Candace Talmadge

Some like it weird

May 15, 2010 |  7 comments
Image Credit: Massimo Barbieri Many of us who gravitate to unexplained mysteries reached the conclusion long ago that prevailing explanations for the way things are in our world simply don’t cut the mustard. Whatever conventional wisdom maintains, we suspect that it’s either wrong or at least missing a great deal. The books on the following list provide interpretations and explanations on a range of topics that differ wildly from conventional wisdom. This list by no means represents even a small sliver of the possible outstanding choices in reading on unexplained mysteries. It simply represents one person’s favorites culled over several decades.

These books are not for the faint-hearted or those who cling to shopworn notions of normal. These reads challenge the cherished beliefs and paradigms of even those who regard themselves as unconventional thinkers.

That’s just the way devotees of unexplained mysteries like it.

Right Use of Will: Healing and Evolving the Emotional Body
By Ceanne deRohan

This book fist appeared during the height of New Age nonfiction popularity in the 1980s. This powerful book actually puts “new” into New Age, which mostly represents repackaged old thought. The author rewrites everything we think we know about our past, earth’s history, the role of government, our concept of the Divine, why we suffer, and so much more. High time, too. This is reading only for the most daring.

The Secret of Atlantis
By Otto Muck

Muck is a scientist, and brings all of his left-brained logic to the enormous task of providing scads and scads of credible physical evidence that a lost island once existed. This book is not sexy or flashy, but it gets the job done in a way even the most analytical among us will find hard to refute.

Edgar Cayce on Atlantis
By Edgar Evans Cayce

Most books on the topic of Atlantis (see Muck, above) focus on whether or not it actually existed. This little treasure takes the existence of Atlantis as a given and then explores what its lost civilization might have been like. Those who don’t believe in the paranormal will not especially care for how Edgar Cayce got his information on the subject. Those with an open mind will find this a fascinating read.

Serpent in the Sky: The High Wisdom of Ancient Egypt
By John Anthony West

The traditional explanations of how the ancient Egyptians built the pyramids —something we cannot do today, even with all our modern construction equipment — is always good for a laugh. The author introduces the English-language reading public to the thinking of Hungarian Egyptologist Schwaller de Lubicz, who wrote in French during the 1930s. De Lubicz regards Egyptian society as a legacy, not a progression, and his reasons for doing so are fascinating and compelling. West also ran with de Lubicz’s observation that the Sphinx suffered water erosion, and the resulting findings have turned traditional archeology on its ear. Hooray!

Seth Speaks: The Eternal Validity of the Soul
By Jane Roberts

The Seth series of books are regarded as a “cult” classic. This book contains this pearl of wisdom: “You are a dead now as you are ever going to be.” Put that in your pipe and smoke it!

The Spear of Destiny
By Trevor Ravenscroft

The writing in this book is terrible, and needs extreme editing. Nonetheless, it provides the only sensible explanation for the pure evil that was Nazi Germany. Of course it is not a mainstream explanation; it is far too weird. That’s why it is probably closer to the truth, which is always so strange that many of us prefer to fabricate reality so we feel more comfortable with it.

The Demonologist
By Gerald Brittle

Move over, Stephen King and H.P. Lovecraft! Your fiction of the bizarre and horrifying are plain vanilla compared to this utterly captivating and flesh-tingling true tale of a couple who chased demons as their avocation. Those who want a non-Christian explanation of what demons are and why they exist should read the entire deRohan Right Use of Will series. Caution: The Demonologist is scary. Do not read alone at night or during bad weather.

You Are Psychic!
By Pete A. Sanders

This book should appeal to any left-brained folks who are nonetheless open to understanding how the right half of our gray matter works and learning to use it consciously, with direction and purpose. This book is a basic primer in how to recognize and obtain useful information from our intuition/instincts, also known as psychic senses. Learning to do this can lead to many interesting adventures in personal growth.[!gad]Many of us who gravitate to unexplained mysteries reached the conclusion long ago that prevailing explanations for the way things are in our world simply don’t cut the mustard. Whatever conventional wisdom maintains, we suspect that it’s either wrong or at least missing a great deal. The books on the following list provide interpretations and explanations on a range of topics that differ wildly from conventional wisdom. This list by no means represents even a small sliver of the possible outstanding choices in reading on unexplained mysteries. It simply represents one person’s favorites culled over several decades.

