The Biggest Secret: The Book That Will Change the World (Updated Second Edition) [Paperback]

David Icke (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 1, 1999

David Icke's most powerful and explosive book so far. Every man, woman and child on the planet is affected by the stunning information that Icke exposes. He reveals in documented detail, how the same interconnecting bloodlines have controlled the planet for thousands of years. How they created all the major religions and suppressed the spiritual and esoteric knowledge that will set humanity free from its mental and emotional prisons.

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Look out Robert Anton Wilson! Either David Icke is competing for the "Paranoid of the Decade" award or he knows something the rest of us don't. Icke reveals a sinister web connecting everything from the British royal family to major oil companies, to 33 of the last 40 U.S. presidents, in a global conspiracy masterminded by an interstellar brotherhood vying for planetary control through the manipulation of humanity's very way of life. Icke digs into every facet of contemporary society to expose the invisible horror lurking beneath the calm veneer of everyday life. In the process he gets downright offensive, knocking everything from Judaism to the Denver airport. Even if you can't swallow Icke's distasteful revelations or follow every step of his labyrinthine conspiracy theories, The Biggest Secret is sure to forever change the way you look at the Amoco oil logo. --Brian Patterson

Product Details

• Paperback: 517 pages
• Publisher: David Icke Books; 2nd edition (January 1, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0952614766
• ISBN-13: 978-0952614760
• Product Dimensions: 7 x 1.1 x 9.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (234 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #13,932 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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154 of 168 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Just finished it! June 4, 2001

By jimmy

Format:Paperback

David Icke with his horrid mullet haircut and his less than appealing fashion sense has long been a figure of fun in the UK. A couple of days ago I was browsing at my local bookshop when a middle aged couple asked a girl at the counter where they could find this very book. She and her colleagues burst out laughing before directing the blushing pair to the 'new age/occult' section of the store (Icke certainly does not belong to either of these fields). The couple fingered a copy of The Biggest Secret obviously embarrased. They soon left without making a purchase and with their tails between their legs. I had wanted to assure them that it was a worthy read but I stalled for fear of being ridiculed as well, and they had gone before I mustered the courage.

This is significant because believing in what you feel to be right and not being detered by fear of public ridicule is in many ways at the core of what Icke is saying. This is why a NOT impressively endowed Icke pictures himself butt-naked on the cover of 'I am me, I am free'. He is demonstrating that he has liberated himself from the derogatory value judgements of society and the media. They mock him and he happily supplies them with more fuel to continue doing so. For this alone he deserves respect! We all want to be free of the pressure to conform, don't we?

Icke doesn't profess to be someone special. He wants us all to be exposed to the truth, whatever that might be, and to make informed choices about our lives. Each of us can then choose our own individual path. Not some collective path that everyone must follow or suffer the wrath of the majority.

I have heard accusations of anti-semitism levelled at Icke. Well if 'The Biggest Secret' is anything to go by that notion is bollocks (as we say in England). Without question David Icke is an egalatarian, a humanist and a man who believes we should celebrate diversity and treat everybody on the planet with respect and love. The reptilians need love more than anybody he says!

A lot of the criticisms in the reviews below seem to come from defensive christians who feel threatened by Icke's theories. This is understandable. Nobody likes to have their belief system questioned. But Icke in many ways presents a christian point of view. He believes in the eternal soul, he is an incredible pacifist (which you certainly can't say about many christians, despite the teachings of jesus), he believes that god is everywhere, though to him God does not represent an omnipotent individual who requires obsequience and worship as the Gods of all the major religions in the world today do. According to Icke God (or whatever you want to call it) is simply a universal energy that manifests itself as all things tangible and otherwise (including us), and it is entirely neutral morally. This energy can be used in positive ways or negative (for good or evil, if you like). The only thing Icke leaves out is the dogma and the hierarchical structure that is a huge part of all the major religions.

Some of these same reviewers question the quality of his research and the reliability of his sources (I have to say I found his research exhaustive, and exhausting!) perhaps they'd like to challenge their bible on similar grounds?

