The Book of Enoch

Enoch was the seventh from Adam and the great-grandfather of Noah (Genesis 5:19, 29). Among the Dead Sea Scrolls discovered in the caves of Qumran was the 'book of Enoch' which confirmed its antiquity and authenticity in history, as well as its popularity among the early Jews and attested even by one New Testament writer (Jude 1:14). 

This book made reference to the fallen angels mentioned in the Genesis account and painted a picture of how the world looked like before the deluge. It tells how the eyes of this patriarch was opened by God to see heavenly visions and future cataclysmic events that shall befall mankind. At the beginning of the book is a rather intriguing statement:

The words of Enoch, wherewith he blessed the elect and righteous, who will be living in the day of tribulation, when all the wicked and godless are to be removed.

Enoch a righteous man whose eyes were opened by God, saw the vision of the Holy One in the heavens, which the angels showed me, and from them I heard and from them I understood as I saw, not for this generation, but for a remote one which is to come.

The 'day of tribulation' might not have referred to the coming deluge in Noah's day, but to a 'remote' (distant) generation that is to come. Of course, Enoch could very well be hinting at this particular generation we're living in.

Notably, Enoch clearly mentioned the existence of angels. Some of these angels—the fallen ones—abducted beautiful mortal women to produce offspring of their own, hybrids that resulted from the union of angels and humans.

These demi-gods possessed not only great strength but physical stature and were given the title 'Nephilim' which means 'giants' in Hebrew. This is consistent with the narrative of the Bible in Genesis chapter six.

The book of Enoch went further and described how these giant hybrids ruled the earth in ancient times. They exhausted the earth's food resources and when humans were unable to supply their insatiable appetite, these giants turned on them and consumed human flesh for sustenance instead. Nephilim's inclination towards lusts and destruction filled the earth with chaos, immorality and violence.

Some will object to this line of thought and insist that angels do not or are not capable of sexual acts based on Jesus' answer to the Sadducees, who questioned the reality of resurrection and the spiritual world:

Matthew 22:29-30
You are in error because you do not know the Scriptures nor the power of God. For in the resurrection people will neither marry nor be given in marriage, but they will be like the angels in heaven.

Such reasoning betrays a lack of understanding on the nature of angels and the purpose they were created. As far as angels are concerned, there is no necessity for procreation since they are spiritual beings, created to serve God and the heirs of salvation. But the human race is a completely different story altogether because they need to reproduce to continue their short, earthly existence. As such, mankind is created male and female whereas angels are singularly male.

It is therefore not a stretch on the imagination that fallen angels should take a fancy on mortal women and commit the forbidden act which resulted in their premature punishment:

Jude 1:6-7
And the angels who kept not their first estate (position), but left their own habitation (place), God has reserved in everlasting chains under darkness unto the judgment of the great Day—even as Sodom and Gomorrah and the cities around them, in the same way giving themselves over to fornication (consensual sexual intercourse) and going after strange flesh (unnatural union), are set forth as an example, suffering the vengeance of eternal fire.

These fallen angels not only intruded into forbidden territory themselves, they also led mankind astray with all sorts of dark occultic knowledge that turned their hearts away from God to the worship of the heavenly hosts and the practice of witchcrafts —detestable things which God had strictly forbidden. They also imparted the ability and skills to make weapons which resulted in ceaseless bloodshed and sufferings. The fallen angels brought their knowledge to mankind, and with it unimaginable disasters and endless miseries. No wonder the Bible solemnly states:

Genesis 6:11-12
The earth also was corrupt before God and violence filled the lands… for all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth.

The only option left was divine judgment. The whole earth must be cleansed and rid of all the filth and evil, and the means would be through a worldwide flood. As for these fallen angels, they too would be imprisoned ahead of their time and to await their final judgment (Jude 1:6).

 

Anunnaki

According to Sumerian records, there existed a certain group of living beings known as the Anunnakis. The appearance and form of these beings closely resembled that of humans; however, in the Summerian annuls, words used to describe these beings are translated as 'dragons' and 'giant serpents'. Were the ancients hinting that these beings were actually reptilians? But how was it possible that they could take on human forms?

