Gods, Genes, and Consciousness: Nonhuman Intervention in Human History

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Summary: Gods, Genes and E. T. s
Review: Author Paul Von Ward and 33% of the American public believe that extra-terrestrials have set foot on planet Earth, but you don't have to credit that idea to get something out of Gods, Genes, and Consciousness, which entertains as it educates. This book, an alternative history of Western Civilization, asserts that the Judeo-Christian-Islamic tradition is based on a mistake. Von Ward argues that "Sin" and "Satan" were originally good (for humans, anyway), while the authoritarian JHVH (Jehovah, Yahweh) was not-so-good.
An engaging writer, Von Ward relates the consequences of human contact with ABs (Advanced Beings) as if it were a rousing science fiction tale--but he feels it isn't.
The author's goal is to end religiocide (the killing of the members of one religion by the adherents of another), to return human consciousness to naturalism (as opposed to the misguided notion that gods exist in an other-worldly dimension--supernaturalism), and to harmonize human activity with the needs of other species and the Earth. This is a tall order, for which he proposes a "new mythology" debunking allegiance to individual gods such as YHVH, Christ and Allah. Von Ward espouses the "perennial philosophy," spirituality even a scientist can endorse, based on the concept that the Creative Forces which spawned the universe are manifest in each and all and everything.
No review can do justice to the breadth of Von Ward's reach. His book may become as popular as Immanuel Velikovsky's Worlds in Collision or Julian Jaynes' The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind. It is certainly as radical.
Whether or not you wind up agreeing with his point of view, you will find it impossible to forget, impossible to entirely discount, and it will change your way of looking at God, and gods-and your own consciousness.


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Summary: Letter to Paul
Review: Dear Paul,

Our copy of your tour de force/chef-d'oeuvre book "Gods, Genes and Consciousness," was gobbled-up by this reader and finished a few minutes ago. THANK YOU!

If I had my way I would ask every school to have a copy of your book in its library for the curious child who asks impertinent questions. I was that child and spent most of my regular Schooldays and Sunday-School Days behind closed doors.

I was rescued by an extraordinary Teacher, Mademoiselle Chavan, of very blessed memory. She was a Steinerian, a Tibetan Buddhist, a student of Plato, Goethe, a Jungian, and who knows what else. She took enormous risks, including the possibility of being fired, to get me into her class.
After proving to me that I wasn't the nosy irreverent Freak my former Teachers thought I was. She introduced me patiently to that "other" kind of "Teaching."

How I wish Humanity had been taught by a Mlle.Chavan in its Past, instead of being misled by some of the folks it called Teachers.

Why was your book so easy on me? It touched every area of my own, half a century, of research in a very meaningful way.

I shook my head in agreement every few pages saying to myself :
"You got it Paul! "

I'm still in agreement with Plato and echo his playthings of the gods idea.
Indeed if we are their playthings, let us human beings play our noblest games.

During my stint as a Futurist/Researcher in Emerging and Future Technologies, it downed on me that "AB's" technology, always a few millennia ahead of my puny projections, could have involved VR games between the so-called Good and the so-called Evil. We Human Beings might have been suckered into them to give some discarnate and bored "ABs" some "jollies" at our expense. That train of thought took me straight into Jaron Lanier's ideas of VR and Nanotech combined.

I didn't pursue this train of thought too intensely because I lost sight of the tracks.

Another, more artistic pet-idea of mine used to lament our Western ways of dividing Poesi and Techne into two rivers when originally "It" was the same beautiful stream.

But above all, I always asked the same question:

"Who will stand up for the "Human"?

You did Paul, thank you!

Where am I right now? Standing-up for the "Human" ,as you are!
I condensed what was left of my possible insights into a fable you might read at
http://www.zeitlin.net/EndEnchantment/

If you click on the Tao symbol, left of our page. Hope you do!

I lost a few friendly Folks after that story, then again some people thought it was an important message.

BEST to you, and thanks again!

Malou

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Summary: Letter to Paul
Review: Dear Paul,

Our copy of your tour de force/chef-d'oeuvre book "Gods, Genes and Consciousness," was gobbled-up by this reader and finished a few minutes ago. THANK YOU!

If I had my way I would ask every school to have a copy of your book in its library for the curious child who asks impertinent questions. I was that child and spent most of my regular Schooldays and Sunday-School Days behind closed doors.

I was rescued by an extraordinary Teacher, Mademoiselle Chavan, of very blessed memory. She was a Steinerian, a Tibetan Buddhist, a student of Plato, Goethe, a Jungian, and who knows what else. She took enormous risks, including the possibility of being fired, to get me into her class.
After proving to me that I wasn't the nosy irreverent Freak my former Teachers thought I was. She introduced me patiently to that "other" kind of "Teaching."

