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Zolar's Encyclopedia of Ancient and Forbidden Knowledge.

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The first thing that caught my attention was the title. The cover is also attractive, and in spite of my religious beliefs, was drawn to the overall classical outline of its contents.

Anyone who dogs this book is obviously uncultured, uneducated and borders on idiocy. Only a fool hates knowledge, whether it is helpful or not. At the time this book was written (1970), much of what is in there was unknown to the average person. I am a Christian author, and I respect others' rights to free speech, thought and conscience.

The knowledge in this book is helpful to understand the belief systems of other relgions, other thought patterns and different forms of logical thinking. While not every presented topic can be accepted as irreversible "truths" or point to the the key to salvation (which it does not), the book does serve as an educational tool in Liberal Arts. There are also clues to the mode of operation of the Enemy of Man.

The author is highly educated, as evidenced by his clean sentences and knowledgeability. It is pleasant to read after the onslaught of late 1970's and 1980's shallow, mass-market "self-help" books that were loaded with outdated buzzwords. This book is also well written, and contributes to the overall knowledge of the life-long scholar, or to anyone who loves and respects knowledge. It helps break the barriers of two-dimensional thinking.

If you manage to find this book, get it. Every now and then you will find yourself saying, "I've never heard it put that way before. Interesting point." Even if you disagree with the expressions or convictions of Zolar, you will, at least, have a better idea of how to use good English. It is not a sin to read a book of knowledge, even if it is called "forbidden" or "secret." The author assumes that you know nothing about his subject at first, and it is nice to read a book that is not so presumptuous. It's like a tutorial.

After reading this book, I have a better understanding of metaphysics and a greater respect for different forms of knowledge. What's wrong with that?

Too bad it's out of print now. The book was given to me as a Christmas gift, as I am a professional tarot reader and book collector. I have been looking for something like this to add to my collection for years now. The section on palmistry is excellent. I was able to hit on some very accurate points with a friend using the book to read her palm. I can't wait to try and read the tea leaves. I will certainly be reading this from cover to cover more than once. A great reference material for the novice as well as the professional.

This book helps me look at our Universe in a completely new and exciting way. I read it over and over again. I recommend it to anyone with an open mind.

This book was excellent rarely have i seen a book of its caliber it clearly states everything that you would want to know i highly recommend this book to anyone.

Zolar worked hard for a living, and provided some very original material... unlike the famed A.E.Waite, who couldn't even count to ten without changing the subject. Hooray for Zolar! Zolar is Awesome! Zolar is Cool!

The book was in very good condition and I received the book in a timely fashion. A very good experience. I would buy books this way again.

This book is complete and utter garbage of the lowest degree. Zolar tosses in a few names of Greek astrologists along with some pseudo-alchemical/mystical philosophy, adds dense text, and claims to have a legitimate book on "ancient and forbidden knowledge." Thank the publishing industry for putting it out of print.

Typical.

The thing that really bothers me about this sort of drivel is that any real spritual/occult truths out there have little chance of being heard against the background din of this type of material.

Mr. Zolar, for all his criticism of the scientific method, just doesn't get it and what comes across in spades is his *resentment* of it.

Like it or not, the scientific method brought humanity out of the dark ages. For good or bad, we've developed superior medicine, nuclear power, and put men on the moon, all in the past few hundred years. Know how much progress we made before then? Not much. If it were not for the scientific method Zolar poo poos so thoroughly, we'd all still be arguing over how many angels can dance on the head of a pin. Assuming we were alive at all - no easy guess considering there would be no antibiotics.

This stuff is nonsense folks. It was nonsense 500 years ago, did nothing useful, and that's still the case today.

Too bad really, because there probably is much more to life than we perceive and understand today. Mr. Zolar has no clue though. Try _The Fabric Of Reality_ by David Deutsch. That is, of course, if your not "too narrow minded, threatened by knowledge or other belief systems, blah blah blah" . . .

... what I read was disjointed and lacking direction; one trite cliche occult buzz phrase after another in no particular order, with no particular overriding point. Except of course that Zolar is right and if you question that, let alone disagree, you must be narrow, small minded, and lack vision.

Truly, truly bad. ...