Ahnonymous Josch

Trying to Be Fair Here Despite Some Odd Stuff...

Revisado: 01-19-25

So this is a 2015 edition of this book (orig. published in 1985) and the page count has nearly doubled. I'm not sure of all the differences, but one glaring difference which probably says it all is this latter edition's opening "prayer" from the "White Lodge".

To anyone familiar, the White Lodge is Alice Bailey's weird UN-connected theosophy off-shoot. This is a red hot flag for anyone aware of this side of conspiracy (just see the recently-added to Audible, "The Externalization of the Hierarchy" by Alice Bailey and you'll see what I mean). I try to keep an open mind, but it's hard to see people demanding a one world religion who are connected to the UN as being separate of the UN and their trajectory.

Anyhow, with that said some of the first half of this book are fairly good. The mentions of the author of The Exorcist being a CIA officer and the use of subliminals is interesting though nothing is gone into any real depth here. I suppose it would make a decent introduction. The mentioning of Eisenstein and the USSR in general's use of cinema to shape their citizenry was also good. Although there are other works that get much further into this--I wish this book only stuck to this type of subject matter.

The book then really gets redundant in the middle and later bits, recycling the history of money/credit and the Federal Reserve "Bank" as we've all heard many times before--or could easily get from much more in-depth sources such as Sutton or Griffin's works on the subject. But again, maybe this book functions best as an introduction. The book then segues into a very pro-marijuana (explicitly stating it is a divination drug kept from the poors to keep us from achieving enlightenment...) and just gets more New Age-y from there. Not that I'm entirely opposed to these ideas.. but this book feels like two very different books jammed together, despite it's very short run time.

Perhaps this all makes this work a good point of entry for your stoner friends to learn about the evils of advertising and One World Government... but they'll have to read it backwards lol.

Also: the AI Bot performing this work is a crime against humanity. When will this "AI Has To Be In Everything" Craze end?

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Excellent Classic More should read

Revisado: 11-01-24

Excellent classic more should read. however the recording, not the narrator who is also excellent, is subpar. The recording sounds low fi and harsh or even inaudible, particularly on some syllables, almost requiring headphones to get through. But watch that volume setting

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Overall A Great Overview

Revisado: 01-29-23

While I don't agree with Dr Kelly Brogan on everything, something I am sure she would welcome, I do agree with about 85% of what she says and find her overall vision absolutely necessary in today's climate.

In Own Your Self, Brogan describes several different issues with our current system of "sick care" (not health care), and offers many helpful interventions--most of which one can implement on their own and rather cheaply. In a better world, something closer to Brogan's perspective would be the mainstream view and not the "fringe alternative", but here we are. Ultimately, we're blessed to have her perspective well-represented in her own uncensored words here.

I would highly recommend this book to anyone with an open, but not uncritical, mind. But if you're already onboard with discarding our current profit driven medical system, you really ought to read/listen to this one immediately.

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Narrator is clear but not particularly demonic.

Revisado: 11-18-22

Now the narrator is just fine, but Screwtape is supposed to be a dastardly character and the narrator just sounds a little too calm and nice to fully embody some of the words. But who cares.

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A modern classic

Revisado: 05-06-22

buy this book now, and feel the despair. to witness the contents of this book as they've played out over the last 25 years is tantamount to gazing into the void. and I mean that in the best way possible of course

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Classic Read it Now!

Revisado: 04-30-22

Modern psychology really needs to find Szasz... He is a voice of reason echoing into the present insanity.

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Absolute Classic

Revisado: 12-31-21

One of my favorite books of all time, and many of the topics contained therein are more relevant than ever today.

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Others Have Mentioned

Revisado: 12-20-21

Goggins' story is amazing. My issue with the audiobook is that it unfortunately is almost entirely read by the coauthor who just can't tell Goggins' story with the same gravity that Goggins can. It's not a slam on Skolnick, but it is a distracting effect for the Listener as it is made all the clearer by the additional "podcast" sections that follow each chapter where Goggins will appear as an interview subject for additional details about what has just been read by the co-author.

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Probably the single greatest book about Now/Next

Revisado: 12-06-21

Excellent book. If you think you'd even remotely enjoy or get something out of this... get it and read it now!

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Some of the Best Nonfiction I've Ever Read

Revisado: 09-19-21

Easily one of the best researched and most compelling nonfiction books I've ever read. I think anyone who is even remotely interested in the subject matter must read this book, as well as everyone else. The scandals laid out here explain so much about the intersection of crony corporate capitalism, corrupt government, media and public perception. An absolute must-read!

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