Only a small portion of Cayce’s readings involved Atlantis. But the readings are completely fascinating. If you have some free time, pick up a book on him or watch one of the documentaries created about him. His abilities really make you think.
The Cave of Etsu Nantu. Is it real? Well, there is no clear answer on that. The words etsu and nantu are Shuar meaning the sun and the moon, respectively. But the name of the cave was dramatic license on my part. According to Edgar Cayce, the Atlanteans did send out three sets of knowledge across the globe to protect it. One set was supposed to have been hidden in South America.
So is there an actual cave? According to a number of different sources, two teens did discover a cave like the one described in the book after swimming in a river in the early twentieth century. They said the cave could only be accessed from underwater. The cave held a metal library along with other artifacts from an advanced civilization. In the decades since the boys’ discovery, no one has been able to find the cave. And both of the men have since passed away.
Father Carlo Crespi. Father Carlo Crespi was real, as was his collection. Google him. It’s fascinating stuff. What is left of his collection is stored in the Bank of Ecuador. The collection was moved to the bank after a suspicious fire destroyed half of it at Father Carlo’s church. The way in which Crespi collected his artifacts portrayed in this book is accurate: he was gifted with each of his treasures by the indigenous people he served.
The Crespi Collection. The descriptions of the Crespi collection from the bank vault are accurate descriptions of some of the artifacts from the vault (i.e., the metal sheets engraved with an unknown script, the statues, the depictions of dinosaurs and elephants, etc.)
The descriptions of the cave are taken in part from unexplained archaeological finds across the globe and from this author’s imagination. For example, the Vimanas described I are real. In ancient Sanskrit text, there are descriptions of flying vehicles. The city grid with the monorail? That I made up, although there are some ancient cities that were laid out on a grid.
The Council and the Imiatores Belials. They are both fictional groups I created.
Cave Doors. The doors in the cave are real, in the sense that they are taken from the doors used Derinkuyu, an underground city in the Cappadocia region of Turkey. Although the ones in Turkey were used solely to keep invaders out.
Enoch. The stories of Enoch included in the novel, (i.e., that he was the great grandfather of Noah and that he became the scribe of God, Metatron) are true according to the Bible. Whether he has returned to earth multiple times after his ascension, well, Cayce said he did. And he was right about all those medical treatments . . .
Tunnels underneath South America. There is an extended tunnel system underneath Ecuador, spilling into Peru and Chile. The tunnels are allegedly the same ones that the Incans used to hide their gold from the Conquistadors. And people have over time tried to explore the caves . . . much to their detriment.
Crustal Displacement Theory. The idea of Antarctica actually being Atlantis is not a new idea. Dr. Charles Hapgood, the author of crustal displacement theory, did argue that large swaths of land could rapidly move from one location on the globe to another due to the movement of a liquid core one hundred miles underneath the earth’s surface. And while his theory was scoffed at by a number of prominent scientists, one notable scientist of the time did agree with him: Albert Einstein.
Flood Myths. There are hundreds of global flood myths across the globe. The ones mentioned in the book (Noah, Manu, Gilgamesh) are also real and incredibly similar.
Science, however, largely disputes that there had ever been a worldwide flood. The closet science seems willing to go is ice dams. Research on ice dams, created at the end of the ice age, are theorized to be capable of creating catastrophic flooding. For more information, check Graham Hancock’s Underworld: Flooded Kingdoms of the Ice Age.
The Tayos Cave and Neil Armstrong. The Tayos Cave is a real location, as are the tunnels attached to it. In 1976, Neil Armstrong was part of an expedition to Ecuador to find the metal library. They found some artifacts in the Tayos Cave, but never found the cave with the metal library. The leader of the expedition, Stan Hall, did plan later trips but for various reasons, they never materialized.
Nephilim. The Bible does speak about the offspring of angels and humans. These giants of men were allegedly incredibly powerful and usually immoral. And they were alleged to be the reason behind the global flood: to rid the world of their menace. But that never happened, right? ☺
Thanks for reading. I hope you enjoyed the ride!
Until next time,
R.D.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Thanks to all those who helped make this book happen. First and foremost, thank you Tae. Thank you for all your support, time, and love. Thank you for letting me take the time I needed to complete this book. Thank you for always being in my corner and being unfailingly there when I needed you. You are my rock.
Special thanks to all those critters who read and re-read The Belial Library in its multiple iteration. In particular, thanks to Alan Chaput, Glenda, Ernie, Alex Sheridan, Mark Munroe, and Sarah Zama.
