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the thinking of the Orient along with another contemporary, Confucius. In the Middle East several of the biblical prophets, including Zachariah and Daniel, were conversing with supernatural entities and undergoing illuminating experiences. None of these men knew that the others even existed. Many centuries would pass before their independent ideas and teachings would spread and overlap. Yet in time these men, all contemporaries between 600 and 500 B.c, changed the philosophical and theological structure of the civilized world. Because of them that century stands as a landmark in the history of our planet. So the old priesthoods deteriorated, some were slaughtered outright, and new beliefs were born. These beliefs centred around the awareness that there was some force beyond the ultraterrestrials; that mankind was only part of a larger pattern; and that individuals were merely an extension of some distant, unknown intelligence. The stage was being set for a new conflict, a battle royal between the old gods and this Cosmic Consciousness. Muhammad appeared a thou- sand years later to lead the Arab people away from the old gods, rallying his people with the chant, There is but one God, and that God is Allah.* Instead of simply disappearing under the wave of monotheism, the old priesthoods went underground, becoming secret societies devoted to preserving the teachings of the clementals and the secrets of communication. There was already a tangled maze of such societies, such as the Druids mentioned earlier, so the ultraterrestrials had plenty of followers even into the newly enlightened age. The Romans were still worshipping their gods on Mount Olympus, and the Hebrews were firm in their belief of Jehovah. Then one day three expensively robed gentlemen with Oriental features strode into the court of King Herod and informed him that a most remarkable child was about to be born Somewhere i in J Judea. Meanwhile the angel Gabriel visited Mary and told ‘her she ¥ was to Lea la 8 ae Att ae wane be Tad a - ALL 2 Latta Joseph left Mary in a cave, according to the Protevangelion while he went to seek a midwife to help with the birth. Then time stood still! Chapter Eight of the Protevangelion relates: mBut as I was going, [said Joseph] I looked up into the air, and I saw the clouds astonished, and the fowls of the air stopping in the. midst of the flight. And I looked towards the earth and saw a table spread and working people sitting around it, but theit hands were upon the table, and they did not move to eat. They who had meat in their mouths did not eat. And they who lifted them up to their mouths did not put anything in; but all their faces were fixed upwards. And I beheld sheep dispersed, and yet the sheep stood stilt. And the shepherd lifted up his hand to smite them, and his hand continued up. And I looked unto a river and saw the kids with their mouths close to the water and touching it, but they did not drink.' Unbelievable though it may be, this paralysis of time is common in UFO and psychic lore. It is almost as if the world is frozen like a frame of a movie film projected on a screen. Time 1 yoo : bear this child. The three Orientals made their way to Bethlehem, accompanied by a brilliant glowing object in the sky. continues to flow only for the percipient.