History: Fiction or Science? (Chronology, No. 1)

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Recorded history is a finely-woven magic fabric of intricate lies about events predating the sixteenth century. There is not a single piece of evidence that can be reliably and independently traced back earlier than the eleventh century. This book details events that are substantiated by hard facts and logic, and validated by new astronomical research and statistical analysis of ancient sources.

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Calculations are only as good as your numbers.......2007-08-03

Yes, we can all agree that mainstream history is nearly 100% BS due to politics, economics, ego, problems with dating techniques, and various conspiracies. Agreed. But, I've been researching the distinct possibility that human history (in terms of civilizations) are much more ancient than we've been told, so coming across this book was very interesting to me. I wondered how Fomenko could be wrong (if at all) because he is very persuasive in his presentations. Then it dawned on me. If at previous times in prehistory, due to the various catastrophies that are well documented (comets, asteroids, planetary disruptions, plasma discharge, pole reversals, etc) the Earth was in a different position in relation to the sun, different tilt on its axis, different orbit, different rotation (in terms of velocity and DIRECTION), and the continents were in different positions, then would this not cause the ancients to see the sky (constellations) differently? In other words, is Fomenko making erronious assumptions about the physics of the Earth in pre-history, which then corrupt his data with regards to dating the relevant astrology? The last event to seriously disrupt our planet occured roughly 3500 years ago, according to other good researchers, so is it possible Fomenko has been confused by this? The vastly different physics of our planet in the not so distant past may explain this confusion, which is not to say the "mainstream" version of history is correct; on the contrary. I am not an expert in these fields, but wanted to see if this idea could spark discussion.

Pants on fire?.......2007-07-19

Will people ever read before spamming? Yes, Jesuits could not rewrite world history alone, they had help. Anyway, Dr Prof Acad A.Fomenko does not point to jesuits as the driving force of world wide history manipulation in published volumes 1,2,3;, actually he barely mentions the poor devils. Check it with 'Search inside' feature, please. China is rarely mentioned either, in fact, Dr Fomenko is completely eurocentric. Right, his theory contradicts all mainstream schools of history, because in their actual state they are all built on blatantly erroneus chronology. You don't need a mysterious cabal (conspiracy) to falsify history, the falsification is its modus operandi. It is inherent to history(ians) to falsify (distort) events, as it is inherent to humans to boast as it is inherent to power (authority) to legimize itself by referrring to glorious past made to its own order. Dr Prof Fomenko and team have identified scores of instances of such manipulation in Russian, European, etc.. history, and delivered valid statistical proof thereof. His own 'reconstruction' is completely another story. Forget c14 as a valid method of dating. W.Libby has initially discovered a brilliant method of INDEPENDENT dating. Too bad, c14 method has become a joke after a forced marrige with dendrochronology with consensual chronological scale inbuilt. Radiocarbon method can't stand blind tests, but is so very productive as a rubberstamp.

Accepted History & Chronology Must Be Changed. .......2007-04-09

There is no doubt that history as most know it is a sham, & institution's version of History both University & Church is fradulent & inaccurate. Everything was established with an agenda, The real "Dark Ages" are now when we have access to incredible amounts of information past authorities & more important 'common folk' didn't have but our institutions & educators are slow to evolve because of what has ignorantly & arrogantly been taught for too long. This is on many subjects not just Chronology.

For anyone to question "Why would a Mathematician have anything credible to say of History?" The answer is from Dr. Fomenko's preface in the book: "It would be worthwhile to remind the reader that in the XVI-XVII century Chronology was considered to be a subdivision of Mathematics." These volumes could possibly be some of the most important works to date & should be read by everyone with an interest in History, especially professors & educators who have a duty to the public. I have read both books & must say that 'Chronology 1' has some very eye opening & revolutionary information. Even if these volumes are part true the implications are profound & opens the doors to further investigations & questions which must be done. I speak several different lanquages & must say the logic Dr. Fomenko uses with "inflection" of words & words being read from left to right in one region & right to left in another then written backwards, the removal of vowels & get down to basics of words, or different cities & locations having the same name etc. is correct. Vowel usage has always been optional & varied, actually complicating linquistics & study. The first thing one has to understand is that words never had a fixed spelling in history like we do now, the spelling of words was mutable & regional, as well as names & titles of people were vast, varied & changed, NOTHING WAS FIXED or understood linear. Matters of Life & Death as well as financial profiteering yesterday & today were & are made with ignorant, illogical & conspiratorial views of history & reality, it's time people get closer to the Truth & society collectively grow up.

