The Book of Enoch tells us that, after having children with „the daughters of men„, the Watchers shared with humans some of „the secrets of heaven„. In chapter 8, Azazel („The Rebel God”) taught them how to make swords, knives, shields and armors. He made known to them the metals and the art of working them, showed them how to make bracelets and ornaments, how to use dyes, how to beautify their eyebrows, how to use precious stones and all kinds of colors. Samyazaz taught them all kinds of witchcraft and properties of roots. Armaros taught them how to undo witchcraft. Baraqijal taught them astrology. Kokabiel, the constellations. Ezeqeel taught them the knowledge of the clouds. Arakiel showed them the signs of the Earth. Shamsiel revealed to them the signs of the Sun, while Sariel taught them the phases of the Moon. In chapter 69, Gadreel showed mortals all the fatal blows and weapons for battle, Penemue taught them what bitterness and delight are, all the secrets of angelic wisdom and how to write with ink on parchment, while Kasdaye showed them all the blows of spirits and demons, abortion, snakebites and blows that occur during noon heat.
The knowledge brought to humans by angels is confirmed by other writings inspired by Hebrew mythology. According to The Book of Adam and Eve, after being expelled from the Garden of Eden, the first humans received divine help. Fourteen angels helped Eve to give birth to Cain. Then, the supreme god sent humans various seeds through the archangel Michael, who taught them how to work the land. The Book of Raziel the Angel („Sefer Raziel HaMalakh” in original) from the 13th century claims that, after being expelled from the Garden of Eden, Adam asked Yahweh to forgive him for listening to Eve and eating from the forbidden fruit. As a result, Yahweh sent the angel Raziel („God of Secrets”) to Earth to teach Adam the spiritual laws of nature and life, including the science of stars, planets and spiritual laws of creation. In addition to these, Raziel taught Adam the science of the power of words, thoughts and soul, in short the harmony between physical and spiritual existence. All these teachings were contained in a book that other angels stole from Adam and threw into the ocean. Yahweh sent the sea monster Rahab, a demonic angel of the seas, to retrieve the book and return it to Adam. The book was passed down from generation to generation until it reached Enoch. After Enoch was taken to heaven by Yahweh and became the angel Metatron, the archangel Raphael („The Healing God”) took the book and gave it to Noah, who used its teachings to build his famous ark. Later, Raziel’s book ended up in the hands of King Solomon. This book actually contains all the teachings of Kabbalah, the secret occult doctrine of the Jews.
Not only the Jews, but all cultures claim to have received teachings from gods. In Sumer, for example, it was believed that Enki invented the arts, magic, priestly rituals, perfumes and pomades. God Ninurta taught people agriculture and rodent control, Dumuzi gave them the secrets of animal husbandry and the goddess Ninkasi taught them how to brew beer. The supreme god An decided to give to humans the barley from heaven, but Enlil disagreed and hid it. Brothers Ninazu and Ninmada, assisted by the sun god Utu, found the barley and brought it to mortals. The seven abgal, the demigods created by Enki to civilize the world, gave the Sumerians the arts, crafts and moral laws.
In Egypt, god Osiris invented the flute and the lyre. He civilized people, taking them out of the semi-animal stage. Diodorus of Sicily wrote that the god made people give up cannibalism. Osiris also discovered the vine, taught people viticulture and horticulture and how to build cities and irrigation canals. His wife, Isis, gave people laws, language and agriculture. God Thoth invented the calendar, writing and dice games, while Anubis invented embalming. In Chapter 175 of The Egyptian Book of the Dead, the same Thoth says that the gods born of Nut (Osiris, Isis and their siblings) wreaked havoc and injustice, unleashed disasters, invented wars and demons, a statement that seems to be related to the gifts of the gods to humanity.
In Central America, gods Oxomoco and Cipactonal created the first Aztec calendar and a dream interpretation system. They also helped the Aztecs discover corn. In other versions, Kukulkan is the inventor of the calendar. In Maya myths, the god Quetzalcoatl („Feathered Serpent”), the same Kukulkan of the Aztecs, discovered corn, domesticated animals, created fire and taught people music and dance. Itzamna gave the Mayans writing, the cocoa tree and the calendar, while Bochica gave the Muisca tribe laws, moral concepts and agriculture.
In China, gods Fuxi, Nuwa and Shennong created the crafts and invented various useful objects for humans. Fuxi invented writing, fishing and traps. Shennong invented the plow, discovered tea and over one hundred medicinal plants, learned the secrets of agriculture and crafted the first musical instrument with the help of Fuxi. Huangdi („Yellow Emperor”) is considered the father of many crafts and sciences. He is credited with numerous inventions and achievements, especially in the field of medicine. He is regarded as the author of the oldest medical treatise, Huangdi Neijing. His wife, Chin His Ling Shih, invented the loom and the cultivation of silkworms. In Japan, god Susanoo, after being banished from heaven, taught people how to cultivate the land and founded a ruling dynasty in the province of Izumo.
In Africa, Chi Wara taught the Bamana tribe how to practice agriculture. He was a half-man, half-animal creature, the son of the sky goddess, Mousso Koroni, and a spirit of the Earth. Mokele of the Mongo-nkundo tribe, born from an egg, brought the Sun to his people. After his death, he appeared in a dream to his son, Lonkundo, to teach him how to hunt. In turn, Lonkundo taught his people the secrets of hunting. The Dogon people of Mali say that one of their ancestors descended from the sky on a rainbow, in a boat shaped like a granary, and taught them agriculture and ironworking. For the Zulu people of South Africa, Unkulunkulu taught people how to hunt, make fire and cultivate plants. The creator god En-kai or Ngai gave the Masai people of eastern Africa their cattle, lowering them from the sky on a strip of leather. For the Fon people of Benin, the divine twins Mawu and Lisa offered people technology, and the god Fa sent his messenger, Legba, to teach divination to humans.
For the Aboriginal people of Australia, the supernatural beings of the Dreamtime, who created the world, gave people the power over fire, weapons, hunting techniques, clan order and marriage rules. The civilizing god of the Thracians was Zamolxis, who lived among the Dacians, „the bravest of the Thracians„, as Herodotus called them. According to the Greek historian, Zamolxis brought to the Thracians mystical knowledge about the immortality of the soul from Egypt. He also gifted his people with knowledge of medicine, art and physics. In Plato’s dialogue Charmides it is said that Zamolxis was a great physician who healed both body and mind. Additionally, the god gave the Thracians written laws long before the Sumerians invented the alphabet (considered the first in the world). As proved by the tablets discovered near the town of Tartaria in 1961, containing writing that is at least a millennium older than that of the Sumerians.
For the Greeks, god Hermes invented musical instruments, fire, the alphabet, sacrifices, racing and dice. His son, Pan, invented the flute. Goddess Demeter gave agriculture and secret rites to humans. Demigod Orpheus taught both the Greeks and the Thracians agriculture, medicine and writing. Athena taught the Greeks cooking and sewing, and the god Dionysos taught the Orientals how to cultivate grapes. Titan Prometheus gave humans writing, mathematics, agriculture, medicine, science, wisdom and the fire that he stole from the heavens.
The theft of fire is mentioned in many legends from different parts of the world. In Rig Veda, hero Matarisvan recovered fire, which had been hidden from humanity. In The Book of Enoch, Azazel taught mortals how to make fire and how to use it to make weapons and jewelry. In Polynesian mythology, Maui stole the fire from the goddess Mahuika. In Cherokee legends, after Possum and Buzzard failed in their attempt to steal fire, Grandmother Spider snuck into the land of light and successfully stole it. For the Creek and Ojibwa tribes, the rabbit stole the fire from the weasel and gave it to the people, while for the Algonquin tribe it was taken from an old man and his two daughters. Myths of the Yukon Indians suggest that a crow stole the fire from a volcano in the middle of the water, while for other Native American tribes, the coyote, the beaver or the dog stole the fire, which they also gave to humans. Lucifer of the Christianity means „Light-bringer” in Latin, a reference to the same celestial „fire”, a symbol of divine knowledge.
Legends from around the world suggest that gods gave humans not only knowledge, but also laws. In the Bible, Yahweh gave Moses the Ten Commandments and a set of laws on Mount Sinai, which are recorded in Deuteronomy. The Talmud claims that Moses was given four books of the Old Testament and Deuteronomy was written by Moses himself. The Code of Hammurabi, written around 1700 BC, contains 282 laws. The author of the text, the sixth king of Babylon, claimed that those laws were dictated to him by the god Shamash. About four centuries earlier, Ur-Nammu wrote a code of laws received from the same god Utu / Shamash. Muslims also believe that the Archangel Gabriel dictated the Quran to the founder of Islam, Prophet Muhammad. And, as mentioned above, Osiris and Isis brought laws to the Egyptians, Zamolxis to the Thracians and the Dreamtime beings to the Australians. Closer to our times, Satanist Aleister Crowley claimed that in 1904 he was dictated The Book of the Law (the original title being „Liber AL vel Legis, sub figura CCXX, as delivered by XCIII=418 to DCLXVI”) by Aiwass, a messenger of the Egyptian god Horus. American poet John Lester Spicer also claimed that all his poems were dictated by a spirit. Many people, especially in recent decades, assert that various information has been dictated to them by extraterrestrials, particularly through automatic writing.
