| Title | : | The Stairway to Heaven (The Earth Chronicles, #2) |
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| ISBN | : | 0380633396 |
| ISBN-10 | : | 9780380633395 |
| Language | : | English |
| Format Type | : | Paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 336 |
| Publication | : | First published January 1, 1980 |
After years of painstaking research -- combining recent archaeological discoveries with ancient texts and artifacts -- noted scholar Zecharia Sitchin has identified the legendary Land of the Gods...and provided astounding new revelations about the Great Pyramids, the Sphinx, and other mysterious monuments whose true meanings and purposes have been lost for eons.
The Stairway to Heaven (The Earth Chronicles, #2) Reviews
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"The Stairway to Heaven" is Zecharia Sitchin's follow-up to "The Twelfth Planet." Though a few chapters are difficult to read through, mostly because they are packed with data and facts rather than eloquent storytelling, this book is just as illuminating as its predecessor. Having previously established the main idea of an extraterrestrial species cultivating human society and technology on Earth, Sitchin is free to delve into specifics such as the origin of the Egyptian pyramids and their purpose in ancient times. Chalk full of depictions of Egyptian hieroglyphics, this book compares ancient Egypt's own historical claims with those of its Sumerian counterparts in an enlightening fashion. Prepare your mind for an inevitable stretch of imagination because no preconditioning can prepare you for the ride Sitchin wants to bring you along on. Definitely a "should" read.
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I rarely stop reading a book half-way through, but this is exactly what I have done with The Stairway to Heaven. This book is almost impossible to read, as the author grabs everything he can think of to support his thesis. This makes The Stairway to Heaven well nigh impossible to follow.
Here is an apt summation of how the book reads:
There was an inscription with a man walking, and floating in the sky was a circular object. Therefore it is incontrovertible that beings from another planet and visited the ancients...
..the staff that Moses had wasn't actually a staff, as it had light emitting from it. Therefore, it is impossible to ignore the fact that Moses had a teleportation device ...
...There is a reference to a mountain big and tall. Thus it is impossible to ignore this reference to a space ship .
You get the picture. The stretches of imagination to "prove" his theories aren't that bad, and could be pretty interesting if you read it as Science Fiction. Unfortunately the prose is so boring it will cause the strongest of individuals to weep like little girls to "please make the bad man stop." -
The quest for immortality has a place in the myths and legends in nearly all the cultures of the world, is this a natural human longing or is it the result of the “gods” living among men for millennia? Zecharia Sitchin looks to answer the question through Sumerian, Egyptian, Biblical, and extra-Biblical texts and Middle Eastern stories and legends from Gilgamesh to Alexander the Great in his book The Stairway to Heaven.
The search for Paradise where the Tree of Life—or the Fountain of Youth or any other means to bring eternal youth or life—across cultures begins Sitchin’s second book in his Earth Chronicles series. Then he turns to those who claimed immortal ancestors which lead to recounting the tale of Gilgamesh and the afterlife journey of the Pharaohs to their ancestor Ra. All this builds to why all these tales are similar in their descriptions of locations to find the place where immortality can be found, the answer Sitchin proposes is the post-Deluge location for the Annunaki spaceport on the central plain of the Sinai Peninsula. In setting out his theory, Sitchin details the monumental architecture around Egypt and the Levant that not even modern equipment can create and how archaeologists have misidentified through mistakes, or maybe outright fraud, on who built them amongst ancient human cultures when in fact they were built by the astronauts from Nibiru for their rocketships.
Following the post-Deluge founding of civilization at the end of The 12th Planet, Sitchin focused on how the Annunaki rebuilt their spacefaring abilities after the destruction of their Mission Control and Spaceport in Mesopotamia. To do this he highlights the near universal search for immortality by humans and how it alluded to the new Spaceport in the Sinai that lead to the “realm of the Gods”. Yet in doing this Sitchin reiterated the same thing over and over again for a good third of the book, bogging down the overall text and could have been condensed down but would have made this 308 page book much shorter. But Sitchin’s argument that the mathematical relationship between numerous ancient cities, monumental architecture, and high mountains across the Middle East as well as stretching towards Delphi in Greece towards the end is the most intriguing for any reader, even if you are skeptical on Sitchin’s theories.
