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Stone Age Enlightenment & Sacred Numbers in Megalithic Monuments
Sunday August 26, 2018 5:00pm EST
by Richard Heath
Stone Age Enlightenment & Sacred Numbers in Megalithic Monuments

What was the Greatest Secret of the Stone Age?

Clear-thinking survivors of the last Ice Age applied their minds to understanding events within an ever-changing sky. Counting time periods within repeated sky-events revealed special "sacred" numbers, as relationships between celestial cycles. Stone and earthwork constructions were used, employing simple geometries, lengths to count days and, noticing the properties different numbers have, forging an astronomical world-view.

This world-view has been partially recovered through studying how and why megalithic monuments were built, and by noticing that our oldest religious stories and temple-building cultures conform to astronomical numbers. So long as the Stone Age is considered less knowledgeable, the modern world avoids learning their greatest secret; that the outer planets have become musically harmonious and the inner planets remain a source of creative tension within our oldest stories.

Discover the secrets of Stone Age wisdom with Richard Health in this mind-expanding AOPremium In-Depth Interview.

Richard Heath is a development engineer with degrees in systems science and computer-aided design. After decades of technical and spiritual training, Richard Heath became interested in megalithic astronomy and its numerical skillset. He has written five books on the sacred use of numbers. In Matrix of Creation he explores those found in the planetary world, in Sacred Number and the Origins of Civilization he explores those important to ancient civilizations, and in Precessional Time and the Evolution of Consciousness he examines the numbers that define the important Ages of the world. In Sacred Number and the Lords of Time he provides an alternative history for megalithic astronomy, and in The Harmonic Origins of the World, he explains how the megalithic discovered planetary harmony through counting lunar months, thus explaining why ancient texts were informed by harmonic numbers. He lives in the Preseli Hills of West Wales. | See NumberSciences.org

Richard explores the concept of megalithic astronomy and ancient tuning theory in The Significance of Planetary Harmony: Creating Megalithic Structures Through Music”

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Dwaraka, The Golden City of Krishna
Sunday July 1, 2018 12:30pm EST
by Vanamali Mataji
Dwaraka, The Golden City of Krishna

Has the sunken ancient Golden City of Krishna been rediscovered?

Located on the west coast of India in the state of Gujarat, the city of Dwaraka is considered one of the seven holy cities of India. Archaeological discoveries of ruins and artifacts off the city’s coast have now conclusively proven what many have long believed: modern Dwaraka is built on the same site as the famed city of the same name from the Puranas and the Mahabharata—the “Golden City” of Lord Krishna.

Its submerged secrets were hidden well by the waters, and the descriptions of the famed Dwaraka were thought to be only a myth and not based on anything real. However, in the 20th century, archaeological and astronomical studies, as well as many maritime explorations, have established the historicity of the city of Dwaraka. The finding of the great city of Dwaraka is a great break-through in shedding light on the history of ancient India and has conclusively proved the historicity of Krishna!

Discover the significance of this underwater find as Vanamali Mataji  is welcomed by Ancient Origins Premium for a fascinating In-Depth Interview.

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Vanamali Mataji resides in Vanamali Ashram, Rishikesh. Vanamali is one of the names of Lord Krishna and she is an ardent Krishna Bhakta. She has published many books on the Hindu gods - Sri Krishna Lila, Sri Rama Lila, Sri Shiva Lila, Sri Devi Lila, The Lila of the Sons of Shiva, Hanuman Lila, The Science called Hinduism, Dwarakanatha, Gurudeva, Nitya Yoga (Essays on the Bhagavad Gita), Translation of the Bhagavad Gita etc. Most of these have been published in the US by Inner Traditions, Vermont, under different names. She has conducted classes on the Vedic Way of Life in many countries and gives talks on the Sreemad Bhagavad Gita both in the Ashram and abroad.

Find out more about the story of Krishna in The Mystery of Krishna: Was He Man or Myth?”  and   In the Lost City of Sri Krishna by Vanamali.

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Mad, Bad, and Deadly: Power in the Hands of Infamous Roman Emperors
Friday June 1, 2018 10:30am EST
by Robert Fabbri
Mad, Bad, and Deadly:  Power in the Hands of Infamous Roman Emperors

Power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.

Hedonistic, debauched, corrupt, sadistic and cruel would describe the 1st-Century Roman Emperors Caligula and Nero.  Both men became rulers of the largest empire in the world in their late teens and neither could manage to keep that power under control. 

