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734-‘- The Third Children shall have their chance to achieve what they once desired. But the way will not be easy. The ‘64-4‘-
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812912- First Children are set in judgment over you, and the Second Children seek to trap you. It is their workings that 17‘-
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‘12757757572“7‘8‘262‘82626242‘713303103001373711“203704011047010110104645691— The angel then bade me to warn mankind of the hidden forces that seek to thwart the destiny of the Third Children. 274384746831-
1471481- Their handiwork appears again and again throughout history. Regard the mighty Sphinx of Egypt. Recent studies ‘-38‘-3883-
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371006‘0030047‘0302402- of the water erosion on its rocky surface indicate that the monument dates back to the days when the Sahara was 4570-479272-
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‘30492961919921‘374291037628919‘- Ancients. The Second Children roamed freely through the world then, greater than man in power and knowledge. 2‘=45‘790940‘1464090‘640‘-
‘730‘09‘127130170‘0‘19743651811‘272- The demons shaped primitive man into a civilization that revered them as gods. But their hubris was against the ‘4-137464‘9-
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1023378290364024- will of the god-machine, and they failed. The great civilizations of Egypt, Sumer and Babylonia rose later from the 01-‘-2797‘-
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‘844560‘3470- mirror the locations of the constellation of Orion and other celestial objects (with the Nile representing the 1471481-
274384746831- Milky Way), was essentially a vast time machine used to teach the pharaohs how to “swim upstream” against 4389419‘9371913171301937104971“7073047119102173000‘7039071010371030170‘0‘0‘0730‘70330731764461001016400100‘0171361210“3‘90‘033030370—
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3883- time and return to the Osirian age. By understanding the layout of these structures, the pharaoh of any era ‘3370‘3‘-‘-
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392790-‘- Somewhere beneath the Sphinx, that chamber awaits discovery. The cults of the Second Children protect the 1023378290364024-
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‘17‘- I asked about the four Furies who withheld their curses on the night of the murder. “Some of them dwell 02-8-042-
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49471- unleash their wrath.” One of them, upon fleeing from the Celestial City, came to rest in what is now the ‘-734-‘-
‘7491‘937190‘- continent of Australia. Touching down in the desert, this Ancient was certain it would remain hidden from man, 4‘729279‘0-
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Chapter 1- THE SECRET HISTORY