The Secret History of the World by Mark Booth was a New York Times bestseller and I think it is an extraordinary book - 10 out of 10
The Secret History of the World by Mark Booth was a New York
Times bestseller and I think it is an extraordinary book
10 out of 10
This is one of those rare, fantastic (perhaps literally)
books that has enthused this reader, moreover, just as I have a bad tendency to
put books aside, after only a few (rather disappointing) pages, relying too
much on Blink https://realini.blogspot.com/2013/05/blink-power-of-thinking-without.html
lately more than disappointing it would be sensible, The Secret History has
provoked the opposite reaction, I am reluctant to put it down
However, we need to progress, and then later I could find
that I was too dedicated to a proposition that could be just as preposterous as
what Jordan Peterson is pushing (full disclosure, I watched the fellow, found
him enticing, and read his Twelve rules, normally, a link to my view on that
would be included, but it is rather embarrassing as it is, to have embraced
such nonsense then) at least if we have a materialistic view
Indeed, Mark Booth is really going (too) far in his
insistence on miracles, the idealism that should be the rule, or maybe he is
just a visionary, an initiate, one able to get into altered states of
consciousness, perhaps the Highest State, one that could be associated with
Flow (again, a link would be here, but you could ask for more in a commentary)
‘Higher knowledge of the World comes from Altered states of
consciousness…Maybe genius is not close to madness, but to altered states
brought on by esoteric training’ this is more than an interesting, overwhelming
argument, Mark Booth lists so many names of initiates, great minds that have
had an association with alchemy, the occult, secret societies – the freemasons
and their role at the birth of the United States comes to mind, how Washington and
other founding fathers have been members of the freemason lodges (was it, or am
I in a state of trance?) and the capital of the US has some distinct
characteristics, signs are also on the dollar bills
Shakespeare is given a chapter, but there is speculation
over his identity, The Tempest is a celebration of the esoteric, Sufis and love
as means to access a higher state are in here, the heroes of modern science
have been influenced by the occult, Isaac Newton was sexually confused, lodged
with an adept of alchemy
Giordano Bruno believed in the Egyptian system, Leibnitz was
fascinated by cabalistic writings, an alchemist resurrected a rose from the
ashes, in front of the queen of Sweden, Rene Descartes was looking for the
secrets of the Rose crucians, Pascal has achieved illumination, these are just
some of the samples of this magic book
We also have the ‘secret’ (if it is true) background of the
French Revolution, with most or all its leaders having been ‘illuminated’ and
this is connected with the illuminati, a secret, malevolent society,
established in Germany, one that was supposed to know ‘The Secret’, which would
be divulged to be ‘there is no secret’, the purpose was only to get control,
and eventually bring the world to destruction through cunning
They have infiltrated freemason lodges, and then we would
get the mayhem of the 17989 French Revolution, which according to this
material, would have been originated in Germany, Saturn eating his children, Danton
and the rest would be killed, most of those executed were not aristocrats, but
regular people…
Others are present in these ‘illuminated’ pages, Tesla with
his over 700 inventions, Edison and Graham Bell were involved in the esoteric
as well, though alchemists are more interested in transforming the spirit, not
the matter into gold (would this be true?) and then we come to Swedenborg, and
his extraordinary revelations
If we are to take them as such, he started running on the
street like a mad man, but apparently, he had visions, Jesus Christ talked to
him – the better known Mohamed is included, with his magical encounter with
Allah, though he was illiterate (by the way, about 20% of adults in the rich
world have the literacy of a ten year old now) he could read and then transmit
those messages from the highest spheres, incredible and illuminating, perhaps
Count Cagliostro is one of the colorful figures, one that
could be taken as just a crook (a better, more erudite than the quintessential Swidler
of the day, Orange Jesus, president elect) or else a magician, alchemist,
healer, who met another occult man, the count of Saint Germain, one with real,
earthly powers
The latter has been associated with Voltaire, Casanova and
Mozart, the former called the count ‘Wonderman’, he was supposed to have lived
to an extraordinary age, and without showing signs of aging, there are
mysterious encounters, with Cagliostro, at 2 am, in a dark room, in a castle, Saint
Germain had diplomatic roles as well
Actually, history is full of such mystifying figures, and
Raskolnikov is yet another, but we look at Lenin and we are told that the later
was also a member of a secret society, the freemasons -was it…yes it was, I was
curious, so I checked he was one of the 31st degree, just as there
is this presence at a meeting of the American founding fathers, where a
professor tells them about the flag, and Washington and the others accepted the
proposals
To conclude, there is a possibility that this book would
tempt one to become illogical, absurd, to embrace conspiracy theories (so far,
a litmus test for yours truly, if someone starts telling me about the twin
towers or the like, I just run, metaphorically, and often literally) and wait
for Satan to arrive and things like that, otherwise, it seemed to me that it is
wroth exploring, even the possibility that we can reach The Highest State of Consciousness
aka Flow
Now for my standard closing of the note with a question, and
invitation – maybe you have a good idea on how we could make more than a
million dollars with this
http://realini.blogspot.com/2022/02/unique-in-world.html?q=unique+in+the+world – as it is, this is a unique technique, which
we could promote, sell, open the Oscars show with or something and then make
lots of money together, if you have the how, I have the product, I just do not
know how to get the befits from it, other than the exercise per se
There is also the
small matter of working for AT&T – this huge company asked me to be its
Representative for Romania and Bulgaria, on the Calling Card side, which meant
sailing into the Black Sea wo meet the US Navy ships, travelling to Sofia, a
lot of activity, using my mother’s two bedrooms flat as office and warehouse,
all for the grand total of $250, raised after a lot of persuasion to the
staggering $400…with retirement ahead, there are no benefits, nothing…it is a
longer story, but if you can help get the mastodont to pay some dues, or have
an idea how it can happen, let me know
As for my role in the Revolution that killed Ceausescu, a
smaller Mao, there it is
http://realini.blogspot.com/2022/03/realini-in-newsweek-participant-in.html
Some favorite quotes from To The Hermitage and other works
‘Fiction is infinitely preferable to real life...As long as
you avoid the books of Kafka or Beckett, the everlasting plot of fiction has
fewer futile experiences than the careless plot of reality...Fiction's people
are fuller, deeper, cleverer, more moving than those in real life…Its actions
are more intricate, illuminating, noble, profound…There are many more dramas,
climaxes, romantic fulfillment, twists, turns, gratified resolutions…Unlike
reality, all of this you can experience without leaving the house or even
getting out of bed…What's more, books are a form of intelligent human
greatness, as stories are a higher order of sense…As random life is to destiny,
so stories are to great authors, who provided us with some of the highest
pleasures and the most wonderful mystifications we can find…Few stories are
greater than Anna Karenina, that wise epic by an often foolish author…’
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