The myth and folklore of ancestral peoples around the world hints at a vast cycle of time, with alternating Dark and Golden Ages. Plato called it the Great Year. Long believed to be a fairytale, there is now new astronomical evidence to show it has a basis in fact. Moreover, because it is caused by the acceleration of our Sun around another star, we learn that the Earth should soon be carried into a region of space that will have a beneficial affect on our atmosphere, nudging mankind into a higher age of consciousness. Lost Star of Myth and Time weaves together some of the latest archaeological evidence with cutting-edge astronomy to reveal a history of the world that finally fits with myth, folklore and the archaeological record. While this book explores some of the most interesting aspects of a once advanced civilization that covered the Earth, it is really about what happens to the Earth and consciousness as our solar system moves through space in the mysterious motion known as the "precession of the equinox". This astronomical phenomenon has since Newton been attributed to local gravitational forces wobbling the Earth s axis. Lost Star now shows us in no uncertain terms that the Earth s axis does not change orientation relative to objects inside the solar system at the same rate that it changes orientation to objects outside the solar system, meaning precession must be due to our Sun s binary motion around another star. Chapter by chapter it becomes clear that ancient cultures knew of precession, used it as the clock of the ages, understood it to be due to the solar system s motion through space, and realized this subjects the Earth to a cycle of waxing and waning stellar influences. It is these forces that affect our magnetosphere, ionosphere and indirectly create the larger seasons of the Great Year. As you will see this not only gives cause for a major rethink of human history and potential, but indicates we are approaching a tipping point in the awakening of consciousness. A wonderful, stimulating, thought provoking new - or very old - approach to the greatest problems of human history. --Graham Hancock, Author, Fingerprints of the Gods If you liked Jarred Diamonds’ Pulitzer Prize Winner Guns, Germs and Steel, or his follow-up book, Collapse, but found something missing, you will love Lost Star of Myth and Time. Diamond showed us that environment plays an important role in the success or failure of regional culture but he did not explain the macro trends. Walter Cruttenden, with an archaeo-astronomy background, shows us it is not just man’s place on Earth that matters; it is Earth’s place in space, and the myriad stellar influences that affect it, that provides the macro environment for life and consciousness itself. Lost Star is a fast-paced historical detective story that is richly illustrated to make archaeological and astronomical discoveries easy to understand. It is Cruttenden’s position with the Binary Research Institute and his eclectic knowledge of ancient history and cutting-edge science that has enabled him to make the theory of the precession of the equinox sound like a non-fiction thriller. He takes history apart then shows how the Sun, carrying the Earth around another star, would have profound implications for mankind. It is insightful, believable and more than certain to ruffle a few feathers with old traditionalists. This book is a must read for anyone interested in history, astronomy, subtle energy physics – or those that just want to know where we came from and where we’re going. The worldwide ancient fascination with precession and the Great Year cycle was probably best documented in the epic work Hamlet’s Mill, in the late 1960’s, by authors Giorgio de Santillana, professor of history at MIT, and Hertha von Dechend. They noticed that precession and Great Year myths were as prolific as the great flood myths among ancient cultures and they realized that myth and folklore was essentially the scientific language of yore. They went to tedious lengths to document this information but they did know why these ancient cultures were so obsessed with precession. In Lost Star of Myth and Time you will gain an appreciation for the number one myth of ancient cultures; the precession of the equinox. Our long lost ancestors, the builders of Stonehenge, the pyramids and the entire megalithic culture were trying to tell us something of extreme importance. An understanding of the real cause of precession and the Great Year cycle is key to understanding the message. I think you will agree it has profound implications for mankind, especially at this time. Whether you are an archaeologist, historian, astronomer, or you just like mysteries, I hope you will enjoy reading Lost Star of Myth and Time. It’s about time! to follow Walter Cruttenden is the Director of the Binary Research Institute in Newport Beach, California where he explores the cause and consequences of solar system motion. This is