Twilight of the Gods: The Mayan Calendar and the Return of the Extraterrestrials (24 page)

The text was translated from the Sanskrit into English in 1888. Nobody back then could have had a clue about intergalactic motherships (that is, cities in the firmament). And anyone who comes up with the objection that "heavenly cities" could simply have been just holy places on Earth will be forced to capitulate in the face of the concrete statement about three cities in the firmament. What's more, the destruction of cities "in the firmament" clearly rules out any holy place on Earth. The core of this tale-battles in heaven, wars between the gods-is the decisive factor that leaves the psychologically motivated idea of heaven as represented by the researchers of the old school looking somewhat farcical. Also, the often-repeated objection that mankind has simply always had the need for a "savior" or some other similar "heavenly figure" just doesn't wash in the face of the sheer quantity of documented cases. The messages speak for themselves.

Of course, the Hindus also have their own belief in a second coming: They believe that Vishnu will be born again as Krishna to save the world.

lder Than Buddha

The precursor of Buddhism is the religion of the Jaina, known as Jainism. According to their teachings, the current age is simply one of many (like the Maya and others). Once, they say, socalled Tirthamkaras descended from heaven. The first of these was Rishabha, and he visited our planet an incredible 8,400,000 years ago.32 You would expect teachers such as this arriving from outer space to have certain astronomical and astrophysical knowledge. Unsurprisingly perhaps, the Jaina know astronomical data that we do not understand. Their teachings say that dimensions of the universe can be measured. The unit of measurement for this is the Rajju. That is the distance that the gods cover in six months when they travel at a speed of 2,057,152 yojanas every samay (blink of an eye). We have a similar unit of measurement: What, after all, is a light year? It's roughly six trillion miles. According to the Jaina, the entire universe is filled with life that is distributed unevenly around the cosmos. In Jaina thinking, primitive life and plants can be found on all planets that are not too hot or not too cold, but only certain planets can sustain "beings with voluntary movements."33

And what about second comings? This is where it really gets good. In a divine realm known as Kalpas there are said to be magnificent flying palaces the size of whole cities. These heavenly residences were built like apartment blocks, one floor over the next, so that the "Vimanas" (the heavenly flying machines) would be able to fly out in any direction. Every time a new age begins and a new Tirthamkaras is born, a bell rings out in the main palace of the heavenly realm. It is so arranged that this bell triggers bells in all the other 3,199,999 heavenly palaces. Then the gods gather, partially from the love of the Tirthamkaras and partially out of curiosity. Those who so desire visit our solar system in a mighty flying palace. And a new age dawns on Earth.

'he Same Numbers, but Where Did They Come From?

The Buddhists believe that sometime in the future, the exalted Metteyya (also called Maitreya) will appear on Earth, the perfect Buddha. The Buddhists think in terms of absolutely unbelievable numbers-their so-called "yugas." What is most amazing with these is their consistency with completely separate sources. The number 4,320,000 of the maha yuga (the great age) is identical with to of the third antediluvian king En-men-lu-ana. He ruled for 12 sars (a sar is a period of 3,600 years, and 12 x 3,600 = 43,200). You can read this on the Sumerian King List "WB-444" (which is kept today in the British Museum in London). So how does this fit together?

Or let's take the number 288,000 of the deva yugas. This corresponds to the number of the sixth ancient king, known as En-sipad-zid-ana. He managed to rule for eight sars. (That adds up to 28,800 years.) The numbers are the same, give or take the odd zero. In Greece you can find allusions to a so-called "world age" in the works of the poet Heraclitus. He set this number at 10,800,000 years. The same number corresponds to the second period of the Sumerian kings, namely 30 sars, or 108,000 years.

This playing around with numbers just goes to show that there is some kind of common denominator running through everything. At some time, back in the mists of time, there must have been something like a standardized source; otherwise all these relationships don't make sense. This common origin must lie way, way back in the dim and distant past. If it were otherwise, the history books would have some mention of it.

