Magicians of the Gods

The Forgotten Wisdom of Earth's Lost Civilisation

De: Graham Hancock

Narrado por: Graham Hancock

New archaeological evidence for a pre-historic civilisation updated with two substantial new chapters brimming with recent reporting of fresh scientific advances.

Graham Hancock's multi-million best seller Fingerprints of the Gods remains an astonishing, deeply controversial, wide-ranging investigation of the mysteries of our past and the evidence for Earth's lost civilisation. Twenty years on, Hancock returns with a book filled with completely new, scientific and archaeological evidence, which has only recently come to light....

The evidence revealed in this book shows beyond reasonable doubt that an advanced civilisation that flourished during the Ice Age was destroyed in the global cataclysms between 12,800 and 11,600 years ago.

Near the end of the last Ice Age 12,800 years ago, a giant comet that had entered the solar system from deep space thousands of years earlier, broke into multiple fragments. Some of these struck the Earth causing a global cataclysm on a scale unseen since the extinction of the dinosaurs. At least eight of the fragments hit the North American ice cap, while further fragments hit the northern European ice cap.

The impacts, from comet fragments a mile wide approaching at more than 60,000 miles an hour, generated huge amounts of heat which instantly liquidised millions of square kilometres of ice, destabilising the Earth's crust and causing the global Deluge that is remembered in myths all around the world.

A second series of impacts, equally devastating, causing further cataclysmic flooding, occurred 11,600 years ago, the exact date that Plato gives for the destruction and submergence of Atlantis.

But there were survivors - known to later cultures by names such as 'the Sages', 'the Magicians', 'the Shining Ones', and 'the Mystery Teachers of Heaven'. They travelled the world in their great ships doing all in their power to keep the spark of civilisation burning. They settled at key locations - Gobekli Tepe in Turkey, Baalbek in the Lebanon, Giza in Egypt, ancient Sumer, Mexico, Peru and across the Pacific where a huge pyramid has recently been discovered in Indonesia. Everywhere they went these 'Magicians of the Gods' brought with them the memory of a time when mankind had fallen out of harmony with the universe and paid a heavy price.

A memory and a warning to the future.... For the comet that wrought such destruction between 12,800 and 11,600 years may not be done with us yet. Astronomers believe that a 20-mile wide 'dark' fragment of the original giant comet remains hidden within its debris stream and threatens the Earth. An astronomical message encoded at Gobekli Tepe and in the Sphinx and the pyramids of Egypt, warns that the 'Great Return' will occur in our time....

©2015 Graham Hancock (P)2015 Hodder & Stoughton

great book !

really great book and the fact graham narrated it made it that much better . look forward to his future work

Important new discoveries about our history

Hancock is a true journalist dedicated to researching and presenting the facts. In Magicians, he presents to us the most recent discoveries about our history in a clear and understandable format. While we wait for our education system to gain and assimilate this new knowledge it is important for us to inform ourselves of what archeologists, geologists and unbiased experts have uncovered. After the first chapter I bought this book for every important person in my life.

breathtaking

So worth a listen. Mr Hancock is a beautifully and refreshingly honest person who exemplifies what it means to be open to new ideas and think objectively. such thought provoking ideas!! Cheers!!

Bad pronunciations

The narration is excellent but pronunciations of places and peoples are so bad. Same with his previous book, Fingerprints of the Gods.

A common method for narrators is to look up unknown words and write them out phonetically so the narration flows smooth and correct. Graham clearly didn't do this and it shows. It's especially aggravating since he mentions my home town several times and it's just cringe. Very surprising considering how well traveled he is.

Freed from petty existntialism

As I’m about to embark on a world investigative journey on astrophysics, this book came at the perfect time, and it has shifted my thinking, or more like complemented and clarified my understanding of why I am on this planet, why I value the spirituality of my scientific mind, and what my focus and goals are for my journey onwards. Can’t recommend this more in an era where facebook likes, selfies and divisive public show of the cult of personality are the norm. Humbling, and thought cleansing.