Occult History of the World, V. 1

by J.H. Brennan

AN OCCULT HISTORY OF THE WORLD presents a comprehensive account of an alternative prehistory which challenges the orthodox picture of our ancestry - that of the long, slow haul from amoeba up to ape up to man.In this first volume the author views the broad sweep of human evolution from the esoteric standpoint and compares the scientific explanations with the myths and mysteries put forward by believers in the occult, answering many questions that have puzzled mankind through theIs there a race of Superbeings - Masters, Inner Plane Adepti - which guides our evolution?Where does the evolution of the female race fit in?Who programmed the organic computer - the human brain?Did the lost continents of Thule, Lemuria and Atlantis exist?

320 pages, Paperback

Published January 1, 1976

About the author

James Herbert "Herbie" Brennan is a lecturer and the author of over one hundred fiction and non-fiction books for adults, teens, and children.

His works have been translated into approximately fifty languages, he has also written books on the Occult and New Age. He initially trained in esoteric teachings and Qabalah with the Fraternity of the Inner Light, and later became associated with Dolores Ashcroft-Nowicki and the Servants of the Light.

In 1995 he contributed two novels to the Horrorscopes series under the house pen name Maria Palmer.

In 2003, Brennan published the children's book The Book of Wizardry: The Apprentice's Guide to the Secrets of the Wizards' Guild under the pseudonym Cornelius Rumstuckle.