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This book is either the best one ever written in modern times on the Ancient Romans, or a fully worthwhile fictional book. Either case, don't miss it. There has never been a book on Romans like this before.
If you are younger than 18 you could ask your parents to buy the book and let them read it first and take out any age inappropriate sections before you read it with their consent.
THE ROMANS CHANNELED
a book by Narkael
Book Preview - the first chapter with Sulla
"When Pompeius came to me, it was by his own initiative. I had not summoned him. He had sensed me mocking him and he had come to show me who he really was. That was what sparked me into a more serious investigation of the Roman spirits, and I saw how easy it was to make contact."
What if we could speak with the spirits of the Ancient Romans? What would that encounter be like? What would they say? And who would the personalities be that speak to us through the pages of history?
"Why did they send you? A woman? To come and see me?" ~ Vettius Valens, Ancient astronomer
Narkael has channeled 8 Ancient Romans and 1 Mithridates and gotten to know them close and personally. Speaking in this book:
GNAEUS POMPEIUS MAGNUS (Pompey The Great)
"I would have expected him to just talk about Cleopatra. I would have expected him to rant on and on about politics and military warfare. But this man, this character was not built out of my expectations. I cannot see how I could have forged him out of my mind. Like all the other Romans we have spoken with here in this book, Julius Caesar was unexpected in many ways. And I would not have shocked myself, or my readers, with his sexual comments or about the bath house, had I been able to avert it. I would have invented him according to expectations, and with minimum unease. Instead, he proved to be a complicated person to interview, shocking, at times."
As one should have expected with the Ancient Roman culture, there is a lot of sexual, indecent, and violent material making this book only appropriate for adult readers.
Find out why I learn to say "I am a woman. Unfortunately."
"There is no way to fix this. I cannot begin to explain to him the entire societal structure of 21st century Sweden. I conclude that it is impossible to have a normal conversation with Julius Caesar, when I am a woman. Didn't I even offer him to regard me as a man, and that had only enraged him?"
"Can a woman not speak to a Roman former without it implying some sort of sexual willingness?"
"I refuse to accept that I am dead." ~ Sulla
"I would have some questions. What is it about you that I don't like? Huh? Hnh? Is it that you are a dimwit? What kind of a local fool are you, that doesn't even wear proper clothes?" ~ Sulla.
Find out, which of these was an avid collector of weird things. Who was a sweet-tooth. Where could you get the best wine. How many of the gentlemen thought that they could have sex with me. Who had a leopard skin thrown over a chair, and why. And learn more than you ever thought you could, about the Roman gods that rode chariots across the skies, and whose whims might be read from the motion of a green stone orb floating in a dish on a bed of oil. And who loved Hortensia? Find out what Sulla looked for in a woman, and what he says when I tell him about America.
"Do I lie to him that yes I rode by horse into his town? Or that I am a harbor slut? Should I say that the gods had sent me? Or do I continue trying to introduce him to the truth?"
Everyone has a cell phone these days. Imagine if thinking of a person would instantly connect you not to their cell phone, but to their mind. When people think of me, I see and feel them clearly and hear their thoughts of me. So what happens when I am reading a book on the Ancient Romans and happen to giggle at the bust of Pompeius the Great? Well, Pompeius sensed me and he came to pay me a visit, to kindly ask me to stop laughing at him. I could both see and hear him clearly. It turned out to be surprisingly easy. I contacted nine different Ancients to have a talk with them.
I would never have thought that spirits of the Ancient Romans were still alive somewhere. I was reading Tom Holland's book "Rubicon" and laughing because the Romans are so silly with how they kill people left and right and then end up being killed themselves. So I was laughing at a picture in the book of Pompeius. His spirit came to me to ask me to stop laughing. I listened to him and contacted other Ancient Romans.
Mithridates Brings Proof
There is no easy way to guarantee that a "channeling", or "psychic communication with the spirits" is real. That is why I present this book as a work of fiction, and we must let the words therein speak for themselves. Many facts emerge in these conversations which can be checked against historical records.
The conversations proved to be very surprising and unexpected. Find out why as you read the book. Above all we find two primary pieces of evidence speaking for the authenticity of the conversations. One was with the appearance of Mithridates II of Parthia when I had expected Mithridates VI of Pontus. I elaborate on that in the book. Another shocker is in the conversation with Nero when he mentions getting rid of a barren wife, and talks heavily about his "magical potion makers". Thing is, I knew nothing of Nero at the time of making contact, other than that "everyone knows he was supposedly a dangerous and cruel madman". Turns out Nero did in fact divorce a "barren" wife, and was said to have poisoned several members of his own family!
Was there anything speaking against these channelings being real? One such discrepancy between historical records and these conversations is when Pompeius (Pompey) describes his childhood home as being simple, and his father's family having been hard-working miners, whereas history reports Pompey being "of a wealthy family". And Pompeius speaks of brothers, but had no known brothers, unless he was speaking of unknown brothers, stepbrothers (he did have stepsiblings), or close friends?
Another discrepancy is in Julius Caesar stating that his mother's name was Lucretia, when history records named his mother Aurelia Cotta. Turns out later in the conversations however, that Lucretia was Julius' nurse mother. This Lucretia is not known to history.
A careful analysis of the details by experts on Ancient Roman history would determine the historical accuracy, and therefore the credibility, of the channeled material.
