the history of the soul

fallen angels, forgotten ancestors and karmic catastrophes (2010)

by ian lawton

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"An extremely useful survey of early human culture that embraces the unorthodox as well as the mainstream in pursuit of man's origins. Highly illuminating." Adrian Gilbert, revisionist author

"A dramatic new vision of the origins of civilisation, born out of a profound understanding of ancient spirituality." Andrew Collins, revisionist author

"Remarkable new insights into the pre-flood human race." Barbara Hand Clow, revisionist author

"A fabulous find! Ian Lawton has done something tremendous and unique, by tracing the shadow of a lost human civilization not only in ancient myth but in ancient records, and comparing the two! Brilliant research." Whitley Strieber, host of the Dreamland radio show

"This book is well-written, well referenced, and highly original - better, in fact, than most books by Hancock et al." Bild

OVERVIEW

It is time for a fundamental reappraisal of the ancient texts and traditions from around the world. They retain traces of the lost wisdom of a forgotten race.

These people possessed a perfect understanding of their spiritual roots, but became obsessed with the material world and progressively lost their awareness.

The price they paid was annihilation by natural catastrophe. So what is the lesson for us as once again the earth is opened up to huge energetic changes?

Was our planet once populated by a lost civilization that was destroyed? A fundamental reappraisal of the most revered ancient texts and traditions from around the globe, coupled with archaeological and geological evidence, suggests that it was.

But what were our antediluvian ancestors like? Rather than huddling in caves to escape the ice age, were they expert navigators and astronomers who traveled far and wide? And did they have access to incredible technology, or was their culture defined far more by its spirituality?

Indeed, what was it that caused the massive surge in culture that began around 75,000 years ago and led directly to the evolution of the modern human race? What ongoing impetus allowed it to snowball so rapidly, compared to the slow but steady evolution of our hominid forebears over millions of years? Were divine sages really sent to introduce civilization to humanity, and if so how can we understand who or what they really were? Some sort of gods, or angels, or extraterrestrial visitors? Or were they just highly experienced souls incarnating on earth with a job to do, as they still do to this day?

Is there evidence that our forgotten ancestors were almost completely wiped out? If so, how did this happen, and when? And was it just a random natural catastrophe, or was there an underlying 'karmic dynamic' related to their increasing preoccupation with the material at the expense of the spiritual?

Most important of all, did their destruction have anything to do with universal energetic cycles? And, if so, what can we learn about the future we now face in the modern era? Are we once again surfing the crest of a huge energetic wave?

The veiled pointers to our hidden past have finally been unmasked as more than just the psychological constructs of philosophically primitive cultures. History is repeating itself. But what will happen this time round? And is the script already written... or can our actions now still help to dictate the outcome?

CONTENTS

PREFACE

PART 1: REVELATIONS

1 MYTHS IN THE MAKING

A brief history of mythology; the development of myth; the function of myth; conclusion.

2 DEBASEMENT AND DESTRUCTION

The antediluvian patriarchs; the Nephilim reappraised; a tale of two cities; Enochian confusion; the deluge; Hermetic prophecies; Gnostic abominations; the noise of mankind; the eye of Re; the Vedic asuras; karmic catastrophe; conclusion.

3 THE ARTS OF CIVILISATION

Knowledge transfer; knowledge preservation; conclusion.

4 THE GOLDEN AGE

Paradise in Eden; the first occasion; the days of Dasa-ratha; the age of perfect virtue; the race of gold; the divine Atlanteans; conclusion.

5 WORLD AGES AND UNIVERSAL CYCLES

Of silver, bronze and iron; Solon's sojourn; departure from tao; the four worlds; the five suns; counting long; days and nights of Brahma; the wheel of time; conclusion.

6 TAKING ON THE EXPERTS

Campbell and cycles; Eliade and renewal; conclusion.

7 THE CREATION OF MAN

In his own image; the maker, modeler, bearer, begetter; the dawn of creation; silent creations; the veil of amnesia; conclusion.

8 THE ORIGINS OF THE WORLD

In the beginning (Mesopotamia, Egypt, India, the Orient, Greece, Polynesia, America, Africa); missing the point; common source; conclusion.

