22 Great eBooks ! ! ! (eBook Compilation) ! ! !

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1. Mythology: World Myths, Gods, Heroes, Creatures, Mythical Places - by Philip Wilkinson, Neil Philip 2007

Originally told to explain the mysteries of the world-such as creation, divine will, fertility, death, and love-myths are a major part of many cultures throughout the world, and each area has its own myths. Organized by geographic region, each myth is placed within the civilization's history and context. The key elements of world mythology, such as the hero, his divine connection, the labyrinth, the initiation, and the transformation, are explored in boxes and features throughout the book. AUTHOR BIO: Philip Wilkinson has more than 50 titles to his credit in the fields of mythology, history, and the arts, including DK's Illustrated Dictionaries of Mythology and Religions. Neil Philip is the author of many books on folklore and mythology, including The Illustrated Book of Myths and Myths and Legends Explained.

2. Illustrated Bloodline of the Holy Grail - by Laurence Gardner 2007

Did Jesus marry and have children? If so, what happened to his family? Are descendants of his still alive today?

Seventeen years ago the world-wide best-seller, The Holy Blood and The Holy Grail made a number of controversial speculations about a "Messianic lineage." Yet the authors could offer no real proof since their access to relevant source material was restricted. At last the truth can be told!

This extraordinary and controversial book, packed with intrigue, begins where others have ended. Sir Laurence Gardner has been granted privileged access to European Sovereign and Nobel archives, along with favored insight into chivalric and Church repositories. He proves for the first time that there is a royal heritage of the Messiah in the West, and documents the systematic and continuing suppression of records tracing the descendent of the sacred lineage by regimes down the centuries.

This unique book, lavishly illustrated in full-color throughout, gives detailed genealogical account of the authentic line of succession of the Blood Royal from the sons of Jesus and his brother James down to the present day.

3. Amulets of Ancient Egypt - By Carol Andrews 1994

Amulets are ornaments believed to endow the wearer by magical means with the properties they represent. They were first made in Egypt as early as 4000 BC and were essential adornments for both the living and the dead. Crafted from gold and silver, semiprecious stones, and less valuable materials, they are fine examples of Egyptian art as well as a vital source of evidence for religious beliefs. In this book, Carol Andrews offers the first comprehensive account of the types of amulets made, their symbolism, and their protective powers. An amuletic foot could be worn to ensure fleetness of foot, a hand for dexterity. The desert-dwelling hare symbolized keenness of the senses, and the hedgehog, which hibernated and survived outside the fertile valley, held connotations of rebirth and triumph over death itself. The ubiquitous amulet in the shape of the dung beetle, known as a scarab, was symbolic of new life. Amulets in the image of powerful gods would be worn for protection, and malevolent creatures, like the male hippopotamus, would be worn to ward off the evil they represented. Both a reference book and an informative account of Egyptian magical belief, this is the most complete survey of the subject to date.

4. Revolt Against the Modern World - by Julius Evola 1995

n what many consider to be his masterwork, Evola contrasts the characteristics of the modern world with those of traditional societies, from politics and institutions to views on life and death.

5. Secret Societies of America's Elite: From the Knights Templar to Skull and Bones by Steven Sora 2003

Elite and secret societies have shaped history since the beginning of civilization. From the time of the Crusades to the twenty-first century, a handful of families have controlled the course of world events and have built their own status and wealth through collective efforts and intermarriage.

An expose of the dark and critical role secret societies play within the ruling families in America and their influence on American democracy, current events, and world history.

• Reveals the enormous influence secret societies still have on contemporary American life.

• Shows how the secret Masonic cells that smuggled in the democratic ideals inspiring the American Revolution also enabled the future elite of the new society to build huge fortunes.

Elite and secret societies have always been a major force in the history of Western civilization. The alliances formed in secret societies such as the Knights Templar, the Knights of Christ, and the Freemasons transcended patriotism and religious beliefs and had a powerful influence on the establishment of the United States of America. While these secret associations of merchants, smugglers, occultists, gamblers, spies, and slavers succeeded in freeing the United States from foreign domination, the dark side is that the elite used their secret connections to further their own wealth and power. These secret cells did not hesitate to sponsor the assassination of a president and even attempted to break up the union on several occasions when it was deemed expedient.

