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Gods of the New Millennium : Scientific Proof of Flesh & Blood Gods

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It's true that this book assumes the basic veracity of Sitchin's work, and employes it as the underpinnings of his treatment. While other reviewers note this with muted criticism, the fact is that Sitchin has never been refuted. Criticized greatly, yes, but not effectively refuted. Given this, there is no valid reason not to accept Sitchin and the others cited in this book in an evidential manner. If mainstream science can adopt specious, illogical assumptions as the basis for much of what becomes "conventional wisdom", it is reasonable to embrace alternative, but more internally logical, interpretations on which to build a case. If one accepts this, then indeed the author has made the case for "scientific proof of flesh and blood gods."

Whether one agrees with Alford's book or not, 'Gods of the New Millennium' does reconcile many disparate elements (religions, myths, archeological and geological records, etc.) into a cohesive whole, something not done by any other writer (to my knowledge, anyway). Add to this the fact that the book is imminently readable and absolutely absorbing, and it becomes difficult to fathom what more a book can offer.

Among the many fascinating notions put forth by Alford (with skillful logic) is that the "gods" (aliens) "operate in eras of 2,160 years", and that we have been in a "hands off" period. Alford speculates that the next active era (of involvement of the gods in man's affairs) would commence somewhere between the turn of the 21st century and 2012. He poses the question as to what might indicate that the gods have re-engaged themselves in our lives. Although the book was published in 1996, the author's comments seem either amazingly coincidental or chillingly prophetic: "Life might appear to carry on as normal, but with a new political agenda. We might detect their presence in inexplicable events, changes in government policy or acts of war that don't quite make sense, and perhaps an increase in government secrecy."
Those intrepid souls who dare to consider alternative origins for man will find an exhilarating, thought-provoking and persuasive offering in 'Gods of the New Millennium'. Highly recommended.

In this book, Alford examines the idea that human culture and indeed human genes may have been planted onto this planet by extraterrestrial intelligences. Following the pioneering explorations and speculations by his predecessors von Daeniken and Sitchin, Alford examines several "unexplained mysteries" - from ancient Sumeria, pharaonic Egypt, Baalbek to Stonehenge, Nazca and Peru. He points out the unlikelyhood that the monumental buildings, found at those sites, could have been constructed with simple Iron Age technologies. To support this thesis, A. provides interesting information, especially on less conventional research which tends to be omitted from the "classical" anthropological and historical work. I found his take on pharaonic records and Giza pyramids especially intriguing; moreover, Sitchin's work on Sumerians is given due credit .

While unfailingly interesting, the book has noticeable shortcomings. Alford's uncritical approach to published (and unpublished) literature is troublesome. He is quite happy to take a flimsy idea and present it as fact while conveniently ignoring other contradictory evidence (especially if it is "conventional"). He is also prone to citing, in the same breath, data from reliable and accepted studies and highly speculative notions based on hunches and zero evidence. Sitchin's work is accepted a bit too uncritically and with too much reverence which ultimately hobbles the book. Thus, in his enthousiasm to prove the extraterrestrial connection, Alford tries to do too much and, for me, undermines the credibility of his main idea. Still, if you are an aficionado of this genre, you will find a lot of food for thought. Which, ultimately, is what counts.

Alford leans heavily on the research of Zecharia Stichin to write this entertaining and thoughtful book. He has obviously read extensivly in the areas of pre-history civilisation. While he doesn't seem to lend the same scientific gravitas as other writers in this field, he does lend an understanding which makes him emminently more accessible. He seeks to bring together the theories expounded in recent times, and like others, his conscoius or subconscoius desire to find a single theme can be a failing point.

If you enjoy being forced to question your beliefs and are prepared to read and analyse before forming an opinion, then read "Gods of the new millenium"

Is it hard to express ones feelings after reading this book. Finally someone stood up and put mankinds mysteries together! Of course the thought that mankind is a hybrid offspring of an alien race, designed as slaves nearly 170,000 years ago, is most uncomfortable for many people from the monotheistic religions like Islam, Christendom and Judaism. People with an open mind will be fascinated of this book while recognizing that mankind is not the crown of a divine creation like some religions want make us to believe. Alfords work is well done regarding the fact that he investigated so many misteries all over the world, but he managed it to show the relations between them. I have read many books which refer to mankinds old history like works from Eric v. Däniken and others, but no one has been able to put this in an all-in-one theory like Alford have done. I'm eager to read more from this author in the future.

On being bought this book for Xmas, I was very sceptical.....so much so that I did not touch it for 3 months. Finally in March I pushed myself to read the first chapter. This led to me not putting this book down for 3 days. It challenge's one's preconceptions as well providing ample supporting evidence to the claims made. In summary, this book puts forward a theory on how Earth was created, how man was created and how man developed to the present day. It defies common religious and scientic beliefs, but a closer look will show it merges the two. This book has changed my view on many subjects, and whether you like it or hate ...everyone will have something to say about it!

