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Book SynopsisIn Japan there are roughly two dozen secret manuscripts originally dating back to the paleolithic era, the age of heroes and gods, that have been handed down by the ruling families for centuries. Rejected by orthodox Japanese scholars and never before translated into English, these documents speak of primeval alphabets, lost languages, forgotten technologies, and the sacred spiritual science. Some even refer to UFOs, Atlantis, and Jesus coming to Japan. Translating directly from the original Japanese, Avery Morrow explores four of these manuscripts in full as well as reviewing the key stories of the other Golden Age chronicles. In the Kujiki manuscript Morrow uncovers the secret symbolism of a Buddhist saint and the origin of a modern prophecy of apocalypse. In the Hotsuma Tsutayemanuscript he reveals the exploits of a noble tribe who defeated a million-strong army without violence. In the Takenouchi Documents he shows us how the first Japanese emperor came from another world and ruled at a time when Atlantis and Mu still existed. And in the Katakamuna Documents the author unveils the sacred geometries of the universe from the symbolic songs of the 10,000-year-old Ashiya tribe. He also discusses the lost scripts known as the Kamiyo Moji and the magic spiritual science that underlies all of these texts, which enabled initiates to ascend to higher emotional states and increase their life force. Taking a spiritual approach à la Julius Evola to these "parahistorical" chronicles, Morrow shows how they access a higher order of knowledge and demonstrate direct parallels to many ancient texts of India, Europe, and Egypt.
Trade Review“Avery Morrow’s book does more than reveal an unsuspected lineage of Japanese esotericism; it gives us a new term for a genre long known in the West--‘parahistory.’ Using the Traditionalists René Guénon and Julius Evola as reference points, Morrow shows that parahistorical texts, whether ancient, pseudo-ancient, or modern, draw on a common fund of memory, or imagination. For anyone interested in the New Archaeology or the debate over Atlantis and other prehistoric high cultures, this work of inspired scholarship is essential reading.” * Joscelyn Godwin, Ph.D., professor of music at Colgate University and author of Atlantis and the Cycl *
Table of ContentsAcknowledgments
Introduction: A Romance in a Fog 1 Passport to Parahistory: Ancient Japan’s Mysteries
2 Prince Shōtoku’s Lost Classic: Sendai Kuji Hongi Taiseikyō
3 Finnegan’s Waka: The Hotsuma Tsutaye and Woshite Corpus
4 Japanese Atlantis, Christ, and Pyramids: The Takenouchi Documents
5 Ancient Science for Modern Mystics: The Katakamuna Documents
Conclusion: Parahistory and the Grey Gentlemen
Appendix A Time Line of Japanese Parahistories
Appendix B Time Line of Western Parahistories
Notes
Glossary of Japanese Terms
Bibliography
Index
