Talisman is a roller-coaster intellectual journey through the back streets and rat runs of history to uncover the traces in architecture and monuments of a secret religion that has shaped the world. The story takes us from Heliopolis to Luxor, Alexandria, Toulouse, Florence, Rome, Paris, London, Washington DC, New York, and finally to the global pandemonium following September 11, 2001. It is a tale filled with romance and intrigue, heroism and faith, peopled by ancient Egyptian astronomer-priests, Christian Gnostics, Hermetic sages, learned Jews, Arab savants, Occitan counts, Cathar "perfects," Knights Templar, Renaissance magi, Rosicrucian "invisibles," Bavarian Illuminati, and Freemasons.

Talisman: Sacred Cities, Secret Faith

Bauval, Robert

Hancock,Graham

Reference

Thorsons Pub.

"Supernatural: of or relating to things that cannot be explained according to natural laws." Less than 50,000 years ago mankind had no art, no religion, no sophisticated symbolism, no innovative thinking. Then, in a dramatic and electrifying change, described by scientists as "the greatest riddle in human history", all the skills and qualities that we value most highly in ourselves appeared already fully formed, as though bestowed on us by hidden powers. In "Supernatural", Graham Hancock sets out to investigate this mysterious "before-and-after moment" and to discover the truth about the influences that gave birth to the modern human mind. His quest takes him on a journey of adventure and detection from the stunningly beautiful painted caves of prehistoric France, Spain and Italy to remote rock shelters in the mountains of South Africa where he finds a treasure trove of extraordinary Stone Age art. He uncovers clues that lead him to travel to the depths of the Amazon rainforest to drink the powerful plant hallucinogen Ayahuasca with Indian shamans, whose paintings contain images of "supernatural beings" identical to the animal-human hybrids depicted in prehistoric caves and rock shelters. And hallucinogens such as mescaline, also produce visionary encounters with exactly the same beings. Scientists at the cutting edge of consciousness research have begun to consider the possibility that such hallucinations may be real perceptions of other "dimensions". Could the "supernaturals" first depicted in the painted caves and rock shelters be the ancient teachers of mankind? Could it be that human evolution is not just the "blind", "meaningless" process that Darwin identified, but something else, more purposive and intelligent, that we have barely even begun to understand?

Supernatural: Meetings with the Ancient Teachers of Mankind

Parenting & Relationships

Arrow

The sequel to the international bestseller, FINGERPRINTS OF THE GODS. In very different parts of the world, evidence exists of a common legacy - shared by cultures separated by hundreds, sometimes thousands of years. From Mexico to Iceland, Cambodia to Easter Island, China to Egypt we are findng a common astronomical wisdom handed down from a time before history, a time perhaps before the 'Great Flood'. A common wisdom from a lost civilisation which might hold the key to our own identity onearth. HEAVEN'S MIRROR is a personal quest for the answer - the culmination of eight years of painstaking research.

Heaven's Mirror : Quest for the Lost Civilization

Politics & Social Sciences

Sociology

Penguin??Books

A critical study of the aid industry that is currently channelling $50,000 million a year into the Third World. Graham Hancock argues that this multi-billion dollar "aid" has financed monstrous projects that, at vast expense, have devastated the environment and ruined lives.

Lords of Poverty: Free-wheeling Lifestyles, Power, Prestige and Corruption of the Multi-million Dollar Aid Business

Social Sciences

Pan/Macmillan

After nine years investigating the exact location of the ultimate religious icon, the Ark of the Covenant, British researcher and investigative journalist Graham Hancock reveals his status-quo shattering discoveries. Part mystery thriller, part true adventure and part travel book, this gripping piece of historical research challenges society's principal religious preconceptions and takes the reader on a rollercoaster ride through ancient history.

Sign and the Seal: Quest for the Lost Ark of the Covenant

Religion & Spirituality

Title: Sign and the Seal( The Quest for the Lost Ark of the Covenant) Binding: Paperback Author: GrahamHancock Publisher: TouchstoneBooks

The Sign and the Seal

Archaeology

TouchstoneBooks

Fingerprints of the Gods

Three Rivers Press

In this riveting account of historical and archaeological investigation, the authors present hard evidence that the Sphinx, the Pyramids, and the other monuments at Giza are of far more ancient origin than previously believed. Complete with evidence of a conspiracy between the Egyptology establishment and various confidential organizations to keep the secrets of the Pyramids from the world, The Message of the Sphinx is also a modern-day detective story. of photos.

MESSAGE OF/ SPHINX

History

Ancient Civilizations

Doubleday, Canada

Message Of The Sphinx: A Quest For The Hidden Legacy Of Mankind

Bauval, R.

In their previous books, Hancock and Bauval made the case for the existence of a mysterious and as yet unidentified prehistoric  "influence" evident in human culture, as seen in the monuments of Egypt's Giza plateau: the three Great Pyramids and the Great Sphinx.Here, they offer compelling evidence to suggest that for over thirty years, U.S. scientists with links to NASA have been involved in unpublicized expeditions to Giza. Their undeclared interest in the Giza monuments seems to coincide with research into the existence of curious pyramidal structures, and a gigantic Sphinx-like "face" that were photographed on the surface of Mars in the 1970s. Is a covert treasure hunt underway for a precious time-capsule from the distant past?

The Mars Mystery: The Secret Connection Linking Earth's Ancient Civilization and the Red Planet

Middle East

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