Barthold Niebuhr (I think it was) said that bringing something back from past or discovering anything is a high that is akin to greatest creativity. It is so wonderful to learn and see way of those we have denigrated as barbarian or primitive as they frolic in joy of adventure and oneness with Nature as they nurtured each other.

You are truly in an enviable position to decide future for mankind. We have a plethora of artifacts and forensic tools now available to pierce journalistic ‘spin’ that has been foisted upon mankind as history. Marcus Aurelius may well have known something later philosopher priest-kings may not have told us about. Who can say how much anyone knows or knew? This is especially difficult when we consider how much outright propaganda and destruction of libraries and other Inquisitions have occurred. But this Aurelius guy (Cynic or questioner) that you see in movie ‘Gladiator’ was still talking about cycles of human culture and something not unlike Hindu ages in their Mahapurana history.

Simone Weil, Joseph Campbell, Bucky Fuller, Barry Fell, Martin Bernal, Flinders-Petrie, Wigner, Jung and a host of other disciplined academics and authors I have laid out in other books form basis for this evaluation of our macro to micro political analysis of history and Empire in this book. They all knew enough to see that Marcus and other ancients had a closer glimpse of things time has shrouded; we are now uncovering a great deal due to better scientific tools. Still my opinion changes and remains open as I do this research; which I share with any who might read. In last five thousand years you will see there have been members of same core elite families in most Mediterranean and Western Empires or government who ran show. They are becoming even more centralized and powerful. I am not your usual conspiracy theorist who has some agenda. In fact I am probably willing to support New World Order, if it is honest and good for all life on earth. Perhaps transparent is vernacular word for honesty in bureaucracy today. And I often ask those who accuse me of being a conspiracy theorist to tell me what plan or its makers intend. Some people try to tell me there is no plan. If that is case – we need one. So please suspend judgment and think along with me, as Inspirational Comment by Rosicrucian Thomas Paine suggests we should do.

Speaking at meeting of IMF in year 2000, Vaclav Havel emphasised that “the crucial task is to fundamentally strengthen a system of universally shared moral standards that will make it impossible, on a truly global scale, for various rules to be time and again circumvented with still more ingenuity than had gone into their invention.”

Let me assure you there is nothing ‘new’ about New World Order or New Age philosophies. From days of Antonines in first century BCE local authority and borders have been established (2) in ever increasing bureaucracy. The Oxford History of Roman World goes on to say: “More significant is interference in financial affairs of cities which became widespread during second century AD… we find a momentous departure from traditional laissez-faire attitude toward government which had hitherto prevailed.”

Perhaps there will be many who might read a little of this and find it far too confronting, or irreligious. There is no doubt I do not accept kind of structure or religion which has had power for some select people as its main objective. But, please do not jump to conclusion that I don’t believe or have great respect for spiritual pursuits. It may seem that way when I talk about religion and abuse it levies on mankind – but I really think if you read past things which you find are against your current belief that you will know I am all for religion; if it is not hypocritical and actually works for all lifeforms in our environment. Here is a quote from Bible to chew on which clearly is for benefit of our ‘earthly masters’: Ephesians 6:5 ‘Slaves, obey your earthly masters with respect and fear, and with sincerity of heart, just as you would obey Christ.’