After the taking up of our Lord Jesus Christ, I John was alone upon
Mount Tabor, where also He showed us His undefiled Godhead; and as I
was not able to stand, I fell upon the ground, and prayed to the Lord,
and said: O Lord my God, who hast deemed me worthy to be Your servant,
hear my voice, and teach me about Your coming. When You shall come to
the earth, what will happen? The heaven and the earth, and the sun and
the moon, what will happen to them in those times? Reveal to me all;
for I am emboldened, because Thou listenest to Your servant.

And I spent seven days praying; and after this a cloud of light caught
me up from the mountain, and set me before the face of the heaven. And
I heard a voice saying to me: Look up, John, servant of God, and know.
And having looked up, I saw the heaven opened, and there came forth
from within the heaven a smell of perfumes of much sweet odour; and I
saw an exceeding great flood of light, more resplendent than the sun.
And again I heard a voice saying to me: Behold, righteous John. And I
directed my sight, and saw a book lying, of the thickness, methought,
of seven mountains; and the length of it the mind of man cannot
comprehend, having seven seals. And I said: O Lord my God, reveal to
me what is written in this book. And I heard a voice saying to me:
Hear, righteous John. In this book which you see there have been
written the things in the heaven, and the things in the earth, and the
things in the abyss, and the judgments and righteousness of all the
human race. And I said: Lord, when shall these things come to pass?
and what do those times bring? And I heard a voice saying to me: Hear,
righteous John. There shall be in that time abundance of corn and
wine, such as there has never been upon the earth, nor shall ever be
until those times come. Then the ear of corn shall produce a half
chœnix, and the bend of the branch shall produce a thousand clusters,
and the cluster shall produce a half jar of wine; and in the following
year there shall not be found upon the face of all the earth a half
chœnix of corn or a half jar of wine.

And again I said: Lord, thereafter what will You do? And I heard a
voice saying to me: Hear, righteous John. Then shall appear the
denier, and he who is set apart in the darkness, who is called
Antichrist. And again I said: Lord, reveal to me what he is like. And
I heard a voice saying to me: The appearance of his face is dusky; the
hairs of his head are sharp, like darts; his eyebrows like a wild
beast's; his right eye like the star which rises in the morning, and
the other like a lion's; his mouth about one cubit; his teeth span
long; his fingers like scythes; the print of his feet of two spans;
and on his face an inscription, Antichrist; he shall be exalted even
to heaven, and shall be cast down even to Hades, making false
displays. And then will I make the heaven brazen, so that it shall not
give moisture upon the earth; and I will hide the clouds in secret
places, so that they shall not bring moisture upon the earth; and I
will command the horns of the wind, so that the wind shall not blow
upon the earth.

And again I said: Lord, and how many years will he do this upon the
earth? And I heard a voice saying to me: Hear, righteous John. Three
years shall those times be; and I will make the three years like three
months, and the three months like three weeks, and the three weeks
like three days, and the three days like three hours, and the three
hours like three seconds, as said the prophet David, His throne have
You broken down to the ground; You have shortened the days of his
time; You have poured shame upon him. And then I shall send forth
Enoch and Elias to convict him; and they shall show him to be a liar
and a deceiver; and he shall kill them at the altar, as said the
prophet, Then shall they offer calves upon Your altar.

And again I said: Lord, and after that what will come to pass? And I
heard a voice saying to me: Hear, righteous John. Then all the human
race shall die, and there shall not be a living man upon all the
earth. And again I said: Lord, after that what will You do? And I
heard a voice saying to me: Hear, righteous John. Then will I send
forth mine angels, and they shall take the ram's horns that lie upon
the cloud; and Michael and Gabriel shall go forth out of the heaven
and sound with those horns, as the prophet David foretold, With the
voice of a trumpet of horn. And the voice of the trumpet shall be
heard from the one quarter of the world to the other; and from the
voice of that trumpet all the earth shall be shaken, as the prophet
foretold, And at the voice of the bird every plant shall arise; that
is, at the voice of the archangel all the human race shall arise.

And again I said: Lord, those who are dead from Adam even to this day,
and who dwell in Hades from the beginning of the world, and who die at
the last ages, what like shall they arise? And I heard a voice saying
to me: Hear, righteous John. All the human race shall arise thirty
years old.

And again I said: Lord, they die male and female, and some old, and
some young, and some infants. In the resurrection what like shall they
arise? And I heard a voice saying to me: Hear, righteous John. Just as
the bees are, and differ not one from another, but are all of one
appearance and one size, so also shall every man be in the
resurrection. There is neither fair, nor ruddy, nor black, neither
Ethiopian nor different countenances; but they shall all arise of one
appearance and one stature. All the human race shall arise without
bodies, as I told you that in the resurrection they neither marry nor
are given in marriage, but are as the angels of God.

And again I said: Lord, is it possible in that world to recognise each
other, a brother his brother, or a friend his friend, or a father his
own children, or the children their own parents? And I heard a voice
saying to me: Hear, John. To the righteous there is recognition, but
to the sinners not at all; they cannot in the resurrection recognise
each other. And again I John said: Lord, is there there recollection
of the things that are here, either fields or vineyards, or other
things here? And I heard a voice saying to me: Hear, righteous John.
The prophet David speaks, saying, I remembered that we are dust: as
for man, his days are as grass; as a flower of the field, so he shall
flourish: for a wind has passed over it, and it shall be no more, and
it shall not any longer know its place. And again the same said: His
spirit shall go forth, and he returns to his earth; in that day all
his thoughts shall perish.

And again I said: Lord, and after that what will You do? And I heard a
voice saying to me: Hear, righteous John. Then will I send forth mine
angels over the face of all the earth, and they shall lift off the
earth everything honourable, and everything precious, and the
venerable and holy images, and the glorious and precious crosses, and
the sacred vessels of the churches, and the divine and sacred books;
and all the precious and holy things shall be lifted up by clouds into
the air. And then will I order to be lifted up the great and venerable
sceptre, on which I stretched forth my hands, and all the orders of my
angels shall do reverence to it. And then shall be lifted up all the
race of men upon clouds, as the Apostle Paul foretold. Along with them
we shall be snatched up in clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And
then shall come forth every evil spirit, both in the earth and in the
abyss, wherever they are on the face of all the earth, from the rising
of the sun even to the setting, and they shall be united to him that
is served by the devil, that is, Antichrist, and they shall be lifted
up upon the clouds.

And again I said: Lord, and after that what will You do? And I heard a
voice saying to me: Hear, righteous John. Then shall I send forth mine
angels over the face of all the earth, and they shall burn up the
earth eight thousand five hundred cubits, and the great mountains
shall be burnt up, and all the rocks shall be melted and shall become
as dust, and every tree shall be burnt up, and every beast, and every
creeping thing creeping upon the earth, and every thing moving upon
the face of the earth, and every flying thing flying in the air; and
there shall no longer be upon the face of all the earth anything
moving, and the earth shall be without motion.

And again I said: Lord, and after that what will You do? And I heard a
voice saying to me: Hear, righteous John. Then shall I uncover the
four parts of the east, and there shall come forth four great winds,
and they shall sweep all the face of the earth from the one end of the
earth to the other; and the Lord shall sweep sin from off the earth,
and the earth shall be made white like snow, and it shall become as a
leaf of paper, without cave, or mountain, or hill, or rock; but the
face of the earth from the rising even to the setting of the sun shall
be like a table, and white as snow; and the reins of the earth shall
be consumed by fire, and it shall cry unto me, saying, I am a virgin
before you, O Lord, and there is no sin in me; as the prophet David
said aforetime, You shall sprinkle me with hyssop, and I shall be made
pure; You shall wash me, and I shall be made whiter than snow. And
again he said: Every chasm shall be filled up, and every mountain and
hill brought low, and the crooked places shall be made straight, and
the rough ways into smooth; and all flesh shall see the salvation of
God. Isaiah 40:4

And again I said: Lord, and after that what will You do? And I heard a
voice saying to me: Hear, righteous John. Then shall the earth be
cleansed from sin, and all the earth shall be filled with a sweet
smell, because I am about to come down upon the earth; and then shall
come forth the great and venerable sceptre, with thousands of angels
worshipping it, as I said before; and then shall appear the sign of
the Son of man from the heaven with power and great glory. Matthew
24:30 And then the worker of iniquity with his servants shall behold
it, and gnash his teeth exceedingly, and all the unclean spirits shall
be turned to flight. And then, seized by invisible power, having no
means of flight, they shall gnash their teeth against him, saying to
him: Where is your power? How have you led us astray? and we have fled
away, and have fallen away from the glory which we had beside Him who
is coming to judge us, and the whole human race. Woe to us! because He
banishes us into outer darkness.