From the Sons of Liberty and the Essex Junto to the Ku Klux Klan, secret societies have played critical roles in building the fortunes of America's elite. Now Steven Sora reveals in alarming detail how secretive societies continue to wield power even today as organizations such as Yale's Skull & Bones unite America's modern ruling families as strongly as Masonic Lodges once connected the Astors, Livingstons, and Roosevelts. Their immense power and wealth allow this elite to control America to an even greater degree than the Templars once dominated Europe.

6. Secret Societies and Their Power in the 20th Century - by Jan van Helsing 1995

A guide through the entanglements of lodges with high finance and politics, trilateral commission, Bilderberger, CFR, UN, etc.

In this book, the story of some very tangible people is told, who in 1773, in a house in the Judenstrasse (Jew’s street) in Frankfurt, planned to pave the way for a, “One World Government” by the year 2000 with three world wars, a perfectly worked out plan using the fears and weaknesses of the people against them.

To aim for a world government is nothing new, even today the Vatican wants to make this world a catholic one. And history shows that to this end it let millions of people be tortured and killed.

The “pan-Slavic” ideology of Russia, originally voiced by William the Great, asking for the elimination of Germany and Austria in order to take India and Persia after having subjugated Europe, is another along those lines.

A further ideology to be mentioned is the one asking for a confederation of Asian stated under Japan with the motto “Asia to the Asians”.

Last, but not least, there is the “pan-Germanic” ideology planning a control of Europe by Germany, later to be extended to the whole world.

But because of the work of the “Brotherhood of the Snake” we can trace this activity back to a time in history which was followed by groups like Jews, Christians, Freemasons or other religious sects only 3,000 generations later. Today, this “game” is played, among others, by a few members of the Zionist community, as the book will show, but it has neither started with them nor will it end with them. What had started way back then is today still following the same rules. It suffices therefore to look into the present situation to recognize where the problems are.
If one wants to categorize the thought or belief system of the Illuminati at all, then perhaps one has to choose “Machiavellism” which justifies power politics without ethical standards, thence: political unscrupulousness.

7. The Secret History of Freemasonry: Its Origins and Connection to the Knights Templar - by Paul Naudon 2005

Explores the hidden history of Freemasonry from ancient Rome, through the Middle Ages, to the present
• Shows the close connection between medieval masons and the Knights Templar
• Illustrates the sacred nature of Roman and medieval trade associations
• Reveals the missing link that connects the lodges of modern Freemasonry to the medieval brotherhoods of builders

Historians often make a sharp distinction between the operative Masonry of the Middle Ages and the speculative Masonry of modern times, emphasizing that there is no direct bridge connecting the two. Modern historians also have scoffed at Masonic claims concerning the close relationship between the Lodge and the Temple. Using medieval archives housed throughout Europe, historian Paul Naudon reveals that there was in fact a very intimate connection between the Masons and the Knights Templar. Church records of medieval Paris show that most, if not all, the Masons of that time were residents of the Templar censive, which allowed them to enjoy great exemptions and liberties from both church and state as a result of the protection afforded them by this powerful order.

Naudon shows that the origins of Freemasonry can be traced back to the collegia of ancient Rome. He traces the evolution of organizations such as the Comacine Masters, the Arab turuqs, and the brotherhoods of builders created under the aegis of the Benedictines and the Knights Templar, all of which provide the vehicle for the transmission of a sacred tradition from pre-Christian times to the modern era. This tradition is the source of Masonic ritual and symbolism, and it provides the missing link in the transformation of the operative Masonry of the medieval cathedral builders to the spiritual principles of modern speculative Masonry.

