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Sinister Forces―The Manson Secret: A Grimoire of American Political Witchcraft (Sinister Forces: A Grimoire of American Political Witchcraft (Paperback)) Paperback – Illustrated, June 1, 2011

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The roots of coincidence and conspiracy in American politics, crime, and culture are investigated in this examination of the connections between religion, political conspiracy, and occultism. Readers are presented with detailed insight into how Charlie Manson became a national bogeyman as well as startling connections between Nobel Prize–winning physicist Wolfgang Pauli, Carl Jung, and synchronicity; serial killers, multiple personality disorder, and demonic possession; and magic, surrealism, and mind control. Not a work of speculative history, this third volume of a three-part set is founded on primary source material and historical documents. Fascinating secrets are divulged involving Hollywood icons such as Marilyn Monroe, David Lynch, and Jane Fonda as well as links between the Cotton Club murders, the Bluegrass conspiracy, and the Son of Sam cult.

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Peter Levenda has researched the material for this book over the course of 25 years, visiting more than 40 countries and gaining access to temples, prisons, military installations, and government documents. He is the author of The Secret Temple, Sinister Forces—The Nine, Stairway to Heaven, and Unholy Alliance. He lives in Miami. Paul Krassner blogs for Huffington Post and writes for High Times and Adult Video News. He is the former publisher and editor of Realist. He lives in Los Angeles.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Trine Day; Illustrated edition (June 1, 2011)

Language ‏ : ‎ English

Paperback ‏ : ‎ 508 pages

ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0984185836

ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0984185832

Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.24 pounds

Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6 x 1.1 x 9 inches

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A.Luther
America: It's a Small World of Sinister Forces
Reviewed in the United States on July 8, 2017
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Levenda takes us on journey through the dark underbelly of American history exploring the Occult roots of the American military industrial complex, entertainment and politics. In doing so, Levenda pulls together loose threads of connections between serial murder (the Son of Sam and Manson Killings); Occultism and Shamanism; the Kennedy Assassinations; Hollywood and international drug cartels and Military explorations into mind control and psychic spying. Levenda suggests that perhaps these connected threads are sometimes a sign of a larger conspiracy of nefarious hidden agendas by Occult leaders who lay hidden in the shadows, or he also suggests that perhaps it is a sign of a kind of a sinister Jungian a-causal synchronistic convergence where evil attracts more evil. The subject matter is pretty entertaining if you like conspiracy stories and other footnotes in US history that are just a little creepy - and judging by the internet there are plenty of people who do - yet there are a few things about the book that probably need some critical analysis. First, Levenda connects certain events - dates of the Son of Sam murders, for example - to significant astrological dates that may have Occult significance. Levenda contends that this may be sign that the Son of Sam killings may be have been done by more then one person. I have to say that the reasoning used to justify the significance of the dates was pretty flimsy. For example, if a Son of Sam murder did not occur on the exact date of Occult astrological significance, Levenda suggests that the murder occurs on a date close enough to the date which is on the weekend before or after it. In science, this idea of "close enough is good enough" can be a form of specious reasoning if not properly justified. Is being an Satanic Occultist who cannot kill on the astrologically significant day that Satan prefers because he or she is busy going to paid work on the same day a good explanation? You decide. Maybe these Satanist realise that the devil does not pay the bills. Similarly many of the connections that Levenda makes between events and people and the many of tragic events of US history may not be a sign of conspiracy or synchronicity but merely a manifestation of what scientists call the "small worlds theory." Small Worlds theory says that many social networks show surprisingly close threads of connection so that persons and events are not many degrees of freedom removed from one another (see the "Kevin Bacon effect"). In fact, a striking example can be made by just examining the theory of small worlds in psychology and then relating it back to this book. The first experiment on small worlds was carried out by Stanley Milgram. Stanley Milgram was a psychologist famous for a psychology experiment done on the nature of people's conformity to obedience and authority. These experiments by Milgram were one of many research experiments that were funded by the CIA as part of MK Ultra - a key subject in Levendas' book. Coincidence or evidence of "small worlds?" Try the experiment yourself and find out. One final critical note is that I felt many of the "sinister" events that Levenda details seem a little dated. Many books have been written on the Manson murders, the Kennedy assassinations, Marilyn Monroe's death, the CIA experiments in brainwashing and psychic warfare etc., yet Levenda remains focused on these and ignores the sinister forces at work in the 21st Century. Perhaps Levenda has done other more recent work where he looks at terrorism in America such as the Oklahoma Bombings and - of course - 9/11, but no mention is made of underlying connections - political or mystical - behind these two more recent, massively tragic events on American soil. It was hard for me to believe this book was written in 2011 and not in the last century. Having expressed my critique, I still have to say there are some interesting accounts of America's darker side, particularly the America of the 60s, 70s and 80s. I should also note that I have not read the previous two books of the series which may (or may not) have more contemporary material related to the topic.
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Siobhan
A tour de force part 3
Reviewed in the United States on May 5, 2018
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This is the third instalment in a trilogy. You're going to need all three books.
Is there a hidden influence in history? Is there something hidden behind the secret societies and conspiracies? Is there another level of influence? For example, do modern occultists understand the power they are trying to use? What happens if they are not adequately prepared? Were sinister forces unleashed into our dimension by the occult rituals of Jack Parsons, Aleister Crowley and L Ron Hubbard?
Peter Levenda searches for linkages between people, places, history and details in this survey of some of the major traumas in recent American history. You'll be surprised at what he finds.
It took Levenda decades to compile the research for this trilogy. It covers a lot of ground. It's fascinating and informative. It's very well written.
If you ever wanted to know about Charles Manson, ancient mounds, MK ULTRA, Sirhan Sirhan, assassinations, serial killers, occultists, weird cults and what they might have to do with the history behind our history, this is the series for you.