The civilization of humans was planned by Enki from their creation. Considering that Homo sapiens had a brain volume of 1300 cm3, compared to the 900 cm3 of Homo erectus monkey from which he was made, it means that Enki created humans with the capacity to assimilate knowledge and understand the commands given by the gods. A person capable of understanding orders is a more obedient slave than an irrational animal, education being more efficient than training. When Enlil left the Earth, the Watchers took over the civilization of humans who, until then, were in a semi-animal state, as noted by Diodorus Siculus. A Sumerian text gives us a description of humans before receiving the teachings of the Watchers: „When mankind was created, they did not know how to eat bread, nor how to cover themselves with clothing. They ate herbs like sheep and drank water from puddles, like the beasts of the forest„. A similar description can be found in the biblical Genesis, where the first mortals were naked („they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed„) and herbivores („And Elohim said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat„). We find the same depiction in The Epic of Gilgamesh, in the description of the wild Enkidu:
„Covered with hair all over his body,
Having long hair on his head like a woman’s (…)
He does not know man nor land,
And is like those hidden in the herbs;
Next to the gazelles he eats the rich grass,
With the beasts of the forest he sports,
In the watering places.
With the creatures that crawl in the water
His heart is delighted.„
The civilizing of prehistoric humans by Enki is symbolized in the Bible by the story of the serpent that convinced Adam and Eve to taste the fruit of knowledge. In his 1994 book, Memoirs of a Time Traveler („Mémoires d’un voyageur du temps” in original), French physicist Patrick Drouot described an episode of human civilization that he witnessed through hypnotic regression, aided by an American researcher of the depths of the human psyche:
„In 1985, Gregory Paxson proposed that I relive my first earthly incarnation (…) I found myself a prehistoric man, with a short and thick body, an elongated, wrinkled face with hair on my cheeks, and long hair falling on my shoulders (…) he asked me to go to the most important event of that life. I immediately found myself in a savannah with tall grass. About a hundred meters away from me, I saw a luminous ovoid object floating above the grass. I fell to my knees, full of amazement, and whispered, ‘the gods are there, the gods have returned!’ What nonsense, a flying saucer in the midst of prehistory (…) I stood up and began to walk hesitantly, fascinated by that thing I had never seen before. I quickly covered the hundred meters and began to climb three steps of light, a soft but solid light on which I could lean (…) But suddenly, I felt a violent pain in my head. The pain intensified suddenly. The pressure in my head was unimaginable, and I could barely speak.
– Stop, stop everything! I shouted to Gregory (…)
Three years had passed since Gregory Paxson’s experiment. One evening in Paris, however, the scene came back suddenly in my mind (…) I saw myself walking with a hesitant step… then I climbed the three steps, and this time, I managed to cross the wall of light without difficulty. There were three diaphanous beings there. Curiously, that ‘object’ seemed bigger inside than it was outside (…) I felt that I had entered universal wisdom, that I could know, understand and decipher the hidden meaning of things. Suddenly, something like a tearing occurred in my head, like a cloth being torn, and it was as if I had received the keys to understanding the origin of humanity, the reason for being of every person on Earth and everything beyond time. A wave of madness, however, climbed into my consciousness, and in a holographic manner, I heard myself begging those diaphanous beings:
– Don’t leave me like this, don’t leave me like this! Close my consciousness, I couldn’t bear it, I couldn’t resist…
One of them made a hand gesture and everything blurred, my memory was wiped and I immediately forgot.„
After bringing humans out of their semi-animal state by implementing rudimentary knowledge, the Watchers offered advanced knowledge to mortals in various fields, from metallurgy and agriculture to astrology and magic. However, these teachings were not for everyone. In the times before the Flood, the Watchers only shared their knowledge with their children, the demigods, who kept the teachings secret, only offering a small part of them to ordinary people, usually distorted, because the secrets of the gods could not be accessible to anyone. And they didn’t offer them to just anyone, but only to their devoted servants. The initiates considered themselves Watchers of the Earth, unlike the gods, who were the Watchers of the sky. For example, the Sumerian king Lugalbanda, who mated with the goddess Ninsun, was called „a righteous Watcher„. Sargon the Great, the lover of the goddess Ishtar (who made him a king from a gardener), was called „The All-Comprehending Watcher of Ishtar„. The earthly Watchers established secret groups, such as the Great Sanhedrin of the Jews and the Freemasonry, in which the information received from the gods are sacredly preserved. Freemasonry, which today has come to secretly control much of our planet, „has two doctrines, one of which is hidden, its knowledge being reserved only for the Masters, and the other is public„, as Albert Pike, the Grand Commander of American Freemasonry in the 19th century, acknowledged in his book, Dogma and Ritual. Made up of several lodges organized in a pyramidal system, Freemasonry has never revealed its leaders, this information being part of the hidden doctrine, „reserved only for the Masters„. But the truth can be found following the clues left behind by themselves.
Freemasonry claims to have its origins in ancient Egypt. Its symbol is the pyramid with an eye at the top, a reference to the pyramidal system on which the organization is based, modeled after the Great Pyramid of Giza. Freemasons are divided into degrees, 1st being the lowest, representing the base of the pyramid. The highest degree known to the public is 33rd. A pyramidal organization, which narrows as it goes up, will have only one person at the top. Therefore, the 33rd degree cannot represent the top of the Masonic pyramid, as several people share the same degree. Which means that Masons from the 34th degree upwards are hidden from the public.
How many degrees does the Masonic pyramid have? If the organization really models itself after the Great Pyramid of Egypt, then the degrees of Freemasonry are copies of the degrees of the Great Pyramid. Since the Great Pyramid has an inclination of 52 degrees, we can assume that 52 is also the total number of Masonic degrees. Because only the degrees from 1st to 33rd are known to us, it means that those from 34th to 52nd, representing the top of the Masonic pyramid, are the hidden ones.
How many Freemasons are at the top of the pyramid? Being a pyramid system, at the top (52nd degree) there will be one person. Below him (51st degree) there will be two, below them (50th degree) there will be three, and so on. This means that on the lowest side there are 52 Masons of 1st degree. In total, the Masonic pyramid comprises 1378 members. There are millions of Freemasons worldwide, divided into hundreds of lodges, but only a few are part of the leadership, being those „Masters” who know the hidden doctrine that Albert Pike spoke of. Far from being a coincidence, 1378 BC is the year that Akhenaten, the greatest prophet of the Jews, whom they called Moses, was born. If there are 1378 „Masters” who lead the Masonic world, the ones known to us, with degrees from 1st to 33rd, are 1188. Therefore, those hidden, encompassed between degrees 34th and 52nd, are only 190.
Who are these 190 at the top, about whom Freemasons do not say a word? The answer is provided by the main symbol of the organization itself. Its lower part represents a three-dimensional pyramid, at the top of which there is a triangle (or a two-dimensional pyramid) surrounded by rays, inside of which there is an eye. The lower, three-dimensional part represents the material, physical or human part of Freemasonry, that is those 1188 Masons encompassed between 1st and 33rd degrees. The top of the pyramid is two-dimensional, that is of a spiritual nature. The rays surrounding it indicate its sacredness or holiness, and the eye inside is the universal symbol of the Watchers. Therefore, at the top of the Masonic pyramid there are the Watchers or Igigi, the fallen gods of Enki.
According to the calculations above, this peak of the pyramid is made up of 190 entities grouped into 19 degrees, from 34th to 52nd. In The Book of Enoch, the number of Watchers was 200, and in a tablet from Ebla, Dagon (the same Enki) was at the head of a pantheon made up of 200 gods. Were there really 200 Watchers?
The Book of Enoch claims that these 200 were led by 19 chieftains who made an oath on Mount Hermon. If we subtract the 19 from the total of 200, we get 181 simple Watchers. How many subordinates did each chieftain have? 181 does not divide evenly by 19. If each chieftain commanded 10 angels, the total number of simple Watchers would be 190. Adding the number of the chieftains gives a total of 209. However, the Book of Enoch claims that they were 200, not 209. Assuming that each chieftain had 9 angels under their command, there would be 171 simple Watchers. Adding the number of the chieftains we get a total of 190, which is precisely the number of entities at the top of the Masonic pyramid. Therefore, this is their actual number, with the ancients preferring to round it to 200. However, they may not be divided into 19 groups of 10, as we might be tempted to believe. The 19 chieftains in The Book of Enoch may represent the 19 degrees at the top of the Masonic pyramid. Thus, on Mount Hermon, the leaders of groups of nine Watchers did not gather, but rather representatives of each degree at the top of the pyramid.
