Forge of Creation

CA. 3,200 B.C.E. A Message in a Bottle God has no power over the past except to cover it with oblivion –Pliny the Elder (23–79 A.D) I am Anu. When I was born, my father had a dream in which the ancient Archons instructed him in the ways of the universe. My father was shown an insect web […]

Posted on March 17, 2009 on 9:33 am | In Stories | 7 Comments

Architect of Babylon — Part 1

CA. 9,500 B.C.E. The Tower of Babel “Behold, they are one people, and they have all one language; and this is only the beginning of what they will do; and nothing that they propose to do will now be impossible for them“ –Jahveh (Yahweh) as quoted in Genesis. The dust soared upward as the ship settled on the […]

Posted on December 9, 2008 on 3:43 pm | In Stories | 2 Comments

Landfall

CA. 166,230 B.C.E. Arrival of the Gods “To consider Earth the only populated world in infinite space is as absurd as to assert that in an entire field sown with seed, only one grain will grow“ –the Greek scholar Metodorus in the 4th Century BCE. Enki awoke in the middle of a dream. The details slipped away as […]

Posted on March 21, 2008 on 9:11 pm | In Stories | No Comments

Human Nature

CA. 70,000 B.C.E. The Genetic Bottleneck “Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic“ – Arthur C. Clarke “The gods are up there I tell you, living on the mountaintop.“ “Some are cruel. They use men as slaves and throw them away, sometimes broken and lame, when the task is finished. Others are sad and ashamed that we are […]

Posted on March 20, 2008 on 10:23 pm | In Stories | No Comments

Dream of Anubis

CA. 50,000 B.C.E. The invention of Quantum Entangled Travel “Politics is more difficult than physics“ –Albert Einstein “Too many defects.” Anubis exclaimed with a wave of his hand that sent the faulty circuit crystal flying off into a nearby junkpile of similar failures. “Without quality parts, I will be fortunate to send a feather to the other […]

Posted on March 20, 2008 on 9:56 pm | In Stories | 2 Comments