And again I said: Lord, and after that what will You do? And I heard a
voice saying to me: Then will I send an angel out of heaven, and he
shall cry with a loud voice, saying, Hear, O earth, and be strong,
says the Lord; for I am coming down to you. And the voice of the angel
shall be heard from the one end of the world even to the other, and
even to the remotest part of the abyss. And then shall be shaken all
the power of the angels and of the many-eyed ones, and there shall be
a great noise in the heavens, and the nine regions of the heaven shall
be shaken, and there shall be fear and astonishment upon all the
angels. And then the heavens shall be rent from the rising of the sun
even to the setting, and an innumerable multitude of angels shall come
down to the earth; and then the treasures of the heavens shall be
opened, and they shall bring down every precious thing, and the
perfume of incense, and they shall bring down to the earth Jerusalem
robed like a bride. Revelation 21:2 And then there shall go before me
myriads of angels and archangels, bearing my throne, crying out, Holy,
holy, holy, Lord of Sabaoth; heaven and earth are full of Your glory.
Isaiah 6:3 And then will I come forth with power and great glory, and
every eye in the clouds shall see me; and then every knee shall bend,
of things in heaven, and things on earth, and things under the earth.
Philippians 2:10 And then the heaven shall remain empty; and I will
come down upon the earth, and all that is in the air shall be brought
down upon the earth, and all the human race and every evil spirit
along with Antichrist, and they shall all be set before me naked, and
chained by the neck.

And again I said: Lord, what will become of the heavens, and the sun,
and the moon, along with the stars? And I heard a voice saying to me:
Behold, righteous John. And I looked, and saw a Lamb having seven eyes
and seven horns. Revelation 5:6 And again I heard a voice saying to
me: I will bid the Lamb come before me, and will say, Who will open
this book? And all the multitudes of the angels will answer, Give this
book to the Lamb to open it. And then will I order the book to be
opened. And when He shall open the first seal, the stars of the heaven
shall fall, from the one end of it to the other. And when He shall
open the second seal, the moon shall be hidden, and there shall be no
light in her. And when He shall open the third seal, the light of the
sun shall be withheld, and there shall not be light upon the earth.
And when He shall open the fourth seal, the heavens shall be
dissolved, and the air shall be thrown into utter confusion, as says
the prophet: And the heavens are the works of Your hands; they shall
perish, but You endure, and they shall all wax old as a garment. And
when He shall open the fifth seal, the earth shall be rent, and all
the tribunals upon the face of all the earth shall be revealed. And
when He shall open the sixth seal, the half of the sea shall
disappear. And when He shall open the seventh seal, Hades shall be
uncovered.

And I said: Lord, who will be the first to be questioned, and to
receive judgment? And I heard a voice saying to me, The unclean
spirits, along with the adversary. I bid them go into outer darkness,
where the depths are. And I said: Lord, and in what place does it lie?
And I heard a voice saying to me: Hear, righteous John. As big a stone
as a man of thirty years old can roll, and let go down into the depth,
even falling down for twenty years will not arrive at the bottom of
Hades; as the prophet David said before, And He made darkness His
secret place.

And I said: Lord, and after them what nation will be questioned? And I
heard a voice saying to me: Hear, righteous John. There will be
questioned of Adam's race those nations, both the Greek and those who
have believed in idols, and in the sun, and in the stars, and those
who have defiled the faith by heresy, and who have not believed the
holy resurrection, and who have not confessed the Father, and the Son,
and the Holy Ghost: then will I send them away into Hades, as the
prophet David foretold, Let the sinners be turned into Hades, and all
the nations that forget God. And again he said: They were put in Hades
like sheep; death shall be their shepherd.

And again I said: Lord, and after them whom will You judge? And I
heard a voice saying to me: Hear, righteous John. Then the race of the
Hebrews shall be examined, who nailed me to the tree like a
malefactor. And I said: And what punishment will these get, and in
what place, seeing that they did such things to You? And I heard a
voice saying to me: They shall go away into Tartarus, as the prophet
David foretold, They cried out, and there was none to save; to the
Lord, and He did not hearken to them. And again the Apostle Paul said:
As many as have sinned without law shall also perish without law, and
as many as have sinned in law shall be judged by means of law. Romans 2:12

And again I said: Lord, and what of those who have received baptism?
And I heard a voice saying to me: Then the race of the Christians
shall be examined, who have received baptism; and then the righteous
shall come at my command, and the angels shall go and collect them
from among the sinners, as the prophet David foretold: The Lord will
not suffer the rod of the sinners in the lot of the righteous; and all
the righteous shall be placed on my right hand, Matthew 25:33 and
shall shine like the sun. Matthew 13:43 As you see, John, the stars of
heaven, that they were all made together, but differ in light, 1
Corinthians 15:41 so shall it be with the righteous and the sinners;
for the righteous shall shine as lights and as the sun, but the
sinners shall stand in darkness.

And again I said: Lord, and do all the Christians go into one
punishment?—kings, high priests, priests, patriarchs, rich and poor,
bond and free? And I heard a voice saying to me: Hear, righteous John.
As the prophet David foretold, The expectation of the poor shall not
perish for ever. Now about kings: they shall be driven like slaves,
and shall weep like infants; and about patriarchs, and priests, and
Levites, of those that have sinned, they shall be separated in their
punishments, according to the nature of the peculiar transgression of
each,—some in the river of fire, and some to the worm that dies not,
and others in the seven-mouthed pit of punishment. To these
punishments the sinners will be apportioned.

And again I said: Lord, and where will the righteous dwell? And I
heard a voice saying to me: Then shall paradise be revealed; and the
whole world and paradise shall be made one, and the righteous shall be
on the face of all the earth with my angels, as the Holy Spirit
foretold through the prophet David: The righteous shall inherit the
earth, and dwell therein for ever and ever.

And again I said: Lord, how great is the multitude of the angels? and
which is the greater, that of angels or of men? And I heard a voice
saying to me: As great as is the multitude of the angels, so great is
the race of men, as the prophet has said, He set bounds to the nations
according to the number of the angels of God.

And again I said: Lord, and after that what will You do? and what is
to become of the world? Reveal to me all. And I heard a voice saying
to me: Hear, righteous John. After that there is no pain, there is no
grief, there is no groaning; there is no recollection of evils, there
are no tears, there is no envy, there is no hatred of brethren, there
is no unrighteousness, there is no arrogance, there is no slander,
there is no bitterness, there are none of the cares of life, there is
no pain from parents or children, there is no pain from gold, there
are no wicked thoughts, there is no devil, there is no death, there is
no night, but all is day. As I said before, And other sheep I have,
which are not of this fold, that is, men who have been made like the
angels through their excellent course of life; them also must I bring,
and they will hear my voice, and there shall be one fold, one shepherd.

And again I heard a voice saying to me: Behold, you have heard all
these things, righteous John; deliver them to faithful men, that they
also may teach others, and not think lightly of them, nor cast our
pearls before swine, lest perchance they should trample them with
their feet. Matthew 7:6

And while I was still hearing this voice, the cloud brought me down,
and put me on Mount Thabor. And there came a voice to me, saying:
Blessed are those who keep judgment and do righteousness in all time.
And blessed is the house where this description lies, as the Lord
said, He that loves me keeps my sayings John 14:23 in Christ Jesus our
Lord; to Him be glory for ever. Amen.



