Ancient Creation

Though it’s often too subtle to see, much of modern Christianity has fallen prey to the ancient Gnostic heresy which taught that the material world has no lasting spiritual value. Rediscovering the Goodness of Creation diagnoses the problem, takes us through its history, and helps us discover “the purposefulness of the material world, the goodness of the human body, and the eschatological hope of a transformed universe.”

A Complete Journey Through the Age of Greek Gods The gods were not kind. They were not distant. They were magnificent, petty, lustful, and furious, and they made the world in their own image. Greek Mythology: The Age of Gods — Reader's Edition is the complete mythological journey: from the void of Chaos to the reign of the Olympians, through the wars, the loves, the punishments, and the tragedies that defined an entire civilization's understanding of what it means to be alive. It starts in absolute darkness and ends in the age of heroes, telling the myths the way they were always meant to...

How might premodern exegesis of Genesis inform Christian debates about creation today? Imagine a table with three people in dialogue: a young-earth creationist, an old-earth creationist, and an evolutionary creationist. Into the room walks Augustine of Hippo, one of the most significant theologians in the history of the church. In what ways will his reading of Scripture and his doctrine of creation inform, deepen, and shape the conversation?

Newly Revised! The Book of Jasher: A Clear Text Edition - The Lost Book Mentioned in the Bible Experience the mysterious book referenced in Joshua and 2 Samuel—now in modern, accessible English. What if there were ancient records that filled in the gaps of Genesis and Exodus? The Book of Jasher—also known as the Book of the Upright or Sefer HaYashar—takes you beyond familiar biblical accounts with expanded narratives of the patriarchs, judges, and heroes of Israel's early history. This is one of the lost books actually mentioned in Scripture itself. This ancient text reveals: Expanded...

Contrary to popular belief, the Atrahasis Epic is not merely a flood myth. In some ways it can be called a creation myth. However, it does not concern itself with the creation of the universe or even of the earth. Rather, the created work in question is one of culture and civilization. The work ostensibly includes, but may not be limited to, modern humans. The goals of this new paraphrase are to examine the ancient story in a new light free of religious and gender biases and to integrate geological and archaeological evidence that ties the story to a specific date in real history.

This audiobook is a Christian timeline of ancient post-flood history based on Bible chronology, the early church fathers, and ancient Jewish and secular history. This can be used as a companion guide in the study of creation science. This revised edition adds the background history of nine new countries. Learn the true origins of the countries and people of France, Germany, Denmark, Sweden, Ireland, Scotland, Greece, Italy, Russia, Egypt, Israel, Iraq, Iran, China, the Arabs, the Kurds, and more.

What if the story of creation you’ve never heard is the one you’ve been missing? Hidden within the traditions of the ancient Maya lies a narrative as powerful as any epic—filled with gods who shape the world with words, heroes who descend into the underworld, and a vision of humanity unlike anything found in Western thought. The Popol Vuh is not just a myth. It is a blueprint for understanding life, death, memory, and identity. Yet for many readers, it remains difficult to approach—dense, unfamiliar, and often misunderstood. This book changes that. Inside, you’ll uncover: The ...

This volume brings together the oldest surviving sacred narratives in human history—restored, translated, and presented within a single critical edition. Drawn from the literary and theological traditions of Sumer, Akkad, Babylonia, Egypt, and Ugarit, these texts preserve the foundational mythic structures from which later religious systems emerged. Long before covenantal scripture, prophetic law, or canonical theology, these writings articulated the earliest cosmologies, divine hierarchies, and narratives of creation, order, catastrophe, and renewal. Most of the texts included here were ...

In just over a hundred years - from the death of Muhammad in 632 to the beginning of the Abbasid Caliphate in 750 - the followers of the Prophet swept across the whole of the Middle East, North Africa, and Spain. Their armies threatened states as far flung as the Franks in Western Europe and the Tang Empire in China. The conquered territory was larger than the Roman Empire at its greatest expansion, and it was claimed for the Arabs in roughly half the time.

Introducing an instant classic--master storyteller Neil Gaiman presents a dazzling version of the great Norse myths. Neil Gaiman has long been inspired by ancient mythology in creating the fantastical realms of his fiction. Now he turns his attention back to the source, presenting a bravura...

