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Graham Hancock – FINGERPRINTS OF THE GODS

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The civilizers

If we could find a way of saying WE LIVED IN THE AGE OF PISCES, and could
specify the altitude above the horizon of certain identifiable stars in our
own epoch (say, the prominent belt stars of the Orion constellation), we
would be able to signal our dates to future generations with greater
precision. Alternatively we could do as the builders of the Giza pyramids
appear to have done and lay out our monuments in a pattern on the
ground reflecting exactly the pattern of the stars in the sky in our time.
There would be several other options and combinations of options open
to us, depending on our circumstances, on the level of technology
available to us, on the extent of the early warning we were given, and on
which chronological facts we wanted to transmit.
Suppose, for example, that there was not time to make proper
preparations prior to the catastrophe. Suppose that the disaster, like ‘the
Day of the Lord’ in 2 Peter 3, crept up on us unseen ‘as a thief in the
night?’ What prospects might humanity be faced with?
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Whether as the result of an asteroid strike or an earth-crust
displacement or some other cosmic or geological cause, let us assume:
1 massive devastation all around the world;

2 the survival of only relatively small numbers of people, the majority of
whom rapidly revert to barbarism;

3 the presence, among this remnant, of a minority of well-organized
visionaries—including master-builders, scientists, engineers,
cartographers, mathematicians, medical doctors and the like—who
dedicate themselves to salvaging what they can and finding ways to
transmit the knowledge to the future for the benefit of those who
might eventually understand it.

Let us call these hypothetical visionaries ‘the civilisers’. As they banded
together—at first to survive, later to teach and to share ideas—they might
take on something of the manner and belief systems of a religious cult,
developing a clear sense of mission and of shared identity. No doubt they
would make use of powerful and easily recognizable symbols to
strengthen and express this sense of common purpose: the men might
wear distinctive beards, for example, or shave their heads, and certain
archetypal imagery like the cross and the serpent and the dog might be
used to link the members of the cult together as they set out on their
civilizing missions to relight the lamps of knowledge around the world.

21 2 Peter 3:10.

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