Ancient wall carvings depict these beings as having the ability to change their forms in different periods of time. In other words, these Anunnakis can appear in various guises and have wings like those of angels. Because of this, the ancient people regarded the existence of these humanoids with awe and worshipped them as deities and gods.

The Meso-American 'winged serpent', found on wall images, also exhibited half-human half-snake appearances. It is no wonder that the Mayans regarded these supernatural beings as divine. Archeological excavation sites in Iraq had uncovered many ancient religious relics that are rather grotesque—stone figurines with human bodies but heads of either a serpent or a lizard.

In India, predating Buddhism, the Hindus worshipped a kind of dragon-like deity that looked more like a serpent. According to local folklore, these beings could take on human form, whether fully or half-bodied.

Looking back at history, whether it's Meso-America, Asia, Egypt or Sumerian, undeniably there are creatures or beings found in these ancient civilizations which exhibited common and similar traits:

1. They have reptilian appearances like those of a dragon or a serpent.
2. They have feathered wings like those of an angel.
3. They have the ability to change form, which invariably caused humans to worship them.

These creatures must have existed in the world long before humans came onto the scene. Somehow, they incurred God's wrath and were relegated as serpents, the chief of whom appeared in the garden of Eden. The origin of the story must of necessity be traced to the book of Genesis.

Incidentally, John the Baptist and Jesus described the religious leaders as serpents and generation of vipers (Matthew 3:7; Matthew 23:33), and that they were children of the devil (John 8:44). These are strong words indeed!

Reptilians

From a biological standpoint, dragons and serpents are closely related creatures since both belong to the reptilian family and share certain common features. In fact, the Bible views both as inseparable entities:

Revelation 12:9
So the great dragon was cast out, that old (ancient) serpent…

Reptilian humanoids, or anthropomorphic reptiles, have appeared in folklore, fiction, and conspiracy theories. Cultures across the world have their legends of creatures which are part human and part reptile. One of the earliest historical depictions of a reptilian humanoid was Sobek an ancient Egyptian deity with the head of a crocodile and the body of a human. He was depicted with traits befitting that of a reptilian such as being aggressive and animalistic.

In both south and south-eastern Asian mythologies, the Nagas are considered to be semi-divine creatures with half-human and half-serpent characteristics. Are they just a figment of imagination in the minds of superstitious, ignorant pagans or is there more to it?

 

Ancient Dragon

Historical buildings throughout China are commonly decorated with a prominent creature——the dragon. Carved by skilled master craftsmen for imperial palaces as well as temples, these creatures are depicted with scales similar to that of snakes. Remarkably, its backs and tails are also furnished with feathers of some sort. So it's not surprising that these ancient Chinese dragons are believed to have the ability to take flight into the clouds just like the Mayan's winged serpent.

China and Central America are separated by a great geological distance, yet they shared a rather similar religious belief in some ways. Is this just coincidence? Considering that ancient naval and navigational technologies were still undeveloped, it was simply not possible for Asians to travel to the America continent, nor could the Mayans have chartered their way to the Chinese mainland. Yet these two distinct ethnic groups shared a vividly similar portrayal of this 'mythological' creature. The dragon in the eyes of the ancients was like a serpent that could fly. What does that tell us?

Either these ancient peoples were very imaginative——or such entities possibly existed in the past.

According to ancient writings and historical relics, there are records and descriptions of such creatures all over the world. Can this be considered pure coincidence? If these were simply made up by the imaginations of superstitious folks in the past, such a sweeping statement may prove inadequate to convince skeptics and inconclusive to satisfy the inquisitive.

Winged Serpent

The ancient people of Central America were known to worship a kind of creature that looked like a winged serpent. The Mayans called it 'Kukulkan'; the Aztecs referred to it as 'Quetzalcoati'. It was considered the chief deity of their time.

According to Mayan legend, their ancestors were visited by a fair-skinned, blonde hair being who taught them agriculture, astronomy, mathematics and medicine. As a result, their culture and civilization advanced tremendously and this being, who had the ability to change forms, was highly honored and regarded as divine by the ancient people, who worshipped and gave him the title of 'Kukulkan', the feathered serpent.

