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The Lost Book of Enki: Memoirs and Prophecies of an Extraterrestrial God

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There are few true geniuses writing books we can understand and only one writing about a subject so vitally important to every human being, i.e., we cannot know where we are going if we do not know where we have come from. Now, thanks to a lifetime of dedication worthy of the greatest researchers and detectives of all time, all of Zecharia Sitchin's books and especially "The Lost Book of Enki," are available to provide plausable answers to the hundreds of questions traditional "science" and "archaeology" and biblical "scholars" cannot or refuse to answer at all, let alone satisfactorily.
I think I understand why some of his fans are having trouble with "The Lost Book of Enki." They think they understand his work to the point where having it all presented in one book, and in a mytho-poetic style, no less, seems to be a rehash of what they've read. Well, they may be geniuses, themselves, because I've read all of the books twice and am one of about two dozen alumni of all of Zecharia's far flung teaching intensives, and yet I feel that I needed to read "The Lost Book of Enki" to really have a good grasp of the material and to feel it "breathe," to be mytho-poetic, myself. What a thrill to finally understand the actual basis for the seemingly ungrounded words, themes, and stories of the bible. There are also a few facts mentioned in passing that should have blown the mind of anyone who has read all the books. It should be realized that NO ONE knows Zecharia's work the way he knows it and anyone who knows him realizes what a gift this book is to the many people who have literally begged him to put it all together in one book.
So, as they say to anyone considering the study of the Kabalah, make sure that you are ready to have all of your preconceived notions, especially those about the bible and our creation, seriously dislodged. If you want the ride of your life, then read on. I know my life would have been quite the poorer had I not read all of Zecharia's works, especially "The Lost Book of Enki."

So, you think Zach Sitchin is a nut, someone who lacks extensive 'Oliver Sach's' type footnotes to back up his references, and hey - anyone talking about life on other planets must be crazy...right?
I went as far as to start reading the 'official' scholarly translations of the Epic of Gilgamesh, The Lament of Ur, and 'The Descent of Ishtar' and frighteningly, nearly to a few key words, Sitchen's translations of the Sumerian tablets ARE accurate!
In a nutshell: over 14 or so tablet translations, the God Enki scribes his story of how Earth began. He landed searching for the Gold that Alalu first described, set up the ERIDU base and the E.DIN (like garden of), and began mining gold for Nibiru. Nibiru, our 10th planet, which crosses every 3600 yrs. The last time it crossed, Thera in Santorini blew up magnificently, and many earth changes occured as recorded in antarctic ice cores (looks this up at the usgs.gov site). Sitchen has created a riviting story, at times quite moving, of how Enki and his fellow 50 gods, set up camp on Earth and created mankind. How exactly did the Sumerians know there were "23 branches of life" (chromosomes), with a missing 24th coding for "long life"?? How did the Sumerians know, 4500 b.c., that there were '12' planets (including the sun, moon, and the 10th planet - Nibiru) when Pluto even was not discovered until 1930 by Clyde W. Tombaugh?

The biblical parallels are truly amazing considering these were written 4500 B.C.! You will learn who really built the pyramids (and why), how agriculture really started (and quite recently), why parallel cultures existed across the atlantic ocean in the 4th millenium, why the 'gods' lived thousands of years, how nuclear wars occured in the remote past, how the inner solar system was formed, and why the gods fate is intertwined with mankind's! Not to mention, on rereading this book, you may stumble onto some really great clues: like, where one should look to find Gilgamesh's lost "plant that makes the old man young" or get goosebumps when "7 birthmothers" are chosen from Nibiru to bear the first men (See: "The Seven Daughters of Eve" ,Bryan Sykes, on Amazon; mitochondrial DNA bears out our same 7 'clan mothers'). Truly "connect the dots" for the insightful.

