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Book Review: Academy of the Sword

April 14, 2009 by Jeff Richardson  
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Academy of the Sword: The Mystery of the Spanish Circle in Swordsmanship and Esoteric Arts by John Michael Greer (Trans) Gerard Thibault Chivalry Bookshelf (October 18, 2006) $59.95 ISBN 978-1891448409 328 pages Reviewer: Jeff Richardson First published in 1630 in French, Gerard Thibault’s Academy of the Sword stands as one of the most lavish treatises ever written on the art [...]

Book Review: The Apophenion

April 14, 2009 by Ian Vincent  
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The Apophenion by Peter J. Carroll (Mandrake Press 2008) $23.00 ISBN 978-1869928650 168 pages Reviewer: Ian Vincent “It’s all ‘cos of Quantum.” — Sir Terry Pratchett. It’s a common meme in New Age writing is to use physics paradigms, from vague hand-waving about “vibrations” and “energies” to the movie What the Bleep Do We Know!?. Rarely does this go beyond crude [...]