Introduction

 After returning and steadily coming back from Vietnam (13 March 2022), where I gave ESL for about 8 months, I did a lot of reflection on what I experienced on all levels. I  went through my books and started to do some more research. I had a lot of questions on my mind, but I recall many themes and subjects that I read about during my lifetime. If you glance through my LibraryThing or Goodreads, you will find that I read widely and have a great number of interests. The one thing that stood out was that a number of these themes were revisiting my mind and these were the subjects that I was interested in throughout my life.

After my (Christian) conversation in 1974 in Standard 6 at HTS Drostdy, Worcester,  I started off my Bible study with the "normal" studies, but one thing that stood out was all the different "Christian" churches. I was from a Reformed upbringing (NG Church) and got baptized in a Pentecostal Church (AGS/AFM) and studies in (Adult) Baptism and Glossolalia were very popular due to the controversy in the media between the opposing churches in South Africa. During my High School years, I did more "Theological studies" than my normal classwork, but I passed Matric/GR10!.

I remember my challenges with Biblical Prophesy, British Israelism (The Plain Truth Magazine)(Lost tribes of Israel), Christian Identity, Racism, Illuminati, Freemasons, NDE (Near Death Experiences), to mention a few. One of the big ones was Eric von Daniken with his (I bought all his books), which led me to a lot of (Biblical) Archeology, UFOs, Ancient Civilizations, and eventually the whole Creationism/Evolutionism controversy with my first book of Henry Morris, The Troubled Waters of Evolution. I would say that then, I was triggered by Islam (See my Response and Comments on SATS MTh thesis), and continue even today on updated research on most of these subjects.

So what's the point? Well, as you will notice, I have covered the Physical and Spiritual Realm, with Science and History, and Sacred Texts. 

So on my return, I was introduced to two books that have completely impacted my themes/subjects and have given me a clearer path of interpreting a lot of what I am already aware of. 

    The first book is by Michael Heisner, The Unseen Realm, and The Genesis Six Conspiracy by Gary Wayne. These two books are a must-read for anyone who has had a similar experience and background to mine. In the following postings, I will discuss them, but for now, I will only reflect on the high-level impact.

For more information, see my posting on My Research.