Introduction: january 17, 2011 -- The great lost hope -- Eden: trouble in paradise -- A Galileo type paradigm shift -- Bedtime for gnomes -- Climbing the tree of life -- The Phillips legacy -- The bambino di praga -- Gnosis: the not-so-secret history of Jesus -- Vomit and vision -- Cosmic snakes and ladders -- When doves fly -- Reptiles in space suits? -- The first extraterrestrial city on earth -- The rise of reality sandwich -- In walks chaos -- The galactic cowboy.