From Publishers Weekly:
Ever since Dan Brown's The Da Vinci Code took the world by storm, the public can't get enough of books that unmask or further promote its conspiracies about Mary Magdalene, the Gnostic Gospels and famously secret societies like the Knights Templar. Naudon, a scholar in the history of the law and a Freemason himself, traces the origins of the elusive society of Freemasons, of which the medieval Order of the Templars is a branch, illuminating its sources step by step from antiquity to the present. Adopting a generally scholarly scientific and "objective" approach to his subject, Naudon painstakingly constructs the move of Freemasonry from a society of builders to one of intellectual life, sacred ritual being the tie that binds this brotherhood throughout history. Naudon's book is an impressive work of scholarship grounded in fascinating ideas about sacred space, the rituals of building churches, cathedrals and temples, as well as the varied brotherhoods established to conduct what was once considered a divinely inspired activity. For hardcore aficionados of architecture and academics interested in the creation of social sacred space across time, his book is a must-read. However, readers looking for an Elaine Pagels–style accessible foray into the mysteries of Freemasonry will be sorely disappointed.

8. Practical Sigil Magic: Creating Personal Symbols for Success (Llewellyn's Practical Magick Series) by U. D. Frater 1990

All in all, the book is rather scarce, and expensive. However, upon acquisition one quickly discovers that it is very much worth whatever the price tag that accompanied it. The rich fullness of information contained within its pages is not to be found on the web.

With that in mind, upon reading the book and putting its teachings into practice, it becomes quite obvious why PSM is so sought after, and why it is unlikely that it will ever be reprinted - it was never intended for the eyes of the masses; indeed, giving this book to the unprepared would be closely equivalent to giving handgrenades to toddlers.

If you are seeking a book that will supply you with a small but very versatile range of relatively simple but exceedingly potent techniques, showing you how to quickly and easily access and alter both your own innermost being and the fabric of your local reality field, look no further. Practical Sigil Magic delivers completely.

9. Sub Rosa Issue 1 - by The Daily Grail Presents 2005

a new concept in alternative media. Sub Rosa is a full magazine, in PDF form, which is available online for free. This 'new paradigm' magazine also includes video and audio content, as well as live linking to topical websites. Anywhere in the magazine that you see a clapperboard icon, you can click and access related video content. Likewise, if you see a headphone icon, you can click to hear the audio. URL buttons indicate live links.

* Robert Schoch on the Sphinx
* Quantum Consciousness
* Terence McKenna Profiler
* Donnie Darko Review

10. Sub Rosa Issue 2 2005

* An interview with Graham Hancock
* Crowley, DMT and Magick
* Does Our Sun Have a Twin?
* John Mack Profiler
* The Serpent Cult of Northern Europe
* Plus: Shpongle, Rick Strassman

11. Sub Rosa Issue 3 2005

* Visionary Artist Alex Grey
* The Masonic Foundations of America
* Rosslyn Chapel and the Grail
* Rational Spirituality
* Ian Stevenson Profiler
* Great Pyramid: Seed-Stone of Creation
* Plus: Artist Luke Brown, Manly Hall

12. Sub Rosa Issue 4 2006

* An Interview with Jacques Vallee
* Hunt for the Skinwalker
* Timothy Leary and Aleister Crowley
* Margaret Starbird on Mary Magdalene
* Loren Coleman Profiler
* Plus: Cameron Gray, Alan Alford

13.. Sub Rosa Issue 5 - 2006

Issue 5 is the latest release of Sub Rosa, and it's once again packed full of fascinating content. We have an exclusive interview with respected parapsychology researcher Dr Dean Radin, on the evidence for psi and other related subjects. We also have a brilliant article from Lynn Picknett and Clive Prince revisiting the Priory of Sion mystery, Laurence Newnam takes us behind the scenes of the crop circle phenomenon, and Daniel Pinchbeck describes part of his shamanic journey in an excerpt from his book 2012: The Return of Quetzalcoatl. Our profile this issue is on Apollo astronaut Edgar Mitchell, and his contribution to the founding of the Institute of Noetic Sciences (IONS), one of the leading 'border science' institutions in the world. We review Entangled Minds, 2012, CircleSpeak and The Gift of Gabe. As usual, we also have columns from Ian Lawton, Michael Grosso and Greg Taylor, the latest news in the alternative scene, and a look ahead in our 'Crystal Ball' section”.

