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Sinister Forces-The Manson Secret: A Grimoire of American Political Witchcraft (Bk. 3)

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Rumor has it that Peter Levenda is the author of the 'Simon' Necronomicon and that anyone who reads THAT book is cursed for seven years. I think that book was a bald-faced hoax, but it is fitting that the same author was involved here, because THIS book is genuinely dangerous. If you have any paranoid tendencies, any mental imbalance, you should probably leave the entire Sinister Forces trilogy alone.

In brief, the author argues that "mind-control" (in the form of propaganda, subtle persuasion, psychedelic drugs, terrorism, and...well...mind control) is an essential component of modern politics. And mind control is the same phenomenon the world once understood as witchcraft. We in the modern West may believe we are not susceptible to these irrational compulsive forces but, in fact, we are UNIQUELY vulnerable. Our societies have marginalized and devalued the traditional shamanistic encounter with unreason, and as a result we have a very unhealthy relationship with it. Intelligence operators, in the quest for tools of political influence, have rediscovered shamanistic practices and the forces that underlie them. These forces are "sinister" in a value-neutral sense; they are forces of the "left-hand path" - antinomian and awe-inspiring, but not necessarily evil. In proper context they can be beneficial to the individual and the community. But by implementing these practices alone, stripped of any spiritual significance, we have corrupted them. Both the serial killer and the fascist, he argues, are failed shamen.

Of course, Levenda does not state this explicitly until page 362 of volume III. And, even then, I hesitate to take him at face value; to bury "the point" so deeply within a work like this is audacious. It may indicate that the subject matter is exceptionally subtle and must be teased out with care. It may indicate an intentional esotericism (as Nietzsche put it: "a book for all and none"). Or, it may indicate the active hypnotic manipulation of the reader - a sort of literary "look into my eyes." Here, I would argue, we have all three - and they take almost a thousand pages to fully manifest. And yet, Levenda never loses our attention. Like a fairytale warlock, he charms and coaxes the reader down this dark forest path.

Ok, not "like" a warlock. He IS a warlock, and this is what makes his exposition of political witchcraft so compelling. His approach to the DETAILS of political history is remarkably sober - the text is exhaustively footnoted and bibliographied. But he recognizes patterns in these data that would be apparent only to a serious occultist.

Indeed, some of these patterns are clearly faces in the clouds, but that's beside the point. The 'big picture' is not the main attraction. Read this book for the parade of oddball facts the author has marshalled together. Read it for thrills and chills and extreme thought-provocation. Prepare yourself for suspense, intrigue and intiatory terror on the threshold of spiritual enlightenment. Just be careful to come back in one piece...

WHEW! This is a complicated book, complicated subject.. imagine layer upon layer, detours here there and everywhere meeting up where you never expected it. Levenda has done a brilliant job going where most of us would never dare.If you think the world is as it seems... think again. And read this book. It is NOT for the dumb, intellectually lazy -- or anyone who scares easily.... An important book.

This is an excellent book, and should be THE text for American History courses, uncovering as it does the layers of mystery beneath the layers of "history" we are taught to simply accept on faith. Well researched, thoroughly documented, Sinister Forces takes us on a whirlwind tour of current events past and present and shows us how they dovetail, weave and underscore one historical tragedy after another - while at the same time letting us know that there is hope if we are willing to become aware of what is currently being swept under the rug.

I issue two concerns: first, the consistent usage of run-on sentences that make finding the point a treasure hunt in material that is already complex; and second, there are way too many typos for a book of this calibre. I don't fault the author for that, I fault the publisher - and I hope the next printing is treated with more respect.

This book is coming up for another printing at the end of November. Check with the publisher. You GOUGERS charging these outrageous prices: your days are numbered!

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My daughter just received 'Sinister Forces-The Manson Secret: A Grimoire of American Political Witchcraft' from the book's publisher [Trine Day dot com]2 days ago .
She ordered SF 3 on 7-21-06/received 7-23-06.

She says the quality of the book is as good as SF 1 & 2...if you liked the 1st 2 in the SF series; you'll probably like SF book 3 -- 'Sinister Forces-The Manson Secret: A Grimoire of American Political Witchcraft'

She was told that book's publisher -- Trine Day -- started shipping day before she ordered on July 21, 2006.

Hope this helps for who have been anxiously awaiting the 3rd installment of this unique series!