Note bene - the old testament takes directly from the sumerian stories of old - which are what is translated here. Sitchen has a knack for the difficult translation of sumerian cuneiform, and will make the leap required to translate a 'celestial boat of heaven' into 'starship' - which by the way is the actual sumerian term used!
Get ready to relearn everything you have been taught. IF you are someone who thinks that ancient "mythology" is just that, don't read this. If you think that the now millions of tablets unearthed, mostly still untranslated, are myth note this: real tombs with skeletons with some of the kings and queens mentioned in these "stories" have been unearthed (ie., Sir Thomas Woolley's excavation at Ur, 1923: see Univ. of PA site, the premiere Sumer collection in the world ....).
Forget Sitchen's other books until you read this. If you get hooked, then his other books all suddenly make sense!

ps: I met Sitchen recently. Almost immediately he said, "The most important thing is knowing your history." And to quote Noah Kramer, "All history begins at Sumer."

As a Zecharia Sitchin fan I have read and own all his books. I wait with anticipation for a new one. As an avid reader I am constantly searching for 'the rest of the story'. Finally my numerous questions on the Bible, Egypt, South America and the Native American Myths are being answered. Zecharia Sitchin does not sway you to believe anything, he just presents the facts as written in ancient texts and it is up to you to sort it out and to draw your own conclusions. Personally, if I had to keep just one authors books, I would keep Zecharia Sitchin's. His books are loaded with aha's.

Let me also say that I have read all of Sitchin's books and found most, the first 3 or 4 at least, to be fascinating. I anxiously awaited this "Enki" book, because it was billed as a narrative that would fill in a lot of the gaps and answer a lot of my questions. It failed. It is written in a poetic style that is tedious and irritating; the reverse sentence structure in particular (think Yoda).

Rather than give any depth, insight, or fill in the gaps, it glosses over things as if they are a given. The ME for example. Mainly it just puts the story and information we already know from Sitchin's previous books in another format.

Rather than rehash all of his existing theories and information, I would hope that Sitchin would move on to explore other areas or at least uncover new info on his existing subjects. He could look into the manifestations of God in the Koran or Christian sacred texts, for example.


Something a lot of the reviewers/readers seem to be confused about: this is a hypothetical story; Sitchins idea of how it might have happened. Hello! The book makes that clear in the introduction. This is the Anunnaki story written AS IF it were translated from ancient Sumerian tablets, not translated from actual ancient Sumerian tablets.

One thing that I have always wondered about and that I hoped this book would adequately address is how Nibiru survives a long eliptical orbit around the sun. This books seems to explain it away by saying that Nibiru has a dense atmosphere which protects it from the variations in solar intensity that such an orbit would cause. We know that even the change of of a fraction of a degree can have major effects on the earth's climate. It is hard to believe that life could survive on Nibiru as it is defined. There may be some good explanation for this, but I have yet to read one.

Are you a fan of "The Earth Chronicles"? Do you like suprises? If so then this book is definitly for you. "The Lost Book Of Enki" is in novel form from the only authority I would except such an idea. Zecharia Sitchin has astounded me once again. This book fills in many holes that I found in "The Earth Chronicles" and is very easy reading. I do suggest that you atleast read "The Twelfth Planet" before this one so you can attain a basic knowledge of what is going on. I'll end on this note, I can't say enough obout this book or give it enough praise.

Where did we come from? How long ago? This book is a good start to answering some of those questions. It makes me wonder why archaeology hides what goes against the current view instead of giving us all the information and letting us decide for ourselves. If you read this book with an open mind you will come away with much knowledge. As with anything take what vibrates with you and leave the rest. That doesn't mean it's not right but not right for you at the moment. Do I agree with everything Sitchin has translated - No, but never say never as I have had to eat those words along my journey. If you don't buy into the main stream view of how we got here and how long we have been here you will really enjoy this book.

Sitchin only goes back into time approximately 450,000 years. If you want to go back even further I suggest you read A Master's Reflection on the History of Humanity, Part I: Human Civilization, Origins and Evolution by Ramtha. Be prepared to have your mind expanded and answers to questions such as Who are we? Where did we come from? Why are we here? If you saw the movie "What the Bleep" you will love this book. Knowledge is power!

