Upon release, When Rocks Cry Out did not sit on the shelves of mainstream bookstores. It found its home on the internet. The PDF version of the book became a viral asset in circles dedicated to "Hebrew Roots," "Black History," and "Alternative Archaeology."
One of the most compelling sections of the book deals with the mines. Butler identifies the legendary gold mines of King Solomon not in the Middle East, but in the rich mineral belts of the Andes. He correlates biblical descriptions of mining techniques and slave labor with the archaeological evidence found in pre-Columbian South American sites. when rocks cry out horace butler pdf
Butler dedicated significant space to what he called “The Petrified Giants” of Arizona’s Petrified Forest. He proposed a radical interpretation of the Genesis flood (Noah’s Ark). He argued that the massive, fossilized logs—turned to crystalline quartz—are not millions of years old, but are instead direct evidence of a catastrophic, worldwide deluge. He claimed the “cry” of these rocks is a silent scream against Darwinian evolution. Upon release, When Rocks Cry Out did not