Did Ancient Astronauts Influence American Mound Builders' Beliefs About Death?

In a new book entitled, "Path of Souls" Andrew Collins and I summarize what mainstream archaeologists refer to as the "death journey" of America's ancient mound builders. The "journey" is the path taken by the "free soul" after death. The ideas incorporated into this journey are exceedingly complex as well as exceedingly old. It is likely that the core of these beliefs extend back into time at least 18,000-years ago when the bright star Deneb, one of the key stars of the Cygnus Constellation, served as the north pole star. The ultimate purpose of the death journey was to allow the soul to escape the physical world and return to the sky where it originated. As already mentioned, it was a complex idea, and only a brief outline of the soul's journey is given here.