Black, Jonathan,
The secret history of the world / Jonathan Black. - London : Quercus, c2007. - 603 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
In the beginning -- A short walk in the ancient woods -- The Garden of Eden -- Lucifer, the light of the world -- The gods who loved women -- The assassination of the Green King -- The age of demi-gods and heroes -- The Sphinx and the timelock -- The neolithic Alexander the Great -- The way of the wizard -- Getting to grips with matter -- The descent into darkness -- Reason--and how to rise above it -- The mysteries of Greece and Rome -- The sun god returns -- The tyranny of the fathers -- The age of Islam -- The wise demon of the Templars -- Fools for love -- The green one behind the worlds -- The Rosicrucian age -- Occult Catholicism -- The occult roots of science -- The age of Freemasonry -- The mystical-sexual revolution -- The illuminati and the rise of unreason -- The mystic death of humanity -- Wednesday, Thursday, Friday.
An intellectual tour of the world's lesser-known histories offers a collection of alternate views that are drawn from a premise that history has been recorded from the corrupted perspectives of its victors.
English
9780857380975 [paperback]
World history.
History--Errors, inventions, etc.
Secret societies.
History--Errors, inventions, etc.
Secret societies.
World history.
World history.
Errors.
Secret societies.
The secret history of the world / Jonathan Black. - London : Quercus, c2007. - 603 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
In the beginning -- A short walk in the ancient woods -- The Garden of Eden -- Lucifer, the light of the world -- The gods who loved women -- The assassination of the Green King -- The age of demi-gods and heroes -- The Sphinx and the timelock -- The neolithic Alexander the Great -- The way of the wizard -- Getting to grips with matter -- The descent into darkness -- Reason--and how to rise above it -- The mysteries of Greece and Rome -- The sun god returns -- The tyranny of the fathers -- The age of Islam -- The wise demon of the Templars -- Fools for love -- The green one behind the worlds -- The Rosicrucian age -- Occult Catholicism -- The occult roots of science -- The age of Freemasonry -- The mystical-sexual revolution -- The illuminati and the rise of unreason -- The mystic death of humanity -- Wednesday, Thursday, Friday.
An intellectual tour of the world's lesser-known histories offers a collection of alternate views that are drawn from a premise that history has been recorded from the corrupted perspectives of its victors.
English
9780857380975 [paperback]
World history.
History--Errors, inventions, etc.
Secret societies.
History--Errors, inventions, etc.
Secret societies.
World history.
World history.
Errors.
Secret societies.