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    History: Fiction or Science? is the most explosive tractate on history ever written - however, every theory it contains, no matter how unorthodox, is backed by solid scientific data. The book is well-illustrated, contains over 446 graphs and illustrations, copies of ancient manuscripts, and countless facts attesting to the falsity of the chronology used nowadays, which never cease to amaze the reader. Eminent mathematician proves that: Jesus Christ was born in 1153 and crucified in 1186 The Old Testament refers to mediaeval events. Apocalypse was written after 1486. Does this sound uncanny? This version of events is substantiated by hard facts and logic - validated by new astronomical research and statistical analysis of ancient sources - to a greater extent than everything you may have read and heard about history before. The dominating historical discourse in its current state was essentially crafted in the XVI century from a rather contradictory jumble of sources such as innumerable copies of ancient Latin and Greek manuscripts whose originals had vanished in the Dark Ages and the allegedly irrefutable proof offered by late mediaeval astronomers, resting upon the power of ecclesial authorities. Nearly all of its components are blatantly untrue! For some of us, it shall possibly be quite disturbing to see the magnificent edifice of classical history to turn into an ominous simulacrum brooding over the snake pit of mediaeval politics. Twice so, in fact: the first seeing the legendary millenarian dust on the ancient marble turn into a mere layer of dirt - one that meticulous unprejudiced research can eventually remove. The second, and greater, attack of unease comes with the awareness of just how many areas of human knowledge still trust the three elephants of the consensual chronology to support them. Nothing can remedy that except for an individual chronological revolution happening in the minds of a large enough number of people.

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    3 out of 5 stars 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.

    5 out of 5 stars 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.

    5 out of 5 stars 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.

    5 out of 5 stars Very Interesting.......2007-03-07

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    4 out of 5 stars 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.

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                    • The Illuminated Soul
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                    5 out of 5 stars The Illuminated Soul.......2005-09-08

                    In Aryeh Stollman's outstanding short novel, I found particulary revealing a scene past the mid-point of the story. The main characters, the widowed Adele Ivri, her two children, Joseph and Asa, and their mysterious houseguest Eva Higashi, are returning home from synagogue in Windsor, Canada. Adele Ivri remarks upon the beauty of an old gnarled elm tree she had not noticed before. Eva remarks that there is much to be learned from a fresh sighting of a beautiful object. And she explains that "in the end, neither knowledge nor wisdom makes a person good". (pp. 172 -- 173)

                    I found this passage striking in a book which describes eloquently the love of learning, both secular and religious, the attractions of beauty, and the power of the imagination. The passage also illuminates the theme of the book in which the values of learning, beauty and imagination are juxtaposed against the realities of loss, suffering and guilt.

                    This novel is set in Winsdor, Canada following WW II with the recently widowed Adele raising her two sons Joseph and Asa. Joseph is the narrator of the book. He is physically unattractive but possessed of great intellect and of the drive to study. The younger son, Asa, is possessed of great physical beauty and of artistic talent. Unfortunately, he is slowly but inexorably going blind.

                    During the summer when Joseph is 14, the Ivri family takes in a mysterious boarder, Eva Higashi (nee Laquedem), a beautfiful young woman possessed of great knowledge. Her father had been a scholar in Prague, and Eva is trying to complete his final manuscript, "Clouds of Glory". Eva brings with her a priceless illuminated manuscript, the "Augsburg Miscellany" dating from the fifteenth century. Eva soon leaves the Ivri's home as mysteriously as she arrived. Joseph's and Asa's experiences with her during these few short summer months become the formative moments of their lives.

                    Joseph, the narrator of the story, ultimately becomes a famous research neuroanatomist who, following his retirement, enjoys great popular acclaim upon the publication of his short philosophical and mystical meditation, "The Illuminated Soul". This short book, in turn, is based upon Joseph's recollections of his family's few summer months with Eva.

                    This short book is filled with discussions of Torah study, of biblical archaeology, Japanese literature, neuroanatomy, and much else. (The author is himself a neuroradiologist.) I was much taken with the discussions of birds and their intelligence, (the story features a pet parrot named Nebucadnezzer) because it reminded me of my own pet bird. There are also many beautifully allusive stories and themes of unicorns and giraffes, of early Japanese novels, and of changing and shimmering colors in the sky that deeply influence the young boys and are captured in the mysticism of Joseph's "Illuminated Soul".

                    Each of the characters in the story have their own secrets, their own tragedy, and their own guilt. We learn to see into them in this beautifully-paced and told book. For all its appeal to learning, imagination, and even religious faith, for me the story speaks most strongly of the inevitability of change and of the overriding importance of cultivating goodness of heart. This is a very fine book.

