Before Humans: The Drama of World-Making - Couverture rigide

Vincent, Michael

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 197176289X ISBN 13 : 9781971762890

Editeur : Havona Press, 2026

Synopsis

Before the first humans drew breath, the universe was already ancient.
Galaxies wheeled through the void for ages. Stars lived and died, forging the heavy elements that would become planets, oceans, and eventually life itself. Our sun ignited from the debris of a stellar encounter. Earth formed, cooled, and wrapped itself in water. In warm shallow seas, something began to stir.
Before Humans traces that immense journey-from the birth of our nebula nearly a trillion years ago (by the source text's reckoning) to the emergence of creatures who could wonder where they came from. Across fourteen chapters, the book moves through the formation of our solar system, the violent early history of Earth, the origin of life, the long age of marine invertebrates, the colonization of land, the reign of the dinosaurs, the rise of mammals, and the ice ages that forged the first humans.
The narrative draws on an early twentieth-century spiritual text that made remarkable claims about cosmic and planetary history. Some of those claims-continental drift, the temperature of Earth's core, the protective function of the ozone layer-anticipated scientific discoveries by decades. Others conflict with current evidence. Both are presented honestly, with each chapter weaving quotations from the source material together with contemporary scientific context.
This is not a science textbook. It is a meditation on deep time and our place within it. The book invites readers to engage with a cosmology that sees purpose in the universe's unfolding-a cosmos designed to produce beings capable of knowing, loving, and growing toward an infinite destiny. Whether readers accept that framework or simply find it a compelling lens through which to view the history of everything, Before Humans offers a narrative of origins unlike any other.
The cosmos has a story. It is our story.
Before Humans is the first volume in a series by Michael Vincent exploring humanity's place in the universe. Subsequent volumes address the afterlife, angelic orders, and the hidden years of Jesus of Nazareth.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Havona Press
• Date d'édition: 2026
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 197176289X
• ISBN 13: 9781971762890
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 166
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