T he Shining Ones brings together a lifetime of Their ordered and efficient role-societies survived research and scholarship in presenting evidence for thousands of years, but were unable to cope of the activities of a group of culturally and with the often predicted episodic catastrophes, technically advanced people, who dominated human inflicted by cosmic radiation, cometary debris and progress for several thousand years. volcanic activity, which brought in their wake fire, flood, drought or climate change. Establishing agriculture in a mountain valley in the Near East around 8,500 BC, these sages In their previous book The Genius oft he Few the founded the Garden of Eden, and set the stage for authors promised to address the question - From the diffusion of the Indo-European peoples where did these Shining Ones come? They have throughout the world. They were deified and are therefore woven into the text a wealth of addi still remembered as gods. tional evidence from the ancient records, to sup port the popular concept of a spiritual dimension · We can follow their story within the recently and a spiritual influence. translated Sumerian Kharsag Epics and the delib erately concealed Chronicles of Enoch, with As an outstanding exploration geologist, Christian added support from an alternative translation of O'Brien presents his thesis and survey of the ocean the later compilation of the Book of Genesis. This floor to support the former existence of the Island book follows their footsteps and influence of Atlantis in the region of the Azores. throughout the world. This book, along with other past scholarship on We now realise that they surveyed and mapped the the activities and technology of our ancestor gods, stars and the earth with great precision. Their bril provides the links to establish their full story. liant mixed and balanced farming and wildlife Ancient myths are now shown to be realities. The management methods still survive in some areas re-discovery of a Golden Age is within reach. today. Their megalithic and sophisticated building Edmund Marriage -The Golden Age Project skills still astonish and puzzle experts. Their arts, crafts and sciences, preserved in areas such as Christian O'Brien read China, excel modern equivalents in many ways. Natural Sciences at Christ's College, Cambridge and Their administrative excellence, through kingship spent many years as an and self-contained city states, provides many sur exploration geologist in Iran, prising solutions for today's troubled world. Their in Canada, and in other common laws, customs and practical philoso remote areas of the world. In phies, corrupted, if not destroyed, by priests and 1936 he was involved in the politicians, still offer hope for all of us, to create a discovery of the T choga better world. Zambil Ziggurat in South . . . cont 'd on back flap em Iran. In 1970 he retired as head of the Iranian Oil All enquiries regarding this book to: Operating Companies to devote all his time to researching the many enigmas of prehistory. He died The Patrick Foundation, in February 2001. e-mail: www.goldenageproject.org. uk or visit the Golden Age Project website www.goldenageproject.org. uk Designed and published by: Dianthus Publishing Limited The Pool House, Barbara Joy O'Brien still Kemble, Cirencester GL7 6AD UK plays a full part in these Tel.: +44 (O) 1285 770 239 researches and is a poet ISBN 978-0-946604-20-3 with several publications ISBN 0-946604-20-7 911~~Ull~ll~~~~~~~t and awards to her credit. UK £49.50 USA $ 75 0 nee upon a time the Gods divided up the Earth between them - not in the course of a quar~el; for it would be quite wrong to think that the Gods do not know what is appropriate to them, or that, knowing it, they would want to annex what property belongs to others. Each gladly received his just allocation, and settled his territories; and having done so they proceeded to look after us, their creatures and children, as shephenls look after their flocks. They did not use physical means of control like shepherds who ~ flocks ~th_hlow .. , but brougHt their influence to bear on the creature's most le}l~t!f~Jit'R.t using persuasion as a steersman uses the helm, to direct the mind as they saw fit the whole moral creature. The various Gods, then, administered the variot.M had been allotted to them. But Hephaestos and Athene, who shared as common character, and pursued the same ends in their love of kf!l.W~ allotted this land of ours as their joint sphere and as a excellence and wisdom. They produced a native race of tl04!d;li political arrangements. Their names have