But all good things seem to come to an end all to soon!
They became noisy. They became bothersome. They interrupted Enlil's sleep with their bothersome, noisy, procreating ways! Something had to be done! Enlil was fed up!
"Enough!" exclaimed Enlil. "I shall drive these sex fiends out of this `garden' and away from my sight, lest they also gain the knowledge of longevity and the knowledge of our rocketry systems!" And so the new Adamu/Lulus (humans) were driven out of the Garden of Eden to the east -- to the east, in the Zagros mountains -- to fend for themselves, possibly to perish. (And they would have perished had it not been for the fact that Enki took pity on his "creation" and protected the exiled humans, against the wishes of his brother Enlil.)
Here we should take note of something of great importance. Because the biblical account of the story of Adam and Eve was terribly obliterated with the condensing of many gods into one
"God," it became almost impossible to reconcile the fact that one minute "God" was condemning his "creation" and the next minute He was protecting his creation. This anomaly becomes quite
clear when we realize that there were two major gods involved here -- Enlil/El/Jehovah and Ea-Enki/The Serpent!
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It may be a good time to review what was said in previous posts, with regard to the Earth Chronicles:
The Deluge sweeps over the Earth, abruptly ending the ice age.
Zecharia Sitchin wrote; "The Deluge, a traumatic experience for Mankind, was no less so for the `gods' -- the Nefilim."
Let me explain the last three items on the above time-line chart...
1) Ziusudra and Noah are one and the same person.
2) As I stated earlier, Enlil expelled the new Homo-Sapiens (full-fledged humans) from his presence in E-din (Eden). His wrath was kindled for several reasons, a few of which I already
enumerated. In the biblical account, of the 10 generations from Adam to Noah, the life-spans of the patriarchs ranged from a few hundred years to close to a thousand years each. The truth,
according to the Sumerian King List texts, was that these men (and their families) lived thousands of years, not just hundreds!
3) Each time Marduk/Nibiru came close to Earth (in its orbit between Jupiter and Mars) it played havoc with everything terrestrial. In circa 11,000 BCE, Enlil knew that the passing of Marduk would cause a great tidal wave. The Anunnaki scientists knew that a large piece of Antarctica would break off, causing a tidal wave, and raging storms that would inundate the inhabited
world. Enlil did not want the humans to know of this impending disaster. He invoked the Counsel of Twelve and convinced all of the "gods" but Enki to keep this knowledge from the humans. Enlil caused all of the "gods" including Enki to swear an oath they would not inform Mankind of the impending deluge...
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"And it came to pass, When the Earthlings began to increase in number upon the face of the Earth, and daughters were born unto them, that the sons of the deities saw the daughters of the Earthlings that they were compatible, and they took unto themselves wives of whichever they chose."
Thus begins the biblical account that led to the "end of all flesh."
The Sons of the gods were shortening the lifespans of their progeny by taking to themselves the daughters of mere human beings! This is something Enlil could not -- would not -- tolerate. He would find a way to destroy all flesh. But it would not be through some supernatural miracle. No, even the "gods" were limited to the realms of "possibilities."
While much is packed into the biblical account, it does not come close to the thoroughness of the Sumerian version -- of which the Hebrews condensed and used as part of their history.
Since it was under Enki's leadership that Ninhursag altered existing humanoid Earthlings by adding genetic properties from the Anunnaki themselves, thus making them true Homo- Sapiens,
it was natural that Enki would be protective of his "creations." But Enki was under a constraint not to tell the Humans that a flood was soon to overtake and destroy all of them. Enki felt
terrible. He thought about his dilemma. He formulated a plan. He said he would not tell the humans -- but he did not say he would not talk to a "wall" about the impending deluge.
He summoned Ziusudra (Noah).
"Stand behind this reed wall, Ziusudra, commanded Enki, "remain still and I will converse with the wall..."
With these words Enki began to instruct the reed wall.
"Mr. Reed Wall, there will be a terrible flood soon. It will destroy all living things on Earth. The water will cover the Earth for many months. Go, therefore, sell all of your belongings, build a boat, I will give you the plans for the boat, build it to my specifications. Gather your family, gather the seed of all living things, put food on the boat. When you see a commotion in the East*, get on the boat with your family and the seed of all living things, shut up the door and do not open it until the flood has subsided..."