Very Interesting.......2007-03-07

It is a good proposal and I believe it will mature into something even better in the future. I think it deserves to be read.

History as Science Fiction.......2007-01-10

Anatoly Fomenko has written a very intriguing book, full of pictures, charts, and computer 'proof' of his thesis: backwards of AD900 we don't really know what happened or when. Between AD900 and AD1600 there is more certainty, but there is still a lot of fuzzy ground, and things don't get reliable until we get past the 1600's where the printing press made it very difficult for the perpetrators of this timeline manipulation to change anything that had been committed to print. The Dark Ages did not happen. Books were burned for a reason. One organization has doubled the actual length of its existence by expanding the real chronology. Read why.

I had always wondered why Christ died about AD33 and yet men waited until the 11th century to form the Knights Templar, the Cathars, etc and go after the Holy Land by force. Why the 1000 year gap? Turns out there wasn't more than a 10-12 year gap and he proves it using astronomy. This also implies that the planet is not as old as we have been told, and current Christian and other creationist scientists are already championing that idea without being aware of Fomenko's book. The two groups, creationist scientists and the Russian mathematical analysts corroborate each other. Fascinating.

Of course, all this flies in the face of what we have been told traditionally is the 'proper' chronology of western civilization, and most readers will experience 'cognitive dissonance' in reading this book. It means that our history going backwards from AD1600 becomes progressively more incorrect and unreliable until it cannot be trusted at all... in the space of 700-800 years.

Naturally, the curious, open-minded reader will want to know WHO did this, WHY, and did any of the events we think of as really ancient ever happen?
Dr. Fomenko is a respected scientist/mathematician at Moscow State University who has already answered these questions to the satisfaction of his initially skeptical colleagues. Most of them are now believers, a few still refuse to believe (the usual diehards), and of course the western press has ignored Fomenko's work -- for obvious reasons when you read the book. The ones who perpetrated this chronology ruse have a lot to answer for. They are still with us. That's why this book is a well-kept secret.

I gave the book a 4-star rating because I was unable to check out some of his claims; those I checked were as he said. But if even 1/3 of his claims are true, this punches a big hole in what we think is our history, the meaning of western civilization, our educational process (for repeating the ruse as gospel), and the trustworthiness of the organization that perpetrated this ruse, well-intentioned or not.

This book relates to current research into a Young Earth paradigm, to John Keel's discoveries about our planet, and Fr Malachi Martin's insights (in his now out-of-print books). We are indeed sheep who are manipulated and kept ignorant -- for a reason. While knowing what these men have to say may be the "booby prize" (as in: 'what can you do with this knowledge?'), it will provide interesting reading. Didn't someone say: "...and the Truth will set you free."?? For you to judge if this book contains the truth.

Edge Chronicles 8: The Winter Knights (Edge Chronicles, The)

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A band of friends joins forces to prevent trouble in this riveting adventure
The Quint Saga continues
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Edge Chronicles 8: The Winter Knights (Edge Chronicles, The)
Paul Stewart , and Chris Riddell
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Release Date: 2007-02-13

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In the great floating city of Sanctaphrax, blizzards howl through the streets as the Edgeworld descends into an endless winter. Quint, the son of a sky pirate, has just begun his training at the Knights Academy—training that involves heading out over the Edge on tethers to develop his flying skills. But when Quint breaks the rules and heads out to Open Sky on his own, he runs into the great sky leviathans known as cloud-eaters and must use all his skill and ingenuity if catastrophe is not to strike the Edgeworld. . . .

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A band of friends joins forces to prevent trouble in this riveting adventure.......2007-04-14

THE WINTER KNIGHTS, telling of a giant city home to the Edgeworld's academics and headed by the Knights Academy where the best come to study. Student Quint, son of a sky pirate, faces his first year and the cold of winter: when disaster strikes, a band of friends joins forces to prevent trouble in this riveting adventure. Both will prove popular picks with their eye-catching covers and fantasy-based action.

