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Less than 50,000 years ago mankind had no art, no religion, no
sophisticated symbolism, no innovative thinking. Then, in a dramatic
and electrifying change, described by scientists as "the greatest
riddle in human history," all the skills and qualities that we value
most highly in ourselves appeared already fully formed, as though
bestowed on us by hidden powers. In Supernatural Graham Hancock sets
out to investigate this mysterious "before-and-after moment" and to
discover the truth about the influences that shaped the modern human
mind.
He uncovers clues that lead him to travel to the depths of the Amazon
rainforest to drink the powerful plant hallucinogen Ayahuasca with
Indian shamans, whose paintings contain images of "supernatural
beings" identical to the animal-human hybrids depicted in prehistoric
caves and rock shelters. And in Western laboratory experiments
hallucinogens such as mescaline also produce visionary encounters
with exactly the same beings. Scientists at the cutting edge of
consciousness research have now begun to consider the possibility
that such hallucinations may be real perceptions of other
"dimensions." Could it be that human evolution is not just the
"blind," "meaningless" process that Darwin identified, but something
else, more purposive and intelligent, that we have barely even begun
to understand?
Supernatural: Meetings with the Ancient Teachers of Mankind
By Graham Hancock
OCTOBER 2007 " Trade Paperback " 6 x 9 " 480 pages plus over 120
illustrations and color photos " History / Spirituality
ISBN: 978-1-932857-84-9
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