How I wish Humanity had been taught by a Mlle.Chavan in its Past, instead of being misled by some of the folks it called Teachers.

Why was your book so easy on me? It touched every area of my own, half a century, of research in a very meaningful way.

I shook my head in agreement every few pages saying to myself :
"You got it Paul! "

I'm still in agreement with Plato and echo his playthings of the gods idea.
Indeed if we are their playthings, let us human beings play our noblest games.

During my stint as a Futurist/Researcher in Emerging and Future Technologies, it downed on me that "AB's" technology, always a few millennia ahead of my puny projections, could have involved VR games between the so-called Good and the so-called Evil. We Human Beings might have been suckered into them to give some discarnate and bored "ABs" some "jollies" at our expense. That train of thought took me straight into Jaron Lanier's ideas of VR and Nanotech combined.

I didn't pursue this train of thought too intensely because I lost sight of the tracks.

Another, more artistic pet-idea of mine used to lament our Western ways of dividing Poesi and Techne into two rivers when originally "It" was the same beautiful stream.

But above all, I always asked the same question:

"Who will stand up for the "Human"?

You did Paul, thank you!

Where am I right now? Standing-up for the "Human" ,as you are!
I condensed what was left of my possible insights into a fable you might read at
http://www.zeitlin.net/EndEnchantment/

If you click on the Tao symbol, left of our page. Hope you do!

I lost a few friendly Folks after that story, then again some people thought it was an important message.

BEST to you, and thanks again!

Malou

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Summary: Gods, Genes and Consciousness
Review: Dear Paul..
Knowing your traditional church background, I could not put this new book down! Your hypothesis and case-making for the obvious, i.e., that Advanced Beings have always, always been involved with human beings and in mostly benevolent ways was intriguing, making me ready to jump in with both feet at any moment's notice. Not quite half-way through the book, I found my old God up there "programming" kicking in. My internal critic began moaning. "Where have they lain my lord???" I was momentarily without a God 'out there' or within. That turned into a refreshing experience as I realized your entire life journey has been to focus on what is true: what is real; what makes sense and the mysticism of reality itself. I want to support on-going discussion of your premise. A reader of most all of Zachariah Sitchin's books, with the sheer joy of having spent time with him, knowing that he never takes credit for his findings or expresses his opinion as a concrete judgment, but simply reports what he finds-- I see you doing the same thing.
The reader has to come to his or her own conclusions. My Creator is more vast, more majestic and creative than I thought.
You did it again...I applaud your courage and yes, your compassion. For beginning cosmology thinkers, this one will be a real stretch but oh sooooo worth it.

As you know, being a New Thought minister, I certainly do teach God within and the oneness of all of creation. I deeply appreciated the validation of so much that has taken me some sixty-plus years to ascertain. Go, Paul!! .. Rev C. Engel

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Summary: Gods, Genes, and Consciousness
Review: God, Genes, and Consciousness is a natural progression for Paul Von Ward's earlier book Our Solarian Legacy. Whether you've read his earlier works or not or whether you have done your homework on the evidence for non-human intervention into human history or are just beginning, I highly recommend this book. Paul Von Ward quickly brings his readers up to speed on past work while at the same time introduces them to the latest findings in such fields as genetics and linguistics. The amount of material covered is truly astonishing, but Paul Von Ward is not just a scholar and researcher. He brings more to the table and the best way for me to describe him is to borrow his own words as he describes a unified consciousness: "...sees the universe as an integral organism with all beings and phenomena interdependent and governed by the same principles." It is through these eyes that Mr. Von Ward is able see our "mistakes and misinterpretations of encounters with other conscious beings" and that it is here we must start if we want to make a better world.

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Summary: A metaphysical call to pay attention
Review: Gods, Genes, And Consciousness: Nonhuman Intervention In Human History by independent scholar and author Paul Von Ward is a metaphysical call to pay attention to historical and archaeological evidence that human evolution has been influenced by advanced nonhuman entities - whether they are called gods, angels, ETs, aliens, or spirits. Daring to address why modern scientific institutions do not want to deal with the question of whether and to what degree advanced beings may have involved themselves in human biological and spiritual growth, as well as examining how humanity reached the point where its leaders claim to speak for God in such radically conflicting ways, Gods, Genes, And Consciousness is a fascinating treatment of an all-too-taboo subject.


