Il mulino di Amleto. Saggio sul mito e sulla struttura del tempo

I read this book long ago, and just as with Calazzo's "The Marriage of Cadmus and Harmony", it made a lot more sense when I read it the second time. (Thus inspired, I will soon try Robert Graves' "The White Goddess" again.) There is really no way to summarize this book, as Giorgio de Santillana wants Leggi tutto

This is a dense analysis of ancient mythology in which the authors explain that most myth is not about the adventures of historical human characters but of astronomical bodies. There are similar stories and themes in myths around the world, not necessarily because there was an Atlantis providing a c Leggi tutto

Ora non ricordo l'anno preciso, ma era quando ancora riuscivo a leggere in auto, quindi sarà stato verso il 2005-2006, avevo tipo quindici-sedici anni e mia madre aveva iniziato a comprare in edicola 'sta serie di libri dedicati alla fanta-archeologia e simili (tipo, per capirci, un volume era dedic Leggi tutto

This book is essential for anyone wishing to learn about the links between mythology, zodiac, precessional cycles, and transmission and creation of knowlegde in pre-industrial and ancicent civilizations. An absolute classic and opus magnus of the archaeo-astrology and mythology genres.

I should make clear straight away, given the five star rating I have given this book, that Hamlet's Mill is actually not all that well written. Santillana and Dechend write tortuous sentences that are difficult to follow; the material, which is often complex and detailed, is often poorly presented a Leggi tutto