The Forbidden Universe: The Occult Origins of Science and the Search for the Mind of God

Lynn Picknett

ISBN 10: 1849014094 / ISBN 13: 9781849014090

Published by Constable, 2011

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Forbidden Universe: The Occult Origins of Science and the Search for the Mind of God
• Publisher: Constable
• Publication Date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1849014094
• ISBN 13: 9781849014090
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: new

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Synopsis

Secret societies, famous scientists, ancient Egyptian mysticism, and a fascinating addition to the god-versus-science debate: the Catholic Church. By the bestselling authors of The Templar Revelation and Mary Magdalene, The Forbidden Universe reveals how the foundations of modern science were based around a desire to destroy the church. The great pioneering scientists of the Renaissance and the early Enlightenment (including Copernicus, Galileo, and Sir Isaac Newton) were fervent devotees of the philosophical/mystical system of Hermeticism. Many of the most important scientists of this age, including Galileo, belonged to a secret society called the Giordanisti, which had the agenda to overthrow the Church and establish a new age of Hermetic supremacy.

About the Author

Before their serendipitous first encounter in 1989 on a doorstep in Swiss Cottage, north London, Lynn, originally from the city of York, was a journalist, editor of books and several major partworks (she was deputy editor of the seminal 1980s publication The Unexplained), broadcaster and television presenter. Clive, a Londoner, had worked for several years as a systems analyst for a major national charity. However, after meeting they abandoned their 'proper' jobs to concentrate full-time on research into religious and historical mysteries, which became a successful and enduring joint career in authorship. Jointly they are the authors of The Turin Shroud, The Templar Revelation, The Stargate Conspiracy, Double Standards, The War of the Windsors, Friendly Fire, Sion Revelation and The Masks of Christ.