Now revised and updated--John Lennox's acclaimed method of reading and interpreting the first chapters of Genesis without discounting either science or Scripture. What did the writer of Genesis mean by "the first day?" Are the seven days in Genesis 1 a literal week or a series of time periods?...

A new translation and analysis of the gospel that records the actual words of Jesus Explores the gnostic significance of Jesus's teachings recorded in this gospel Explains the true nature of the new man whose coming Jesus envisioned Translated and interpreted by the author of the...

The oldest stories ever written. The gods who came before all other gods. The myths that built every civilization that followed. Five thousand years ago, in the world's first cities, a civilization pressed its beliefs into clay. Those tablets contained the original versions of the stories the modern world thinks it knows — the Great Flood, the creation of humanity, the descent into the underworld, the hero who could not accept death. The Sumerians told these stories first, told them without apology, and told them with a brutal honesty about the nature of gods and humans that every ...

Ready for the truth that changes everything? Imagine fighter pilots in a late-night debrief uncovering the biggest secret in human history: the "aliens" we've been chasing aren't from distant stars — they're already here. They're indigenous. They're hidden. And they've been fighting shadow wars over our planet for millennia. In Aliens Among Us: Gods at War — The Hidden Factions Behind Ancient Myths (Book 2 in the groundbreaking Aliens Among Us series), retired U.S. military pilot and international airline captain Greg Pasden — the leading authority on cryptoterrestrials — delivers ...

"Cross-Cultural Myths: Unraveling Ancient Connections" is a captivating exploration of the parallels and divergences between the creation narratives found in Genesis and Sumerian texts. This book delves into the cosmological, theological, and moral dimensions of these ancient texts, shedding light on the shared cultural heritage and interplay of ideas in the ancient Near East. Through a comparative analysis, readers will gain a deeper understanding of the cultural exchanges, historical influences, and timeless insights offered by these narratives. With its engaging approach and thought-...

The poem that invented the universe. Before Homer's heroes sailed to Troy, before Odysseus wandered the wine-dark sea, a Boeotian shepherd named Hesiod stood on Mount Helicon and received from the Muses the oldest surviving account of how everything began. The Theogony is the foundational text of Greek mythology — the poem that gave the gods their genealogy, the cosmos its architecture, and Western literature its first creation story. From the primordial abyss of Chaos to the rise of Zeus, from the castration of Uranus to the birth of Aphrodite from the foam of the sea, Hesiod's thousand-...

Some books explain ideas. This one changes how you see reality itself. The Demiurge is one of the most fascinating—and misunderstood—concepts in philosophy and religion. It begins with Plato’s vision of a rational cosmic craftsman… and transforms into a mysterious, controversial figure in Gnostic thought—a creator who may not be the highest God at all. What if the world is beautifully ordered… yet fundamentally flawed? What if the power that shaped reality is not the ultimate source of truth? This book takes you inside that question—and refuses to let you leave unchanged. ...

“Before there was light, there was Silence. And in that Silence, a Thought — dreaming itself into form.” From the visionary author Etzel Edelweiss comes The Architects of the Unreal, an esoteric scripture of cosmic genesis, fall, and remembrance — a living grimoire that bridges myth, metaphysics, and mystic revelation. Told in illuminated verse and sacred prose, this Grand Grimoire unravels the forgotten story of existence: how consciousness divided itself to know itself, how the Watchers descended through curiosity and became the architects of humanity’s dream, and how the ...

This compelling book reveals a remarkable truth: Indigenous peoples across the globe—from the Native Americans to the Māori of New Zealand, and from the Aztecs to ancient Africans—communicated in ancient German. It challenges the narrative of mainstream history, suggesting that what we've been taught is merely a facade, masking a rich and profound heritage that has been hidden from us for too long. By examining the clues woven into language and culture, here we can piece together the captivating story of our true history.

Reality is not what you were taught. It is not fixed. It is not random. And it is not independent of consciousness. Reality Hacker’s Guide: Seven Hermetic Principles is a modern transmission of ancient Hermetic knowledge—revealing the hidden laws that govern mind, matter, vibration, causality, and experience itself. Long before modern physics questioned the nature of reality, Hermetic initiates understood a radical truth: The universe is mental. Consciousness is primary. Reality responds to mind. This book is not religion. It is not speculative philosophy. It is a practical guide to ...