If you believe the moon shines only at night, you will love this book. If you are a fan of Zecharia Sitchin, as I have been for the last decade or so, you may be in for a shock, for in this book the author dramatically changes everything about his writing in comparison with his previous books, to the point that one may question if it is the work of a ghost writer.

In the first place, the entire book, with the exception of the Introduction (wherein it is stated, "For the first time ever, this dispersed and fragmented material has been assembled and used by Zecharia Sitchin to re-create the eyewitness account of Enki....."), the entire work is written in verse format, double-spaced. Secondly, the architecture of the sentences is inverted with respect to normal English, with the verb usually appearing at or near the end. No doubt the reason for this type of structure was to create the atmosphere in which the author worked as he deciphered the ancient tablets, but this feature made the reading for me very slow and tedious, as I sought to reread each verse to untangle the various nouns and adjectives and adverbs and logically attach them to other parts of the sentence which were not in their accustomed places.

Equally as surprising is the fact that there are absolutely no endnotes, references, citations, or illustrations which would tend to link the material to any deciphered existing tablets or other archaeological artifacts, or even Biblical references - the very things which gave his previous writings the illusion of a serious scientific hypothesis. In this regard, a library buff might be interested in noting the card catalogue classification of this and his previous writings.

Having gotten beyond all these initial shocks, one then might expect to sit back and enjoy what initially appears to be a recap of the various fragments of the story line dispersed throughout and revealed, many times out of sequence, in his earlier books. A careful reading and comparison, however, reveals that in the current version, many of the earlier details have been changed. Consider, for example, the fact that, until this book, the emasculation of Anu was accomplished by Kumarbi, the grandson of Alalu, whom Anu deposed; in the current book, the vile act was performed by Alalu himself. In the earlier versions, Kumarbi suffered and recovered from an illness as a result of ingesting the testicles, but in the current book Alalu died from swallowing them. These are but a few examples of materials which contradict the author's earlier interpretations; there are also many places where totally new material is inserted, such as the attempted validation of the act of circumcision by the unsupported assertion that the Anunnaki were born without foreskins.

Be prepared, therefore, for a work of total fiction, one difficult to navigate, and one not only out of character but also not too faithful to its author's earlier works. As a work of fiction, however, the failings are equally noticeable. Most novels, particularly those which might be classified as science fiction, are realistic to the point that the events at least seem plausible. But when we are told that Nibiru was covered by a cloud of volcanic dust (which certainly would be highly toxic to all forms of life), through which no light could penetrate, and that, for most of its orbit, the sun was so far away that there was no significant source of light, we are left wondering (1) how the planet was covered with abundant vegetation, and (2) why the Anunnaki and other creatures from that planet ever developed eyes, when there was nothing to see.

Alas, fan that I am, I can only implore Mr. Sitchin to do what he does best: namely to obfuscate his story line in convoluted reasoning and artifact citations, and leave the writing of raw fiction to others.

Must say I'm a fan of Sitchin and have read several of his books and have even met him twice. Are you a fan of 'The Earth Chronicles'? Do you like amazing suprises? If so then this book is definitly for you.

"The Lost Book Of Enki" is in novel form from the only authority other than the author Brad Steiger, which I would except such an idea. Zecharia Sitchin has astounded me once again. This book fills in many holes that I found in "The Earth Chronicles" and is very easy reading. I do suggest that you atleast read "The Twelfth Planet" before this one so you can attain a basic knowledge of what is going on. I also highly recommend the bestselling 'Alien Rapture' by Brad Stieger from Galdepress.

I met Sitchin, Steiger, and Fouche (co-author) on 'Alien Rapture' in Laughlin at the annual 'International UFO Congress' and I was quite impressed with them all. They have great respect and credibility world round. I can't say enough obout this book or give it enough praise. At lease read the reviews on these books and form your own opinion.

