“MYTHS” ARE DESCRIPTIONS OF WHAT PEOPLE SAW AND HEARD
Myths Are Our Ancestors’ Words for Technologies They Witnessed but Could Not Name
By Sasha Alex Lessin, Ph.D.
Anthropology, UCLA
M.A., Counseling Psychology, University for Humanistic Studies
INTRODUCTION: MYTHS AS OBSERVATIONAL RECORDS OF TECHNOLOGY AND COSMOLOGY
Ancient peoples described what they saw and heard using the conceptual vocabulary available to them. When advanced visitors—whether from other planets or from inner Earth—appeared with technologies far beyond human understanding, our ancestors recorded those encounters in the only language they had: story, metaphor, symbol, and what later generations came to call “myth.”
As a revisionist anthropologist, I have concluded that myths are not fiction. They are eyewitness descriptions, transmitted orally across generations and later formalized into epics, scriptures, and sacred histories. These accounts were never intended as fantasy. They were reports—data encoded in symbolic language because no technical vocabulary yet existed to describe what was being observed.
MY PATH: FROM ETHNOGRAPHER TO ETHNOLOGIST
I began my professional life as a young ethnographer, living in Pacific Island communities in Fiji and Tonga. My doctoral dissertation, Sawana: A Tongan Village in Fiji, emerged directly from that immersive fieldwork.
Over the decades, I taught anthropology, counseling, comparative religion, comparative governance systems, and tantra at the University of Hawai‘i, the University for Humanistic Studies (across its Hawai‘i, San Diego, and Anchorage campuses), Leeward Community College, and Maui Community College.
My studies extended into Voice Dialogue, Holotropic Breathwork, psychedelic-assisted therapy, and past-life therapeutic modalities. I also immersed myself in communities practicing tantra and polyamory and later co-founded, with Janet Kira Lessin and Dave Doleshal, the World Polyamory Association.
Throughout my career, I remained committed to anthropology as lived inquiry—not armchair theory.
APPRENTICESHIP WITH ZECHARIA SITCHIN
My work took a decisive turn when I apprenticed myself to Zecharia Sitchin, with whom my wife, Janet Kira Lessin, also studied. I absorbed every fragment I could locate of humanity’s suppressed and forgotten histories, including evidence of off-planet influences on Earth’s civilizations.
From that foundation, I integrated classical anthropology with ancient astronaut studies, mythic texts, archaeology, UFOlogy, Sumerology, and cross-cultural theology. Rather than treating these fields as separate, I approached them as overlapping lenses describing the same phenomena.
ETHNOLOGY: THE ELDER ANTHROPOLOGIST’S ART OF PATTERN RECOGNITION
At 85, I now work primarily as an ethnologist—an elder anthropologist concerned with large-scale patterns across cultures and time. I honor my lineage and teachers, including Alfred Kroeber, Walter Goldschmidt, M. J. Smith, Donald Newman, Raymond Firth, and Sumerian scholar Zecharia Sitchin.
Ethnology preserves anthropology’s original spirit: curiosity, pattern recognition, compassion, and the ethical obligation to share what we learn with the wider human community.
“MYTHS” ARE NOT MYTHS
Modern academics often dismiss miracles, sky chariots, psychic feats, and god-wars because such accounts fall outside tenure-safe categories. Labeling them “myth” allows scholars to sidestep uncomfortable data while maintaining professional legitimacy.
Yet these stories were observational reports—descriptions of beings wielding technologies and psychic capacities so advanced that Bronze Age and early Iron Age peoples could express them only symbolically.
Consider how consistent these translations are across cultures:
Jonah “swallowed by a whale” describes a submersible vehicle. Vimanas refer to flying craft. Dragons and fiery serpents resemble metallic aerial vehicles. The collapse of Jericho’s walls suggests targeted sonic weaponry. Gods descending on clouds point to aerial landers. “Magic carpets” refer to energy-powered flight platforms.
These are not fantasies. They are technological events translated into the metaphor systems available at the time.
THE ANUNNAKI WERE PEOPLE—NOT GODS
Revisionist anthropologists regard the so-called gods and their miracles as historical accounts of the Anunnaki: humanlike beings possessing advanced flight technology, weaponry, long lifespans, genetic science, psychic abilities, and mastery of energy fields.
They were not divine. They were technologically superior colonists. Our ancestors described what they saw. Later societies ritualized and deified these encounters, embedding them in religious traditions that persist today.
For a detailed cross-cultural list of these beings and their overlapping names, see Anunnaki Who’s Who, Aquarian Media / EnkiSpeaks Publishing.
PARTNERSHIP OVER DOMINATION
I speak out for peace, justice, and partnership because domination systems—whether ancient or modern—deform human societies. I support welcoming migrants, standing with Native Americans, Black Americans, Latinos, Hawaiians, refugees, and all peoples displaced by empire. I advocate ceasefires, peace treaties, humanitarian relief, and egalitarian governance.
