The Forbidden Universe

The Occult Origins of Science and the Search for the Mind of God

Lynn Picknett, Clive Prince

• Publisher: Skyhorse
• Year: 2011
• ISBN:
  9781620876640
• Topic: Geschichte
• Subtopic: Europäische Geschichte der Renaissance

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.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title Page
• Dedication
• Epigraph
• Table of Contents
• INTRODUCTION
• PART ONE : The Occult Roots of Science
• PART TWO : The Search for the Mind of God
• APPENDIX : HERMES AND THE FIRST HERETIC
• NOTES AND REFERENCES
• SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY
• ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
• INDEX
• Plates
• Also by Lynn Picknett and Clive Prince
• Copyright