In a hermetic fragment it is wroted: „Above nature and the ideal world stands the pyramid. Its angular stone, placed at the top, is the Creator Word of the universal Lord which, after Him, is the first power, uncreated, infinite, derived from Him and prior to all His creations. He is the successor of the Perfect One, the true Son and bringer of fruitfulness„. In Mesopotamia, the first son of the supreme god was Enki, the god of wisdom, water and fertility („bringer of fruitfulness„), considered by his followers as the true inheritor of the Earth. Therefore, this text confirms the identity of the divinity at the top of the Pyramid of the Watchers. The god of 52nd degree is called Azazel in The Book of Enoch or Lucifer in Christianity. In a letter sent on 15th August 1871 to Italian politician Giuseppe Mazzini, Grand Commander Albert Pike revealed the plans of Freemasonry regarding three world wars, as well as that hidden doctrine reserved only for „Master” Freemasons. Pike said that, after the great religions of the world are destroyed, „the crowd, disillusioned with Christianity – whose celestial spirits will be from then on without direction or guidance – will seek new ideals, but they will not know where to direct their worship, and then will receive the true light, through the universal manifestation of the pure doctrine of Lucifer, which will be finally revealed to the public„. Pike revealed the hidden doctrine on other occasions as well, in his work Dogma and Ritual he recognized who the leading god of Freemasonry is: „Lucifer is the Light Bearer. Strange and mysterious name to give to the Spirit of Darkness! Lucifer, the Son of the Morning! He is the one who brings the Light, and in all his intolerable splendor he blinds the weak or selfish souls„. Because Enki / Lucifer holds the 52nd degree in the Watchers pyramid, ancient Mesoamericans and Egyptians associated him with this number. The calendars of all the peoples of Central America (Mayans, Incas, Aztecs, Toltecs, and so on) were based on 52 years cycles. This Great Sacred Cycle was established by the feathered serpent Quetzalcoatl / Kukulcan (Enki), who told his followers that he would return at the end of a 52-year cycle. The solar calendar of the Mayans was identical to the Egyptian one. This calendar, with 52 weeks of 7 days each, was given to the Egyptians by the god Thoth, the same Enki. For the Egyptians, 52 was a magical number associated with Thoth. The Great Pyramid, inclined at an angle of 52 degrees, was considered by the ancient Egyptians to be the work of Thoth, and by some chroniclers, his tomb.
The most important part of the secret doctrine of Freemasonry is Kabbalah, a collection of Jewish magical texts that were offered to humanity by the fallen angel Raziel. Many references to the evil eye Enhara, none other than the leader of the Watchers, are found here. Numerology is an extremely important part of Kabbalah and its practitioners assign a numerical value to letters. Using this technique, we can write the total number of celestial and earthly Watchers (members of the ruling pyramid of Freemasonry), 1378, as ACGH. And these four letters represent the initials of a genetic hybridization technique called „Array-comparative genomic hybridization„. Let us not forget that Enki and his Watchers have been interested in genetics since ancient times and hybridization has been an important part of their experiments. The followers of these entities continue to be involved in these experiments, the best example being the Colombian Association of Human Genetics (Asociacion Colombiana de Genetica Humana in original), which has the same initials that hide the number 1378 (ACGH), but also a logo in the shape of an eye, the symbol of the Watchers.
Converting the number 1378 into Hebrew letters, since a Jewish elite represents the earthly part of the Watchers pyramid, the letters „alef-gimel-zayen-het” or AGZH emerge. If these four letters represent the canton of Aargau (abbreviated as AG) and the city of Zurich (ZH) in Switzerland, they could be the places where the Masonic elite hides its finances, protected by the discretion of the Swiss banking system. Also in Zurich there is a company named Abraxas Informatik AG, which contains the name of the Great Archon of Gnosticism, the leader of demons, most likely one of the many companies of the Freemasonry.
In addition to the secret information reserved only for their closest followers, the gods have also provided technological knowledge for all of mankind. Thus, some questions arise: why? We consider that their gifts are a help, but why would the Watchers help us? Because they love us? Because they want our well-being? Or do they have a hidden interest? What are their true intentions regarding us?
From the accounts of those who claim to have had encounters of the third kind, it is clear that the „extraterrestrials” lie when it comes to their nature, place of origin and the purpose of their presence on Earth. We find such an example in the Bible, where Moses expressed his desire to see the face of his god, and Yahweh replied: „Thou canst not see my face: for there shall no man see me, and live” (Exodus 33:20); however, in the Old Testament, many of the god’s chosen ones saw his face and lived thereafter. Also, „extraterrestrials” appear mainly at night, under the cover of darkness. They do not appear in public, only choosing a few people in secret for abductions, experiments or messages often prophetic. Although many explanations have been attempted for this behavior, none seem to be quite satisfactory. What is certain is that visitors do not want humanity to know the truth about them, but only to be aware of their presence. Romanian researcher Dan D. Farcas noted in UFOs from the Other Realm that „Prophecies entrusted to contactees or the chosen ones are most often lies„. Frenchman Jean Sider said of „extraterrestrial” visitors that „they systematically lie about everything concerning their nature, the world they come from and their intentions regarding human societies„, which can easily be observed by studying the statements of abductees or contactees. Moreover, he concluded that „extraterrestrials” have been creating illusions since ancient times, especially of a religious nature, a conclusion reached by other researchers as well. Professor Robert Staiger mentioned a „reality game” imposed on us by a hidden intelligence above us. David Barclay spoke of a great interactive, holographic game that the UFO phenomenon invites us to play, wondering whether religious apparitions and UFOs might not be holograms. American professor Leo Sprinkle is convinced that a superior intelligence involves humanity in some serious, others less so, social, psychological, spiritual, medical, biological, sexual, political, military games. He believes that the objective of many abductions is an „educational program” aimed at implanting ideas for a defined purpose in the minds of the chosen ones and gradually spreading these ideas among the masses through them, these phenomena being part of an elaborate plan controlled by superior intelligences. Romanian physicist Florin Gheorghita, like other authors, warned that some of the message sources we come into contact with may be „deceitful spirits” whose vocation is to mislead us, unlike „evolved spirits„, which are the only trustworthy ones. In UFOs: The Secret of the Aliens from 1998, Jean Sider wrote: „Visitors are capable, thanks to the super-powerful technological means at their disposal, of creating any type of illusion in the minds of those abducted„. An example of such an illusion is provided by Irene Rea, who was abducted with her friend in the American state of Oregon; he reported that he was forced to have sex with a charming female extraterrestrial, but Irene remembered that throughout the abduction, a „gray little man” fixed his gaze intensely on her friend, which is clear evidence of an induced illusion through hypnosis. These modern researchers’ conclusions should not surprise us, considering that deceitful deities have always existed in almost all cultures. In Christianity, Satan is considered the „great deceiver„, even The Book of Revelation in The New Testament mentioning „that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world” (12:9). Loki from Scandinavian mythology was well-known for his deceitful nature. Tribal religions in Africa and Oceania have many trickster deities. In Hinduism, Krishna is the illusionist god who deceives his enemies, disorienting them with the phantasms he creates. In Bhagavad Gita, Krishna admitted: „Veiled by the illusion created by my magic, I am not revealed to everyone” (7:25). If „extraterrestrials” are experts in illusions and „systematically lie about everything related to their nature, the world they come from and their intentions towards human societies„, how can we trust their claims and gifts? Especially knowing that they have caused countless wars throughout history in different parts of the world, as we will see in a future chapter. Do these entities that lie to us, manipulate us and ask us to kill each other really have our best interests at heart?
One of the most important writings that proves both the intervention of gods in human wars and the way they manipulated mortals is Bhagavad Gita, an ancient Hindu scripture that is part of the epic poem Mahabharata. Considered one of the most important texts in the history of literature and philosophy, Bhagavad Gita is often treated separately from the rest of the poem to which it belongs. Mahabharata presents the war for supremacy between two families in the Indo-Aryan kingdom of Kuru, Kauravas and Pandavas. According to Hindu tradition, this war took place in 3008 BC in Kurukshetra („the plain of the Kauravas”) and lasted for 18 days. It all started when Dhritarashtra, the father of the Kauravas, took the throne of Hastinapura after the death of his brother Pandu, who had previously given up the throne due to his blindness. Pandu’s sons disagreed with this usurpation of power, so they started a war against their cousins, the sons of Dhritarashtra. The gods also fought on the side of the Pandavas, with Shiva gifting Prince Arjuna the Pasupata weapon, Kuvera the Antaradhana weapon and Krishna offering to personally drive Arjuna’s chariot into battle. According to Bhagavad Gita, Prince Arjuna had a crisis of conscience before the battle, preferring to renounce power rather than be forced to kill his relatives. He threw down his weapons and made a true plea before the god Krishna in favor of renouncing the battle: „I do not see how any good can come from killing my own kinsmen in this battle, nor can I, my dear Krsna, desire any subsequent victory, kingdom, or happiness. O Govinda, of what avail to us are kingdoms, happiness or even life itself when all those for whom we may desire them are now arrayed in this battlefield? O Madhusudana, when teachers, fathers, sons, grandfathers, maternal uncles, fathers-in-law, grandsons, brothers-in-law and all relatives are ready to give up their lives and properties and are standing before me, then why should I wish to kill them, though I may survive? O maintainer of all creatures, I am not prepared to fight with them even in exchange for the three worlds, let alone this earth. Sin will overcome us if we slay such aggressors. Therefore it is not proper for us to kill the sons of Dhrtarastra and our friends. What should we gain, O Krsna, husband of the goddess of fortune, and how could we be happy by killing our own kinsmen? O Janardana, although these men, overtaken by greed, see no fault in killing one’s family or quarreling with friends, why should we, with knowledge of the sin, engage in these acts? With the destruction of dynasty, the eternal family tradition is vanquished, and thus the rest of the family becomes involved in irreligious practice. When irreligion is prominent in the family, O Krsna, the women of the family become corrupt, and from the degradation of womanhood, O descendant of Vrsni, comes unwanted progeny” (1:31-40), „Alas, how strange it is that we are preparing to commit greatly sinful acts, driven by the desire to enjoy royal happiness. I would consider it better for the sons of Dhrtarastra to kill me unarmed and unresisting, rather than fight with them” (1:44-45).
Although the young prince’s speech was intended to soften even the darkest hearts, god Krishna was not swayed: „My dear Arjuna, how have these impurities come upon you? They are not at all befitting a man who knows the progressive values of life. They do not lead to higher planets, but to infamy. O son of Prtha, do not yield to this degrading impotence. It does not become you. Give up such petty weakness of heart and arise, O chastiser of the enemy” (2:2-3).
