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Esoterica (or "A conspiracy theorist's dream")
If Dan Brown hasn't got these in his library, we'll eat our shelves. Classic books of the esoterica genre all of which predate the D.V.C. but which you may be less familiar with - on account of them not having a marketing budget the size of a house. Borges is to Brown what Mr B's is to....well....you know.
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Fingerprints of the Gods: The Evidence of Earth's Lost Civilization Graham Hancock A lost civilisation under the antarctic? Just the right side of sensationalism - Hancock's research is meticulous, the questions he raises are fascinating, and his theories make a lot of sense. This tour round the arcana of Egypt, Mexico, and Peru reads like a thr… |
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Foucault's Pendulum Umberto Eco A brilliantly written, tongue in cheek, esoteric thriller that manages to laugh at itself and the whole genre and keep you on the edge of your seat. Remind you of the opposite of anything? The thinking man's conspiracy novel. Paperback - Vintage - 2001… |
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Giordano Bruno and the Hermetic Tradition Frances Yates Magic and the occult have been central to Western art and science since the Renaissance, but not because of Tom Hanks. Giordano Bruno was at the heart of the hermetic movement that had a profound influence on Shakespeare and Newton among others. Frances Yates describes the orig… |
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Hermetica: The Greek Corpus Hermeticum and the Latin Asclepius Hermes Trismegistus What the fuss was all about - the writings of Hermes Trismegistus, Egyptian god and supposed contemporary of Moses. The Hermetica was the basis for much early Christian thought and was revived during the Renaissance by such early scientific figures as Giordano Bruno, John Dee, and Pa… |
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Labyrinths Jorge Luis Borges Why write a novel when you can fit it into a short story? While they have many things in common, Borges is to Eco what diamonds are to lumps of coals. Borges' imagination is staggering and unique and one of the summits of 20th century art. Paperback - Penguin - 2000 … |
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The Devil's Doctor: Paracelsus and the World of Renaissance Magic and Science Philip Ball A drunk and a charlatan, alchemist, tramp, and magician. The father of modern science and medicine would these days require a fixed abode and some modern terminology. An incredibly rich period, the birth of modern science, and one of the most interesting figures of all ages are… |
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