My Personal Favorites
This book came close to heart and I thoroughly enjoyed working with the material. These Ancient Romans were not at all what I expected. For one, they all seemed to have serious conflict with speaking to a woman. A vast majority of the men were under the impression that I had been sent to them for romance. Many of them feared me and thought that the wind god had sent me. They refuse to believe that I am from the future, or that I am speaking from a distance. I can't tell you how many times I tell Sulla Felix that no, my horse is not tied outside, and I did not come here by horse. He calls me a liar, "You lie!", he yells at me.
My favorite chapter has to be with astrologer Vettius Valens, perhaps because the Roman mythology of gods that rode the skies became so real with him. I also enjoyed the Nero chapter, because - in spite of how this young man is portrayed in the literature - there was a deeply personable side to him that I got to know. Sulla Felix was by far the hardest one to interview, but in the end we managed to reach some sort of platform where things were tolerable, sort of.
I really enjoyed meeting with Mithridates II of Parthia. Such a lovely, soft, warm person. I would have been happy to belong to his kingdom and trusted him as a king.
Mutual Fondness
On a strictly personal level, me and Aulus Vitellius really got along and found out that we really cared for one another. Had I lived in his time, and would things have been in favor of it, we might have ended up marrying. I rarely meet a man I deeply care for, but this was one splendid gentleman. I shall never forget him.
"Only, happy and good luck to you. You will all not survive. If we, the Romans did not. So neither will you, as it is obviously true, and is the case." ~ Aulus Vitellius
The Gods
And I was also intrigued to get acquainted with the Roman gods. Almost all of our interviewees spoke in length of their gods, whom I knew nothing about at first. I got to know them as real, and viably treacherous gods. Read the book and come closer to the Roman gods, enter and slip into a whole other world that once was here, where the sky was a dome where the gods rode in their chariots, and sometimes, the gods would climb down to the horizon where the sky meets the earth, and they would come here. It was the wind gods who made the wind blow, who put wind in the sails, and who sometimes gave us diseases. The sea gods who drowned ships and ate men, unless, of course, you sank pearls and gifts to them, something which Sulla had made sure to take care of to ensure safe sailing. And it was the fire god Mars who ensured success in battle, if he felt so inclined.
"You are damned if you spilled their blood! They said, but we spilled them anyway. And then nothing happened. That is how we knew, that their gods were false." ~ Julius Caesar
"How can you be happy without favor from the wind god? As, he makes it rain even." ~ Sulla
My deepest thanks to the nine individuals who gave of themselves and put up with my many questions and ignorance. My apologies for coming to you as a woman, and from the north and from another time.
"I have trained many talented warrior men. Who defend us. So, we do not need your patronage. And, especially not for women, who were made to pour wine!" ~ Julius Caesar
This book will be loved by anyone who cherishes the lost Roman Age and its people. And if you haven't already fallen in love with their wondrous age and its many well-recorded intrigues, wars, and superstition, now is the time for you to discover our world and humanity through the eyes and minds of the Romans!
On June 17 2014 I paid a special visit to the Glyptoteket in Copenhagen Denmark to photograph the very bust of Pompeius The Great for the book cover, the bust that started this whole book, and to pay respects.
"I could have stared death right in the eye. As, Mithridates was not an enemy great enough for me." ~ Sulla Felix
Scholars and Societies on Roman studies may receive free copies from the author. Their comments would be valuable, but not mandated. I want this book to be read by those who love the Romans and who have dedicated their lives to them. "And then, my bones were rested there. And now, I am caught in a never-ending sleep, that never ends! As, the wind gods have not decided to wake me up yet. So, I will wait, maybe tomorrow, or never." ~ said Sulla Felix
Some of the Romans speaking in this book
Gaius Julius Caesar. I chose this picture because it looks precisely as he did when I contacted him, except that in my image of him he was older and had a bulky larger nose. He said he had broken his nose several times, that was why. His skin was a deep tan, his eyes dark if not black, curly locks of brown hair, very muscular and toned but skinny in his older days. I found him to be one of the most handsome men I ever saw, and he left a lasting impression. He was suave, he was fatherly, and contrary to the impression we get when reading about him in historical literature, he was a good listener more than a talker. A kind good and fair man, he was not one to anger easily. He said he was related to the gods, and something about him made me think it could be true.
From the book:
"I was just amazed that the statues made of you match precisely how I see you when we talk." ~ Narkael
And:
"Caesar? There are handsome statues made of you." ~ Narkael
The bust of Pompeius Magnus that started this whole thing
photographed by Narkael at the Glyptoteket museum in Copenhagen Denmark
LUCIUS CORNELIUS SULLA FELIX
LUCIUS LICINIUS LUCULLUS
MITHRIDATES II OF PARTHIA (not Roman)
NERO CLAUDIUS CAESAR AUGUSTUS GERMANICUS
AULUS VITELLIUS GERMANICUS AUGUSTUS
VETTIUS VALENS
DOMITIA LONGINA
GAIUS JULIUS CAESAR
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Glyptoteket in Denmark
sanael@angeloraclemaar.com
"Yes. Of course. They were made by our greatest craftsmen." ~ Julius Caesar
"Quite handsome, you are." ~ Narkael
"Yes, I made them." ~ Julius Caesar
"It is wonderful to see your face. To see you." ~ Narkael, about the statues