The god’s first manipulation attempt was not successful because the young Arjuna was determined: „O killer of Madhu, how can I counterattack with arrows in battle men like Bhisma and Drona, who are worthy of my worship? It is better to live in this world by begging than to live at the cost of the lives of great souls who are my teachers. Even though they are avaricious, they are nonetheless superiors. If they are killed, our spoils will be tainted with blood. Nor do we know which is better—conquering them or being conquered by them. The sons of Dhrtarastra, whom if we killed we should not care to live, are now standing before us on this battlefield” (2:4-6).
Probably more amused by the prince’s boldness than upset that he disobeyed orders, god Krishna changed his tactic. Smiling, he began to philosophize about life and death, about the immortality of the soul and about the fact that killing someone cannot be considered a sin, because murder means releasing the victim from their earthly shell. In addition, the god appealed to Arjuna’s warrior spirit: „Considering your specific duty as a ksatriya, you should know that there is no better engagement for you than fighting on religious principles; and so there is no need for hesitation. O Partha, happy are the ksatriyas to whom such fighting opportunities come unsought, opening for them the doors of the heavenly planets” (2:31-32). Prepared in case those words did not have the desired effect, the god added others meant to touch the prince’s weak points: „If, however, you do not fight this religious war, then you will certainly incur sins for neglecting your duties and thus lose your reputation as a fighter. People will always speak of your infamy, and for one who has been honored, dishonor is worse than death. The great generals who have highly esteemed your name and fame will think that you have left the battlefield out of fear only, and thus they will consider you a coward. Your enemies will describe you in many unkind words and scorn your ability. What could be more painful for you?” (2:33-36). Because the desire for fame and for a place in heaven, respect for the law, the fear of sin and the scorn of those who would have considered him a coward must manifest themselves in one way – sacrifice for the gods: „either you will be killed on the battlefield and attain the heavenly planets, or you will conquer and enjoy the earthly kingdom. Therefore get up and fight with determination. Do thou fight for the sake of fighting, without considering happiness or distress, loss or gain, victory or defeat – and, by so doing, you shall never incur sin” (2:37-38). In other words, it did not matter if the prince was happy or suffering, losing or winning, victorious or defeated. He had to fight no matter what.
After these words, a new philosophy lesson followed. Undoubtedly, Krishna was only trying to confuse the poor prince, which he noticed: „why do you urge me to engage in this ghastly warfare, if you think that intelligence is better than fruitive work? My intelligence is bewildered by your equivocal instructions. Therefore, please tell me decisively what is most beneficial for me” (3:1-2). And Arjuna received a decisively long answer, contained in 18 chapters. Because one cannot rely solely on words, even those of a god, Prince Arjuna asked to see the true form of Krishna. The god satisfied his curiosity, showing himself to the prince in all his splendor. However, that sight frightened Arjuna beyond measure, making him tremble with fear: „O mighty-armed one, all the planets with their demigods are disturbed at seeing your many faces, eyes, arms, bellies and legs and your terrible teeth, and as they are disturbed, so am I” (11:23), „I can no longer maintain my equilibrium. Seeing your radiant colors fill the skies and beholding your eyes and mouths, I am afraid” (11:24), „I cannot keep my balance seeing thus your blazing deathlike faces and awful teeth. In all directions I am bewildered” (11:25), „After seeing this universal form, which I have never seen before, I am gladdened, but at the same time my mind is disturbed with fear. Therefore please bestow your grace upon me and reveal again your form as the Personality of Godhead, O Lord of lords, O abode of the universe. O universal Lord, I wish to see you in your four-armed form, with helmeted head and with club, wheel, conch and lotus flower in your hands. I long to see you in that form” (11:45-46). To calm poor Arjuna, Krishna resumed his human form. Although he was a very good speaker and, more than likely, an expert in the art of manipulation, Krishna managed to convince Arjuna to fight only through that terrifying appearance. The war ended with the victory of the Pandavas, who slaughtered their 80 cousins and those who fought alongside them.
Associating mortals with gods, especially with the Watchers, always had disastrous effects on humans. In The Epic of Gilgamesh, the king of the city of Uruk, demigod Gilgamesh, rejected the goddess Ishtar and listed all those who had suffered as a result of their relationships with her:
„What would I get if I marry you?
You are a brazier that goes out when it freezes,
A flimsy door that keeps out neither wind nor draught,
A palace that crushes a warrior,
A mouse that gnaws through its housing,
Tar that smears its bearer,
Waterskin that soaks its bearer,
Weak stone that undermines a wall,
Battering ram that destroys the wall for an enemy,
Shoe that pinches its wearer!
Which of your lovers lasted forever?
Which of your heroes went up to heaven?
Come, I call you to account for your lovers:
He who had jugs of cream on his shoulders and […] on his arm,
For Dumuzi, your girlhood lover,
You ordained year after year of weeping.
You fell in love with the brightly colored roller bird,
Then you struck him and broke his wing.
In the woods he sits crying ‘My-wing!’
You fell in love with the lion, perfect in strength,
Then you dug for him ambush pits, seven times seven.
You fell in love with the wild stallion, eager for the fray,
Whip, goad and lash you ordained for him,
Seven double leagues of galloping you ordained for him,
You ordained perpetual weeping for his mother, divine Silili.
You fell in love with the shepherd, keeper of herds,
Who always set out cakes baked in embers for you,
Slaughtered kids for you every day.
You struck him and turned him into a wolf,
His own shepherd boys harry him off,
And his own hounds snap at his heels!
You fell in love with Ishullanu, your father’s gardener (…)
You struck him and turned him into a scarecrow,
You left him stuck in his own garden patch,
His well sweep goes up no longer, his bucket does not descend.
As for me, now that you’ve fallen in love with me, you will treat me like them!„
To understand why they lie to us, manipulate us and use us as slaves, directly or indirectly, we must know the Watchers. While we only have fragments of information about Enki and Ishtar from ancient texts, those about Marduk offer a clear image of his character, especially because of the Bible and the Quran. In many cultures he was considered a god of war. For the Babylonians, as Nergal he was also the god of diseases, of the destroyer sun at noon and of the Underworld. As Marduk or Yahweh he punished his people very often, whether they were Babylonians or Jewish. The Gnostics believed Yahweh is a malevolent and ignorant entity. Researcher Edward Meyer, quoted by Sigmund Freud in Moses and Monotheism, wrote that Yahweh is a frightening, bloody demon who haunts at night and shies away from daylight. He is considered a demon in Christianity as well, both under the names Nergal and Satan. In The Old Testament Yahweh is envious, malicious, vengeful, merciless and even frustrated often. In fact, his followers describe him as such: „Yahweh is jealous, and Yahweh revengeth; Yahweh revengeth, and is furious; Yahweh will take vengeance on his adversaries, and he reserveth wrath for his enemies” (Nahum 1:2). Moreover, the Quran praises his cunning: „Allah is the best deceiver” (3:54), „Do they feel safe from Allah’s plan? None feel safe from Allah’s plan except the losing people” (7:99), „They planned, and Allah planned, but Allah is the Best of planners” (8:30). The cunning Marduk incites his followers to violence, crimes, robberies and rapes, trying to control them through fear, threatening and cursing them whenever he gets the chance. Let’s see a few examples from the Bible, Quran and The Code of Hammurabi:
– „If there arise among you a prophet, or a dreamer of dreams, and giveth thee a sign or a wonder, and the sign or the wonder come to pass, whereof he spake unto thee, saying, Let us go after other gods, which thou hast not known, and let us serve them (…) And that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams, shall be put to death; because he hath spoken to turn you away from Yahweh Elohim.” (Deuteronomy 13:1-5).
