Magicians of the Gods

The Forgotten Wisdom of Earth’s Lost Civilization

By: Graham Hancock

Narrated by: Graham Hancock

Length: 14 hrs and 54 mins

Publisher's summary

From the host of Netflix’s Ancient Apocalypse

Graham Hancock's multi-million bestseller Fingerprints of the Gods remains an astonishing, deeply controversial, wide-ranging investigation of the mysteries of our past and the evidence for Earth's lost civilization. Twenty years on, Hancock returns with the sequel to his seminal work filled with completely new scientific and archaeological evidence, which has only recently come to light...

Near the end of the last Ice Age 12,800 years ago, a giant comet that had entered the solar system from deep space thousands of years earlier, broke into multiple fragments. Some of these struck the Earth causing a global cataclysm on a scale unseen since the extinction of the dinosaurs. At least eight of the fragments hit the North American ice cap, while further fragments hit the northern European ice cap. The impacts, from comet fragments a mile wide approaching at more than 60,000 miles an hour, generated huge amounts of heat which instantly liquidized millions of square kilometers of ice, destabilizing the Earth's crust and causing the global Deluge that is remembered in myths all around the world. A second series of impacts, equally devastating, causing further cataclysmic flooding, occurred 11,600 years ago, the exact date that Plato gives for the destruction and submergence of Atlantis.

The evidence revealed in this book shows beyond reasonable doubt that an advanced civilization that flourished during the Ice Age was destroyed in the global cataclysms between 12,800 and 11,600 years ago. But there were survivors—known to later cultures by names such as 'the Sages', 'the Magicians', 'the Shining Ones', and 'the Mystery Teachers of Heaven'. They travelled the world in their great ships doing all in their power to keep the spark of civilization burning. They settled at key locations—Gobekli Tepe in Turkey, Baalbek in the Lebanon, Giza in Egypt, ancient Sumer, Mexico, Peru and across the Pacific where a huge pyramid has recently been discovered in Indonesia. Everywhere they went these 'Magicians of the Gods' brought with them the memory of a time when mankind had fallen out of harmony with the universe and paid a heavy price. A memory and a warning to the future...

For the comet that wrought such destruction between 12,800 and 11,600 years may not be done with us yet. Astronomers believe that a 20-mile wide 'dark' fragment of the original giant comet remains hidden within its debris stream and threatens the Earth. An astronomical message encoded at Gobekli Tepe, and in the Sphinx and the pyramids of Egypt, warns that the 'Great Return' will occur in our time...

©2015 Graham Hancock (P)2015 Hodder & Stoughton

An Important Book For Humanity

The arguments presented in Magicians of the Gods are compelling, and as far as I can tell, well-backed by concrete scientific evidence. The book invites us to consider an alternative view of our past. We are encouraged to carry this knowledge into the present and future as our species faces new (and indeed ancient) challenges. Graham gives insights that only an outsider (i.e. of the established academic systems) could provide, not being tied by pressures to maintain (unfounded) orthodox points of view. As such, the arguments and evidence presented here are thus perhaps more credible than that of many of the standard establishments. Thanks, Graham for your work and inspiration. PS - I learned today that the French word "inspirer" ("to inspire") is used to describe the act of taking an inhaling breath. I do indeed feel I've inhaled a breath of fresh air after finishing this book.

A+ great book!

Great book, if you loved fingerprints of the gods this is a must read! A+

A must read

A forest of information and facts in this book, can be a bit overwhelming at times but Graham seems to be a master at cutting a path of reason to support his hypothesis. I completed both books in the series in a weeks time and am looking forward to his next book.

wow

although the numbers and scale of subjects in this book can be hard to grasp at times, the author dose a satisfactory job of explaining and backing up his findings. the narrator does have a slight accent which can be somewhat annoying at times. those are the only negatives that I can find for myself at the completion of the book. overall the book gives a stunning a vivid warning brought to us from the past. you can and should learn from this book. the value of this book can only be measured on the scale of humanity itstelf. you owe it to yourself to be educated correctly on our own past without the bias of church and state, no matter your feelings on either.

listen to this and after it blows the mind...

let it sink in and again out of the water. An epic story of humanity's s lost history, the battle of mind ti bring it to rememberance.. and with it a warning for us now, but of hope for our future should we choose positive attitudes and action

The best book on ancient civilizations

Unbiased, rigorously factual, and detailed, Hancock has a unique grasp of the intersection of archaeological, geological, cosmological, and cultural factors.

Excellent book!

I was driving through the Scab Lands of Eastern Washington and the Columbia River Gorge, as I listened to the first half of this book. Gave me a real perspective I could see myself. Loved it.

Excellence-compelling.

The book once again highlights the awe inspiring truths that we have overlooked for a long time. I recommend this book to everyone.

Ancient Aliens?

I love this kind of stuff. Graham really hits a home run with this one.
Now, you have to be open to the idea of an advanced civilizations on Earth thousands of years ago.

wow great book.

great eye opener. I actually went back and read important parts of the Bible to try to make sense of things.