Examines how the similarities of symbols and wisdom across many cultures point to an ancient civilizing plan and system of ancient instruction • Reveals the shared cosmological knowledge of Dogon and Maori cultures, ancient Egypt, Gobekli Tepe, Vedic India, the pre-Indian Sakti civilization, Buddhism, the Tibetan Bon religion, and the kabbalistic tradition of the Hebrews • Explores symbols and techniques used to frame and preserve instructed knowledge as it was transmitted orally from generation to generation • Explains how this shared ancient knowledge relates to the precessional year and the cycles of time known as the yugas Exploring the mystery of why so many ancient cultures, separated by time and distance, share remarkably similar cosmological philosophies and religious symbolism, Laird Scranton reveals how this shared creation tradition upholds the idea that ancient instruction gave birth to the great civilizations, each of which preserves fragments of the original knowledge. Looking at the many manifestations of this shared cosmological knowledge, including in the Dogon and Maori cultures and in ancient Egypt, Gobekli Tepe, Vedic India, Buddhism, the Tibetan Bon religion, and the kabbalistic tradition of the Hebrews, Scranton explores the thought processes that went into formulating the archetype themes and metaphors of the ancient symbolic system. He examines how commonly shared principles of creational science are reflected in key terms of the ancient languages. He discusses how the primal cosmology also transmitted key components of sacred science, such as sacred geometry, knowledge of material creation, and the nature of a nonmaterial universe--evidence for which lies in the orientation of ancient temples, the drama of initiations and rituals, and countless traditional myths. He analyzes how this shared knowledge relates to the precessional year and the cycles of time known as the yugas. He also explores evidence of the concept of a nonmaterial twin universe to our own--the “above” to our “below” in the famous alchemical and hermetic maxim. Through his extensive research into the interconnected wisdom of the ancients, Scranton shows that the forgotten instructional tradition at the source of this knowledge was deliberately encoded to survive for countless generations. By piecing it back together, we can discover the ancient plan for guiding humanity forward toward greater enlightenment. “An engrossing and informative book, Primal Wisdom of the Ancients puts the reader in front of a coruscating kaleidoscope of context with the turn of each page. Rather than research more evidence for cultural diffusion, Laird Scranton takes a refreshing approach from his already opulent opus and successfully amalgamates the purpose underlying the patterns and principles perpetuated by the primordial tradition. This book is not only a valuable contribution to the study of comparative cosmology but also serves as an initiation into the greater mysteries of the esoteric tradition. The only ritual required for the initiate to perform is to read it!” ― Anyextee, esoteric researcher, documentary filmmaker, and founder of Adapt Expeditions “ Primal Wisdom of the Ancients is fascinating in Laird Scranton’s descriptions of the parallels of the cosmologies of diverse cultures throughout the ancient world and the contemporary Dogon culture. His descriptions open the door to a deeper understanding of the evolution of our cosmological consciousness.” ― Nicholas Brink, author of Ecstatic Soul Retrieval Laird Scranton is the author of a series of books on ancient cosmology and language, including The Science of the Dogon and Point of Origin . He has presented at conferences throughout the United States and is a frequent guest on radio shows such as Coast to Coast AM , Fade to Black , and Midnight in the Desert . He lives in Albany, New York. Chapter Four. Metaphors of the Cosmology We have said that the scientific images and concepts that populate the ancient cosmology imply that its meanings were aimed at a future audience, one that would have necessarily gained the technological capability to recognize and confirm its references. The many intervening generations, for whom technology might not be sufficiently advanced to allow for that, were charged with the caretaking, preservation and transmission of those references (not a simple task, to anyone who ever played the children’s game of telephone). One challenge for the authors of the symbolic cosmology would have been to couch those references in such a way as to have the best chance of being correctly understood hundreds or thousands of years later. A technique that lent itself to this requirement was that of a metaphor, by which we frame a concept we know a person might not understand in relation to one that is more familiar to them. The Dogon understand that the act of teaching a person is not always a simple task because it can meet with resist