturer and guide, John Anthony West delivered a seismic shock to archaeology in the early 1990's when he and Boston
University geologist Robert Schoch revealed that the Great Sphinx of
Giza, Egypt, showed evidence of rainfall erosion. Such erosion could
only mean that
the Sphinx was carved during or before the rains that marked the transition
of northern Africa from the last Ice Age to the present interglacial
epoch, a transition that occurred in the millennia from 10,000 to 5000
BC.
"Egyptian
civilization was not a development, it was a legacy"
1. There are a number of important new books published recently that I want to review (even if briefly) and recommend.
2. Robert Schoch and I have formed a production company, Akio Enterprises, (which I'll explain in detail in due course) looking to produce both documentary (and maybe even feature) films and books as well. We thought we had the financing together for our ambitious follow-up to Mystery of the Sphinx but unfortunately that seems to have evaporated.
Nevertheless, we now have the "smoking gun" evidence we have long sought (Goebekli Tepe in Turkey) and we are convinced that we will be able to get the funding together to produce Zep Tepi and the Dawn of Civilization. It may not be long before the quackademics are smoked out of their ivory towers once and for all,
In tandem with Akio Enterprises, we now also have a plan to activate our long-hibernating but still-breathing Ancient Wisdom Foundation, and we also have enthusiastic and knowledgeable people aboard to make it happen via micro, (and, with luck, not-so-micro) funding. For starters, Schoch and I are actively compiling/writing a book about our decades-long but still ongoing Sphinx battle (working title: "Dancing Down the Bridge of Sirah: A Scientist and a Scholar Fend off the Unicorns and Take On the Paradigm Police" ... explanation to follow ...eventually)
Curious note: For decades, back before the computer was invented, I dreamed about a way to do an end run around the cannibals and barracudas of Hollywood and mainstream television via some grassroots system of funding. But I could never think of a practical way to make it happen. The digital revolution now makes that possible. Stay tuned! Now it will happen.
PPS. I've mentioned this before. Much of my time the past few years has been devoted to working with my firebrand friend and colleague, trend forecaster Gerald Celente. Most of the turbulence going on now, and which will surely get much worse over the the next few years, was predicted in The TrendsJournal, which has grown from an 8 page black-and-white newsletter into a substantial full color, take-no-prisoners unique magazine. It features art work and spectacular graphics from Eugene Gregan and Anthony Freda, two of America's most talented artists, and articles by a number of extraordinarily knowledgeable contributors. Celente has a proven, uncanny knack for connecting the dots in three dimensions. I am co-writer/historian/philosopher/sometimes-comedian-in residence. Check out www.trendsresearch.com
The site now requires a subscription to view video interviews... but you can get a free 5 day pass if you don't want to sign up.
An excellent and fun to watch video interview of John recorded by the Conscious Media Network at the recent CPAK 2007 Conference. An enlightened bunch, the Network features many, many quality interviews to catch up on and offers much of value to enrich understanding.
I am still looking for funding for our Geologists Panel. It is imperative
to carry out this survey. Without it, the Sphinx theory, however
valid and scientifically demonstrated, is heading towards academic
limbo, misrepresented and marginalized by its opponents. A report
by an independent panel of geologists with expertise in the various
specialties involved is absolutely essential to provide the publicity
and press to keep the battle alive. Without that, it could get
buried. More.
Drawing
Credit: Anita Snellman
New Magical Egypt Trip Dates Book early to ensure a spot.
• October 25 - November 7
( bookings have started! )
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SEKHMET
SPEAKS:Patriotism - A Second Opinion For
those who've not accessed the previous Sekhmet Speaks articles posted
to my website, I've reprinted an edited version of the original
introduction, written for the ephemeral English magazine that published
the earlier Sekhmet Speaks essays. The rest should be self-explanatory.More.
SECRET
CHAMBERS REVEALED:The Foxification of the
National Pornographic Society My intention was to write
a one or two page review of this show, but once into it, it accessed
some hidden source of internal growth hormone, eventually becoming
an extended essay.More.
NEW
REVIEWS OF BOOKS & VIDEOS A
handful of remarkable books, each in its way a significant contribution
to its particular field, and together providing a significant
contribution to the overriding quest to demonstrate both the reality
and the specifics of the lost wisdom of the ancients.More.