– „If thy brother, the son of thy mother, or thy son, or thy daughter, or the wife of thy bosom, or thy friend, which is as thine own soul, entice thee secretly, saying, Let us go and serve other gods, which thou hast not known, thou, nor thy fathers (…) Thou shalt not consent unto him, nor hearken unto him; neither shall thine eye pity him, neither shalt thou spare, neither shalt thou conceal him: But thou shalt surely kill him; thine hand shall be first upon him to put him to death, and afterwards the hand of all the people. And thou shalt stone him with stones, that he die; because he hath sought to thrust thee away from Yahweh Elohim, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage.” (Deuteronomy 13:6-10)
– „If thou shalt hear say in one of thy cities, which Yahweh Elohim hath given thee to dwell there, saying, Certain men, the children of Belial, are gone out from among you, and have withdrawn the inhabitants of their city, saying, Let us go and serve other gods, which ye have not known; Then shalt thou enquire, and make search, and ask diligently; and, behold, if it be truth, and the thing certain, that such abomination is wrought among you; Thou shalt surely smite the inhabitants of that city with the edge of the sword, destroying it utterly, and all that is therein, and the cattle thereof, with the edge of the sword. And thou shalt gather all the spoil of it into the midst of the street thereof, and shalt burn with fire the city, and all the spoil thereof every whit, for Yahweh Elohim: and it shall be an heap for ever; it shall not be built again.” (Deuteronomy 13:12-16)
– „If any one steal the property of a temple or of the court, he shall be put to death, and also the one who receives the stolen thing from him shall be put to death.” (The Code of Hammurabi, Law 6)
– „If a ‘sister of a god’ (a priestess) opens a tavern, or enters a tavern to drink, then shall this woman be burned to death.” (The Code of Hammurabi, Law 110)
– „For every one that curseth his father or his mother shall be surely put to death: he hath cursed his father or his mother; his blood shall be upon him.” (Leviticus 20:9)
– „And he that curseth his father, or his mother, shall surely be put to death.” (Exodus 21:17)
– „And he that smiteth his father, or his mother, shall be surely put to death.” (Exodus 21:15)
– „If a son strike his father, his hands shall be hewn off.” (The Code of Hammurabi, Law 195)
– „And the man that committeth adultery with another man’s wife, even he that committeth adultery with his neighbour’s wife, the adulterer and the adulteress shall surely be put to death.” (Leviticus 20:10)
– „And the man that lieth with his father’s wife hath uncovered his father’s nakedness: both of them shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them.” (Leviticus 20:11)
– „And if a man lie with his daughter in law, both of them shall surely be put to death: they have wrought confusion; their blood shall be upon them.” (Leviticus 20:12)
– „If a man also lie with mankind, as he lieth with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination: they shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them.” (Leviticus 20:13)
– „And if a man take a wife and her mother, it is wickedness: they shall be burnt with fire, both he and they; that there be no wickedness among you.” (Leviticus 20:14)
– „And if a man lie with a beast, he shall surely be put to death: and ye shall slay the beast.” (Leviticus 20:15)
– „And if a woman approach unto any beast, and lie down thereto, thou shalt kill the woman, and the beast: they shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them.” (Leviticus 20:16)
– „If an ox gore a man or a woman, that they die: then the ox shall be surely stoned, and his flesh shall not be eaten; but the owner of the ox shall be quit. But if the ox were wont to push with his horn in time past, and it hath been testified to his owner, and he hath not kept him in, but that he hath killed a man or a woman; the ox shall be stoned, and his owner also shall be put to death.” (Exodus 21:28-29)
– „And if a man shall take his sister, his father’s daughter, or his mother’s daughter, and see her nakedness, and she see his nakedness; it is a wicked thing; and they shall be cut off in the sight of their people: he hath uncovered his sister’s nakedness; he shall bear his iniquity.” (Leviticus 20:17)
– „If any one be guilty of incest with his mother after his father, both shall be burned.” (The Code of Hammurabi, Law 157)
– „And if a man shall lie with a woman having her sickness, and shall uncover her nakedness; he hath discovered her fountain, and she hath uncovered the fountain of her blood: and both of them shall be cut off from among their people.” (Leviticus 20:18).
– „A man also or woman that hath a familiar spirit, or that is a wizard, shall surely be put to death: they shall stone them with stones: their blood shall be upon them.” (Leviticus 20:27).
– „If the wife of one man on account of another man has their mates (her husband and the other man’s wife) murdered, both of them shall be impaled.” (The Code of Hammurabi, Law 153).
– „If there be found among you, within any of thy gates which Yahweh Elohim giveth thee, man or woman, that hath wrought wickedness in the sight of Yahweh Elohim, in transgressing his covenant (…) Then shalt thou bring forth that man or that woman, which have committed that wicked thing, unto thy gates, even that man or that woman, and shalt stone them with stones, till they die.” (Deuteronomy 17:2-5).
– „And the man that will do presumptuously, and will not hearken unto the priest that standeth to minister there before Yahweh Elohim, or unto the judge, even that man shall die.” (Deuteronomy 17:12).
– „He that smiteth a man, so that he die, shall be surely put to death.” (Exodus 21:12).
– „But if a man come presumptuously upon his neighbour, to slay him with guile; thou shalt take him from mine altar, that he may die.” (Exodus 21:14).
– „And Yahweh said unto him, Go through the midst of the city, through the midst of Jerusalem, and set a mark upon the foreheads of the men that sigh and that cry for all the abominations that be done in the midst thereof. And to the others he said in mine hearing, Go ye after him through the city, and smite: let not your eye spare, neither have ye pity: Slay utterly old and young, both maids, and little children, and women: but come not near any man upon whom is the mark; and begin at my sanctuary. Then they began at the ancient men which were before the house.” (Ezekiel 9:4-6).
– „Go and smite the inhabitants of Jabeshgilead with the edge of the sword, with the women and the children. And this is the thing that ye shall do, Ye shall utterly destroy every male, and every woman that hath lain by man.” (Judges 21:10-11).
– „If any one bring an accusation of any crime before the elders, and does not prove what he has charged, he shall, if it be a capital offense charged, be put to death.” (The Code of Hammurabi, Law 3).
– „And he that stealeth a man, and selleth him, or if he be found in his hand, he shall surely be put to death.” (Exodus 21:16).
– „If any one steal the minor son of another, he shall be put to death.” (The Code of Hammurabi, Law 14).
– „If any one take a male or female slave of the court, or a male or female slave of a freed man, outside the city gates, he shall be put to death.” (The Code of Hammurabi, Law 15).
– „If any one buy from the son or the slave of another man, without witnesses or a contract, silver or gold, a male or female slave, an ox or a sheep, an ass or anything, or if he take it in charge, he is considered a thief and shall be put to death.” (The Code of Hammurabi, Law 7).
– „If any one is committing a robbery and is caught, then he shall be put to death.” (The Code of Hammurabi, Law 22).
– „O you who believe! Fight those of the disbelievers who attack you, and let them find severity in you, and know that Allah is with the righteous.” (The Quran 9:123).
– „When you encounter those who disbelieve, strike at their necks. Then, when you have routed them, bind them firmly.” (The Quran 47:4).
– „I am with you, so support those who believe. I will cast terror into the hearts of those who disbelieve. So strike above the necks, and strike off every fingertip of theirs.” (The Quran 8:12).
The above passages clearly show the incitement to murder by Yahweh / Allah. Even though sinners deserve punishment for certain crimes (such as incest, bestiality, rape, and so on), the death penalty does not seem to be in line with the sixth commandment given to Moses, „Thou shalt not kill!„. These murders committed in the name of Marduk aim to control the population through fear, as seen in the following examples. If today this is called terrorism, Yahweh / Allah’s followers consider fear to be perfectly normal:
– „Ye shall walk after Yahweh Elohim, and fear him, and keep his commandments, and obey his voice, and ye shall serve him, and cleave unto him.” (Deuteronomy 13:4).
– „And all Israel shall hear, and fear, and shall do no more any such wickedness as this is among you.” (Deuteronomy 13:11).
– „And all the people shall hear, and fear, and do no more presumptuously.” (Deuteronomy 17:13).
– „Allah is with those who fear him and those who are doers of good.” (The Quran 16:128).
– „That is only Satan frightening his partisans; so do not fear them, but fear me, if you are believers.” (The Quran 3:175).
– „O you who believe! Allah will test you with something of the game your hands and spears obtain, that Allah may know who fears him at heart.” (The Quran 5:94).
– „And remember your Lord within yourself, humbly and fearfully, and quietly, in the morning and the evening, and do not be of the neglectful.” (The Quran 7:205)
– „I am with you, so support those who believe. I will cast terror into the hearts of those who disbelieve.” (The Quran 8:12)
– „Allah has said: ‘Do not take two gods; he is only one God; so fear only me’.” (The Quran 16:51)
– „Do you, then, fear anyone other than Allah?” (The Quran 16:52)
– „They will have layers of fire above them, and layers beneath them. That is how Allah strikes fear into his servants – ‘O my servants! Beware of me!’” (The Quran 39:16)
– „O you who believe! Do not place your opinions above that of Allah and his Messenger, and fear Allah.” (The Quran 49:1)
The vengeful god is not satisfied just with murders committed in his name and terror in the hearts of his subjects, but also requires plunder, rape and slavery. At least that is what the Old Testament suggests:
– „Behold, the day of Yahweh cometh, and thy spoil shall be divided in the midst of thee. For I will gather all nations against Jerusalem to battle; and the city shall be taken, and the houses rifled, and the women ravished; and half of the city shall go forth into captivity, and the residue of the people shall not be cut off from the city.” (Zechariah 14:1-2).
– „Thus saith Yahweh, Behold, I will raise up evil against thee out of thine own house, and I will take thy wives before thine eyes, and give them unto thy neighbour, and he shall lie with thy wives in the sight of this sun.” (2 Samuel 12:11).
– „And Yahweh spake unto Moses, saying, Avenge the children of Israel of the Midianites: afterward shalt thou be gathered unto thy people” (Numbers 31:1-2). „And they warred against the Midianites, as Yahweh commanded Moses; and they slew all the males” (31:7). „And the children of Israel took all the women of Midian captives, and their little ones, and took the spoil of all their cattle, and all their flocks, and all their goods. And they burnt all their cities wherein they dwelt, and all their goodly castles, with fire. And they took all the spoil, and all the prey, both of men and of beasts. And they brought the captives, and the prey, and the spoil, unto Moses, and Eleazar the priest, and unto the congregation of the children of Israel, unto the camp at the plains of Moab, which are by Jordan near Jericho” (31:9-12).
– According to the commandment of Yahweh transmitted through Moses, Jews are allowed to rape for a fee: „If a man find a damsel that is a virgin, which is not betrothed, and lay hold on her, and lie with her, and they be found; Then the man that lay with her shall give unto the damsel’s father fifty shekels of silver, and she shall be his wife; because he hath humbled her, he may not put her away all his days” (Deuteronomy 22:28-29). The abduction of women followed by rape was not only encouraged, but even commanded by Yahweh: „Go and lie in wait in the vineyards; And see, and, behold, if the daughters of Shiloh come out to dance in dances, then come ye out of the vineyards, and catch you every man his wife of the daughters of Shiloh, and go to the land of Benjamin. (…) And the children of Benjamin did so, and took them wives, according to their number, of them that danced, whom they caught: and they went and returned unto their inheritance, and repaired the cities, and dwelt in them” (Judges 21:20-23).
