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Origin of Culture And Civilization: The Cosmological Philosophy of the Ancient
Book by Thomas Dietrich
360 pages, Paperback
First published September 15, 2005
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February 9, 2009
Ancient history gets a very different treatment in this book, by looking at the scientific basis behind ancient mythology and astrology.
The country of Ireland deserves a much more important place in ancient history than it has received. According to a compendium of Irish history printed in 1625, the most ancient inhabitants of Ireland were a race of skilled navigators, astronomers and builders of forts and castles called Sea Kings, from Morocco. The Killamerry Cross contains Egyptian, Greek and Roman geometric principles and whose iconography has nothing to do with Christianity (presumably pre-dating Christianity). If one superimposes Da Vinci’s "Vitruvian Man" (the one with four arms), which came several hundred years later, over the Cross, the proportions are exact. The Cross is near a very old observatory at Knockroe. An ancient road was built right through it, so it was abandoned a very long time ago.
There is a cycle of world culture which generally moves from west to east, from the Atlantic to the Mediterranean, where culture is thought to have started. At the same time, there is a cycle of civilization which moves from east to west. Even though they conflict with each other, humanity needs both of them. It’s not good to have one without the other. The ancients were quite sophisticated when it came to astronomy and the universe, knowledge which is only recently being rediscovered. They had no problem thinking in terms of thousands, or tens of thousands, of years. If there is such a thing as the center of world culture, it is a former colony of Atlantis, which is now called Morocco. From there, it moved to Libya, which was once covered with forests, and then to Egypt.
I don’t claim to have understood everything in this book, but I very much enjoyed it. Those who are interested in ancient history will love this book. This very interesting book is well worth the time.
The country of Ireland deserves a much more important place in ancient history than it has received. According to a compendium of Irish history printed in 1625, the most ancient inhabitants of Ireland were a race of skilled navigators, astronomers and builders of forts and castles called Sea Kings, from Morocco. The Killamerry Cross contains Egyptian, Greek and Roman geometric principles and whose iconography has nothing to do with Christianity (presumably pre-dating Christianity). If one superimposes Da Vinci’s "Vitruvian Man" (the one with four arms), which came several hundred years later, over the Cross, the proportions are exact. The Cross is near a very old observatory at Knockroe. An ancient road was built right through it, so it was abandoned a very long time ago.
There is a cycle of world culture which generally moves from west to east, from the Atlantic to the Mediterranean, where culture is thought to have started. At the same time, there is a cycle of civilization which moves from east to west. Even though they conflict with each other, humanity needs both of them. It’s not good to have one without the other. The ancients were quite sophisticated when it came to astronomy and the universe, knowledge which is only recently being rediscovered. They had no problem thinking in terms of thousands, or tens of thousands, of years. If there is such a thing as the center of world culture, it is a former colony of Atlantis, which is now called Morocco. From there, it moved to Libya, which was once covered with forests, and then to Egypt.
I don’t claim to have understood everything in this book, but I very much enjoyed it. Those who are interested in ancient history will love this book. This very interesting book is well worth the time.
April 15, 2008
The Origin of Culture is an intriguing exploration into how symbols and other cultural information are passed from one society to the next in myth and religious dogma. The premise of this book is that much of our seemingly forgotten human past was actually recorded in oral tradition and myth as symbols and repetitive sequences. This information was then passed onto to other cultures which modified the names of the places and major characters to suit their own specific cultural needs. Nonetheless, clues to the original message and meaning of the piece stayed somewhat intact. This information included information about our human origins as well as scientific and astronomical knowledge of the world around us.
The Origin of Culture is written with a slightly Gnostic viewpoint. Thus, much of the information presented focuses on potential Atlantian and Ancient Egyptian connections of the cultural and symbolic materials. Despite this bias, the author does an extremely thorough job of detailing and examining Classical literature, ancient maps, and Celtic iconography for these purposes. Thus, whether you agree with this tradition or not, if you are interested in mythology or cultural symbols you may find this information very valuable and rather intriguing.
The Origin of Culture is written with a slightly Gnostic viewpoint. Thus, much of the information presented focuses on potential Atlantian and Ancient Egyptian connections of the cultural and symbolic materials. Despite this bias, the author does an extremely thorough job of detailing and examining Classical literature, ancient maps, and Celtic iconography for these purposes. Thus, whether you agree with this tradition or not, if you are interested in mythology or cultural symbols you may find this information very valuable and rather intriguing.
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