{"product_id":"the-ascension-mysteries-isbn-9781101984093","title":"The Ascension Mysteries","description":"\u003cb\u003eFrom the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eAwakening in the Dream\u003c\/i\u003e comes a book that will take readers on a surprising and enthralling journey through the history of the universe, exploring the great cosmic battle surrounding our own ascension.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e David Wilcock’s previous \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestsellers, \u003ci\u003eThe Source Field Investigations\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Synchronicity Key\u003c\/i\u003e, used cutting-edge alternative science to reveal oft-hidden truths about our universe. In \u003ci\u003eThe Ascension Mysteries\u003c\/i\u003e, David takes us on a gripping personal journey that describes the secret cosmic battle between positive and negative happening every day, hidden in both the traumas of our own lives and the world’s headlines.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Through his contact with a positive higher intelligence behind the UFO phenomenon, groundbreaking scientific information, and data from high-ranking government whistle-blowers, David reveals that the earth is now on the front lines of a battle that has been raging between positive and negative extraterrestrials for hundreds of thousands of years. \u003ci\u003eThe Ascension Mysteries\u003c\/i\u003e explores the towering personal obstacles David overcame to unlock the great secrets of our universe and looks ahead to what this battle means for each of us personally. By unifying ancient texts from a variety of religions with scientific data and insider testimony, David presents a stunning conclusion—that Earth is on the verge of a massive cosmic event that will transform matter, energy, consciousness, and biological life as we now know it and will utterly defeat the great villains of our time.\u003cb\u003ePraise for\u003ci\u003e The Ascension Mysteries\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e“Alien enthusiasts who love corroborating proofs will find the large amount of new detail satisfying, and those who find Wilcock personally compelling will love the juicy details of his youth.”—\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eMore Praise for David Wilcock\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Wilcock also makes an intriguing case for the energetic influences of the celestial bodies on the recurring...currents of history, and the mechanisms through which they may be directing them. At the very least, this book provides much food for thought. At its best, it is fuel for wonder and awe.”—\u003ci\u003eNew Consciousness Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“David Wilcock is a leading thinker who makes a magnificent case...that a Golden Age is indeed within our grasp and can be brought into manifestation if only we choose to make it so.”—Graham Hancock, author of \u003ci\u003eFingerprints of the Gods\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“We are \u003ci\u003enot \u003c\/i\u003ealone in this universe. And we have David Wilcock to prove it—and to guide us to this golden prophecy.”—James V. Hart\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A narrative as fast-paced and scintillating as a sci-fi novel.”—\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“David Wilcock is a dedicated and passionate investigator determined to understand this chapter in our collective history.”—\u003ci\u003eNew Dawn Magazine\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Read this book.”—\u003ci\u003eOmega New Age Directory\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eDavid Wilcock\u003c\/b\u003e is the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Source Field Investigations\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Synchronicity Key\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Ascension Mysteries\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eAwakening in the Dream\u003c\/i\u003e. He is also a professional lecturer, filmmaker, and researcher of ancient civilizations, consciousness science, and new paradigms of matter and energy. Wilcock lives in Colorado with his wife.Chapter One\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Introduction\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Imagine a life of supernatural, godlike powers. Instantaneous      telepathy, where you read others' minds so effectively that words      are obsolete. Levitation, where you soar into the air with nothing      more than the power of your thoughts. Telekinesis, where you      levitate objects, even of colossal size, and command them to move      with your mind. Materialization, where you can create anything you      want as easily as you once opened your mouth to speak. Time      travel, where you jump into the past and fast-forward into the      future with stunning clarity. The \"veil\" between living and dying,      which caused you to forget that you had a greater identity beyond      each mortal life, has now dropped. In every moment you are fully      aware that you are a soul having a human experience. Your level of      intelligence is now vastly greater than anything you had access to      in the past.