The Quint Saga continues.......2007-03-19

"The Winter Knights" is another must-read installment of the amazing series "The Edge Chronicles". Picking up the story from the end of The Curse of the Gloamglozer (The Edge Chronicles, Book 4), this penultimate book of the Quint Saga covers the apprenticeship of young Quintinius Verginix at the prestigious Knights Academy, where he is chosen to continue his studies as the protégé of the Professor of Light.

Separated from his friend Maris and also from his father, Quint makes some new friends, and at least one bitter and dangerous enemy. The first part of the book deals with normal school endeavors such as prowlgrin rearing, skycraft model making and home room, but the Knights Academy is also riddled with intrigue, corruption and deceit, with conspirators lurking around every corner.

Winter has settled on Sanctaphrax, and the Hall Master of High Cloud is predicting the arrival of a Great Storm. Unfortunately, it's been a long time coming, and the cold is taking its toll on the floating rock. One after the other, the brave Knights Academic set off in their ships to retrieve precious stormphrax, without which the great rock would break loose of its moorings and float off to Open Sky.

It's soon up to Quint and his friends, the so-called "Winter Knights" to save the day, and the second part of the story is the most gripping, action-packed and bloody of the series so far. Murder, mayhem and treachery mixed with fierce battles and monster hunting lead to a cliff-hanger ending. If you're a fan of The Edge Chronicles, this is not one to be missed.

Amanda Richards, March 18, 2007

The Curse of the Gloamglozer (The Edge Chronicles, Book 4)

Another great installation.......2007-03-15

The Winter Nights (Edge Chronicles #8) is another great installation to the series. What I love about this book and the rest of the series is that each book could easily stand on its own or be read in any order, but when you put them all together, details from one or another book come out, showing the in depth connection of everything that happens in life.

As an adult I would definatly recommend this book to other adults as well as children.

Edge fans will love this one..........2006-05-04

I actually ordered this book from Amazon.uk-- couldn't wait for the latest installment in the Edge Chronicles to be released in the USA.

I thought this was one of the best Edge books. A caution-- these books aren't appropriate for very young children. Older kids will really enjoy them. (Adults, too!)

Endless adventures on the Edge.......2006-04-30

If you like to go into the impossible and dare to go into danger, this is the book for you. This book talks about Quint, an apprentice of two of the most powerful people around where he lives. He figures out a way to save his beloved floating city (Sanctaphrax) from flowing into an eternal winter. As you continue reading, Quint's life starts to unveil itself, and he does things he never thought he could do before. The Winter Knights is a guaranteed page turner!

A Scholar of Magics (A College of Magics)

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Miss Manners and the Warden of the West
Very engaging sequel to A College of Magics, and my favorite Stevermer novel to date
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An alternate-Edwardian romp
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A Scholar of Magics (A College of Magics)
Caroline Stevermer
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ASIN: 0765353466
Release Date: 2005-02-07

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Glasscastle University-on the surface, one of the most peaceful places in England. But underneath, its magic is ancient and dangerous... American Samuel Lambert, sharpshooter, adventurer, late of the Wyoming plains and Kiowa Bob's Wild West Show, has been invited to Glasscastle University in England to contribute his phenomenally accurate shooting eye to the top secret Agincourt Project. The only dangers he expects to face are British snobbery, heavy dinners, and tea with the Provost's pretty wife. But when the Provost's stylish sister, Jane Brailsford, comes to town, things get much more exciting....This sparkling sequel to A College of Magics is a whirlwind of secret weapons, motor cars, mysterious assaults and abductions, thugs in bowler hats, and a mild-mannered don who is heir to a magical power greater than all of Glasscastle's.

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Miss Manners and the Warden of the West.......2007-01-12

"A Scholar of Magics" is for Jane Austin fans who are also fond of fantasy. Unfortunately, it's not quite as magical and entertaining as its predecessor, "A College of Magics."

The setting is an Edwardian alternate world, where the sun never sets on the British Empire, and people chuff about in steam engines, motor cars, and aeroplanes with their little red Baedeckers at the ready. Jane Brailsford, a scholar of Greenlaw (`the' College of Magics) returns for this sequel, and meets up with the American, Samuel Lambert, a sharpshooter from Kiowa Bob's Wild West Show.