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Word and Revelation of Esdras,
The Holy Prophet and Beloved of God

IT came to pass in the thirtieth year, on the twenty- second of the
month, I was in my house. And I cried out and said to the Most High:
Lord, give the glory,(1) in order that I may see Thy mysteries. And
when it was night, there came an angel, Michael the archangel, and
says to me: O Prophet Esdras, refrain from bread for seventy weeks.(2)
And I fasted as he told me. And there came Raphael the commander of
the host, and gave me a storax rod. And I fasted twice sixty(3) weeks.
And I saw the mysteries of God and His angels. And I said to them: I
wish to plead before God about the race of the Christians. It is good
for a man not to be born rather than to come into the world. I was
therefore taken up into heaven, and I saw in the first heaven a great
army of angels; and they took me to the judgments. And I heard a voice
saying to me: Have mercy on us, O thou chosen of God, Esdras. Then
began I to say: Woe to sinners when they see one who is just more than
the angels, and they themselves are in the Gehenna of fire! And Esdras
said: Have mercy on the works of Thine hands, Thou who art
compassionate, and of great mercy. Judge me rather than the souls of
the sinners; for it is better that one soul should he punished, and
that the whole world should not come to destruction. And God said: I
will give rest in paradise to the righteous, and I have become(4)
merciful. And Esdras said: Lord, why dost Thou confer benefits on the
righteous? for just as one who has been hired out, and has served out
his time, goes and again works as a slave when he come to his masters,
so also the righteous has received his reward in the heavens. But have
mercy on the sinners, for we know that Thou art merciful. And God
said: I do not see how I can have mercy upon them. And Esdras said:
They cannot endure Thy wrath. And God said: This is the fate of such.
And God said: I wish to have thee like Paul and John, as thou hast
given me uncorrupted the treasure that cannot be stolen, the treasure
of virginity, the bulwark(5) of men. And Esdras said: It is good for a
man not to be born. It is good not to be in life. The irrational
creatures are better than man, because they have no punishment; but
Thou hast taken us, and given us up to judgment. Woe to the sinners in
the world to come! because their judgment is endless, and the flame
unquenchable. And while I was thus speaking to him, there came Michael
and Gabriel, and all the apostles; and they said: Rejoice, O faithful
man of God! And Esdras said:(6) Arise, and come hither with me, O
Lord, to judgment. And the Lord said: Behold, I give thee my covenant
between me and thee, that you may receive it. And Esdras said: Let us
plead in Thy hearing.(7) And God said: Ask Abraham your father how a
son pleads with his father,(8) and come plead with us. And Esdras
said: As the Lord liveth, I will not cease pleading with Thee in
behalf of the race of the Christians. Where are Thine ancient
compassions, O Lord? Where is Thy long-suffering? And God said: As I
have made night and day, I have made the righteous and the sinner; and
he should have lived like the righteous. And the prophet said: Who
made Adam the first-formed? And God said: My undefiled hands. And I
put him in paradise to guard the food of the tree of life; and
thereafter he became disobedient. and did this in transgression. And
the prophet said: Was he not protected by an angel? and was not his
life guarded by the cherubim to endless ages? and how was he deceived
who was guarded by angels? for Thou didst command all to be present,
and to attend to what was said by Thee.(1) But if Thou hadst not given
him Eve, the serpent would not have deceived her;(2) but whom Thou
wilt Thou savest, and whom Thou wilt Thou destroyest.(3) And the
prophet said: Let us come, my Lord, to a second judgment. And God
said: I cast fire upon Sodom and Gomorrah. And the prophet said: Lord,
Thou dealest with us according to our deserts. And God said: Your sins
transcend my clemency. And the prophet said: Call to mind the
Scriptures, my Father, who hast measured out Jerusalem, and set her up
again. Have mercy, O Lord, upon sinners; have mercy upon Thine own
creatures;(4) have pity upon Thy works. Then God remembered those whom
He had made, and said to the prophet: How can I have mercy upon them?
Vinegar and gall did they give me to drink,(5) and not even then did
they repent. And the prophet said: Reveal Thy cherubim, and let us go
together to judgment; and show me the day of judgment, what like it
is. And God said: Thou hast been deceived, Esdras; for such is the day
of judgment as that in which there is no rain upon the earth; for it
is a merciful tribunal as compared with that day. And the prophet
said: I will not cease to plead with Thee, unless I see the day of the
consummation. And God said:(6) Number the stars and the sand of the
sea; and if thou shalt be able to number this, thou art also able to
plead with me. And the prophet said: Lord, Thou knowest that I wear
human flesh; and how can I count the stars of the heaven, and the sand
of the sea? And God said: My chosen prophet, no man will know that
great day and the appearing(7) that comes to judge the world. For thy
sake, my prophet, I have told thee the day; but the hour have I not
told thee. And the prophet said: Lord, tell me also the years. And God
said: If I see the righteousness of the world, that it has abounded, I
will have patience with them; but if not, I will stretch forth my
hand, and lay hold of the world by the four quarters, and bring them
all together into the valley of Jehoshaphat,(8) and I will wipe out
the race of men, so that the world shall be no more. And the prophet
said: And how can Thy right hand be glorified? And God said: I shall
be glorified by my angels. And the prophet said: Lord, if Thou hast
resolved to do this, why didst Thou make man? Thou didst say to our
father Abraham,(9) Multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars
of the heaven, and as the sand that is by the sea-shore;(10) and where
is Thy promise? And God said: First will I make an earthquake for the
fall of four-footed beasts and of men; and when you see that brother
gives up brother to death, and that children shall rise up against
their parents, and that a woman forsakes her own husband, and when
nation shall rise up against nation in war, then will you know that
the end is near.(11) For then neither brother pities brother, nor man
wife, nor children parents, nor friends friends, nor a slave his
master; for he who is the adversary of men shall come up from
Tartarus, and shall show men many things. What shall I make of thee,
Esdras? and wilt thou yet plead with me? And the prophet said: Lord, I
shall not cease to plead with Thee. And God said: Number the flowers
of the earth. If thou shalt be able to number them, thou art able also
to plead with me. And the prophet said: Lord, I cannot number them. I
wear human flesh; but I shall not cease to plead with Thee. I wish,
Lord, to see also the under parts of Tartarus. And God said: Come down
and see. And He gave me Michael, and Gabriel, and other thirty-four
angels; and I went down eighty-five steps, and they brought me down
five hundred steps, and I saw a fiery throne, and an old man sitting
upon it; and his judgment was merciless. And I said to the angels: Who
is this? and what is his sin? And they said to me: This is Herod, who
for a time was a king, and ordered to put to death the children from
two years old and under.(12) And I said: Woe to his soul! And again
they took me down thirty steps, and I there saw boilings up of fire,
and in them there was a multitude of sinners; and I heard their voice,
but saw not their forms. And they took me down lower many steps, which
I could not measure. And I there saw old men, and fiery pivots turning
in their ears. And I said: Who are these? and what is their sin? And
they said to me: These are they who would not listen.(13) And they
took me down again other five hundred steps, and I there saw the worm
that sleeps not, and fire burning up the sinners. And they took me
down to the lowest part of destruction, and I saw there the twelve
plagues of the abyss. And they took me away to the south, and I saw
there a man hanging by the eyelids; and the angels kept scourging him.
And I asked: Who is this? and what is his sin? And Michael the
commander said to me: This is one who lay with his mother; for having
put into practice a small wish, he has been ordered to be hanged. And
they took me away to the north, and I saw there a man bound with iron
chains. And I asked: Who is this? And he said to me: This is he who
said, I am the Son of God, that made stones bread, and water wine. And
the prophet said: My lord, let me know what is his form, and I shall
tell the race of men, that they may not believe in him. And he said to
me: The form of his countenance is like that of a wild beast; his
right eye like the star that rises in the morning, and the other
without motion; his mouth one cubit; his teeth span long; his fingers
like scythes; the track of his feet of two spans; and in his face an
inscription, Antichrist. He has been exalted to heaven; he shall go
down to Hades.(1) At one time he shall become a child; at another, an
old man. And the prophet said: Lord, and how dost Thou permit him, and
he deceives the race of men? And God said: Listen, my prophet. He
becomes both child and old man, and no one believes him that he is my
beloved Son. And after this a trumpet, and the tombs shall be opened,
and the dead shall be raised incorruptible.(2) Then the adversary,
hearing the dreadful threatening, shall be hidden in outer darkness.
Then the heaven, and the earth, and the sea shall be destroyed. Then
shall I burn the heaven eighty cubits, and the earth eight hundred
cubits. And the prophet said: And how has the heaven sinned? And God
said: Since(3) ... there is evil. And the prophet said: Lord, and the
earth, how has it sinned? And God said: Since the adversary, having
heard the dreadful threatening, shall be hidden, even on account of
this will I melt the earth, and with it the opponent of the race of
men. And the prophet said: Have mercy, Lord, upon the race of the
Christians. And I saw a woman hanging, and four wild beasts sucking
her breasts. And the angels said to me: She grudged to give her milk,
but even threw her infants into the rivers. And I saw a dreadful
darkness, and a night that had no stars nor moon; nor is there there
young or old, nor brother with brother, nor mother with child, nor
wife with husband. And I wept, and said: O Lord God, have mercy upon
the sinners. And as I said this, there came a cloud and snatched me
up, and carried me away again into the heavens. And I saw there many
judgments; and I wept bitterly, and said: It is good for a man not to
have come out of his mother's womb. And those who were in torment
cried out, saying: Since thou hast come hither, O holy one of God, we
have found a little remission. And the prophet said: Blessed are they
that weep for their sins. And God said: Hear, O beloved Esdras. As a
husbandman casts the seed of the corn into the ground, so also the man
casts his seed into the parts of the woman. The first month it is all
together; the second it increases in size; the third it gets hair; the
fourth it gets nails; the fifth it is turned into milk;(4) and the
sixth it is made ready, and receives life;(5) the seventh it is
completely furnished; the ninth the barriers of the gate of the woman
are opened; and it is born safe and sound into the earth. And the
prophet said: Lord, it is good for man not to have been born. Woe to
the human race then, when Thou shall come to judgment! And I said to
the Lord: Lord, why hast Thou created man, and delivered him up to
judgment? And God said, with a lofty proclamation: I will not by any
means have mercy on those who transgress my covenant. And the prophet
said Lord, where is Thy goodness? And God said: I have prepared all
things for man's sake, and man does not keep my commandments. And the
prophet said: Lord, reveal to me the judgments and paradise. And the
angels took me away towards the east, and I saw the tree of life. And
I saw there Enoch, and Elias, and Moses, and Peter, and Paul, and
Luke, and Matthias, and all the righteous, and the patriarchs. And I
saw there the keeping of the air within bounds, and the blowing of the
winds, and the storehouses of the ice, and the eternal judgments. And
I saw there a man hanging by the skull. And they said to me: This man
removed landmarks. And I saw there great judgments.(6) And I said to
the Lord: O Lord God, and what man, then, who has been born has not
sinned? And they took me lower down into Tartarus, and I saw all the
sinners lamenting and weeping and mourning bitterly. And I also wept,
seeing the race of men thus tormented. Then God says to me: Knowest
thou, Esdras, the names of the angels at the end of the world?
Michael, Gabriel, Uriel, Raphael, Gabuthelon, Aker, Arphugitonos,
Beburos, Zebuleon. Then there came a voice to me: Come hither and die,
Esdras, my beloved; give that which hath been entrusted to thee.(7)
And the prophet said: And whence can you bring forth my soul? And the
angels said: We can put it forth through the mouth. And the prophet
said: Mouth to mouth have I spoken with God,(8) and it comes not forth
thence. And the angels said: Let us bring it out through thy nostrils.
And the prophet said: My nostrils have smelled the sweet savour of the
glory of God. And the angels said: We can bring it out through thine
eyes. And the prophet said: Mine eyes have seen the back parts of
God.(9) And the angels said: We can bring it out through the crown of
thy head.

