First National Congress of Science Fiction

Jean Sendy (1910–1978) was a

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writer and translator, author of works on esoterica and

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phenomena. He was also an early proponent of the ancient astronaut hypothesis.

Ancient astronauts

He wrote the book "The Moon: The Key to the Bible" in 1968, in which he claimed the word "Elohim" mentioned in the Hebrew

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of the Bible, which is usually translated as

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, should in fact be translated in the plural as "Gods" because the singular of the word ''Elohim'' is ''Eloah''. He claimed that the "Gods" were actually space travelers (an alien race of

humanoid A humanoid (; from English ''human'' and '' -oid'' "resembling") is a non-human entity with human form or characteristics. By the 20th century, the term came to describe fossils which were morphologically similar, but not identical, to those of ...

s). Sendy believed that Genesis was factual history of ancient astronauts colonizing earth who became "angels in human memory". The book contains many ideas later found in the UFO religion

Raëlism Raëlism, also known as Raëlianism, is a UFO religion founded in 1970s France by Claude Vorilhon, now known as Raël. Scholars of religion classify Raëlism as a new religious movement. The group is formalised as the International Raëlian Mov ...

.Jean Sendy and Raëlism
/ref> In his 1969 book ''Those Gods who made Heaven and Earth'', Sendy claimed that space travelers 23,500 years ago arrived in the

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in a large hollow sphere and seeded humanity.

List of works

*''La lune: Clé de la Bible'' (translated in English ''The moon: The key to the Bible'') (1968) later edition (1974) *''Those Gods Who Made Heaven & Earth; the novel of the Bible'' (1969) later edition (1972) *''The Coming of the Gods'' (1970) later edition (1973) *''Moon Outpost Of Gods'' (1975)

Public lectures

* Premier Congres National de Science-Fiction – Clermont-Ferrand, France, March 1–10, 1974

References

External links

“A Gentleman’s Joyous Esotericism: Jean Sendy Above and Beyond the ‘Ancient Aliens’” Scholarly essay by Stefano Bigliardi about Jean Sendy's life and workJean Sendy's Books
{{DEFAULTSORT:Sendy, Jean Ancient astronauts proponents UFO writers French male non-fiction writers 1910 births 1978 deaths 20th-century French male writers

Ancient astronauts

List of works

Public lectures

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References

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