In all my contemplation of second comings, the science of psychology doesn't provide me with any clues. There is no basic pattern from out of the psychological pigeonhole that explains these identical numbers or identical attributes-smoke, fire, quaking, noise-described during the descent of the gods, or the artificial inseminations described in the ancient texts. Just for comparison: Catholic Christians believe that Jesus was the result of an immaculate conception. However, the idea of immaculate conceptions is millennia older. Countless major gods and god-kings from ancient times are said to have been conceived immaculately. A lot of this may have been simply self-aggrandizement or narcissism on the part of the royal dynasties. After all, no leader wanted to be seen as anything less than any of his predecessors. The origin of this belief, though, is based on actual events. The gods (= ETs) did carry out artificial inseminations. Even the origin of the Egyptian royal dynasty can be traced back to the gods. The ancient historians-those who actually worked thousands of years ago-wrote, without exception, of a race of gods that provided the seed of the first kings. Mankind did not know much about astronomy until they learned it from the gods; as was also the case with the arts of toolmaking and working the soil. Even language and writing systems came courtesy of these helpful heavenly beings: "They were namely the ones who first structured comprehensible language and gave many things names that previously had had none...."34

Today's science ignores these reports. They are not seen as helpful; there are too many of them. In the apocrypha, too, there is talk of "heavenly teachers," although here they are referred to as "fallen angels."35 In the Jewish traditions there are no end of "chosen ones" whose seed was not of earthly origin. It's something that most people would rather sweep under the carpet; they prefer not to dirty their fingers with such concepts. And suddenly Erich von Daniken is associated with idiotic racists, as if the "heavenly seed" were my idea and I had made up the "chosen ones" myself. To make it clear for those who still haven't understood: This entire way of thinking is not the product of my imagination. It comes straight out of those very books that for many people are the holiest of all writings.

oah, a Child of the ETs

Consequently, Noah, the survivor of the Flood, was not just anybody. Admittedly, his earthly father is given as "Lamech," but Lamech never fathered his son. You can read about this in the Lamech Scroll-one of the famous Dead Sea Scrolls.36 It tells how Lamech returned home one day from a long journey of several months. Upon entering his tent, he found a young boy who did not seem to be of his family. He had different eyes, a different hair color, and even a different skin color. Furious, Lamech confronted his wife, but she swore by all that is holy to her that she had not been unfaithful, neither with a soldier nor with one of the sons of God. Worried, Lamech set off to ask his father for advice. This worthy one was none other than Methuselah himself. He, too, was unable to help and turned to his own father for help, namely Lamech's grandfather. This was Enoch-the seventh antediluvian prophet. Enoch said to his son Methuselah that he should tell Lamech to accept this strange child as if it were his own. The "heavenly beings" had laid their seed in the lap of his wife without sexually abusing her. This young cuckoo was destined to become the progenitor of a new race after the Flood. Lamech was to call the lad Noah. And he did.

What does this delightful story have to do with the return of the gods? This episode shows that Enoch-Lamech's grandfather!already knew about the coming flood catastrophe. In other words, the Flood was no natural catastrophe, it was planned. And the "Most High" (the starship captain) who had had Enoch "kidnapped" told him this personally." Who arranged the artificial insemination of Lamech's wife? The same space travelers who also instructed Enoch in several branches of science and carried him away from the Earth in a "fiery chariot." Enoch is another one who, after a long absence, is expected to "return to the Earth.""

esar Came From the Heavens, Too

In his flawlessly documented book on ancient Tibet, Willi Gromlin proves that the original Tibetan kings were extraterrestrial in origin." Gesar was one such: He possessed a flying machine that mightily impressed his people and even brought an alien object with him down to Earth: the "dorje." It was a kind of multipurpose weapon. Models of it can be seen in Tibetan temples. These aliens also brought indecipherable writings with them from the skies. Some of these remain hidden in a cave "for the future generations who are capable of understanding them.""' The original kings of Tibet came from outer space. Some of them returned there later-with the promise that they would return sometime in the distant future. What else?