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The People of the Secret Paperback – January 1, 1985

by Ernest Scott (Author), Colin Wilson (Introduction)
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Are biological evolution and human history directed by a hierarchy of Intelligences, the lowest level of which makes physical contact with mankind? Do invisible guardians of this planet "seed" ideas into the earth's culture to prepare human beings for huge steps in their development? The author suggests not only that it may be so, but that it may also be possible to recognize these "People of the Secret."
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    263 pages
  2. Language
    English
  3. Publisher
    Octagon Press
  4. Publication date
    January 1, 1985
  5. Dimensions
    5.5 x 1 x 8.75 inches
  6. ISBN-10
    0863040381
  7. ISBN-13
    978-0863040382
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"Do invisible guardians of this planet "seed" ideas into the Earth’s cultures... (to) prepare human beings ahead of time for huge steps in their development? This theory... is discussed in fascinating details " ... Daily Mail

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... a compelling intellectual adventure. If the author had been born a few centuries ago, he would have been burnt for heresy. But his real crime would not have been in expressing heterodox and dangerous ideas, but in expressing them so brilliantly and persuasively.--Colin Wilson, from the Introduction

Copyright © 1983. Octagon Press. All rights reserved.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Octagon Press; New Ed edition (January 1, 1985)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 263 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0863040381
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0863040382
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 14.4 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.5 x 1 x 8.75 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.5 out of 5 stars 62

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Dorian Gray(scale)
5.0 out of 5 stars Other Evidence?
Reviewed in the United States on November 10, 2021
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I was very surprised that the authors missed the Book of Mormon connection? Anyone actually familiar with the REAL stories surrounding the Joseph Smith's occult origins — and "magical" — youth, would find an interesting parallels to the story of the Book of Morn Liahona (golden/brass "director" or computer) that proves critical the Lehi's family's survival, and their ability to cross the African continent and build a ship, that ultimately lands then in the New World and only a 100 miles from the real and ancient Jerusalem, established secretly in the New World (today's Ohio Valley).

This controversial occult (hidden) text is — ironically — overlooked by most students in search of the Arcanum Arcanorum. This "director" — apparently made of an allow of gold and copper, which seems to have had its origins in Turkey/Armenia (see comments below) — is nothing less than an an equivalent to 21st century 'portable computer' or smart phone/tablet, that has the same properties as the "brass head" computers mentioned in the "People of the Secret."

The description of the contents of this cubic book, also directly parallels that of The Kolbrin, with the exception that Kolbrin (from the evidence found in a footnote in the Kolbrin, from a grandson of one of its stewards) suggests that it was hidden in Armenia for several centuries, before being returned to Britain. BOTH of these archival boxes — originally containing occult writings on gold-bass alloy plates — whose alloy composition suggest connections to the same hidden "People of the Secret," directing mankind (secretly) from the light, not the shadows.

Curiouser and Curiouser.
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Coco Extraordinare
5.0 out of 5 stars Africans/Black's Divine Essence Uncovered
Reviewed in the United States on December 31, 2022
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This book is a 1st 👁 opener to those who know that Africans existed all over the world and how this matrix of lies and deceit are the "ROOT" reason chaos exists in every element to life and death no matter where you step foot in the world.. Not Coincidence, but YES BY DESIGN. What you do and don't know can make or break your daily outcomes.
#powerful
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Bokhara
5.0 out of 5 stars A book to be read slowly...and contemplated frequently
Reviewed in the United States on May 14, 2011
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This author knows far more than he reveals. Reading this book consciously, one will see numerous glimpses of something deep, behind the words in use. Like the sun peeking through the clouds. One could spend a long time, just researching the "eight cabala" the author casually mentions. If cabalists read, and contemplated sentence by sentence what the author says in the chapter on cabala and tarot certain priceless principles will fall out of the pages. Principles which could greatly enrich ones study of these topics.
Some 45 years ago, I was allowed to begin participating in the Naqshbandi way through a person from Iran I was introduced to. If you asked me, as an outsider, some books one might read to get a closer view of real Sufi, I would name this one,The Teachers of Gurdjieff, The Sufi, and the Rules or secrets of the Naqshbandi by Sayed Omar Ali Shah. Reading books such as these will give one's mind an attunement, unattainable elsewhere, that might aid if one wishes to look further.
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John C. Landon
4.0 out of 5 stars I can't give five starts to a book like this, and it may contain many errors
Reviewed in the United States on September 28, 2015
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I can't give five starts to a book like this, and it may contain many errors, but it is worth pointing to the reference to J.G.Bennett without endorsing the whole book.
I think Bennett (connected to sufis, and the book is an Octagon print, from Idries Shah zone) almost got it right. Readers should check out my World History and the Eonic Effect:
We must distinguish three different things, and they are all in Bennett, but not in the right analysis:
1. demiurgic powers
2. a hidden directorate
3. the cascade of cosmic laws as in Bennett with _!_biospheres in that sequence of levels.
4. Ordinary men, buddhas, and perhaps men with 'permanent I', whatever that is.

