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          I  often wondered why authors included epilogues at the  end
          of their books.  I know that at one time I had a tendency to
          ignore  them!   After  all, the story, to  all  intents  and
          purposes  is finished then suddenly you discover  and  extra
          page or two tacked onto the end!
          
          At  a somewhat later period, I eventually realized that  the
          epilogue was there because the author has something left  to
          say,  something that perhaps would not fit in with the  main
          body of the book.
          
          This  epilogue is no exception.  There are one or two points
          that  did  not  fit sequentially with the remainder  of  the
          work,  yet,  since they tend to raise some important  points
          for consideration at a later date, they deserve at least  an
          honorable mention!
          
          Chronologically the book itself covers an awful long  period
          of  time.   Several billions of years in fact, and  although
          during  this journey we encountered some unusual beings  and
          situations, covering this length of time generally tends  to
          make the work read just a little choppy!
          
          I  hope  I  avoided this, but if I did not, then I can  only
          plead  that  I  felt  it  was  necessary  to  propound   the
          immortality precept against the full backdrop of our species
          and   their   forebears.    When   you   are   contemplating
          immortality, you must needs take the larger view!
          
          Starting  with  a  visit  from an  extra  terrestrial  space
          vehicle  on  a seeding project we met a couple  of  friendly
          bacteria  before  skipping  a couple  of  billion  years  of
          evolution.   It is difficult to believe that any  long  term
          program such as our seeding program would have been left  to
          its  own  devices for this length of time, so  one  imagines
          that  at  least  several other space  vehicles  visited  the
          planet for one reason or another during this period.
          
          After the big jump, we took up the threads of our story at a
          period  when  the prehistoric world was not only choc-a-bloc
          with  both  flora  and fauna, but it had  also  developed  a
          dominant human species - Homo Neanderthals!
          
          Neanderthal man (or woman) was actually the end result of  a
          dozen   or   more   early  hominid  types  -   Ramapithecus,
          Australeopithecus,  Homo  Erectus,   and  probably  a  dozen
          others  such  as  Java  Man, Peking Man  and  so  on.   Homo
          Neanderthal  was only the final developmental  stage  before
          Cro-Magnon Man. Cro-Magnon is Homo Sapiens . . . Us!
          
          Somewhere between the forced evolution from Neanderthal into
          Cro-Magnon  and  the emergence of the ancient  Egyptian  and
          surrounding civilizations, someone  discovered the secret of
          immortality.  By accident, I think they tumbled across  some
          odd  technique  that was originally used by  the  biological
          engineers who designed us.  A one in million raised  to  the
          umpteenth power payoff!
          
          I  don't think we were intended to discover this technique
          it's  something like winning  the national lotto with bigger
          odds.   I think it was an accident.  But, it doesn't matter!
          We  have  the technique and although I am sure that many  of
          the  worlds governments would like to sequester it for their
          own uses, I believe it's too late!
          
          What  am I  leading up to?  Well, the book implies that  the
          immortality  process  was developed a very  long  time  ago.
          Maybe  as long as forty thousand or so years back along  the
          time  stream.   So, if the technique has been available  for
          that  long, where are all the immortals?  Why do we not have
          not  incontrovertible proof of their  existence?   Why  have
          they seldom made their presence know to the rest of us, poor
          mortal creatures that we are?
          
          The answer is simple.  We do not know were the immortals are
          because  they  do not wish us to know!  We  have  no  direct
          knowledge  of them for the simple reason that  they  do  not
          wish  to have their presence made public and the reason  for
          this is that they are a long, long way from being stupid!
          
          In  our society, an admission of immortality would result in
          either  legal or illegal seizure of the person who made  the
          admission, they would then be subject to anything  from  the
          most  brutal interrogation, brainwashing, torture  and  even
          dissection  in  order to extract the secret  of  immortality
          from him or her!  Think about that one for a moment!
          
          The  chances  of actually locating an immortal?  Practically
          zero.  About the only way a mortal person will ever interact
          directly  and knowingly with an immortal is if the  immortal
          so wishes.
          
          Do I believe in my own story?  Darned right I do!  I believe
          that   there   are  those  amongst  us  who  have   attained
          immortality and that they still have an occasional  need  to
          re-assert their own humanity.  This is about all we have  to
          offer them!
          
          Pauweils  and  Bergier wrote of a meeting with St.  Germain.
          There is no doubt in my mind that St. Germain wished it  so.
          Maybe  he  was  just  touching bases.   Perhaps,  after  the
          centuries,  he  felt  that  whatever  remained  of  his  own
          humanity  was  threatened and he needed human  contact  with
          someone  who  was  aware of what he was  just  for  the  re
          assurance that he was still human!
          
          There  are  so  many  things we don't  yet  know!   So  much
          speculation, deduction and second guessing!  That's were  we
          stand  on the matter, but, since we are dealing with  people
          who  were, or who may still be human, we can do some  pretty
          accurate  deducting  and  some  excellent  second  guessing!
          After  all, we are the originals!  All we have to do  is  to
          extrapolate from that base and chances are we'll  be  pretty
          close to the bulls-eye!
          
          One  thing  to bear in mind.  Don't look for some  fantastic
          organization  of  immortals waiting for  you  to  apply  for
          membership.  Such an organization does not exist,  at  least
          in  that  form!  No Great White Brotherhood, no  Illuminati!
          Just  scattered  individuals  who,  while  they  posses  the
          greatest secret in the world, may not be the worlds happiest
          people!
          
          You'll  probably never know what they have to  contend  with
          until you become one of them!
          
          
          
          
          
          
          
