Sinister Forces-The Nine: A Grimoire of American Political Witchcraft (Bk. 1)
by Peter Levenda
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Author: Peter LevendaForeword: Jim Hougan
Edition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2005-06-21
ISBN: 0975290622
Number of pages: 399
Publisher: Trine Day
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Book Review: a dry listing of names, dates, places, locations, and events
Summary: 2 Stars
I really really really was looking forward to reading this book. I wanted to like it. And boy, did it ever disappoint me.
(Note: much of what follows goes for the latter 2/3rds of the book, I rather enjoyed the first couple chapters)
There were a few exceptions of course, but in general, the style of the prose was dry. My guess is that in trying to distance himself from his topic (Levenda is or has been connected personally to some of the personalities he treats in this book, ostensibly he has been identified as Simon of Necronomicon fame), he got too impersonal. This book reads more like an encyclopedia than a book. Maybe I was looking for or expecting something different, but it seemed to me that 19 out of 20 paragraphs just listed names, dates, places, positions, and titles ad nauseum.
I understand that esoteric topics are incredibly interwoven, interlaced, insterstitially related, inter-uber-ultra connected, and so on, but it seems to me the path to unraveling this mystery does not lie in simply regurgitating all the information out in prose. Analysis is key. Perhaps my brain is not quite as sharp as yours, but I find it pretty much useless to try follow 50 or more people at once and try and make any sense of it.
I also think this is where the book suffers. I felt there was no *real* depth to it; it just never hooked me. Yes, he lists a veritable treasure trove of information, but Levenda seems to flit from one topic to the next without even really making any significant points or adding to my knowledge of what he just covered. I guess he feels that simply bringing this stuff to my attention is good enough?
I don't even mind that style of writing if it is done well (see 2012: The Return of Quetzalcoatl by Pinchbeck). Yes, many of these events and people are quite intriguing, but it felt like Levenda never had the cajones to go out on a limb and say what he really thinks about this stuff. He was staying safe in his academic author persona.
Yawn.
I'd much prefer: "Spirits of Sky, Remember!" (even if it is fiction).
While reading this book, I kept thinking: "Why didn't he just create a huge hyper-linked web site that has all these connections interlinked?" I felt like I wanted to click through a bunch of links and just sort of follow them, or constructed a dynamic data cloud. That would have helped me arrive at the place he was trying to get me to go rather than reading paragraph after paragraph of text.
By my recollection, there were only about 2-3 pages covering The Nine, why was that even the subtitle? I guess I was fooled, I thought he was actually going to try and say something about The Nine (see The Stargate Conspiracy, maybe? haven't read it). Meanwhile, he mentions the Wandering Bishops so many times, you'd think they actually mattered or something. From his description, they are just tools, why devote so much space to them? (He gives a much more personal, and therefore, clear and MEANINGFUL treatment to the wandering bishops in his book Dead Names: The Dark History of the Necronomicon [assuming Simon=Peter Levenda, SimonPeter, get it?])
On the positive side, I believe this book might be useful to other authors or researchers just for the sheer factual contents of the book and scope. It really does have loads of good information and connections.
In spite of my two star review, I give him kudos for attempting to take on such an incredibly large scope of material.
And I still 'like' him as an author, or whatever, I'm just disappointed but relieved that I finally finished reading this book. Took me forever.
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