On the other hand, damn, that part about Hitler and Himmler is smoking hot horror goodness. It got to me. Additionally, they would have no desire to brag about their accomplishments or explain their thoughts to us - for the same reason, we don't try to teach our dogs algebra. We simply could not understand anything meaningful they had to say.

Unfortunately now long out of print [Note: The book was reprinted after this article was first published.], the book Morning of the Magicians laid the foundation for all the lost civilizations books to follow, including Chariots of the Gods. As R.T. Gault comments, "It's all here, from the Piri Reis map to pyramidology. The authors are frankly fascinated by the idea that ancient peoples may have been more advanced in some of their technologies than we generally believe" [5]. Lachman, Gary (2001). "Spawn of the magicians". Turn Off Your Mind: The Mystic Sixties and the Dark Side of the Age of Aquarius. New York: Red Wheel Weiser (published 2003). p.27. ISBN 9781934708651 . Retrieved 28 August 2019. Related to von Däniken's thesis is another theme of The Morning of the Magicians that impacted on the sixties: the idea of some great leap in human consciousness, an evolutionary mutation that was about to take place, if it hadn't already begun, and which would result in the new man. The groundbreaking and classic study that first popularized occultism, alchemy, and paranormal phenomena in the 1960sIn a 2004 article for Skeptic, the author Jason Colavito wrote that the book's tales of ancient astronauts predated Erich von Däniken's works on the topic, and that the ideas are so close to the fictional works of H. P. Lovecraft such as " The Call of Cthulhu" or At the Mountains of Madness (published in 1928 and 1931, respectively) that, according to Colavito, it is probable that Lovecraft's fiction directly inspired the book. [5] What's Great: The reason it doesn't have 1 star is because it does a fantastic job of providing details on things that are actually quite hard to find. I did not know the history of Golden Dawn and its relationship with other brotherhoods that led to Hitler and the Natzi's. That said. I wish he would have gone into more about these different brotherhoods and why they split. The book has a bit of the wrong mix on this for me personally. But it's hard to get any of this info, so I can't give it less than 2 stars. Additionally, it references several books that must have been quite common at the time. I do think that the science or other theories of these books are probably now dated some 70 years later. That said, if they were common enough in his time, I'd like to read it so I can understand the history of knowledge better. Our alchemist begins by preparing a mixture of three ingredients. The first, in a proportion of 95 percent, is some sort of ore: arsenopyrites, for example, an iron ore containing among its impurities arsenic and antimony. The second is a metal: iron, lead, silver, or mercury. The third is an acid of organic origin, such as tartaric or citric acid. He will continue to grind and mix by hand these ingredients for five or six months. He will then proceed to heat the mixture in a crucible, increasing the temperature by degrees and continuing this operation for ten days or so. He must take precautions, for toxic gases are released: mercury vapor and especially arsenohydrogen, which has killed many an alchemist at the beginning of his experiment.

p. 196 He then talks about the Thule Group. I cannot tell from this section precisely how the Golden Dawn, Thule Group and Hitler are related as he says: "The Golden Dawn is not enough to explain the thule Group or the Luminouse Lodge, the Alenenberbe." This is part of why I find this whole chapter disjointed. It reads like a naming exercise and then concludes, since I can name all of these private clubs existing at the same time and they all had secrets it means that they are related to Hitler. Uhm... how precisely? I don't understand. I need another book that doesn't require so much cleverness of association from me, the reader.This was actually suggested to me because of a conversation I was having about the incredibleness of the human mind to manifest thought into reality. I think the person was trying to use this book to tell me I am on a dangerous path associated with conspiracy theories. Problem is, this book is big on references, loose on a real thread of discussion. It reads like an underdeveloped academic that regurgitates lots of names, books, references and quotes but isn't actually going anywhere with it. Where to watch The Magicians Buy Seasons 1-5 Subscription Seasons 1-5 Buy Seasons 1-5 Buy Seasons 1-5 Jason Colavito (2004). "Charioteer of the Gods: An investigation into H.P. Lovecraft and the invention of ancient astronauts". Skeptic (10.4). p. 115 "Scientific knowledge is not objective. Like civilization, it is a conspiracy. Quantities of facts are rejected because they would upset preconceived ideas. We live under an inquisitional regime where the weapon most frequently employed against nonconformist reality is derision. Under such conditions, then, what can our knowledge amount to?" Here, he's introducing Charles Fort. I feel (hope)like this might be an imperfect translation of what Fort is saying taken out of temporal context. I might need to just read Fort. I think it depends on the type of science and in what way. I'm not convinced it's a conspiracy though nor does he provide any sort of additional support or expansion of this idea before moving from it.