Lambert yearns to become a scholar at Glasscastle University (modeled I believe, on Cambridge University) where he has been temporarily employed to test a magical weapon. He offers to take Jane on a tour of the unrestricted areas of the University, and she accepts with a little too much alacrity (Lambert doesn't know her yet). As they are strolling about, they see a bowler-hatted man cutting across the forbidden Midsummer Green. When they attempt to stop him, he bolts. Jane and Lambert then discover a Senior Scholar's study that has been ransacked. It belongs to Lambert's friend, the mysteriously absent Nicholas Fell.

Slowly (very slowly, indeed) Jane and Lambert are involved in a plot to steal the secret, magical weapon called the Agincourt Device. When, after many pages the villain finally has them at his mercy, he brandishes the weapon and brags that he has already used it on Jane's brother. The Agincourt Device transforms people into beasts, and her brother got turned into a border collie. The villain remarks:

"Still, it suits him (Jane's brother). Relatively high intelligence, a keen sense of duty, and a glossy black coat with touches of white. My first successful transformation."

"What have you done with him?" Jane demanded..."

"He's around here somewhere. Cook gives him kitchen scraps."

The whole book is reflected in the above dialogue: dry, witty, with touches of unexpected magic. It never quite caught fire like its predecessor, "A College of Magics," but the love story is rather sweet, Jane's brother is recovered from his doggy state, the Magical Universe is brought back into balance, and Lambert gets his dearest wish (much to the indignation of some of the more traditional fuddy-duddies at Glasscastle University). I am hoping for a sequel with yet more revelations about the powerful Wardens of the North, South, East, and West.

Very engaging sequel to A College of Magics, and my favorite Stevermer novel to date.......2006-08-06

Caroline Stevermer's A Scholar of Magics is a fairly direct sequel to A College of Magics, but still can be read independently. (Both books are apparently set in the same world as her intervening novel When the King Comes Home, but that novel is set much earlier and I for one cannot readily detect the links.) A College of Magics was set at Greenlaw, a Women's College in what seemed to be a version of France in the early 20th Century, and it involved Faris Nallaneen and her assumption of the important post of Warden of the North. A Scholar of Magics is set at Glasscastle, a Men's College in a version of early 20th Century England (probably around 1915 or so), and it involves a man assuming the important post of Warden of the West. A major character is Jane Brailsford, a teacher at Greenlaw and a close friend of Faris.

The central character, however, is Samuel Lambert, an American sharpshooter who has been engaged by a group at Glasscastle which is researching a new weapon. Lambert's shooting ability will help them refine the aiming mechanism of the weapon, apparently. Lambert is friendly with Robert Brailsford, a Fellow at Glasscastle and Jane's brother. Jane comes visiting her brother, but she has an ulterior motive. Faris has sent her to track down Nicholas Fell, another Fellow of Glasscastle, who is supposed to become the new Warden of the West. But Fell is resisting.

As it happens, Fell is Samuel Lambert's roommate. So Jane and Samuel spend time together looking for Fell. They encounter mysterious mostly invisible thieves, have exciting motorcar trips, and listen to the music of Glasscastle. Eventually Robert Brailsford and Fell disappear, and Jane and Samuel try to chase them down, helped by a surprising personal property they both share. The nature of the mysterious weapon under development becomes important ...

It's a very engaging, very fun, novel. The characters are likeable, believable, and unexpected in some ways. The love story is very understated, to good effect. The magic is interesting and nicely handled. The pace is a bit leisurely, but the book remains involving, even through an oddly extended denouement. My favorite Stevermer novel so far.

Pleasant.......2005-09-22

Caroline Stevermer's follow-up to her minor classic A College of Magics is more a showcase for its settings than for its story: it lacks its predecessor's driving narrative force. And it has the disadvantage that Terry Pratchett has already done a well-received series in which magic is taught at a gentle parody of the British boarding school. But Stevermer's clever writing and unsurpassed sense of place still makes this a worthwhile read. Glasscastle, the magical college, is fully realized and is the kind of place the reader will very much want to visit. Furthermore, the creepy insane asylum of St. Hubert's, where part of the book takes place, is imaginative, well written, and quite disturbing -- Stevermer is much better at obscure psychological horror than I would have expected given her past work. I liked this book and recommend it.

