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Category - Non Fiction / Education
Format - Hardcover
Condition - Excellent
Listed - 2 months ago
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Est. Publication Date - Sep 2006
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Signed First Edition / First Print Excellent copy with some normal wear to the dust jacket as shown in the photos No markings in the book Below is the description pulled from Goodreads where it has 4.22 stars _______ Less than 50,000 years ago humans had no art, no religion, no sophisticated symbolism, no innovative thinking. Then, in a dramatic change, described by scientists as 'the greatest riddle in human history', all the skills & qualities that we value most highly in ourselves appeared already fully formed, as tho bestowed on us by hidden powers. In Supernatural Hancock sets out to investigate this mysterious before-&-after moment & to discover the truth about the influences that gave birth to the modern mind. His quest takes him on a detective journey from the beautiful painted caves of prehistoric France, Spain & Italy to rock shelters in the mountains of S. Africa, where he finds extraordinary Stone Age art. He uncovers clues that lead him to the Amazon rainforest to drink the hallucinogen Ayahuasca with shamans, whose paintings contain images of 'super-natural beings' identical to the animal-human hybrids depicted in prehistoric caves. Hallucinogens such as mescaline also produce visionary encounters with exactly the same beings. Scientists at the cutting edge of consciousness research have begun to consider the possibility that such hallucinations may be real perceptions of other dimensions. Could the supernaturals 1st depicted in the painted caves be the ancient teachers of humankind? Could it be that human evolution isn't just the meaningless process Darwin identified, but something more purposive & intelligent that we've barely begun to understand?
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Supernatural: Meetings with the Ancient Teachers of Mankind
ISBN: 9781932857405
Publisher Description
Best-selling author Graham Hancock returns with the unauthorised biography of the real nature and origins of the human race In the 4500 million year history of the Earth the behaviourally modern Homo ...
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