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From the High Desert

A Cultural History of Art Bell

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November 6, 1997: William Henry (Partial Interview)

Nov 6, 1997
1h 38m
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Art Bell welcomes researcher and author William Henry from Nashville to discuss his book "The Peacemaker and the Key of Life." Henry shares his background in subliminal messaging and the holographic paradigm before pivoting to his investigation of extraterrestrial involvement in human affairs. He presents his theory of a prophetic figure called the Peacemaker, a herald who will precede the return of the Messiah.

Henry traces this figure across multiple traditions, from the Hopi and Iroquois to the Egyptians and the prophecies of Nostradamus. He connects Sumerian texts, the works of Zechariah Sitchin, and Gnostic scriptures to argue that the Old Testament God Yahweh is not the creator of the universe but rather a lesser being. Art challenges these assertions, and callers vigorously debate whether the Peacemaker might actually be the Antichrist.

The conversation spans biblical interpretation, the Hall of Records beneath the Sphinx, the mystery of Rennes-le-Chateau in France, and the possibility that a stargate will open at Armageddon. Henry also discusses the role of Mary Magdalene, the Sumerian creation story, and his belief that humanity is approaching a transformative cosmic event.

Key Moments

  1. Peacemaker as the white-horse herald who precedes the Messiah: Henry frames his core thesis: a Peacemaker figure precedes the Christ or Messiah. He cites Revelation 19's white horse as the Peacemaker's coded icon and argues this same forerunner appears across cultures from Atlantis to Egypt to the Mayans.

  2. Hall of Records opens August 1999 under the Grand Cross: Henry says any 1998 attempt to enter the chamber beneath the Sphinx will fail because the next astrologically auspicious window is August 1999, when the Grand Cross conjunction of five constellations occurs - the sign of the son of man and the cue for the Peacemaker's return.

  3. Armageddon as a stargate opening at the winepress: Henry interprets Revelation's twelve-mile-square winepress as a stargate, linking it to Numbers 13's Valley of Eshkol where the land 'eateth the people up' - describing what he believes are people walking along and disappearing near a vineyard place.

  4. Children of Dana = the Anunnaki = the fallen angels: Henry collapses Daniel, the Tuatha de Danann, the Sumerian Anunnaki, and the Essenes' fallen angels into one extraterrestrial group that came to Earth, created an alien-human hybrid race, and seeded the planet - making Daniel and Revelation accounts of their comings and goings.

  5. Nostradamus's King of Terror as alien invasion force: Henry presents Nostradamus interpreters' claim that the returning Peacemaker is 'the King of Terror' - an alien invasion force coming out of the sky to wipe out New York, trigger instantaneous earth changes, and destroy Jerusalem, with a returning Genghis Khan ('King of Anglemois') slaughtering millions.