I have been very quiet again these past few months – working on making what has turned into a big update to my book The Ancient Religion of the Sun. It has been unavailable for some months while I’ve been doing this update. Quite a few people have been trying to get hold of it. It will be available again within the next 6 weeks, I’m pretty sure. And I will let you know when it is.
I keep thinking I’m close to finishing, but then something else crops up that I really need to address. But I think it REALLY IS getting close now, and I will post updates about it here.
I only intended to add a few new things I had found, but as usual, as more pieces of evidence come to light, the story of the Religion of the Sun continues to unravel, leading from one thing to another to another, making it difficult for me to put down any one topic until it has fully revealed itself.
I’ve been extremely focused on an intensive round of edits, getting everything as clear and accurate as possible.
What has made it really difficult is just how little has been put together about the true builders of the ancient sites aligned to the sun worldwide, even among alternative researchers of ancient civilization. To talk about the spread of the Religion of the Sun, I need to start with who the builders were, but that has taken a lot of time to find out. Some people don’t know because they never really apply the effort needed to find out, others obscure who they are because of their own rigid ways of thinking, and still others know, but they don’t want to say. What a mess! People have had so much time to work these things out, and yet it’s still all so elusive.
So I’ve done my best with the time I’ve had to find the builders of these sites. In some cases we now have hard data – like DNA and language.
I’ve included new sections on genetics, linguistics, and even a bit of geology, which means I’ve had to grapple with understanding these sciences to some degree and read a lot of scientific papers.
All in all, it’s been a lot of work. But it has been worth it. What a story. Everything makes so much sense now. I really hope you’re going to like it.
Just another update. Jon, Jenny, and Dara at the publisher are hard at work right now.
Jenny has been working on making some final last minute changes to both the Ancient Religion of the Sun and Ancient Path of the Sun books, while also getting them ready to publish with metadata, pricing, ISBNs and the like. They should be ready to publish in just a couple of days. We’ve decided to make the updated Ancient Path of the Sun book a new edition, since there worked out to be 8 new pages of content. Not a huge update by any stretch, but enough.
Jon is carefully editing and processing the new videos, which have a lot of customized images, which Dara is helping to create. They are probably a few days away from being finished now too.
This is wonderful news Lara! I very much look forward to the new releases and thank you all for your ongoing efforts! I’m sure the end results will be well worth it!
Thank you all so much for your comments and support. Hope you had a nice solstice. Mark and I took some time out from setting up the studio to enjoy the solstice, and had such a lovely Celtic ceremony with music and readings from old Celtic prayers and poems. I look forward to adding the ceremonies we’ve been doing to the Ancient Path of the Sun book one day.
After such a long time from doing videos, we had quite a bit to do to set up the studio again. We’ve added new cameras, a new microphone, soundproofing, some new set items, and lights. I now have two places to film from – you can see the new one in the photo I just added to the donate page (under the about tab). After a few days of getting through the usual technical hurdles and testing, I’ve just finished filming 2 new videos today to go with the book release. Jon will be getting on with editing them soon and getting them up, so we’re on track for the book to be out probably around the 2nd week of Jan.
It’s great to have everything set up, so I can just get on and do more videos now. Although the next one I am planning will take me a little bit of time to put together, as it will be longer than the others I’ve done before.
That’s great news, Lara!
We look forward to reading the book and watching the videos.
Thank you very much for your dedication.
Happy (belated) Solstice, Lara! Glad you and the team got to go out and celebrate. What a beautiful ceremony it must have been.
I’m looking forward to your videos and new book. It sounds like 2021 could be an uplifting year, which we all need. Thanks to you and the team for all your hard work!
