Hidden within the poetic verses of the Epic of Gilgamesh, one of the world's oldest religious texts, are indispensable clues to the nature and origin of the world's earliest religious tradition- "The Ancient Tradition".  Once you've given Tablet IX a listen, turn your ear to our sister podcast, "The Ancient Tradition", where we reveal striking similarities in the ancient record- myths, cosmologies, theologies, and sacred writings- which point to an original, pure religion in deep antiquity.  Is it the true religion?  If so, you are in for the theological adventure of a lifetime. In this audio recording of the Epic of Gilgamesh, Tablet IX, King Gilgamesh, upon Enkidu's death, wanders the earth in search of Utnapishtim, who guards the secret of immortality.  Upon reaching Mount Musha, Gilgamesh encounters a scorpion-man whose charge is to guard the passage under the mountain.  The scorpion-man grants Gilgamesh passage.  Gilgamesh races through twelve sets of double doors and arrives in Dilmun, the Garden of the Gods, a garden of jeweled trees.