Til-mun: The Restricted Area
Many scholars, down through history, have known about a place called Til-mun. Many have speculated, given the evidence found in the ancient writings, as to where this "Place of the Olden
Gods, this Restricted (holy) Area, might be. Naturally, many scholars, in the past, considered Til-mun to be a mythical place, just as the Place of the After- Life of the Pharaohs must be
mythical. After all, most people thought those ancient writings must be nothing but "fabulous" figments of imagination, for religious or political consumption. But then, there have always been those scholars who thought, "Maybe, just maybe, there's some basis in fact for these fantastic stories." (Is it not odd that the more we learn about our ancient past, the less mythical it
becomes? Think of what we might know to be true, if the library at Alexandria hadn't been destroyed -- about all of the ancient civilizations that were considered myth - - mere "stories" to
entertain (instruct?) the minds of the peasants of yesteryear!)
If one were to trace the route of Alexander, as he began his conquest of the known world, it would be apparent that he was closest to the olden "Restricted Area," at the very beginning of his march! Isn't it ironic, that the thing we desire most in life turns out to be that which is closest to us, both in time and in space! Almost as if we had "missed" something, in our haste to "conquer" our own world.
After exploring all of the theories put forth by very intelligent scholars, Sitchin proves (tests) beyond a shadow of a doubt that Til-mun was actually in the Sinai Peninsula -- that little triangle of land that was the bridge between the middle East and the continent of Africa! Even the ancient writings made it plain where Til-mun was. It was right next to Magan: read the old text...
The lands of Magan and Tilmun looked up at me. I, Enki, moored the Tilmun-boat at the coast, Loaded the Magan-boat sky high. The Joyous boat of Meluhha transports gold and silver.
[Magan, of course, is ancient Egypt.]
And, after a simple, but convincing, argument, Sitchin goes on to test the truth of his assertions. In the words of Gilgamesh...
At the mountain of Mashu he arrived, Where by day the Shems he watched as they depart and come in... Rocket-men guard its gate... they watch over Shamash as he ascends and descends.
"That, indeed was the place whereto Ziuudra [Noah] had been taken":
In the Land of the Crossing in mountainous Tilmun -- the place where Shamash ascends -- they caused him to dwell. This was the place that Alexander was looking for, so that he also might find the Fountain of Youth -- the Elixir of Life -- Life Eternal! (BTW, Alexander was told that he, like so many other Demi-gods, also had a Divine parent. Alexander's quest was exactly the same as was Gilgamesh's.) And, this was the place where Gilgamesh ended his search -- this is where he found what he was looking for -- this is where he almost attained eternal life...and this is the place where he also lost his chance to live the fabulous life-spans of the Gods!
"And we have no more doubt that the target of the ancient Search for Immortality was a spaceport -- somewhere in the Sinai peninsula."
We shall return to this theme more extensively when we review Sitchin's third book, in his Earth Chronicles, entitled, The Wars of Gods and Men.
The remainder of "The Stairway to Heaven" deals with Egypt, the Great Pyramid, and Sitchin's convincing thesis (based on Sumerian writings) of same. I could not begin to do justice to this
portion of Sitchin's works, so I will end my "impressions" of this book, and progress to his third, "The Wars of Gods and Men" in my next segment.
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Book III "The Wars of Gods and Men"
"Long before man warred with man, the gods battled among themselves. Indeed, it was as the Wars of the Gods that the Wars of Man began. And the Wars of the Gods, for control of this Earth, had begun on their own planet. It was thus that mankind's first civilization succumbed to a nuclear holocaust.
This is fact, not fiction; it has all been written down long ago -- in the Earth Chronicles."
(The above is from the Forward of Zecharia Sitchin's book.)