And the prophet said: I walked about with Moses also on the mountain,
and it comes not forth thence. And the angels said: We can put it
forth through the points of thy nails. And the prophet said: My feet
also have walked about on the altar. And the angels went away without
having done anything, saying: Lord, we cannot get his soul. Then He
says to His only begotten Son: Go down, my beloved Son, with a great
host of angels, and take the soul of my beloved Esdras. For the Lord,
having taken a great host of angels, says to the prophet: Give me the
trust which I entrusted to thee; the crown has been prepared for
thee.(1) And the prophet said: Lord, if Thou take my soul from me, who
will be left to plead with Thee for the race of men And God said: As
thou art mortal, and of the earth, do not plead with me. And the
prophet said: I will not cease to plead. And God said: Give up just
now the trust; the crown has been prepared for thee. Come and die,
that thou mayst obtain it. Then the prophet began to say with tears: O
Lord, what good have I done pleading with Thee, and I am going to fall
down into the earth? Woe's me, woe's me, that I am going to be eaten
up by worms! Weep, all ye saints and ye righteous, for me, who have
pleaded much, and who am delivered up to death. Weep for me, all ye
saints and ye righteous, because I have gone to the pit of Hades. And
God said to him: Hear, Esdras, my beloved. I, who am immortal, endured
a cross; I tasted vinegar and gall; I was laid in a tomb, and I raised
up my chosen ones; I called Adam up out of Hades, that I might save(2)
the race of men. Do not therefore be afraid of death: for that which
is from me--that is to say, the soul--goes to heaven; and that which
is from the earth--that is to say, the body--goes to the earth, from
which it was taken.(3) And the prophet said: Woe's me! woe's me! what
shall I set about? what shall I do? I know not. And then the blessed
Esdras began to say: O eternal God, the Maker of the whole creation,
who hast measured the heaven with a span, and who holdest the earth as
a handful,(4) who ridest upon the cherubim, who didst take the prophet
Elias to the heavens in a chariot of fire,(5) who givest food to all
flesh, whom all things dread and tremble at from the face of Thy
power,--listen to me, who have pleaded much, and give to all who
transcribe this book, and have it, and remember my name, and honour my
memory, give them a blessing from heaven; and bless him(6) in all
things, as Thou didst bless Joseph at last, and remember not his
former wickedness in the day of his judgment. And as many as have not
believed this book shall be burnt up like Sodom and Gomorrah. And
there came to him a voice, saying: Esdras, my beloved, all things
whatever thou hast asked will I give to each one. And immediately he
gave up his precious soul with much honour, in the month of October,
on the twenty-eighth. And they prepared him for burial with incense
and psalms; and his precious and sacred body dispenses strength of
soul and body perpetually to those who have recourse to him from a
longing desire. To whom is due glory, strength, honour, and
adoration,--to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, now
and ever, and to ages of ages. Amen.

For a footnoted version: http://www.ccel.org/fathers2/ANF-08/anf08-106.htm

THE REPTILIAN-HUMAN CONNECTION
By: John Rhodes81994

INTRODUCTION

My name is John Rhodes and I am a researcher, explorer and lecturer in
the realms of ufology, occulted archaeology and metaphysics. In this
report, I will be providing you with compelling evidence, gathered
over many years of research, as to our genealogical connections with
the overlord reptilian alien race and the occulted historical
archaeology that clearly demonstrates that these reptilian beings have
coexisted on this planet Earth with us for thousands of years prior to
our current era.

The reason that I place an emphasis on archaeology and metaphysics is
because, in my opinion, they are the key elements to unlocking the
secrets of the UFO phenomenon that surrounds us all in these trying
times of ours. The result of the research that I am about to provide
to you is not compiled by myself alone. These theories those of
individuals, like myself, that have endured immense difficulties and
danger in order to unveil that which has been hidden from the public
for many, many years. These individuals remain unknown at present due
to reasons of survival, however, it is not only our duty, but it is
time to unveil this information for all to hear, see and contemplate
upon, for we are about to shift our shared reality.

Today, we are all witnessing a simultaneous deterioration of
geopolitical and geological stability, increase of UFO abduction
related phenomenon and a rapidly changing climatological environment.
The psychological pressure associated with these shifts in reality is
compounded by the fact that many believe that we are experiencing the
unfolding of prophecies handed down to us by generations passed.

We have all been told through the prophecies of many religions and
cultures around the world that our generation will witness the
unveiling or the "revelation" of the true reality in which we live.
Our species is struggling with impeding global disaster brought upon
us by natural and man made causes, thus we find ourselves desperately
reaching into the shadows for answers. I believe that this is no more
evident than in our interest in "New Age."

The information that "New Age" is founded upon is not new at all. Long
ago, secret societies made every effort to remove the truly powerful
esoteric knowledge from public libraries so they could drunkenly abuse
and use it to dominate Earth's inhabitants. Many of the sacred
mysteries that enable one to attain their true source of inner power
have existed here in on the American continent for thousands, if not
hundreds of thousands, of years. UFOs, alien beings, cosmic cycles,
atomic manifestation and other "mysterious phenomenon" still survive
within the legend, myth and lore of the red race of beings known as
the American Indian.

By studying these stories and those of other ancient civilizations, we
can translate the truth into modern day linguistics and expand our
view of the reality in which we belong. Archaic wisdom transforms our
spiritual link with corporeal matter. The words may change and the
cryptic way in which brotherhoods have passed down secrets may have
become more difficult to decipher, but "the truth is out there" for us
to discover . . . if you want it.

