The Mark of the Beast: The Continuing Story of the Spear of Destiny

by Trevor Ravenscroft, Tim Wallace-Murphy

Describes the occult power of the spear which pierced the side of Christ, and how it can be used to understand personal destiny. The authors argue that this is the age of the anti-Christ, and that the spear is the symbol of the coming millennium of change.

Genres: History, Nonfiction, Occult

256 pages, Paperback

First published July 19, 1990

Reviews

[Sarah B · Rating 3 out of 5]

So the sad truth is that I wasn't very impressed with this book at all. I knew and understood it was about a weird topic but the book was much more bizarre than I had expected. At times I most definitely felt the author was making very wild claims with no way to back it up. I am ok with the idea of reincarnation but when the author starts naming famous people only to say that in the ancient past they had been another famous person, well, how can I possibly believe that? Still, I think this book does say some interesting things (if you can ignore the wild claims in here).

So you might think this book is about the Spear of Destiny (also called the Spear of Longinus). Well it is but at the same time it's not. Weird, right? More than half of this book is actually about spiritual growth. It's about expanding the consciousness. And it's also about the Apocalypse. Yes, doom is coming! Of course people have been saying that for decades if not hundreds of years. Probably longer.

When I first started to read this, I felt the book was jumping around a lot. It seemed very scattered. It would be in ancient times, then jump forward to more modern days only to jump back in time again. I didn't exactly like that. Made the book feel very unorganized. It did stay more on topic once I got past the 1/3 mark or so.

But the idea in here is that the Spear is linked to destiny. There is talk in here about various demons / devils like Ahriman. This Ahriman is of the logical mind. And he apparently is ruling the day. He likes computers and logic and materialism, but the more you focus on that stuff the less humanity there is. Now that part makes sense to me. Because you see the homeless people living on the street while many homes and apartments sit empty. And no one actually cares. Some of these people are the elderly or veterans who can't afford rent. So I do feel the author has gotten this part right. And in the news today you hear about AI taking jobs away too. But this was written in 1990 I believe so you have to think about what technology is doing today and then think about it yourself.

The book also discussed the "mysteries" which were these groups people used to join long ago. It used to teach these "secrets".

In another section the author describes this practice you can try before bed so you can learn your history (of past lives of I remember correctly). It requires you to visualize. I sort of feel what he was describing here was linked to the "mysteries" above - but if these mysteries are so secret than how did he learn this stuff?? He doesn't ever say. So I am left confused.

Freemasons are mentioned too.

Another wild claim the author made in here was saying he had stood in the very spot where the Beast of 666 tried to take over the world ages ago. He says he could feel the echo of its "dark intelligence". It's name is apparently Behometh.

A good chunk of this is about self discovery so you can get wiser? To improve your intuition. Pop music is apparently very bad for that. The left side of your body rules your intuition and the right side of your brain.

The end discusses looming natural disasters.

A part near the end talks about World War II.

There was also talk in here about Cathedrals.

As you can see by now, this covers many different topics. Apparently the modern computer age is very bad for intuition and being connected to the Earth. You become more uncaring and you close your eyes to the bad things going on around you.

I really didn't find this very interesting at all. The wild claims he was making in here kept throwing me for loops, the "how could he possibly know that". I actually felt that he was just saying stuff, as in making it up. And in order to "see" the bad AI stuff about computers and all I had to read between the lines as AI wasn't a thing at all when he wrote this.

So is this book worth reading? I really can't say. I think it depends on how much you are into this subject. I actually feel I had learned more about the Spear from the other book I had read than this one.

The book is rather small in size so it is a fast read. But do realize that the stuff in here is way "out there".

[David · Rating 3 out of 5]

thease two books are a result of years of research in to the history of the spear of destiny and the struggle between good and evil..
in the Western world it tells the captivating story of this legendary weapon its odyssey
& spiritual symbolism.....THE SPEAR OF DESTINY