14. Sub Rosa Issue 6 - 2006

Robert Bauval on The Egypt Code
Blair Blake on Collecting Crowley
The Psychics Who Predicted Fatima
The Mysterious Manly P. Hall
Bosnian Pyramid Debunked
Plus: Tim Leary, Cliff Pickover

15. Sub Rosa bONUS bOOK: The Flying Saucers Are Real, by Major Donald Keyhoe

I glanced out at the Potomac, recalling the ?rst saucer story.
As a pilot, I’d been skeptical of ?ying disks. Ten reports had
begun to pour in from Air Force and airline pilots. Apparently
alarmed, the Air Force had ordered ?ghters to pursue the fast-
?ying saucers. In one mysterious chase, a pilot had been killed,
and his death was unexplained. Tat had been seventeen months
ago. Since then, the whole ?ying-saucer riddle had been hidden
behind a curtain of Air Force secrecy. And now, an assignment
from True magazine on ?ying saucers.

16. Early Civilizations of the Old World: The Formative Histories of Egypt, The Levant, Mesopotamia, India and China - By Charles Maisels 2001

Introductory text book aimed at first year students and interested gen public. Looks at Egypt, Mesopotamia, the Indus valley, which are core to most first year courses, as well as China which is growing in popularity. Examines each of these cultures from the Neolithic to the development of the State and makes comparisons between them, e.g. considers Gordon Childe's ideas on emergence of the State

17. Archaeologists: Explorers of the Human Past - by Brian Fagan 2003

Including eccentric professors and adventuring fortune hunters of old and highly trained scientists of today, Archaeologists collects together biographies of more than 30 archaeologists of the past two centuries. In the process, Archaeologists presents an engaging portrait of how digging for treasure evolved into the respected and vital science we know today. Some of the archaeologists profiled include:
* Giovanni Belzoni, the 19th-century archaeologist who brought the head of Ramesses II back to England
* Heinrich Schliemann, the modern discoverer of prehistoric Greece whose excavations included Mycenae and the ancient city of Troy
* Howard Carter, who discovered King Tut's tomb
* Mary and Louis Leakey, whose discovery of humanoid fossils placed human evolution's beginning in Africa
From the romance of golden pharaohs and lost civilizations to computers, tree ring dating, and numerous other scientific methods, Archaeologists is a fascinating look at the explorers of the human past.

18. Into the Bermuda Triangle - by Gian Quasar 2005

Still unsolved, still baffling, still claiming new victims. Here are the untold stories.
A pilot reports a strange haze enveloping his plane, then disappears; eleven hours after fuel starvation, as if calling from a void, he is heard 600 miles away. He requests permission to land, then vanishes forever. A freighter steaming over placid seas disappears without a trace. A pleasure yacht ghosts past without a soul on board. A pilot calls for help because a "weird object" is harassing his plane. A jet collides with an "unknown" and is never found. . . .
Into the Bermuda Triangle is the first comprehensive examination of these baffling disappearances in more than a generation. Drawing on official reports from the NTSB and other investigative agencies as well as interviews with scientists, theorists, and survivors, leading authority Gian Quasar not only sets the record straight on previously examined cases, he also offers a bulging file of new cases, the collective results of his twelve-year investigation. In meticulous detail this unflinching account:
Documents confirmed disappearances of airplanes and ships
Gathers new testimony and reexamines old interviews from eyewitnesses and survivors
Explores possible explanations ranging from zero-point energy to magnetic vortices
Challenges our assumptions with the sheer weight of accumulated evidence
In this age of technological and scientific discovery, there are still mysteries that transcend understanding. The Bermuda Triangle is one.

