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“And so it has been for the better part of 2,000 years that the Old Testament was the sole record of the Mesopotamian patriarchal era. There was no way for anyone to know if it was fact or fiction...it was taken on board for history. In the light of these latter day discoveries, we are now far wiser than our parents and forbearers, for we now know and have at hand the Sumerian and Akkadian documentation which enabled the Captivity Jews to compile their ancestral story. What we know is that their biblical account was not an accurate transcript of ancient records, but a strategically compiled set of documents which distort the annals of the original scribes in order to establish a new cultural and religious doctrine. This was the doctrine of the One God—Jehovah—a doctrine born out of fear that was contrary to all tradition and historical record in the contemporary and preceding environments. (p. 120) “’,.the English Masonic system, which was extensively revised in the eighteenth century, adopted an exclusively Western doctrine wherein Thoth, the traditionally styled ‘Great Architect,’ was figuratively supplanted by the Judeo-Christian God. By virtue of this adjustment, it is claimed that the original secrets of Freemasonry have been lost — but rather more to the point is that the old mysteries were shunned by the Hanoverian inventors of the English system (based on a York Rite), which retains only vague allegories and obscure ritual. There is no Alchemical science now taught in these lodges, as was the case with the early Scottish Rite; the emphasis is now on charitable works, coupled with meaning- less ceremonies that leave lodge members quite bewildered as to the true scientific nature of the Order. (p. 161) Canaanites “’,.the Canaanites were generally perceived as enemies of the Hebrews who emerged from the line from Shem. (p. 162) way. While barren, Abraham takes Hagar, the handmaiden of Sarah. From this union comes Ishmael. Since Hagar, is reported to not only be Egyptian, but a Pharaoh’s daughter, Ishmael is noble. She was called Mahalath and was the daughter of Pharaoh Amenemhet II and granddaughter of Senus- ret I, the half-brother and husband of Sarah, Abraham’s wife. The daughter of Ishmael and Mahalath, Bashemath goes on to marry Esau, son of Jacob. (See p. 169) 218 Appendix B: Book Abstracts Gardner Continues Ankh-f-khonsu The priest prince that ruled 2170 B.C. and who opened and held a dragon court. English Freemasonic Debacle Named after the cursed son of Noah, Canaan. (See p. 162) Abraham’s family His wife — Sarai is renamed Sarah, meaning Princess. She is said to be ‘barren’ but conceives Issac any- waw Hagar and Ishmael Ishmael’s wife Atlantis, Alien Visitation, and Genetic Manipulation