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This page organizes by content all book reviews relevant
to Alpheus.
Theosophy
Krishnamurti
Ascended Masters
Esoteric History
Parapolitics
Philosophy
Theosophy
Isis
Unveiled: A Master Key to the Mysteries of Ancient and Modern
Science and Theology
By H. P. Blavatsky. Book review by John P. Van Mater for
Sunrise. Another
review by Alvin Boyd Kuhn.
The
Secret Doctrine: The Synthesis of Science, Religion, and
Philosophy By H.P. Blavatsky. Review by Alvin Boyd Kuhn.
Among
the Adepts: Madame Blavatsky on The "Secret Doctrine".
Historical article-length book review by Annie Besant of
HPB's The Secret Doctrine. First published in The
Pall Mall Gazette (London), April 25, 1889.
The
Mahatma Letters to A.P. Sinnett
Compiled by A.T. Barker. Review by Alvin Boyd Kuhn.
Access
to Great Ideas: The Secret Doctrine Reference Series
Several authors. Review by Richard I. Rob for Sunrise.
The
Universal Brotherhood: HPB to the American Conventions
Written by H. P. Blavatsky. Review by W. T. S. Thackara
for Sunrise.
In
Search Of The Masters ; The Masters Revealed; and Initiates
Of Theosophical Masters
Written by K. Paul Johnson. A review and critique of K.
Paul Johnson's thesis by Daniel Caldwell.
HPB:
The Extraordinary Life and Influence of Helena Blavatsky,
Founder of the Modern Theosophical Movement
By Sylvia Cranston. Book review by Connie Hargrave for Share
International.
Madame
Blavatsky’s Baboon: A History of the Mystics, Mediums,
and Misfits Who Brought Spiritualism to America
Written by Peter Washington. Book review by W.T.S.
Thackara for Theosophical History. Also review
by Joseph P. Szimhart for Cultic Studies Journal,
and a review (part 1
& part 2) by Frederick
C. Crews for the New York Review of Books.
The Initiate
in the Dark Cycle
Written by His Pupil (Cyril Scott). Review by C.W. Leadbeater
for The Theosophist. A critique of Scott and Anrias
with implied endorsements.
Krishnamurti
Star in the East:
Krishnamurti,
the Invention of a Messiah by Roland Vernon.
Review by Anne Ruth Frank-Strauss.
Krishnamurti, Leben
und Werk
By Vanamali Gunturu. Anonymous book review. Book should
soon be published in English.
The
Inner Life of Krishnamurti: Private Passion and Perennial
Wisdom by Aryel Sanat. Review for The
Link (No. 19 Autumn/Winter 2000) by Hans van der Kroft.
Ascended Masters
Kuthumi
on Selfhood
Review by M.R. Jaqua of volume 12 of the 'Pearls of Wisdom,'
containing most of the 1969 dictations given through Elizabeth
Clare Prophet.
Response to
Jacqua Review
Based on an e-mail discussion with M.R. Jacqua, reviewer
of Kuthumi on Selfhood.
Esoteric History
Book Report: Occult
Underground & Establishment
By Earl Wajenberg. This is a book report on The Occult
Underground and The Occult Establishment by James
Webb.
Holy
Blood, Holy Grail
Written by Michael Baigent, Richard Leigh and Henry Lincoln.
Review by Branislav L. Slantchev for götterdämmerung.org
Holy
Blood, Holy Grail
Written by Michael Baigent, Richard Leigh and Henry Lincoln.
Chapter from an e-book by Laura Knight-Jadczyk presenting
the main points from this bestseller together with an analysis
of this sophisticated hoax.
Web of Gold:
the Secret Power of a Sacred Treasure
By Guy Patton and Robin Mackness. Review by Alan Scott and
comments by Guy Patton. Another flawed study on Rennes-le-Chateau
and the Priory of Sion.
The
Elixir and the Stone: The Tradition of Magic and Alchemy
By Michael Baigent and Richard Leigh. Book review for the
Grand Lodge Of Scotland Year Book.
