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118 We were going through the entrance of the gates of Anu, Enlil and Ea; we bowed down together, you and I. We were going through the entrance of the gates of Sin, Shamash, Adad and Ishtar; We bowed down together, you and I. If we take a look at the route map in Fig. 17, it will at once be realized that the Eagle was describing a reverse jour- ney—from the center of the Solar System where the Sun (Shamash), the Moon (Sin), Mercury (Adad), and Venus (Ish- tar) are clustered, toward the outer planets and the outermost one, Anu's domain of Nibiru! The dream, the Eagle reported, had a second part: I saw a house with a window without a seal. I pushed it open and went inside. Sitting in there was a young woman amidst a brilliance, adorned with a crown, fair of countenance. A throne was set for her; around it the ground was made firm. At the base of the throne lions were crouching. As I went forward, the lions gave obeisance. Then I woke up with a start. The dream was thus filled with good omens: the "win- dow" was unsealed, the young woman on the throne (the king's wife) was amidst a brilliance; the lions were obliging. This dream, the Eagle said, made it clear what had to be done: "Our objective-target has been made manifest; come, I will bear you to the heaven of Anu!" What follows in the ancient text is a description of space flight, as realistic as any reported by modern astronauts. Soaring skyward with Etana holding on, the Eagle said to Etana after they had ascended one bent (a Sumerian measure of distance and of the celestial arc): t is a description of reported by modern as as any See, my friend, how the land appears! Peer at the sea at the sides of the Mountain House: DIVINE ENCOUNTERS