Why is man such a warlike creature? Why is it so necessary to claim territorial prerogatives? Why is it that man, with the least bit of provocation, flexes his muscles, bares his teeth and
fights, to the bloody death, just so he can plant a "flag" on top of some "god" forsaken hill? Is it because he is basically an educated beast? Is it because he has had to survive the devastating elements, in his climb from infancy (erectus), against a hostile environment, to maturity (Sapiens) and, therefore, knows no other mode of behavior? Or, is it because the very "gods" who created Man, created him with their own predisposition for violence -- their own genetic imprint, that commands even the "gods" themselves to battle?
Have you ever asked yourself: why, if God created everything (out of nothing), He had to punctuate all of human endeavor with the shedding of blood? Or, are you, like so many, afraid to
question the motives of the very God who created you? I know this question verges on my very "questioning" of one's faith, and I have no right to do this terrible thing, but... how many people
secretly do "test" their own faith with this question? I, for one, did this very thing, many years ago, and for me, it was the best thing I had ever done in my life! It freed my very soul -- it freed my mind so that I might look at "life" with at least a fraction of objectivity. But, then, if "losing an eye" is the punishment for "sinning with the eye," I'll bet there are plenty of one eyed preachers in this world -- and I mean within all of the world's religions.
THE WARS OF MAN
"In the spring of 1947. a shepherd boy searching for a lost sheep in the barren cliffs overlooking the Dead Sea, discovered a cave that contained Hebrew scrolls hidden inside earthenware jars.
Those and other scrolls found in the area in subsequent years -- collectively spoken of as the Dead Sea Scrolls -- had lain undisturbed for nearly two thousand years, carefully wrapped and
hidden away during the turbulent years when Judea challenged the might of the Roman empire.
"Was this part of the official library of Jerusalem, carted away to safety before the city and its temple fell in A.D. 70, or -- as most scholars assume -- a library of the Essenes, a sect of hermits with messianic preoccupations? The opinions are divided, for the library contained both traditional biblical texts as well as writings dealing with the sect's customs, organization, and
beliefs. "One of the longest and most complete scrolls. and perhaps the most dramatic, deals with a future war, a kind of Final War. Titled by scholars The War of the Sons of Light Against the Sons of Darkness, it envisages spreading warfare -- local battles that will first involve Judea's immediate neighbors, which shall increase in ferocity and scope until the whole ancient world would be engulfed:
"The first engagement of the Sons of Light against the Sons of Darkness, that is against the army of Belial, shall be an attack upon the troops of Edom, Moab, the Ammonites and the Philistine
area; then upon that of the Kittians of Assyria; and upon those violators of the Covenant who give them aid..." And after those battles, "they shall advance upon the Kittians of Egypt" and "in
due time...against the kings of the north." "In this War of Men, the scroll prophesied, the God of Israel shall take an active role:
On the day the Kittians fall, there shall be mighty combat and carnage, in the presence of the God of Israel: For that is the day which He appointed of old for the final battle against the Sons of Darkness." Wars on other planets? Nuclear holocaust in ancient times? Gods wanting control of certain territories on planet Earth? Sons of Light and Darkness? What s this? Someone's idea of a joke? Were there ancient Sumerian comic books -- science fiction and pulp fiction writers? Is someone, in the ancient past, trying to pull our collective, modern, legs?
Not on your life! All of these things, we shall explore, as my impressions of Zecharia Sitchin's third book... "The Wars of Gods and Men," continues...
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The Earth Chronicles
Tiamat (Earth) is seeded with all of the proto-life forms of Nibiru (Marduk) when the collision of these two titans takes place, circa four billion years ago. Tiamat (Earth) is shunted into a new orbit, between Mars and Venus, and Marduk makes its
thirty-six hundred (Earth years) year orbit around its new star (our Sun). Many of the planets in our solar system are affected by the presence of its newly gained planet, Marduk. Asteroids are created by the crushed half of Tiamat/Earth (an extremely watery planet). Comets are formed by the collision of the majority of Tiamat's moons with the moons of Marduk.
Kingu (Tiamat's primary moon) becomes (remains) Earth's moon after Earth finds its new orbit between Mars and Venus.
