Let me also say that I have read all of Sitchin's books and found most, the first 3 or 4 at least, to be fascinating. I anxiously awaited this Enki book, because it was billed as a narrative that would fill in a lot of the gaps and answer a lot of my questions. It failed. It is written in a poetic style that is tedious and irritating; the reverse sentence structure in particular (think Yoda).
Rather than give any depth, insight, or fill in the gaps, it glosses over things as if they are a given. The ME for example. Mainly it just puts the story and information we already know from Sitchin's previous books in another format.
Rather than rehash all of his existing theories and information, I would hope that Sitchin would move on to explore other areas or at least uncover new info on his existing subjects. He could look into the manifestations of God in the Koran or Christian sacred texts, for example.
Something a lot of the reviewers/readers seem to be confused about: this is a hypothetical story; Sitchins idea of how it might have happened. Hello! The book makes that clear in the introduction. This is the Anunnaki story written AS IF it were translated from ancient Sumerian tablets, not translated from actual ancient Sumerian tablets.
One thing that I have always wondered about and that I hoped this book would adequately address is how Nibiru survives a long eliptical orbit around the sun. This books seems to explain it away by saying that Nibiru has a dense atmosphere which protects it from the variations in solar intensity that such an orbit would cause. We know that even the change of of a fraction of a degree can have major effects on the earth's climate. It is hard to believe that life could survive on Nibiru as it is defined. There may be some good explanation for this, but I have yet to read one. 339 5000 years old triple X Sumerian porn*, much better than bible's genocide and killings :-D
* Pseudoarchaeology, actually. 339 Several years ago I read a book called The Twelfth Planet by Zecharia Sitchin. I found it to be enjoyable, interesting, stimulating to read, the most convincing one I have read on what has become known as the Ancient Astronaut Theory. In his book, Zecharia Sitchin attempted to prove the theory was true, not through his study of ancient architecture, but that of ancient Sumerian texts, etched on stone tablets. The description of a god in his eagle winged helmet, landing on the top of a ziggurat in his wheel, particularly moved me. The Ancient Astronaut Theory will not go away, it seems. There are now many books on the subject. It cannot be proved right or wrong, it seems to me. It wakens my sense of wonder, and I find it refreshing. The Twelfth Planet, and my interest in mythology, led me to read Gilgamesh and other Sumerian mythological works. I thought it would be good to read another book by Zecharia Sitchin, so now I have just finished reading his book, The Lost Book of Enki : Memoirs of an Extraterrestrial God. I like myths and poetry, ancient and modern, which made the book enjoyable to read for me, for it is one long poem about Enki and other visitors to Earth from the planet, Nibiru.
The poem contains the Sumerian versions of the creation of humans on Earth, the garden of Eden, Cain and Abel, the Tower of Babel and Noah and the Flood, which I found interesting. In the Sumerian version of the Flood, the ark is not a boat to sail on the surface of the waters, but a submarine, built to survive a voyage under water, a stimulating idea indeed. I was moved by the poetry in the mention of the Place of the Celestial Chariots, in the description of the first landing on and exploration of Earth, and later, the Moon, by visitors from Nibiru. Yes, it was the poetry of the book I liked, and its world of myth. It made me think of the tales in the Book of Genesis in the Old Testament, from Eden to the Tower of Babel, in a new way, which is a good thing. Anyone interested in myths and poetry would enjoy reading this book, even if the Ancient Astronaut Theory is something they utterly reject. 339 This book is weird. The whole thing is written like Yoda speaks, super hard to follow. 339 A History of our existence and inherent problems.
This is a must read for anyone who truly wants to the know the genesis of our existence, downfall and inherent problems humanity faces to this modern age. 339
This book is based on the perspectives of the Anunnaki. What motives propelled them to settle on Earth and what drove them from their new home? Through meticulous research of every available primary source, Sitchin has re-created the memoirs of Enki, the leader of these ancient astronauts. An epic tale of gods and men unfolds that challenges every assumption we hold about our ancient history, our culture, and our future. The Lost Book of Enki: Memoirs and Prophecies of an Extraterrestrial god
Zachariah Sitchins books are detailed with actual translations of Ancient Cuniform (clay tablet) writings. They are Sumerian Writings , the language which brought about Aramaic, which in turn brought about Hebrew and Arabic. He is an Archeologist, and ancient script interpreter/translator. He delves into ancient texts, and clay tablet writtings, religious scriptures, artifacts, and drawings & visits museums, and sights of actual historical significance mentioned in various world scriptures, to get an up-close, hands on grasp of what happened. His books are filled with historical facts, with awesome translations, actual pictures of the cuniforms themselves, many of which are pictorial in nature (they appear in his books). Each of the books is a veritable treasure-house of knowledge, of scientific breakthroughs into understanding what has happened in ancient civilizations, regarding gods (alien races), and their meaning present in our scriptures today. 339 This is a flawed work, but even so it happens to be one of the most accessible complete translations of the Sumerian mythos from the creation tale all the way through Gilgamesh. For that, I can easily give it a 5 star. It's very readable, which is something of an amazing thing, considering most of the academic articles or having to rely on google for the information.