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Is this a dream? A case of ridiculous wishful thinking that has no      grounding in reality? Or is it possible that the world's great      spiritual teachers were telling you the truth? Are you walking      around in a state of amnesia, oblivious to who and what you really      are? Could the choices you make and the thoughts you think be far      more important than you might ever realize? Is there a cosmic      battle between good and evil playing out in the seemingly mundane      struggles of your everyday life? Is this hidden battle also raging      behind the headlines of many of the world's most noteworthy      events? Is ascension-a graduation into a higher level of      existence-your ultimate goal for being human? And are there      negative forces in the universe that feed on your fear, anger,      guilt, and shame and will stop at nothing to prevent you from      achieving this quantum leap in your evolution? Are we witnessing a      tremendous competition over who gets to control our planet? Would      these negative forces literally die without our selfishness,      jealousy, materialism, greed, and loneliness providing them with      an energy supply? Have these forces been fighting a battle that      has gone on for hundreds of thousands of years-in their own      conscious memory?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e You are about to enter a world where all these questions have      answers. We are threatened with doom and destruction from a      seemingly impossible array of villainous forces. Not only do we      have an \"elite\" who appear to thrive on creating wars, financial      catastrophes, plagues, and chaos, nature itself appears to have      betrayed us. Our planet is dying. The water is disappearing. The      animals are being hunted into extinction. Every year the      temperatures are getting hotter. Earthquakes, volcanoes, tsunamis,      hurricanes, and superstorms threaten our lives and planet.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e People tend to think the ancient spiritual tales are only      \"mythology,\" whereas we live in the \"real world,\" which is far      more lonely and threatening. Humans often use denial and addictive      behaviors to push the unpleasant and seemingly inevitable truth of      mass destruction out of our minds. Then, when the truth comes      blasting out of its feeble packaging, it triggers a hidden sense      of hopelessness once more, and we crash-land into another deep,      dark depression of profound loneliness. Now we believe in God-when      things are at their worst-and in our private hell we cry out,      \"Why? Why? Why?\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e You may have been fortunate enough to come into contact with what      many visionaries have called \"ageless wisdom.\" You may have had a      near-death experience, where you caught a glimpse of the greater      reality beyond the veil of living and dying. You may have had a      dream so beautiful and breathtaking that you woke up in tears,      longing for the promise of a new tomorrow. You may have had a peak      emotional event, either of extreme terror or utter ecstasy, and      broken through to that resplendent calm that is the bounty enjoyed      by all the great masters-where time slows to a crawl and you see      your life from an \"overview\" perspective. Something may have      happened to you that was so utterly bizarre, so undeniably      supernatural, that your entire being seemed to tingle and vibrate      in amazement. For those few precious moments, you touched the      essence of something truly profound. You experienced a reality      where there is no fear, no pain, no loss or loneliness-only love,      joy, happiness, and boundless, brilliant white light.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e This expansive, awe-inspiring sense of eternity often seems      fleeting. You get a brief glimpse of the magic, but all too soon      the mundane realities of everyday life surround you once more. The      candle flame of infinite potential is snuffed by the cold, hard      wind of reality-as most now see it. Thankfully, it doesn't have to      be that way. One of the great mysteries of our time is that      positive spiritual beings do exist, and if you follow certain      guidelines, you can make direct contact with them. I get letters      almost every day from people experiencing bizarre and mystical      phenomena. I worked very hard to achieve contact with spiritual      beings, and the results have been extremely profound and      meaningful.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e I am going to tell you the story of my experiences in this      book-how one person moved through incredible hardship to discover      dazzling hidden truths about ascension and our future. The Gnostic      spiritual tradition teaches us that information is alive, and      exposing ourselves to information about the true nature of the      cosmos can trigger a metamorphosis within us that ultimately      promotes ascension. My previous books have presented this      information from a scientific perspective, but in the first half      of this book I will reveal how this metaphysical truth manifests      in your life on a personal level.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The Mysteries of History\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Science teaches us that you evolved from a spectacularly boring      life in caves, in which your distant forefathers were illiterate      hunter-gatherers who were forced to survive against the elements.      Your ancient ancestors eventually became intelligent enough to      invent the wheel, plant crops, domesticate animals, develop      systems of trade, build sturdy shelters, and gather together in      towns and cities. Civilizations arose gradually, and we developed      written language, mathematics, ceramics, metallurgy, astronomy,      governments, laws, and religion.