One of the greatest Mayan centers of the Yucatán peninsula in Mexico was Chichen Itza where the famous El Castillo or temple of Kukulkan stood. 

Here among the well-preserved ruins can be found carvings and sculptures of the Mayan god, depicted with feathers and wings, revered and respected by these Meso-American people. While archeologists and anthropologists regarded such artifacts to be a mere reflection of the primitive beliefs and cultures of these ancient people, it seems that the worship of this winged serpent creature is not limited to just one single region in the world.

 

Mythological Reality

Most people take for granted things that are considered 'normal' in this world to be what they have grown up with or been taught in school. Whatever falls outside of their perceived knowledge and experiences are relegated as either superstitions, myths or legends.

The advent of computer-generated imagery (CGI) has brought many ancient mythological characters and futuristic sci-fi alien creatures to life on the big screen, entertaining movie-goers and TV viewers with an endless array of extrasensory experience. Of course, the average person relegates these animated beings— heroes or villains—to the realm of imagination and fantasy, not the daily grind of normal life.

But just because we don't see them as a daily occurrence in our lives doesn't mean these things, spiritual or supernatural, don’t exist or are not real. Those who unfortunately did encounter and related their stories of these surreal experiences were either considered deranged, weird or else under the influence of drugs or hallucination.

Yet ancient civilizations and cultures are replete with artifacts, many etched in stones, that defy the logic of learned men and sane intellectuals. Examples include the Sumerians, Egyptians, Aztecs, Mayans, Greeks, and even the Chinese, etc. At first sight such pictorial records discovered in cuneiforms, monuments and stelae preserved through the ages, were deemed extensions and exaggerations of these primitive people's beliefs. However, a shift in paradigm is silently and steadily taking place…

 

Existence and Reality

There is more to this physical world than just the visible three-dimensional space that we can see and traverse in. Quantum physics (or mechanics) helps us grapple with the concept of time which is the fourth dimension, and consciousness or the soul as the manifestation of existence, the fifth dimension if you will, within time and space.

Mankind has struggled to make sense of the reality of existence and its purpose, though before the advent of the scientific age most endeavors were carried out through abstract philosophies, mathematical postulations, logical reasonings, and perhaps wild imaginations. Those who rely solely on their faiths are content to let their scriptures and tenets instruct them what to believe, without ever needing proofs of any sort.

Hopefully, this chapter on the abstract aspect of Physics—which is really an exercise to open up your mind to concepts and possibilities which you would otherwise not have considered nor have knowledge of—will ready you for more challenging topics ahead, some of which will not only be mind-blowing but perhaps shocking and bordering on insanity, if not for this preparatory process. If anything, it's meant to help you cope and connect up the dots on the many mysteries which you might have stumbled upon in the past, but were too confused or afraid to confront you either dismissed them as non-consequential, or ditched them as pure nonsense.

Remember, there are times when science seems stranger than fiction. The question is: when the truth is put forth in your face, will you be able to handle it? Are you prepared to take the leap into unchartered waters?

 

Quantum Entanglement

Quantum entanglement refers to the interaction of a pair or a group of particles; even if the two or more particles are far apart, they can still affect each other. To put it another way—a particle will change its state in response to the quantum state of another particle, regardless of their position (space) or distance.

So even if both particles are at two extremes of the Milky Way, changes in one of the particles will simultaneously affect the other. Now, the Milky Way is about 100,000 light years across which means quantum entanglement can happen faster than the speed of light.

Telepathic twins are known to exhibit a connectedness in their minds and spirits that is instantaneous which defy distances and time differences across the world. Such exchanges have been attributed to extrasensory perception (ESP) or what is known as the sixth sense. In scientific term—quantum entanglement.

Indeed, everything is interconnected to some extent and in some ways, directly affecting or else indirectly influencing each other. Our biological body is made up of particles so it's not too difficult to imagine that there is also quantum entanglement happening between them.

 

Lightspeed

In the early 1900s, scientists still held firmly to the Newtonian view of the world. Then Albert Einstein came along and changed everything with his theory of relativity. He put forth a startling idea—there is no preferred frame of reference; everything, even time, is relative.

When we talk about lightspeed, we are referring to the speed or rate at which light travels in a perfect vacuum. Accordingly, lightspeed in this medium is a constant and is estimated to have a value of 186,000 miles per second.