At 85, I continue teaching and writing because anthropology is not neutral. It carries moral responsibility. Humanity must move beyond domination patterns that originated during the Anunnaki era and were later institutionalized by states, empires, and religions.
CONCLUSION
“Myths” are humanity’s earliest anthropology: records of what people witnessed but could not yet name. To honor our ancestors—and to understand ourselves—we must read their words as data, not fairy tales.
REFERENCE
Lessin, Sasha Alex. Anunnaki Who’s Who. Aquarian Media / EnkiSpeaks Publishing.
ILLUSTRATION 1 — ARTICLE HERO IMAGE
“MYTHS AS OBSERVATIONAL RECORDS”
Ancient humans record celestial phenomena as symbols while advanced craft descend from the sky. The image visually bridges mythic storytelling and technological observation, showing that “myth” was an early data language.
Placement:
Top hero image, directly under title and byline
Description:
Ancient humans record celestial phenomena as symbols while advanced craft descend from the sky. The image visually bridges mythic storytelling and technological observation, showing that “myth” was an early data language.
Prompt:
Ancient humans carving symbols into stone tablets and cave walls while luminous advanced craft descend from the sky, no writing system yet developed, expressions of awe and careful observation on human faces, subtle technological details visible on the craft without modern labels, stars and clouds illuminated by soft golden and blue light, realistic, photorealistic, cinematic lighting, soft natural colors, fantasy realism, highly detailed, emotional depth, artistic composition
INTRODUCTION: MYTHS AS OBSERVATIONAL RECORDS OF TECHNOLOGY AND COSMOLOGY
A visual metaphor for early humans translating advanced phenomena into story and symbol—capturing sound, light, and movement without technical vocabulary.
MY PATH: FROM ETHNOGRAPHER TO ETHNOLOGIST
Sasha, as a young ethnographer, is immersed in Pacific Island life—learning directly from the community rather than from textbooks.
ILLUSTRATION 4 — SITCHIN APPRENTICESHIP
“TRANSMISSION OF FORBIDDEN HISTORY”
Placement:
After APPRENTICESHIP WITH ZECHARIA SITCHIN
Description:
The passing of suppressed knowledge from one scholar to another symbolizes lineage, mentorship, and intellectual courage.
Prompt:
Elder scholar Zecharia Sitchin and a younger researcher seated at a table covered with ancient tablets, star maps, and manuscripts, warm lamplight illuminating cuneiform symbols, sense of secrecy and discovery, walls lined with books, realistic academic environment infused with cosmic significance, realistic, photorealistic, cinematic lighting, soft natural colors, fantasy realism, highly detailed, emotional depth, artistic composition
ILLUSTRATION 5 — ETHNOLOGY
“THE ELDER ANTHROPOLOGIST”
Placement:
After ETHNOLOGY: THE ELDER ANTHROPOLOGIST’S ART OF PATTERN RECOGNITION
Description:
Sasha at 85, contemplating global human patterns across time—maps, cultures, and stars forming a single coherent story.
Prompt:
Elder anthropologist seated at a desk overlooking layered transparencies of world maps, ancient civilizations, star constellations, and timelines, calm wisdom in his expression, atmosphere of compassion and clarity, no futuristic tech—only accumulated understanding, realistic, photorealistic, cinematic lighting, soft natural colors, fantasy realism, highly detailed, emotional depth, artistic composition
ILLUSTRATION 6 — “MYTHS” ARE NOT MYTHS
“TECHNOLOGY TRANSLATED INTO SYMBOL”
Placement:
After “MYTHS” ARE NOT MYTHS
Description:
Side-by-side visual comparison showing ancient symbolic interpretations and their technological equivalents.
Prompt:
Split-scene image: on one side ancient people depict dragons, sky chariots, and gods in clouds; on the other side the same phenomena revealed as advanced aerial craft, sonic technology, and submersible vehicles, seamless visual continuity between symbolic and technological interpretations, respectful and non-dismissive tone, realistic, photorealistic, cinematic lighting, soft natural colors, fantasy realism, highly detailed, emotional depth, artistic composition
ILLUSTRATION 7 — CONCLUSION
“READING OUR ANCESTORS AS DATA”
Placement:
After CONCLUSION
Description:
Humanity reconnects with its earliest records—not as fantasy, but as encoded observation—honoring ancestral intelligence.
Prompt:
Modern humans carefully studying ancient cave art, stone carvings, and mythic texts that subtly overlay into technological schematics and star maps, past and present blending without contradiction, reverent and hopeful tone, realistic, photorealistic, cinematic lighting, soft natural colors, fantasy realism, highly detailed, emotional depth, artistic composition.
