Ancient Aliens in the Oahspe -- 1882

The most curious of all books I encountered in my 1980's search for the origins of the ancient astronaut theory was the Oahspe. For many years, until the late 1990s, there was a popular American magazine that directly focused on the claims made in the Oahspe, which is also called the "Kosmon Bible." In addition, the Oahspe is intimately related to the rise of Ray Palmer's once highly successful Fate Magazine. When Palmer discovered the Oahspe he found that the American publisher of the book, Wing Anderson, had died. Palmer bought the mailing list of people who bought copies of the Oahspe from Anderson's family (some 40,000 people) and used the list to launch Fate with Curtis Fuller (Kripal, 2011). After selling Fate Magazine to the Fullers, Palmer started a publishing company, which reissued the Oahspe.