The world is really a mathematical model, made up of myriads of complex equations. By means of Physics, we can derive the inherent formulas that define this space where matter exists. Einstein's relativity theory invariably deduces that nothing in this material world can travel faster than light. 

What this means is, no object in this dimension that we exist in can be faster than light. Ponder carefully over this sentence and you will realize that its premise rests on the word 'object'. In other words, any 'non-object' or 'non-matter' has the potential to move beyond the framework of relativity and surpass the speed of light.

 

The Fifth Dimension

Now, if every person has his or her own consciousness, then it would seem logical to infer that the whole universe must also possess a consciousness of its own as well.

Romans 8:22
For we know that the whole creation groans and travails in pain together until now.

It would be more correct to say that this world is the aggregate of the collective consciousnesses of every living thing, visible and invisible. Without this consciousness we cannot appreciate the extent of space nor the flow of time that we exist in. We can say it is consciousness which lends meaning to our existence in this world, of which time and space are the expressions of this meaning in our individual experiences.

Again, in quantum physics: The first dimension is a straight line, the second a plane, the third a solid, and the fourth dimension is the third plus time. What then is the fifth dimension? Are you ready for the answer? It is consciousness.

Referencing Einstein's equation: E = mc2, since the soul is a form of energy entity, then it can be equated to consciousness, the fifth dimension which exists in space and time, the fourth.

 

Self-Consciousness

Human beings are conscious not only of the world around them but also of themselves—their activities, their bodies, and their inner thoughts. Self-consciousness then is an awareness of one's existence, expressed in English words like 'I', 'me', 'my', etc., terms that each person uses to refer to oneself. This awareness or consciousness is sometimes referred to as the very soul of a person, manifested in real life as a personality.

Every morning as we wake up and open our eyes, everything that we see and interact with, our brain will ascertain this is the world we live in. This is self-awareness. Practically every person who is alive in this world will have his or her own autonomous awareness or consciousness of the people and things around them. Without this awareness, a person will cease to think or act independently and can only follow mechanically what has been wired or programmed into their being, just like a robot.

Since we have consciousness, our daily schedule offers us choices of many kinds, and life is filled with plenty of unpredictable elements which makes this world a much more interesting yet dangerous place to live in.

Self-consciousness, therefore, allows us to observe this world or space that we exist in, and make our own conclusions based on what we know and experience firsthand.

Cogito, ergo sum—I think; therefore I am (exist)—so asserted the French philosopher, mathematician and scientist, René Descartes. Then again, acknowledging the certainty of one's own existence on the basis of self-perception becomes questionable since we can doubt whether what we think or know to be true. If there is no self to attribute existence, then the cogito fails.

 

Schrödinger's Cat

People who studied or took an interest in Physics might have heard of 'Schrödinger's Cat'. But in case you haven't, here's the brief account: The Austrian physicist Erwin Schrödinger left his cat inside a gas chamber by accident. During this period, there is a 50% chance that the poison gas might be discharged. So is the cat dead or alive in the end?

Schrödinger's Cat was simply a teaching tool that he used to illustrate how some people were misinterpreting quantum theory. The imaginary experiment was constructed to show that over simplistic misinterpretations of quantum theory can lead to absurd results which do not match the real world. Einstein saw the same problem with the observer-driven idea and congratulated Schrödinger for his clever illustration.

Of course, the basic concept of quantum theory states that any particle is in a superimposed state (decay or non-decay) until verified under observation. Suppose the release of the poison gas is dependent on whether the particle decay or not decay, then the fate of Schrödinger's cat is subject to a 50-50 chance of survival. That being the case, before any observation is made the particle must of necessity be in a superimposed state, meaning the cat too must exist in the duality state of being alive and dead at the same time. Confused already?

Schrödinger's cat could be dead a second ago, then become alive the next second, dead again two seconds later, and alive once more three seconds thereafter, in random overlap until you open the door to check its being, then would this overlapping state come to a complete stop. And until you do so, the cat will go through an endless iteration, like a dice that keeps on rolling without knowing the final number it will end up with. As Einstein remarked:

God does not play dice (with the universe, that is).