“MYTHS” ARE DESCRIPTIONS OF WHAT PEOPLE SAW AND HEARD
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Myths are our Ancestors’ Words for Technologies They Witnessed But Could Not Name.
By Sasha Alex Lessin, Ph.D. (Anthropology, UCLA), MA, Counseling Psychology, University for Humanistic Studies
Introduction: MYTHS REPORT OBSERVATIONS OF SOCIETIES’ TECHNOLOGY AND COSMOLOGY
Ancient peoples described what they saw and heard using the concepts and vocabulary of their world. When advanced visitors—whether from other planets or inner Earth—appeared with technologies far beyond human understanding, our ancestors recorded those encounters in the only language they had: story, metaphor, symbol, “myth.” Revisionist anthropologists like me have concluded that myths are not fiction. They are eyewitness descriptions, passed orally from generation to generation, later stylized into epics, scriptures, and sacred histories.
MY PATH: ETHNOGRAPHER TO ETHNOLOGIST
I began as a young ethnographer, living in Pacific Island communities in Fiji and Tonga and writing Sawana: A Tongan Village in Fiji for my doctoral dissertation.
I taught Anthropology, Counseling, Comparative Religion, Comparative Governance Systems, and Tantra at the University of Hawai‘i, the University for Humanistic Studies (Hawaii, San Diego, and Anchorage campuses), Leeward Community College, and Maui Community College.
I studied Voice Dialogue, Holotropic Breathwork, psychedelic-assisted therapy, and past-life therapeutic modalities. My teaching extended across the San Diego, Maui, and Alaska branches of the University for Humanistic Studies.
I immersed myself in communities practicing tantra and polyamory and later co-founded, with Janet Kira Lessin and Dave Doleshal, the World Polyamory Association.
APPRENTICESHIP WITH ZECHARIA SITCHIN
My life changed when I apprenticed myself to Zecharia Sitchin, with whom my wife, Janet Kira Lessin, also studies. I absorbed every fragment I could find of Earthlings’ suppressed and forgotten histories—including the off-planet influences that shaped civilizations. I continue to integrate my anthropological with ancient astronaut studies, mythic texts, archaeology, UFOlogy, Sumerology, and cross-cultural theologies.
ETHNOLOGY—THE OLD ANTHROPOLOGIST’S ART OF SEEING PATTERNS
At 85, I continue as an ethnologist—an elder anthropologist who sees the big picture. I honor my lineage:
- Alfred Kroeber
- Walter Goldschmidt
- M.J. Smith
- Donald Newman
- Raymond Firth
- And Sumerian scholar Zecharia Sitchin
I keep alive the anthropological spirit: curiosity, pattern recognition, compassion, and the duty to share what we learn.
“MYTHS” ARE NOT MYTHS
Academics dismiss miracles, sky chariots, psychic feats, and god-wars because they cannot fit such accounts into tenure-safe categories. So they label them “myth,” gaining access to Wikipedia pages and professional acceptance.
But these “myths” were observation reports—descriptions of beings with technology and psychic abilities so advanced that Bronze Age and early Iron Age peoples could only express them symbolically.
Consider:
- Jonah “swallowed by a whale” → a submersible vehicle
- Vimanas → flying craft
- “Dragons” or “fiery serpents” → metallic aerial craft
- Jericho’s walls falling → targeted sonic weaponry
- Gods descending on clouds → aerial landers
- “Magic carpets” → energy-supported flight platforms
These are translations of technology into the metaphor systems available at the time.
THE ANUNNAKI ARE PEOPLE—NOT GODS
Revisionist anthropologists like me regard “gods” and their miracles as historical accounts of the Anunnaki—humanlike beings possessing:
- advanced flight technology
- weaponry
- long lifespans
- genetic science
- psychic abilities
- mastery of energy fields
They were not divine—they were technologically superior colonists.
Our ancestors described what they saw. Later generations ritualized these accounts into sacred traditions.
For a detailed list of these beings and their overlapping names across cultures, see ANUNNAKI WHO’S WHO at http://wp.me/p1TVCy-1PE
I ADVOCATE PEACE, JUSTICE & PARTNERSHIP
I stand for:
- welcoming migrants
- supporting Native Americans, Black Americans, Latinos, Hawaiians, and refugees
- a ceasefire
- a peace treaty
- Palestinian relief
- partnership over domination
I continue to teach at 85, speaking out for compassion, justice, and egalitarian governance—not the domination patterns that have afflicted humanity since the Anunnaki age.
CONCLUSION
“Myths” are humanity’s earliest anthropology—reports of what people witnessed but could not fully explain. To honor our ancestors, we must read their words as data, not fairy tales.
REFERENCE
Lessin, Sasha Alex. “Anunnaki Who’s Who.”
Aquarian Media / EnkiSpeaks Publishing.
http://wp.me/p1TVCy-1PE
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