"The best book I've ever read on this important subject."—Andrew Griffin, The Town Talk

19. Archaeology: Discovering the Past - by ohn Orna-Ornstein 2002

Archaeologists are detectives who use science and history to find out how people lived in the past. Archaeology takes you to archaeological digs all over the world to help answer such questions as "Why is the past often buried underground?" and "How do archaeologists know where to dig?"

20. Space Technology (Sourcebooks in Modern Technology) by Joseph A. Angelo 2003

Space Technology, the first volume in the Sourcebooks in Modern Technology Series, is a ready-reference guide that provides nonspecialist users with current information about important developments in space technology and about the social, political, and technical impact of those developments on everyday life--now and in the future. The book includes a detailed history of the evolution of space technology; a discussion of both civilian and military applications of such technology; a chronology of major developments and discoveries; profiles of prominent scientists, politicians, popularizers, and institutions; explanations of key principles; discussion of the major impacts and implications of space technology; an examination of major issues surrounding the use of such technology; and predictions for possible future advances. Space Technology also offers a glossary of terms, a list of key associations, a list of print and electronic information resources, 40 illustrations, and an index.

21. The 70 Greatest Conspiracies Of All Time (Sampler)- By Jonathan Vankin 2001

The Jonestown Massacre
Those Christ Kids
JFK: Conspiracy of Confusion
The Sorcerers
Classified Secrets of the Sky
Big Lies
The Internet: Tool of Satan

22. WILL THE REAL JESUS PLEASE STAND UP? BRIDGING THE DIVIDE BETWEEN THE JESUS SEMINAR
AND ITS OPPONENTS THROUGH A BURKEIAN APPROACH - by C. Melissa Hopson-Sparks 2001

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Page
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ii

ABSTRACT. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . v

CHAPTER
1. INTRODUCTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
The Aims of the Jesus Seminar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
The Opposition to the Jesus Seminar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Key Burkeian Concepts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Annotation of Studies of Multiple Rhetors Built
on Burkeian Concepts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Annotation of Studies of Individual Rhetors Built
on Burkeian Concepts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

2. THE JESUS SEMINAR: AN HISTORICAL OVERVIEW . . . . 24
Historical Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
The First Quest for the Historical Jesus: A Secularizing Quest . . 25
The Second Quest for the Historical Jesus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
The Third Quest for the Historical Jesus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
The Jesus Seminar and the Quests for the Historical Jesus . . . . . 35

3. CRITICISMS OF THE JESUS SEMINAR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Attacks on Credibility: Self-Promoters and Displacers
of Core Christianity. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Attacks on Scholarship: Membership, Methodology,
Primary Texts and Conclusions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Conclusion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

4. A BURKEIAN METHOD FOR STUDYING THE RHETORIC
OF THE JESUS SEMINAR AND ITS OPPONENTS . . . . . . . . 61
Kenneth Burke’s Rhetorical Theory: Key Terms Defined . . . . . . 61
Methodological Justification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Application of the Methodology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Limitations of the Methodology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70

5. CLUSTER-AGON ANALYSIS OF THE RHETORIC OF THE
JESUS SEMINAR AND ITS CRITICS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Jesus Seminar Rhetor: Robert W. Funk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Assessment of Funk’s Orientation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Jesus Seminar Rhetor: John Dominic Crossan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92

Assessment of Crossan’s Orientation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Jesus Seminar Rhetor: Marcus J. Borg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Assessment of Borg’s Orientation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Jesus Seminar Rhetor: Bishop John Shelby Spong . . . . . . . . . . 110
Assessment of Spong’s Orientation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Jesus Seminar Critic: Luke Timothy Johnson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Assessment of Johnson’s Orientation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Jesus Seminar Critic: N. Thomas Wright . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Assessment of Wright’s Orientation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Conclusion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132

6. CONCLUSION DRAWING AND THE CORRECTIVE . . . 133
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Cluster-Agon Analysis Findings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Possible Corrective . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Suggestions for Further Research. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Conclusion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142

REFERENCES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144

VITA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156