The Missing Link presents Richard Cassaro´s paradigm-shifting archaeological discovery, and builds on the theory he advanced in his 2011 book, Written in Stone.
Cassaro argues persuasively that the Old World symbol known as Master of Animals, is the very same symbol that scholars of New World cultures call the Staff God. He explains that this symbol is the central icon of an ancient wisdom tradition shared by the pyramid cultures across the world. Encoded in this image, which Cassaro calls the "GodSelf Icon," is a complete metaphysical doctrine that encodes a complex set of instructions for inner awakening. With more than 500 stunning illustrations of the GodSelf Icon, Cassaro demonstrates how this wisdom has been encoded on Gothic Cathedrals by medieval Freemasons, and preserved in hermetic and alchemical symbols like the Rebis. By contrasting ancient GodSelf Icons with these modern GodSelf Icon equivalents, Cassaro decodes the rich symbolism surrounding these images, showing step-by-step how this primeval religion is based on the concept of duality and the transcendence of duality. Cassaro makes a compelling case that these were the central concepts of every ancient and indigenous religion on the planet.
Cassaro states his case with stunning clarity, weaving together various images from cultures worldwide, like the Chavín Staff God and Sumerian Master of Animals, with incredible skill and reason. Cassaro backs up his interpretation by comparing these images to the Tao philosophy of balancing Yin and Yang, and to the geometric apex of a triangle balancing its two lower points. Throughout, Cassaro's interpretations challenge conventional scholarship surrounding these images, which he maintains are artifacts of a lost Golden Age civilization.