Life evolves on Marduk (probably millions of Earth years sooner than it does so on Earth) and, time moves forward to the relative present (450,000 Earth years ago).
Intelligent life emerges on Marduk. Cvilization begins on Marduk...
Let me say a few things, at this juncture, concerning what the Sumerians were told, with reference to the civilization on Marduk: We know that a monarchy was the primary form of
government on Marduk. (I mentioned this before.) What I didn't mention was that the king who reigned, on Marduk, before Anu, was known as Alalu. The interesting thing about Alalu, is that
Anu was Alalu's Cup Bearer! Herein lies a story that I think has great significance, both to the reasons why there were wars among the "Gods" on Marduk and, on Earth, as well. Some of what
I will say now is conjecture on my part, but all of what I will say is based on the "facts" of Sumerian cosmology, as recorded in the ancient cuneiform tablets.
There is a story told, in the "records," of a god called Zu (Enzu). This "god" became Enlil's Cup Bearer on Earth. One day, as Enlil was bathing, Zu did a terrible thing. He sneaked into Enlil's private chambers and took the "Tablets of Destiny" out of their sacred (restricted) place and immediately he (Zu) had the power to dictate (in absolute terms all of the commands of
"Enlilship" to all of the "gods" on Earth! (I will not go into the detail of the story concerning Zu at this point.) What I will say, based on my understanding of Sitchin's works, is that Anu did this exact same thing with respect to the "Tablets of Destiny," on his home planet, Nibiru/Marduk, when he usurped Alalu's royal prerogatives! I believe that Enzu (Zu) was a direct offspring of Alalu, and that he was acting in his father's behalf, when he stole the "Tablets of Destiny" from Enlil! No one knows just exactly what the "Tablets of Destiny" are, however, whatever they are, they must bestow "absolute" power and authority on whomever is in possession of them. It is my contention that the struggle for power that started on Marduk, continued on Earth, among the "gods," and subsequently was infused into the very psyches of man -- and now, Mankind carries
on this senseless warfare (for the attainment of absolute power) amongst and against its own! It is my contention that this warlike desire is one of the universal archetypes, alluded to in modern psychology (race memories), that drives human beings (unconsciously) to these abominable acts against themselves. In effect, we have been given the race memories, and the violent acts that go with them, by the "gods" themselves! It is, (because of these genetically instilled memories), the primary reason that man acts in irrational ways! (The humorous statement: "The Devil made me do it," is partially correct, in my opinion; IT IS THE RACE MEMORIES OF THE WARLIKE ACTS OF THE GODS THEMSELVES that "makes" us prone to do the senseless acts of barbarism that we find ourselves doing, from time to time. In other words, we have inherited this propensity for insanity from our creators!
The "gods" come to Earth (on one of their planet's near passes) on their shuttlecraft and set up bases of operations in the middle east.
Man is "created" to carry the burden of the "gods." Man is given the gift of procreation. Man multiplies. The flood destroys most of Mankind. The "gods" and Man work together to rebuild civilization.
Kingship is given to man so that the "gods" and man will remain separate. Kings and priests shall be the intermediary between the "gods" and man. A restricted area is set up in Tilmun (somewhere in the Sinai peninsula) where the "gods" can carry on with their agenda, without the scrutiny (the prying eyes) of mere mortals.
Marduk (Enki's son) usurps authority in Babylon (Enlil's territory) and the Pyramid Wars, amongst the Gods and men, begin!
Abram (Abraham, a warrior-priest from Ur, in Sumer) is "activated" by the Enlil faction, and is sent on a special assignment: one that will culminate in a nuclear holocaust!
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"The Prophet Ezekiel had already Prophesied the Last Battle, "in the latter days," involving Gog and Magog, in which the Lord himself shall "smite thy bow out of thy left hand, and will cause
thine arrows to fall out of thine right hand." But the Dead Sea Scrolls went further, forseeing the actual participation of many gods in the battles, engaged in combat side by side with mortal men:
On that day, the Company of the Divine and the Congregation of the Mortals shall engage side by side in combat and carnage. The Sons of Light shall battle against the Sons of Darkness with
a show of godlike might, and amid uproarious tumult, amid the war cries of gods and men.