– Moses, the greatest prophet of Yahweh, considered women to be spoils of war. Only the virgins were to be spared, while the others (along with children) were to be killed: „And Moses was wroth with the officers of the host, with the captains over thousands, and captains over hundreds, which came from the battle. And Moses said unto them, Have ye saved all the women alive? Behold, these caused the children of Israel, through the counsel of Balaam, to commit trespass against Yahweh in the matter of Peor, and there was a plague among the congregation of Yahweh. Now therefore kill every male among the little ones, and kill every woman that hath known man by lying with him. But all the women children, that have not known a man by lying with him, keep alive for yourselves” (Numbers 31:14-18).
Because death would be too easy of a punishment for some, Yahweh is content with mutilation, especially if women are the ones being mutilated: „When men strive together one with another, and the wife of the one draweth near for to deliver her husband out of the hand of him that smiteth him, and putteth forth her hand, and taketh him by the secrets: Then thou shalt cut off her hand, thine eye shall not pity her” (Deuteronomy 25:11-12).
Another law given by Yahweh to his people is as simple as it is inhumane: if the Jews attack a city and its inhabitants surrender, they will only be spared by paying a tribute (or protection racket, as it is called today). However, if those people refuse to pay and choose to defend their homes and families, the Jew must obey Yahweh’s command: „And when Yahweh Elohim hath delivered it into thine hands, thou shalt smite every male thereof with the edge of the sword: But the women, and the little ones, and the cattle, and all that is in the city, even all the spoil thereof, shalt thou take unto thyself; and thou shalt eat the spoil of thine enemies, which Yahweh Elohim hath given thee. Thus shalt thou do unto all the cities which are very far off from thee, which are not of the cities of these nations. But of the cities of these people, which Yahweh Elohim doth give thee for an inheritance, thou shalt save alive nothing that breatheth” (Deuteronomy 20:13-17).
Cruelty towards children is present in the hearts of Yahweh’s followers as well, not just in his. Given the fight for supremacy between Yahweh / Marduk and his sister, Ishtar, after Enlil’s dethronement, their followers did not sit idly by. Here is the path to happiness according to one of Marduk’s fans: „O daughter of Babylon, who art to be destroyed; happy shall he be, that rewardeth thee as thou hast served us. Happy shall he be, that taketh and dasheth thy little ones against the stones” (Psalm 137:8-9). We do not need much psychological knowledge to understand that Marduk’s hatred of women stems from his hatred of his sister, Ishtar. Because he could not punish her, the god of the Jews took revenge on the mortal women. As a misogynistic god could only have misogynistic followers, this explains why, especially in Semitic countries, women have a clearly inferior position to that of men.
The Bible implies that Yahweh’s followers frequently killed children, as also stated in the Book of Wisdom: „For whilst they slew their children in sacrifices, or used secret ceremonies, or made revellings of strange rites” (14:23). Arabian pagans often buried their newborn daughters alive, with the approval of Allah, as Muhammad stated in the Quran: „Had Allah willed, they would not have done it” (6:137). The best example of infanticide is found in the story of prophet Elisha who, after miraculously receiving the magical powers of Elijah, decided to take a walk to the city of Bethel. At the entrance to the city, some children dared to laugh at his bald head. How they paid for this serious offense is best read in the Old Testament: „And he went up from thence unto Bethel: and as he was going up by the way, there came forth little children out of the city, and mocked him, and said unto him, Go up, thou bald head; go up, thou bald head. And he turned back, and looked on them, and cursed them in the name of Yahweh. And there came forth two she bears out of the wood, and tare forty and two children of them” (2 Kings 2:23-24). As if nothing had happened, the biblical narrator continues in a more than indifferent tone: „And he went from thence to mount Carmel, and from thence he returned to Samaria„. Nothing about the brutal killing of 42 children or about Elisha’s Kabbalistic powers. But perhaps killing children was something natural for Jews (along with incest, rape, theft and other crimes) and we do not understand this tradition that was transmitted with sanctity until not long ago. Let us remember that Herod, king of the Jews, also ordered the killing of all infants up to two years old in the New Testament. Where did this horrific tradition come from? Most likely, it all started with Yahweh, who asked Abraham to sacrifice his son: „And he said, Take now thy son, thine only son Isaac, whom thou lovest, and get thee into the land of Moriah; and offer him there for a burnt offering upon one of the mountains which I will tell thee of” (Genesis 22:2). Also in Moses’ story, god Yahweh sent an angel to kill the children of the Egyptians. We must admit that human sacrifices, especially of children, were practiced in many other world cultures, all in the name of the Watchers.
Yahweh is very picky when it comes to the sacrifices he desires: „Thou shalt not sacrifice unto Yahweh Elohim any bullock, or sheep, wherein is blemish, or any evilfavouredness: for that is an abomination unto the Yahweh Elohim” (Deuteronomy 17:1). A lame ox would probably get stuck in his holy throat… What else does this god desire as sacrifices, aside from healthy people and animals? Pieces of gold shaped like hemorrhoids and mice! At least that’s what the Old Testament claims: „Then said they, What shall be the trespass offering which we shall return to him? They answered, Five golden emerods, and five golden mice, according to the number of the lords of the Philistines: for one plague was on you all, and on your lords. Wherefore ye shall make images of your emerods, and images of your mice that mar the land; and ye shall give glory unto the god of Israel: peradventure he will lighten his hand from off you, and from off your gods, and from off your land” (1 Samuel 6:4-5).
Returning to murder, it seems to be a practice that pleases Marduk, even when not committed in his name. The best example is the story at the beginning of the Bible, when Cain kills his brother Abel. Although fratricide should have been punished, Yahweh lets Cain go free. Furthermore, he warned the others that they would be severely punished if they dared to touch the murderer: „And Yahweh said unto him, Therefore whosoever slayeth Cain, vengeance shall be taken on him sevenfold. And Yahweh set a mark upon Cain, lest any finding him should kill him” (Genesis 4:15). We do not know who could have touched Cain, since Adam and Eve only started having other children after the death of Abel. Perhaps only Yahweh could help us unravel this mystery, if he ever shows any goodwill. As the saying goes, the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree, and Cain’s great-great-great-grandson, Lamech, surpassed his ancestor by killing two people who presumably attacked him: „And Lamech said unto his wives, Adah and Zillah, Hear my voice; ye wives of Lamech, hearken unto my speech: for I have slain a man to my wounding, and a young man to my hurt. If Cain shall be avenged sevenfold, truly Lamech seventy and sevenfold” (Genesis 4:23-24). After boasting to his wives about this deed, Lamech was probably also forgiven by Yahweh, since the Bible does not mention that the god was disturbed by the double murder.
Another favorite of Yahweh, Samson, was engaged not only in killing people, but also in killing animals. Probably out of boredom, since between visits to brothels and fights with the Philistines he had nothing much to do. After chapter 14 of the Book of Judges tells us that a young lion had the misfortune to cross Samson’s path and „the Spirit of Yahweh came mightily upon him, and he rent him as he would have rent a kid„, from chapter 15 we learn that the hero killed 30 men and took their clothes just because he lost a bet. Later, out of anger that his wife left him for a Philistine, „Samson went and caught three hundred foxes, and took firebrands, and turned tail to tail, and put a firebrand in the midst between two tails. And when he had set the brands on fire, he let them go into the standing corn of the Philistines, and burnt up both the shocks, and also the standing corn, with the vineyards and olives” (15:4-5). After the Philistines killed his former wife and her new husband, Samson took a break from killing „smote them hip and thigh with a great slaughter: and he went down and dwelt in the top of the rock Etam” (15:8). There, Samson probably meditated extensively on the human condition, seeking solutions to better preach Yahweh’s teachings, until he got bored. Since many days had passed without any killings, he let himself be taken into the Philistine camp, where „he found a new jawbone of an ass, and put forth his hand, and took it, and slew a thousand men therewith” (15:15). He was a judge of the Israelites for 20 years, during which we do not know of him killing anyone. But he got bored again and decided to have sex. After having some fun with a prostitute from Gaza and with another one from the Sorek Valley, named Delilah, he was captured by the Philistines and deprived of his extraordinary strength. Bored of his slave status, he asked his god for help at a party. Yahweh returned his power and Samson destroyed the house where the party was held, making up for the 20 years he did not commit any crime. He killed himself taking with him a few thousand souls because, according to the Bible, „the house was full of men and women; and all the lords of the Philistines were there; and there were upon the roof about three thousand men and women, that beheld while Samson made sport” (16:27). We do not know how the Philistines managed to build in those times houses as big as the Titanic, but it is certain that Yahweh liked his hero’s performance.
Another chosen one of Yahweh is Moses who, after bringing the Ten Commandments to his people, including the one that prohibits murder, divided them into two groups and asked them to slaughter each other: „And he said unto them, Thus saith Yahweh the god of Israel, Put every man his sword by his side, and go in and out from gate to gate throughout the camp, and slay every man his brother, and every man his companion, and every man his neighbour. And the children of Levi did according to the word of Moses: and there fell of the people that day about three thousand men” (Exodus 32:27-28). If Yahweh’s prophet does not obey his commandments, then who will?
