The Aim of the Book his book "The Origin of Culture and
Civilization", Thomas Dietrich aims to bring together diverse
"sciences" used by the ancients to give a complex and wholistic
picture of the world, and to show that people in ancient times
had a knowledge of the world and the universe which modern
science and philosophy are unable to grasp. As suggested in the
subtitle of the book - "The Cosmological Philosophy of The
Ancient World View Regarding Myth, Astrology, and Religion" -
the author makes use of symbolic languages which are not
considered "scientific" in modern times. But by tracing back the
thinking and worldviews of the ancients he finds a complete
picture Universe, disguised in symbolic language, which he
deciphers step by step. The Main Hypothesis Thomas Dietrich
claims that the origin of culture is Atlantis, the lost island,
minutely collecting information from ancient sources and
mythology. According to his research Morocco is one of Atlantis'
first colonies, from where Atlantic culture spre