Customer Reviews

Genesis Unveiled: The Lost Wisdom of Forgotten Ancestors

5 star:		(5)
4 star:		(1)
3 star:		(1)
2 star:		(2)
1 star:		(3)

 

 

Do you believe in reincarnation? Are you open to the idea? In the Western world this concept is generally ignored as anything more than a fanciful notion. However, to over two billion people on the planet they believe it is not only 'real' but extremely relevant to how they plan and conduct their lives.

"Gensis Unveiled" takes a fairly orthodox view on the development of human civilization. Evolution? Check. Dating of existing archeological sites? Check. Aliens in Spaceships poppycock? Check.

The only thing that Ian Walton does is recast human mythology into the spirtual model of reincarnation. If that isn't your cup of tea, then I cannot recommend this book to you. However, if you do believe in reincarnation, or are at least open to the possibility, then this book makes for fascinating reading.

Is it 'fact'? Of course not. Any attempt at making sense out of ancient writings from a culture as old as the Sumerians is tantamount to pure speculation. For my own sake, I found it much more entertaining than a dozen books that suggest human civilization was a gift from 'aliens from outer space.' Ian Walton merely conjectures that they weren't 'aliens' but rather more advanced spiritually than your average human today.

It certainly seems no more wacky an idea to me.

Having read the rude and unfounded reviews of this book i feel compelled to respond to the ingrates below. (Not you nice man!)
Lies? What lies? Do you know your stuff at all? This is astounding research of source material by a thorough and scholarly writer!
And as for you mister 'i wasted my money', yes you did. I think copies of 'politeness for beginners' are available for $1.
Perhaps you all were reading a completely different book? Yes, it is apparent that the author believes in reincarnation, but given all the evidence, so did our ancestors? He's just asking why. It's not one-sided, it's not preachy, it's just good.
Maybe it struck a cord and you don't like that. Maybe it challenged you to think about important issues. Maybe you're too focused on believing the trite nonsense in most other books of this ilk (see oxford dictionary). Not enough aliens? Still realing from a probing that you need accounting for?
I'm sorry to be so harsh, but really, this book is obviously ground breaking and well-researched. So regardless of your personal thoughts on it's content, give it credit for the thoroughness of the evaluation.

Having stumbled on a newspaper review of Genesis Unveiled I had very much looked forward to getting stuck into it, but the author's repetitive use of 'moreover', 'prosaic' and 'in my view' made for a difficult read.

When I say 'moreover' is used repetitively, I do mean repetitively - it is used on no less than 6 occasions on one pair of pages alone ( 179 & 180 if I recall correctly ) and there are multiple instances of multiple, consecutive use. In fact, there is hardly a page without it. As for 'in my view', well, the author is the author so we know that. An editor is credited by the author but a thesaurus would have been a much better bet. Basic errors such as these should have been trapped prior to publication.

The work itself contains a tremendous of amount of detailed, well researched information and proverbial 'nuggets' are plenty, so there can be no criticism of the contents but what should have been a good read wasn't.

Barely six months after first publication and a revised edition is already required, along with a change of editor. Please revisit this work, Mr Lawton - so much good, nay, excellent content does not deserve to be spoiled by poor presentation. And it is.

What a shame.

Awesome read.

This is a very well-researched piece of literature!---period...

I think people need to be informed to as much information from all different angles, on every subject regarding life, the universe and god, and anything else for what its worth. That way they can forge their own opinions on these touchy subjects, based upon the homework they have done. Even if the information they are recieving is a dubbed "conspiracy theory" by others or a cold stone fact for that matter.

I liked this book and I recommend it to anybody interested in ancient history.

This book is thick, thorough and thought-provoking. The author starts with the unusual premise that an ancient, antediluvian civilization disappeared about 12,500 years ago, because the people of the time, had become materially obsessed, spiritually degenerate, and as a result accrued too much negative karma. The catastrophe which befell them is recorded in myths and legends around the world, albeit in garbled, uncomprehending forms.

The author is a bit capricious in selecting and emphasising some evidence, while dismissing others, without any compelling reason for doing so. However, Mr. Lawton was astute enough to conclude that a comet or similar body impacted the Earth after first traveling over the northwest part of North America and exploding somewhere near the eastern seaboard of that continent. Evidence has recently come to light about this event wiping out the wooly mammoth and the indigenous population using the advanced Clovis spearpoint technology of that time.