The Stairway to Heaven is not as well written as its precursor or its successor—if my memory is correct—as Sitchin needed a transition book and needed to fill it out. While not as “good” as The 12th Planet, this book gives the reader information important in following up the previous book and “setting” the stage for The Wars of Gods and Men. -
Great read for a person with an open mind, very mythic and imaginative theories.
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Didnt keep me as interested as the 1st book did.
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The quest for immortality is a quest that has dominated the mid of man since time immemorial. Ponce De Leon searched in vain for it. He heard legend of it from the local natives. His search covered almost all of the islands and even part of Florida but he never found it.
In the Koran there is legend of Moses meeting a servant and being told to follow an underground river so as to meet his spirit guide. He is is given a dead fish and is told that when the fish jumps to life he is to follow that fish into the river. Of course the fish come to life but they miss it before they are aware that it jumps into the river.
Alexander had a similar quest but he himself ended up there only to be turned back by two men in feathered suits eerily reminiscent of Seraphim who guard the entrance to the Garden of Eden. Alexander was the famous Macedonian conqueror. As he was about to conquer Persia which at that time was seen as a pressing matter, Alexander chose to Conquer Egypt and then go further south. Legend has it that the Oasis of Siwa was of some importance to him. It was there that he met Queen Candace and she showed him through the tunnels to a place where Enoch was and a couple of other people were hanging out. These were the Gods. This was Alexanders ticket to immortality. Something only granted by the Gods called Annunaki in Sumerian and Nephilim in Hebrew.
Enoch was a pretty important guy in the over all scheme of things. He was taken alive to heaven and turned into Metatron. Before he died he was given an advance tour of the after life. Enoch had to travel through a treacherous desert land. First he was taken through a series of tunnels until he finally arrived at a Mountain. The Mountain took him up to the heavens. In the heaven he was taken to the throne of God. The process of going there is almost the same as what the Egyptians had to go through to get to their after life.
There are a few differences however. Like in the Greek Myths the Pharoah had to cross a lake and pay a ferryman to take him to the other side. Once there he traveled a desert land that was filled with peril. Then he went through a tunnel system on a barge and was escorted by being dressed in feathers who looked a lot like Seraphim. Finally he was taken to the mountain which lead him into heaven.
Alexander himself never achieved immortality he died after conquering lands all the way to India. If he was not to achieve immortality what right did he have to meet the Gods. According to legend there is some doubt as to weather Alexander was Philips true son. AMMON a God of Egypt or one of his priests came to Macedonia and while in Macedonia he supposedly seduced Phillip's wife. Back in those days the Gods used to couple with mortals. The big question who was Ammon.
According to Egyptian Legend their Gods came from across the seas from another land. Linguistic evidence seems to point to their origin as being Mesopotamia. As the legend goes Egypt was flooded. Ptah came by in a boat and dried up the flood and built damns. I believe he coupled with Nuit and gave birth to Isis, Osiris and Set. Isis and Osiris were lovers and rulers of Egypt. Seth was jealous and killed Osiris . It was up to Isis to revive him. Later on Horus would do battle with Seth. Seth gets killed but Horus's eye gets knocked out. In any case at one point Ra had control over Egypt. When he lost it Ammon took control from the City of Thebes.
THe book goes on to examine various legends from the Canaanites and Sumerians i norder to piece together the mystery. If anyone knows the Gods were not Gods but aliens from the Planet Nabiru which has an elliptical orbit around our sun. It comes into our solar system once every 3,600 years. They need gold to sustain their atmosphere and hence they genetically engineered a race of slaves to run it for them, That race is the human race. They blended their genes with some indigenous ape and whammo there was man. Maan was almost wiped out by the flood. Fortunately for us Enki was on our side.
The secret to immortality is being invited but the Gods to their space port and eating some off their food and drink. Once you have dined you live forever with the gods. Question where were the space ports located. The author examines Canaanite myth to tell us that supposedly it existed in Baalbeck the Cedar Forest of Lebanon. Another one was located in the Sinai Desert.
Whether you believe the author's premise of alien intelligence creating life on our planet you have to admit one thing. The Ancients were more advanced then we give them credit for and the people earnestly believed these myths. Any student of thenear east will enjoy reading these books as Zeharia Sitchin shows how they all come together. -
I am giving The Stairway to Heaven 3.5 stars because while I enjoyed the hypothesis put out there by Sitchin I felt that the book was unnecessarily dragging on. There were some interesting points that were made especially on why mankind especially in the ancient world really looked for immortality but at the same time I felt that the author was adding details that were not needed.
