The Orion Zone: Ancient Star Cities of the American Southwest

The Orion Zone: Ancient Star Cities of the American Southwest

Ancient star lore exploring the mysterious location of Pueblos in the American Southwest, circa 1100 AD, that appear to be a mirror image of the major stars of the Orion constellation. Many readers are familiar with the correlation between the pyramids of Egypt and the stars of Orion. Beginning in 1100 A.D. on the Arizona desert, the Hopi constructed a similar pattern of villages that mirrors all the major stars in the constellation. "As Above, so Below." The Orion Zone explores this ground-sky relationship and its astounding global significance. Packed with diagrams, maps, astronomical charts, and photos of ruins and rock art, this useful guidebook decodes the ancient mysteries of the Pueblo Indian world. Having analysed geodetic alignments of Pueblo ruins, photographed rock art, noted cultural motifs and utilised an astronomical computer program to determine ancient star positions, David has come up with his take on the fundamental principles and purposes of the Orion constellation as manifested in the American Southwest. His descriptions of the prophetic proclamations of the Hopi, as have come to public prominence in recent years, are also disturbing for their warnings about future Earth changes. Take note! -Nexus "...a classic in its own time." -Philip Gardiner, author of Secrets of the Serpent: In Search of the Sacred Past " The Orion Zone is an extensively researched study of the archaeological evidence, historical accounts, and the oral traditions of the Hopi people of the American Southwest. Readers interested in astro-theology or in pre-Columbian America will find a great deal of thought-provoking material here, along with citations for further study." -Mysteries Magazine This is the first in my series of books dealing with the Hopi tribe of Arizona and other Pueblo people of the American Southwest. It describes a pattern of ancient villages on the Arizona desert that corresponds to the stars in the constellation Orion. The time: 1100 A.D. The place: the Arizona desert. The mystery: an emerging pattern of pueblo villages mirrors all the major stars of the Orion constellation. Packed with maps, diagrams, astronomical charts, and photos of ruins and rock art, The Orion Zone explores this terrestrial-celestial relationship and its astounding global significance. "At a time when the 'star religions' of the ancient Egyptians, Sumerians, and Mayans are coming to light, Gary A. David's research and insightfulness add a greater depth of understanding to what was known about the sky by the ancient Anasazi and Hopi Indians of the American Southwest. In the same brilliant spirit of Robert Bauval and Graham Hancock, David proves again and again the importance of Orion and other constellations to the earliest people on Earth. His book in turn makes a valuable contribution to our spiritual unfoldment in modern times." Page Bryant, psychic, teacher, and author of Spiritwalking and The Second Coming of the Star Gods "The correlation Mr. David makes between the Hopi and Egyptian 'sky view' is most interesting." Robert Bauval, co-author of The Orion Mystery and The Message of the Sphinx "Gary has made a marvelous and insightful contribution to the history of the Hopi Indians with his ongoing research in Arizona... His work is unique and shows the pre-Columbian cross-cultural knowledge, that was shared by the peoples of the world in prehistory, was extant in Arizona with the Hopi." Crichton E M Miller, author of The Golden Thread of Time "I have examined the Arizona-Orion ground-sky relationship, and I must say that I find this work intriguing. It is worth pursuing to the very end." Andrew Collins, author of From the Ashes of Angels and Gods of Eden Gary A. David has been an independent researcher of Southwestern archaeological ruins and rock art for nearly twenty-five years. His books about the ancestral Pueblo cultures of Arizona and New Mexico include: The Orion Zone-Ancient Star Cities of the American Southwest, Eye of the Phoenix-Mysterious Visions and Secrets of the American Southwest, and The Kivas of Heaven-Ancient Hopi Starlore. Star Shrines and Earthworks of the Desert Southwest is his fourth nonfiction book. These are all available from Adventures Unlimited Press. Mr. David earned a master's degree from the University of Colorado and is a former college professor. He is also a poet, with numerous volumes published, and a professional lead guitarist/vocalist. His articles or interviews have appeared in many magazines, including Ancient American, Atlantis Rising, Fate, Fenix (Italy), Mysteries (Greece), Sagenhafte Zeiten (Switzerland, Erich von Däniken's "Legendary Times"), UFO, and World Explorer, as well as in anthologies such as Lost Knowledge of the Ancients: A Graham Hancock Reader and Underground: The Disinformation Guide to Ancient Civilizations. Gary continues to give lectures and international radio interviews. He recently appeared on the History Channel's TV series "D