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Here is a deep, structured summary of Sekret Machines: Gods (Volume 1 of the Gods, Man & War trilogy, 2017, ~454 pages) by Tom DeLonge and Peter Levenda, based on official synopses, detailed reviews, excerpts, table of contents, and analyses.1059
It is the nonfiction companion to the Sekret Machines fiction series, drawing on DeLonge’s high-level advisors (including Maj. Gen. Michael J. McCasland, former Wright-Patterson AFB commander overseeing classified programs and Roswell-related material, plus officials from US Space Command and Lockheed Martin Skunk Works). A foreword by Jacques Vallée frames the book as forcing a “re-negotiation of physical reality.” The tone is scholarly and foundational, setting up the trilogy’s later volumes on science/genetics (Man) and politics/war (War).60
The book synthesizes ancient astronaut ideas, Gnosticism, shamanism, ceremonial magic, and consciousness research with declassified/military insights. It avoids wild speculation, emphasizing “understanding—not belief.” No single “earth-shattering revelation” is claimed, but it argues for a paradigm shift blending material science with mysticism.17
Numbered key points (juicy/controversial details highlighted):
1Core Premise: The UFO “Phenomenon” is real and involves ongoing contact with non-human intelligences (called “Gods,” “sons of God,” or entities from another realm) since the dawn of recorded history. Outcomes are “alternately positive and edifying, and dangerous and terrifying.” Human civilization is essentially a “cargo cult” triggered by these encounters—we mimic divine tech/rituals without full comprehension.59
2All Religion Is UFO Religion: Every major religious tradition, myth, and spiritual practice (from Sumerian ziggurats and Egyptian pyramids to Biblical Genesis, shamanism, and Tibetan Buddhism) stems from ancient/persistent contact with the Phenomenon. Modern UFOs/saucers/triangles are not “Ezekiel’s Chariot projected backward” (the common ancient-astronaut error); instead, today’s flying saucers are Ezekiel’s Chariot projected forward into our time. The Phenomenon manifests differently based on human consciousness and cultural expectations.60
3Consciousness Is Central (Vallée Influence): The Phenomenon is partly (or largely) an “artifact of consciousness itself”—not just nuts-and-bolts ET spaceships. Altered states (trance, shamanic ecstasy, ritual, entheogens) are required for contact. Mass rituals (e.g., Dalai Lama’s 1954/1956 Kalacakra initiations with 100,000 people) coincided with major UFO waves; these may subtly “change us” or open doors without direct causation. Military/intelligence agencies probed occultism, parapsychology, mediumship, and ceremonial magic in the Cold War era specifically to “weaponize the psyche” and understand/control the Phenomenon.59
4Shamanism & Ceremonial Magic as Tech: Shamans (selected via illness/disability as a “poor man’s altered state”) and magicians use circles, invocations, symbols, and trance to breach the veil between worlds. Ancient grimoires describe magic circles (e.g., Heptameron concentric designs) that, viewed in 3D, resemble flying saucers—reversed, this explains “high strangeness” close encounters (lights, telepathy, abductions). The Phenomenon is a “control mechanism” penetrating parallel/astral realms.61
5Chapter Highlights (from TOC and excerpts):
◦Ch1: Alien Genesis — Human origins involve non-human intervention (Sumerian Enuma Elish: humans created from defeated god Kingu’s blood/clay as slave labor for the gods; parallels to Genesis).
◦Ch2: The Gate of the Gods — Ziggurats/Babylon as literal “gates” for gods to descend; authority derives from non-human sources.
Maj. Gen. McCasland was lead advisor for a UFO book that opens by tying UFOs to the astral realm/shamanism, stating “The appearance of the saucer is a manifestation of someone in a parallel universe using ceremonial magic to enter our world.”
He called them “mystical machines.”