These were the words that Enki spoke to the reed wall. And Ziusudra did as he was instructed, and Enki felt justified - - at least a small token of his "creation" would survive.
*The "commotion in the east" was the sign that the flood and awesome storms would start. But the Sumerian writings did not stop here. The "commotion" turned out to be many Shuttle- Craft
taking off, with all of the Anunnaki/Nefilim aboard! They would be saving their own lives -- they would be deserting a sinking Earth! They would remain in orbit until Earth could once again be inhabited. They would have to begin again. This time they would have no servants, they would have no slaves, they would have to toil for themselves once more. When the deluge began, and all life on Earth turned back to clay, they (those in the Shuttle Craft) wept!
This, and much more, was recorded in the cuneiform texts, concerning the story of the Deluge.
The aftermath of the flood
When Ziusudra and his family disembarked from the boat, he built a huge bon-fire and killed lambs and gave a burnt offering to "the gods." It was especially in honor of his lord Enki. It is
recorded that the "gods" smelled the cooking meat and gathered around Ziusudra like flies!
At first, when Enlil heard that some of the Earthlings had survived, he was livid! "Who disobeyed my command? Who told them about the impending flood? Why was I disobeyed?"
But it didn't take Enki long to persuade Enlil of the tremendous benefits that would be derived by Ziusudra and his family surviving. Enlil relented. "Bring them to me, I shall give them my blessing!"
Thus, the Earth, through Ziusudra and his family, would once again be populated with new human beings -- thus, would all flesh trace its roots to a time when, but for the disobeyed order
of one "god," Mankind's demise would have been a foregone conclusion.
Next, the aftermath of the Flood and the beginning of "Kingship on Earth."
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Kingship on Earth
"The Deluge, a traumatic experience for Mankind, was no less so for the `gods'-- the Nefilim"
"In the words of the Sumerian king lists, "the Deluge had swept over and an effort of 120 shar's was wiped away overnight. The south African mines, the cities in Mesopotamia, the control
center at Nippur, the spaceport at Sippar -- all lay buried under water and mud. Hovering in their shuttle craft above devastated Earth, the Nefilim impatiently awaited the abatement of the waters so that they could set foot again on solid ground.
"How were they going to survive henceforth on Earth when these cities and facilities were gone, and even their manpower -- Mankind -- were totally destroyed?
"When the frightened, exhausted, and hungry groups of Nefilim finally landed on the peaks of the "Mount of Salvation,'' they were clearly relieved to discover that Man and beast alike had not perished completely. Even Enlil, at first enraged to discover that his aim had been partly frustrated, soon changed his mind.
"The deity's decision was a practical one. Faced with their own dire conditions, the Nefilim cast aside their inhibitions about Man, roll up their sleeves, and lost no time in imparting to Man the arts of growing and cattle. Since survival, no doubt, depended on the speed with which agriculture and animal domestication could be developed to sustain the Nefilim and a rapidly multiplying Mankind, the Nefilim applied their advanced scientific knowledge to the task.
"Unaware of the information that could be culled from the biblical and Sumerian texts, many scientists who have studied the origins of agriculture have arrived at the conclusion that its
"discovery" by Mankind some 13,000 years ago was related to the neothermal ("newly warm" ) climate that followed the end of the last ice age. Long before modern scholars, however, the
Bible also related the beginnings of agriculture to the aftermath of the Deluge.
For as long as the Earth's days shall be, There shall not cease Sowing and Harvesting, Cold and Warmth, Summer and Winter, Day and Night.
"Having been granted the knowledge of agriculture, "Noah as a husbandman was first, and he planted a vineyard'': He became the first post-Diluvial farmer engaged in the deliberate,
complicated task of planting..."
(The above quotes came from pages 365 - 366, of Zecharia Sitchin's The 12th Planet.)
And Kingship was next.
The Great Anunnaki were too lofty for Mankind. A deliberate plan was put into action to separate the "gods" and his "creation."
"The Nefilim, we are told, reached the conclusion that they needed an intermediary between themselves and the masses of humans. They were, they decided, to be gods -- elu in Akkadian,
meaning "lofty ones." As a bridge between themselves as lords and Mankind, they introduced "Kingship" on Earth: appointing a human ruler who would assure Mankind's service to the gods and channel the teachings and laws of the gods to the people.