The reader will be aware that "The Book of Enki" is a fictional ancient Sumerian text and no such artefact has been unearthed by any archaeological exploration.

In this work the author has skilfully crafted an imaginary ancient record based on available evidence, and the result is as realistic as we could hope in view of his distinguished experience in the study and interpretation of ancient writings. The theme of this ancient fantasy is an autobiographical account by the Sumerian deity, Enki, in which the enthralling role of the gods in early human history is dramatically portrayed. The sequence of events is generally in accordance with the authentic historical record, and entirely consistent with the author's beliefs. The story is easy to follow, accessible and captivating.

The scholarly reader will be disappointed by the absolute absence of any references to support the facts. It is impossible to discriminate between the historical facts in this book and the author's own interpretation, dramatisation or embellishment.

I recommend referring to previous books by this author, where the established facts presented and referenced to support the discussion are conclusive in demonstrating the interventionist viewpoint. In addition, even the less certain interpretations proposed by the author, together with his own ideas and theories, are both fascinating and entertaining to read alongside the more serious arguments.

If you are interested in extraterrestrial intervention theory or alien research, ancient history or the history of human civilisation, and if you like to read fiction - especially science fiction - then you will definitely enjoy this book.

Whatever in this world can be said or offered to Zecharia Sitchin in some kind of attempt to show our appropriate gratitude? I feel so many things after reading The Lost Book of Enki...drained, satisfied, sorrowful and yes, privileged as I contemplate the opus with which Mr. Sitchin has gifted us.

While it'll take some time to absorb all the implications and information in this work, its clarification of our origins, and the scholarly base upon which such a magnum opus rests should garner Mr. Sitchin the acclaim of the whole world. Of course, sadly it won't, and jealous and/or agenda-laden types will soon be howling in protest at his latest offering. I wish this brilliant, white-haired little giant among us could be spared such unworthy, indeed villianous, disrespect. But, with the Anunnaki as our forebears, what should you expect?

The fact that "The Lost Book of Enki" is written in inverted yet simple "exact translation" style will be a boon for those people who just couldn't get through all the scholarly detail of his former works. Those details, which are certainly appropriate for a cosmology of that scope, simply seem beyond the tolerance/capabilities of many otherwise intelligent people.

His chronological presentation of Nibiru/Earth events in one volume further simplifies the important issues he illuminates. Now, the understanding of Sitchin's cosmology can be given to the masses, and his other works may act as useful footnotes. The only thing I would like to have had added in the book is a set of annotated maps. The book contains a wonderful glossary, but a couple of words I needed were missing. This is where a map with ancient city names above the currrent names would have been wonderful, but no doubt publishing costs considerations were a factor here.

"The Lost Book of Enki" illuminates such issues as: What type of place is Nibiru? Do the Anunnaki have a God? How did the Face on Mars get there? What's the confusion surrounding Adam and Eve and Cain and Abel? Why do we die so soon? Who's who in ancient Egypt,and what was the identity of Ra? Who was the god of the Israelites? How South America and its artifacts fit into the scheme of things? How did religion come to be and why? How nuclear weapons destroyed the Sumerian civilization and even how the Dead Sea came into existence and so very much more are all elucidated.

In every criticism I've read of Sitchin's work, I could see plainly where the critic either lost their thread, jumped out of logic, or simply failed to understand a certain point. Events of the future may just vindicate Mr. Sitchin, and I only hope somehow he someday receives the honor which is his rightful due before we are deprived of him by time.

In all this, I'd like to pay tribute to Mrs. Sitchin who, I have it on good authority, is behind Zecharia's decision to set forth all his research. I'd share her name with you if I knew it, but more's the pity that history may overlook her profound contribution. Yet, the axiom again is proved, "Behind every great man is a great woman". Mrs. Sitchin, "May You Be Blessed" as well for helping your husband share his brilliance with us.

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