Caligula proclaimed himself to be a god, and as a god he could take life at a whim as he pleased, and he did. He turned his palace into a brothel, bedded his sisters and prostituted them. He squandered taxes and would expect Romans to commit suicide and bequeath their estates to the Emperor. 

Nero also practiced omnipotence over life and death.  He divorced his wife and handed her head as a gift to his second. He would use humans as torches at banquets and fornicate with the wives of his senators.

Last man standing after political and literal bloodshed, Vespasian came to power. He possessed a different morality than we would expect in the 21st century; He had the wisdom and survival skills to become a “hero forged in the flames of battle.” Was Vespasian able to bring sanity back to Rome?

Robert Fabbri is the acclaimed author of the Vespasian novels series, and with his outstanding detailed research he manages to create the world of the godlike emperors, when life was at peril of the whims of immature, power crazy, incompetent young men, whose egos were more fragile than a leaf in the wind. Robert joins Ancient Origins Premium for an eye-opening In-Depth Interview.

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Robert Fabbri was born in Geneva in 1961. He read Drama and Theatre at London University and worked in film and TV for 25 years as an assistant director. He has worked on productions such as Hornblower, Hellraiser, Patriot Games, and Billy Elliot. His life-long passion for ancient history inspired him to write the Vespasian series. He writes in his study in Berlin surrounded by research books, a load of Historical Fiction, as well as his 3,500 hand-painted lead soldiers. He lives in London and Berlin.  The Vespasian series covers the life of the Roman soldier turned Emperor.  Vespasian survived the reigns of Tiberius, Caligula, Claudius and Nero and commissioned the Colosseum to be built.  Robert Fabbri is also the creator of The Crossroads Brotherhood Trilogy, giving an insight into the life of organized crime and protection in 1st century Rome and the trials and tribulations of Marcus Salvius Magnus, Vespasian’s unofficial bodyguard and friend.   |  Visit RobertFabbri.com

 

 

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African Traditional Healer: The Art of Peacemaking
Monday May 21, 2018 11:15am EST
by Mandaza Kandemwa
African Traditional Healer: The Art of Peacemaking

Mandaza carries the honorary title of Peacemaker. He will talk of what that means, how that is rooted in African tradition (many people these days have heard about the principle of Ubuntu which is a Peacemaking principle) and how this can be applied in our lives. Through dreams and visions Peacemakers reconnect with compassion, love, truth and freedom and justice. A spirit may come in many forms, in the form of a buffalo, tree, rock or an ancient ancestor. A healer will be guided in a dream by a spirit to select and find medicine and how to prepare it to heal.

We belong to both Spirit world and Human world. Peacemakers set out to heal the colonization wounds of the world.  Not just have countries been colonized, but so have earth resources like water, too. Mother Earth knows no borders. Indigenous cultures of the world need to be revisited and reunite in the Spirit of Oneness. Traditional Healers are the custodians of this knowledge. Mandaza believes that Jesus, Buddha, and Martin Luther King were all messengers of the message of healing peace.

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Mandaza Kandemwa is a spirit-medium and medicine-man from Bulawayo, Zimbabwe. He was born a svikiro – a carrier of many earth and water spirits. He is a mhondoro, a Lion Shaman, one who is constantly in prayer on behalf of others. He was initiated through the tradition of the njuzu, the Water Spirits.

As a vessel of the Spirits, Mandaza receives visions and dreams, makes offerings, performs healing rituals, and serves as a messenger for the Ancient Ones. He carries with him in his heart the African spiritual tradition of healing and peacemaking. He is known internationally for his loving presence and for his preservation of the old ways. Like the Water Spirits he carries, Mandaza flows between the worlds, moving easily between the worlds of religion and the secular, the traditional and the modern, the industrial and the earth ways, all that is sacred and profane. Mandaza works from home and travels internationally, offering teachings and healing counsel to groups and individuals of all backgrounds and cultures. He teaches to become "living prayers" in service of the One Spirit that exists in all things.

 Visit Mandaza.com   |  www.facebook.com/babamandaza/

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The Gesture of Sight – The Splendor of Prehistoric Rock Art
Tuesday April 24, 2018 11:00pm EST
by Renaud Ego
The Gesture of Sight – The Splendor of Prehistoric Rock Art

What desire led to the birth of this art?

