[AReaganGirl]

OK You got my curiosity up. Who are Zecharia Stitchen and Immanuel Velikowski?????

[Radix]

Sitchin is an author who has written a plethora of books concerning the origin of humanity. He seems to espouse the notion that humans are not necessarily of this world, or even alone in the universe as intelligent life. Something like that.

I actually almost finished one of his books a few years ago. His book "The 12th Planet" which had some interesting things to say concerning the rise of civilization in what we now refer to as the Middle East.

Most problematic for the archaeologists is the sudden appearance of the Sumerians. Archaeologically speaking, the Sumerians came from nowhere.

His work in that particular book is mostly interested in presenting as valid that aliens from higher civilizations planted humans beings on this planet Earth.

He is very much (it seems to me) a proponent of New Age ideals and concepts. Well, that is my impression after reading just the one book, and the many reviews and comments concerning that particular work.

[maryz]

Immanuel Velikowski

IIRC, Velikovsky (the transliteration I recall) wrote Worlds in Collision. He believes the earth was struck by a meteor, and the effects are described as the plagues in Exodus. He goes through them one by one explaining each in those terms. It's years since I read it back in college, but it was pretty interesting.

[Prost1]

Zecharia Stitchen belives there is a 12th Planet (also the name of one of his books). He believes that humans are the result of genetic engineering by a race of people from the 12th planet. He is an expert and authority on Sumarian script and language.

Immanuel Velikovsky was a russian jewish professor (I forger; history or literature) and developed cosmic theories of planetary chaos where Mars and Venus were not where they are today but Mars was a wanderer and created chaos is the heavens. Carl Sagan notoriously dismissed Velikovsky when astromers believed Venus to be cold and icy and Velikovsky said it would be hot. It has been determined to be hot. Carl Sagan never appologized.

Look him up. Interesting reading on the closed minded society that exists among the elite Professors and intellectuals advising government.
see the link for more info;

http://knowledge.co.uk/velikovsky/