Sitchin writes about the Crusaders, Saracens, and others in historical times, who had gone to war "in the name of God."
He also speaks about the `War of Troy,' between the Achaean Greeks and the Trojans -- launched by the Greeks to force the Trojans to return Helen to her lawful spouse. But the Greek
tale, the Kypria, represented the war as a premeditated scheme by the God, Zeus!
There was a time when thousands upon thousands of men encumbered the broad bosom of the Earth. And having pity on them, Zeus in his great wisdom resolved to lighten Earth's burden So
he caused the strife at Ilion (Troy) to that end; that through death he might make a void in the race of men.
Homer, the Greek story teller, blamed the "gods" for instigating the war. It was the "Gods" who acted directly and indirectly, sometimes seen and sometimes unseen, prodding the main
participants (men) to their fates. And behind it all was Jove (Jupiter/Zeus).
"So long as the gods held themselves aloof from the mortal warriors," wrote Homer, "the Achaeans were triumphant, for Achilles who has long refused to fight was now with them." But
in view of the mounting anger among the gods, and the help the Achaeans were now getting from the demigod Achilles, Jove changed his mind:
"For my own part, I shall stay here, seated on Mount Olympus, and look on in peace. But you others, do go among the Trojans and Achaeans, and help either side as you might be disposed."
Thus spoke Jove, and gave the word for war; Whereon the gods took their several sides and went into battle.
The Battle of Troy was thought to be nothing but a fabulous legend -- a Greek myth -- until a man named Charles McLaren suggested, in 1822, that a certain mountain in eastern Turkey,
called Hissarlik, was the site of the Homeric Troy. A businessman named Heinrich Schliemann came up with spectacular discoveries as he dug up the mound in 1870, and scholars began to acknowledge it as the existence of Troy. It is now accepted that the Battle of Troy had actually taken place in the thirteenth century B.C. It was then, according to the Greek sources, that gods and men had fought side by side; in such beliefs the Greeks were not alone! For, so too, in earlier times -- it was for the pleasure of the gods that men bled and died in those holy wars!
If all this is so, one might ask, then why isn't it in our history books? In a sense, it is! Think, for a moment -- if you were a "god," with phenomenal longevity, and you were in control
of how history would be written, would you not record "certain things" as purely "myth?" Would you not "protect" certain knowledge -- knowledge that would prove detrimental to a Great
Agenda if it were to be propagated to the general public, as actual history?
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Questions:
Where do I come from? What am I doing here? Why do I exist? Where do my ideas come from? Why does it seem as if everyone else's life is like a continuing "story," but my life is totally
unclear to me? Have you ever asked yourself, "Gee, I wonder if everyone in the world knows what's going on, but ME?" And, "I wonder if everyone is patiently waiting for me to "catch on"
to the plot -- so we can all have a big laugh and get on with what's really real in the world?" Tell the truth now, you've asked these questions, haven't you?
These, and hundreds of other questions, fill the minds of countless human beings every day of their lives. Another question many people ask is, "Why am I me and no one else in this particular time in history?"
Have you ever heard the story of the man who woke up with amnesia and discovered that he was the only human being in the whole world WITHOUT A HEAD?! In essence, everyone else (it
was plain to see) had a head -- it was also plain to see that he (himself) had no head! Yes, all he could see was his shoulders and everything down from his shoulders, but he couldn't see
his head. What was more unnerving was the fact that no one else seemed to notice that he was headless!
This seems to be the dilemma we all face, in a sense: oh sure, we look into the mirror each morning and see this half- asleep creature staring back at us, and we brush the creature's teeth
and wash the creature's face and comb the creature's hair (if the creature happens to have hair), BUT -- as soon as we turn away from the reflection of that creature, we suddenly -- inexplicably
-- become headless once more; to face the whole day interacting with people who seem to pretend that they don't notice we are headless!