All in all, the book was interesting but far too stretched out in the ideas. However, in some of those outstretched facts there are some things that show the reasoning behind why the modern Egyptologists view things the way they do.
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This book continues with mainly the post deluge occupation by the "gods". If you can Wade through the first part of the book it starts to get a bit more interesting once it starts talking about Egypt. He does give an interesting analysis of the Exodus route and how it ties in to the holy places. Also his chapters on the fraud perpetrated upon the great pyramids is very interesting though at times it seemed like it went on for to long. One of greatest faults was the fact that the information which was presented in the 12th Planet was now here presented as essentially fact instead of theory. I believe this hurts the presentation. Further his lack of sources and particularly his quotations from the bible are sometimes questionable, he could of at least gave us chapter and verse let alone version used, it would of helped. But overall a fair book, not nearly as interesting as his first but will continue with the third to see how he progresses his theory.
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When I read The 12th Planet, it became my bible. It was the start to the answers I've always seeked. Sitchin's 2nd book in the Earth Chronicles did not let up. It only engaged me further and strengthened my ideas. Love it!!!!
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Zecharia interprets ancient Sumerian and Akkadian clay tablets - certainly makes you think about where we may have truly originated from, Leaves you with so many questions! The book 2 in the Earth Chronicles. Even though I question his ideas, I certainly do not deny that they could be true.
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You don't realize how similar different ancient beliefs are ex) Egyptian and Greek... he deals with a lot from these two cultures in this book.
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Great book
Awesome makes much sense and connects the dots with many ancient oddities can't wait to read the next book in this series -
Very interesting reading on the pre-flood age.
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DWUNASTA PLANETA
Książka stara, a ja jakoś nigdy wcześniej się nią nie zainteresowałam, choć nazwisko autora sławne. A szkoda, bo książka ciekawa. Mnóstwo informacji na temat życia starożytnych Sumerów i późniejszych cywilizacji. Autor dowodzi, że tak naprawdę wszystko, co kiedykolwiek zostało wymyślone na świecie, ma swoje źródła w Sumerze. Metalurgia, chirurgia, architektura, wykorzystanie ropy, parlament, system lecznictwa, edukacji i sądownictwa, religia, muzyka i poezja, zaawansowane rolnictwo, system kanałów nawadniających, transport morski i lądowy i to z użyciem koła... Na szczególną uwagę niewątpliwie zasługuje pismo. To dzięki glinianym tabliczkom możemy poznać szczegóły niezwykle bogatego życia, które wiódł ten starożytny lud.
Jak to się stało, że nastąpił tak gwałtowny rozwój umysłu ludzkiego, i to tylko w jednym rejonie świata? Wszystkie pozostałe cywilizacje nie dokonały niczego wielkiego, poza kalkowaniem myśli sumeryjskiej. Istnieją olbrzymie podobieństwa w filozofii, zwyczajach, a przede wszystkim w religiach, które powstały po epoce sumeryjskiej. W tym, oczywiście, religia chrześcijańska. Zagłębiając się w losy bogów, których przygody opisane zostały na tabliczkach, trzeba stwierdzić, że Biblia, to tylko skromny notesik, taka kieszonkowa ściągawka. Pierwszym, który przeniósł wierzenia na tereny Palestyny był Abraham. A nie zapominajmy, że pochodził on z Ur i był poniekąd spadkobiercą Sumerów. Te rzeczy, które w Biblii są niezgodne, wyjaśniają tabliczki. Na przykład swoistą niekonsekwencję Boga w jego poczynaniach. Chce karać, ale ratuje. A może to dlatego, że nie był to jeden bóg, tylko wielu z nich, i że ze sobą rywalizowali?