I do not question whether or not aliens or their craft are here on our
planet. After all, historical documentation, video tapes, abduction
cases, leaked government information and numerous other data confirm
their existence. The most important question, in my opinion, happens
to be "Who are the main players?" and "How do we fit into the 'big' plan?"

Throughout the history of extraterrestrial contact, many different
types of alien beings have reportedly stated that they are not able to
interfere to any great extent with human beings or their affairs. If
this is true, then why are we receiving an increasingly larger number
of abduction and contactee reports that repeatedly describe two types
of intelligent life forms, those of the Grey and Reptilian aliens? Why
do they have exclusive rights to interfere with our species when other
alien beings do not?

If interaction between these beings and our own species has been
occurring throughout history, as legend and myth would have us
believe, then where is the supporting evidence as to their existence.
Where are they from and why are they so interested in us? Before we
proceed further, lets answer the questions as to who these beings are
and where the historical connections are that reveal their presence.



COLD BLOOD IN ANCIENT SUMERIA

According to the ancient writings and petroglyphs of the area of our
Earth considered to be the cradle of humanity, namely Mesopotamia or
Iraq, there existed a god like race of beings that ruled over a region
of the Tigris-Euphrates river valley known as Sumeria. This society
apparently flourished around 3500 B.C. and was remarkably advanced in
their culture. According to their sand pitted records, their rulers or
"gods" were humanoid creatures of extraterrestrial origin that
descended in magical crafts, or rocket like ships. Their image was
cast into history in the form of reptilian-humanoid statuettes that
over fired to a green hue color.

The surviving clay tablets from this area of the world declare that
before Homosapiens walked upon the Earth, these "gods" did much of
their own manual labor. In order to achieve a higher standard of
living, this nonhuman society genetically created a new form of life
by mixing their own DNA with that of the evolutionary mammalian man or
"Ape-Man." The successful results of this experiment yielded a new
breed of worker class known as Homosapiens.

In the beginning, apparently, these god-like race of beings immensely
enjoyed the benefit of having their slaves endure the hardships of
manual labor. Excavation, farming, building and mining operations were
the toil of this new born race. This labor, however, was not provided
willingly. It was forced through the use of severe and ruthless
governorship.

These, not so bright, beings suffered greatly under the firm rule of
their strange looking gods and their misery did not go unnoticed by a
few of the nonhuman masters. According to the Sumerian tablets, inside
the god society, a conspiracy was brewing to free Homo sapiens from
their bonds of slavery and teach them the spiritual and scientific
knowledge necessary to uplift their essence to a god-like stature.
Apparently, the name of this rebellious reptilian being leader was
Enlil or Ea.



EA EXPERIMENTS IN HIS DEN

The Sumerian tablets tell us that the rebel God called Ea was the
extraterrestrial being that controlled the genetic creation of
Homosapiens in abeyance to the instructions of his superiors. After
his involvement with the original genetic experiment, his compassion
for the plight of the slave race shifted his role as a genetic
engineer to that of a freedom fighter. It is also related that Ea's
headquarters was in a swamp like area he called "Snake Marsh" because
it was also a den to many reptiles or snakes. In other words, the
first fight for freedom took place in an area known as Ea-Den.

It's an interesting point that, according to Biblical text, a snake or
"reptilian" not only seduced Eve, the first female caretaker of the
garden, away from the arms of Adam, but also gave them knowledge in a
beautiful garden called E-DEN. We are also told that this was done
against the wishes of his superior and, as punishment for this
treasonous act, the progressive reptilian and his cohorts were ordered
to remain underground, within the vast cavern systems of the earth.
Along with this punishment, it was ruled that the reptilian was to
never interfere with humans again and that their generations will not
only not know of each other, but will learn to hate each other. This
last declaration was initiated by changing the name of the reptilian
being from "Lucifer" which literally means the bringer of light or
knowledge to "Satan" or adversary. The Sumerian texts also relate a
somewhat similar fate for the reptilian being called Ea.

The teachings of the reptilian Ea, thereafter referred to as the
esoteric mysticism of the snake brotherhood, caused a major shift in
the perceptions of reality for the early Homosapiens. It is in the
assorted descriptions of this turning point in human evolution that we
get our first glimpse as to what these advanced beings actually looked
like in comparison to our own physical characteristics.



THE REBELLIOUS TEACHER

For the sake of mental focus, the following example is taken primarily
from the Christian Bibles Book of Genesis. It's deeply rooted
symbolism is thought, by some people, to be a compilation of occulted
Genesis legend or physical beginnings from all spiritual beings around
the world. This is important to remember because one must be aware of
the fact that I am in no way attempting to push anyone religion in
this presentation. The historical description of reptilian beings
having had a monumental influence on human evolution can be seen in
the multi cultural symbolism and myth surrounding the tree of knowledge.

The symbolical tree of knowledge, the Palm tree in Ea-Den, is depicted
as having a trunk around which a half-man, half-snake being is
entwined. It is from this tree that the rebellious reptilian taught
the human, Eve. As the information was absorbed by Eve and hence
passed onto Adam, their perceptions of awareness and reality quickly
shifted, rendering the two in a severe state of shock and fear (thus,
it is said that a person who is totally unaware of the reality in
which they live, resides in an "Edenic state"). The legend explains
that, soon thereafter, they both ran from the voice of God, not
because they had their first sexual relationship with each other or
that they were shy of their nakedness, it was because they were
suddenly aware that there was a profound physical difference between
the Gods and themselves. The reptilians had scales covering their
bodies as a form of protection from the elements and the Homosapiens
suddenly realized that they didn't. Until this time, the Homo sapiens
had no conception that they were in any way physically different from
their reptilian counterparts. They had finally leapt from their
childlike ignorance of their situation into to the realization that
they were intended, by design, to be tillers of the field and slaves
to the other reptilian overlords.

Years later other messengers also arrived upon the scene and, once
again, attempting to free mankind from the bondage of slavery by
teaching spiritual and magical knowledge. They also were punished
severely by the rulers of the population. One difference was, however,
that instead of being labeled "Satans" or adversaries, one was named
Quetzalcoatl or "Feathered Snake" and the other the Savior Yashua, or
Christ.

The symbolism of the tree of knowledge is not limited to the
Christians, but it is also represented by the Banyan tree from under
whose branches the East Indian God Krishna sat upon a coiled serpent
and bestowed upon man spiritual knowledge. Another reptilian God whose
death upon a crucifix was etched into stone was that of Quetzalcoatl,
the winged serpent god of the great Toltec and Aztec civilization. The
wooden crucifix upon which those that endowed knowledge upon mankind
are crucified represents, not only the sigil of the supreme God called
the Tau or ankh, but the crucifix also represents the trunk and
branches of the tree of knowledge. For their teachings, they were killed.

The remarkable fact is that throughout all ancient and modern
civilizations, the serpent or dragon bestowing knowledge upon the
human race figures prominently in all religions and histories. The
Christian reptilian or "fallen angel" LUCIFER, the Mayan serpent God
QUETZALCOATL, the enormous plumed serpent God of the Hopi Indians,
BAHOLINKONGA, the East Indian mystical human like reptilians known as
NAGAS, the Egyptian serpent God KNEPH, The Phoenicians AGATHODEMON and
even the Hebrews NAKHUSHTAN or Brazen Serpent that led Moses and the
Israelites through the desert by pillar of cloud and fire. These are
but a few of the vast amount of records that exist world wide and
describe their early gods as having reptilian-human like physical
features as well as having descended from the heavens or stars.

From within the shadows and crevices of the earth their influence upon
all mankind can be no more evident than when one considers the ancient
British god who was considered "The Dragon-Ruler of the World." His
subjects called him HU - thus we call ourselves Hu-Man!



REPTILIANS PRESENT - NO ARTISTS/PHOTOGRAPHERS ALLOWED!

One might ask that if these reptilians once openly roamed the Earth
with Homosapiens, why aren't there any pieces of art that clearly
depict them as bipedal snake gods? The answer to that may lay within
one common religious law that most of these ancient cultures still
adhere to, either by their own ignorance of the reptilians physical
appearance or out of pure obedience, and that is the law that one is
forbidden to make idols or drawings of anything that is in heaven.

The Hopi Indians to this day refuse to recreate the images of their
reptilian ancestors because they fear an instant death.

The closest imagery that was ever allowed to remain was cryptically
tucked away in the Hebrew or Christian works of the Books of Genesis
and the Exodus.