Then it dawns on us! Everyone feels the same way! Everyone thinks that they are the only ones without a head! How wonderful! We finally realize we are all in the same boat! We are all the
same body -- but we are wearing different heads! Enlightenment! Samadhi! And then... the questions return... Where do I come from? What am I doing here? Why do I exist?" Endless questions... no answers... until now.
Lets start with archetypes. What are they? Where did they come from? Why do we call them archetypes? And, most importantly -- why do I have them within my psyche?
Archetypes, in their simplest forms, are memories that we all have in common. For example, we all FEAR one thing or another. Fear is an archetype. LOVE, HATE, COMPASSION, TENDERNESS etc., are things we all have in common. The main reason we cannot describe accurately what each of these archetypes are is because all of them need an object of identification in order for us to "realize" each particular archetype. That is, we fear a particular thing -- an OBJECT. We love someone -- an OBJECT. We hate, or have compassion or tenderness for someone; something; an idea; an OBJECT. But, where did the idea of FEAR (that we all have), come from? What could possibly be so traumatic, so devastating, that all people (of all time) feel it so acutely, from time to time? And I am talking about the type (archetype) of fear that precedes PANIC! And, by the way, it is my contention that if just one archetype, FEAR, is explained, then all the rest of the archetypes will be explained automatically -- all the rest of them will fall into place, within our "psyches" ( Greek word for "souls"), and we will be on our way to understanding all the rest of the questions at the beginning of this monograph.
All of us have a Great Aunt. Without exception, all of us in this world have a Great Aunt. This Great Aunt is one and the same "person" for all of us. The word "Tia," means "aunt," in the
Spanish language. The Spanish language makes extensive use of an older language -- Latin. Latin has an older language that it draws from. Ultimately, it finds its roots in the Babylonian,
back further to the Akkadian, and finally, back to the Sumerian language. And it was the Sumerian scribes who told us about a planet, in our solar system, long ago, named Tia-mat!
But, in the final analysis, who is our mother? Do we not come from the elements of the Earth? Are we not made up (each of us) of the primordial "substance" of Mother Earth? Yes, we all
have an Earthly mother -- but in a much more profound sense, we are the children of Mother Earth! Not in any religious sense -- but in a scientific sense!
Where did our Earth come from? Tthe ancient scribes wrote down the answer many thousands of years ago. The ancient scribes recorded what their masters (the gods), told them to write. And what they told them to write was: once, long ago, Tiamat (a planet, twice the size of Earth) was split in two by an invading planet from deep space. The name of that planet was Marduk. After the enormous "battle" half of Tiamat (our Mother, Earth) was pushed into a new orbit (between Venus and Mars), where we find Her today.
Can one only imagine the celestial trauma that Tiamat felt when that ancient collision took place? Can one actually comprehend the enormity of that historic event? Literally trillions and
trillions of pieces of our Great Aunt were obliterated -- decimated -- ground and pummeled into dust, into asteroids, (which, by the way, the ancients call Heaven), and then that part of our Great Aunt Tiamat (along with the noble Kingu -- our moon) which wasn't destroyed, was cast into a new orbit -- and became our Earth -- our Mother Earth!
Can one imagine the trauma --the FEAR -- the PANIC, that was created that day, so long ago in the very elements of Tiamat? But, it was the "physical elements" that were traumatized in that
battle, not human beings. How, then, can we say that the archetype we call FEAR, that we all feel, originated during that titanic battle, between two planets, so long ago?
The answer to that question is: We humans, along with every physical thing upon this planet, are made up of the elements of Earth! Herein is the key to unlocking every hidden emotion we have, in our very souls -- and, all of the other questions dissolve.