Born
in Blood:The Lost Secrets of Freemasonry
By John J. Robinson. Book review for the Grand Lodge Of
Scotland Year Book.
Giordano
Bruno - And the Hermetic Tradition
By Frances A. Yates. Book review for the Grand Lodge Of
Scotland Year Book.
The
Hiram Key: Pharaohs, Freemasons and the Discovery of the
Secret Scrolls of Jesus
By Christopher Knight and Robert Lomas. Book review for
the Grand Lodge Of Scotland Year Book.
The
Goddess in the Gospels
By Margaret Starbird. Book review by Ros Calverly.
Magdalene.org
Booklist
List of studies about Mary Magdalene with short reviews.
Rule
by Secrecy: The Hidden History that Connects the Trilateral
Commission, the Freemasons, and the Great Pyramids By
Jim Marrs. Review by Uri Dowbenko for the Conspiracy Digest.
The
Da Vinci Crock
Review article by Laura Miller for salon.com (12/29/04).
Author points out the many ideas Brown lifted from the 1982
bestseller Holy Blood, Holy Grail, the authors of
which are suing Brown for "breach of copyright."
(worth wading through the ads) For an earlier review of
The Da Vinci Code for the New York Times by Laura Miller
see her The
Da Vinci Con.
Bloodline of
the Holy Grail: The Hidden Lineage of Jesus Revealed.
By Laurence Gardner. Reviews from Publishers Weekly and
Charles W. Evans-Günther. "... an amazing patchwork
of scholarly trappings and dizzy tomfoolery stitched together
with myth and fable ..." See also a critical
look at Gardner's Grail King pretender "Prince
Michael of Albany."
Parapolitics
Tragedy
and Hope: A History of the World in our Time
By Carroll Quigely. Eminent historian reveals evidence of
the existence of a secret cabal within the Anglo-American
establishment. Review by Stephen Zerlenga of the American
Monetary Institute.
Conspiracy
Theories: Secrecy and Power in American Culture By Mark
Fenster. Highlights cultural and psychological aspects of
the "conspiracy community" without dismissing
completely conspiricist claims of secrecy and iniquity in
politics and economics.
Conspiracy:
How the Paranoid Style Flourishes and Where It Comes From
By Daniel Pipes. Reviewed for the Independent Review. Pipes
tries to debunk conspiracy theory, but quickly trips over
its own inconsistencies, shoddy research and exagerations.
America's
Secret Establishment: An Introduction to the Order of Skull
& Bones
By Antony C. Sutton. Review for the New American. "This
one book contains the four previous Antony Sutton titles
which all expose The Order: a secret, senior-year society
at Yale University, many members of which have attained
positions of power far beyond most people’s imaginations."
The
Truth About Terrorism. Review article by Jonathan Raban
for The New York
Review of Books (52/1, January 2005). Author reviews
books like America the Vulnerable; Fortress America;
Imperial Hubris;The 9/11 Commission Report;
Against All Enemies; Al-Qaeda, and the BBC
series "The Power of Nightmares."
Philosophy
Logical
Investigations by Edmund Husserl. Reviewed by Daniel
Dahlstrom.
Gesamtausgabe.
Collected Edition of Martin Heidegger's works. Review article
by Thomas Sheehan for the New York Review of Books.
Husserl,
Heidegger, and the Space of Meaning by Steven Galt Crowell.
Review by Eric Sean Nelson. "Crowell ... argues that
Heidegger’s approach transforms rather than destroys
Husserl’s basic insights about meaning and intentionality."
Heidegger
and Nazism by Victor Farias. Review article by Thomas
Sheehan for the New York Review of Books. [pdf]
Heidegger
and Asian Thought edited by Graham Parkes. Review by
Taylor Carman.
Heidegger's
Way of Thought by Theodore Kisiel. Review by Iain MacKenzie.
"If a deep engagement with Heidegger's work is sought,
however, then this collection and [Kisiel's] The Genesis
of Heidegger's Being and Time are essential reading."
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