This being said, however, a lot of the legends seem to missing out on all the alternative tellings, some of which are frankly enormously different, and it makes me seriously wonder whether a lot of the legends of Damuzid and Inanna were cribbed from Ishtar or whether it was the translations from Akkadian rather than Sumerian. I'm not a deep scholar, but I've been interested in this for quite some time and I was able to pick out something like over 20 major (not minor) differences.
And then there's also the OTHER side of this book, which rankles my insistence on scholarship, but completely delights my creative side.
ALIENS. I mean, come on. The author IS correct that this whole field reads like some amazing science-fiction epic. The fact that it actually holds together very well across the entire legend, including the colonizations of many of the planets in the solar system, the destruction of at least one, the seeding of our world with hybrid genetics between themselves and the natives, creating humanity... well, all of it is pretty sweet. :)
Too out there? Not really. It's just an interpretation based on a *mostly* real translation, a lot of which is extremely suspicious to begin with. The earth got its name from the god EA who took over, getting it ready for the ingress of the gods. Dilmun, the clean and well-lit place, is described as a sterile space-ship, and all the gods have flying boats that go right into space and they have access to deep-water traveling gear. And then there's the destructive weapons that spread an evil wind that sounds just like radiation sickness. The descriptions of genetic engineering are suspiciously close to what we already know in modern days. The genetic symbol for the double helix is the same that EA, or as he is also known, Enki, used to describe the means he used to make the new people to work for the gods and how they mixed their own code into us.
This isn't precisely news to me, I've been loving this stuff for ages, but this book revels in these facts and goes beyond just the descriptions to gleefully spout, See! See!
Fascinating! I don't even have to agree with it to see just how fun this is just from a creative angle.
And yet, the other side of my brain still wishes it was structured with a bit less commentary. :) I mean, gold? Wtf do gods need with gold? I almost put it down at the very beginning for that, all by itself. But I persevered, and gladly so.
It looks like I really want to find some really good scholarship now, but aside from specialty websites, I just don't know where to look. Am I going to have to learn Sumerian? Um... more Sumerian? lol
I totally recommend this book, though, despite its faults. It's pretty clear where the author is headed and underneath it all, it's pretty damn solid on the scholarship front. Maybe not ADVANCED scholarship, but definitely a lot more than just a glancing blow. :)
339 This made me physically sick. I felt my mind expand as I went through it. It goes towards everything ever written, connecting all the great first civilizations and most meaningful markers of the story of men. I have been reading the bible for fun at the same time as Sitchin's books and they meet and translate everything in there. This book is history, religion, science. I'm only sorry I didnt discovered it sooner. 339 You can go to YouTube and listen to Josh Reeves from The Global Reality read this Book of Truths. It will trip you out. The bible does not tell you the truth. People open your EYES and MINDS. This is the TRUE HISTORY of our PLANET and HUMANITY. Yes, this was written over 5000 years ago! They even talk about the FACE on MARS! 339 I’m not sure what ancient tablets he used exactly and how much of this came out of his imagination, but it was a pretty neat read either way. This was the first book I’ve read by this author, but I guess he’s real famous and has been writing stuff like this for years. It’s all about how these aliens came to Earth thousands of years ago to get gold to fix their atmosphere. Then, they made humans to help them mine the gold. I thought it was a pretty neat book, and the theories all came together nicely. I’m going to read some more of this guy’s stuff and try to learn more about the tablets that he translated to get this info. Apparently, Sitchin has been translating writings from ancient civilizations for many years and that’s where he came up with the theories that make up his books. It sounds believable to me, but I’m a primary source kind of guy; so I’d think it was a good time to read a book that just presented the source materials themselves with commentaries about their possible meanings. Looking at the website it seems like this author has done some lectures that are on DVD about the original writings, but I’ll have to get those some other time.
I had to read this book over the course of a couple days because there are lots of funny names you have to keep track of and it seemed like it would be best to read the book quick before I forgot who was who. It was a quick read, though, and I liked the perspective and theories; made a believer out of me. Definitely worth reading if your interested in that sort of thing. I’m finishing up another book right now called The Sirius Mystery which is about the same topic; I’ll try to write some notes about it when I finish it. Another classic book on this field, for those who are interested, is a book called Chariots of the Gods. I read that near the end of last year and meant to write some notes on it, but never got around to it. I liked it, though, and would recommend it if someone was interested in learning more about these theories.
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