Riaan Booysen - Exploring the Past...

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Having been brought up in the Christian faith and having been a believer for much of my adult life, I came to know the Bible quite well, including the theosophical challenges Christianity has to face. Over the years, however, the questions behind not only the Christian faith but all others as well became overwhelming and in the end I could no longer adhere to Christian beliefs. In 1996 Graham Hancock’s Fingerprints of the Gods introduced me to a new realm of possibilities, the realm of the ancient world. For many years Fingerprints remained in the back of my mind and it was only in August of 2000, when I purchased a copy of Josephus’ Works, that I actively began delving into the past. For several years I collected any book on ancient history that I could find, taking the information it presented at face value, with an open mind. Eventually my own theories began to form, culminating in what is presented here. I trust you will find this an interesting read and would like to invite you to comment or contribute freely in any manner you may wish to.

Professionally I am a practicing engineer that holds a PhD degree in Electromagnetics and have been awarded Senior Membership of the IEEE. The theories presented here were developed in my leisure time over many years and I decided to publish the essence of these theories on the Internet mostly for the sake of review by interested scholars and novices alike, but also due to the practical time constraints associated with writing a complete book. This I still plan to do, but I would like to eliminate any gross misconceptions I may have before completing the work, hence the request for comments.

You may find some aspects of these theories implausible, but I trust that you will nevertheless find it stimulating and I hope that it will create within you an interest in our fascinating ancient past.

Comments (6)

Similar to Riaan's and I'm sure so many other's stories, I grew up in a Christian house and was led to believe things that made me question the bible. I recall sitting at our dining room table, when I was ten years old, with the Bible, a piece of paper and a pen. My mother walked by asking what i'm doing and I told her I'm trying to figure out where we all came from if Adam and Eve only had sons and who the Nefelim were. Needless to say, it took a few decades of searching for the answer. One day I read a book which my neighbor lend me and it set the ball rolling. This book was The 12th Planet by Zacharia Sitchen. Since then I could not stop reading. I read all his books, Michael Tellinger's Slave Species of God, Graham Hancock's fingerprints of the Gods, The Gods of Eden by William Brambley, etc,etc and recently I started reading the Talmud of Jmmanuel.
Needless to say, all these books went against my Christian faith but the more the evidence piled up, the more I realized how we are being lied to! I said good bye to my faith and started living a more fulfilling life knowing that the real God doesn't need anything from us and that I am this much closer to the truth I have been looking for my whole life.
Even better is the fact that the ancient alien theory is being accepted more and more each day and that there are South Africans that are also waking up to the truth. I am glad to see sites like these and I will certainly be visiting here again! Thank you Riaan.

My friend referred me, just wanted to say good work. I don't have any means to independently verify or disprove any of this, but you definitely stand out from the typical internet whack job. A real intellectual read. Write a book!

Of all the theories about Atlantis, yours makes the most sense. Other theories always seem to be grasping at straws and guessing, but your has the evidence of satellite imagery of the sea floor, which leaves no doubt that there was something big at the South Pole, once upon a time. Have you written a book? If so, I would like to buy it! (I have trouble reading large amounts of text on a computer screen, as it gives me a headache.) If you haven't written one, you should. Maybe it will prompt more research into the subject of lost civilizations and potential comet/asteroid collisions. Meanwhile, I will continue reading the rest of your fascinating website.

Owner's reply:

Hi Vivian, thank you very much for the compliments! I am afraid that not all, in fact very few, agree with my theories, but I am of course convinced that I am on the right track. I realized long ago that the only way of eliminating serious errors in my reasoning, usually associated with a lack of knowledge on specific topics, would be to publish my theories on the Internet and ask for comment. I regularly participate on forums dedicated to these topics and have received invaluable (though usually rather rude) comments on my theories. Nobody can be an expert on everything and I have indeed been informed of numerous issues that I had not even been aware of before. Because of this process it seems that the research will never end, but once I am satisfied that everything I present can be reasonably justified, I will indeed attempt to find a publisher. Will let you know the day it happens! Best, Riaan

Could an exodus from an Antarctic civilization explain the similarities in certain aspects of cultures located on separate continents? Certainly pyramids are an 'easy' building concept but taken with a few other similarities I do find it intriguing. There is even evidence that native African plants have been found in South America indicating trade at some later point. It could even be that different castes or even waves of peoples left at different times or in different directions. If this held true it does seem that the Egyptian settlers faired better than their South American bretheren. This leads me to believe that the SA peoples were either late getting out and therefore could bring nothing with them or perhaps they were of a lower 'class' and left to fend for themselves and so made the best of a bad situation. They might have even been of a minority religion. The list goes on. Just a few interesting thoughts.

Owner's reply:

Hi Shawn, I have not the slightest doubt that this very exodus forms the basis of all the Noah stories around the world, and that the gods of those myths are all based on the same individuals who actually existed all that time ago - see for instance my Section 1.3, The Story of Seth, Isis and Osiris (the passages immediately above Figure 43). That would imply that the ancients of that time would have had to have a means of travelling around the world! Thanks for your comment. R

thought you'd like to see this
an animation of the sinking of the sunda shelf
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y_C2MnztgYQ

Owner's reply:

Fascinating! I wonder if any of the ancient maps would reflect an earlier stage of this flooding process, well before present? Thanks for the contribution. R

I was wondering about the garden of Eden. I read what you wrote. I always wondered if the serpent represented DNA. Moses put forth a brass serpent on a stick that helped heal the jews. That symbol is the medical symbol of western medicine. Do you think Lucifer/Jesus is the same person? There seems to be a connection between "the morning star in Isaiah 14 and Rev. 22. I guess it would come back to Who is our creator?

Owner's reply:

According to ancient mythology the Serpents taught the people they encountered how to read and write, some aspects of metallurgy, etc and no doubt also what they knew about medicine and healing. I suspect that the well known staff with the intertwined serpents and by implication also the serpent on Moses' staff reflect an ancient memory of the healing powers of the Serpents (human beings who survived the comet impact and subsequent flood that drowned most of the human population at that time). I personally do not believe that what was recorded in biblical texts was divinely inspired and as such I unfortunately do not see any connection between the texts you refer to. The name Lucifer seems to be derived from the Latin words lux (light) and fere (if I recall correctly, meaning to carry or bear). Lucifer, or light-bearer, may be linked to the "shining ones" of mythology, but this is speculation on my side. In my Thera section I present a more down-to-earth interpretation of the events surrounding Moses and the Exodus. Riaan