It's a shame that the publisher put this book into the non-fiction category. Circular arguments and inconsistencies are abundant. The author starts out claiming that most scientists cannot produce any new (non-conventional) ideas because of stereotypical thinking that dominates scientific community. However, throughout the book the author cites many actual scientific works and heavily relies himself on the evidence acquired by scholars. The more than liberal use of the word "mysterious" is simply misleading, particularly in reference to the well-studied natural phenomena (e.g. plate tectonics). What is first presented is an author's guess later becomes an axiom without any further justification and the word "I" appears more throughout this book than in the president's oath. The treatment of many subjects from linguistics, cosmology, archeology and geology is either highly superficial or a deliberate attempt not to disclose all currently available evidence and interpretations. Very often the data are taken out of their native context and facts are thus diminished to factoids. For instance, the author conveniently leaves out of the discussion two of the three great pyramids while elaborating on their origin. All these do not undermine the entertainment value of the book. The ideas may be of interest to the general public and may sound fascinating particularly for those who do not have decent background in natural sciences. But come on, do you really believe that the supreme beings that jump-started our civilization used the Great Pyramid as a beacon for navigating their spacecrafts? Even nowadays we use GPS to drive around instead of piling up stones sky-high to mark the path to the nearest drive-through.

I've read this book about 6 times now. Its a book that i take on every island holiday with me and ill have many more reads to come.

It opens up a Pandora's Box of intriguing theories about our world, our "gods", and our perceptions of what went on before time began.

After reading this book, and other books like it, it makes me feel sorry for those people who believe in a black and white world and cant see further than what's in front of them.

I've read many books which are in this category. I really admire Alford's research and the will to explain his research and findings. The book is one of the best that I've read (in this category). Alford presents a rational explanation and ideas. You may question yourself of the things that are around us. He obviously had done extensive research on both sides of the debate. Not only does the book explain reasonable doubts, but it makes us think about the mysteries around us. Read with an open mind, there is a possibility for the explanations.

Abstract: "Where did we come from and why are we here? What is the nature of the path we tread and where does it lead? We entrust these deep questions to Religion and Science, the mainstays of modern society, but do they really offer us a path to the truth? Are we the product of a Divine Creation, did we evolve through natural selection, or is there another possible answer?"

"Gods of the New Millennium" by Alan Alford is an outstanding book that very quickly expands your horizons. Alford takes you through many ancient locations, and examines physical evidence of human origins. As he examines the Great Pyramid of Giza in detail, you begin to realize that there are many key pieces of data that mainstream archeologists don't talk about, because it doesn't fit their paradigm. You will quickly realize that the Great Pyramid was certainly not a burial chamber by any stretch of the imagination.

To understand this book it may be necessary to look at the world through a new set of glasses; a new paradigm. It is very convenient and simplistic to look at the world as black and white, as Republican or Democrat, as Capitalist or Communist, or in this case as a Creationist or Evolutionist. Unfortunately, the world is seldom that simple and it may have little to do with reality. The creation and evolution debate might actually be camouflaging a much more plausible alternative that encompasses the physical evidence and the very first writings that we have.

Under the new paradigm, here are a few essential points:

1. The gods, angels, and mystical beings spoken of in the Bible and in ancient mythology might actually be an advanced civilization. These gods are not supernatural or magical in anyway, but are real flesh and blood beings with advanced technologies. As one examines the most ancient writings that we have, one will learn that the creation story in the Bible is actually a condensed version of a much older and more detailed story of how man came to be.

2. These gods are not necessarily "good" from our point of view. Why would the gods be good? In other words they may not be here for our benefit, but we may be here for theirs. For example, we might consider ourselves to be "good," but cattle and chickens viewing a slaughter house of their species, might be of a different opinion!

3. Evolution and natural selection may work as advertized by scientists, with small changes over great periods of time. But there is nothing about evolution that would prevent interventions by an advanced species. In fact everything we know about biology and the digital DNA code tells us that it is certainly possible for any advanced civilization to change and manipulate the DNA code. Our species has that capability today. Therefore, when we see massive changes in short periods of time, it is certainly plausible and likely that other forces besides evolution are at work.

In the first part of the book Alford does a very good job of exposing the weaknesses of evolution and showing how evolution has no explanation for something as advanced as the human brain. He also does a good job examining the physical evidence and showing that ancient societies had advanced capabilities that far exceeded that of stone-age man and in some cases even that of man today.

He also sets Zecharia Sitchin straight about who Yahweh was in the Bible. When reading Sitchin, it was apparent that Sitchin was wrong about who Yahweh was. It seemed clear that Yahweh was an Enlilnite (descendent from the god, Enlil) and Yahweh had to have a reason why he did not show his face and did not want any images made of him. Alford explains it all very clearly.

In the last few chapters Alford explains the old ages in the Bible and the ancient timelines. This is a not as straight forward and a little harder to follow. All in all, this is a superb book that will certainly expand your horizon and provide you with an alternate perspective.

Alan Alford's Gods of the New Millennium will shake you to your roots. It will give you well researched insight into human origins as well as some very interesting explanations on the history of the pyramids and other ancient sites around the world. He connects biblical "facts" with research that questions who created us, who Adam and Eve were, who was Noah, etc.