| Title | : | The Lost Book of Enki (Earth Chronicles #6.25) |
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| ISBN | : | 1591430372 |
| ISBN-10 | : | 9781591430377 |
| Language | : | English |
| Format Type | : | Paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 330 |
| Publication | : | First published October 1, 2001 |
In his previous works Sitchin compiled the complete story of the Anunnaki's impact on human civilization from fragments scattered throughout Sumerian, Akkadian, Babylonian, Assyrian, Hittite, Egyptian, Canaanite, and Hebrew sources. Missing from these accounts, however, was the perspective of the Anunnaki themselves. What was life like on their own planet? What motives propelled them to settle on Earth - and what drove them from their new home? Convinced of the existence of an actual autobiography of Enki - a lost book that held the answers to these questions - the author began his search for evidence. Through exhaustive research of primary sources, and using actual discovered portions of the ancient text as "scaffolding," he has here re-created the memoirs of Enki, the leader of these first "astronauts." What takes shape is the story that begins on another world, a story of mounting tensions, survival dangers and royal succession rivalries, and sophisticated scientific knowledge concerning human origins that is only today being confirmed. An epic tale of gods and men unfolds that parallels the Bible and may challenge every assumption we hold about our past and our future.
An eminent Orientalist and Biblical scholar, Zecharia Sitchin is distinquished by his ability to read Sumerian clay tablets and other ancient texts. He is a graduate of the University of London and worked as a journalist and editor in Israel for many years.
(Description from the back cover of trade paperback edition)
The Lost Book of Enki (Earth Chronicles #6.25) Reviews
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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. :) -
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.
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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.
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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. -
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!
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5000 years old triple X Sumerian porn*, much better than bible's genocide and killings :-D
* Pseudoarchaeology, actually. -
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. -
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. -
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. -
This book is weird. The whole thing is written like Yoda speaks, super hard to follow.
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Amazing! As I read this book, everything just made sense!
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"" إذا كانت السماء والأرض منظمة بدورات داخل دورات
هل ماحدث سيحدث مرة أخرى؟
هل الماضي هو المستقبل ؟ ""
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ماكان ينقص هذا العقل هو هذه الألواح... -
Horribe this is. Read it I must stop, or scratch my eyes out I will.
Seriously, I had to stop after 100 pages of this total garbage. Just left it in the station. -
Listened to the audio book on YouTube. Imaginative sci-fi or the origins of mankind? Who knows. Either way, makes for an absorbing read.
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In his Earth Chronicle series, Sitchen assembled the complete tale of the Anunnaki’s impact on mankind from fragments and clay tablets dispersed throughout Sumerian, Akkadian, Babylonian, Assyrian, Hittite, Egyptian, Canaanite, and Hebrew sources. These pieced together fragments and tablets told the tale of the Anunnaki (“Those who from Heaven to Earth Came”) from the Kings, Queens, Pharaohs, Priests, Biblical Prophets, and local inhabitants from the ancient cities. The Lost Book of Enki tells the same tale but from the perspective of the Anunnaki themselves. It’s a story of why and how they came to Earth from their home planet, Nibiru 450,000 years ago. It’s a tale of survival, royal succession rivalries, creation of man, sibling feuds, jealousy, love, and lost for power over the course of history after their initial arrival. These are the memoirs of Lord Enki, told to and written by his master scribe Endubsar from Eridu meant as a guide for future generations to prevent the Earthlings from emulating the actions and havoc the ancient gods caused in the past.
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. -
Wow, just wow!!!
If you want to know where we come from then this is the book you must read. Our ancient history laid out in great detail by someone who was actually there and wants mankind today to learn from past mistakes and begs us not to repeat them. This takes quite a jump for anyone who is looking for the almighty God from the Bible you will find him right here but not as you quite expected I can assure you this memoir of Enki will blow your mind and make you question everything you have ever been taught. 5 stars? It's should be ten!! Awesome read!! Absolutely love it -
Wow! This book was so interesting. I feel the book is written in a way that makes it easier to understand. This is because it provides a synopsis before beginning each tablet and it provides a very helpful glossary to keep all the names in order. I had to use the glossary often throughout reading this. I really appreciate how the glossary also provides the biblical names so that it can be compared and related to other versions. It is really remarkable and I definitely recommend this to anyone wanting to know more about the beginning of mankind. It truly is an amazing account. I now want to check out more of this authors work since this is my first book to read of his.
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The beginning of the story was quite interesting as it seemed as if it might be based on facts.
However, very soon, the book turns into an uninteresting tale of who is sleeping with whom, what the name of the child is, who is angry with whom, etc. I honestly couldn't care less.
I absolutely hate not finishing a book once I start it, but this one was quite the chore ... -
I really loved this book the whole way through. Make sure you use the glossary while you read it to be able to understand especially the locations or regions referenced. This book is a total revelation! I recommend it very highly!!
