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Viral Mythology
How the Truth of the Ancients Was Encoded and Passed Down Through Legend, Art, and Architecture
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This book will interest readers fascinated by mythology, ancient history, and the interplay between science and culture. It appeals to those curious about symbolic art, esoteric knowledge, and the origins of storytelling as a means of preserving and sharing complex information.
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See more"Behind every myth, fairy tale, and legend--hidden within the art, song, and structures of ancient times--is an encoded layer of wisdom, science, and truth passed down throughout history. This book will examine how information went "viral" long before the Internet, and served as the foundation for mythology, sacred architecture, and symbolic imagery throughout the ancient world"--
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Behind every myth, fairy tale and legend—hidden within the art, song and structures of ancient times—is an encoded layer of wisdom, science and truth passed down throughout history. This book will examine how information went "viral" long before the Internet and served as the foundation for mythology, sacred architecture and symbolic imagery throughout the ancient world.
Viral Mythology reveals:
- How primitive and ancient cultures conveyed cutting-edge scientific knowledge in their origin stories and myths
- Why esoteric knowledge was hidden in symbols, art and architecture during times of religious oppression and persecution
- How stories, songs and art served to describe actual historical events
- Why diverse civilisations told the same stories and created the same art with common themes and symbols, despite no apparent communication
From the great myths of the Greek, Roman and Norse to the texts of the world's major religions, from folklore and fairy tales of old to sacred edifices and monuments, from cave paintings to the mysterious symbology of the Tarot, Viral Mythology uncovers the information highway of the past and explores how it affects the more modern methods of communication today. It all began once upon a time...
Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9781601632951
Publisher: Red Wheel/Weiser
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 31 January 2014
Country: United States
Imprint: Career Press
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Width: 152.0mm
Height: 229.0mm
Weight: 1g
Pages: 224
About the Author
Marie D. Jones and Larry Flaxman are the best-selling authors, screenwriters, researchers and popular public speakers who have been interviewed on television and radio shows all over the world, including the Discovery Channel, the History Channel and Coast to Coast AM Radio. They are currently staff writers for Intrepid Magazine and regular contributors to TAPS ParaMagazine and New Dawn Magazine.
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