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Title	:	Supernatural: Meetings with the Ancient Teachers of Mankind
Author	:	Graham Hancock
Book Format	:	Hardcover
Book Edition	:	First Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 710 pages
Published	:	September 1st 2006 by Disinformation Company (first published January 1st 2005)
Categories	:	Nonfiction. History. Spirituality. Religion. Science

Supernatural: Meetings with the Ancient Teachers of Mankind

Graham Hancock

Hardcover | Pages: 710 pages

Rating: 4.23 | 2377 Users | 152 Reviews

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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?
Acknowledgements
Part 1: Visions
1: Plant that enables men to see the dead
2: Greatest riddle of archeology
3: Vine of souls
Part 2: Caves
4: Therianthropy
5: Riddles of the caves
6: Shabby academy
7: Searching for a Rosetta Stone
8: Code in the mind
9: Serpents of the Drakensberg
10: Wounded healer
Part 3: Beings
11: Voyage into the supernatural
12: Shamans in the sky
13: Spirit love
14: Secret commonwealth
15: Here is a thing that will carry me away
16: Dancers between worlds
Part 4: Codes
17: Turning in to channel DMT
18: Amongst the machine elves
19: Ancient teachers in our DNA?
20: Hurricane in the junkyard
Part 5: Religions
21: Hidden Shamans
22: Flesh of the Gods
Part 6: Mysteries
23: Doors leading to another world
Appendices
Critics & criticisms of David Lewis-Williams' Neuropsychological theory of rock & cave art
Psilocybe semilanceata-a hallucinogenic mushroom native to Europe / Roy Watlng
Interview with Rick Strassman
References
Index

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Original Title:	Supernatural: Meetings with the Ancient Teachers of Mankind
ISBN:	1932857400 (ISBN13: 9781932857405)
Edition Language:	English

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Absolutely mind blowing made me stop in my tracks and think not the easist book to read but should be read by anyone who thinks.

Clearly an intelligent guy. Lots of fascinating stuff. But TOO much fascinating stuff. Too many tenuous connections. Needs an editor. 588 pages should be 288. You start trying to make too many things connect--ayahuasca, fairies, UFOs, cave paintings--and you start to come across as a tinfoil hat guy. Which is a shame. Because he clearly is smart.

Graham Hancock is the king of speculation. His books will either convince you theres a lot more to human history or make you scoff at his speculation. Regardless, it is damn entertaining. One of the first books I ever bought was his Fingerprints of the Gods (1996) which discussed how anomalies associated with ancient monuments tend to indicate a wide-spread ancient advanced civilization. Even though I was intrigued by the way Hancock tied all those threads together Im still deeply skeptical of

What a fascinating, albeit bizarre, read. Again, one of those books suggested to me by my big brother, so not a book I would have picked off the shelf by myself. However, I was drawn in by Hancock's description of ancient European cave art in the early chapters, then found I couldn't put it down. He's a vivid writer and sets out to answer very intriguing questions: why DID humans first turn to symbolic expression 35,000 years ago? Why do so many shamanic cultures from opposite ends of the planet

Graham Hancock always fills my mind with more new ideas than any other writer. I really admire his ability to think outside the box. The first third of the book is all about ancient cave art and makes for an absolutely scintillating read. Cave art was something I knew nothing about. He talks about the dawn of abstract thinking in prehistory and a theory that it might be related to the use of hallucinogens by our ancestors. The next third of the book kind of lost momentum for me. Hancock tries to

I'm nearly speechless, and I cannot recommend this this book and author enough. An incredible eye opener and an incredible experience in and of itself. Suggesting that humanity has most likely learned and developed who we are from our ancestors by taking psychedelic substances and inducing altered states of consciousness/reality. With around 1000 footnotes, G.H. conducted his thorough research and provides the reader with a relatively objective perspective on the topic. Citing arguments from

I can't recommend this author highly enough, his writing style is very clear and readable, he does tons of research and supports his ideas extremely convincingly. I recommend ANYTHING this author has written. This book talks about altered states of consciousness, ayahuasca ("vision vine" used in S. America) experiments, DMT experiments, trance states commonly used by shamans, ancient cave paintings, the San people who once lived in the Kalahari, and commonality of experiences of drug and trance