![]() ![]() ![]() There have been many books on the subject, but, extraordinarily, no-one has really listened to what the secret societies themselves say. ![]() This history shows that by using secret techniques, people such as Leonardo da Vinci, Isaac Newton and George Washington have worked themselves into this altered state - and been able to access supernatural levels of intelligence. ![]() Everything in this history is upside down, inside out and the other way around.Īt the heart of The Secret History of the World is the belief that we can reach an altered state of consciousness in which we can see things about the way the world works that are hidden from us in our everyday, commonsensical consciousness. Here for the first time is a complete history of the world, from the beginning of time to the present day, based on the beliefs and writings of the secret societies.įrom the esoteric account of the evolution of the species to the occult roots of science, from the secrets of the Flood to the esoteric motives behind American foreign policy, here is a narrative history that shows the basic facts of human existence on this planet can be viewed from a very different angle. ![]()
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![]() ![]() 'The Edge lies between worlds, on the border between the Broken, where people shop at Walmart and magic is a fairytale–and the Weird, where blueblood aristocrats rule, changelings roam, and the strength of your magic can change your destiny… ![]() If you find yourself in the Mire area of the Edge, I'd steer clear of them, as beyond their tendency to lock their "guests" up for the night, they also make deadly things that may seem innocuous, but definitely aren't. Being a resident of the island of misfit toys myself, I found it amusing to follow their antics (and battles, and unusual forms of revenge). ![]() ![]() My favorite thing about this book is all the characters that are brought into the series: Cerise's family, the Mars, are rife with every sort of misfit you can imagine. William is an odd sort of shifter-man: he was raised in an orphanage/military school in the Weird, and for reasons revealed in On the Edge, doesn't exactly fit into that world anymore, if he even did in the first place. Still, I recommend starting with On the Edge because 1) it's shorter, 2) I liked it slightly better, 3) series are less confuzzling when you don't read them out of order. You meet one of the characters from this book, William in On the Edge, but Cerise and the majority of the characters are new. My review for the first book in the series, On The Edge, is here. There are minor spoilers for those of you who haven't read On the Edge. This review is of a book that is the 2nd in the The Edge series. ![]() ![]() The siege was largely a failure-indeed, it wasn’t until 1654 (around the time when the final act of Cyrano is set) that France succeeded in conquering Arras. In 1640, France attempted to invade the Spanish province of Arras, and for more than a year, French soldiers tried to starve out Spanish troops in their fortresses. At times, France invaded Spanish territory in an effort to expand its borders. During the reign of Louis XIII, France clashed with its neighbor, Spain, in a series of battles throughout the 1630s and 40s. His most trusted advisor-and, supposedly, the “Grey eminence” of the French court-was Cardinal Richelieu, whose name is synonymous with power and prestige in Cyrano. Louis was widely regarded as a weak and ineffectual king, more interested in decadent parties than nation building. ![]() ![]() ![]() The majority of the play is set in 1640, when Louis XIII was King of France. It’s important to understand some French history when reading Cyrano. ![]() ![]() ![]() i’m white, as are most of the characters. ![]() ![]() i don’t think it paints white people in a bad light at all. it is everything i ever wanted in a modern urban fantasy. i really liked the way the story progressed, i didn’t think it was meandering at all (unlike some of the other reviews). but i LOVED the narrator so much, i would usually just listen to the chapters i already read. snuggles’ bits, hilarious! i listened on my commute to and from college, reading chapters between when i had down time. i’m VERY glad i went with the audiobook version as well as reading it on my own!! i absolutely loved the narrator, especially when she narrated mr. didn’t have high expectations going into the book. i watched the NBC show of midnight, texas. didn’t have any experience with charlaine’s writing. i ordered all the books but never sat down and read them. I’ll be honest, true blood is one of my favorite tv shows. ![]() |