Sometimes, Yahweh stains his „holy” hands when it comes to killing: „And he smote the men of Bethshemesh, because they had looked into the ark of Yahweh, even he smote of the people fifty thousand and threescore and ten men: and the people lamented, because Yahweh had smitten many of the people with a great slaughter” (1 Samuel 6:19). 50,070 people killed just because they looked at a box… Other times, „And Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, took either of them his censer, and put fire therein, and put incense thereon, and offered strange fire before Yahweh, which he commanded them not. And there went out fire from Yahweh, and devoured them, and they died before Yahweh” (Leviticus 10:1-2). From 1 Chronicles we learn that „Er, the firstborn of Judah, was evil in the sight of Yahweh; and he slew him” (2:3), an idea also found in Genesis 38:7. We don’t know what Er’s sin was, but if Yahweh decided he had to die, there must have been a reason. Later in Genesis it is stated that Onan married his deceased brother Er’s widow. However, he did not want to have children with her, so when they had sex, he spilled his seed on the ground (coitus interruptus). As expected, „the thing which he did displeased Yahweh: wherefore he slew him also” (38:10). Being a widow for the second time, Tamar (for that was the „lucky” one’s name) waited for the third brother, Shelah, to grow up so she could marry him. Until one day when she decided to dress up like a prostitute and seduce her father-in-law, Judah. After they had sex, she became pregnant and Judah kept her for himself, deciding not to give her to his youngest son, who was forced to resort to spilling his seed on the ground like his brother, Onan (although the Bible does not mention this, we can infer it). And Yahweh was pleased.
If anyone thought that a god cannot be disgusting, then most likely they did not know Marduk. In his sadistic desire to punish his followers, the god is willing to even sprinkle them with feces: „Behold, I will corrupt your seed, and spread dung upon your faces, even the dung of your solemn feasts; and one shall take you away with it” (Malachi 2:3). „The dung of your solemn feasts” refers to the excrements produced by the participants of a banquet. In other versions of the Bible, instead of „dung” it is written „manure„. Probably having a fetish for feces, Yahweh asked the prophet Ezekiel to feed the Jews with it: „And thou shalt eat it as barley cakes, and thou shalt bake it with dung that cometh out of man, in their sight. And Yahweh said, Even thus shall the children of Israel eat their defiled bread among the Gentiles, whither I will drive them” (Ezekiel 4:12-13). Because the prophet was chosen by the god, he could not have the same treatment as the rest of the Jews. Yahweh showed generosity when he replaced the human dung for Ezekiel with… cow dung: „Lo, I have given thee cow’s dung for man’s dung, and thou shalt prepare thy bread therewith” (4:15).
Marduk’s jealousy towards other deities knows no bounds, even leading him to destroy the statues of others: „When the Philistines took the ark of Yahweh, they brought it into the house of Dagon, and set it by Dagon. And when they of Ashdod arose early on the morrow, behold, Dagon was fallen upon his face to the earth before the ark of Yahweh. And they took Dagon, and set him in his place again. And when they arose early on the morrow morning, behold, Dagon was fallen upon his face to the ground before the ark of Yahweh; and the head of Dagon and both the palms of his hands were cut off upon the threshold; only the stump of Dagon was left to him” (1 Samuel 5:2-4). Not without a reason the Quran claims that „Allah is strong, able to avenge” (14:47) and the biblical Book of Nahum that „Yahweh is jealous, and Yahweh revengeth; Yahweh revengeth, and is furious; Yahweh will take vengeance on his adversaries, and he reserveth wrath for his enemies” (1:2). Because of this jealousy, he took on the titles and roles of all the other deities (except for his father and his sister) when he became the ruler of the Earth, as the Babylonian myths claim. For the same reason, his cults became over time monotheistic religions that reject the existence of all the other gods. Monotheism mostly forced, if we consider the words of the prophet Zephaniah: „Yahweh will be terrible unto them: for he will famish all the gods of the earth; and men shall worship him, every one from his place, even all the isles of the heathen” (Zephaniah 2:11).
There are many atrocities in the Bible, committed or commanded by Yahweh. Many books could be written just on this subject without taking into account the deeds of Marduk from other sources. His chosen ones have often proven to be unscrupulous people capable of anything. Let’s just mention a few from the Bible, such as: Lot, who had sex with his daughters, his uncle, Abraham, who „pimped” his wife twice, or the shepherd king David, who killed a man to take his wife. All of these reveal not only the true face of Marduk but also that of the other Watchers and their followers. Let us remember the god’s plan for our planet, recorded in the Book of Zephaniah from the Old Testament: „I will utterly consume all things from off the land, saith Yahweh. I will consume man and beast; I will consume the fowls of the heaven, and the fishes of the sea, and the stumblingblocks with the wicked; and I will cut off man from off the land, saith Yahweh (…) for my determination is to gather the nations, that I may assemble the kingdoms, to pour upon them mine indignation, even all my fierce anger: for all the earth shall be devoured with the fire of my jealousy„. A message repeated by the prophet Zephaniah, to be sure that it is fully understood: „the whole land shall be devoured by the fire of his jealousy: for he shall make even a speedy riddance of all them that dwell in the land„. Under these circumstances, how could anyone in their right mind consider the „enlightenment” offered by these malevolent gods in any way beneficial to humanity, especially when their declared purpose is to destroy us? The Greeks emphasized the consequences of the gifts of the gods in the story of Pandora’s box, from which all the evils were released into the world. Why did the Watchers offer us secret information and how did it affect us?
We have seen that the leaders of the Watchers are parts of Sophia, the fallen aeon who tore pieces from her enemy, Enlil, which she imprisoned with her in the material world. At the same time she created the cycle of reincarnations, through which she left the spirits, the broken parts of Enlil, the possibility of liberation from the „prison” of matter through spiritual evolution, which can only be achieved through suffering, self-sacrifice and love. On the opposite side there are negative feelings and actions that lead to spiritual involution, keeping spirits closed in the material world or, worse, robbing them forever of the possibility of returning to the source. Many spirits distant from Sophia’s enemy, temporarily or permanently, represent a weakened and vulnerable Enlil in the event of a fight that the fallen aeon has been planning since her imprisonment. Therefore, the Watchers wish to distance us as much as possible from spiritual evolution, in order to ensure their victory over their eternal enemy. This is obvious looking at their gifts to mankind. In chapter 8 of the Book of Enoch, Azazel taught humans how to make swords, knives, shields and armors. In other words, Enki / Azazel taught humans how to make weapons, which led to countless murders and even wars. In chapter 69, Gadreel showed humans all deadly blows and weapons for battle. Besides, in chapter 175 of the Egyptian Book of the Dead, Thoth said that Osiris, Isis and their brothers (the Watchers) wreaked havoc and injustice, invented wars and unleashed disasters. Murders in general and wars in particular have plagued humanity since ancient times, being the most efficient path towards spiritual involution. The gifts of the gods marked the end of the „Golden Age” mentioned in many world myths, an era dominated by peace and justice. In the same Book of Enoch, Azazel also taught humans how to process metals, make bracelets and ornaments, use dyes, beautify their eyebrows, use precious stones and all sorts of colors. Beautiful clothes, makeup and jewelry have led to an increase in individualism, narcissism, arrogance, pride, selfishness and envy, attributes that have removed the idea of equality and unity from people’s minds. With the help of these „gifts”, people have increasingly placed value on their differences, which throughout history have led to countless conflicts. In addition to these secrets, the Book of Enoch claims that the Watchers have also given humans other things that lead to the same involution, such as abortion, „bitterness and pleasure„. Even those that seem beneficial, such as crafts, agriculture or animal husbandry, lead to the same result. It is noticeable especially in present times that technological progress is directly proportional to spiritual involution. The more a society becomes developed and, implicitly, more concerned with materialism, the less it values morality, spirituality or art, in general anything related to the spirit or soul. Thus we understand why the fallen gods were called Watchers. If Enlil transformed Earth into a prison for Sophia and the entities that she was divided into, they, in turn, imprisoned on Earth the spirits torn from Enlil. Therefore, their prison became ours as well. The word „watcher” is synonymous with „supervisor”, „guardian” or „warden”. Because any prison needs guards, the Watchers assumed this role, their mission being to keep the spirits torn from Enlil in the earthly dungeon. This also explains their „gifts” to humans, which lead to spiritual involution and, implicitly, to keeping us in the cycle of reincarnation, distancing us from liberation.
Keeping humans in Sophia’s prison and keeping Enlil vulnerable are not the only goals of the Watchers. This is obvious from the technological information brought to all of humanity, but it does not apply to the „enlightenment” shared with their most faithful followers. The secrets offered by the gods to their servants hide another purpose. In the Book of Enoch, Samyazaz / Azazel taught humans all sorts of magic and properties of roots, while Armaros taught them how to unravel magic. In Sumer it was believed that Enki invented magic and priestly rituals, which went hand in hand in ancient religions. In fact, in Mesopotamian magical rituals he was usually invoked for help. In Egypt, Thoth was a great master of the art of magic, as was Isis, considered an unparalleled magician. To understand why the Watchers taught mortals the secrets of magic, we must understand what magic is. So we’ll take a concrete example: the Kabbalah.
