From Atlantis to the Sphinx : Recovering the Lost Wisdom of the Ancient World

Colin Wilson

ISBN 10: 0753500647 / ISBN 13: 9780753500644

Published by Virgin Books, 1997

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Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: From Atlantis to the Sphinx : Recovering the Lost Wisdom of the Ancient World
• Publisher: Virgin Books
• Publication Date: 1997
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0753500647
• ISBN 13: 9780753500644
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Fair
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket
• Weight: 0.4 pounds

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Synopsis

Colin Wilson believes that thousands of years before ancient Egypt and Greece became powerful, there was a great civilization whose ships travelled the world. Whereas we have no way of viewing the universe as a whole, these "old ones" possessed a knowledge system that offered a unified view of the universe, which was then passed on to descendants who escaped to Egypt and South America. It was this knowledge system - alien to modern man - that enabled them to move stones weighing a thousand tons. In this exploration of the remote depths of history, Wilson sets out to reconstruct that ancient knowledge. He attempts to understand how the long-forgotten people thought, felt and communicated on a universal plane.

About the Author

Colin Wilson's first book The Outsider became an instant literary sensation when it was first published in the fifties. Now author of over fifty books on subjects ranging from mysticism to criminology, he is a renowned authority on the paranormal and has also written numerous articles and plays and contributed to several newspapers and journals.