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e We also worshipped gods. Virtually every culture on Earth reported      some form of direct contact with advanced beings of significantly      higher intelligence. Civilization, so we are told, did not arise      randomly. We were taught how to speak, how to read, how to write,      how to grow crops, build shelters, study the stars, and understand      the universal language of science by sophisticated beings. Again      and again, our own written records soberly tell the tale of      advanced, human-looking people handing us these keys to knowledge.      In many cases these people walked with us for hundreds if not      thousands of years, governing the affairs of our world with the      presumably divine right of kings. Some of these \"gods\" taught us      to be more loving and forgiving of others, and helped originate      our major religions-which may hold deep mysteries that few of us      truly understand at this time. Other \"gods\" were nowhere near as      kind or benevolent. They warred with one another, were petty and      conniving, lied and deceived, and in many cases were overthrown      and destroyed when their angry and betrayed subjects finally rose      up against them.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Is it possible that these \"gods\" of antiquity were, in fact,      extraterrestrial beings? This is a question that I have been      publicly tackling for twenty years in a variety of forms,      including my website, DivineCosmos       .com; my books, The Source Field Investigations and The      Synchronicity Key; and well over eighty different episodes of      Ancient Aliens, the number one show on the History Channel,      entering its tenth season at the time of this writing. Yet many      are still acting like the priests who refused to look through      Galileo's telescope. The worldview most people now take for      granted is nothing more than a belief system, much like any other      religion. We defend our current scientific models like      Bible-thumping zealots, claiming there is only one truth, and the      magi of science have all the answers.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The \"Story\" Has Changed\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Traditionally, skeptics have defended their belief systems by      invoking science as the ultimate authority. This should be a      confusing time for them, because those same authorities are      continually changing the story. Everything we were taught to      believe was quietly transformed on October 22, 2013, in a paper      that was published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of      Sciences, without any major media publicity. A team of three      scientists, led by Dr. Erik Petigura, used NASA's Kepler telescope      to study 42,000 nearby stars that are similar to our own Sun. They      were looking for moments when the brightness of each star plunged      in a measurable way. These dimmings are caused when a planet      crosses in front of the star. Petigura's team found a total of 603      planets. Ten of them were Earth-sized and orbited in the      \"habitable zone\"-where oceans can form because the planet is      neither too hot nor too cold. Petigura's team already had the data      to tell them these ten planets likely had liquid water. When you      combine two hydrogen atoms with one oxygen atom, you get water.      NASA has already proven that stars give off countless tons of      hydrogen and oxygen gas. When these gases reach a planet with the      right temperature, they combine into water-and form atmospheres,      rainfall, and oceans.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Petigura's study concluded that an astonishing 22 percent of all      Sun-like stars in the universe have watery, Earth-like planets      orbiting around them-in the zone where life has the proper      conditions to appear. The closest star with an Earth-like planet      around it is only twelve light years away, making it easy to reach      in one human lifetime if our technology advances to a point where      we can travel at light speed. However, the real magic occurs when      we take this 22 percent figure and extend it out into the known      universe. The results are absolutely astonishing, and were      summarized in an article entitled \"The Fermi Paradox\" on the      website WaitButWhy.com.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e There are an estimated 100 to 400 billion stars in the Milky Way      galaxy alone. We now know that for every star in the Milky Way,      there is an entire galaxy in the universe. A galaxy is nothing but      a huge grouping of stars. Once we are armed with these numbers, we      can prove that for every grain of sand on Earth, there are ten      thousand stars in the universe. That number alone seems impossible      to comprehend, since we have thoughtlessly walked over countless      grains of sand all our lives. Our story gets even more outrageous      once we estimate that 5 percent of those stars will be Sun-like,      as NASA's data has suggested. That means there are 500      quintillion, or 500 billion billion Sun-like stars in the      universe.