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Summary: Great Companion Book to Zacharia Sitchin's Sumerian work
Review: I own all of Zacharia Sitchin's books, and wanted to read something along the same lines, but from another author's perspective. I was very glad that I did, because Paul Von Ward was able to fill in some of the gaps, and add to wealth of knowledge about the ancient past. One good example was to describe the time line of when each human blood type came about, which was every informative in how it related to other theories about advanced beings' involvement in our creation. He also does a very good job describing psychological reasons why we still think in a supernatural mindset, instead of the viewpoint that everything is a part of the natural world. There were a few very minor inaccuracies that I found in reference to Sitchin's work, but it did not take away from the overall worth of the book. Well worth the read for those with an open mind, and for those who are read to move forward in how we view the world.

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Summary: A history of human/AB interaction
Review: I've been going through Paul Von Ward's new book, Gods, Genes, and Consciousness. This is a huge work! So many strands of stories from the numerous and diverse mythical and religious traditions of mankind, all skillfully woven together. As an old soul who relates to the ancient times as well as modern, I thoroughly enjoy having this book to remind myself, this physical life is not all there is!

The scope of this book is awesome. Since junior high school I've read of ancients gods and goddesses coming from Mt. Olympus to appear in some form, interact with a humans and cause a drama to unfold. Now they are archetypes, playing on the periphery of our subconscious minds. Most people went on to hear about the mystery of the pyramids, the ships of light, stories from sacred texts, and again, the gods of Light having their way with the "daughters of earth."
With the advent of newer Goddess religions, we hear again about the powerful goddesses blessing the human mothers of new types of human beings. Then there are the modern abductees. Who are these Advanced Beings, these invisible characters that seem to be immortal, playing behind the scenes, and speaking only through their chosen vessels? Are we anticipating the return of the gods we once worshipped? What beliefs do we hold sacred? Are we willing to defend them to the death?
While on tour in Greece and Turkey, I recall what the "Pleiadians" said via Barbara Marciniak : "You are all puppets! You think you are just sitting in a restaurant having your dinner not realizing that we have worked to impulse you to choose this tour, this town, this date to bring your energies here. This was all planned. You were chosen. You are planting the seeds that will be reaped years from now." We were sitting in the ruins of the ancient temples and singing; or eating and drinking and making merry on the Island of the Gods, Delos; dreaming and remembering past lives. While contemplating the designs and geometry of an ancient mosque or a Turkish rug we caught glimpses of the old reptilian influences. Semi-human slaves, actor/mediums in the theater offering themselves to the gods; snakes wrapped around the priestesses, bestial advisors to the royalty, all carved in stone relief. It all happened before. We have clues, but not the whole story. Now's the time to string them together and prepare.

I'm the kind of person who would like to talk back to ET's or as Paul terms them, Advanced Beings, to say, "You think you're so smart -- just try being human and running a body with impaired DNA! See how you like it!" Apparently some of our genes have some strands of divinity woven in - latent abilities inherited from gods that we barely remember.

I feel Paul is leading us to become aware of things right beneath the surface of these "true stories." Is there a present world of Advanced Beings pulling our strings? Do they care about us, or we about them? Do they have an agenda? Are we so easy to manipulate? Apparently so. We humans must learn to respect ourselves so the AB's will as well. We have abilities that need to be owned so we can call these AB's out for a face to face encounter. Getting rid of fear and feelings of inferiority would help.

I want to thank Paul Von Ward and for using his amazing mind and spirit to serve in this way. He has mapped out the history of human/AB interaction, and eloquently commented on the absurdity of modern and historical human responses, wars, learned behaviors, unquestioning loyalties. There are numerous important anecdotes that need to become generally known. For those who are interested in reading it, buy your own copy. I'm not loaning mine. This is great bedtime and early morning material, feeding the unseen link between worlds. It is food for dreams and insights into the chaos and freedom of multiple religions.

Rev. Franci Prowse
Anza Sanctuary of Healing Arts

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Summary: Do you want to know how deep the rabbit hole goes?
Review: [and some things that should not have been forgotten were lost. History became legend. Legend became myth...] (The Fellowship of the Ring) -- and so I was reminded as I read every word (even the Endnotes) of this latest, quite excellent book by Paul Von Ward. The author used various resources (different sciences, religious and cultural accounts, translations of ancient texts and tablets, etc.) to research, examine and assess a more truthful account of the history of humans and society than what we've been led to believe. Von Ward's ecclectic, impressive background and his ability to ask questions others either fear to ask or never think to ask, only increase the compelling nature of the content. And the content, akin to the Red Pill of the Matrix, will indeed give readers an idea of how deep the rabbit hole goes.