The book is written in a fairly academic manner, and as a result, can be something of a dry read. However the author's fastidious bibliography, indexing and notes make this a valuable reference for anyone interested in the subjects presented. And he clearly errs on the side of caution in presenting his conclusions, avoiding the more colorful flights of fancy about extra-terrestrial wars or marauding planets traipsing through the solar system.

I give the book four stars for the thoroughness of his research and presentation, and for getting most of his conclusions right, although I find the karmic-catastrophe theory untenable. Somehow I doubt that rampant materialism and moral depravity brought on the meteoric extinction of the dinosaurs 65 million years ago, so it seems unlikely to wipe out the mammoths and wooly rhinos thirteen thousand years ago, along with the people living at that time.

This book is a wealth of information. Containing similar findings as many of the great scholars of our time. There is much agreement with Sitchen, Tsarian, Henry, Maxwell and others. One stong aspect of this book is the author's ability to dig into really good research and pull up facts that are becoming more acceptable in the world of truth today. I like the fact that it he makes a summary with key points at the end of each main section.
A great book!!!!

Lawton has clearly put a lot of work into this book. His discussion of ancient history seems thorough and is clearly well documented in his endnotes and bibliography. The 446 pages are a worthwhile read with a few caveats. Lawton's writing style is a bit dry-very academic, and a fact that is not helped by the grayish-white tinge of the book's pages or the small font size of its print. Thankfully his prose does not ramble, it just takes him a while to present all the evidence to make his point. The most important criticism I have of Lawton's work is his condescending dismissal of some of our era's greatest thinkers on this subject matter, notably Zechariah Sitchin. Whether Sitchin's interpretations are right or wrong is hard to prove, as are some of Lawton's claims. Yet he dismisses Sitchin's work on several occasions staying that it just can't be true, or my favorite: "nonsense".

I agree with the reviewer below about the use of moreover and "in my opinion". Just adds fuel to the author's ego. A better editor would definitely have made a huge difference!

Had Lawton been less condescending and less self-laudatory, I might have had more respect for him, hence a lower than perfect score.

The book does have some very worthwhile content and interesting notions. Please, employ an editor to get to the meat of the content.

This book provides tons of information and reference material. I've never read anything like it before. This isn't an easy read but it isn't as difficult as a doctoral thesis (eventhough it has as many foot notes). Lawton provides the source of his research so that you can read more on your own.

Sure the author forms his own opinions on his research, but that is his right. One doesn't have to agree 100% with all of his conclusions to enjoy this book. Read it. Take from it what impacts you, follow it and continue your own research and draw your own conclusions.

But if you have already made up your mind on spirituality/religion, then don't bother reading. This book challenges traditional western thought. More than anything, this book provides the framework for you to think.

I finished reading this book three months ago and have continued to carry with me as I travel. I will read it again within the next few months.

I have to say this writer is denial of obvious facts. For instance, even though the pyramids of Giza match perfectly with the belt of Orion (as seen through a high powered telescope, Lawton calls Bauval's work "dubious interpretation."

Although a 5000 year old glider sits on display in the Cairo museum and has been shown to be aerodynamic and proven to fly whith a back wing added to its vertical stabilizer, Lawton still argues that "it is more likely to represent a stylised bird." Yoiks!

His denial even prevents him from seeing the helicopter in the Abbydos temple heiroglyph which clearly shows a helicopter, tank and plane!

Lawton passes off all physical evidence and plausible theories presented by Hancock, Sitchin, Bauval and others as presenting "confusing argument" or "scant regard for logical flow" without any evidence or facts to prove otherwise. His disregard is likened to Republican denial of global warming, the benefits of alternative energies, and the blatant denial of the laws of physics in covering up the controlled demolition of the World Trade Centers.

Don't waste your time on this book!

A lot of what I've read here in the book description is wrong. This is not the first book to look into the antediluvian society. There is another book called "Fingerprints of the Gods" which does exactly the same thing and it was printed around the mid90's. I would look into this book before buying "Genesis Unveiled."