Kim byli zapomniani bogowie? Sitchin twierdzi, że byli to Anunaki i że wcale nie byli bogami, ale przedstawicielami obcej cywilizacji, którzy przybyli z planety, dotychczas nieodkrytej przez współczesnych astronomów. Planeta Nibiru była zabłąkanym intruzem, który dawno temu wtargnął do Układu Słonecznego i narobił ogromnego zamieszania, a ślady tego oglądamy do dziś. Jestem pod wrażeniem opisu tych zamierzchłych wydarzeń. Nibiru został wessany przez słoneczną grawitację i tak sobie odwiedza pobliże Ziemi raz na 3600 lat, dokonując wtedy tragicznych spustoszeń w postaci gigantycznych trzęsień, zaburzeń pogody, ogromnych fal, itp. Biblijny potop nie był niczym innym, niż właśnie naturalną katastrofą (dające do myślenia wyjaśnienie potopu w książce). W przyszłości czekają nas następne i każda z nich może zetrzeć życie z powierzchni globu, a przynajmniej znacząco cofnąć je w rozwoju. Uważamy Ziemię za planetę przyjazną życiu. Ale czy powinniśmy? Planeta nazywana była kilkoma imionami, m.in. Pan, co kojarzy się z biblijnym imieniem Jehowy. Czy Biblia nie mówi czasem o gniewie Pana...?
Oficjalna nauka nie potrafi wyjaśnić wielu rzeczy, np. tajemniczych starozytnych przedmiotów, czy niezwykłej wiedzy współczesnych buszmenów. To, co oni wiedzą już od tysiącleci, astronomowie odkrywają z pomocą specjalistycznych przyrządów. Czy człowiek odkrył tę wiedzę sam, czy ktoś mu pomógł? A może homo sapiens, to wynik eksperymentów genetycznych przybyszów z Nibiru? A Anunaki, to nie bogowie, ale wysoko rozwinięta rasa władców?
Książka z całą pewnością warta przeczytania. Naukowcy całkiem niedawno stwierdzili, że prawdopodobnie istnieje jakieś ciało niebieskie, które zaburza grawitację nawet tych największych planet naszego Układu. Czyżby Nibiru? Jeszcze trochę musimy poczekać, żeby się przekonać, ale chyba nam się nie śpieszy do odwiedzin takich gości...
SCHODY DO NIEBA
Druga część Kronik Ziemi.
Tym razem dużo wiadomości o innej starożytnej cywilizacji i jej tajemnicach, czyli wybieramy się do Egiptu. Autor przedstawia egipskich bogów, rytuały, a raczej podróże pośmiertne faraonów, tajemnice piramid, hieroglifów i ich znaczeń. Spojrzymy w oczy Sfinksa i zobaczymy, co kryje on między swoimi łapami. Poszukamy też źródła życia, czy też fontanny nieśmiertelności. Bardzo dokładnie omówiony został mit o Gilgameszu, który jest prototypem wielu opowieści biblijnych. Spróbujemy odkryć, która góra naprawdę była miejscem, gdzie Mojżesz otrzymał 10 Przykazań, a przy okazji będziemy mogli zastanowić się, czy to był Bóg, czy może raczej przybysze z innej planety, którzy założyli sobie państwo w ziemi egipskiej, a ludność podporządkowali do spełniania własnych potrzeb i zachcianek. Poznamy zadziwiającą geometrię układu najważniejszych punktów położenia miast i świątyń na terenach dzisiejszego Egiptu, Libanu, Turcji i innych krajów. Dowiemy się, komu tak naprawdę poświęcona była gigantyczna świątynia Jowisza w Libanie i czy Jowisz, to Iowa, a Iowa to Jehowah...
Starożytnej przygody i ciąg dalszy... -
A existat o vreme, spun scripturile, când nemurirea era la îndemâna tuturor oamenilor.
Era Vârsta de Aur a omenirii, când Omul trăia alături de Creatorul său în Grădina Edenului - omul îngrijind-o, Dumnezeu plimbându-se în răcoarea serii.
Şi a făcut Domnul Dumnezeu să răsară din pământ tot soiul de pomi, plăcuţi la vedere şi cu roade bune de mâncat; iar în mijlocul raiului era pomul vieţii şi pomul cunoştinţei binelui şi răului. Şi din Eden ieşea un râu care uda raiul, iar de acolo se împărţea în patru braţe. Numele unuia este Fison. Numele râului al doilea este Gihon... Numele râului al treilea este Tigru... iar râul al patrulea este Eufratul.