These books are not for the faint-hearted or those who cling to shopworn notions of normal. These reads challenge the cherished beliefs and paradigms of even those who regard themselves as unconventional thinkers.

That’s just the way devotees of unexplained mysteries like it.

Right Use of Will: Healing and Evolving the Emotional Body
By Ceanne deRohan

This book fist appeared during the height of New Age nonfiction popularity in the 1980s. This powerful book actually puts “new” into New Age, which mostly represents repackaged old thought. The author rewrites everything we think we know about our past, earth’s history, the role of government, our concept of the Divine, why we suffer, and so much more. High time, too. This is reading only for the most daring.

The Secret of Atlantis
By Otto Muck

Muck is a scientist, and brings all of his left-brained logic to the enormous task of providing scads and scads of credible physical evidence that a lost island once existed. This book is not sexy or flashy, but it gets the job done in a way even the most analytical among us will find hard to refute.

Edgar Cayce on Atlantis
By Edgar Evans Cayce

Most books on the topic of Atlantis (see Muck, above) focus on whether or not it actually existed. This little treasure takes the existence of Atlantis as a given and then explores what its lost civilization might have been like. Those who don’t believe in the paranormal will not especially care for how Edgar Cayce got his information on the subject. Those with an open mind will find this a fascinating read.

Serpent in the Sky: The High Wisdom of Ancient Egypt
By John Anthony West

The traditional explanations of how the ancient Egyptians built the pyramids —something we cannot do today, even with all our modern construction equipment — is always good for a laugh. The author introduces the English-language reading public to the thinking of Hungarian Egyptologist Schwaller de Lubicz, who wrote in French during the 1930s. De Lubicz regards Egyptian society as a legacy, not a progression, and his reasons for doing so are fascinating and compelling. West also ran with de Lubicz’s observation that the Sphinx suffered water erosion, and the resulting findings have turned traditional archeology on its ear. Hooray!

Seth Speaks: The Eternal Validity of the Soul
By Jane Roberts

The Seth series of books are regarded as a “cult” classic. This book contains this pearl of wisdom: “You are a dead now as you are ever going to be.” Put that in your pipe and smoke it!

The Spear of Destiny
By Trevor Ravenscroft

The writing in this book is terrible, and needs extreme editing. Nonetheless, it provides the only sensible explanation for the pure evil that was Nazi Germany. Of course it is not a mainstream explanation; it is far too weird. That’s why it is probably closer to the truth, which is always so strange that many of us prefer to fabricate reality so we feel more comfortable with it.

The Demonologist
By Gerald Brittle

Move over, Stephen King and H.P. Lovecraft! Your fiction of the bizarre and horrifying are plain vanilla compared to this utterly captivating and flesh-tingling true tale of a couple who chased demons as their avocation. Those who want a non-Christian explanation of what demons are and why they exist should read the entire deRohan Right Use of Will series. Caution: The Demonologist is scary. Do not read alone at night or during bad weather.

You Are Psychic!
By Pete A. Sanders

This book should appeal to any left-brained folks who are nonetheless open to understanding how the right half of our gray matter works and learning to use it consciously, with direction and purpose. This book is a basic primer in how to recognize and obtain useful information from our intuition/instincts, also known as psychic senses. Learning to do this can lead to many interesting adventures in personal growth.

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Candace Talmadge writes about the intersection of unexplained mysteries and spirituality. Her blog is StoneScribe (www.healingstonebooks.com/stonescribe) and her speculative fiction is the Green Stone of Healing(r) series (www.greenstoneofhealing.com). Comments (7)

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