Rubbish - Rated 
This book is a total waste of money, the only thing it is good for, is recycling. The text covers nothing new and is in no way innovative in its revelations. Avoid at all costs.
Utter pants - Rated
I have never written a review of a book before, but I was so disappointed by this book that I feel it is my moral duty to worn anyone with an interest in the esoteric and in secret societies away from this obvious twaddle.
This book is an utter waste of your time and money. The half baked theories read like the ramblings of a drugged horse. I can only imagine that it was published as some sort of practical joke. Those who have written positive reviews are either the author in disguise, his friends, or people on day release from a very special kind of hospital.
Weak, lacking in facts or references. - Rated
I got this book out of the library on a curious whim since I had read another excellent tome by the same title. Let me tell you, this is nothing like I expected. Full of haughty opinion, lacking in citation, and obviously high on his own grandiosity, Black makes little attempt to educate the reader and instead opts to 'convince' you that he is right.
I'm an avid reader of biblical history, love esoterica and other 'ancient' ideas and philosophies - but this book gives you nothing but wishful thinking and contortion. I got two chapters in and gave up, returned the book and promptly showered.
New Age Stuff - Rated 
Although it purports to be an objective history, the author's allegiances are clear, as are errors of logic and fact throughout. When it sticks to describing the beliefs and ideas, without asking you to embrace them, the book is quite interesting in sections, but you know the next howler is just round the corner.
Rather like fans of Nostradamus, 'Black' sees patterns after the fact and uses them (presented about-face) to support silly ideas that appear to confirm the 'wisdom of the ancients'. I won't bother giving examples as the most fun thing about the book is looking for these in the text. He also sets up countless 'Straw Man' arguments to ridicule science in favour of this hocus-pocus.
When I was younger I read Graham Hancock's Fingerprints of the Gods. I was awed and amazed by it, until I heard REAL experts on the subjects refuting and (on TV) humiliating Hancock by showing him to be a total fraud. I felt cheated and angry that he was able to misrepresent established facts and get away with wasting my time and money on his book. The da Vinci Code had a similar effect on some people, but I guess that was always meant to be fiction. This book falls into the same camp, although I wouldn't be quite so hard on Black's book as he does appear to have a genuine belief in what he is claiming.
I gave the book 2 stars as there some interesting material in there, and it is thought provoking and quite well written. Some of the ancient ideas are fascinating, but please, just present them objectively, stick to the facts and don't try to use inverted induction to support your claims.
no secrets here - Rated
seriously don`t waste your time on this bobbins...pompous,tedious waste of life.No secrets whatsoever.No mention of the central banking scam,no mention of the top crime families...a long and very boring diversion away from the real story which i`m sure is what it was designed to do.I`m embarrassed i fell for it.
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