As we have already gone over the symbolism of the reptilian in the
cradle of humanity or Garden of Eden, it can only be said that we must
remember that Lucifer was considered an angel who fell from the
heavens. Yet we are told at the same time that he was a snake. And
although Moses declared that his God said not to make idols or images
to false Gods, he placed a snake upon his staff and proclaimed to his
people that he who looks upon this image will be healed. This is the
origination of the physicians' caduceus. Could it be that late one
evening, during a solitary walk outside the Israelite's encampment,
Moses had an encounter with one of these reptilian beings that were
flying this pillar of smoke and fire? Could this have been the reason
he considered this snake upon his staff a real image of God and not a
false one? It makes one wonder.

Obviously, if these snake people or reptilians really did once openly
live amongst the Homosapien population, they have gone to extreme
extent not to be revealed since they went into hiding.

Could it be that part of the great Biblical Revelation prophecy is the
unveiling of the reptilian presence on Earth?



THEY WHO HIDE TRUTH

We are now aware that numerous societies record, as the Sumerians did,
that the reptilian half-man, half-snake empowered Hu-mans with the
knowledge necessary to be free from the grips of their slave masters.
But, what happened to the spiritually powerful knowledge that was
given to us "gardeners of the planet" by the original reptilian Ea as
his cohorts? After all, his plans were to free us from slavery, right?
Well, some would say that we are still enslaved within a carefully
constructed illusion. I would tend to agree. So, what happened? What
has kept us from reaching our fullest potential?

Many of the individuals, in the course of written history, who have
given the masses powerful information, whether it's political or
spiritual, have had either their credibility destroyed or their bodies
destroyed. Most of the times it's both. If the information has taken
root before it can be erased, then history has demonstrated that newly
founded "insurgence" groups or movements are quickly infiltrated by
the opposition and allowed to flourish under the guidance of their own
secret shadows. This is not only a premise by which groups struggle
for control in affairs of war, secret societies and politics, but also
the struggle of balance of power in religion. The mystical knowledge
given to man by the snake brotherhood suffered under this same
manipulation. For thousands of years, the high priests of religion
encrypted the mystical knowledge that was passed onto the humans by
the reptilian race and used that knowledge to control, manipulate and
spiritually enslave those at the bottom of the pyramid.

Reptilian beings displayed both benevolent and evil characteristics at
different times in history. They have taught peace, love,
spirituality, healing and knowledge of the sciences and, as the
Delaware Indians describe in their ancestral mythology, they have
rained down destruction upon the Earth in the name of God. This is why
various cultures recognize the reptilian image as effigies of the
balance of nature. In other words . . . Good-Evil, Negative-Positive.
It is, perhaps, not to far out to imagine that on some other planet or
in some other dimension, the human figure might also symbolize both
aspects of good and evil, positive and negative.

The symbolism and resemblances of each of these god-like beings from
around the world is too similar to have been simple imaginary
god-forms from totally unconnected parts of the planet. There had to
be a more influential factor at work in ancient times, but what could
it have been?

There are three explanations which could answer this puzzling
question. One, primitive cave dwelling settlements around the world
were naturally drawn to the reptilian image because they had somehow
retained a genetic memory of their reptilian heritage. Two, highly
advanced spiritual beings that had reptilian physical characteristics
assimilated themselves into various social structures in order to
influence the trend of spiritual progression. Three, all of the
ancient civilizations sensed their genetic connections to the reptile
AND reptilian beings influenced their spiritual evolution throughout
history. I believe, that both influences were at work and I will
expand on and prove my theory in just a few moments.

It is in this researcher's opinion that these records, when carefully
and open mindedly studied, reflect a historical foundation upon which
all modern day extraterrestrial contacts or abductions can be based.
We have evolved as a species and our progression has been carefully
monitored by the elusive reptilian race that live within the cavernous
Earth itself.

If it is true that we are genetically descended from a mixture of ape
man and a bipedal, intelligent reptilian species, then what evidence,
other than legends and historical documentation supports our theory?
Where lays the personal connection, the physical proof? To answer
these questions, it is important to address a little known fact
regarding the formation of the human embryo in the womb.



THE PHYSICAL CONNECTION

During the formative stages of intrauterine development, the fetus
undergoes several different phases of genetically encoded evolution.
Deep within the information pool of the gene, instructions are given
to the forming cells to repeat the major evolutionary steps that link
us to the non primate mammals, reptiles and fish before we finally
reach the recognizable form of the human being. At one point, our
primordial genetic information even creates gills for the embryo.
These, of course, disappear as development continues. In the fourth
week, the human embryo is remarkably similar to the embryos of birds,
pigs and sheep and remains that way until the eighth week, then it
takes on dissimilar physical characteristics.

In some cases of evolutionary throwback, as according to the Oxford
Monographs on Medical Genetics no. 27, the genetic chain of command
sometimes forgets to continue onwards in their evolutionary
reenactment, leaving some babies with actual tails. These "caudal
appendages," as they are called, form at the lower lumbar area and are
generally hairless. Although most of these cases are immediately
attended to by surgeons in order to protect the families from adverse
ridicule, in some third worlds countries where surgery is unavailable,
the children quickly adapt to their tails and live out normal lives.
It is interesting to note that in some of these cases the tail wags
during moments of excitation.

Now that we have covered the fact that passing glimpses into our
evolutionary heritage can be witnessed during the formation of our
fetuses, we can proceed to discover which part of this re enactment
was so pronounced that it permanently formed within us and provided
our strongest primordial link.

One late evening I happened to be watching a television interview with
Carl Sagan in which the audience members were asking him questions.
When asked what he thought of the crop circle phenomenon, He replied,
and I'll paraphrase here, "Don't you know that it has been proven that
all of these, so-called crop circles, are hoaxes created by two
gentlemen in England. They've admitted it." He went on to say that the
media loves a UFO angle and that they purposely ignore the confessions
of two older gentlemen in order to sensationalize. When I heard this,
I thought that there's no way that a man as intelligent as he claims
to be could be so blatantly ignorant, that is unless he is the mouth
piece of the federal government. If that was the case, then it is only
human nature to wonder what's in it for him.

It is in my opinion that the information about our genetic heritage
and relationship with the reptilian alien beings that live on our
planet was shared with Mr. Sagan as a gift for his expected continued
secrecy and servitude to certain authorities within the federal
government. Accompanying this "gift" of truth, I believe, was a
promise of increased fame and fortune in return for his performing the
duties of disinformation in regards to the flying saucer phenomenon
this is why he has continually ridiculed anything that even hints of
extraterrestrial contact. As long as he plays "their" game of
information management, he will be allowed to release certain
information in a very unobtrusive and cryptic fashion. All this, of
course, was done under the watchful eyes of his superiors. Evidence of
a portion of this "leak" is written within the pages of his book The
Dragons of Eden in which "speculates" upon the evolution of human
intelligence.

In Mr. Sagan's aptly named book The Dragons of Eden, it is emphasized
that in our search for the evolution of human intelligence, it is
extremely important that we do not ignore the most ancient part of the
human brain upon which all other segments are but additions. According
to the neuroanatomist Paul MacLean, that ancient area of the "triune"
brain, is driven by another prehistoric region that some
neuroanatomist call the R-Complex or the Reptilian-Complex. It is
called the R-Complex because we share this particular structure of the
brain with reptiles.

Mr. Sagan carefully points out the fact that the human brain develops
from the inside out, building itself atop the brain stem and in order
of evolutionary sequence. First, the neural chassis, which regulates
the heart, blood and respiration, is grown. After this has occurred,
the R-complex, the area of the brain that is thought to house the most
primordial intelligence, is developed. The limbic system and neocortex
are later additions to this central core.

MacLean also states that the R-complex plays an important role in the
aggressive behavior, territoriality, ritualism and establishment of
social hierarchies. (which, by the way, are behavioral and social
qualities that are frequently expressed by reptilian beings during
abductions and contacts) Much or our own behavior as human beings is
ruled by this archaic region of the brain, and as Mr. Sagan himself so
eloquently phrases it . . .

"It does no good whatsoever to ignore the reptilian component of human
nature, particularly our ritualistic and hierarchical behavior. On the
contrary, the model may help us understand what human beings are all
about."

