Hamlet's Mill: An Essay Investigating the Origins of Human Knowledge And Its Transmission Through Myth
by Giorgio de Santillana, Hertha von Dechen
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Author: Giorgio de Santillana, Hertha von DechenEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 1992-08-01
ISBN: 0879232153
Number of pages: 512
Publisher: David R Godine
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Book Review: "A Ring of Noble Metal"
Summary: 5 Stars
Like so many of the readers of this fascinating book, Hamlet's Mill, it is a work that I have read several times, learning much with each reading. When first published in 1969, it was reviewed by the late MIT Professor Emeritus, Philip Morrison, who was reknown as a distinguished theoretical astrophysicist and interpreter of science for the general public. He wrote " "The book is polemic, even cocky; it will make a tempest in the inkpots. It nonetheless has the ring of noble metal, although it is only a bent key to the first of many gates." Many since that time have taken Santillana's lead and attempted to apply this "bent key" to other gates...as I did in 1992 with my book, "The Death of Gods in Ancient Egypt." After several readings of Hamlet's Mill I became convinced that a concerted search through the writings and artwork of Egypt, a culture whose myths diSantillana and Dechend had only written of superficially, would serve as a reliable test of the book's assertions. I certainly came away from that endeavor, convinced that Hamlet's Mill did indeed offer a valuable key to the many puzzles of ancient religious myths and beliefs.
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