Table of Contents
Introduction to Ancient Stories and Biblical Texts
Paul Wallis begins by explaining that biblical stories are restatements of ancient narratives from Sumer, Babylonia, Akkadia, and Assyria. He suggests that many familiar stories about gods are actually about “sky people” or extraterrestrials, rather than religious texts in their original form. According to Wallis, these stories are accounts of paleo-contact—interactions between ancient humans and visitors from elsewhere in the cosmos.
Visitation and Human Development
Wallis discusses the idea that some extraterrestrial visitations supported human development, while others involved colonization. His book Escaping from Eden explores how the understanding of biblical texts changes when they are translated more fundamentally. The book raises the question: Was the human race created by God or engineered by extraterrestrial beings (ETs)? By the end of Escaping from Eden, readers are led to consider the possibility of external interventions in human origins.
Implications of Extraterrestrial Engineering
Wallis’ follow-up book, The Scars of Eden, delves deeper into the implications of this idea. It examines how human history may bear marks of colonization and explores the practical consequences of discovering that humanity was engineered by extraterrestrials. The book asks what difference it makes if humans were created by God or by ETs and looks for evidence beyond narratives to support one theory or the other.
Exploring Human Potential in Indigenous Cultures
In his book Echoes of Eden, Wallis continues his investigation by engaging with indigenous leaders and those who curate traditional knowledge. He suggests that the cultures that have best preserved memories of ancient contact are also those that have thought deeply about its implications. This leads to questions about human potential, which Wallis explores by asking: What secrets of human potential were buried along with our ancestors’ memories of extraterrestrial contact?
