In light of the recent passing of Drutakarmā Dāsa (Michael Cremo), Forbidden Archeology’s principal author, and of one of its lead researchers, Mādhavendra Purī Dāsa (Stephen Bernath), last July, I feel inspired to write something about Forbidden Archeology, a book which we all worked on together as a team under the direction of Sadāpūta Dāsa (Richard L. Thompson) at the San Diego branch of the Bhaktivedanta Institute.
The history of that book begins in 1984, when Rāmeśvara Dāsa, then serving as BBT director, published Origins magazine, with Sadāpūta, Drutakarmā, and Bhūtātmā Dāsa contributing the written material. That publication features articles describing where different scientific theories on the origins of the universe and of life itself fall short of offering a comprehensive, accurate account. It also included articles about the natural world drawn from Vedic literature, supported by empirical evidence.
Sadāpūta desired to expand each article from Origins magazine into a full-length book, and the first one he attempted was “The Record of the Rocks,” which he coauthored with Drutakarmā and which became Forbidden Archeology. Later, Drutakarmā wrote Human Devolution about the Vedic origin of species. Sadāpūta wrote Mysteries of the Sacred Universe about Vedic cosmology and Maya: The World as Virtual Reality about consciousness. It might be a great service for inspired devotees to produce full-length book treatments of each remaining Origins magazine topic.
The production of Forbidden Archeology spanned the years from 1986 to 1993. Sadāpūta and Drutakarmā discussed how to present different arguments each day, with Drutakarmā producing most of the writing. Mādhavendra Purī helped with the research and with securing permission to publish copyrighted material. My role was typesetting and proofreading. I also helped Sadāpūta with the production of a video on the topic, as did Mādhavendra Purī.
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