To Lie Is Human: Not Getting Caught Is Divine [Paperback]

Christopher S. Hyatt (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 1, 2006

The lies you've been told--and worse, the lies you tell yourself--keep you neatly and blindly confined in a prison that society doesn't want you even to see. In his inimitable style, Dr. Hyatt takes you on a walking tour of your cell, and then gives you the tools to tunnel out!

Editorial Reviews

Review

"Few can use language to undo the hallucinations created by language, to use words to transcend words. Hyatt is one." --Robert Anton Wilson, author of Cosmic Trigger

About the Author

Christopher S. Hyatt, Ph.D. was trained in both psycho-physiology and clinical psychology and practiced as a Psychotherapist for many years. He has published many articles in peer-reviewed, professional journals. Today he is known as the world-famous author of a wide variety of books on Psychology, Sex, Tantra, Tarot, Self-transformation and Western Magic.

Product Details

• Paperback: 224 pages
• Publisher: New Falcon Publications (January 1, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1561841994
• ISBN-13: 978-1561841998
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.5 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.9 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,684,103 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Christopher S. Hyatt, Ph.D. (1943-2008) was the founder, editor-in-chief, and visionary leader of New Falcon Publications. Author of numerous books on spirituality, psychology, magick, sexuality, Libertarianism, and philosophy, Dr. Hyatt was also a recognized psychotherapist with several advanced degrees who published numerous articles in peer-reviewed journals. Businessman, adventurer, sailor, firearms enthusiast, he was an innovator in many fields with a loyal and devoted following of friends and students. New Falcon Publications is devoted to keeping his books in print and bringing to completion several of his pending manuscripts. We now have eighteen Dr. Hyatt books available, as well as four cds and five dvds.

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15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Sometimes interesting, sometimes boring, December 15, 2005

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Stefan Isaksson "www.stefanisaksson.se" (Malmoe, Sweden) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: To Lie Is Human: Not Getting Caught Is Divine (Paperback)

To Lie is Human was first published back in 1992 (entitled The Tree of Lies), but twelve years later it was published again, this time with its present title. Hyatt has written a great number of books, many with the intention that their readers shall "develop" themselves, that is, put shortly, become the best human he or she can possibly be. Still, Hyatt's works are NOT your ordinary help-yourself books that are flooding the market these days. Yes, it's true, Hyatt offers both advices and lessons through his books, but what separates Hyatt from most others is his unrelenting honesty, his somewhat harsh cynicism that not everybody are able to tolerate, and his ways of again and again attack ideas and values that most people probably have taken for granted all their lives.

But what is it, then, that Hyatt has to say? Well, a whole lot of things, actually. He offers all sorts of advice and help in how the individual can improve to the better, without having to fee responsible for or worry about other people. It's not a hardcore egoistic method - for example, Hyatt never says that the ones close to you don't mean anything - but what is does say is that the large mass of people out there don't really fill any purpose, that most people believing they live free lives are nothing but slaves to something they're not intelligent enough to discover, and that it obviously isn't anything wrong in finding, and using, your own potential to the fullest in a world inhabited by brainwashed citizens.

Still, I find his teachings to be somewhat repetitive. It's very true that Hyatt has tons of interesting things to say, interesting to the extent that they are worth reflecting over and will make you think about things you'd normally not think about, but to tell you the truth, I didn't really find a whole lot of things I hadn't already encountered in The Psychopath's Bible by the same author. The approach in To Lie is Human might be a little different, but when it comes down to it, both books have the same intent; namely to help the reader wake up, see the world for what it really is, and not letting anything stand in the way to personal success.

However, I do have to admit, Hyatt definitely has a sense of humour amidst all his critique, especially when it comes to religions in general and Christianity in particular, which to him is life-denying and attractive only to people too afraid to face life by themselves:

"Have you ever heard of Jehovah having a good belly laugh?

Or, for that matter, his son?

They are miserable creatures and in their misery their flock take refuge."

Now, I don't know about you, but to me that's pretty damn funny.

9 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars better than advertised, October 6, 2004

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Acrylick (New England) - See all my reviews

This review is from: To Lie Is Human: Not Getting Caught Is Divine (Paperback)

Not only did i enjoy it, but if you read it and like it i'd love to talk with you. [e-mail]

As for the negative reviews; to each their own. But ask yourself, what could possibly be in this book that could piss someone off that much? and shouldn't you come to your own conclusion?

12 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Christopher S.Hyatt is a BRAIN SURGEON, July 10, 2004

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Karen Johnson-Enn (Winterville, Georgia United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: To Lie Is Human: Not Getting Caught Is Divine (Paperback)

Dear Friends,
Buy this book.If you by this book,and read it,the author,by proxy,might crawl into your brain with a wrecking bar and do a little re-modeling.If this does not occur,you are either stupid or dead.I will not "describe" this book,I cannot,as it seems to have driven me quite insane.But howsa bout a lymerick?

The brain Doctor Christopher Hyatt
said "The root of the truth is to lie it!"
"The lie's you believe,
"Are designed to decieve,
"Only fools fool enough not to try it"!

Smell Ya Later, Almighty God