                    Robin Friedman

                    3 out of 5 stars The Life Changing Effects Brought By A Mysterious Visitor.......2004-06-19

                    Into the lives of a Jewish Canadian widow (Mrs. Ivri) and her two young sons, arrives a mysterious Czechoslovakian woman. She has escaped from the Holocaust and in the process saved an old illuminated manuscript of spiritual dimensions, that had been protected by her scholarly father. This lovely novel explores the powerful impact that one individual can have upon us, even though their life may only touch ours briefly. Eva Higashi, the mysterious woman, who bears the name of her Japanese husband, now deceased, enchants the widow and her two young sons with her joie de vivre, and her colorful, insightful and unusual stories of her life and escape from the Nazis. The Hebrew word for angel also means messenger - one who is sent by God. Perhaps for the Ivris, Eva may be that messenger from God who has arrived to teach them about the imponderables of life. An unusual and esoteric story, in the end I found it difficult to connect emotionally with these characters, thus the three stars.

                    4 out of 5 stars lyrical prose.......2002-12-30

                    This gem-like story of a mysterious woman who comes to live with a Jewish family is written in lyrical, crystalline prose. We are treated to exquisitely drawn characters. The place and times are richly delineated and are replete with historical detail. The denouement is not fully realized, yet the pleasure I found reading this novel was real, and the flaw in plot development does not extinguish the lingering questions of spirituality raised.
                    In some ways it is unfortunate that "Everything is Illuminated" was published about the same time as Stollman's work of similar title. The two works are profoundly dissimiliar- and I fear that Foer's hysterically funny book overshadows this elegant piece. Ironically, I found both efforts benfit from being read back to back, as different lenses on Jewish/immigrant life experience.

                    3 out of 5 stars Illuminating but not satisfying.......2002-10-25

                    While I found this book interesting, I felt no sense of lose when it ended. Dr. Stollman seemed to spend an inordinate amount of time in describing Eva, but I found nothing particularly illuminating about her soul or the story teller's, Joseph. So, how exactly are we drawn into the 'illuminated soul?'
                    During parts of the book, the author feels compelled to describe research that he is doing, something that I not only had little interest in, but found rather distracting from the main story.
                    In the end, when she leaves with the doctor, we are left to wonder what happened to her. Joseph hints that he now holds the great treasure that she brought with her when she ended up in Canada. Is this the ending that was suppose to be a breath catcher?

                    4 out of 5 stars Dreamscape.......2002-09-24

                    Stollman creates a marvelous work of fiction in "The Illuminated Soul." His characters are so real that they acquire a life of their own. Joseph, through whose eyes we see the story, is a noted scientist in the field of neuroanatomy who has written a book called "The Illuminated Soul." Thus, we have a book within a book. His brother Asa, is blind. Both men are unmarried and take care of each other. For them as for the story, the past overshadows the present. Their mother Adele was an earthy woman who supported her sons as a kosher caterer. Their lives are forever changed by a vistor, the luminous Eva Higashi. It is through the power of these characters that the story affects us.

                    Stollman's prose is among some of the most lyrical and affecting. His concluding paragraph is stunning, "For a short while, a long time ago, we were like those celestial beings, arrayed in the higher realms, looking out over the heavens, and we saw so much farther than we had ever imagined." He writes from the transforming magic love exerts.

                    The historical detail makes us believe that Stollman is an antiquarian of the highest order. The devotional aspects of the Jewish Apocrypha give us a real feel of this community in Canada. Stollman is masterful in this sense.

                    The story somewhat falls apart for me with the ending. Trying not to give the ending away, we are asked to believe that Joseph was able to execute the story's final act without his mother intervening, Eva discovering this prior to her departure or returning to rectify it, or his brother discovering and making some intervention. Perhaps I'm a bit too logical for the conclusion of this wonderful dreamscape. Unfortunately, the ending is the only false note in an otherwise exquisite novel! Even so, there are so many strengths here, that it is a great and pleasurable reading experience, one not to be missed.
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                        The science of the soul: The art and science of building an illuminated and immortal soul ; the method for the attainment of soul or cosmic consciousness ... God ; the spiritual ethics for the new age
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                          R. Swinburne Clymer
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                          Soul Illuminated
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                            Judith Pemell
                            Manufacturer: Vanwell Publishing
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                            The soul or 'subtle self' reveals our true identity. By finding your self and in the process freeing the soul, you undertake a spiritual journey that leads to true peace, compassion and love -- a pure and natural state of being. Once you understand the power of your soul, true healing occurs.
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                              Debra Donnelly-Barton
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                                Debra Donnelly-Barton
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