Sounds so beautiful, Lara. We did a ceremony to celebrate the birth of Protogonos, the first light and creator/manifestor of the universe at the dawning of creation, also the first incarnation of Dionysus, the Son/Saviour, according to Orphic mythology. It was at an ancient Thracian sacred site, a womb cave aligning to the winter solstice sun. I could really feel how rewarding it was to base the ceremony on the Ancient Path of the Sun book but to do our own research into our tradition and be creative with it, it really comes alive and feels so personal and touching. Then we did a smaller and simpler ceremony to celebrate the birth of Dionysus three days after the winter solstice, and I found it very beautiful and moving, so that I was on the verge of tears, looking at the rising sun, its hope, mercy, and perfection.
We are so grateful to you and Mark for having made the practice of these ceremonies possible – what a priceless gift!
But wow, your photo! So wonderful, exuding light, warmth and love. Great to see you again :) and obviously I’m really looking forward to the new videos!
Sounds like a lovely and moving ceremony Laura :)
I really liked hearing about your experience, and found it amazing you could celebrate at an ancient Thracian site aligned to the winter solstice. It really seems like the efforts made to do a ceremony sincerely are rewarded.
Thank you, Lara. It feels like a huge privilege and an honour that we can bring to life in our own way the ancient sacred sites here by performing ceremonies of the Religion of the Sun. There are so many of them, and by no means are they abandoned, but it feels like connecting to the true meaning of them, and to those who built them, who perhaps are still watching in the higher dimensions, and like coming full circle through the ages.
Great to hear you all had a lovely solstice. The new setup looks fantasic. All the best with sorting out those IT gremlins and getting things up and running for the New Year!
Wow, what a nice picture in a cosy setup full of meaningful symbols and natural materials. And you shine out of that woody background with your fiery apron dress! :-) Wishing you guys all the best with the production and editing phase, and hope the situation in the world will allow this knowledge and its practices to spread out, so those who are searching for it can find it.
What a joy to see you and your updated studio Lara! Your happiness is infectious! I can imagine it must feel great to have all the tools you need in place to get going.
Although I was a bit sick this solstice round, it was nice to briefly walk out in the back, and make a small fire in the woods. It was special nonetheless, to mark this time, and acknowledge the sacredness of the day and feel the connection of the living spirit of nature & life through personal prayer, reflection and chant.
Good luck Jon, we eagerly await :)
We’re setting up the studio right now, since it’s been a while since I’ve made a video. We’re testing some new equipment and software, making sure everything is working as it should. Even though I’ll be filming very shortly, it’s still going to take some time to produce the videos (one in particular has a lot of effects and extras). With the solstice and Christmas coming up, realistically I think the books and video will be ready in the 1st or 2nd week of January.
Things are taking a lot longer than I expected (I thought I would have the book done in July!), but I just need to keep going and making sure everything is right. Hopefully it will be a nice start to the new year, and a sign of much more to come.
Wishing you all a very special solstice and a restful holiday.
Looking back and now how the whole 2020 went… it sounds refreshing having your projects coming out after solstice and to start 2021 on a more positive note..! …please!
Wishing you and everyone the best and having a great solstice!
Thank you for the update, Lara. And thank you for your continued work and research into the Religion of the Sun and making the information available to us. I’m really looking forward to the new book and video. Good things are worth waiting for :)
Happy Solstice to you, Mark, the Sakro Sawel team, and everyone out there reading this!
That sounds exciting Lara, great things take time! I am very happy that your “smaller update” developed into a whole new level of research (it seems), and really looking forward to all the new discoveries you have made since the first version of your book. Also wishing you and Mark a beautiful solstice period, and a lot of fun and inspiration in making the videos!
Thank You for all that you are doing Lara,
Have a wonderful Solstice!
I believe you sustained a great ongoing effort this year and so it’ll be great to have what you’ve uncovered emerge and a delight to see you back on screen.
Excited to see what the topics for your new videos will be about. Good luck with the shoot!
Like others have already said, we are looking forward to reading your next edition that you and the publishing company have worked tirelessly to make available for all. We do stand in admiration of your determination and sheer hard work to get this far with such an epic book that brings to light so many forms and expression of the Religion of the Sun throughout time. Being able to learn about the Religion of the Sun and its current revival is so important and a privilege; experiencing the rising sun on a Summer Solstice is truly magical and we owe this to you, Mark and the work that you have done. Thank you, Happy Solstice and wishing you all a well-deserved break when you can take it.