The discovery of prehistoric paintings was accompanied by the very powerful feeling of attending an apparition. This enchantment culminated with the cave of Lascaux in France, but the dazzling that continues to envelop the paintings leaves on our eyes a case, similar to a blind spot, which has not yet dissipated. It is true that the prehistorians have focused their attention, not on this innovative gesture of making the world visible in the form of figures, but on the supposed uses of these first images: to be a decorative pastime or an attempt to inflect the success of hunting by "sympathetic magic"; to represent a mythology, made of pairs of animals embodying a sexual conception of the world or else to be a shamanic ritual of religious contact. But the question of the genesis of the drawing remains intact and, all surrounded by images, we have lost sight of the fact that this invention is a prodigious leap of thought. To synthesize a form or a living being in a few strokes that capture their appearance is an intellectual operation of crazy significance. What could be the desire, so patiently pursued, that led to the birth of this art? From the thought that has risen to the drawing, can we resume the journey? The gesture of the glance is the hypothesis of its routing towards the figure.

“Southern Africa is rich in Neolithic rock paintings and engravings rarely seen, and more rarely shown. Unpublished, these images testify to the splendor of an art of several thousand years, preserving intact the mystery that brought their authors to drawing.”

To celebrate the life-size exhibition of the French Lascaux Cave in South Africa, renown rock art specialist Renaud Ego will be joining us for a discussion on South African Rock Art.

A one-of-a-kind partnership between the Embassy of France in South Africa and the French Institute of South Africa (IFAS) and Sci-Bono Discovery Centre.  Opening 17 May 2018 at Sci-Bono Discovery Centre, Johannesburg.

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Poet, writer, critic of art and literature, Renaud Ego is a French writer living and working in Paris. He is active in the field of literature, especially in poetry, and in art studies, and is a member of the International Association of Art Critics (AICA). Renaud Ego is a recognized specialist on the rock art of South Africa and has written two essays on Southern African rock art. Ego published Sanin 2000 which he continued to explore with another book, L’animal voyant. All of them are richly illustrated. L’animal voyant, under the title ‘Visionary animal’ will be published in 2018 in English. It deals with the birth of Paleolithic art in Europe.  He is also the introducer in France of the Swedish poet Nobel laureate Tomas Tranströmer, whose works he prefaced (Gallimard, 2004).

 


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Origins of the Gods - Sumerian Cuneiform Texts Deciphered
Saturday March 24, 2018 10:15am EST
by Edmund Marriage
In-Depth Interview with Edmund Marriage

In the Golden Age of Man, universal peace reigned.

Christian O’Brien was the one person who, before he died in 2001, mastered the translation skills required to understand the archaic Sumerian cuneiform writing.  Deciphering Sumerian texts from the Nippur Temple Library, in his books The Genius of the Few and The Shining Ones, O’Brien presented secular insight into the Sumerian version of the Garden of Eden and the senior Anannage: An, Enlil, Enki and Ninkharsag. The Sumerians recorded their secular history for us, and attributed all their advanced knowledge, including astronomy, mathematics, standard units of measurement worldwide, domesticated crops and animals, and more to their Gods— identified as the Elohim, Shining Ones, Archangels, Angels and Watchers.  They even identified the location of Eden, where Enlil had his home in 9500 BC, and where his wife Ninkharsag, (also known as the angel Gabriel), was the guardian of the garden, with her seven archangels, at the settlement of the Anannage.

Edmund Marriage, founder of The Golden Age Project, will be delving into the origin of the Gods, untainted by religious dogma.

Edmund Marriage is the Principal of the Patrick Foundation, an Independent Researcher with a background in Investment Management, Business and Land Management. He qualified as a Chartered Land Agent (CLAS)and as an Associate of the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (ARICS) at the Royal Agricultural College Cirencester and Wye College, London University.

His extensive historical research has revealed a single advanced, secular benevolent source for all religions. His Golden Age Project, inspired by the work of Christian and Barbara Joy O’Brien, promotes the recovery of past knowledge in order to resolve many of today's problems. He believes that re-establishing high standards of training and knowledge for all important roles, forms a priority in establishing good government and successful social organization and cohesion. Edmund’s Learning form History series of Presentations and Broadcasts attract an audience of over 100,000.

The Golden Age Project  | Learning From History Videos and Presentations

The Genius Of The Few, by Christian and Barbara Joy O'Brien


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Aliens in the Ancient Mind: Early Ideas About Extraterrestrial Life
Tuesday February 20, 2018 6:15pm EST
by Ron Miller
Aliens in the Ancient Mind: Early Ideas About Extraterrestrial Life

What did beings from other planets look like?

When Galileo’s observations of the solar system became widely known, people started wondering if these other worlds were like our own. Did life exist on them? Did people live there? The Church finally decided that such speculation was not blasphemous. As the truth of the plurality of worlds became accepted, it was assumed that God would never knowingly create a world for no reason and that other planets meant other beings. Right?

