Lost Star of Myth and Time
by Walter Cruttenden
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Book Reviews of Lost Star of Myth and Time
Book Review: A dud
Summary: 2 Stars
The high quality of design and production in this book are wasted on a text that is superficial, error-strewn, and half-baked.
I bought this book partly on the strength of some glowing reviews here at Amazon, and partly because it was endorsed by John Anthony West and Graham Hancock, two researchers I respect but whose stock has dropped for me as a result of this.
The actual prose is quite engaging and readable, but it reminded me of reading a direct-mail sales letter: too casual and folksy for the topic.
The book's problems have been dealt with well in other reviews. For my own part, I uncoupled from the argument by page 36, when the author defined "equinox" as a particular day of the year. (I'd already been irked by his use of the expression "precession of the equinox"--when there are two equinoxes.) In a book purporting to explain the precession, a more technical definition is called for. It is not a "day" that precesses; it is a particular point on the celestial sphere. At this point I decided I was dealing with someone too lightweight to handle this topic.
I flipped through pages to about page 75, then packed it in.
Book Review: Looking With New Eyes
Summary: 5 Stars
This book is about new ways of looking at ancient ideas. It gripped my attention from the introduction to the last page.
The author takes you through the current view of history, makes you wonder about what we have been taught, and then gradually explains precession and some key myths. This sets the stage for a new theory that makes sense of both precession mythology and history better than any textbook I've ever read. The main idea is based on astronomy and new energy sciences, esoteric subjects to be sure, but it has so many good anecdotal stories it is fun - and they make it easy to understand.
The book builds on each chapter so you just can't jump in anywhere. It also has a separate appendix at the end (just different news reports to support the thesis), which I would skip. But the main body flowed very nicely and I actually read it straight through cause I wanted to see where it ended. In this age of maximum negativity on cable news, you will like this ending.
May the force be with you!
Book Review: compelling and makes a great deal of sense
Summary: 5 Stars
I thoroughly enjoyed this book. It has a simple hypothesis that explains many of the great mysteries of the ancients. It provides convincing evidence for the rise and fall of civilisations and bucks the well-known and rather arrogant view that our current civilisation is the most evolved.
Often the simplest explanations are the most likely to be true and this book is no exception. Our solar system orbits a companion star every 24000 years and hence moves Earth through increasing and decreasing solar activity that has profound effect on human awareness, growth and decline.
The beauty of the book is it's inclusion of many thought-provoking ideas on the purpose and creation of the thousands of megalithic structures found across the globe that today's engineers would be unable to reproduce.
welcome to the age of Aquarius...
An excellent companion to this book is 'The Secret History of the world - and how to get out alive" by Laura Knight-Jadczyk
Book Review: great book
Summary: 5 Stars
Mr. Cruttenden has done a great job here. So many cultures have myths and legends that speak of cycles of human civilization, and they claim it is related to astronomical events that occur over vast periods of time. Astronomers, geologists, archaeologists, and other scientists are discovering more and more evidence that upsets the current world view of straight line, linear human development. It's becoming more and more clear that we are NOT the peak of humanity. The human race has lost track of times before. We have racial ( human race ) amnesia because we live such short lives. Our understanding of the REAL history of man is very incomplete because of many factors, like lost evidence, political correctness, one-sided views, and narrow investigations. This book is a refreshing look at our past, and the consideration of other views that have also been expressed by others for thousands of years.Book Review: Lost Star of Myth And Time
Summary: 5 Stars
I read Lost Star in two days - couldn't put it down. The author tells us about a cycle of time known to most ancient cultures but forgotten to modern man. We have all heard of a Golden Age but most of us thought it was myth. Here the author shows how archaeology and mythology seem to support the myth, and he gives you a completely new perspective on the history of the world. The ancients weren't as primitive as the textbooks say!
The author's storytelling style is to casually raise all these really interesting problems about history, show lots of evidence that gets you thinking, then present an astronomical theory that solves them. This guy has done his homework. The book is probably going to upset some of the old school folks but it makes a lot of sense. In the end, you really get an appreciation for history, astronomy and the big picture that the earth and the heavens are connected.