Another christian reviewer rants that this book is fear based. Ahem, ahem, Hell? Lakes of fire? Eternal damnation? Not to mention all the religious purges and massacres that pepper history. David Icke's book is about freeing yourself from fear! Fear of failing; fear of being unaccepted by the crowd; fear of dying; fear of instability, financial and otherwise. He says the only way to defeat the brotherhood's plan to enslave humanity is to open your hearts to love and leave fear, hate, anger and all the other negative emotions behind. Someone below also suggests that if the reptilian brotherhood really wanted to destroy the world they could just nuke everyone as they are invariably in positions of global power. Did you even read the book? They want global domination, not global destruction. Who the hell are they going to dominate if the waste everybody? Read the book, you might find it interesting.

David Icke is a sincere fella. He asks not that you swallow his theories mindlessly (unlike some other belief systems) and only attempts to give everybody access to earth-shattering information. You can take away what you will. David Icke reiterates that everybody has the right to believe in what they choose as long as they don't try to impose it on others. We don't live in that social climate at the moment.

Personally, I don't embrace all his theories. What I do embrace is the possibility that they are true. I embrace the possibility that there are other possibilities besides those sanctioned by governments, religions, society and particularly the media. This is common sense to anybody, surely?

David Icke is a real humanitarian. The last couple of chapters are wonderfully inspirational. Read this book. It's valuable. It's amazing.

418 of 468 people found the following review helpful

4.0 out of 5 stars Love Is What The Darkness Most Fears April 26, 2000

By Adaria

Format:Paperback

When I first picked up Mr. Icke's book I was a bit turned off thinking it just another conspiracy theory rambling. However, the information about Princess Diana intrigued me and eventually, I bought the book. I must admit I have never been so disgusted and enlightened by anything I have ever read. My life is a fully conscious, positive experience by choice and frankly, I did not want to give credence to the evil that exists in our world. For this reason the information in the book quite infuriated me, so I had to stop and ask myself why.

There is a saying, perhaps for a reason, that; "...truth is stranger than fiction". I don't agree with some of Mr. Icke's conclusions, such as Jesus having never existed and the negative allusions to Alice A. Bailey, St. Germain, the story of the Wizard of Oz, etc., since my personal experiences in relation to these are too abundant and profound to discount so easily. And with regard to these, I encourage Mr. Icke to make a deeper, inner investment to find further. However, I am not about to paint his entire discourse with a black brush simply because he is strongly opinionated in certain areas.

Having taken the time to digest all the reviews, I wondered: How many of these people actually read his book from cover to cover with an open mind and how many of them have personally visited the places he mentions in the book? In the course of my work, I am privileged to travel extensively and have been to many of these places a number of times. As a sensitive, before ever having read material of this nature, I had experienced physical and emotional negativity in such places (most recently) as Boynton Canyon and Huntsville, in addition to numerous places over the past 10 years throughout Europe and Mexico both mentioned and not, variously in his book.

For instance, each time I passed the mural in the Denver Airport I marveled at how such an abomination came to be displayed in so public an arena. With an influence of this nature in the general vicinity of Columbine High School is it any wonder why two young people would take it upon themselves to massacre their fellow students? Perhaps these two misguided souls had occasion to study the mural and took the symbology literally. Or perhaps, they were victims of mind control tactics, or both. Who knows? Don't kid yourself: symbology is very powerful and it permeates our world.

And what about Waco and Oklahoma City? It is Mr. Icke's contention that both of these events were mass ritual murders perpetrated by our own government. Look at the facts, a pattern is quite obvious: both took place on April 19 exactly two years apart and both events took the lives of innocent people, not the least of which were children! Look even closer on a map and you will see that Waco and Oklahoma City are both directly north and south of one another, with Dallas in the middle no less, the scene of yet another potential "ritual" killing, that like Waco, remains highly controversial to this day. And what do all of these events have in common? They all took place in the "heartland" of our nation and they wounded the collective psyche of people not only in our own country, but around the world. However, I believe it was the death of Princess Diana that proved the most effecting. Granted, the media coverage was grotesque in it's scope but even without it, it is my own experience that the ley line theory is more than mere speculation, and that we are each influenced on the subtlest levels.

The powers that be would love nothing more than to have us all debating the details indefinitely, keeping us distracted from what matters most. What they don't want us to realize is that each of us has massive spiritual power within and always have had. That is why there is so much deliberate misinformation: to confuse us. We need to move beyond pedantic ravings and experience this book as one that must be read between the lines. You can only do that by reading with the heart. Should there be a truly malevolent force that controls the innocent people of this world wouldn't you rather be aware of the possibility? Or will you be one who runs to the government out of fear to "save" you should something momentous occur? People who have cultivated a rich inner, spiritual life and consciously apply that energy in the outer world are the ones who are ultimately the most powerful. In the words of singer Jewel "...the Light is what the darkness most fears". As a collective consciousness we have the power to drive evil off the face of this planet in a tidal wave of Light.

