Thanks Simon.

The historical claims of my sources are controversial, and obviously not accepted by many. Hardly anyone has heard of Fabre d'Olivet, so what I'm doing is putting the material together to see what reactions I get. Obviously literalist Christians (or those close to literalism, having been brought up on the English Bible) are going to reject it. Sender Spike, who is on the other end of the spectrum, and believes that he has discovered his true self and considers himself an authority on just about everything, also rejects the material saying, for example, that there is no such thing as the higher self.

However, yourself, Janice LaBonte (who describes herself as a student of Blavatsky, Alice Bailey etc.) and Jack Preston King, thus people on the same wavelength as me, are appreciative.

Whether or not Genesis really says all this, or whether Best is projecting his own beliefs onto the text, is an open question. It seems to make sense to me, however.