Even if you weren't interested in all the above, you still need this trilogy because it goes into all sorts of other things. Like wandering bishops and hallucinogenics, and the Summer of Love (and Manson)...
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Velia Tome'
Sinister Forces: Book One, Book Two, and Book Three, by Peter Levenda
Reviewed in the United States on May 9, 2012
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The books were fascinating and the topic riveting. The books clearly indicate years of solid research and quest, documentation of seemingly unknown and unrelated topics. They were packed with information easily verifiable (MKULTRA, Operation Paperclip, Ratline, Nazi quest into the occult, American hidden agendas..) as well as intriguing premises: are sinister forces hidden and in existence for centuries and millennia responsible for some of the horrific acts of murder, rape, torture, human sacrifice and genocide that depicts the history of the world, or specific individuals seem to be responsible for those acts? The correlations between Hollywood, politcians and occult events are astounding. For example, actor Woody Harrelson's (Born Killers) father was a contract killer who died in a federal penitentiary for killing a federal judge, and he was also present with Lee Oswald and another unknown sniper on the knoll in Dallas, when JFK was shot. Correlations between NASA founders, JPL founders, involvement with the occult and hidden forces are astounding. The author questions the term "coincidence" so easily used to dismiss seemingly related events by the controlling forces (former OSS Dulles brothers, R. Nixon, CIA activities, Men in Black, support for Nazi from people like Henry Ford, the JP Morgan, the Popes etc.) The horror brought about by the discoveries that civilian population has been constantly used as "guinea pigs" without our knowledge. References to how sinister forces have spiked drinks of top scientists, like Frank Olson, who wanted out of the top secret production of biological weapons, and officially committed suicide, the same as many people who appeared to be getting too close to something or someone... The author expressed the concern many times that his readers might be shocked by his writings, but the reality is that only people comfortable and knowledgeable of his themes would read the heavy and lengthy tomes. And the question, just like in "God's Jury" by Cullen Murphy, is not so much that the Inquisition occurred, but how we collectively allowed it to occur. And the same with Peter Levenda"s "Grimoire": when are we going to own up collectively to the horror perpetrated by hidden forces, instead than burying ourselves in constant entertainment and immediate gratification, and being in a constant state of denial because the truth "is too ugly, and therefore it cannot be real?"
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Johann ginn
Amazing Outlook
Reviewed in the United States on May 31, 2018
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This is the 3rd volume of Sinister Forces. In this 3rd, Peter continues to open one's eyes to the hidden facet of history that is almost non existent anywhere else.
Highly recommend all three volumes with an open mind that will open your eyes as well. It guides you through a history that you thought you knew but never really took a closer look.
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J. Sergeant
editorially deficient but fascinating and huge scholarship
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 20, 2016
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very good read but could have used an editor
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bookworm64
another great book by Levenda
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 31, 2013
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what can I say, another fantastic book by this man. I have all three in the series now and not disappointed. Want to open your minds and take a serious look at so called conspiracy theories then read these books and try to just shake it all off as nonsense again. If you can then get back to watching x factor and don't waste any more of your time.. Intelligent, well written and unsettling in parts. You must read these books.
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justin.geoffrey
le dernier tome, sans doute le meilleur
Reviewed in France on June 15, 2012
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J'ai déjà dit le bien que je pensais de cette série de livres très bien documentés, où l'intérêt va crescendo.
Il y quand même un bémol, c'est que les traditions ésotériques qui sont référencées dans cette série de livres sont un peu trop systématiquement présentées sous un aspect négatif, dans leur rapport avec les arcanes les plus sombres du pouvoir.
Le lecteur qui découvrirait ces traditions à la lecture de ces ouvrages pourrait faire l'association entre traditions ésotériques et manipulations diaboliques des masses par ceux qui exercent le pouvoir.
Même si ce type de connexions existent, c'est le thème de ces livres, elles ne définissent qu'une facette des choses, et il est important de se souvenir que toutes formes de connaissances a un bon et un mauvais côté.
Aux individus d'aujourd'hui de savoir faire un usage constructif de l'héritage prestigieux des anciens...
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Don Yeomans
Waste of time
Reviewed in Canada on March 1, 2018
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Rambling regurgitated dead end, peppered with enough quotes to to distract from the fact that this book contains not one original thought or idea.
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