Morning of the Magicians

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Reveals the occult influences on the Nazis and introduces the alchemist Fulcanelli and the work of Charles Fort and Gurdjieff

In a 2004 article for Skeptic, the author Jason Colavito wrote that the book's tales of ancient astronauts predated Erich von Däniken's works on the topic, and that the ideas are so close to the fictional works of H. P. Lovecraft such as " The Call of Cthulhu" or At the Mountains of Madness (published in 1928 and 1931, respectively) that, according to Colavito, it is probable that Lovecraft's fiction directly inspired the book. [5] When he set about writing his own works, he began to blend the modern world of science fiction with his favorite tales of Gothic gloom. Lovecraft tried to bring the Gothic tale into the twentieth century, modernizing the trappings of ancient horror for a new century of science. Lovecraft published his work in pulp fiction magazines, notably Weird Tales, though many of his works were not published until after his death in 1937. Throughout the 1940s and 1950s, science fiction and horror magazines reprinted Lovecraft's tales numerous times, and he became one of the most popular pulp authors. What's Great: The reason it doesn't have 1 star is because it does a fantastic job of providing details on things that are actually quite hard to find. I did not know the history of Golden Dawn and its relationship with other brotherhoods that led to Hitler and the Natzi's. That said. I wish he would have gone into more about these different brotherhoods and why they split. The book has a bit of the wrong mix on this for me personally. But it's hard to get any of this info, so I can't give it less than 2 stars. Additionally, it references several books that must have been quite common at the time. I do think that the science or other theories of these books are probably now dated some 70 years later. That said, if they were common enough in his time, I'd like to read it so I can understand the history of knowledge better.The book is the origin of the claims of a fictional Maria Orsic, a Vienna-born Croatian woman who was supposedly involved with the Vril Society ( Vril Gesellschaft) and vanished in 1945, going to " Aldebaran". The mythology of Maria Orsic has spread in the internet age, particularly among those inclined to Esoteric Nazism. [ citation needed]

p. 121 He talks about the "intermediateness" of real and not real that we live in (inbetween these two). I'm down with this, but the concept is poorly developed throughout this book. For example, what one might say now in modern times is that many concepts of real and not real are static in nature vs accounting for time. What is true this minute is not true next and we are in a state of motion that is unknowable from this dimension. If he would have said that, I would be down, but he doesn't get that far. The names of Lovecraft's alien gods, like Cthulhu, Yog-Sothoth, and Shub-Niggurath, began to crop up in other stories during Lovecraft's lifetime. Lovecraft himself started this practice by inserting these names, or variants on them, into stories he ghostwrote or revised for other authors. In his revision of Zelia Bishop’s "The Mound," for example, Lovecraft slipped his alien god Cthulhu into the story under the variant name Tulu, giving magazine readers what they thought were independent stories featuring references to the same ancient gods. By the 1960s, several dozen authors were using elements of what came to be called "The Cthulhu Mythos" in stories they wrote for science fiction and horror magazines. Unfortunately now long out of print [Note: The book was reprinted after this article was first published.], the book Morning of the Magicians laid the foundation for all the lost civilizations books to follow, including Chariots of the Gods. As R.T. Gault comments, "It's all here, from the Piri Reis map to pyramidology. The authors are frankly fascinated by the idea that ancient peoples may have been more advanced in some of their technologies than we generally believe" [5]. Our alchemist begins by preparing a mixture of three ingredients. The first, in a proportion of 95 percent, is some sort of ore: arsenopyrites, for example, an iron ore containing among its impurities arsenic and antimony. The second is a metal: iron, lead, silver, or mercury. The third is an acid of organic origin, such as tartaric or citric acid. He will continue to grind and mix by hand these ingredients for five or six months. He will then proceed to heat the mixture in a crucible, increasing the temperature by degrees and continuing this operation for ten days or so. He must take precautions, for toxic gases are released: mercury vapor and especially arsenohydrogen, which has killed many an alchemist at the beginning of his experiment.So, how do I rate this book? About eighty percent of it is altogether stupid. Between outright errors and ludicrous overstatements, it layers on this banal vision of possibilities that is quite frankly the origin story of the X-Men - that nuclear waste created by atomic explosions is creating mutants with strange powers. Combined with a long section on alchemy, it's very much like the Marvel Universe - where magicians, psychics, and mutants fight Nazi evildoers and dark powers. But presented as non-fiction? It is to laugh. Plus, when not talking about Nazi mysticism, Pauwels repeats himself ad nauseum. Adams, Deborah (2009). "Review of "The Morning of the Magicians" ". Curled Up with a Good Book . Retrieved 9 April 2010.