Oh that’s lovely news Lara! :) Thank you so much for your patience and persistence in getting the book completed. I’m sure it will be very much worth the wait! I look forward to it and the new videos and wish you and everyone here a peaceful and spiritual solstice time!
Thank you for all that you and Mark do. Incredibly grateful
Another update… The proof is looking good, and the book is now ready. I’m now just working on some videos to go with its release, which means the release is probably just a couple more weeks away. Also the ancient path of the sun book got a few small updates made to it too these last couple of weeks, which will be made in the printed book soon. Anyway, I am back to working on a video. I hope you are gearing up for the coming solstice!
That is awesome news, Lara!! Congratulations on such achievements. I honestly can’t wait to get a copy. It’s quite hard to understand and comprehend the huge amount of research and work to get to that point, and the other people involved, but my heart goes out to you all in sincere appreciation.
Lovely news <3
That’s so exciting! I can’t wait to read the new version.
The whole world is in a truly desprrate state, people will need to regain some faith from the past, in order to find answers to questions they havent ever asked before. Thats why the work you have undertaken is important, it reveals
Blessings and bestwishes .
Thanks so much Cheryl. I agree, it is truly desperate.
Thanks Lara for your Amazing effort s, Great to hear about your newest book and looking forward to reading the new updates and really appreciate what you may have discovered and all your incredible work in putting this book together šš¼Also l will be really looking forward to your new videos āļøāļøš
Thanks Carmel!
Wow,just wow…what an amazing work you’ve done Lara. Doing all of this must have been hard yet you have been so commited to the revival of ancient spirituality by doing such extensive research and writing. I really look forward to the new edition of The Religion of The Sun,but I fear that I won’t be able to get my hands on that book for a while because I’m current in my home country doing my own research,and I don’t think the book is available here.
PS: In case you are curious what I’m up to with my research,I wrote about it on my Twitter page: mobile.twitter.com/Emily90346312
Thanks Emily, I think the publisher could send out a copy of the book to you. It could be quite useful, because I now have sections on ancient China in there, which could provide some leads in your research.
Jenny submitted the book just a couple of days ago to the printer for the first proof. A printed proof should arrive to her in the mail in just a few days.
The next step will be checking how everything is printing – particularly the cover and the images in the inside pages. Jenny and Dara will be looking through to see if any of it needs adjusting and then it’s likely a second proof will be needed to make sure any corrections print ok.
If that proof looks good, then it will be ready to be released.
The book has taken much longer than I expected because I have been adding and changing things to the last minute! I have really wanted to make sure everything is as comprehensive and clear as possible, because this book provides the historical proof that the religion and lost civilization of the sun existed.
I just wanted to say to those of you who have written in with emails and experiences over the last month or so, I am sorry I haven’t been able to get back to you. I also haven’t been able to look at some of the research a few of you have sent through recently, just because the book is already in its final stages, and I won’t be needing research for some time now, although it is always good to know and I do file it away by topic to come back to.
I’ve really needed to give as much time as I can to finishing the book, and now to new videos. Time passes so quickly, and there are always so many things to do! I am sure you can all relate! So I have to choose the most effective things I can do with what time I have.
Thank you so much Lara for this update! I have been feeling a bit “undecided” (that would be the word I guess) about what are of research to look into for months now, not feeling any really strong pull to any specific area (except of perhaps, a leaning towards ancient Egyptian, but not necessarily as a “research” as such). So hearing how things are progressing and your mention of time and changes feels right and like maybe there will now be different things to focus on, even though I can imagine that the research into ancient happenings will always have its place, as obviously so much is still hidden… Really really looking forward to reading your updated version of the book and the upcoming videos!
