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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.
"Inspector
Clouseau and the Case of 'Religious Kitsch'"
Dr. Massimo Introvigne's review of Dr. Olav Hammer's study
Claiming Knowledge: Strategies of Epistemology from Theosophy
to the New Age.
Krishnamurti
Review of Krishnamurti--Love
and Freedom: Approaching a Mystery. A study by Peter
Michel highlighting some esoteric aspects of K's life and
putting them in a Theosophical perspective. Review focuses
on his use of the Scott and Anrias material.
Introduction to
The Initiations of Krishnamurti: An Astrological Biography.
Study by Phillip Lindsay using the Scott
and Anrias material extensively. Introduction by Dr. Michael
D. Robbins.
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.
Review of E.L. Gardner's
booklet No religion higher than truth, in which
the controversial case was made that C.W. Leadbeater was
not really clairvoyant, but victim to Kriyashakti,
or the power of imaginary projection.
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.
Prophet's
Daughter
Review of Prophet's Daughter: My Life with Elizabeth
Clare Prophet inside the Church Universal and Triumphant
by Erin Prophet. Review by Govert Schuller at Alpheus.
Another review
by Joseph P. Szimhart for Cultic Studies Review.
Lambs
to Slaughter: My Fourteen Years with Elizabeth Clare Prophet
and Church Universal Triumphant by John Joseph Pietrangelo,
Jr. Reviewed by Joseph P. Szimhart for Cultic Studies
Journal.
400
Years of Imaginary Friends: A Journey into the World of
Adepts, Masters, Ascended Masters, and Their Messengers
by Kenneth & Talita Paolini. Reviewed by Joseph
P. Szimhart for Cultic Studies Journal.
The
Church Universal and Triumphant: Elizabeth Clare Prophet's
Apocalyptic Movement by Bradley C.Whitsel. Reviewed
by Joseph P. Szimhart for Cultic Studies Journal.
Esoteric History
Bloodline
A film by Bruce Burgess (director) and René Barnett
(producer) adding some more fabricated twists and turns
to the Priory of Sion / Rennes-le-Chateau / Jesus' bloodline
issue.
The
Da Vinci Code
Review by Alain Jourdan, who tracked the "old swindle"
of the Priory of Sion from early on and was one of the first
to interview Pierre Plantard.
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
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."
Theosophy
and Culture: Nicholas Roerich by Anita
Stasulane. Reviewed by Joseph P. Szimhart for Cultic
Studies Journal.
Black
Sun: Aryan Cults, Esoteric Nazism and the Politics of Identity.
Book by Nicholas Goodrick-Clarke, "... about the proliferation
of fascist ideology in post-war culture, especially since
1990. ... weaves in and out of occult beliefs and myths
without falling prey to exaggeration or fascination. Reviewed
by Joseph P. Szimhart for Cultic Studies Journal.
The
Judge Case. A Conspiracy Which Ruined the Theosophical Cause.
Book by Ernest E. Pelletier. Reviewed by Brett Forray for
Theosophical History. Forray addresses the weaknesses
and biases of this massive study. (Pelletier's
response; editor's
remarks)
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.
The
Naked Capitalist
By Cleon Skousen. Review by several historians, including
remarks by Quigley, in Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon
Thought Skousen's book is a review and commentary of
Quigley's massive Tragedy & Hope.
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. Find here
Fenster's remarks on the 2nd edition.
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. 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."
Entertaining,
Type-II Error-prone, Axiomatic Skepticists:
A Pleasant but Naive Mutation of Skepticism. Review
of: "The Perks of Paranoia" (Video; 2013) by Christopher
Griffin.
Small contribution to the debate between conspiracy theorists
and skeptics based on evolutionary psychology.
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 Richard
Polt. "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." Iain MacKenzie
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