PART 2: CORROBORATION

9 ARCHAEOLOGY

Creation versus evolution; diverging from our cousins; consciousness and language; the emergence of modern humans; the development of culture; farming and urbanization; mavericks; missing evidence; conclusion.

10 GEOLOGY

Ice ages; questionable evidence of destruction (mass extinctions, Siberian mammoths, Alaskan muck, anomalous animal remains); extraterrestrial bodies (the Carolina bays, the Younger-Dryas event); pole shifts and reversals (axis shifts versus crustal displacement, magnetic pole reversals and solar flares); memories; likely locales; conclusion.

11 LOST CONTINENTS

Plato's Atlantis; founding fathers; HPB; theosophical evolution; the colonel; the arcane tradition; the automatic author; the sleeping prophet; conclusion.

12 TECHNOLOGY

Technological non-mysteries (ancient weapons and aircraft, the Dogon, computers, batteries and spark plugs, maps and portolans); dating and other non-mysteries (no overnight development, the age of the Giza monuments, pyramid and temple construction, common origins, other pyramids, underwater structures); realistic skills (astronomy and navigation, crystal and magnification technology); conclusion.

EPILOGUE: IMPLICATIONS FOR TODAY

The 26,000 year energy cycle; the last three shifts (75,000 years ago, 50,000 years ago, 25,000 years ago); the history of the soul; the future of the soul.

FURTHER INFORMATION Discover a new take on the origins of the universe, of humanity and of human spirituality, and on the traditions of a Golden Age and of the debasement that led to a global catastrophe; based on reinterpreting the consistent themes in sacred texts, traditions and mythology from Ancient Mesopotamia, Egypt, Japan, China, Indonesia, Australasia, the Americas, Europe and Africa. Discover why suggestions of high technology in Atlantis, Lemuria and other lost continents - from theorists as diverse as Helena Blavatsky, Rudolf Steiner and Edgar Cayce through to Ignatius Donnelly, Erich von Daniken, Zecharia Sitchin and Brad Steiger - have few firm foundations. Find out whether or not modern revisionists like Graham Hancock and Robert Bauval are really on to something. And discover what has happened in the last three energy cycles on earth, and the unique opportunity presented by the current shift.
ADDITIONAL PAPERS AND DISCUSSIONS
RATIONAL SPIRITUALITY DISCUSSION PAPERS
OLD CHAPTERS FROM OR PAPERS REFERENCED IN GENESIS UNVEILED Please note that most of these papers date to 2003 and so in parts may not reflect IL's current view
	12 Dec 2010	Updated Chapter 11 Anomalous Artifacts.
	19 Aug 2010	Original Chapter 19 Esoteric Science. This includes sections on everything is energy; on matter is an illusion; on everything is interconnected; on everything has consciousness; on the part is the whole; on all time is relative; on there are other dimensions; on vibration and harmony rule; on big bang was a dawn of Brahma; and on the paranormal is just normal.
	19 Aug 2010	Original Chapter 18 Dion Fortune's Cosmic Doctrine. This includes sections on the evolution of the cosmos; on the evolution of a solar system; and on humanity and the role of the planets.
	19 Aug 2010	Original Chapter 17 An Esoteric Worldview. This includes sections on Ancient Egyptian beliefs; on Platonic ideas; on Hermeticism; on Gnosticism; on alchemy; on Qabalism; on Rosicrucianism; on altered states; and on shamanism.
	25 Oct 2010	Original Chapter 13 The Theosophical Perspective.
	5 Oct 2010	Extract of section from original Chapter 9, Are We Special, entitled Problems with Interventionism.
	24 Sep 2010	Extract of section from original Chapter 8, Creation Confusion, entitled Horrible Hybrids.
	31 Dec 2002	Paper by IL entitled Problems With Anomalous Human Remains.
	31 Dec 2002	Paper by IL entitled Problems with King Lists.
MISCELLANEA
	15 Jul 2003	Paper by IL entitled Alternative History Research: Time for a Radical Shake Up, based on a lecture given to the 2001 Questing Conference in London.