Whether you call them gods, angels, ETs, or aliens, sufficient proof now exists that these entities have always been with us. Throughout the course of human history the evidence suggests that these outsiders shaped our religions, genes, technology, and cultures. In fact, the impetus for modern civilization appears due to their intervention. Paul Von Ward makes the case for the link between religions and their gods and the alien phenomena. He reviews sacred texts, myths and legends—from the Old Testament, Hebrew texts, and the Vedas, to the Greek myths, Sumerian tablets, and other historical sources to find substantial evidence of Advanced Beings (ABs) intervening in human history. Von Ward explains that the question of how to deal with the effects of such contacts is at the center of a covert struggle for control of human consciousness. He discovers why institutions do not want to address this question. And he shows how generations have been conditioned to ignore or suppress a significant part of their experience, despite the fact that thousands daily still claim contact with a God or another AB. This book was originally published as Gods, Genes, and Consciousness in 2004.