Early astronomers began to question whether other worlds were like our own and speculated what the beings were like – as we continue to do today! Explore their ideas and the history regarding life outside our planet with author and illustrator Ron Miller.

Ron Miller - Ancient Origins PremiumRon Miller is an illustrator and author living in South Boston, Virginia. Before becoming a freelance illustrator in 1977, Miller was art director for the National Air & Space Museum's Albert Einstein Planetarium. Prior to this he was a commercial advertising illustrator. His primary work today entails the writing and illustration of books specializing in astronomical, astronautical and science fiction subjects. To date he has more than fifty titles to his credit. His work has also appeared in National Geographic, Astronomy, Scientific American, Science et Vie, Air & Space, Sky & Telescope, Natural History, Discover, Geo, etc.

Miller's books include the Hugo-nominated The Grand Tour, Cycles of Fire, In the Stream of Stars, and The History of Earth. Miller is a contributing editor for Air & Space/Smithsonian magazine, a member of the International Academy of Astronautics, a Life Member and a Fellow and past Trustee of the International Association for the Astronomical Arts.


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Myths and Megaliths in the Boyne Valley
Saturday January 20, 2018 3:15pm EST
by Anthony Murphy
Myths and Megaliths in the Boyne Valley

What magical myths and legends danced among the great stones in ages past?

The great 5,000-year-old megalithic passage-tombs of Brú na Bóinne in the Boyne Valley represent the zenith of a phase of Irish prehistory that began with the introduction of farming around 6,000 years ago.

Newgrange, Knowth, and Dowth are huge, enigmatic structures, that are the finest examples of a type of monument that is found scattered throughout Ireland, and of which there may be as many as 1,500 examples. None can compare to these three, though, in terms of size, grandeur, and their illustrious prominence in the ancient myths!

Explore with journalist, author and astronomer Anthony Murphy; covering the ancient myths and megaliths of these phenomenal sites in the Boyne Valley.

Anthony Murphy is a journalist, author, amateur photographer and astronomer. He has been writing since an early age, and has studied the astronomy, archaeology and mythology of the Boyne Valley monuments for more than 15 years. A former newspaper editor, he lives just five miles from Newgrange. Mythical Ireland – New Light on the Ancient Past| MythicalIreland.com


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The Birth of Christmas: How Ancient Cultures Shaped Our Holiday
Wednesday December 20, 2017 3:15pm EST
by Ashley Cowie
The Birth of Christmas: How Ancient Cultures Shaped Our Holiday | In-Depth Interview with Ashley Cowie

Are you reenacting ancient rituals each year? History says yes! At Christmas time, why do we decorate a tree? Why do we eat certain foods? Is this Pagan? How far back does this all go?

As you celebrate Christmas, explore with Scottish historian, author, and documentary filmmaker Ashley Cowie the truly ancient origins of Christmas, food rituals, and religious traditions, as he explains why the beliefs of ancient cultures determine much of what we celebrate and eat today.

Always compelling, and sometimes controversial, history reveals that Christmas has deep roots in the ancient world. Tune in to Ancient Origins Premium for this In-Depth Interview with Ashley Cowie.

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General Sun Tzu? He never existed.
Thursday November 9, 2017 4:00pm EST
by David G. Jones
General Sun Tzu? He never existed.

Most book stores around the world contain the so-called "Art of War" by the alleged "General" Sun Tzu. But David Jones’ research suggests neither appellation is correct. Read Art of War and look for the details for an army at war and you will not find them; No weapons, no supply lines, no wounded or dead or medical arrangements, no horses or vehicles for transport. There are continuous admonitions against losing control and getting yourself in a conflict situation. And despite the text stating over and over that the dumbest thing one can do is to attack a walled city, Art of War readers are absolutely convinced that the text says this means such assaults are not desirable—but always the last option!

Jones’ two decades of study brings a different interpretation. Reading Art of War (actually, the name is Bing-fa, meaning Art of Diplomacy) Jones sees instructions written by masters of strategic management for achieving results without conflict. It is, therefore, a peace methodology. And Jones further argues that this methodology played a dramatic and dynamic role in ending the 200 year Warring States period, and in founding the first empire of China under Qin Shi Huang.

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David G. Jones  B.A.,M.A. is a retired government executive and university teacher. Fellow of the University of King's College, he was awarded the Queen's Jubilee Medal, and holds an officer's commission in the Canadian Army. He has been studying the origins of the Chinese empire for two decades, and is author of The School of Sun Tzu: Winning Empires without War.


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