Sitchin says; “the word, Nefilim, the name by which those extraordinary beings, the sons of the gods were known, means literal
Hazel,
I have a few of Sitchin's books too. What you state at the end of your commentary
below is interesting but as far as the quote about the Egyptians:
"It was the duty of all Maya, through tests and initiation, to conquer death (the gods of the underworld) and so cease to be reincarnated but remain in the higher heavens. Achieving this Afterlife was the sole purpose of existence for Ancient Egyptians."
I find this idea to be inconsistent with what we know of the history of the Egyptians. This was a people that
held the preservation of the physical body in high priority. Their quest was to preserve it with the mummification
process to the best of their ability. They expected to be using their old body apparently as the vessel they would live out eternity in. Now to the modern mind and way of thinking, we believe God will give us a new body and superior existence to the one we now enjoy. This is the case for the Christian at least. It therefore makes little
sense to me that if these peoples sought to cease a cycle of reincarnation and return to the purity of consciousness
in some high heaven, they would at the same time be so concerned about preserving their old inferior physical
bodies. I often think that these people just didn't "get it" since we in the modern world would not be concerned
just what the condition of our earthly body would be after death. There have been people who have no body at
all. Many people choose cremation and scatter their ashes to the wind in a place they appreciated. Other's simply
had, through no negligence on their own part, been destroyed utterly. There is the story of the man who was pushing a hand cart across a bridge in Hiroshima which was right beneath the fission blast of the atom bomb dropped there. All that was left of the man was a shadow impression or photographic residue on the ground of
the bridge itself. The only mercy that individual had in dying was probably that he was melted in such immediate and extreme heat that he was gone before his mind could register any pain.
Escaping a wheel of Karma or cycle of reincarnation is typically a very eastern religious component. If they desired release from it upon gaining some sort of perfection their own religious faith aimed them at, then preservation of a physical body is inconsistent with that goal.
Scott
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On Sat, 2 Jun 2001 16:06:59 +0100 "Hazel" [email protected] writes:
Dear All, Here is an alternative interpretation of Zecharia Sitchin’s theory.
Sitchin says; “the word, Nefilim, the name by which those extraordinary beings, the sons of the gods were known, means literally, ‘* Those who have come down to earth from the heavens.’*
This automatically assumes ‘the heavens ’ is outer space. My understanding is that the seven (actually nine) heavens are alternate realities and dimensions; Channelling from the Council of Nine states:
- ‘Not really a dimension, a state of being…of consciousness, there are nine of* * them. Level Nine is pure, of great purity. Souls come from Level Nine…souls are* created here’.
So the son’s of the gods, fell not from the sky, but from a state of pure consciousness.
Sitchin claims, “people from that planet (Nibiru) came to Earth almost half a million years ago and did many of the things about which we read in the Bible.”
They travelled from their planet to Earth and splashed down in the Persian Gulf. The Sumerians had immense knowledge. They were proficient in mathematics, astronomy, writing and, in many respects, their knowledge surpassed modern times.
They said, "All that we know was told to us by the Anunnaki."
The Father of the Annunaki was Anu, (Zeus, Llud, Odin, Ra, Jove, in other mythologies, usually represening the sun or sky) who resides in the remote * heavens,* on the holy mountain. And to here, his sons returned during the deluge, taking Utnapishtim too…so by Sitchin’s account they all flew off back to Nibiru.
But Gilgamesh set sail in a boat for the mountain at the end of the Earth, and found Utnapishtim, so he could not have been in some far off planet. He was in fact in the paradise at the estuary of the streams, these four rivers, the Gihon, Hiddikel, Pison and Euphrates originate in Eden (hollow earth) and converge at the polar opening, which is where the Annunaki came from, they were the gods of the underworld.
If the gods return with their planet every 3,600 years as Sitchin believes, and treat earthlings as genetic engineering subjects, or molest the women, why if they are capable of interplanetary flight in spacecraft would they require to wait till Nibiru was between Mars and Jupiter? They could come here at any time, and why go to great lengths to educate and civilize people they plan to enslave?
It is a comet that passes Earth on an eliptical orbit every 3,600 years and reverses the poles, causing deluge and conflagration. The gods return at this time from the remote heavens of Anu, to restore civilization, and all fields of learning, to survivors. Then they allow mankind to develop, as they did in Sumeria and Central America, while they keep watch, from the distance. But the people continue to worship them and make offerings and sacrifices to them.
However, one of these gods was in conflict with the others, Enki (Seth, Loki, Mars, Sammael, Satan in the Hermetic tradition) it was he who caused Adam and Eve to be excluded from Eden, which meant they had to endure birth and death, in a lower frequency, material existence (the surface world.) Which is where we all are today. It was the duty of all Maya, through tests and initiation, to conquer death (the gods of the underworld) and so cease to be reincarnated but remain in the higher heavens. Achieving this Afterlife was the sole purpose of existence for Ancient Egyptians.