Table Of ContentT he Shining Ones brings together a lifetime of Their ordered and efficient role-societies survived
research and scholarship in presenting evidence for thousands of years, but were unable to cope
of the activities of a group of culturally and with the often predicted episodic catastrophes,
technically advanced people, who dominated human inflicted by cosmic radiation, cometary debris and
progress for several thousand years. volcanic activity, which brought in their wake fire,
flood, drought or climate change.
Establishing agriculture in a mountain valley in
the Near East around 8,500 BC, these sages In their previous book The Genius oft he Few the
founded the Garden of Eden, and set the stage for authors promised to address the question - From
the diffusion of the Indo-European peoples where did these Shining Ones come? They have
throughout the world. They were deified and are therefore woven into the text a wealth of addi
still remembered as gods. tional evidence from the ancient records, to sup
port the popular concept of a spiritual dimension ·
We can follow their story within the recently
and a spiritual influence.
translated Sumerian Kharsag Epics and the delib
erately concealed Chronicles of Enoch, with As an outstanding exploration geologist, Christian
added support from an alternative translation of O'Brien presents his thesis and survey of the ocean
the later compilation of the Book of Genesis. This floor to support the former existence of the Island
book follows their footsteps and influence of Atlantis in the region of the Azores.
throughout the world.
This book, along with other past scholarship on
We now realise that they surveyed and mapped the the activities and technology of our ancestor gods,
stars and the earth with great precision. Their bril provides the links to establish their full story.
liant mixed and balanced farming and wildlife Ancient myths are now shown to be realities. The
management methods still survive in some areas re-discovery of a Golden Age is within reach.
today. Their megalithic and sophisticated building
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skills still astonish and puzzle experts. Their arts,
crafts and sciences, preserved in areas such as
Christian O'Brien read
China, excel modern equivalents in many ways.
Natural Sciences at Christ's
College, Cambridge and
Their administrative excellence, through kingship
spent many years as an
and self-contained city states, provides many sur
exploration geologist in Iran,
prising solutions for today's troubled world. Their
in Canada, and in other
common laws, customs and practical philoso
remote areas of the world. In
phies, corrupted, if not destroyed, by priests and
1936 he was involved in the
politicians, still offer hope for all of us, to create a
discovery of the T choga
better world.
Zambil Ziggurat in South
. . . cont 'd on back flap em Iran. In 1970 he retired
as head of the Iranian Oil
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nee upon a time the Gods divided up the Earth between them - not in the course of a
quar~el; for it would be quite wrong to think that the Gods do not know what is
appropriate to them, or that, knowing it, they would want to annex what property
belongs to others. Each gladly received his just allocation, and settled his territories; and
having done so they proceeded to look after us, their creatures and children, as shephenls look
after their flocks. They did not use physical means of control like shepherds who ~
flocks ~th_hlow .. , but brougHt their influence to bear on the creature's most le}l~t!f~Jit'R.t
using persuasion as a steersman uses the helm, to direct the mind as they saw fit
the whole moral creature. The various Gods, then, administered the variot.M
had been allotted to them. But Hephaestos and Athene, who shared as
common character, and pursued the same ends in their love of kf!l.W~
allotted this land of ours as their joint sphere and as a
excellence and wisdom. They produced a native race of tl04!d;li
political arrangements. Their names have been nr•~•e·nJII!t!llr·llll
forgotten because of the destruction of their successors
said before, the survivors of this destruction were
heard the names of the rulers of the land
The Shining Ones
An Account of the Development of Early Civilizations
through the Direct Assistance of
Powers incarnated on Earth from the Materio-Spiritual Planes of
the Astral and Causal Regions
A Philosophical Discussion
based on
Ancient Mystical and Secular Documents from the
Mythologies of all Races, and on the
Personal Experiences of Saints of many Persuasions
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SCRIPTURAL AUTHORITY
THE BASIC SCRIPTURAL AUTHORITY
FOR THE MAIN THEME OF THIS WoRK.
Letter 368 : ... "It is not possible to comprehend these mysteries of
creation till we have crossed the frontiers of mind and maya (the two
lower spiritual regions), and one should leave them alone.
"Yes, souls who are permanent denizens of these regions (the two
lower ones) sometimes incarnate themselves in this world in accor
dance with the scheme ofc reation and, after doing their work, go back
to their place."
"Other souls also, who for one reason or another are staying in these
regions, do from time to time incarnate here primarily for speeding
their progress or seeking higher initiations in order to reach Sat
Desh (the highest spiritual region).
Light on Sant Mat
Huzur Maharaj Charan Singh Ji
p.357.
The 'Shining Ones', described here, were such incarnations working
on Earth within the framework of the overall Creation structure.
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THE SHINING ONES
THE ANGELS
They found a place where high lands met the low
and planted there a garden ripe with grain:
the Shining Ones established their domain
among the mountains, by the winter snow.
They came from nowhere to make orchards grow,
to plough, to cultivate a lake-bed plain
and leave the story of that lush Eden.
The people drank from ditches, caught the flow
of storm-water, before the Angels launched
a programmed teaching course to demonstrate
the arts of living -- glowingly they brought
their knowledge, and light-heartedly they danced;
they introduced the flute and pipes. Those great
resplendent leaders settled down and taught.
Barbara Joy 0 'Brien
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DEDICATION
DEDICATION
With Grateful Thanks to our Beloved Master
Huzur Maharaj Charan Singh Ji
Who has provided the Inspiration and the Direction
for this Work;
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THE SHINING ONES
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Frontispiece: God reaching down to assist Mankind -House ofJ ustice, San Miguel Azores
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CONTENTS
IN THE BEGINNING Page
PART I: KHARSAG-THE GARDEN IN EDEN
AUTHORS' FOREWORD: The Authorities 25
PROLOGUE (FIRST PART) 30
The Elohim (The Shining Ones) 32
The Shining Ones 34
PROLOGUE (SECOND PART) 35
The Authority of the New Beginning 36
Structure of Creation 37
A Partial Outline of the Geography
of the Spiritual Regions 39
The Hierarchy of the Lower Spiritual Regions 41
Hierarchical Definitions 49-51
CHAPTER ONE: An Introduction to Doubt 52
CHAPTER TWO: Eastward in Eden 57
CHAPTER THREE: Where Heaven and Earth Met 62
Problems in Linguistics 62
Kharsag - the Garden in Eden 65
Arrival of the Anannage 65
The Sumerian Kharsag Epics 67
Kharsag Epic No.1: The Arrival oft he Anannage 68
Kharsag Epic No.2: The Decision to Settle 72
Kharsag Epic No.3: The Romance ofE nlil and Ninlil 83
Kharsag Epic No.4: The Planning oft he Cultivation 91
Kharsag Epic No.5: The Building oft he Settlement 94
Kharsag Epic No.6: The Great House ofE nlil 96
Kharsag Epic No.7: The Great Winter Storm 98
CHAPTER FOUR: The Chronicles ofE noch 102
The Summoning of Enoch 104
The Seventh Haven 107
The Terrain of the Country around Eden 110
The Excursions of Enoch: The Volcanic Ravines 111
The Excursions of Enoch: The Garden in Eden 113
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Description:The authors' language translation skills based on the earliest non-religious material provide the key to untangling the complex of different names and different interpretations placed by earlier scholars. The Shining Ones as real people are clearly identified within all cultures and not confused wit
