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Of Enoch, Which Was Written Around 5000+ Years Ago Enoch I���GH�S The verses with extensive commentaries, references, and ideas for follow-up S N Strutt NEW BOOK ‘ENOCH INSIGHTS’ - MYTHOLOGY OR TRUTH? Published- May 2018. By S.N.Strutt We have all read the very exciting books of ‘LORD OF THE RINGS’ by R.R.Tolkien and the ‘CHRONICLES OF NARNIA’ by C.S.Lewis at some time or another. Or at least we have seen the films. There are many mystical things, as well as mythological things mentioned in these books that are both very strange and almost seem magical. In Lord of the Rings we have massive Giants and Ogres. We have Dragons in both Lord of the Rings and a Hobbits tale. We have Wizards in the Chronicles of Narnia & we also have a ‘Wicked Snow-queen Witch, who makes the world cold and snowy all the time and does not allow Christmas anymore. Anyone who crosses her is turned to stone. She also has an army of hybrids, trolls, chimeras of all sorts including Centaurs and Minotaurs. In the Books of Narnia, we also have the strange ‘Windows to other worlds and different Times’ through such things as paintings. What if I told you that an ancient story of such places and strange happenings has already been written long ago in the very far past, upon this planet. Or let’s say very similar happenings. In my book ‘Enoch Insights’ we will indeed go back to the land of ‘MIDDLE-EARTH’ and find out that a land almost identical to that described in the Lord of the Rings happened on the earth before the great Flood of Noah and is mentioned in great detail in the Book of Enoch, which was written around 5000+ years ago. It is credited to be the first book ever written by man. C.S. Lewis books mention ‘lapses in Time and Space’ which in the Book of Enoch are simply called ‘Portals’. We are told that the earth is solid by modern science. Did you know that up until 1950 and for millennia before that, people on earth used to believe that the earth was hollow including some of the world’s greatest scientists, such as Sir Isaac Newton the discoverer of GRAVITY, and Sir Edmund Halley the discoverer of Halley’s Comet.. There is much evidence that there are races living below the ground and inside a Hollow Earth beneath our feet. It is in these lands below our feet, that we find places and creatures very similar to those mentioned in the books above. There are indeed many secrets about our planet that most people today are totally unaware of, of which I have mentioned but a few. ‘ENOCH INSIGHTS’ gives great insight into the ‘Book of Enoch’ itself. The book of Enoch was banned for 1000 years during the Dark Ages, on the threat of one being burned at the stake. Why was it banned? Enoch lived in a Prediluvian world where ‘Fallen Angels’ came down from heaven and were seduced by the most beautiful women who had ever lived. The fruit of this ‘forbidden union’ were the Giants and Titans, who became cannibals and devoured mankind. Perhaps that is why we find many prediluvian cities underground? Were the prediluvian peoples hiding from man-eating giants and other monsters, such as dragons, dinosaurs and also chimeras of many types? How did the human chimeras come into existence? During his lifespan which reached 365 years old, Enoch had many visions and dreams of heaven. He also visited hell and other dimensions. He prophesied about the entire ‘7000-year-History’ of mankind from the beginning to the very end with stunning accuracy.- The author S.N.Strutt BUY AT AMAZON IN THE UK EITHER AS A PAPERBACK OR ON KINDLE: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Enoch-Insights-S-N-Strutt- ebook/dp/B07CQ4WQTG ABOUT THE AUTHOR and Prices: www.amazon.com/author/777.7 REVIEWS: http://www.outofthebottomlesspit.co.uk/420942154 SHORT 2 MIN VIDEO WITH THE AUTHOR: http://www.outofthebottomlesspit.co.uk/418666481 EDITORIAL REVIEWS FOR ‘ENOCH INSIGHTS’: https://authorcentral.amazon.com/gp/books/book-detail- page?ie=UTF8&bookASIN=1782225803&index=default&parentASIN=B07CQ4WQ TG&tabName= Publisher: Paragon Publishing, Rothersthorpe: www.intoprint.net Enoch Insights S.N.Strutt © S.N.Strutt 2018 Published by S.N.Strutt The rights of S.N.Strutt to be identified as the author of this work have been asserted by him in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act of 1988. All rights reserved; no part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocop- ying, recording or otherwise without the prior written consent of the publisher or a licence permitting copying in the UK issued by the Copyright Licensing Agency Ltd. www.cla.co.uk ISBN 978-1-78222-580-5 Book design, layout and production management by Into Print www.intoprint.net +44 (0)1604 832149 Printed and bound in UK and USA by Lightning Source 2 CONTENTS INTRODUCTION........................................................................... 