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that the elder gods Enlil and Enki entered a distinct retirement The second clue is the acquisition by Adam and Eve of sexual phase in mankind's more recent history. If this were the case, then knowledge. Ancient texts such as the Atra-Hasis suggest that the we would expect to find evidence of further attempts to slow first man, referred to as the LU.LU, was a hybrid mixture of down the ageing process—steps above and beyond the original, Anunnaki and Homo erectus, and that further men and women artificial creation of the genes and their ancestral preservation were then cloned in order to relieve the toil of the gods and god- through incest. We are talking here of a maintenance system, desses.'' As we shall soon see, these events preceded the Garden directly equivalent to the modern fight against free radicals. Once of Eden incident. Since virtually all hybrids are born sterile, the again, this is exactly what we find. ability to procreate, which was bestowed on mankind in the It has long been assumed that Egyptian depictions of gods Garden of Eden, becomes highly significant. being served with cups (contents unknown) symbolised their The third clue is the meaning of Eden, which is certainly immortality. The ancient artist would hardly bother to commemo- derived from the Sumerian term E.DIN. Since DIN was an abbre- rate the event if it were not important. viated form of DIN.GIR, meaning "the gods", there is little doubt The symbolic importance of the cup of immortality is also evi- that Eden meant "the abode of the gods". According to my stud- dent from numerous Mesopotamian tombs where archaeologists ies, we would indeed expect there to be more than one abode of have found bodies lying with the hand holding a cup to the mouth, the gods, for the Earth was divided geographically between the as if the dead were about to drink. These burials included various two rival brothers Enlil and Enki and their respective descendants. other accoutrements for day-to-day life, implying an association Whilst the Enkiites inhabited the African continent (known as of the cup with eternal life in the hereafter. The cultural compari- "Abzu" or "the lower world"), the Enlilites occupied Asia and par- son with Egypt hardly requires elaboration. ticularly the fertile lands of Mesopotamia. We are thus dealing Does the ancient Egyptian association of gods and cups repre- with a western Eden and an eastern Eden. sent an eyewitness account of the gods consuming anti-ageing There is a strong suggestion in the Old Testament that man substances? already existed when he was placed by Such observation may have God in the Garden of Eden.” A text, occurred not necessarily in Egypt but The Myth of the Pickaxe, named by in nearby Mesopotamia, where the Professor Samuel Kramer, confirms kings and high priests lived along- However, once Adam and Eve this and suggests that the Lord God side their gods. were given the ability to was Enlil who travelled to Africa and One source of this esoteric knowl- . . seized the LU.LU slaves by force: edge may have been the Sumerian | Procreate, it was essential to bar y king, Gilgamesh. Tablet X of The access to the "tree of life" by The Lord called forth the AL.ANI, Epic of Gilgamesh describes his gave its orders. journey to the land of the Anunnaki, which they might live forever— He set the earth-splitter as a crown where he meets Noah (Ziusudra, or | Otherwise there would have been upon its head, Utnapishtim). In Tablet XI, Noah and drove it into the Place-Where- relates to Gilgamesh the story of the an uncontrollable Flesh-Sprouted-Forth. Flood, and then gives to the depart- population explosion. In the hole was a head of a man; ing hero a plant called "the old man from the ground, people were becomes young": breaking through towards Enlil. He eyed the Black-headed Ones in Giloamesh Twill reveal unto thee steadfast fashion The Lord called forth the AL.ANI, gave its orders. He set the earth-splitter as a crown upon its head, and drove it into the Place-Where- Flesh-Sprouted-Forth. In the hole was a head of a man; from the ground, people were breaking through towards Enlil. He eyed the Black-headed Ones in steadfast fashion. Gilgamesh, I will reveal unto thee a hidden thing, namely, a secret of the gods I will tell thee: there is a plant like a thorn... Like a rose its thorns will prick thy hands. If thy hands will obtain that plant, thou wilt find new life. In other texts, the "Place-Where-Flesh-Sprouted-Forth" was referred to as "Bit Shimti"—the "house" of Shimti. The Sumerian syllables SHI.IM.TI literally translate as "breath-wind-life". Bit Shimti was thus the "house where the wind of life was breathed in". The wording is directly comparable to Genesis 2:7, where the Lord God formed man and "breathed into his nostrils the breath of life". It would thus seem that man was originally formed by Enki in the western Eden of Africa (in accordance with "out of Africa" scientific evidence) and was subsequently seized by Enlil and placed in Mesopotamia to relieve the gods' toil in that region. The reason for the expulsion of Adam and Eve from Eden now becomes clear. Until that time, men formed a controlled popula- tion which was used for slave labour, and longevity would thus have been a useful trait. However, once Adam and Eve were given the ability to procreate, it was essential to bar access to the "tree of life" by which they might live forever—otherwise there would have been an uncontrollable population explosion. Another Sumerian text, dealing with the tale of Adapa—a "model man" created by Ea/Enki—describes his trip to Nibiru, the planet of the gods. Here we find references to "the water of life" and "the bread of life". Finally, there is the biblical Garden of Eden with its "tree of life" which offered potential immortality to Adam and Eve. From a genetic perspective all of these sub- stances, including the "fruit" in the Garden of Eden, could have been anti-ageing drugs which protected the cells against damage by free radicals. THE MEANING OF EDEN The biblical tale of Adam and Eve is nowadays regarded as pure myth, but three clues suggest that it might reflect a highly embellished account of a real event. The first clue is the presence of the serpent—a well-known symbol for the ancient Egyptian gods and particularly Enki him- self, the genetic engineer who allegedly created mankind. LONGEVITY OF MAN If man was made in the genetic image of the Anunnaki who lived more than 200,000 years, then did man, too, originally have NEXUS - 63 an uncontrollable population explosion. AUGUST - SEPTEMBER 1997