The Forbidden Universe- The Occult Origins of Science and the Search for the Mind of God.epub

The Forbidden Universe: The Occult Origins of Science and the Search for the Mind of God by Lynn Picknett & Clive Prince



Overview: From the bestselling and controversial writers who inspired The Da Vinci Code comes the latest in scientific and religious conspiracies.



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