9 CHAPTERS 1. SYNOPSIS OF ENTIRE BOOK ....................................... 2-4. CONSISTENCY OF CREATION ...................................... 5. FALLEN ANGELS .......................................................... 6. ANGELS CO-HABIT WITH WOMEN ............................. 7. GIANTS & TITANS ....................................................... 8. SEDUCTION & VIOLENCE............................................ 9. COURT OF HEAVEN .................................................... 10. NOAH ......................................................................... 11. STORE-CHAMBERS OF HEAVEN .................................. 12. ENOCH HIDDEN .......................................................... 13. WEEPING OF THE WICKED WATCHERS....................... 14. REPRIMAND OF THE WATCHERS ................................ 15. ORIGIN OF THE DEMONS ........................................... 16. DEMI-GODS SLAUGHTER EACH OTHER ...................... 17. ENOCH’S JOURNEY THROUGH THE EARTH & SHEOL . 18. TREASURE OF THE WINDS .......................................... 19. SIRENS ........................................................................ 20. SEVEN ARCHANGELS (THE GOOD WATCHERS ............ 21. TARTARUS-URIEL THE ARCHANGEL ............................ 22. HOLLOW PLACES—SOULS OF THE DEAD ................... 23. LAKE OF FIRE .............................................................. 24. THRONE OF GOD ........................................................ 25. THE TREE OF LIFE ....................................................... 26. MIDDLE-EARTH .......................................................... 3 27. CENTRE OF THE EARTH .............................................. 28. GIANT WATERFALL ..................................................... 29-31. AROMATIC TREES ....................................................... 32. GARDEN OF RIGHTEOUSNESS .................................... 33. ENDS OF THE EARTH .................................................. 34-36 PORTALS & NORTHERN ENTRANCE ............................ 37. THE PARABLES ............................................................ 38. THE FIRST PARABLE .................................................... 39. HOLY CHILDREN ......................................................... 40. TEN THOUSAND TIMES TEN THOUSAND ................... 41. MANSIONS OF THE ELECT .......................................... 42. WISDOM .................................................................... 43-44. LIGHTNINGS ............................................................... 45. THE SECOND PARABLE ............................................... 46. SON OF MAN .............................................................. 47. BOOK OF LIFE ............................................................. 48. FOUNTAIN OF RIGHTEOUSNESS ................................. 49. ELECT ONE ................................................................. 50. THE WISE SHALL SHINE .............................................. 51. DEATH & HELL ............................................................ 52. ‘VISIONS’ IN A WHIRLWIND ....................................... 53. WRATH & JUDGEMENT .............................................. 54. THE BOTTOMLESS PIT ................................................ 55. HEAD OF DAYS ............................................................ 56. SCOURGES .................................................................. 57. HOST OF FLYING WAGONS ......................................... 58. THE THIRD PARABLE ................................................... 59. SECRETS OF THE LIGHTS ............................................. 4 60. THE MONSTERS- LEVIATHIAN & BEHEMOTH ............. 61. MEASURES OF THE RIGHTEOUS ................................. 62. DEMON PRINCES CAST DOWN ................................... 63. MERCHANTS & KINGS CAST INTO HELL ..................... 64. HIDDEN FORMS .......................................................... 65. NOAH SEARCHES FOR ENOCH .................................... 66. ANGELS OF PUNISHMENT .......................................... 67. THE ARK OF NOAH ..................................................... 68. ENOCH PASSES ON THE BOOK OF PARABLES TO NOAH 69. NAMES OF THE FALLEN ANGELS ................................ 70. SON OF MAN & THE CHARIOTS OF THE SPIRIT .......... 71. ENOCH IS TRANSLATED .............................................. 72. BOOK OF THE COURSE OF THE LUMINARIES ............. 73. THE MOON ................................................................. 74. ORBITS OF THE SUN & MOON ................................... 75. ANGELS & STARS ........................................................ 76. TWELVE
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