been nr•~•e·nJII!t!llr·llll forgotten because of the destruction of their successors said before, the survivors of this destruction were heard the names of the rulers of the land The Shining Ones An Account of the Development of Early Civilizations through the Direct Assistance of Powers incarnated on Earth from the Materio-Spiritual Planes of the Astral and Causal Regions A Philosophical Discussion based on Ancient Mystical and Secular Documents from the Mythologies of all Races, and on the Personal Experiences of Saints of many Persuasions Dianthus Publishing Limited THE SHINING ONES Published by Dianthus Publishing Limited The Pool House, Kemble, Cirencester, England, GL7 GAD Tel.: +44(0) 1285 770 239. Fax: +44(0) 1285 770 896 All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, electrostatic, magnetic tape, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without permission in writing from the publishers or the owners of the copyright. © Christian and Barbara Joy O'Brien. Their right to be iden tified as authors of this work has been asserted by them in accordance with the Copyright, Design and Patents Act 1988. The maps on pp 10, 121, 267, 285, 348 and 436 are Mountain High Maps ® Copyright © Digital Wisdom Inc. ISBN 978-0-946604-20-3 Printed in Great Britain by CPI Antony Rowe, Chippenham, Wiltshire All enqunies regarding this book should be directed to: The Patrick Foundation, e-mail: [email protected] Or, visit The Golden Age Project web site: www.goldenageprojcct.org. uk 4 SCRIPTURAL AUTHORITY THE BASIC SCRIPTURAL AUTHORITY FOR THE MAIN THEME OF THIS WoRK. Letter 368 : ... "It is not possible to comprehend these mysteries of creation till we have crossed the frontiers of mind and maya (the two lower spiritual regions), and one should leave them alone. "Yes, souls who are permanent denizens of these regions (the two lower ones) sometimes incarnate themselves in this world in accor dance with the scheme ofc reation and, after doing their work, go back to their place." "Other souls also, who for one reason or another are staying in these regions, do from time to time incarnate here primarily for speeding their progress or seeking higher initiations in order to reach Sat Desh (the highest spiritual region). Light on Sant Mat Huzur Maharaj Charan Singh Ji p.357. The 'Shining Ones', described here, were such incarnations working on Earth within the framework of the overall Creation structure. 5 THE SHINING ONES THE ANGELS They found a place where high lands met the low and planted there a garden ripe with grain: the Shining Ones established their domain among the mountains, by the winter snow. They came from nowhere to make orchards grow, to plough, to cultivate a lake-bed plain and leave the story of that lush Eden. The people drank from ditches, caught the flow of storm-water, before the Angels launched a programmed teaching course to demonstrate the arts of living -- glowingly they brought their knowledge, and light-heartedly they danced; they introduced the flute and pipes. Those great resplendent leaders settled down and taught. Barbara Joy 0 'Brien 6 DEDICATION DEDICATION With Grateful Thanks to our Beloved Master Huzur Maharaj Charan Singh Ji Who has provided the Inspiration and the Direction for this Work; I! i ~ 1 7 THE SHINING ONES .. Frontispiece: God reaching down to assist Mankind -House ofJ ustice, San Miguel Azores 8 CONTENTS IN THE BEGINNING Page PART I: KHARSAG-THE GARDEN IN EDEN AUTHORS' FOREWORD: The Authorities 25 PROLOGUE (FIRST PART) 30 The Elohim (The Shining Ones) 32 The Shining Ones 34 PROLOGUE (SECOND PART) 35 The Authority of the New Beginning 36 Structure of Creation 37 A Partial Outline of the Geography of the Spiritual Regions 39 The Hierarchy of the Lower Spiritual Regions 41 Hierarchical Definitions 49-51 CHAPTER ONE: An Introduction to Doubt 52 CHAPTER TWO: Eastward in Eden 57 CHAPTER THREE: Where Heaven and Earth Met 62 Problems in Linguistics 62 Kharsag - the Garden in Eden 65 Arrival of the Anannage 65 The Sumerian Kharsag Epics 67 Kharsag Epic No.1: The Arrival oft he Anannage 68 Kharsag Epic No.2: The Decision to Settle 72 Kharsag Epic No.3: The Romance ofE nlil and Ninlil 83 Kharsag Epic No.4: The Planning oft he Cultivation 91 Kharsag Epic No.5: The Building oft he Settlement 94 Kharsag Epic No.6: The Great House ofE nlil 96 Kharsag Epic No.7: The Great Winter Storm 98 CHAPTER FOUR: The Chronicles ofE noch 102 The Summoning of Enoch 104 The Seventh Haven 107 The Terrain of the Country around Eden 110 The Excursions of Enoch: The Volcanic Ravines 111 The Excursions of Enoch: The Garden in Eden 113 9