In 1947, a strange tale by one "Alexander Blade" was printed in the pulp "Fantastic Stories." Called "The Son of the Sun," it featured a monologue by an Annunaki-type being, who speaks of secret societies, flying saucers, Egyptian "gods," and the destiny of mankind. It begins,
"We are already here, among you. Some of us have always been here, with you, yet apart from, watching, and occasionally guiding you whenever the opportunity arose. Now, however, our numbers have been increased in preparation for a further step in the development of your planet: a step of which you are not yet aware…We have been confused with the gods of many world-religions, although we are not gods, but your fellow creatures, as you will learn directly before many more years have passed. You will find records of our presence in the mysterious symbols of ancient Egypt, where we made ourselves known in order to accomplish certain ends. Our principal symbol appears in the religious art of your present civilisation and occupies a position of importance upon the great seal of your country. (The United States of America) It has been preserved in certain secret societies founded originally to keep alive the knowledge of our existence and our intentions toward mankind."
Special mention is made of the then-recent UFO sightings:
"Some of you have seen our ‘advanced guard’ already. You have met us often in the streets of your cities, and you have not noticed us. But when we flash through your skies in the ANCIENT TRADITIONAL VEHICLES you are amazed, and those of you who open your mouths and tell of what you have seen are accounted dupes and fools. Actually you are prophets, seers in the true sense of the word. You in Kansas and Oklahoma, you in Oregon and in California, and Idaho, you know what you have seen: do not be dismayed by meteorologists. Their business is the weather. One of you says, ‘I saw a torpedo-shaped object’. Others report, ‘disc-like objects’, some of you say ‘spherical objects’, or ‘platter-like objects’. You are all reporting correctly and accurately what you saw, and in most cases you are describing the same sort of vehicle."
"Succeeding generations, who never knew our actual presence, translated the teachings of their elders in the terms of their own experience. For instance, a cross-sectional drawing, much simplified and stylised by many copyings, of one of our traveling machines became the ‘Eye of Horus”, and then other eyes of other gods. Finally, the ancient symbol that was once an accurate representation of an important mechanical device has been given surprising connotations by the modern priesthood of psychology."
Though this is all assumed to be science-fiction, "Son of the Sun" incorporates a lot of the Ancient Astronaut lore that Zecharia Sitchin would write about decades later. Where did Alexander Blade get these insights? Who was Alexander Blade?
Alexander Blade was, apparently, a woman: Wilma Dorothy Vermilyea. She used a number of aliases for her sci-fi work for books like Amazing Stories, Fantastic Adventures, and Other Worlds Science Stories, including Millen Cooke, Millen Belknap, Millen Trench...and Alexander Blade.
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| Vermilyea and her husband, occultist John Starr Cooke |
And so the question is: was "Son of the Sun" a work of fiction -- or channeled information?
And what is the ultimate message of "Son of the Sun?" Are these ancient, otherworldly beings -- mistaken for "gods" in human cultures -- indeed walking the Earth? Are the UFO spied by hundreds in the sky really their vehicles? And what about the claim that humanity was on the verge of "ripening?"
When Crowley spoke of "The Age Of Horus," was he really referring to the age of the Annunaki and their flying machines, their "Eyes of Horus?"
