THE
GENIUS OF THE FEW
by
Christian and Barbara Joy O'Brien
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First
published in 1985 this remarkable book has stood both the test
of time and peer review, to become a classic amongst specialists
in the human origin subjects. As archaeological science has
broadened its base, to cover many new and exciting disciplines,
it is primarily the solid evidence on the origins and spread
of agriculture and pastoralism, genetics and language, which
take us with some confidence with the O'Briens to Southern Lebanon
before 8,000 BC. Here we can identify our distant relatives,
who delivered from elsewhere a comprehensive agricultural package
and much more, which transformed our planet and the lives of
its inhabitants. We have added to the appendix three important
sections from the recent major compilation of the O'Briens'
research, entitled the Shining Ones, which cover an Alternative
Genesis, the enigma of the Phastos disc and the Universal Measuring
Rod. This evidence adds weight to the findings within The Genius
of the Few, yet still keeps within the constraints of an easy-to-read
and enjoyable detective story covering our origins.
Only during
the reign of Queen Victoria did the knowledge and interest in
the great Sumerian civilization begin to be revealed from the
archaeological evidence, which included precisely inscribed
'cuneifrom' text (wedge shaped lines) on thousands of clay tablets
recovered from the remains of the ruined libraries of a cultured
and ordered society, which was in full flower more than 2000
years before the old testament bible stories were compiled between
850 BC and 550 BC.
Some ancient
historians did refer to the Elohim by name, but we have never
been sure who was responsible for the spectacular agricultural
production, monumental structures and the resulting highly organised
city states, which would now appear to have existed throughout
the fertile crescent and as far back as 8,000 BC at Jericho
and Baalbek.
It is now
known that commercial accounting tokens or tablets go back to
these earliest dates. Translating the cuneiform, which had changed
from simple pictorial signs with an associated phonetic sound,
then turned on its side to become elaborate texts supervised
by professional scribes, has presented problems. Single words
often have more than one meaning depending upon the context
in which they are used.
Up to now
some of the more solid information we have from the later Assyrian
records indicate that there was a small group of wise sages
called the ab-kar-llu, who passed down their wisdom to subsequent
generations. The linguistic roots and phonetic sounds of the
name Elohim, these sages and that of the more commonly recognised
angel en-ge-li offer several logical and linked interpretations.
These words
mean, respectively, the bright or shining ones (gods), the bright
or shining farmers from the enclosure or garden, and the shining
countenanced lords of the cultivation.
Many of
the earliest biblical names end in el, the common root of bright
or shining and also meaning singular god or lord, but the first
part of the name probably denoted their role rather than the
individual within a highly organised group displaying advanced
technical and administrative skills.
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The
Genius of the Few - Digitised Lecture
Who designed the great stone monuments of Avebury Ring,
Stonehenge and Silbury Hill? It was this question that
prompted a long line of enquiry that led initially to
the Middle East and the Lebanon and then to other parts
of the world. In this superb lecture Christian
and Joy O'Brien present the findings of that research
that formed the basis of the book The Genius of
the Few and has led to the posing of a whole new
set of questions regarding the common origins of humanity,
the Old Testament, the accounts of Enoch and the garden
of Eden. Incredible research which provides proof of the
advanced civilization in the archaic world.
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