Many students get evolution and demiurgic powers confused. Demiurgic powers probably don't have the energy resources to terraform planets or do operations on a global scale: this springs from biosphere (GAIA!). Demiurgic powers can move inside this context like men in a factory but the larger system is different. This is why noone can figure out the evolution of religion, civilization and man, and the hopeless confusions of 'design arguments'. The Axial Age shows the emergence of religion in a larger context of civilization: this is biospheric with demiurgic co-participation. Bur the modern new age throws a curve ball. This biospheric level seems cyclic as Bennett noted and this suggests it is hypermechanical, while demiurgic beings have 'will' of some kind (although in Bennett biospheres have 'will' in a different sense, 24 laws?). And this leaves the founders like buddha in an ambiguous context. The sequence of age periods is fixed: religions can arise in their transitions like Hinayana or Israelitism or they can arise in the middle periods like Mahayana, Christianity, Islam. It is important to study the diffierence because two sets of operations are different.
Religions are probably delegated to the hidden directorate, or figures like Gautama, who can initiate their starting points, while their actual construction sequence ends in the hands of men. This is why the Old Testament seems so smart and primitive at the same time. It clearly distinguish 'god' and 'elohim' btw...
These three distinctions (or four) go a long way to explaining the confusion over religion, civilization, secularism, etc... We have bioshpere, demiurgic powers, a hidden directorate, and buddhas who clearly did not see anything beyond their enlightenment, a very tricky situation. And then ordinary men. The Israelites were very smart and saw a higher power or the bioshpere where the buddha saw only a 'turning of the wheel', with a visit from the 'god realm' (???). The gestation of Christianity, Islam, Mahayana (outside of the Axial Age) are thus at best influenced by the hidden directorate, and then human agents, with the Jesus figure in between. Scott is close on many points but this analysis is filled with traps...His take on Islam and sufis is useful at a time when Islamophobes are rampant.The question of the hidden directorate is vexed. Just who are these beings and how do they relate to incarnation? The buddhas move beyond incarnation. There is a another category?? (the boddhissatwa perhaps being an artificial imitation). The emergence of Christianity was a complete mess, yet succeeded in spite of itself. This model may help. Being a part of the 'hidden directorate' raises as many questions as it answers.They must support themselves over many lives on the surface of a planet, not an easy thing to do. We have not facts here, so we should be wary.
Note that, and Bennett realized this, modernity is a new age. This confounds all traditionalists. But it is important to see that the progression of epochs is beyond the 'sacred/secular' distinction. A closer look shows the Reformation and buddhism reborn in spite of itself, just as Jainism was reborn in the Axial Age, but then giving way to buddhism.
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James II
5.0 out of 5 stars Great deal of information.
Reviewed in the United States on February 12, 2023
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Fascinating.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Worth it
Reviewed in the United States on May 13, 2022
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Iykyk. Get the book.
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Ambandu
3.0 out of 5 stars Good book
Reviewed in the United States on August 23, 2021
Basic book on Sufism and masonry! Definitely not worth the price! I paid no more than $25 when it was in print! I’m sure it will be in print again and is a small book!
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Sincerely Interested
5.0 out of 5 stars This book presents many possible threads to follow.
Reviewed in the United States on February 26, 2014
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This book provided encouragement to keep striving for improvement within limits with hope
for a possible breakthrough. Contribution toward the betterment of humanity and our world
seemed to be woven throughout. There are many surprising claims regarding historical people
and events. Truth? Fiction? Deliberate sidetracks? Who knows? In summary, I consider
The People Of The Secret by Ernest Scott to be well worth reading, and revisiting.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Very interesting book. Educational and developing
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 1, 2013
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Rich material, very informative and ground breaking content. Hard to put down. On every page you learn something you would not expect was the case at all..
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Jose Cunha
5.0 out of 5 stars Anybody There?
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illuminating
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Cipher
1.0 out of 5 stars Gibberish
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 18, 2012
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I enjoy reading esoteric books. I also like conspiracy theories and the notion that man is the mere pawn of hidden higher forces. This book is tame and waffle - didn't get anything out of reading it. AVOID.
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