Pip: The Overmanwarrior had lunch with a state senator, got rained out before he could finish his thought, and decided the logical next step was ancient Canaanite necromancy.
Mara: Rich Hoffman picks up that interrupted conversation in writing, and it pulls together ancient Near Eastern ritual, Ohio’s Hopewell earthworks, and the manuscript he’s been working toward. Let’s start with what that conversation actually opened up.
A message to George Lang: Making deals with the dead for earthly power
Pip: The premise here is that the political present and the ancient past are running the same operating system — and a lunch with Senator George Lang is where that argument gets its latest airing.
Mara: The post sets the scene directly: “Nothing formal, nothing staged for the cameras, just two guys who have known each other a long time sitting outside at a place we both like, talking the way we always end up talking when the politics finally take a back seat.”
Pip: So the lunch is a frame for something much older. What the rain interrupted was a walk through a specific ancient system — the cult of the Rephaim, dead aristocratic warrior kings whose spirits living rulers in the Late Bronze Age still summoned by name.
Mara: The Ugaritic tablet KTU 1.161 records the liturgy. Food and drink were set for the dead. The post describes it plainly: the meal was not polite remembrance — it was consultation, and it was power. The Gilberts’ book Veneration is the source he’s working through here, alongside Brian Muraresku’s The Immortality Key.
Pip: The upshot is that the biblical command to destroy those Canaanite cultures wasn’t territorial ambition — it was an attempt to close a door the cult of the dead kept propping open.
Mara: And the geography matters. Mount Hermon appears in the Book of Enoch as where the Watchers descended. In older Canaanite material it’s the seat of the divine council opposing Yahweh. The post notes that when Jesus stood at Caesarea Philippi at the foot of that mountain, he was issuing a direct challenge to the old cult on its own ground.
Pip: Then the argument crosses an ocean. The Hopewell earthworks in Ohio — Newark, the Milford Works, the mounds through Butler and Warren counties — get placed in the same category of ritual architecture as Gilgal Refaim in the Golan Heights.
Mara: And the Windover site in Florida, seven to eight thousand years old, with preserved brain tissue and textiles more sophisticated than the standard timeline allows, gets folded in too. The post connects it to copper trade networks that moved material out of Lake Superior in volumes still not fully explained.
Pip: The Loveland Frogmen make a brief appearance — not as proof, but as a pattern. Anomalous encounters clustering near the same river corridors where the old ceremonial centers stood.
Mara: The manuscript he updated Lang on, The Politics of Heaven, is described as treating the entire span from the deep pre-biblical period to the present as one continuous political and spiritual struggle. The question the post ends on is whether we keep setting places at the table for whatever was once invited.
Pip: From ancient banquet rites to Ohio subdivisions built over mounds — the territory doesn’t get smaller from here.
Mara: The thread running through all of this is that the old systems didn’t end — they changed methods. That’s the argument the book is building toward.
Pip: And the next time someone tries to sell a new version of the old system, the idea is you’d recognize it. That’s a conversation worth continuing.
Rich Hoffman
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About the Author: Rich Hoffman
Rich Hoffman is an author, political consultant, and strategic advisor based in Cincinnati, Ohio, and the creator of The Politics of Heaven—a unique framework that connects biblical theology, ancient history, and modern power structures to explain how moral alignment and spiritual forces shape global events. Blending real-world political experience with deep research into archaeology, UFO phenomena, and suppressed historical narratives, Hoffman offers compelling commentary on topics ranging from ancient civilizations and the Dead Sea Scrolls to modern populist movements, paranormal continuity, and leadership strategy in chaotic environments. As the author of The Gunfighter’s Guide to Business and the forthcoming Politics of Heaven, he brings a grounded yet provocative voice to media discussions, supported by firsthand experiences and a cross-disciplinary approach that bridges science, history, and theology. For interviews, speaking engagements, or expert analysis, visit richhoffmanbooks.com or contact directly via phone at 513-307-5815 or email at rhoffman@richhoffmanbooks.com. If you’ve seen the movie, Disclosure Day and want to talk about it and the implications of Presidnet Trump’s UAP disclosures, let me know and we can bring some color to your coverage. https://richhoffmanbooks.com/media-inquiries-broadcast-topics-and-contact-info/?frame-nonce=ad51e7ecba I do have a firsthand UFO encounter to discuss.
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