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Each of these Sun-like stars will have a \"habitable zone,\" where a      planet could develop oceans of liquid water. If 5 percent of all      the stars in the universe are like our Sun, and Petigura's team      discovered that one-fifth of these stars will have Earth-like      planets orbiting around them, then that means 1 percent of all the      stars in the universe could be home to another planet we could      live on. There would be 100 billion billion Earth-like planets in      the cosmos. This means that for every single grain of sand on      Earth, there are a hundred Earth-like planets in the universe.      Based on these numbers, there are about a billion Earths in our      own galaxy alone. If we then assume that only 1 percent of those      watery worlds have developed some form of life, then every grain      of sand on Earth represents an inhabited, Earth-like planet in the      universe.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Let's assume that a mere 1 percent of those inhabited planets have      life that has evolved into an intelligent civilization, like what      we now see on Earth. That would mean there are 10 quadrillion, or      10 million billion intelligent civilizations in our universe. When      we apply this same logic to the Milky Way, we have 100,000      intelligent civilizations seeded among the billion Earth-like      planets out there waiting for us. This is a radical re-envisioning      of everything we think we know, coming directly from official      sources working with NASA data. And with these numbers, the idea      that we are alone in the universe becomes utterly ridiculous-akin      to an extreme fundamentalist religious belief that is easily      dismissed.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"The Fermi Paradox\" also asks us to consider the age of the      universe, currently estimated to be about 13 billion years. Earth      was formed only 4.54 billion years ago. It is entirely conceivable      that an Earth-like planet could have emerged 8 billion years ago      around an older, Sun-like star. Now let's imagine that this planet      evolved to our current level of intelligence and technology in the      same length of time that it took to flourish here on Earth-4.54      billion years. That would mean that this planet had 3.46 billion      years to evolve beyond the level we have reached today. The degree      of technology, intelligence, and sophistication that could develop      during that time may be beyond our ability to even comprehend.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e On March 5, 2015, NASA announced that nearly half of Mars was once      covered with an ocean, like those on Earth, that was up to a mile      deep. Then, on September 28, 2015, NASA revealed that Mars still      has liquid water on its surface today, in limited quantities.      Finally, on November 5, 2015, NASA announced that Mars once had an      atmosphere like Earth's that was wiped out, perhaps by some form      of solar event. Pluto has an oddly Earth-like atmosphere.      According to a BBC article from March 12, 2015, which quoted NASA,      Jupiter's moon Ganymede was found to have a subsurface ocean as      well as a variety of other satellites: \"These include the dwarf      planets Pluto and Ceres; other Jupiter moons-Europa and Callisto;      Saturn's moons Enceladus, Titan, and Mimas; and possibly Neptune's      moon, Triton. 'The Solar System is now looking like a pretty soggy      place,' joked Jim Green, the US space agency's director of      planetary science.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e These official discoveries are changing everything we were taught      to believe. There are multiple places within our own solar system      that are suitable for life-in one form or another. Mars appears to      have been Earth-like enough that an intelligent civilization could      have thrived on it in our own past. These utterly life-changing      findings are being released here and there in the media, one at a      time. They get a day or two of minor headlines, which are easily      overlooked in today's world of information saturation, and are      then forgotten. By simply putting the pieces together, we can      build a radically different worldview than what most people now      believe to be the absolute truth.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The Cosmic Seed\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Another scientific revolution occurred just a month before the      Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences study, in      September 2013. It was too late to include the data in The      Synchronicity Key, but I certainly wish I could have. I can still      see every detail of the plane I was sitting in when I read \"A      Jewel at the Heart of Quantum Physics\" in Quanta magazine. Even      though we were still climbing in altitude, I wanted to unbuckle my      seat belt and run up and down the aisle, shouting with joy and      amazement. So many years of scientific research and journalism had      paid off-in a way I honestly had never expected would happen.      Hundreds of puzzle pieces snapped together in my mind, and for the      first time I was able to see the grand solution that unified them      all into a single, complete whole.","brand":"Dutton","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46301890347237,"sku":"NP9781101984093","price":22.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781101984093.jpg?v=1767738210","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/the-ascension-mysteries-isbn-9781101984093","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}