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"The days of secrecy and suppression need to come to an end because challenging deeply entrenched and outdated scientific and religious worldviews are the hallmark of a civilized society evolving toward higher ideals and truth."
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In Forbidden History, writer and editor J Douglas Kenyon has chosen 42 essays that have appeared in the bimonthly journal Atlantis Rising to provide readers with an overview of the core positions of key thinkers in the field of ancient mysteries and alternative history. The 17 contributors include, among others, Rand Flem-Ath, Frank Joseph, Christopher Dunn and Will Hart, all of whom challenge the scientific establishment to re-examine its underlying premises in understanding ancient civilisations and open up to the possibility of meaningful debate around alternative theories of humanity's true past. Each of the essays builds upon the work of the other contributors. Kenyon has carefully crafted his vision and selected writings in six areas: Darwinism Under Fire, Earth Changes - Sudden or Gradual, Civilisation's Greater Antiquity, Ancestors from Space, Ancient High Tech, and The Search for Lost Origins. He explores the most current ideas in the Atlantis debate, the origins of the Pyramids, and many other controversial themes. The book serves as an excellent introduction to hitherto suppressed and alternative accounts of history as contributors raise questions about the origins of civilisation and humanity, catastrophism, and ancient technology. The collection also includes several articles that introduce, compare, contrast, and complement the theories of other notable authors in these fields, such as Zecharia Sitchin, Paul La Violette, John Michell, and John Anthony West.
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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This book explores many different subject areas and presents evidence and information in a very easy to understand manner. While the different chapters explore many different areas, such as the pryamids, stonehenge etc., they all begin to link together. The reader cannot help but begin to look at life a little differently. Because of the way it has been written it allows the reader to be able to put it down for a little while and then pick it back up, without losing the thread of the book. It informs you, enlightens you and most certianly gets you thinking about the truth regarding our past history.
21 of 22 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I approached this book with a very open mind and did find myself questioning a lot of accepted facts about our history. The chapters on Egyptian engineering and on human evolution from hunter gatherer to farmer are exceptionally good and thought provoking.
However, this is not a coherent book so much as a collection of articles from "Atlantis Rising" magazine, and as such it is very disjointed and often repetative. Some "chapters" are little more than interviews with individuals who have a book to sell and who only talk in vague terms about what their book is about.
The main reason why I only gave this book three stars is because it could have been so much better. Some of the chapters talk about extremely interesting subjects ( such as the Olmec stone heads ) and ask very interesting questions ( why do they depict African faces, how were they carved and moved etc ) which it then fails to answer. When an answer is provided, it almost inevitably is ridiculous in the extreme ( eg: music was used to levitate them, or space men did it and ran away- I am not joking, these are put forward as genuine theories ). I am open to the idea that maybe mankind did have help to jump from caveman to the bronze age, maybe there was a civilisation before accepted history began, maybe the Egyptians did have advancing cutting technology to achieve the amazing cuts and right angles visable today. However, this book asks many questions but provides very few plausable theories to answer them. It all too often makes huge jumps of faith which I found very lazy and academically shallow. For me, the book was worth the cover price for the two or three good chapters in it which are well written and thought provoking, but the authors need to get away from the conclusion that anything they cant explain must have come from Atlantis.
However, this is not a coherent book so much as a collection of articles from "Atlantis Rising" magazine, and as such it is very disjointed and often repetative. Some "chapters" are little more than interviews with individuals who have a book to sell and who only talk in vague terms about what their book is about.
The main reason why I only gave this book three stars is because it could have been so much better. Some of the chapters talk about extremely interesting subjects ( such as the Olmec stone heads ) and ask very interesting questions ( why do they depict African faces, how were they carved and moved etc ) which it then fails to answer. When an answer is provided, it almost inevitably is ridiculous in the extreme ( eg: music was used to levitate them, or space men did it and ran away- I am not joking, these are put forward as genuine theories ). I am open to the idea that maybe mankind did have help to jump from caveman to the bronze age, maybe there was a civilisation before accepted history began, maybe the Egyptians did have advancing cutting technology to achieve the amazing cuts and right angles visable today. However, this book asks many questions but provides very few plausable theories to answer them. It all too often makes huge jumps of faith which I found very lazy and academically shallow. For me, the book was worth the cover price for the two or three good chapters in it which are well written and thought provoking, but the authors need to get away from the conclusion that anything they cant explain must have come from Atlantis.
62 of 70 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Having decided to explore the area of ancient mysteries and the origins of humanity I decided that this book would be the ideal way in. Gladly, this is the case. The collection of short essays on different but related topics provides a superb overview of many of the thoughts in this area. Consequently, as an introduction to further reading it is ideal but should not be underrated as a great stand alone read. I was (surprisingly) impressed with the rigour applied in each essay - the writers in each case being keenly aware of the need to present opinion in the context of evidence and reasoning. Very compelling.
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"Forbidden History" is a fascinating book. It tears down the Establishment view of history based on evolution and instead suggests that the Biblical view of history is more... Read more
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The thing I liked about this book was the way the material (from the magazine "Atlantis Rising") is presented in bite-sized chunks - the reader can dip in and out of it and does... Read more
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I have found this book to be an amazing journey into the depths of ancient roots to our civilisation. Read more
Published on 5 July 2009 by L. Frost
Excellent
This is just a quick thumbs up for the previous two reviews which sum up the book nicely. There is much food for thought and plenty of information for further reading. Read more
Published on 10 July 2008 by Mr. E. Langhorne
Great Book
I loved this book. It has short essays by most of the big names in this genre and I found it extremely informative. Plenty of further reading to be had here. Read more
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