The Sirius mystery : new scientific evidence of alien contact 5, 000 years ago

REAR COVER: "How is it possible for the ancient traditions of an African tribe to contain detailed data on the star Sirius which modern astronomers have only just discovered? The most secret and sacred traditions of the Dogon tribe in West Africa maintain that the existence of civiisation on earth is a result of contact from inhabitants of a planet in the system of the star Sirius, in approximately 3,000 BC. Central to their cosmology is a body of knowledge concerning the system of the star Sirius that is astounding in its accuracy of details including specific information only recently accessible to modern science. Many authors have speculated on the subject of extraterrestrial contact in ancient times, but never before has such detailed evidence been presented." The exoteric message: "The question which this book poses is: Has Earth in the past been visited by intelligent beings from the region of the star Sirius?" -- p.61 Michael A. Hoffman II: 'Secret Societies and Psychological Warfare'(1992): "In the Hermetic-masonic tradition the secret identity of Satan is the force represented in occult lore as emanating from the star Sirius, the so-called dog star, Canis major. In the secret tradition of the Freemasons, Sirius is overwhelmingly identified with a single primary attribute, the bringing of civilization to earth." Front Cover ......Page 1 Reviews ......Page 3 Author Biography ......Page 7 Dedication ......Page 8 Title Page ......Page 9 Printer's imprint ......Page 10 Acknowldegements ......Page 11 Author's note ......Page 13 CONTENTS ......Page 15 Appendices ......Page 17 Short Title ......Page 19 1. The Sirius Mystery Today ......Page 21 What is the Mystery? ......Page 79 PART ONE: The Sirius Question is posed ......Page 95 2. The Knowledge of the Dogon ......Page 97 PART TWO: The Sirius Question is rephrased ......Page 137 3. A Fairytale ......Page 139 4. The Sacred Fifty ......Page 186 5. The Hounds of Hell ......Page 221 COLOUR PLATES ......Page 243 6. The Oracle Centres ......Page 261 7. Origins of the Dogon ......Page 343 8. The Rising of ‘Serpent’s Tooth’ ......Page 381 PART THREE: Beyond the Mystery ......Page 429 9. A Fable ......Page 431 GREYSCALE PLATES ......Page 471 Appendix I: A Sudanese Sirius System ......Page 514 Appendix II: The Moons of the Planets, etc - Proclus ......Page 542 Appendix III: The Surviving Fragments of Berossus (EN) ......Page 586 Appendix IV: Why Sixty Years? ......Page 602 Appendix V: The Meaning of the _E_ at Delphi ......Page 617 Appendix VI: Why the Hittites were at Hebron in Palestine ......Page 622 Appendix VII: The Dogon Stages of Initiation ......Page 630 Appendix VIII: A Note about Freemasonry ......Page 634 Bibliography ......Page 646 Notes to the Plates ......Page 674 Index ......Page 683 Rear Cover ......Page 728 Robert Temple traces the traditions of the Dogon and three related tribes back 5000 years to the ancienct Mediterranean cultures of Sumer and Egypt. He shows a knowledge dependent on physics and astrophysics, which they claimed was imported to them by alien visitors from the star system Sirius.