A room without books is like a body without a soul - Cicero

I have been meaning to add a post or two over the weekend but I found myself distracted with trying to juggle too many points of interest at once and just did not get around to making any coherent additions. So I decided I’d make this entry to avoid becoming too lazy about maintaining the blog and perhaps give someone else an idea for a book to look into.

Below are some of these current distractions which I may return to separately at a later date or, the more likely result, incorporate snippets with a related topic.

Daimonic Reality is a book by Patrick Harpur in which he sets out his theories what lies behind such phenomena as ; crop circles, big foot, alien, ufo and Marian sightings.
It is quite an interesting read, easy to get into and filled with a great assortment of various sightings and phenomena which he uses to clarify what he means by 'Daimonic Reality' and how it is there are such varied and persistent sightings throughout history and cultures. I am currently rereading this book as I breezed through it first time around, but it's being pressed to the background by other books like


which was written by Giorgio de Santillana and Hertha von Dechend. This book just seemed to evade my attempts to get a hold of it until quite recently when I came across it in several places. And now that I finally have it I am too scattered to give it my full attention, but that is a problem of luxury. So far I’ve only read the commentary written by John Major Jenkins as well as the introduction and the first two chapters. While the book has been quite heavily critiqued on its conclusions, methods and even its’ awkward disjointed presentation by peers of Santillana and Dechend and readers alike, this isn’t offputting to me. Since I myself tend to be running in several directions at the same time as well, as is evidenced here, so I am perhaps more forgiving towards them in that regard. My main interest in Hamlet’s Mill lies in the great abundance of sources the book uses and references, something that is separate from their interpretations and conclusions. At any rate it should provide an entertaining and informative read.

Some other recent additions I’m rather tempted and eager to delve into are two books by Colin Wilson; A Criminal History of Mankind and The Philosopher's Stone. As well as Paul Radin’s Primitive Man as Philosopher.

There are many more books that I just need to find the time for somehow as well, so too with other 'pet projects' that keep springing up but fail to reach maturity.

N.B. The book links go to Amazon but the discerning person can find costless alternatives for most of the books mentioned.