Also on the topic of the current state of the academia, research, and the different twisted agendas related to our ancient heritage, I would like to share this interesting interview ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kq_mMvRf_Vk) with the Professor Robert Temple (the discoverer of the Anubis/Sphinx connection, and also the author of the Sirius Mystery book about the Dogon people and their relation to the star Sirius B). I find there are so many good points in the video, like this one:
“I think we can draw a lot of interesting lessons from the true, original traditions of many of the worldās religions before they became poisoned, distorted and ruined by the crap followersā¦. you only have to look at the original version of Christianityā¦ Jesus didnāt come from Nazareth, as Nazareth didnāt exist in his dayā¦he was Jesus the Nazarene (with ānazarā meaning ātruth’ in Aramaic).ā
Jenny has done a first draft of the formatted book, and has done beautiful job. Jon and Dara have also done a beautiful job of creating images. And Jon and Jordan are ploughing through formatting all the over 1,000 references, which I am so glad they are doing!
I’ve been doing a final check over the formatted book today, spotting a few final things here and there.
We are getting there.
Thanks for the update Lara, myself and a few friends are very exited to get a copy. Iām sure that many long hours of hard work have taken place to get to this stage of the process. All the best with the final stages to complete it.
Thanks for these little updates, Lara. I keep checking back daily, so it’s very nice to know where things are at :) Great to hear it’s moving along nicely. My best wishes to you all working on it!
I’m really keen to read about the true builders of the Ancient sites aligned to the Sun. Thanks so much for the huge efforts and research that has gone into this work.
Thanks for your support. I hope everyone has a wonderful equinox.
Jenny has already formatted most of the chapters now, and I just added some more last minute content!
I now have two videos I want to have ready for the book release, so I plan to move onto those very soon.
That is such good news, Lara. And working to the very last minute as well. My husband and I are very much looking forward to reading the new edition with the new information that you have worked so hard to get.
Wishing you a truly wonderful and spiritually inspiring Equinox sunrise!
Best wishes to everyone in the publishing team!
Thank you for the equinox update Lara, it sounds wonderful! And an apt timing too. :-) Can’t wait to read what you have discovered, and looking forward to the upcoming videos too. Wishing you, Mark, and everyone at Sura Ondrunar a beautiful and insightful equinox.
Thanks so much to you Lara and the team. Look forward to reading the updated version.
Very grateful. Bit late now but would love to help in anyway If needed.
Today I sent the final version of the book to the publisher, and Jenny there is going to get started with laying it out for print. She does a beautiful job of formatting, sizing and positioning all the images throughout it, selecting the fonts etc., and gets faster with every book, so it won’t take her more than a couple of weeks. Then there is the back and forth with the printers to get the proof, which takes a bit of time with the book getting sent out in the mail – sometimes 2 or 3 times to get it right. All up, the book should be available in 4 – 6 weeks time.
Jon and Jordan have spent the last month now going back and forth with me on edits, crosschecking references, giving me feedback to make sure everything is clearly explained, and that there are no typos! And all the while I kept adding things I was finding to the very last minute. They’ve been a great help, but now the book is onto its next and final stage.
Just wanted to say yay! to all the exciting news. And how appreciated it is that you’re letting us know how you’re going with getting the book out in print. “All the while I kept adding things … to the very last minute.” Sounds intense! Not to mention your taking on the task to bring to light the knowledge of the original builders of the ancient sacred sites of the world, which I imagine most would think impossible. It takes the strength and love that knowledge gives to attempt something so huge and to do it well, and I have no doubt you will exceed all expectations.
It sounds like quite the journey, but this is really fantastic news. I bet it’s going to be amazing — looking forward! Thanks for the update, Lara, and well done to you and the team for being almost done!
I’m really looking forward to learning of your new discoveries and just wanted to say how much I value the hard work and long hours of research and learning you must have had to go through to put the pieces together. Its so easy to read a work that is explained simply and clearly, without realising that what for us is a few or more hours of reading and learning, is months and years of research and writing. Thank you with all my heart for your tireless efforts in unearthing and re-building this amazing and meaningful history of this great religion.
“Everything makes much more sense now”
Must be very hard to put that much evidence together to make things so clear as possible.
