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Problem viewing email? [Click here to view it online]. [Ancient Origins] [Judaism's strange gods] Dyatlov Pass Keeps Its Secret [Dyatlov Pass Keeps Its Secret] In the winter of 1959, nine hikers vanished under eerie circumstances on the slopes of the Northern Ural Mountains in Russia. A month later their corpses were found, maimed and broken by eldritch forces. This incident has provoked wild speculation among even the most skeptical crowds, stimulated discussion among every conspiracy theorist in Russia, and haunted the imagination of many a hiker for half a century. Recently, the mystery of so-called "Dyatlov Pass" has undergone a renaissance of interest and has gained international publicity and coverage in the news, Hollywood, and literature.... [Read more] Human Devolution: A Vedic Alternative to Darwin's Theory [Human Devolution: A Vedic Alternative to Darwin's Theory] Human Devolution is Michael A. Cremo’s definitive answer to that question: “We did not evolve up from matter; instead we devolved, or came down, from the realm of pure consciousness, spirit.” Basing his response on modern science and the world’s great wisdom traditions, including the Vedic philosophy of ancient India, Cremo proposes that before we ask the question, “Where did human beings come from?” we should first contemplate, “What is a human being?” ... ... [Read more] The Amazons: Lives and Legends of Warrior Women across the Ancient World [The Amazons: Lives and Legends of Warrior Women across the Ancient World] Amazons--fierce warrior women dwelling on the fringes of the known world--were the mythic archenemies of the ancient Greeks. Heracles and Achilles displayed their valor in duels with Amazon queens, and the Athenians reveled in their victory over a powerful Amazon army. In historical times, Cyrus of Persia, Alexander the Great, and the Roman general Pompey tangled with Amazons.... [Read more] [Ancient Origins Premium] USE COUPON: BLACK40FRIDAY Lost Enlightenment: Central Asia's Golden Age from the Arab Conquest to Tamerlane [Lost Enlightenment: Central Asia's Golden Age from the Arab Conquest to Tamerlane] In this sweeping and richly illustrated history, S. Frederick Starr tells the fascinating but largely unknown story of Central Asia's medieval enlightenment through the eventful lives and astonishing accomplishments of its greatest minds--remarkable figures who built a bridge to the modern world. Because nearly all of these figures wrote in Arabic, they were long assumed to have been Arabs. In fact, they were from Central Asia--drawn from the Persianate and Turkic peoples of a region that today extends from Kazakhstan southward through Afghanistan, and from the easternmost province of Iran through Xinjiang, China. ... [Read more] The Dead Saints Chronicles: A Zen Journey Through the Christian Afterlife [The Dead Saints Chronicles: A Zen Journey Through the Christian Afterlife] Discover the truth about dying, death, and the afterlife—and how it all relates to the here and now. From childhood, David Solomon has always been fascinated by near-death experiences (NDEs)—and The Dead Saints Chronicles is the culmination of a lifetime’s worth of study and research. After sifting through 5,000 recorded NDEs, Solomon has drawn fascinating conclusions about salvation, death, sin, heaven, hell, and immortality. The overriding thesis emerging from Solomon’s riveting “Zen journey through the Christian afterlife” is that “heaven” (an exalted and divine state of Consciousness) is “real.” Those who have died (physically or mystically) and returned to Earth, he concludes, are free from the fear of death and have often found a renewed faith in God. Their descriptions of “the other side” and the nature of Jesus, however, challenge common interpretations of the Bible ... ... [Read more] The Hidden History of the Human Race [The Hidden History of the Human Race] Hidden History is a detective novel as much as a scholarly tour de force. But the murder is not the butler. Neither is the victim a rich old man with many heirs. The victim is man himself, and the role of the assassin is played by numerous scientists." Dr. Michael Rothstein, Politiken Newspaper, Denmark ... [Read more] The Love of Destiny: the Sacred and the Profane in Germanic Polytheism [The Love of Destiny: the Sacred and the Profane in Germanic Polytheism] We’re all familiar with the pop culture depictions of Norse mythology that are shallow and trite at best, and often downright misleading. They owe far more to puerile fantasies of being a macho superhero than they do to the ways in which the pre-Christian peoples of northern Europe actually thought of themselves and their spirituality. Even many of the attempts to revive the practice of heathen spirituality in the modern world suffer from similar shortcomings; many of these attempted reconstructions have unfortunately only reconstructed the most superficial elements of this ancient tradition, grafted them onto an essentially Christian way of perceiving and experiencing the world, and missed the bigger picture .... [Read more] Last week top picks [Mysterious Messages: a History of Codes and Ciphers] History?s amazing secrets and codes?and how to crack them yourself ... [Read more] [Spies Sadists and Sorcerers] They are the richest family in America that nobody has ever heard of ... [Read more] [Lost at Sea: The Truth Behind Eight of History's Most Mysterious Ship Disasters] Lost at Sea features the incredible stories of eight ships and their passengers ... [Read more] You Might Like [Learn more about RevenueStripe...] [www.Ancient-Origins.net] [Facebook] [Twitter] [Google Plus] [Linkedin] Copyright [©] 2016 [Ancient Origins]- [Stella Novus Limited], All rights reserved. You are receiving this email because you have subscribed to our newsletter list. If you do not wish to receive our newsletter emails in the future, please [unsubscribe] here.