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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