So, if you are even a bit concerned about where our world is headed, do something about it. Learn to take responsibility for every thought you have. Find yourself someone who will teach you to meditate privately or participate in meditation groups and prayer vigils for peace. But please, do not stand on the sidelines wringing your hands ranting about how bad things are and how you wish it were all over because this behavior only compounds the problem. Get off your butt and influence the solution or shut up.

I challenge every person who is capable of reading to experience "The Biggest Secret". Read with the heart, it will serve to enlighten and empower. Read from the ego it will only serve to imprison you further. Therefore, ask for a blessing of genuine understanding in advance and read it if you dare.

58 of 64 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars a smorgosbord of conspiracy theories October 19, 2006

By Ashtar Command

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When I first read this book, I thought it was a hoax. Later, I realized that it was seriously meant. Since the book is completely insane, I find it hard to say anything objective about it. Yet, I will give it my best shot.

The author, David Icke, is British and used to be a sports commentator on British TV, commenting both soccer and snooker. Then, he became a spokesperson for the Green Party. Even later, he experienced a spiritual awakening or divine revelation, turning him into a New Age guru of sorts. He began writing books containing various conspiracy theories, including "The Truth Shall Set You Free" and "The Robots Rebellion".

Jewish organizations have accused Icke of anti-Semitism. Anarchists and Trotskyists see him as a fascist, and have busted up his meetings. In Sweden, anarchists abstained from protesting a meeting by Icke only because they regarded him as crazy. A Swedish anti-Semitic group, the Hylozoiks, translated at least one of Icke's books to Swedish. This group believes that Jews are controlled by evil aliens based at Pluto.

In this book, "The Biggest Secret", Icke implicitly distances himself from anti-Semitism by calling the evil force at work in the universe "Aryans". However, he still supports the Christian Patriot movement in the US. While the militias are not necessarily fascist, they are nevertheless a very problematic milieu. Icke might not be "far right", but his ideas can still be used in such contexts. Still, the Hylozoiks took a clue and stopped fronting for Icke.

What are the main ideas of "The Biggest Secret"? Essentialy these: In secret, Earth is ruled by multi-dimensional shape-shifting space aliens, whom Icke dubbes "Aryan reptilians". Tounge in cheek (Icke is one of the few conspiracy theorists with a sense of humor), one of the chapters of the book is titled "Don't mention the reptiles!". Icke believes that the British royal family, many US presidents, Henry Kissinger and even one Mexican president are reptilians who shape-shift to look human. He explicitly compares this to the TV show "V". These evil beings are behind all the world's religions, materialist science, most wars and financial crises, and globalization. The goal is to create a global, evil superstate. The space aliens thrive on hatred, conflict and guilt. Therefore, the solution to the conspiracy is not warfare against them, but a New Age message of Love and Forgiveness. Perhaps this will release even the reptilians in the end.

On one level, this is all wacked. On another level, however, Icke makes fascinating reading. Indeed, Icke has become a pop culture phenomenon. You simply cannot understand conspiracy theory or even New Religious Movements without reading Icke. What makes Icke unique is not so much this or that single idea. Rather, it is the fact that he weaves them all together. "The Biggest Secret" is a virtual smorgosbord of conspiracy theories, where everyone will find something he recognizes and perhaps already believes in, and much that is new besides. Perhaps this explains the stunning success of this book and its sequal "Children of the Matrix", which is very similar.

Some ideas of Icke are derived from established religion. The reptilians are presumably identical to the Asuras of Hinduism or the Archonts of Gnosticism, evil spirit-beings who out of envy want to hinder the salvation of man, keeping him bound in matter. But Icke goes one step further, claiming that the Archonts walk among us, like everyday men. That idea isn't new either. For instance, both Summit Lighthouse and the Hylozoiks claimed that certain people (read Jews) aren't real people, but robot-beings controlled from afar.

Such ideas can lead to genocide if left unchecked. By contrast, Icke is still a New Age guy who believes love is the solution. Thank you, David.

I give this book 5 stars, not because of its ideas, but simply because of Icke's tasty smorgosbord.