https://www.lelandquarterly.com/2008/10/where-went-the-ancient-astronauts/ Tue, 12 Apr 2022 03:51:30 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://www.lelandquarterly.com/2008/10/where-went-the-ancient-astronauts/comment-page-1/#comment-1018 Wed, 24 Dec 2008 21:33:23 +0000 https://www.therowboat.com/?p=214#comment-1018 […] Throughout the foregoing, Mysteries drops hints here and there of similarities with other ancient civilizations in Egypt and Mesopotamia, as well as the occasional mention of Atlantis. In the book’s final section of chapters, though, Tompkins takes on these concerns outright, without flinching. Here he reveals himself as an all-out New Age enthusiast (see his aptly-named son Ptolemy’s memoir on the subject). Ancient Mesoamerican civilization, Tompkins believes, was likely seeded by seafaring Phoenicians who came by way of the mythical continent of Atlantis. Part of the evidence for this he takes from the visions of the great twentieth century psychic Edgar Cayce. I kept wondering why his credulity fell short of that beloved occult fad of the 70s, ancient, alien astronaut theory. […]

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