Hidden History

Jim Willis earned his master’s degree in theology from Andover Newton Theological School, and he has been an ordained minister for over forty years. He has also taught college courses in comparative religion and cross-cultural studies. His background in theology and education led to his writing twelve books on religion, the apocalypse, cross-cultural spirituality, and the mysteries of the unknown. His books include Visible Ink Press’ Ancient Gods: Lost Histories, Hidden Truths, and the Conspiracy of Silence; Supernatural Gods: Spiritual Mysteries, Psychic Experiences, and Scientific Truths; and Lost Civilizations: The Secret Histories and Suppressed Technologies of the Ancients. Willis resides in the woods of South Carolina with his wife, Barbara.

About the Author

Acknowledgments

Preface

Introduction


Part I: Origins of the Cosmos

1. Prime Theory – The Big Bang

2. Natural Alternative Theories – Quasi Steady State; Eternal Inflation; A Mirror Universe; Colliding in Higher Dimensions; Gravity Over the Rainbow; The Slow Thaw; A Cyclic Universe; White Holes and Alternate Universes

3. Alien Alternative Theories – Metaphysics, Spirituality, and Religion; A Digitally Simulated Universe; Intervention from Beyond

4. Summary



Part II: The Emergence of Life

1. Prime Theory – The Great Chasm

2. Natural Alternative Theories – The World of RNA; Fire and Ice; Molecules With Feet of Clay; Buried at Sea; The Gaia Hypothesis

3. Alien Alternative Theories – Biological SETI and Panspermia; DNA Doctors; Physical Intervention

4. Summary



Part III: The First Humans

1. Prime Theory – Lucy the Australopithecus Afarensis

2. Natural Alternative Theories – The Anthropic Principle; Biocentrism; The March of Evolution; Panpsychism

3. Alien Alternative Theories – Zecharia Sitchin and the Coming of the Gods; Jehovah and the Demiurge; Discovering Aliens in the Mirror

4. Summary



Part IV: Expansion

1. Prime Theory – Out of Africa

2. Natural Alternative Theories – Ancient Civilizations and Mistaken Identities; Diffusion and the Spread of Ideas; The First People of Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, the Americas, Antarctica

3. Alien Alternative Theories – The Problem of Time; The Jewish Exodus; The Hopi Migration; The Aztec Journey; The Mysterious Mound Builders; Power Points and Energy Stations

4. Summary



Part V: Early Civilization

1. Prime Theory – The Mesopotamian / Egyptian Genesis

2. Natural Alternative Theories – Mysteries of Göbekli Tepe; Artifact Anomalies; the Americas

3. Alien Alternative Theories – The “Face” on Mars; The Nazca Lines; Stonehenge; Egyptian Pyramids; Sacsayhuamán and Beyond

4. Summary



Part VI: Origins

1. Prime Theory – A Purpose for Lost Civilizations

2. Natural Alternative Theories – The Rise of Atlantis and the Coming of the Flood; Studies in Stone; The Message of the Myth

3. Alien Alternative Theories – A Space of Time; Life in the Test Tube

4. Summary



Part VII: Future Possibilities – Suppressed History; Alternative Theories; Ancient Aliens; Hidden Origins; Future Scenarios; Summary




Bibliography

Index