Since the Middle Ages, Jews have been considered a people of magicians. They often practiced sexual magic rituals and many of their temples had holes in the walls so that rabbis could ritualistically sodomize young boys and invoke the fallen angel Raziel when they reached orgasm. Many rabbis still practice today a form of vampirism, sucking the blood from the circumcised foreskin of newborns. Some rituals of the Catholic Church, such as the symbolic ingestion of the body and blood of Jesus, come from ancient Jewish rituals that practiced various forms of vampirism and sacrifice. Let us not forget that the popes wear a Jewish yarmulke on their heads and in 2011 Pope Benedict XVI absolved the Jews of any responsibility for the killing of Jesus. Let us remember also the numerous cases of pedophilia within the Catholic Church, taken from Jewish magical rituals based on Kabbalah.
Kabbalah, considered by its practitioners an essential part of Torah study, is a collection of Jewish esoteric teachings and magical rituals, said to have been given to humanity by the fallen angel Raziel. This is the same angel who, in the 13th-century manuscript Sefer Raziel HaMalakh („The Book of Raziel the Angel”), taught Adam the spiritual laws of nature and life, including the science of stars and planets, the power of words, thoughts and souls, and the harmony between physical and spiritual existence. According to Jewish tradition, Kabbalah was practiced in 10th century BC Israel by approximately 1,000,000 people. Invasions by foreign powers, from Assyrians and Babylonians to Romans, convinced Jewish spiritual leaders to hide the knowledge of Kabbalah, which thus became a secret doctrine passed down orally only to initiates. Although the information it contains has its origins in ancient Babylon and Egypt, Kabbalah only reached Europe in written form in the 12th century. It describes angels and demons from other dimensions, offering initiates a map of the world, called „the Tree of Life„, which explains methods of invocation and communication with those powerful entities. Kabbalistic rabbis used shamanic techniques to induce altered states of consciousness. Fasting, flagellation and burying the body up to the neck were techniques used to prepare magical rabbis for the journey through the seven gates of the Tree of Life in Kabbalah; ultimately, they would meet the supreme deity in a heavenly realm. Among the secrets of Kabbalah there are instructions for killing a person using only a simple glance, known as „the evil eye„, the eye’s name being Enhara.
The secret books of Kabbalah contain only a few thousand words, but they extensively describe a spherical Earth, parallel universes and the atomic structure of matter, ideas that have become common doctrines of modern physicists and astronomers. These books were written in codes, used to conceal complex information, which were studied by medieval alchemists. Isaac Newton and many other elite researchers studied the complex occult sciences of Kabbalah at a time when mysticism, religion, alchemy, astrology and astronomy were researched as a unified tradition. Based on the same secret doctrine, Jewish physicist Albert Einstein included entire pages of complex calculations in a simple code of five symbols: E=mc². The chaos theory and the notion of parallel universes, along with most elements of modern quantum physics, can be found in the original text of Kabbalah.
Transmitted orally for many centuries, the collection of Kabbalistic texts was transcribed in the 12th century by Rabbi Yitzhak Saggi Nehor or Isaac Leblend (approximately 1160 – 1235) from Provence, in southern France. A few years earlier, Kabbalistic teachings had reached a group of nine French nobles who became the Templar Knights. They proclaimed themselves as monks to continue their Kabbalistic studies, but also to conduct business without paying taxes and without arousing suspicion from the Vatican. The Templars understood that Kabbalah’s origin was in Palestine, so they planned a crusade there to search for other Jewish magical relics. In Jerusalem they found and looted the Temple of Solomon, who was a great magician according to medieval tradition. Archaeologists have discovered many tunnels dug by the Templars in Jerusalem, especially under that temple. The Holy Grail, said to have been discovered by the Templars, is the greatest secret of Kabbalah. It is assumed that the Holy Grail is not an object, but an information: the fact that physical matter can be transformed, molecule by molecule, through the incantations of ancient Hebrew letters and numbers, and the nature of reality is just an illusion. After two centuries, the Templars were arrested and tortured. Many confessed to participating in sodomitic rituals and invoking evil spirits, which they implanted in various animals, especially cats. Artifacts used in black magic, such as silver boxes containing skulls or dried heads, were confiscated from their castles. The Templars placed the heads in the center of a round table and invoked demon Baphomet, who gave them instructions through those heads. Many Templars confessed that the image of Jesus was spit upon and trampled during their rituals, a satanic tradition practiced today in Ordo Templis Orientis, a Masonic lodge founded in the early 20th century and led at one point by the satanic magician Aleister Crowley. In a recording on a wax cylinder from 1921, Crowley can be heard invoking the fallen angel Raziel and the evil eye Enhara (the eye being the symbol of the Watchers). After their arrest, many Templars bribed their guards to be released from prison and fled to Malta and Scotland, where they later appeared as the Sovereign Knights of Malta and as Freemasons. All current versions of Freemasonry stem from the original Kabbalistic rituals of the Templar Knights. To notice their infiltration into the highest circles, it should be mentioned that the Lesser Banishing Ritual of the Pentagram, designed by Aleister Crowley for the secret society Golden Dawn, was partially performed by Queen Elizabeth II of Great Britain during her coronation ceremony in 1952.
As a curiosity, although the name Kabbalah has been translated as „reception”, seems to be made up of Ka’ba (the most sacred site of Islam) and Allah (the god of Islam). Kabbalah has its roots in pre-Arabic magic, which in turn comes from Babylonian magic, taken from the Akkadians. Yahweh, the god of the Jews, is Allah of the Muslims and Marduk of the Babylonians, so we can understand the transmission of Kabbalah to his followers.
Kabbalah, like many other forms of magic, contains methods of invocation and communication with powerful malevolent entities, none other than the Watchers, which is why these gods initiated their followers into the secrets of magic. After the death of their bodies, the Watchers ended up in an immaterial dimension, a world called Tartarus by the Greeks. However, unlike humans, they were not caught in the cycle of reincarnations, so they could not return to Earth. They needed to be brought into our world. The Celestials probably implemented a safety measure that prevents the Watchers on Earth from bringing their fellow beings back into the material world. For this reason, Enki’s gods needed humans, so they taught their most devoted followers (initially only their semi-divine sons) the secrets of magic, so that they could be brought back to Earth in case of their physical death. Invocation rituals use symbols, which function as keys that open the portal to the dimension where the Watchers are imprisoned, and secret words, which attract the invoked entities into our world. The entire process is carried out with the help of a certain amount of negative energy, without which the ritual could not take place. Part of that energy remains with the magician or wizard, regardless of the number of purifications they may perform, which is why people believe that witches always come to a terrible end. If there is indeed a safety measure implemented by the Celestials, they probably use a tiny amount of positive energy, present in humans but not in the Watchers. The other magical rituals, through which one wishes to obtain a gain for themselves or for someone else, are performed in a similar manner. Symbols and secret words are used to invoke an entity that fulfills the magician’s desire. Of course, also in this case, the entity can only be a Watcher.
A disguised form of magic is Reiki, a spiritual practice developed in 1922 by the Japanese Buddhist Mikao Usui, which heals various conditions with the help of palms. Although considered an alternative form of medicine, it has not been proven that Reiki actually cures any disease, with researchers attributing everything to self-suggestion. Furthermore, several people who claim to have been healed through Reiki have stated that, after some time, the diseases returned even in a more advanced state. Few know that this practice also uses symbols, which Reiki master Bogdan Georgescu described in issue 5 of the Conspiracy Journal magazine as keys used to open a gate and access a certain energy. Just like in a magical ritual, where negative energy and symbols are used to open a portal to the dimension of the Watchers. One of these symbols is called Nin Giz Zida, which in Tibetan means „fire serpent”. The „fire serpent” is the „sleeping serpent” Kundalini in oriental occultism, which is said to reside at the base of the spine and opens all chakras when awakened, offering knowledge. Although Reiki practitioners claim that the name Nin Giz Zida is a Tibetan word, very few know that Ningishzida is actually one of the Sumerian epithets of Enki, the supreme ruler of the Watchers. One of the levels of Reiki is called „egregor„, a name that comes from „egrigori„, the Greek word for Watchers. In fact, a practitioner confessed to me few years ago that he learned from a Reiki great master that fallen angels brought Reiki to humans. In issue 6 of the Conspiracy Journal magazine, master Georgescu admitted that there are initiates who use access to negative entities and energies and even acknowledged that there is no white magic, only black. Another Romanian Reiki master, Ovidiu Dragos Argeseanu, wrote on his personal website: „One day, I woke up with Jesus in front of me. ‘Cut off my head!’ he said to me. ‘How can I do that, Lord?!’ ‘Do as I tell you!’ he said to me. With a doubting heart, I raised the Sword of Light and struck quickly„. In one of his books, Argeseanu claims that he quarreled with the archangels and even decapitated them, and spat on Jesus to verify if it was really him. This recalls the spitting and trampling of Jesus’ depictions during the Kabbalistic rituals of the Templar Knights and the Freemasons of the Ordo Templis Orientis lodge. All of these, as well as the fact that healings (whether permanent, temporary or imaginary) in Reiki are not achieved through the biofield, but through rituals and symbols, help us conclude that it is a form of magic, no matter how much its practitioners try to hide this.
The secrets of the real magic, received from the Watchers, have been preserved in small circles, especially among priests. Although it seems to offer certain advantages to practitioners, in reality it only helps Sophia’s fallen gods, with humans receiving only the illusion of power. An illusion that costs them much more than they could imagine. It may have cost us all if, a very long time ago, a mortal had not taken a stand against the Watchers, trying to stop them.
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