Looks like impossible to break through the establishment of mainstream (gatekeepers of ) archaeology but maybe is not so much.
Sounds like an epic update to me and looking forward to reading them and to reach even more people, especially inside pagan circles.
Btw what’s the new book about??? Does that mean will push later any new YouTube videos? No worries anyways š
Have a nice equinoxial month š
Thank you very much for this update Lara. It sounds like you have put in a tremendous diligent and focuses work to get the story just right and to be as accurate as possible. I am sure it is going to be a work of epic proportions. :)
I know that when finishing something, the last steps can be the ones that require much more energy, dedication, effort and perseverance to push it over the finish line. I wish you Godspeed with the final steps.
Fantastic Lara really look forward to getting hold of and reading your new book, personally I really appreciate all your time, efforts and insights in the Religion of the Sun, thanks
Can’t wait Lara…!
I’m certain you would have made a number of unexpected discoveries but learnt a lot in the process. Revealing the truth or a hidden human history was not going to be an easy feat, but you have taken on this task bravely….Thank you…
Thanks Lara for the update. I am also keen in learning more about the ancient builders and the spread of the Religion of the Sun . I don’t know about you but I find the chronology and dates to be very confusing! I hope you get the help you need to fill in the missing links and get you closer to piecing together the truth about our ancient past. I look forward to reading about it in your upcoming book and I sincerely appreciate the insightful information you were able to collect and share with us so far.
Wow, those sound like completely new areas of research indeed! Geology… who would have thought! I can imagine how time-consuming and mentally challenging this “small update” must have been, and wish it was possible to help out more with this, to help you to ease the load somehow at least in some areas.
Thank you very much for all your hard work, and the inspiration and knowledge you bring to many.
Yes of course, feel free to take as much time as needed, to really feel that the book is completely ready. And sure, it would be great to have more of a hard evidence that this Religion of the Sun that you describe, had really existed, and is not just another twist on interpreting our ancient, barely known past. The more solid data can be compiled in a meaningful way, to make the big picture, the better it is.
All the best with this project! Looking forward to read this book!
“What a story. ā¦ hope you’re going to like it.” Oh Yes :-) !
I can see how something like figuring out who the original builders were is in a way charting new territory, because even if some have come to know parts of that story in their field, I imagine only very few would have reached the place to be able to make a decent attempt to bring it together. So you might all of a sudden come to find yourself jouneying at the forefront of discovery, looking into the distance, hopefully able to use some help of researchers who’ve seen part of the route from their viewpoints.
I appreciate and am impressed with you taking on such a challenge and burden – to give the clarity much sought after in this area to people – and can totally see how such big questions could set off a ‘stretch’ in research! That is not easy.
But I’m so happy that even more pieces have come to be added and to hear that “Everything makes so much sense now.”
P.S. I cannot deny I’ve been checking this page a lot the last few weeks for the book release, so thanks for writing the update and all the best in your continued work, and that of the publishers, on the more final stages of it.
Wow! Thatās really a lot of work, Lara.
Thanks for the update and thank you very much for your efforts.
Is there anything we could help with?
Thanks for the offer Daniel. The donations that people have been sending in have been a huge help, and have made this book (and book update) possible.
A few people have also sent in research, which has also been really helpful, since I can only cover so much (we are talking about all cultures, across the whole world, throughout all time after all!). Really indepth, detailed, and well presented research on specific topics is really valuable, since I can only do so much of that myself.
It’s really good to hear the book is now going into the final stages before publication Lara. Thanks so much to you and everyone involved in bringing this valuable information to light! It’s so much appreciated and I’m sure the final publication will be well worth the wait!
Sounds exciting to read this, Lara. I can imagine how it feels to experience the gradual unfolding of the magnitude you’re speaking of, slowly but clearly getting to the fuller, bigger picture. And wading through the (massive) mess of it — hah!! That, I can relate to more strongly :)
My best wishes to you in the process of uncovering more gems and puzzle pieces of the Religion of the Sun.