"A text dealing with the subject describes the situation before either tiara or crown had been placed on a human head, or Scepter handed down; all these symbols of Kingship -- plus the shepherd s crook; symbol of righteousness and justice -- ''lay deposited before Anu in Heaven." After the gods had reached their decision, however, "Kingship descended from Heaven" to Earth.
"Both Sumerian and Akkadian texts state that the Nefilim retained the "lordship" over the lands, and had Mankind first rebuild the pre-Diluvial cities exactly where they had originally been and
as they had been planned: "Let the bricks of all the cities be laid on the dedicated places, let all the [bricks] rest on holy places." Eridu, then, was first to be rebuilt.
"The Nefilim then helped the people plan and build the first royal city, and they blessed it. "May the city be the nest, the place where Mankind shall repose. May the King be a Shepherd."
"The first royal city of Man, the Sumerian texts tell us, was Kish. "When Kingship was lowered again from Heaven, the Kingship was in Kish." The Sumerian king lists, unfortunately are mutilated just where the name of the very first human king was inscribed. We do know, however, that he started a long line of dynasties whose royal abode changed from Kish to Uruk, Ur, Awan, Hamazi, Aksak, Akkad, and then to Ashur and Babylon and more recent capitals.
"The biblical "Table of Nations" likewise listed Nimrud -- the patriarch of the kingdoms at Uruk, Akkad, Babylon, and Assyria -- as descended from Kish. It records the spread of Mankind, its
lands and Kingships, as an outgrowth of the division of Mankind into three branches following the deluge. Descended from and named after the three sons of Noah, these were the peoples and
lands of Shem, who inhabited Africa and parts of Arabia; and Japheth, the Indo- Europeans in Asia Minor, Iran, India, and Europe.
"These three broad groupings were undoubtedly three of the :"regions "whose settlement was discussed by the great Anunnaki. Each of the three was assigned to one of the leading deities.
One of these was, of course, Sumer itself, the region of the Semitic peoples, the place where Man's first great civilization arose.
"The other two also became sites of flourishing civilizations. Circa 3200 BC -- about half a millennium after the blooming of the Sumerian civilization -- statehood, Kingship and civilization made their first appearance in the Nile valley, leading in time to the great civilization of Egypt.
"Nothing was known until some fifty years ago about the first major Indo-European civilization. But by now it is well established that an advanced civilization, encompassing large cities, a developed agriculture, a flourishing trade, existed in the Indus valley in ancient times. It came into being, scholars believe, come 1,000 years after the Sumerian civilization began."
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The age of Paganism began
Following the Deluge, the Sumerian texts inform us, the Nefilim held lengthy counsels regarding the future of gods and Man on Earth. As a result of these deliberations, they "created the four regions.'' Three of them -- Mesopotamia, the Nile valley, and the Indus valley -- were settled by Man.
"The fourth region was "holy" -- a term whose original literal meaning was ''dedicated, restricted." Dedicated to the gods alone, it was a "pure land,"' an area that could be approached
only with authorization; trespassing could lead to quick death by ''awesome weapons" wielded by fierce guards. This land or region was named TIL.MUN (literally, "the place of the missiles"). It
was the restricted area where the Nefilim had reestablished their space base after the one at Sippar had been wiped out by the Deluge.
"Once again the area was put under the command of Utu/Shamash, the god in charge of the fiery rockets. Ancient heroes like Gilgamesh strove to reach this Land of Living, to be carried by a
shem or an Eagle to the Heavenly Abode of the Gods. We recall the plea of Gilgamesh to Shamash. Let me enter the Land, let me raise my Shem.... By the life of my goddess mother whobore me, of the pure faithful king, my father -- my step direct to the Land!
"Ancient tales -- even recorded history -- recall the ceaseless efforts of men to ''reach the land," find the "Plant of Life,'' gain eternal bliss among the Gods of Heaven and Earth. This yearning is central to all of the religions whose roots lie deep in Sumer: the hope that justice and righteousness pursued on Earth will be followed by an ''afterlife in some Heavenly Divine
Abode.
But where was this elusive land of the divine connection?
