Talismano

Nagyon tömény, néhol ismétli önmagát, de mindenkinek ajánlott, aki úgy érzi, hogy a történelem tananyag nem feltétlen áll össze logikailag.

Though the iconic Statue of Liberty is recognized by many, my decision to read this book rested more with several intriguing questions posed on the back cover. The historical significance of the statue had never previously occurred to me. The question that really hooked me was the one regarding Fran Leggi tutto

What I really like about Graham Hancock is the solid research that goes into his work. As a former newspaper reporter, he knows it's important to get the facts right. What I thought didn't work was his attempt in this book to draw a line of descent from the the early Gnostics to the present. I think Leggi tutto

This is perhaps the most comprehensive book I have ever read on religious traditions and symbolism. More specifically, the book deals with alternative/shadow western religious followings, from the Egyptian Goddess, Isis, to Christian Gnostics to Christian Cathars of the Middle Ages to the Knights Te Leggi tutto

If you want to learn the basic tenets of gnosticism and how it pervades in and out of history, 'Talisman' makes for an intriguing read. Although Hancock can be considered controversial at times for his historical sleuthing, I have yet to really see anyone debunk the research that he has done. Much o Leggi tutto

Such a large convoluted subject covering so many different traditions cannot easily be covered in-depth and as such it is a well researched but superficial skimming of religious dogma.The sheer amount of research done for this must have been over-whelming at times. That said, it's a great tome for a Leggi tutto

Overall I really liked this book. There is so much information contains in it, that it takes a while to really *read* it and understand the sequence of events and epochs covered. I would recommend this to anyone interested in the history of the Roman Catholic Church's persecution of other religions t Leggi tutto