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The Secret History of the World: As Laid Down by the Secret Societies
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The Secret History of the World: As Laid Down by the Secret Societies
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by Mark Booth
Sales Rank : 59697
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Hardcover: 512 pages
Publisher: Overlook Hardcover January 10, 2008
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1590200314
ISBN-13: 978-1590200315
Product Dimensions:
9.3 x 6.5 x 1.7 inches
Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds
From Publishers Weekly
Booth, a London publisher who has taught philosophy and theology at Oxford, is not shy about what he expects from readers—he asks that they enter into an imaginative exercise and embrace a world in which the basic facts of history can be interpreted in a way which is almost completely the opposite of the way we normally understand them. That radical re-interpretation is based on the tenets offered in the secret teachings of Rosicrucians, esoteric Freemasonry, Sufism and Kabbalism, among others, with additional references to Eastern religions and Greek and Roman mythology. According to Booth, these teachings inspire the cosmic mind that brought into being the material universe. Booth's history incorporates so many disparate philosophies, many of them far, far away from the mainstream, that it lacks all coherence. And his universe is full of bizarre theories, entertaining primarily for their weirdness. For example, he posits that the angels in the ancient Hebrew Book of Enoch who became sexually attracted to human women are none other than the Gods of Olympus. It is hard to imagine that readers without Booth's predilections for the metaphysical will find this to be anything more than an earnest curiosity. B&w illus. (Jan.)
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Product Review
"An entire library's worth of scholarship [in] a single volume." -- San Francisco Gate
"Authentically mind-boggling." -- Kirkus
"Breathtaking glimpses into worlds that heretofore have been little explored." -- Foreward
"The one true guide to Western and Eastern esoteric societies from the Freemasons to the Rosicrucians." -- Salon.com
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