Summary of Mark Booth's The Secret History of the World

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#1 The idea of mental events generating physical effects may at first seem counter-intuitive, but in reality it’s something we experience every day. For example, when I think about stroking someone’s cheek, a pulse jumps a synapse in my brain, something like an electrical current burns down a nerve in my arm, and my hand moves.

#2 The universe that this book describes is different because it was made with humankind in mind. It was created by God, but he allowed his reflections, humans, to develop and grow over time.

#3 The universe is anthropocentric. It has nurtured us through the centuries, cradled us, and helped the unique thing that is human consciousness to evolve. When you cry out, the universe turns towards you in sympathy.

#4 In the universe of the secret societies, a coin flipped in strict laboratory conditions will still land heads up in 50 percent of cases, but these laws only apply when all human subjectivity has been deliberately excluded. In the normal run of things, when human happiness and hopes for self-fulfillment depend on the outcome of the roll of the dice, the laws of probability are bent.

• Language: English
• Publisher: IRB Media
• Release date: Jun 6, 2022
• ISBN: 9798822531505

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Contents

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#1

The idea of mental events generating physical effects may at first seem counter-intuitive, but in reality it’s something we experience every day. For example, when I think about stroking someone’s cheek, a pulse jumps a synapse in my brain, something like an electrical current burns down a nerve in my arm, and my hand moves.

#2

The universe that this book describes is different because it was made with humankind in mind. It was created by God, but he allowed his reflections, humans, to develop and grow over time.

#3

The universe is anthropocentric. It has nurtured us through the centuries, cradled us, and helped the unique thing that is human consciousness to evolve. When you cry out, the universe turns towards you in sympathy.

#4

In the universe of the secret societies, a coin flipped in strict laboratory conditions will still land heads up in 50 percent of cases, but these laws only apply when all human subjectivity has been deliberately excluded. In the normal run of things, when human happiness and hopes for self-fulfillment depend on the outcome of the roll of the dice, the laws of probability are bent.

#5

The secret societies believe that the deepest springs of our mental life are also the deepest springs of the physical world because in the universe of the secret societies all chemistry is psycho-chemistry.

#6

The world’s leading creators of artificial intelligence, such as Professor Warwick, say that robots will have achieved the level of intelligence of cats within five years. They will be at least as intelligent as humans in ten years.

#7

The emanations from the cosmic mind are thought to be in some sense personified, and they are said to be intelligent. They are also said to create and direct the lower levels of the hierarchy, from the more powerful and pervasive principles to the narrower and more particular.

#8

The fact that some leading scientists are again beginning to see possibilities in the ancient idea that the universe is a virtual reality is an encouraging sign. Modern sensibility has little patience with metaphysics, but the cosmology of the ancient world was a magnificent philosophical machine.

#9

The balances between heat and cold, wetness and dryness, and the earth being so far from the sun, are just as important for making life on earth possible as the balances between our interior thoughts and our perceptions of the outside world.

#10

Our consciousness is a miracle. It is a product of evolution, and it allows us to make decisions and grow as people. But modern science tries to reduce our consciousness to a narrow, reductive view that cannot explain the shadowy power of prayer, premonitions, the feeling of being stared at, or the evidence for mind-reading.

#11

When we ask WHY, it can be taken in two ways: as in the girl’s first evasive answers, which are meant to explain a sequence of cause and effect, or as in the boy’s sense of wanting to understand the painful thing that has happened to him.

#12

The big WHY questions - why are we here. What is