And most of all, thanks to Christine King-Raggio and Dana Griffin, my special critters and writing support squad. You are priceless.
Thanks to Syracuse Martial Arts Academy and the larger martial arts community for their indispensible help not just with this book but with life lessons. I am blessed to have found you.
Thanks to my editorial team. Thank you to Damon and Benjamin at Damonza.com for their cover design and formatting work. You guys are incredible. And thanks to my copy editor Evelyn Duffy.
And finally, thanks to my little gang of three for their support, love, and hugs.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
R.D. Brady has a Ph.D. in criminology and lives in upstate New York. When she's not writing, she can be found studying Jeet Kune Do, reading, or trying to find more hours in the day.
The Belial Library is the second book in The Belial Series. (Book 1 is The Belial Stone.) R.D. is currently working on the third book in the series, The Belial Ring.
For more information on R.D., her upcoming publications, or what she's currently reading, check out her blog: http://desperateforagoodbook.com
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Table of Contents
Copyright © 2013 by R.D. BradyThe Belial Library
“There were giants in the earth in those days; and also after that,
PROLOGUEBaltimore, MarylandTwenty-Nine Years Ago
CHAPTER 1Seven Months AgoLas Vegas, Nevada
CHAPTER 2Present DayCuenca, Ecuador
CHAPTER 3Baltimore, Maryland
CHAPTER 4
CHAPTER 5
CHAPTER 6
CHAPTER 7
CHAPTER 8Baltimore, Maryland
CHAPTER 9
CHAPTER 10
CHAPTER 11
CHAPTER 12
CHAPTER 13Baltimore, Maryland
CHAPTER 14
CHAPTER 15Baltimore, Maryland
CHAPTER 16Outside Cuenca, Ecuador
CHAPTER 17Baltimore, Maryland
CHAPTER 18
CHAPTER 19
CHAPTER 20Cuenca, Ecuador
CHAPTER 21
CHAPTER 22
CHAPTER 23
CHAPTER 24
CHAPTER 25
CHAPTER 26
CHAPTER 27
CHAPTER 28
CHAPTER 29
CHAPTER 30
CHAPTER 31
CHAPTER 32
CHAPTER 33
CHAPTER 34
CHAPTER 35
CHAPTER 36
CHAPTER 37
CHAPTER 38
CHAPTER 39
CHAPTER 40
CHAPTER 41
CHAPTER 43
CHAPTER 44
CHAPTER 45
CHAPTER 46
CHAPTER 47
CHAPTER 48
CHAPTER 49Las Vegas, Nevada
CHAPTER 50Baltimore, Maryland
CHAPTER 51Las Vegas, Nevada
CHAPTER 52Baltimore, Maryland
CHAPTER 53Las Vegas, Nevada
CHAPTER 54Baltimore, Maryland
CHAPTER 55
CHAPTER 56Las Vegas, Nevada
CHAPTER 57Baltimore, Maryland
CHAPTER 58Forest Hills, NY
CHAPTER 59Baltimore, Maryland
CHAPTER 60
CHAPTER 61
CHAPTER 62
CHAPTER 63
CHAPTER 64
CHAPTER 65Washington, DC
CHAPTER 66Las Vegas, NV
CHAPTER 67Baltimore, MD
CHAPTER 68
CHAPTER 69
CHAPTER 70
CHAPTER 71
CHAPTER 72
CHAPTER 73
CHAPTER 74Las Vegas, NV
CHAPTER 75Baltimore, MD
CHAPTER 76
CHAPTER 77Las Vegas, NV
CHAPTER 78Baltimore, MD
CHAPTER 80Las Vegas, NV
CHAPTER 81
CHAPTER 82
CHAPTER 83
CHAPTER 84
CHAPTER 85
CHAPTER 86
CHAPTER 87
CHAPTER 88
CHAPTER 89
CHAPTER 90
CHAPTER 91"Jake. He's-"
CHAPTER 92
CHAPTER 93
CHAPTER 94
CHAPTER 95
CHAPTER 96
CHAPTER 97
CHAPTER 98
CHAPTER 99
CHAPTER 100
CHAPTER 101
CHAPTER 102Two Days Later
CHAPTER 103Washington, D.C.
CHAPTER 104
CHAPTER 105
EPILOGUE
AUTHOR'S NOTE
FACT OR FICTION?
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
ABOUT THE AUTHOR