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George Norrie with you.

William Henry with us, our investigative mythologist.

His latest book is called Ascension.

And William, when I think of the word ascension, I think of Jesus.

But you've got it tied

into human endeavor. Tell me more.

Yeah, I mean, thousands of years before the time of Jesus, humans were on a path of transformation

that enabled their ascension. And this, in my view, is the ultimate human project.

It's not so much about going somewhere out there as it is about transforming our life here.

It's a focus on becoming more whole, becoming more holy, even becoming more angelic, is the term I like to use.

Why can't we all ascend?

Some of us fall short.

Well, we can.

And this is one of the things I talked about in the book, is that there was a flip where

originally it was a thought that anyone at any time can complete their earthly life and their existence and

attain their ascension. And then we had, well, it was actually biblical mandates that said

only certain people can ascend at a certain time. And you have to abide by this new rule, which was effectively an implementation of a new rule

and a changing of the gods.

And so many people aren't aware of humanity's history with the concept of ascension.

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