When the Gods Came Down: The Catastrophic Roots of Religion Revealed (Hardcover)

In THE PHOENIX SOLUTION, Alford took a radical approach to the decoding of Egyptian religion and mythology to reveal its scientific underpinnings unlike literally anyone before him. He said in THE PHOENIX SOLUTION that the foundation of Egyptological thought and religion lay in their scientific theory of the evolutionary growth process of our entire solar system. Much of the foundational myths, Gods and Goddesses, he showed, symbolize the theorized outer planets of eons past, and their process of raining meteoric bits of proto-life onto our Earth; effectively "seeding" our planet with the beginnings of new life unlike ever before. This foundational universe-view, not just world view, generated the entire religious philosophy, scientific study, cultural practices and art of the culture for more than three thousand years. It was shared only amongst the highest initiates of the religious sub-culture/ruling elite.

WHEN THE GODS CAME DOWN is Alan Alford's masterpiece. He shows in the most remarkable scientific, archaeological and literary fashion how this foundational concept of the evolution of our entire solar system is the generating principle behind not just Egyptian religion but ALL ancient myth and religion; from that of Sumer to Babylon to Memphis to Athens to Jerusalem . He then goes to show how the great teachers of every age, like Socrates, Plato, and Jesus, were lauded as such because they knew, mastered and shared this foundational concept of truth in the context of its cultural, linguistic and psycho-mythic implications--though they still did it in such a way that only the most knowledgeable and initiated would fully appreciate it. In short, Alford reveals the one sublime, ancient religion UNDERNEATH the many modern world religions as we have come to know them, in their "dumbed down" form; from Christian fundamentalism to Ancient Astronaut/Extraterrestrial fundamentalism. In so doing, he reaffirms the majesty and human truth within them all. He also simultaneously obliterates the assumed relevance of a divisive, purely literal/fundamentalist interpretation of ANY religion's literature, theology or perspectives.

My test for the far reaching influence and power of any theorist--particularly of the wannabe revolutionary kind--is three-fold. One, their theory must be completely plausible; i.e. not needing simple revolt from detractors and complimentary but poorly explained aspects of ITSELF to proclaim and rationalize its essential relevance. Two, it must have the ability to completely encapsulate the foundational principles, concepts and findings of the other competitive theories as a part of its own. And third, perhaps most important of all, it has to excite me. There may be things my mind will not be strong enough, educated enough, mutil-lingual enough or quick enough to pick up, but you cannot fool my heart.

WHEN THE GODS CAME DOWN does this on all counts.

In light of everything written from Bauval, Hancock, and West, to deSantillana, von Dechend and Thompkins, to Martin Bernal, to Michael Rice, straight back to Breasted and Budge, Massey and deLubicz, duPuis and Frankfort, and all of the French and German schools of Egypt-and Assyriology, spiritual and academic... Alford has seemingly united their perspectives under one foundational principle that is seemingly the key to understanding all of the ancient---and most of the modern--intellectual and spiritual world.

This book answers more questions than it raises. Try reading it, and looking at anything regarding culture, religion, the spirit and scientific news the same. I cannot recommend it enough.

In THE PHOENIX SOLUTION, Alford took a radical approach to the decoding of Egyptian religion and mythology to reveal its scientific underpinnings unlike literally anyone before him. He said in THE PHOENIX SOLUTION that the foundation of Egyptological thought and religion lay in their scientific theory of the evolutionary growth process of our entire solar system. Much of the foundational myths, Gods and Goddesses, he showed, symbolize the theorized outer planets of eons past, and their process of raining meteoric bits of proto-life onto our Earth; effectively "seeding" our planet with the beginnings of new life unlike ever before. This foundational universe-view, not just world view, generated the entire religious philosophy, scientific study, cultural practices and art of the culture for more than three thousand years. It was shared only amongst the highest initiates of the religious sub-culture/ruling elite.

WHEN THE GODS CAME DOWN is Alan Alford's masterpiece. He shows in the most remarkable scientific, archaeological and literary fashion how this foundational concept of the evolution of our entire solar system is the generating principle behind not just Egyptian religion but ALL ancient myth and religion; from that of Sumer to Babylon to Memphis to Athens to Jerusalem . He then goes to show how the great teachers of every age, like Socrates, Plato, and Jesus, were lauded as such because they knew, mastered and shared this foundational concept of truth in the context of its cultural, linguistic and psycho-mythic implications--though they still did it in such a way that only the most knowledgeable and initiated would fully appreciate it. In short, Alford reveals the one sublime, ancient religion UNDERNEATH the many modern world religions as we have come to know them, in their "dumbed down" form; from Christian fundamentalism to Ancient Astronaut/Extraterrestrial fundamentalism. In so doing, he reaffirms the majesty and human truth within them all. He also simultaneously obliterates the assumed relevance of a divisive, purely literal/fundamentalist interpretation of ANY religion's literature, theology or perspectives.

My test for the far reaching influence and power of any theorist--particularly of the wannabe revolutionary kind--is three-fold. One, their theory must be completely plausible; i.e. not needing simple revolt from detractors and complimentary but poorly explained aspects of ITSELF to proclaim and rationalize its essential relevance. Two, it must have the ability to completely encapsulate the foundational principles, concepts and findings of the other competitive theories as a part of its own. And third, perhaps most important of all, it has to excite me. There may be things my mind will not be strong enough, educated enough, mutil-lingual enough or quick enough to pick up, but you cannot fool my heart.

WHEN THE GODS CAME DOWN does this on all counts.

In light of everything written from Bauval, Hancock, and West, to deSantillana, von Dechend and Thompkins, to Martin Bernal, to Michael Rice, straight back to Breasted and Budge, Massey and deLubicz, duPuis and Frankfort, and all of the French and German schools of Egypt-and Assyriology, spiritual and academic... Alford has seemingly united their perspectives under one foundational principle that is seemingly the key to understanding all of the ancient---and most of the modern--intellectual and spiritual world.

This book answers more questions than it raises. Try reading it, and looking at anything regarding culture, religion, the spirit and scientific news the same. I cannot recommend it enough.