Adam şi Eva aveau voie să mănânce din orice fruct - cu excepţia celui al pomului cunoaşterii. Dar, o dată ce au fâcut-o, ispitiţi de şarpe, Dumnezeu a început să fie preocupat de nemurirea lor:
Şi a zis Domnul Dumnezeu: „Iată Adam s-a făcut ca unul dintre Noi, cunoscând binele şi răul. Şi acum nu cumva să-şi întindă mâna şi să ia roade din pomul vieţii, să mănânce şi să trăiască în veci!... ”
De aceea l-a scos Domnul Dumnezeu din Grădina Edenului.
Aşa a fost omul alungat din locul unde nemurirea se afla la îndemâna sa. Deşi împiedicat să ajungă la ea, niciodată nu a încetat să şi-o amintească, să tânjească după ea şi să încerce s-o atingă.
De la alungarea din Paradis, eroii au mers pană la capătul pământului în căutarea nemuririi; câtorva aleşi le-a fost permisă, iar oamenii simpli cred că au şansa s-o atingă. De-a lungul veacurilor, această căutare a fost privilegiul indivizilor, dar pe la începutul mileniului ea devenise o întreprindere a regatelor puternice. -
I suppose that the central problem was that I anticipated much of this read, and I was met with some kind of a sour disappointment, which seemed to grow when I gave this book a second shot.
In this book, which is the second one in the Earth Chronicles series, Sitchin tries to present some combinations of ancient archeological discoveries, texts, and artifacts to reveal some sort of forgery on which the domain of Egyptology is founded. Essentially speaking, he was attempting to answer some of the most important questions investigated concerning religion and the afterlife. In the process, he connects a lot of stories and ideas, explicating some common ground on which all mythology stands.
Personally, the only parts of the book I found to be useful were the ones that taught me a lot about Egyptian mythology and other Anunnaki Gods, which is something I didn't find as easily in other books. This sprouts from the fact that Sitchin is a prominent scholar in this field, and he has done very thorough research to simplify these concepts. However, everything else sounded like some crazy conspiracy theory book, and it was very repulsive at numerous points. Nothing really made any sense, and no concrete idea (more of an ancient conspiracy theory) presented was built on decisive evidence. Truly, a lot of inconsistent ideas were very horrid and disappointing.
Had it not been for the highly informative discussions about Egyptian mythology and other ancient traditions, I think this book wouldn't have been readable. All in all, an illuminating yet a very unsatisfying read. -
Sitchin’s The Stairway to Heaven, the second book in the revolutionary Earth Chronicle series is a bit slower than the first book, The Twelfth Planet. The bulk of the book involves Ancient Egypt, the lives of the Pharaohs, the fountain of youth, and human attempts to ascend like the gods to the heavens in search of immortality such as the Sumerian King Gilgamesh and Alexander the Great. I gave it a 3 due to the fact that the first eleven chapters dragged on, not as riveting and captivating as the first book. The last three chapters in my opinion make up the entire book. In these last three Sitchin shows with documentary evidence how the Anunnaki/Nefilim established their mission control center and spaceport here on earth. Stichin displays how the Anunnaki utilize the thirtieth parallel, the pyramids, Mt. Umm Shumar, Mt. Ararat, the Great Sphinx, and Jerusalem to establish their landing grid from the heavens and back. Regardless of my rating I still thoroughly enjoyed the book, just not as intense as the Twelfth Planet.
I recommend reading this book with an open-mind and let go of any tendencies to search for, interpret, favor, and recall information in a way that confirms one’s preexisting beliefs or hypotheses (confirmation bias). -
A tad long winded, but some interesting stories, myths and legends. Some items I knew about with the Ancient Alien theories, some from my other studies, but many interesting ideas and thoughts, though I think the book could have been a little shorter. Good for those interested in Ancient Egypt, ancient religions, and ancient middle east, along with those in the AA theory. Suitable for older teens and adults.
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I read this after The Twelfth Planet and it was helpful to read historical events in-depth. I like how Sitchin continues to relate to previous works and provide additional information. This book was very informative and well-researched.
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A brilliant depiction of ancestral culture and biblical tales. Throughout the book, Sitchin continues to yank the reader through a Time Machine heading into the past thus creating a thorough understanding of our present day and future.
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A bit less mind blowing than the first book, but interesting info none the less. Struggled putting it all together with this one.
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Good
I did like this book, however the first one i liked better..i started getting bored reading this one.. maybe the next i wont have as much trouble reading lol -
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Interesting book series