But I was moved to write this review to correct a previous one that said this "hilarious" book has to do with a dopey married magician, a chocolate pot, and adventures on the Continent. This must have been written about another book and posted here in error. There are no dopey magicians here who had adventures with chocolate pots in any prior books, this book is witty and charming but not intended as broad comedy, and no action whatsoever takes place on the Continent: it's all set in England. If you were looking for the chocolate pot book, whatever it is, this is not that book. If you know Stevermer's work and that review confused you, just disregard it.

An alternate-Edwardian romp.......2004-10-17

Jane Brailsford, a student at Greenlaw College in A College of Magics, has now been an instructor there for several years. She visits her brother Robert, a Senior Fellow at Glasscastle University, England's premier school of magic, and his wife Amy while on holiday for the first time in years, and won't quite admit that this is odd enough to need an explanation. On arriving, she meets another visitor at Glasscastle, Samuel Lambert, an American sharpshooter who has been retained by the University in connection with a highly secret defense research project. Mr. Lambert is interesting enough in his own right, but he's also staying with Nicholas Fell, another Senior Fellow, who, it turns out, is the real reason for Jane's visit. The old Warden of the West has died, and Nicholas Fell should be, must be, the new one, but he has determinedly resisted taking up the post, and rejected all efforts at communication from the other three Wardens. Why won't Dr. Fell do what he ought to do? What does the research project Samuel's involved in have to do with it-and what's the goal of the research project anyway? Who are the mysterious figures that keep walking across Glasscastle's lawn and breaking into Fell's study? And why are Samuel and Jane the only ones who can see them?
A very entertaining romp through an alternate Edwardian England.

Fun magical mystery.......2004-07-29

Like Stevermer's earlier book 'A College of Magics' this is set in the early 20th century in a parallel universe where magic is part of everyday life. Samuel Lambert is a sharpshooter from Wyoming, who is invited to Glasscastle university (Glastonbury?), a very exclusive establishment for teaching magic to young men of the right background. His talents a marksman are required for the mysterious Agincourt Prjoect, which is top-secret. He makes friends with a student called Nicholas Fell, and meets the provost's attractive siter Jane (from 'A College of Magics'), a teacher of mathematics at Greenlaw,a women's magical college in Normandy.Jane has a message for Nicholas Fell, he is to be the new Warden of the West (a sort of magical guardian) but he doesn't want to be. Strange things begin to happen, the Agincourt Prjoect is cancelled, and Nicholas Fell and Jane's brother Robert both disappear. jane and Lambert set out to find them, then Jane disappears herself, and Lambert has to track her down as well, and try and figure out who the villains are. This is a very enjoyable story, with a clever plot, interesting characters and plenty of magic and humour. One of my favourite bits is where Lambert fells the villain with a well-aimed cricket ball. lambert is an amiable hero, and Jane is an attractive and interesting heroine, despite her passion for reckless driving.And unlike the earlier book, this one has an upbeat ending. Great fun.

Kabbalah, Magic and Science: The Cultural Universe of a Sixteenth-Century Jewish Physician

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Kabbalah, Magic and Science: The Cultural Universe of a Sixteenth-Century Jewish Physician
David Ruderman
Manufacturer: Harvard University Press
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Russian Magic Books in the British Library: Books, Manuscripts, Scholars and Travellers (British Library - Panizzi Lectures)

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Russian Magic Books in the British Library: Books, Manuscripts, Scholars and Travellers (British Library - Panizzi Lectures)
William Ryan
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The work of W.R.S. Ralston, a Keeper of the British Museum Library in the mid- 19th century and authority on Russian magic and folklore is discussed in this latest addition to the Panizzi Lectures which also looks at travel literature and memoirs and examines both the merits and the problems of using this kind of material as a historical source for the study of popular belief.

Scholarly Magics (A College of Magics, A Scholar of Magics)

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Wisdom, knowledge & magic: The image of the scholar in seventeenth-century Dutch art

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Wisdom, knowledge & magic: The image of the scholar in seventeenth-century Dutch art

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The Model Boy. Millard Seals, The Christian Hero, Magic Orator, and Distinguished Sunday-School Scholar

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The Model Boy. Millard Seals, The Christian Hero, Magic Orator, and Distinguished Sunday-School Scholar
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