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The SupergodsThey came on a mission to save mankind

MAURICE M COTTERELL

ThorsonsAn Imprint of HarperColYinsPublishers

Contents

Credits vnAcknowledgements ixPrologue xi

PART ONE

ONE Frozen Tropics, Boiling Seas 3TWO The Lost Tribes of Meso-America 23

THREE A Stage for the Gods 33FOUR The Genius of the Maya King 45FIVE The Amazing Lid of Palenque 57

six The Mosaic Mask of Lord Pacal 69SEVEN Stories of the Quiche:

i. The Popol Vuh 81ii. The Mural of Bonampak 84

EIGHT Ancient Lands and New Revelations 96

PART TWO

NINE Supergods and Miracle Men 115TEN Life, Death and the Universe 154

Epilogue The Message of the Maya 168

APPENDICES

Appendix one The Solar System 175I The Sun 175

11 Effect of the Differentially Rotating Magnetic Fields 181

in The 96 Micro-Cycles of the Sun-Spot Cycle 182

iv The Sun's Neutral Warp 183

v The Meaning of the Steps of the Pyramid 184

Appendix two How the Sun's Reversing Magnetic Field Causes

Catastrophes 187

I Pole-Shifting and Polar Wander 187

II Increased Infant Mutation 189

in Mini Ice Ages and Drought 189

Appendix three How the Sun Affects Personality 191

Appendix four How the Sun Affects Fertility 1931 How the Sun Affects Bio-Rhythms 199

II How the Sun Causes Cancer 201

in Body and Soul 204

Appendix five How the Sun's Radiation Caused the Decline of the Maya 207

Appendix six Why the Maya Used Cycles of Time 209

Appendix seven PHI, The Golden Ratio 211

Appendix eight Jade 217

Appendix nine Information on Maya Transformer Books 220

Glossary 223Bibliography 229Index 231