Dawn Behind the Dawn: A Search for an Earthly Paradise

by Geoffrey Ashe

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 080501070X
• ISBN13: 9780805010701
• Release Date: January 1992
• Publisher: Henry Holt & Company
• Length: 274 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.5" x 9.5"

Customer Reviews

Revolutionary Book and Fun to Read!

This is one of the most interesting books I've ever read on history or on shamanism. Historian Geoffrey Ashe is an entertaining writer who has pulled together a huge amount of research and come to some fascinating conclusions. Ashe traces the nearly universal legends of a Golden Era or paradise at the beginning of human existence to, of all places, Siberia. As the story unfolds he also shows that the Greek god Apollo and (his sister?) Artemis probably originated in Siberia. Early in the book, Ashe explains the extensive work of Russian anthropologists and linguistics experts showing that women were the first shamans. This book should never have been allowed to go out of print. It is still one of the best books out there. I read it years ago and still constantly recommend it to people. I hope it is reprinted soon! Grab a copy of Dawn Behind the Dawn while you can. It will entertain you and make you think. While well researched and factual, it is written in such an engaging style that you will fly through it. The revelations in this book will stay with you for awhile. This book could change the way that you look at history.