Double-Slit Interference

Now what on earth is that? To understand what we are getting into, a little theory is necessary.

Christiaan Huygens, a brilliant Dutch physicist, mathematician, astronomer and inventor, was the first to publish his wave theory of light in 1678, though Isaac Newton thought otherwise. It was not until 1801 when the English physicist Thomas Young did his now-classic double slit experiment that the wave theory of light gained acceptance in the scientific community.

In modern physics, the double-slit experiment demonstrates that light and matter can display characteristics of classically defined waves and particle, and more so the fundamentally probabilistic nature of quantum mechanical phenomena. This is a general class of 'double path' experiment in which a single light wave is split into two separate waves that later combine into a single wave again. Changes in the path lengths of both waves result in a phase shift and create an interference pattern, thus demonstrating the principle of wave–particle duality.

The double-slit experiment (and its variations) has become a classic thought experiment for its clarity in expressing the central puzzles of quantum mechanics. Because it demonstrates the fundamental limitation of the observer's ability to predict experimental results, Richard Feynman, the American physicist, called it—

… a phenomenon which is impossible to explain in any classical way, and which has in it the heart of quantum mechanics. In reality, it contains the only mystery of quantum mechanics.

Now imagine asking the biggest and most fundamental question of all—what is reality? If you take the scientific approach, you'd go down to the smallest, indivisible quantum of matter or energy possible, isolate it as much as you can, and then measure its behavior under every bizarre scenario your mind can come up with. The results should provide a window into reality unlike any other, as it compels the laws of physics to unravel and reveal themselves to you. That's what the double-slit experiment is all about. Really.

Simply put, physicists have discovered that particles will only cohere into particles from its energy form under observation. In other words, the 'substances' before us are only converted from energy into 'solids' at the moment of observation. It may sound incredible but from the standpoint of the quantum world, some physicists have pointed out that the world we live in may have been constructed from energy.

We've discussed about Einstein's mass-energy equation earlier, that matter and energy are interchangeable, and that this fact does not negate or contravene the energy conservation law. Can we then safely state that in this vast universe, matter and energy are engaged in a ceaseless cycle of morphing between one of two states without ever vanishing? If so, what we perceive as real may well rest upon the very act of 'observation' as the deciding factor in determining reality.

Going a step further, is it then plausible to postulate that this world has been created with the end purpose of observation—in the realms of spirit and nature?

Hebrews 11:3
By faith we understand that the universe was created by the word of God, so that what is seen (matter) was not made out of things that are visible (energy).

That's something for us to think about.

 

Mass-Energy Equation

We're all familiar with Albert Einstein's mass-energy equation: E = mc2 where matter (m) or substance can be converted into energy (E). Of course, energy do not vanish but merely changes into another form. A simple analogy is the food we consume everyday which goes into our stomach—it does not disappear but is digested and converted to energy that powers the body. What this implies is the objects we see in front of us can have the potential to transform to some form of energy.

But have you ever wondered that matter and energy may be, just may be interchangeable? Einstein did not say that his formula cannot be written in reverse, which means that mc2 = E is just as valid as E = mc2. This being the case, energy too can transform into matter! So what does that infer? Energy has the ability to materialize into solid objects.

Each stalk of flower, each blade of grass that we see, are they simply energy in materialized forms? The world that we know and live in, could it also be some form of stereoscopic projection constructed by energy itself?

Energy Conservation Law

Newton's Cradle

The law of conservation of energy states that the total energy of an isolated system remains constant; it is said to be conserved over time. What this means is that energy can neither be created nor destroyed; rather, it can only be transformed or transferred from one form to another.

Yet during the process of nuclear fission, physicists discovered that certain micro particles disappeared without a trace, which is both surprising and weird. For no apparent reason, the energy simply vanished without going through any conversion. Has it been transferred into another dimension? If such a dimension exists, that may well explain the phenomenon.

Now, if the energy represented did not vanish but was simply transferred to another space, then the energy conservation law still stands. We are developing a new concept here—the world as we know it isn't what we use to know or suppose; in reality there is another dimension or space which the naked eye cannot see. To enter that dimension will require one to transform into a form of energy, much like nuclear fission.