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Symbols of an Alien Sky(2009)
Status: Released
Date: 2009-01-01
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A video documentary that could change everything you thought you knew about ancient, pre-historical times and how much ancient mythology we have carried into modern times and religious thinking.
Overview:
Based on more than two decades of systematic research and cross-cultural comparison by comparative mythologist David Talbott reconstructs a cosmic drama when planets hung in the sky close to the earth--an epoch of celestial wonder giving rise to time-honored symbols. Symbols of an Alien Sky will introduce you to celestial spectacles and earth-shaking events once remembered around the world. Archaic symbols of these events still surround us, some as icons of the world’s great religions, though the origins of the symbols appear to be lost in obscurity.
Languages: English.
Countries:
United States of America
ProductionCompanies:
Thunderbolt Video
Movie: Symbols of an Alien Sky
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David Talbott
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