Whisperers
Subtitle: the secret history of the spirit world
By: J.H. Brennan
Publisher: Overlook Duckworth
Published: 2013
Language: eng
Number of pages: 414
ISBN-13: 9781590208625; 9780715645918
Subjects: Spiritualism; Occultism; Spiritismus; Okkultismus; History
Description: J.H. Brennan explores how the "spirit world"--Whether we believe in it or not--has influenced our own since the dawn of civilization. With a novelist's flair and a scholar's keen eye, Brennan details the supernatural affinities of world leaders from King Nebuchadnezzar to Adolf Hitler, showing how the decisions and policies of each have been shaped by their supernatural beliefs and encounters. Brennan also examines the impact of visions, from Shamanism in native cultures to prophets such as Joan of Arc. Chronicling millennia of contact between the spirit world and our own, Whisperers presents an entirely new and different way to look at history. -- Publisher's description.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 377-401) and index.
Table of contents: title: pt. 1. Gods and men; title: pt. 2. World changers; title: pt. 3. Spirits in the modern world; title: pt. 4. Contact: theoretical and personal.