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From the High Desert

A Cultural History of Art Bell

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April 30, 2005: God Code and Prehistoric Nukes - Gregg Braden

Apr 30, 2005
2h 55m
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Art Bell welcomes New York Times bestselling author Gregg Braden to discuss his twelve-year research project revealing what he calls the God Code, a literal text message encoded within the DNA of every living cell. Braden explains that by converting the atomic mass numbers of the four DNA base elements, hydrogen, nitrogen, oxygen, and carbon, into their equivalent letters in ancient Hebrew and Arabic alphabets using the centuries-old science of gematria, a coherent phrase emerges: God eternal within the body.

Braden details the mathematical methodology, noting that the odds of this message appearing by chance are approximately 1 in 256,000. The same name of God, a form of Yahweh, appears across indigenous traditions worldwide, from Buddhist and Hindu practices to Native American spiritual sounds. He emphasizes that the discovery does not identify who or what God is, but strongly suggests that life is intentional rather than accidental, and that all living things sharing this code possess a common heritage.

Art connects the finding to the Bible Code research of Michael Drosnin and the Princeton Global Consciousness Project. Braden reveals that deeper layers of the genetic message remain undecoded, with hundreds of letters between identifiable sentence boundaries still awaiting translation. He frames the discovery as a potential unifying principle for humanity, one that could transcend the religious and cultural divisions that have historically led to conflict.

Key Moments

  1. Ancient alphabets carry mystical numbers: Braden argues all languages, ancient and modern, have always had precise mystical numbers linked to every letter, and those numbers, unlike the words, never change across 5,000 years.

  2. DNA spells the name of God: Braden claims when DNA's hydrogen, nitrogen, oxygen and carbon are converted to numbers and matched to ancient Hebrew letters, the result literally translates as the name of God within the body.

  3. Trained peace meditators reduced terror attacks: Braden cites Lebanese-Israeli War studies in which a trained group feeling peace coincided with terrorist activity dropping to zero, crimes and traffic accidents declining, and reversing when the meditation stopped.

  4. Radioactive ruins in Rajasthan: Braden describes excavations in Rajasthan where 5,000 to 8,000-year-old advanced cities were found with sand fused to glass, vitrified walls, and radioactive skeletons of people seemingly fleeing in the streets, some still holding hands.

  5. Mahabharata as nuclear war record: Braden ties the radioactive Indian sites to the Mahabharata, a 100,000-line text describing waters boiling, elephants bursting into flames, and birds turning to ash falling from the sky.