Throughout The Dragons of Eden, one can find other subtle hints as to
his true knowledge of our genetic connection with the reptilian beings
that have played an important role in our species existence. He
mentions how much of our behavior is even expressed in reptilian
terms, such as "cold blooded" killer and that the common human sounds
commanding silence or attracting attention being that of hissing
snakes. These and other clues pervade his book right down to the M.C.
Escher illustration of two reptilian iguanas floating in a
three-dimensional Star of David in space.

Along with the fact that the pheromone of women and female iguanas are
a chemical match(Omni, May 94), here lie the reasons why the reptilian
beings are so interested in our genetic evolution. We are more
physically and mentally connected to reptiles than previously
understood, so their interest in us is justified when one realizes
that we may be, as myth and legends have related, actual reptilian
genetic offspring. This connection may now allow one to understand why
the abductions and clinical experimentation on humans beings are being
carried out by the elusive reptilian race. It may also be because some
things never change, even since the days of Eden.

I cannot, however, complete this discussion about Carl Sagan without
quoting a passage from his book for it truly brings forth that which
Mr. Sagan has tried to hide between the lines.

G.K. Chesterton once wrote:

"You can free things from alien or accidental laws, but not from the
laws of their own nature . . . Do not go about . . . encouraging
triangles to break out of the prison of their three sides. If a
triangle breaks out of its three sides, its life comes to a lamentable
end."

(By the way, I find it somewhat bewildering that someone who
understands the reptilian part of the brain so well is named Sagan,
because his name spelled backwards is that of the mystical east Indian
reptilian Gods, the-NAGAS!)



AS ABOVE, SO BELOW

As reported in the beginning of this discussion, reptilians have
coexisted on this planet with us since history began. And, as eluded
to in Genesis, divisions of these reptilians remained behind in the
cavernous regions of the Earth whilst the creators ventured outward
across the face of the deep waters or space.

Legends from different parts of the globe all tell of underworld
inhabited by mystical beings of varied forms. I believe that the
reptilian races, consisting of both benevolent and evil beings, still
reside to this day underground, hidden away in the dark crevices of
the Earth and in the depths of the oceans. The evidence supporting
this proclamation is also available through recent reports and
historical documentation.

First, and most important, is our understanding that our own United
States government has duped us to believe that the wonders of the
universe lie beyond our reach. That our progress to understanding who
and what we are as intelligent, life forms rest solely on the efforts
of the inept workings of NASA, JPL and a myriad of other money sucking
aerospace corporations. Almost fifty years of continued rat
experiments outside the envelope of our planet and we are to believe
that this is the ultimate pace of human exploration! This is
absolutely not the case. Publicly viewed space exploration is nothing
more that a magic show and, as most people realize, when the magician
says to look at his right hand, his left is doing all the work. Such
is the case with exploration. If you really want to get to see the big
show, don't look above your head, look below your feet.

Investigation into the interior of the Earth began with map surveyors
and explorers venturing out into unknown territory in order to chart
the wilderness. Once in a while, they'd come across a cave or cavern
and then descend into its depths to hopefully find treasures or
artifacts. Once these hollowed out recesses of the Earth along the
coastlines were discovered, their location was kept secret and certain
groups of individuals purchased the properties. They used, and still
use, their subterranean chambers for illegal activities, social
gatherings or modes of concealed travel for reasons of their own. Some
say that Washington, D.C. was purposely established above a huge
catacomb, so certain Freemasonic fraternities and the like could
utilize their hidden corridors while governing the nation. I believe
that may have been the case.

Large oil interests modernized seismic technology and geological
exploration with an ever increasing pace. Due to this wave of
subsurface exploration, more and more artifacts were discovered that
defied mainstream historical and explanation. As these artifacts were
collected by USGS and Smithsonian Institution employees, they were
concealed from the public, carefully studied by unknown entities
within and outside of the Federal administration and then mysteriously
lost.

As years wore on, more and more mystifying archaeological discoveries
were made. Those who studied these artifacts were well aware of the
fact that things were not as they appeared to be, so it must have been
of little surprise to these scientists and archaeologists when Kenneth
Arnold spotted his first UFO or flying

DINO-Saucer vehicle while flying his private airplane over Washington
state June 24th, 1947.

It was also around this time that our government began to build a vast
web bunker systems connected by tube shuttles. After all, they were
now dealing with a highly advanced species that could wipe out a
surface structure with no problem as well as a cold war threat with
the former Soviet Union. Ensuring governmental survival was a
priority. It was also around this time in history that underground
nuclear testing was being performed for military and peaceful
purposes. One such series of tests was called project Plowshare.



DULCE BASE - ALTERNATE PERCEPTIONS

In the early 1960s, a subterranean nuclear blast occurred about 30
miles southwest of Dulce, New Mexico right off U.S. 64. This nuclear
blast was conducted under the umbrella project Plowshare, and was
named project Gassbuggy. It has recently been alleged that this
particular subsurface nuclear blast was used to create a hollowed out
chute or chimney for development of a substation for a super secret
tunnel system attached to an underground black book project base known
as Dulce Base.

According to Thomas Edwin Castello, a former Dulce Base security
officer, this particular underworld city is a highly secret base
operated by humans as well as reptilian aliens and their worker cast,
the commonly encountered greys. It is here, apparently, that a
multitude of experimentation projects are carried out. The projects
are, apparently, primarily genetic in nature and are carried out
either men, women or children that have been declared missing by
authorities. There is a myriad of other specialty science projects
taking place at Dulce base including, but not limited to, Atomic
manipulation, cloning, studies of the human aura, advanced mind
control applications, animal/human crossbreeding, visual and audio
wiretapping, the list goes on.

If it was true that this base existed long before human occupation,
then it construction and layout may possibly tell us something about
its original occupants, the reptilians. We know this because the
sacred teachings of ancient metaphysics relate that imagery created by
ritualistic and intelligent beings often contain information occulted
in symbolism.

The Dulce base floor plan was illustrated, as per the originals by
Thomas Castello, and released in 1994. When inspected carefully, it's
layout appears to be extremely well planned.

From a vertical viewpoint, it resembles a wheel with a central hub and
corridors radiating outwards like spokes. This "hub" is the focal
point of the entire base. It is surrounded by central security and
extends through all levels of the base. I believe this core to be the
Achilles heel of the entire facility. It probably contains fiber optic
communications and power lines. This would justify its highly guarded
and central location as well as explain its vertical continuation
through all levels. With all communication lines and power lines
focused towards the hub, it is possible that any level could be
completely "locked down" by its own security or the security hubs from
either above or below its own level. This would provide maximum
control over the entire facility.

The "spokes" or corridors radiating away from the central hub, lead to
numerous other labs in five different directions. Connect the spokes
and a pentagon is revealed in its design. From above, this base
resembles the layout of the Pentagon in Washington, D.C. Complete with
halls, walls and military insignias! Since we do not have the exact
heading of its corridors, magnetic alignments are impossible to determine.

When viewed laterally, its appearance takes on the look of a tree with
a trunk at its center and its floors extending outwards like the
branches. If this is a facility of science, then one could easily say
that its lateral appearance is like that of the tree of knowledge. Was
this purposely designed this way or does it just happen to be a
coincidence?

The overall design of this facility reminds one of a multi stacked
subterranean Hopi Indian kiva. Although I believe that it's somewhat
of a disservice to the Hopi to even be spoken of in association with a
cave of horrors like the Dulce Base, its similarity in design should
not be forgotten.

As cultures around the world tend to bring their own styles of
architecture with them during periods of migration, so perhaps did the
advanced civilization that original built Dulce Base. And, if the
reptilian influence over man is as great as archaic documentation and
myth would have one believe, then there have to be other subterranean
dwellings similar to this in other locations.

If we locate another subsurface habitation similar in appearance to
the Dulce base and linked it to a reptilian or snake legend, we will
have obtained supporting evidence as to the reality of the Dulce
facility and our reptilian overlords. In my personal quest to
investigate and discover these connections, my journey led took me to
the mystical land of the North American Indians. The Four Corners of
the world.



HOPI - THE REPTILIAN EXAMPLE OF SPIRITUALITY?

In the southwestern region of the United States, specifically the four
corners area of Utah, Arizona, Colorado and New Mexico, one can find
remnants of the most ancient of all American Indian cultures. The Hopi
Indian tribe.

The Hopi live out their fairly non progressive and ritualistic lives
atop mesas on a reservation located in the north eastern portion of
Arizona. They originated from the eastern part of the Grand Canyon and
slowly migrated eastward to where they reside today. Surrounded by the
progressive and formerly nomadic Navaho nation, they await the
forthcoming Great Purification or, as many people call it, the day of
Revelation.