PAGES...201&202
it was out of such insight into the working of evil,, that Thomas cambell was inspired to write

that they cast there shadow before with such perception of the working of evil down behind the changing scenes of the time we revered the real significance of the whole series of events which led unto the appearance of the (Leviathan) in.... Adolf Hitler... and the whole continuing conspiracy of the souls who helped him to power. and set him on his course to world conquest, the name and the symbolism of the Nazi era came about thought the
machinations of evil powers and the inter weaving of the desires of the soul that served them
but first, the invisible band of evil was at work within the general milieu of social cultures,
financial, industrial, & political structures interwoven with perverted racial, religious, and atavistic tendencies, the German people in order to create the civilization which brought about
the holocaust (the spear of destiny.part.1)... revealed a thread of black-occult-imitates who were indispensable to the rise of Hitler....
(the same process is at work today.).
learn were to look for it, and you will surly perceive the affect it has having on contemporary events.......an international occult-lodge which is secretly at work in the heart of the financial world, which spread it miline influence throughout the political machinery, of all parties....
is sought by illustrating and financing not only the majority of candidates form all sides
but also by the provision of economic advisers, to governments, the tendencies of such an international occult-circle-reach in to the ...intelligence...systems....and the Media....
in education...science.....and the military... the stage has now been reached in which many organizations with wholly admirable and benevolent aims... may soon become the vehicle thorough which the twofold face of evil achieves its further and progressive aims in order to drive about the world--dictatorship,prophesied by st..john.. what better organization can evil
powers subvert than those laudable pillars of modern civilizations which are dedicated to world -peace,,,and international cooperation ,,THE UNITED NATIONS...and the movements
towards international federations such as...the E.E.C.....org...of African states....pan American movement.....







for 2000 years...the spear of destiny purported to have per iced the side of Christ....
has been sought by the rulers of the Western world...
Herod the great,, Charlemagne,,, the has burgs,,, and most recently Adolph-Hitler...
tryed to harness the spears absolute power.. for good or evil....
(MENS-SANA-IN-EORPORE-SANO)... "many people ascribe to their circumstances
everything which apparently stops them making progress"
in a line form a Wordsworth poem.." our birth is but a sleep and a forgetting that the soul rises with us like a star

( the mark of the beast).& (the spear of destiny)
both written by the same writer

[Filip · Rating 3 out of 5]

Knjiga je napisana na slavi prve knjige. Slaba trojka 🤪

[Bob Mayer · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book is an interesting unfolding of the history of the legendary Spear of Destiny. I just did a shoot with the SyFy channel show Ancient Artifacts regarding the spear and it was quite interesting.

[Dijana Čop Nešić · Rating 4 out of 5]

‘’ Dostignuće svemirskog istraživanja za većinu razvijenog sveta može se sumirati sa dve rečo : telefon i kompjuteri. Jedina primenjena korist za prosečnog čoveka je tiganj koji prži bez masti i procesor reči.’’



‘’ Ono od čega svet živi u ovom trenutku jednostavno nije dovoljno. Niti će biti. Niti mnogi ljudi trenutno misle d aće to još dugo biti moguće. Zemlje su pune ljudi koji imaju sav materijalni kompfor koji po žele pa ipak žive u tihom očajanju ne razumevajući ništa sem činjenice da je u njima rupa i ma koliko hrane i pića sipali u nju, ma koliko automobila i televizora nagurali u nju,....paradiraju njenom ivicom i to boli.’’



‘’Platon je bio prvi zapadni filozof koji je opisao proces reinkarnacije kao sredstvo uravnoteženja tasova pravde od života do života.’’



‘’Veliki dar i tajna ljudskog postojanja sastoji se od činjenice da svaki pojedinac , bez obzira koliko mali deo kosmosa bio, ima u svojoj duši kopiju duše sveta.’’



‘’Bizarna je situacija da je čovek dvadesetog i dvadesetprvog veka s jedne strane bačen apokaliptičkim događajima vremena na prag duhovnog sveta a u istom trenutku je u stanju skoro potpunog slepila prema duhovnoj realnosti.’’



‘’Ono čemu se divimo u karakteru genija je njegova sposobnost da prodre kroz spoljašnost trenutaka i ponovo probudi prošlost i pokaže jasne puteve u budućnosti.’’



‘’Put kojim se ređe ide sigurniji je od poznatog puta.’’



‘’Transcendentalne moći prirode svesno stvaraju sredstva ljudske transformacije što su prepoznali pesnici i filozofi kroz vekove.’’







Knjiga za koju je malo citirati je kompletnu

[David Stewart · Rating 1 out of 5]

Managed to get half way through before the historical inaccuracies (and just plain stupid mistakes*), anti-science mumbo jumbo and "spiritual" bullshit became too much.

* Incorrect dates and ascribing actions to people who were nowhere near at the time. One major howler was saying the Jerusalem Temple was destroyed in AD 79 by Trajan, rather than in AD 70 by Titus...

[Bryan · Rating 3 out of 5]

I read this back in the '90s. Was very interesting and thought provoking.