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"For, in spite of all of the efforts of Ninurta to dissuade Nergal from harming mankind, a great suffering did ensue. Though the two had not intended it, the nuclear explosion gave rise to an immense wind, a radioactive wind, which began as a whirlwind;
A storm, the Evil Wind, went around in the skies. Modern day nuclear accident? A plot for an adventure novel? A "what if" scenario in some military war-games room? No!
Causing cities to be desolated, [causing] houses to become desolate; Causing stalls to be desolate, the sheepfolds to be emptied; That Sumer's oxen no longer stand in their stalls, that its sheep no longer roam in its sheepfolds; That its rivers flow with water that is bitter, that its cultivated fields grow weeds, that its steppes grow withering plants.
Abraham was ordered, by the "god" Enlil to take a contingent of the best men he could find southwest to the Sinai peninsula, to the restricted space port and to guard it with his life, from
Marduk's saboteurs. The spaceport was at El- Paran, a fortified oasis of Nakhl, in Sinai's central plain. Marduk had already been subdued and was in exile to the north, but he was fighting mad
and needed to take control of the spaceport in the Sinai -- he who controlled the spaceport controlled the entire middle east. Abraham's mission was to keep this from happening. He succeeded in doing this.
But other things were brewing in the north east: Ninurta (first son of Enlil) and Nergal (son of Marduk, and quisling to the Enlil clan), convinced Anu and Enlil that things had escalated too much -- that drastic measures were needed to bring a semblance of control back to the area. The "Olden Weapons" were to be unleashed... weapons that had never been used before... weapons of such mass destruction that no one knew how much damage would be done. But now Ninurta and Nergal had permission to use them.
There are two things I want to emphasize before I continue with this phase of my impressions of Zecharia Sitchin's third book, The Wars of Gods and Men:
There is a physical anomaly in the central plains area of the Sinai peninsula -- something that is out of place -- something that does not belong there. There are literally millions upon millions of its and pieces of blackened rock, strewn as if by a giant hand, over the whole area! Black is not a natural hue in the Sinai peninsula, "where the whiteness of the limestone and the redness of the sandstone combine to dazzle the eye with hues ranging from bright yellow to light gray and dark brown but nowhere the black which comes in nature from basalt stones." There is no explanation for this, unless one reads the verses of the ancient texts, and accepts the conclusion that in the days of Abraham, Nergal and Ninurta wiped out the Spaceport that was there, with nuclear weapons. "That which was raised towards Anu to launch they caused to wither, its face they made fade away, its place they made desolate."
The second thing I want to emphasize deals with the Dead Sea (The Salt Sea). If one were to look at a map of that area, one would see another anomaly -- something that just doesn't look
right. The Dead sea appears to be separated by a narrow "tongue," right about where El Lisan meets the shoreline. Then below, to the south, it widens out and again looks like a normal
body of water. It is the contention of Zecharia Sitchin that this "secondary" body of water was not part of the Dead Sea before something awesome happened that literally created that "second" body of water!
Listen to the olden text...
On the Land [Sumer] fell a calamity, one unknown to man: One that had never been seen before, one that could not be withstood.
The death was not by the hand of the enemy; it was an unseen death, "which roams the street, is let loose in the road; it stands beside a man -- yet none can see it; when it enters a house, its appearance is unknown." There was no defense against this "evil which has assailed the land like a ghost: The highest wall, the thickest walls, it passes as a flood; no door can shut it out, no bolt can turn it back; through the door like a snake it glides, through the hinge like a wind it blows in. "Those who hid behind doors were felled inside; those who ran to the rooftops died on the rooftops; those who fled to the streets were stricken in the streets: "Cough and phlegm weakened the chest, the mouth was filled with spittle and foam... dumbness and daze have come upon them, an unwholesome numbness...an evil curse, a headache...their spirit abandoned their bodies." As they died, it was a most gruesome death:
The people, terrified, could hardly breathe; the Evil Wind clutched them, does not grant them another day... Mouths were drenched in blood... heads wallowed in blood... The face was made
pale by the Evil Wind.