The religion and myth of the Hopi Indian are based upon the worship of
the snake. Their legend of Genesis also recounts how reptilians or
snake people played an important part in their ancestry.

Today, the ancestors of the Hopi tribes are referred to as their Snake
brothers or El-der brothers and their reverence towards their
reptilian ancestors is evident throughout all ceremonies of the Hopi
Indians. When their most sacred of all underground kiva rituals are
performed, that of the Snake dance, rattlesnakes are present to hear
their prayers. These snakes are then later released into the
wilderness so as they can return to the gods of the Underworld with
the tribes prayers.

According to Hopi myth, they used to live in a great subterranean
underworld alongside a race of beings called the Ant people. These Ant
people, which might by today's standards be considered grey aliens,
helped feed and clothe the Hopi during their lives in the Underworld.
One day, under the direction of their matriarchal Goddess Spider
woman, they ascended to the surface by way of a hollowed bamboo shoot
which sprung forth through an opening in the ceiling of their cave
called the Sipapuni.

They say that soon after their arrival on the surface, a mocking bird
came along and confused the language of the Hopi, the results of which
encouraged them to break up into small clans of different languages.
This is remarkably similar to the story of the Tower of Babel. One day
soon there after, an exceedingly bright star, or star-ship, appeared
above them in the sky. Believing it was a God, they followed it during
it's journey across the sky. They did so until it stopped in one
place. When it stopped, some of the Hopi remained and settled. When
the star later appeared, the other Hopi followed it until it stopped
once again. This continued until all the Hopi were settled. This is
the Hopi description of the original planting of their race.

The myths of the Hopi Genesis would be considered, as others, based
upon fantasy and imagination if it wasn't for one, solitary discovery
that was made by a man traveling down the Colorado river aboard a
skiff in the Grand Canyon almost ninety-five years ago. That mans name
was Kincaid and his discovery was that of the Hopi Indian underworld
or the Sipapuni.



THE GREATEST STORY EVER ATTEMPTED TO BE TOLD

On March 12th, 1909, a small article appeared in the Arizona Gazette
newspaper announcing the arrival in of a man by the name of G.E.
Kincaid, who had just completed a Colorado river rafting trip from
Green River, Wyoming. He stated that he enjoyed his trip and planned
on returning the following winter for another run at the Colorado
River. He also mentioned his discovery of some "interesting artifacts"
which he was mailing to the Smithsonian Institution.

Three weeks, three days later on April 5th, 1909, a front page article
appeared in the Arizona Gazette (article attached to this report) in
which Kincaid is interviewed in detail about his archaeological find.
This discovery of Kincaids, as notably remarked in the article, was to
be considered the most significant archaeological find in the world
throughout all history.

As the article is quite long and detailed, I will only briefly repeat
the most important facts concerning this discovery that will help us
throw light upon our search.

Mr. Kincaid had apparently discovered a massive underground city that
was cut into a wall of the Grand Canyon with the precision equaled
only to that of the Great Pyramid. The highly advanced civilization
that inhabited this subterranean city was of unknown origin, although
several different artifacts were found, such as a Buddha, mummies and
hieroglyphics, that were of Oriental, Egyptian and central American
origin.

As the Smithsonian Institution archaeological team, spearheaded by a
professor S.A. Jordan, continued their treks into the depths of this
city, they discovered hundreds of rooms. Some rooms were as small as
an average living room and others as large as several hundred feet in
length and breadth. It was estimated that the area explored so far by
the team could have comfortably housed fifty thousand people!

The location of this discovery was veiled in secrecy because, as Mr.
Kincaid put it "They don't want to be disturbed." His only clues were
that is was about 42 miles north of the Crystal creek. After the
completion of his interview and the printing of this story the next
day in the Arizona Gazette newspaper, not a single thing was ever
mentioned about it again publicly until the original article
resurfaced once again three years ago. So spin the wheels of secrecy
and conspiracy.



THE DULCE-SIPAPUNI-REPTILIAN CONNECTION

Upon reviewing the article in detail, I was able to discern Three
immensely important clues as to whom the occupants and their rulers
may have been. The first clue has to do with the Sipapuni's builders
or stone masons.

If there is an underground city in the Grand Canyon that is large
enough to house fifty thousand people, as Kincaid would have us
believe, then the engineering skills needed to construct such a
underworld would have rivaled those used to create the Great Pyramid
of Gizeh and the other highly engineered stone fortresses and temple
platforms that are scattered across the Earth. Except for Kincaids
remarks as to the antiquity of this underground citadel, he said that
it appears to have been built many years previous to the Christian
era. Could it have been built in the same era as was the Great
Pyramid? Could it have been created by the same hands that built the
other anomalous structures around the world?

These questions become even more intriguing when one realizes another
absolutely fantastic "coincidence." It has been seriously speculated
by many well-known researchers and archaeologists that the original
great Pyramid may have been built under the direction of the Sumerian
reptilian gods and by the labor of the first Mediterranean and world
travelers called the Phoenicians. Is it just another coincidence that
not far from this area of Arizona lies the great city if Phoenix and
that the inhabitants refer to themselves as Phoenicians? Was this some
strange coincidence or is it an occulted signature from those in the know?

The second clue is the fact that is that when Kincaid discovered the
Sipapuni, he discovered a floor plan that was remarkable similar to
that of the Dulce Base. In Kincaids own words that he describes the
Sipapuni floor plan as having "a mammoth chamber from which radiates
scores of passageways, like the spokes of a wheel." This is the same
configuration as to that of Dulce Base, the underground facility that
is reported to have been originally occupied by the reptilian being
species.

The third, and most important, factor is that both underground worlds
are associated with reptilian beings. Thomas Castello, the man
claiming to have been a former security officer in the Dulce Base,
said that the commanders of the nonhuman grey alien beings were
humanoid reptilian creatures that were tall and had vertical slit
pupils. The Hopi mythology and oral traditions, on the other hand,
state that their EL-der brothers had snake forms and were the rulers
of the underworld. These two perspectives are strikingly similar, with
the only difference being that one is derived from history and the
other from our present era.

In all, there exists a combination of three important elements that
are apparently shared by both underground facilities or cities. One,
they are both huge underground cities. Two, they both have a similar
floor plan design and Three, they are both associated with reptilian
overlords. Are these associations coincidental or are we beginning to
reveal a pattern of some sort?

Most importantly, after three years of intense research and field
explorations into the Grand Canyon area, I believe that I have finally
located the Hopi Sipapuni underworld that G.E. Kincaid initially
discovered in 1909. I have acquired physical evidence indicating
anomalous activity occurring during that time period, new
interpretations of an ancient Hopi prophecy supports the "story" of
Kincaids discovery and I, and a close colleague of mine, have stood
upon the same ground where Kincaid once stood in awe.

Evidence of this recent discovery has been relayed to several key
people across the United States for security purposes. A more detailed
report of this discovery is forthcoming and will be made available to
the public in the very near future.



SUMMATION

Various pieces of evidence accumulatively indicate a strong
relationship between the human and reptilian species. Mytho-histories
of aboriginal tribes across the world record their presence on the
surface of the Earth. Underground cities that are reported to exist in
the southwestern United States, such as Dulce base and the Hopi Indian
Sipapuni, appear to have been constructed by reptilian beings,
experiencer reports continue to describe contacts with nonhuman life
forms that have a reptilian anatomy and the human brain reminds us of
how the human race evolved from reptiles.. This reptiliform influence
is more than just symbolism. It appears to be a manifested reality in
our lives that refuses to disappear.

The reptilian beings are on Earth now, they always have been on this
planet and, if we can overcome our inherent fear of the reptilian
image and understand how it has been used against us, we will one day
realize that, although we are physically different, we are from the
same primordial essence.



I LEAVE YOU WITH ONE LAST THOUGHT

I end this article with one last thing for you to think about and that
is that as we near the end of the millennium, several prophecies
appear to be becoming fulfilled. The most important one being
witnessed in Mexico City which is built upon the ancient Aztec capital
Tenochtitlan. It is here that during the solar eclipse in 1991, a
gradually escalating wave of UFO sightings began and continue to this
day. Could this signal, as once promised long ago, the return of the
plumed feathered serpent God Quetzalcoatl? Time will tell