Christopher Knight (the
Hiram Key) and Alan Butler
August 9
2004, 4:19 PM
I represent Watkins Publishing (an imprint of
Duncan Baird Publishing) in the United States.
I am writing
to you in the hope that you will represent Civilization One by
Christopher Knight and Alan Butler on your web sight. Civilization
One provides detailed evidence that demonstrates that the people who
lived around the British Isles over 5,000 years ago had access to
highly advanced scientific knowledge and explains how the pound and
the pint are Stone Age in origin having been derived from the spin
and mass of the Earth.
The book investigates the sources of
the megalithic yard, its consequences to units of weights and
measure, and sets out to prove the premise of Alexander Thom. I have
attached (and posted below) the press release for the book which
will be published in October 2004 and is distributed by
PGW.
We would also like to offer a chapter from the book--at
no charge--for you to post on your site. I look forward to hearing
from you.
WATKINS PUBLISHING LTD 33 Southgate Street,
Winchester, Hants, SO23 9EH North American Office: 749 Guerrero
St., San Francisco, CA 94110
Contact: Ani
Chamichian Watkins Publishing LTD Voice: 415 647 1812 Fax:
415 647 1812 [EMAIL PROTECTED] CIVILIZATION
ONE Uncovering the Superscience of Prehistory
By
Christopher Knight and Alan Butler
�I�m electrified by
it�.one of the most important books to be published in decades�..one
of the biggest breakthroughs of all time�...a book of central
importance �.this is the definitive proof that civilisation is
thousands of years older than historians believe.� Colin
Wilson/London Daily Mail and author of The Outsider and the
Occult
Civilization One began as a forensic investigation
into the viability of a little known linear measurement from the
European Stone Age. In the end, it became a rediscovery of two
complete and utterly staggering world views, so old it was
impossible to say exactly when they had originated. Together, they
will change our view of prehistory forever.
Two writers and
researchers, Christopher Knight and Alan Butler, previously worked
together to crack the mystery of the Megalithic Yard. This linear
unit had been rediscovered by the late Professor Alexander Thom, an
Emeritus Professor of Engineering at Oxford who, over five decades,
had measured meticulously literally thousands of Megalithic
structures in Britain and France. Thom�s data showed conclusively
that the Megalithic Yard - 82.966cm in length - had been used in the
construction of almost all of them. This flew in the face of the
establishment which claimed that the invention and retention of such
a finely tuned basic measurement from such a remote period of
history was impossible.
In its early chapters, Civilization
One relates the story of Alexander Thom and shows how plausible the
Megalithic Yard was and just how easy it was to replicate on any
site using a weighted pendulum, while observing the specific path
travelled by an observed star.
These discoveries act as a
key, opening a locked door on the remote past. Knight and Butler go
on to realize that within the Megalithic Yard lies an integrated
measuring system that defined the �exact� dimensions of the Earth.
This system was used to measure length, area, mass, volume, time and
geometry in one complete and absolutely integrated way, creating a
system far more advanced than anything in use today. Once they had
mastered this calculation, Knight and Butler quickly uncovered a
second measuring system, one that originated far from the Megalithic
monuments of the West, in Sumeria. Using known and accepted
archaeological examples as their guide, the authors realized that
the Metric system, supposedly created in the �age of reason� at the
end of the 18th century, is actually many thousands of years old.
What is more, in its original form, the Metric system also shows a
stunning grasp by its instigators of our planet and the part it
plays in the solar system.
Knight and Butler are able to
explain, probably for the first time, exactly what a �second of
time� actually represents; why it was invented and how crucial this
tiny �scrap� of time actually is, not only to the Earth but to
physics throughout the universe. One by one they overthrow a host of
previously accepted paradigms, completely changing our perception of
the abilities of these ancient people.
Reviewing as much
evidence as possible, Knight and Butler show that other free
thinkers in periods before our own struggled to recreate the design
of the prehistoric world view. Amongst these was one of the founders
of the United States, Thomas Jefferson. With only a little more
evidence, Jefferson may have reached the same conclusions that lie
at the heart of Civilization One.
The book finishes in the
most thought-provoking and explosive way possible, by demonstrating
exactly what, at least some, prehistoric peoples really knew. They
understood the absolute dimensions of the Earth and could measure
its mass at least as well as we can today. They knew the exact
dimensions of the Moon and the Sun and devised a linear measurement
that was applicable to the Earth, Moon, Sun relationship. These
remarkable people understood that light has speed and measured it
accurately.
Using cast-iron proof, illustrated by the
easiest of maths, Civilization One proves conclusively that, no
matter how clever we think we are today, greater minds have existed
in the remote past. The implications of Civilization One are
unthinkable and contrary to all accepted paradigms but, in the final
analysis, they can be verified by anyone.
Christopher
Knight has written four books to date, co-authored with Robert
Lomas. His writing career began almost by accident after he had
invested seven years conducting research into the origins of
Freemasonic rituals. After completing the research it seemed
possible that other people might be interested in reading the
findings - and Random House promptly agreed, publishing �The Hiram
Key� in 1996.
This book went into the UK top ten bestseller
list within three days of publication and remained in the chart for
eight consecutive weeks. In 1997 �The Second Messiah� was published
and �Uriel�s Machine� appeared in 1999 - both of which were also UK
and international bestsellers. The fourth book, �The Book of Hiram�
was published in the UK in 2003.
Alan Butler was fascinated
with history from a very early age and he embarked on a quest to
discover the true purpose of the Phaistos Disc, a strange artefact
from 2000 BC, discovered in the ruins of the Minoan palace of
Phaistos, Crete. His ten-year quest resulted in the rediscovery of a
lost system of geometry and mathematics and in 2000, he published
�The Bronze Age Computer Disc�, a seminal work that is now proving
to have been inspirational in opening up aspects of our prehistoric
past that have been forgotten for so long. Alan contributed to the
Knight and Lomas� bestseller, �Uriel�s Machine�, which led to his
partnership with Christopher Knight in the creation of �Civilization
One�.
During the last decade Alan Butler has also become an
acclaimed expert on the mysterious Knights Templar. He has
co-written two books on the subject and lectured extensively. Alan
is also an accomplished playwright. One of his plays was broadcast
on BBC Radio in July of 2003 and his newest play is scheduled to air
in the summer of 2004.
Both authors live in Yorkshire,
England and are available for interviews and to write articles.
WATKINS PUBLISHING/imprint DUNCAN BAIRD
PUBLISHERS Civilization One Retail $24.95 By Christopher
Knight and Alan Butler ISBN 1-84293-095-8 Format: 6 x 9� 272
pages Color Photos with Black/White Illustrations Publication
Date: October
2004