"The question can be answered. The clues are there. But beyond it loom other questions. Have the Nefilim been encountered since? What will happen when they are encountered again?
"And if the Nefilim were the "gods" who "created" Man on Earth, did evolution alone, on the Twelfth Planet, create the Nefilim?"
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There are fourteen chapter headings in book two, The Stairway to Heaven, of The Earth Chronicles, by Zecharia Sitchin. I'll list those headings and then touch lightly on them in the order they are recorded.
I. In Search of Paradise 1
II. The Immortal Ancestors 18 III. The Pharaoh's Journey To The Afterlife 35
IV. The Stairway To Heaven 47
V. The Gods Who Came To Planet Earth 68
VI. In The Days Before The Deluge 97
VII. Gilgamesh: The King Who Refused To Die 118
VIII. Riders Of The Clouds 144
IX. The Landing Place 168
X. Tilmun: Land Of The Rocketships 189
XI. The Elusive Mount 208
XII. The Pyramids Of Gods And Kings 228
XIII. Forging The Pharaoh's Name 253
XIV. The Gaze Of The Sphinx 283
In Search of Paradise
Was there ever a "Golden Age?" Was there ever a time when human beings shared, amongst themselves, a sort of Heaven on Earth?" Was there ever a time when there was an atmosphere of
peace, and love, and good will, among humanity? Was there a time when the Earth gave up its fruits without the effort and toil of Man -- when the rivers of life gave up its "milk and honey" without as much as one drop of sweat from Mankind's brow? Or was this "race memory" implanted in the minds of our ancestors, by the ancient "gods" of Sumer, in order to instill in the minds of Man, the desire to once more return to that Golden Age? More importantly, perhaps, did Man, at one time in our hoary past, have it within his grasp the attainment of Eternal Life?
Then did the Lord Yahweh (Jehovah) say: "Behold. the Adam has become as one of us to know good and evil; And now might he not put forth his hand and partake also of the Tree of Life, and
eat, and live forever?"
Let us pause here, for a moment, and contemplate what this "Tree of Life" means... There are several interpretations of this enigmatic phrase, "Tree of Life," that needs to be explored. First, there is the obvious interpretation -- the tree of life was just that, i.e., it was all of those things that make up the sustenance for the comfortable continuation of life -- the necessities of life -- food, water, shelter - - the luxuries of life -- mental stimulus, internal worth and meaning, etc. Then there is the esoteric interpretation -- the Tree of Life was a method of attaining Knowledge, Wisdom, and Understanding, so that nothing would be left wanting, for the life and joy of human
beings. And then there is another interpretation, obvious only to the humans who were actually in that "Garden of Eden," in the Mesopotamian valley. Before we can discern what this final
interpretation is, we must first understand just what the "Garden of Eden" was, according to Sumerian texts.
We know, for example, that the "gods" inhabited this garden. This was Enlil's headquarters. This was Enlil's home away from home. Eden (E-din), among other things, was where Enlil kept his
"Shem." We've been taught that "Shem" means "name." Remember when it was said: "And it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born unto them, that the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and they took them wives, whomsoever they chose. And the Lord said: `My spirit shall not abide in man for ever, for that he also is flesh; therefore shall his days be a hundred and twenty years.' The Nephilim (Nefilim) were in the earth in those days, and also after that, when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bore children to them; the same were the mighty
men that were of old, the men of reknown. (Emphasis mine.)
We know that the Nefilim were the Elohim (most of which were the rank and file Anunnaki. But what does it mean, the men of reknown?
In the original Hebrew, the phrase was, "The men of the "Shem." Scholars have translated "Shem" to mean "Name." But that is not what Shem means in Hebrew. In Hebrew, "Shem" means "Fiery Rocket Ship." In other words, the mighty men of old were the men of the fiery rocket ships!
The "Tree of Life" was a launch-pad and rocket that belonged to Enlil/Jehovah. What Enlil/Jehovah was fearful of was that "now might he (man, with his newly found knowledge) not put forth his hand and partake also of the Tree of Life, and eat, and live forever?"
And the Lord Yahweh expelled the Adam from the Garden of Eden... And He placed at the east of the Garden of Eden the Cherubim, and the Flaming Sword which revolveth, to guard the way to the TREE OF LIFE.
