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Title: Human Devolution: A Vedic Alternative to Darwin's Theory by Michael A. Cremo ISBN: 0-89213-334-1 Publisher: Torchlight Publishing Pub. Date: September, 2003 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $35.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.2 (5 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: The masterpiece of modern thought.
Comment: Mr.Cremo's book is truly enlightening one. It is indeed very well-written. It furhter exposes the flaws of the current gross materialistic consensus view of the reality. It raises the question of our true origins, the question any intelligent human being ought to ask oneself. In his book Mr.Cremo shows us our place in the universe, our relation to other sentient beings in the cosmos who have been the co-creators of life. It is indeed the masterpiece of modern thought. It is a must read for any thinking, educated man.
Rating: 5
Summary: "Human Devolution" is a master work.
Comment: "I enjoyed M.Cremo's book. It is a master work. 'Human Devolution' exposes the fatal weaknesses in Darwinism and relates the tradition doctrine in a most compelling and attractive way. This book deserves to be widely known. It is a firm corrective to modern errors and a guide to new standard in thinking."
John Michell, the author of "The New View over Atlantis", "New Light on the Ancient Mystery of Glastonbury", "The Temple at Jerusalem: A Revelation".
Rating: 1
Summary: A dull, unoriginal encyclopaedia of the paranormal
Comment: Having read "The Hidden History of the Human Race" with great interest, I came to Michael Cremo's new book both with high expectations and a dose of scepticism. I had heard the author talk about "Human Devolution" on two radio programs before ordering it on amazon.com and therefore knew more or less what to expect: it would be an attempt to provide a non materialistic alternative to Darwin's battered theory of evolution, based on the Hindu scriptures(the Vedas).
My scepticism stemmed from the consideration that since non materialistic explanations of human origins have been around for millenia, new revelations would be highly improbable even coming from a researcher of Michael Cremo's caliber.
To put it briefly, the material on which this book is based is as fantastic (but familiar) as the material of "Forbidden Archaelogy" was ordinary but nonetheless novel.
Throwing all those dull Late Pleistocene flint implements from his previous works to the wind but remaining his old self in his meticulosity, love of detail, erudition (and lack of humor), Michael Cremo boldly presents the reader with what unfortunately amounts to little more than a lengthy encyclopedia of the paranormal.
In its more than 500 pages you will meet a motley crowd of stigmatics, extraterrestrials and angels, faith healers, mediums, children with previous lives memories, the Virgin of Fatima and a host of other freaks and exiles banished from the serious scientific literature. Then you have the umpteenth retelling of the Maori and Inuit myths, all the stuff that is the stock-in-trade of so many other(and better)books.
Michael Cremo does not even try to give an new interpretation to unexplained phenomena like the apparitions at Fatima. No, he just retells the whole story in lengthy detail, begging the reader to take it as evidence that human beings are more than just a handful of cosmic dust.
The teachings of the Vedas, which I thought would be the highlight of the book, are discussed perfunctorily in the last chapter. In an unusual display of brevity, Michael Cremo rounds off his subject in eight pages. Here we learn about demigods and goddesses mating happily to repopulate the earth with humans and other living beings after each cyclic devastation. Basically, that is all the Vedas have to teach us about one of the greatest mysteries of the universe...
Is there really nothing new to be gleaned from this book? In rummaging through the cupboards of the scientific community, Michael Cremo does seem to bring to light some interesting skeletons. He shows for example that famous scientists like Wallace (co-author of the theory of evolution) and Pierre and Marie Curie studied paranormal phenomena, to the point of coming to believe in the existence of spirits.
But is the heterodoxy of some scientists really something shockingly new? And should the mere fact that a scientist believes in ghosts be regarded as a proof of their existence? After all, scientists are just as gullible and biased as everybody else! It is by now a well-known fact that Newton, besides being a mainstream mathematician, was also deeply interested in hermeticism. People who have read books about ritual abuse, mind control, secret societies and global conspiracies also know that materialism and rationalism are just a convenient facade for the real beliefs of the elite, which is completely under the spell of spiritism and other abominations.
Briefly, if you are already familiar with the field of parapsychology, you will find almost nothing in the pages of "Human Devolution" that is not already known to you.
Finally, I found Michael Cremo's treatment of the human trilogy of body, mind and spirit deeply disappointing. I recommend readers with an excellent command of French to read " Corps, Ame et Esprit" by Michel fromaget (available on amazon.fr) for an in depth analysis of this essential aspect of anthropology.
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Title: Forbidden Archeology: The Hidden History of the Human Race by Michael A. Cremo, Richard L. Thompson ISBN: 0892132949 Publisher: Torchlight Publishing Pub. Date: January, 1998 List Price(USD): $44.95 |
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Title: The Genesis Race: Our Extraterrestrial DNA and the True Origins of the Species by Will Hart ISBN: 1591430186 Publisher: Inner Traditions Intl Ltd Pub. Date: November, 2003 List Price(USD): $18.00 |
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Title: Maya: The World as Virtual Reality by Richard L. Thompson ISBN: 0963530909 Publisher: Govardhan Hill Pub Pub. Date: 23 May, 2003 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
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Title: The Hidden History of the Human Race (The Condensed Edition of Forbidden Archeology) by Michael A. Cremo, Richard L. Thompson ISBN: 0892133252 Publisher: Torchlight Publishing Pub. Date: May, 1999 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
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Title: The Origin Map : Discovery of a Prehistoric, Megalithic, Astrophysical Map and Sculpture of the Universe by Thomas G Brophy ISBN: 0595241220 Publisher: Writers Club Press Pub. Date: 30 September, 2002 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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