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Ben sevmedim.. açıkçası dünyayı kurduğu iddia edilen uzaylılardan biraz daha fazla medeniyet beklerdim. tamamen ataerkil, erkek egemen bir kültür. anlatılan dönemin dünyasından bile daha geri bir çerçeve. bir takım efsaneler, yaratılış hikayeleri harmanlanmış ama ben pek başarılı bulmadım.
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Another amazing book written thousands of years before the Old Testament with the same stories set in a more congruous context. This will blow your mind.
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All I can say is Wow! Keep an open mind. Another reviewer said it was about time science and religion come together. I totally agree!
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Everyone should read this...
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Lord Enki sets a task for Endubsar to take note of his words, this task will take 40 days and 40 nights, funnily enough that is exactly how long it feels it has took me to read this book.
I've had a slight interest in the Sumerians since I was about 13 or 14 and read Sepulchre by James Herbert, over the past 12 months I've watched countless documentaries on them, the Anunnaki and the planet Nibiru so I decided it was time to delve into the books, I kind of get the feeling this was a poor choice to start me off.
First off the language, oh god the backwards language, it was tiresome, here is a little taster of how the entire book is written...
''Not my mother but Nunmah, the mother of Ninurta, to assist you was summoned,
Not I but Ningishzidda, of me the younger, to help you was invited,
With them, not with me, your knowledge of life and death did you share!
My son! Enki to Marduk responded. To you command was given of the Igigi and Lagmu to be supreme!
Alas, my father! to him Marduk was saying. Of supremacy by fate we are deprived!
And the whole 300+ pages is wrote in that bizarre backwards English style, it was taxing to say the least.
Someone that I work with actually passed comment that it had taken me a while to finish this book and they picked it up and laughed 'Ha not only is it short but the font is really big as well' at this I told them to read a bit of it, their face scrunched up as they were trying to make sense of the words on the page, I just looked at them and said exactly, I had proven my point, it may be a small book with large font but that doesn't make it easy going at all, in fact it was a bloody chore from start to finish.
It could be that I am missing something and it could be that Sitchin's other books are more accessible (he certainly appears to be the go to guy on this subject) but I don't think I could put myself through it again if they are all in this style.
It would have been fantastic if it was actually wrote as a story rather than a fictional word for word account.
I can't give it 1 star because it was interesting and I have learned a hell of a lot from it but the style of writing just absolutely killed it for me, I will probably do a bit more research before purchasing another book on the Sumerians.
p.s. I almost forgot, the names, oh man the names, there is that many, there is absolutely no way to keep up with them Enlil, Enki, Marduk, Anu, Ninmah, Ninurta, Ningishzidda, Sarpanit, Adamu, Adapa,Ninharsag, Utu, Ziusudra, Shem, Yafet, Asar, Shamgez, Nebatm Asta, Ereshkigal....and that is just opening to a few random pages and picking out the first names I see. -
El concepto de Suspensión de la Incredulidad fue acuñado por el poeta y filósofo Samuel Taylor Coleridge en 1817. Desde su concepción, involucraba la interrupción deliberada y voluntaria del sentido común para aceptar como ciertas las premisas sobre las cuales se basa una ficción o un universo de fantasía, aunque las mismas pudieran ser completamente imposibles y hasta rozar con lo absurdo. La inducción de esta experiencia no solía ser un reto mayor para los 'creadores de mundos' (permítaseme denominarles así) hasta hace apenas algunas pocas décadas, cuando la mera ideación de que la mano de una Carrie setentista con poderes psicoquinéticos emergiera desde la negrura subterránea de su sepulcro era motivo suficiente para el estremecimiento, la exhaltación más póstuma si acaso se pudiera, y la constitución plena de una obra de culto. Hoy, ya embebidos al nivel en que lo estamos en la era de la sobreestimulación digital y la CGI (Computer Generated Imagery), se podría decir que es más que frecuente encontrarse creyendo que ya no nos queda nada por ver o imaginar. Pocas cosas son capaces de impresionarnos hasta el punto en el que voluntariamente accedamos a interrumpir la somnífera incredulidad en la que reposamos. El público, el lector en este caso, no solamente ya no exige la ruptura de esa incredulidad barbitúrica, sino que además ya ni la esperamos; la industria del espectáculo tiene gran parte de la culpa. En este marco aparece Zecharia, un inesperadísimo y poderoso antídoto para caer de cabeza en un universo que sobrepasa a la ficción. Un universo de metaficción cuyo recurso es jugar a problematizar la relación entre la vieja ficción y la realidad, utilizando el contexto posmoderno como soporte del metarrelato. Quizás sin quererlo. Seguro sin quererlo. Precisamente por eso una magnum opus, por eso su conversión en un subculto. Mientras el amado género de la science fiction continúa transmutando cada día que pasa en science fact, no es mala idea aprender a darle una oportunidad a universos tan bien logrados como el de Zecharia para llenar el espacio que va quedando vacío. A la altura de Lovecraft pero en Space Opera. No tiene nada que envidiarle a la franquicia de George Lucas. Sigo (y asumo que desafortunadamente seguiré) esperando las películas.