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Among the many historical figures who went on a search for the Tree of Life, Gilgamesh was the first. Of course, by this time The Tree of Life had taken on "other" meanings -- added meanings.
The Tree of Life had taken on the meaning of "The Elixir of Life," the "Fountain of Youth," a means by which a person could live forever. But, in Gilgamesh's day, the "gods" were still in
charge -- the "gods" were still in the area that was considered off-limits to humans. But Gilgamesh was not only "human," he was two-thirds divine, since his mother was a goddess herself. Gilgamesh (a king in his own right) did not want to live the comparatively short life, allotted to mere men -- not by a long shot! Gilgamesh would settle for nothing less than eternal
life.
So, he set out, with his trusted servant (and friend), Enkidu, a rugged mountain man. The tale, or, Epic of Gilgamesh, is one of excitement, danger, and intrigue, if one were to take the time to
actually read it. It tells of Gilgamesh's travels, through predetermined terrain -- his mother helped him procure a map to his final destination. I'll pick up on this fabulous "tale" later in my narrative, suffice to say, even the later Egyptian Pharaohs traced this same "path" to the "after-life" -- to the Eternal Life that Gilgamesh was seeking at a specific place. This place was called, Til-mun, and I shall also return to this part of my narrative, later on.
But first, I want to go back and speak about "longevity." I said earlier I would compare the life-spans of the "gods" who came from Nibiru/Marduk, and mere mortals, who were "genetically created" right here on planet Earth.
Every biological creature, it seems, has an inborn biological clock. It would appear we all know when to "age," and we all know when to "die." From the lowly fruit fly to a mouse, to an elephant, to man himself, it appears there is a predestined allotment of years to fulfill before we shed our "Earthly" bodies. It would seem that even the unseen atom, as well as the total universe, has an appointed "life-span."
The life-span for humans seems to be tied to the number of revolutions our Earth makes around our central star. Many of our biological functions seem to be governed by the phases of the
moon, as well as the proximity and functions of our Sun. We even "tell" time by the twenty-four hour rotation of Earth around its axis, and its three hundred sixty five and a quarter day journey around our Sun. Is it possible that these rotations and journeys around our Sun actually govern our biological life-spans? The ancients thought so.
But what about the planet Marduk? Would the same "rules" of longevity apply to a planet that takes thirty-six hundred years to make one orbit around our Sun? Again, the ancients thought so.
Do you remember the statement, "One day, to the Lord, is as a thousand days to mere mortals?" Remember, also, I mentioned that the Anunnaki lived phenomenal life- spans -- at least a half of
million of our Earth years each, and this is one of the major reasons that scholars declared those ancient writings "must" be considered as myth! Well, take a look at what many of today's
scientists are saying: "The "aging" process is a disease, and is NOT necessary!" "There in no reason man cannot live indefinitely, if we but knew how to cure the disease of "aging!" It is the
contention of Zecharia Sitchin that it is for the same reason the Anunnaki lived phenomenal life-spans -- they too had biological clocks, but they were "set" to the orbits of their own planet,
Marduk! It was when "the sons" of the gods took human wives that the biological clocks of their offspring were drastically "altered." The number "120 shars" had two distinct meanings, to the original authors of the "holy scriptures."
The first meaning was that the Anunnaki themselves were beginning to have a limited life-span, due to their prolonged stay on planet Earth. Since a "shar" represents one complete orbit of Marduk, around our Sun (and one orbit took thirty-six hundred of our Earth-years). We know that one hundred and twenty "shars" had been completed, from the time the Anunnaki first set foot on Earth, and it was one hundred thirty-two thousand years (120 X 3600) that each of the "gods" had already lived! The other meaning, for the statement, "One hundred twenty years," was that, through the cross-breeding, with the sons of the gods themselves, the humans' life-spans (the half-human patriarchs lived thousands of Earth years) would be reduced to "one hundred twenty years!" We, today, are reaching for that 120 year "promise," that the "gods" spoke of, on that day so long ago, before the great flood! Will we, too, surpass, as the gods have, that one hundred and twenty years? Will we, one day, again live thousands of years each? Will we, one day, find the Fountain of Youth -- the Elixir of Life, the negation of death, just as Gilgamesh tried to do, in his search for Til-mun, the Land of the Gods?
