From Atlantis to the Sphinx: Recovering the Lost Wisdom of the Ancient World (repost)
Colin Wilson, "From Atlantis to the Sphinx: Recovering the Lost Wisdom of the Ancient World"
English | ISBN: 185227526X | 1996 | 240 pages | EPUB | 1 MB
English | ISBN: 185227526X | 1996 | 240 pages | EPUB | 1 MB
In this work, Colin Wilson goes beyond the conviction that a pre-Ice-Age civilization existed before being wiped out by some great catas trophe. He suggests that a highly advanced knowledge system, developed by this society was passed on to ancient man by survivors. It is this knowledge system, argues Wilson; that enabled the ancient Egyptians to move heavy blocks of stone; drill a granite coffin with an accuracy that still baffles modern engineers; and hollow out stone vases whose long necks will not admit a child's finger. Wilson attempts to reconstruct the knowledge system, and try to understand how these "old ones" thought, felt and communicated with the universe.