The secret history of the world
By: Jonathan Black
Edition: New ed., rev. pbk. ed.
Publisher: Quercus
Published: 2010
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 603
ISBN-13: 9780857380975
Subjects: World history; Secret societies; Errors, inventions; History
Description: "From mystic revelations to esoteric codes, here for the first time is a history of the world based upon the beliefs of the secret societies -- a radical re-interpretation of human existence and a view of the world previously hidden from us"--Publisher's description.
Notes: Previous paperback ed. published: 2008.

"New and updated edition of the international bestseller"--Cover.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: In the beginning; title: A short walk in the ancient woods; title: The Garden of Eden; title: Lucifer, the light of the world; title: The gods who loved women; title: The assassination of the Green King; title: The age of demi-gods and heroes; title: The Sphinx and the timelock; title: The neolithic Alexander the Great; title: The way of the wizard; title: Getting to grips with matter; title: The descent into darkness; title: Reason; title: and how to rise above it; title: The mysteries of Greece and Rome; title: The sun god returns; title: The tyranny of the fathers; title: The age of Islam; title: The wise demon of the Templars; title: Fools for love; title: The green one behind the worlds; title: The Rosicrucian age; title: Occult Catholicism; title: The occult roots of science; title: The age of Freemasonry; title: The mystical-sexual revolution; title: The Illuminati and the rise of unreason; title: The mystic death of humanity; title: Wednesday, Thursday, Friday.