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Arthur W. Orton

Best known today for a single unusual book, this elusive writer explored Ezekiel's visions through a mix of biblical interpretation and early speculative thought. Very little biographical information is easy to confirm, which gives the work an extra air of mystery.

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The Four-Faced Visitors of Ezekiel

The Four-Faced Visitors of Ezekiel

by Arthur W. Orton

About the author

Arthur W. Orton is a hard-to-trace author whose surviving public record is surprisingly thin. Reliable catalog sources link the name to at least two books: History of the 39th U.S. Volunteer Infantry, "Bullard's Indians", first published in 1949, and The Four-Faced Visitors of Ezekiel, a work later circulated by Project Gutenberg.

The Four-Faced Visitors of Ezekiel is the book most readers are likely to encounter today. It offers an imaginative reading of the opening chapter of Ezekiel and has been described in library and ebook records as a blend of biblical criticism, speculative theology, and what later readers would call ancient-astronaut or UFO-style interpretation.

Because dependable biographical details about Orton are scarce, it is safest to let the books speak for him. What stands out is a writer drawn to unusual subjects, willing to connect religion, history, and speculation in ways that still feel distinctive.