- Gebundene Ausgabe: 245 Seiten
- Verlag: HarperCollins (Januar 1997)
- Sprache: Englisch
- ISBN-10: 006018731X
- ISBN-13: 978-0060187316
- Größe und/oder Gewicht: 23,6 x 15,7 x 3 cm
- Durchschnittliche Kundenbewertung: 5.0 von 5 Sternen Alle Rezensionen anzeigen (1 Kundenrezension)
- Amazon Bestseller-Rang: Nr. 889.552 in Englische Bücher (Siehe Top 100 in Englische Bücher)
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More amazing adventures from author/abductee/futurist Whitley Strieber, whose previous book, Breakthrough , reviewed his recent encounters with the alienlike visitors who alternately bedevil and enlighten him. In The Secret School, Strieber focuses on his newly recovered memories of "lessons" (visions, actually, much like lucid dreams) that he and other children experienced in 1954. The reality of these visions was driven home to him in 1995 when he rediscovered where the lessons took place, an out-of-the-way spot in the Olmos Basin near San Antonio. In lesson one, Strieber finds himself on Mars, sans spacesuit, climbing up one of those pyramids that weren't discovered until the Viking Orbiter mission in 1976. In other lessons, Strieber witnesses the cataclysmic event that ended the Permian Era and travels backward in time to the beginning of the Roman Empire. He also observes the scientist-priests of Atlantis awaiting the cosmic doom that would eradicate all traces of pre-Sumerian civilization; most importantly, he predicts a similar catastrophe in the not-too-distant future, which he witnessed as a nine-year-old boy watching a visionary, futuristic version of CNN. Strieber sprinkles a smattering of science and history throughout the book to bring it just to the edge of believability, but essentially, he doesn't care if readers believe it or not--what's important is that ecodisaster is poised to strike. George Eberhart
From Kirkus Reviews
Strieber's ongoing narrative of his encounters with some form of higher intelligence--whether through actual visitations by aliens or a kind of altered consciousness--here becomes an increasingly incredible fable of time travel, prophecy, and visions of God. As Strieber tells it, in the summer of 1954, as a nine-year- old in San Antonio, Tex., he was initiated by the aliens, or visitors, as he calls them, into a secret nighttime summer school in the woods of the nearby Olmos Basin. There a nunlike figure known as the Sister of Mercy gave Strieber and a group of other children a kind of virtual-reality helmet that allowed them to witness the cosmic collision that led to the creation of the Moon. He travels back in time to ancient Rome, where he finds that he is the tutor to the future emperor Octavius. Strieber says he learned nine lessons that summer, lessons in how we can free ourselves of the constraints of time and space, unite with the cosmos and with God, and experience true joy. Thus freed, Strieber claims for himself (and for all of us) the power of prophecy. He travels into the future and foresees a world devastated by political and economic upheaval, environmental destruction, and the US government destroyed by a nuclear bomb. He believes the calendar of the zodiac is a kind of warning system left by an ancient, advanced civilization that was destroyed by catastrophe--a warning that a similar catastrophe awaits us unless we act in time. Strieber jumbles together scientific mysteries, facts, and factoids, unanswered questions of ancient history, the myth of Atlantis, New Age spirituality, and fears of a meteoric collision with Earth to support his wacky theories. UFOs and aliens are the least part of his story now. Having fallen victim, perhaps, to millennial madness, Strieber believes himself on a mission to save the world. -- Copyright ©1996, Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved.
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As with his other works, "The Secret School" passes the test for internal consistency and coherence in delivery. It's plain to see that Whitley Strieber is deriving the content of this book from a unified and quite substantial wealth of real experience to which he's giving us just a peek, due to editing requirements.
He delights us with the events of a summer during his childhood, and to some items he recalls during the intervening years. The lessons and recalled events range from thousands of years ago to some possible immediate, and hopefully avoidable futures. They teach us about the Earth and its place, along with our place in the cosmos.
"Communion" may have made you feel somewhat uneasy, but I highly recommend "The Secret School" as an exciting bedtime read. And as for your relationship to the little grey things that go 'bump' in the night, you'll not only feel less threatened, but, dare I say, cherished?
"The Secret School" isn't just another book about aliens. In fact, with this book, the 'alienness' has evaporated, to be replaced with an aura of the timeless familiarity of the human spiritual experience. It's a journey into the heart of the mystery of existence itself. Enjoy!
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Preparing To Find Consolation
5. Oktober 1997
Format:Gebundene Ausgabe
This book was probably written more for Whitley Strieber than for his readers. The Secret School provides none of the horror of Communion, the contemplation of Transformation, or the awe of Breakthough. Instead, the Secret School focusses on Whitley Strieber putting his whole life into perspective. It is interesting to follow the chronicles of a man possessed by something, and tormented inside and out by the things that have been brought into his life. If you have read Strieber's previous alien-type books, The Secret School is a must just to complete the cycle. If you are looking for a place to start, start at the begining with Communion. Perhaps this book will bring closure to Whitley's public struggle with demons inside and out.
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The true nature of time and reality....
30. April 2001
Format:Gebundene Ausgabe
This is the second time that I have felt compelled to read this book. It is an important, virtually unique, work. The nearest works to it that I can think of would be Phillip K. Dick's Exegesis and Harpur's Daimonic Reality. However, The Secret School is definately the best discussion of the true nature of time and reality that I have found. Streiber is correct about the nature and importance of Joy, opposed to happyness. True joy is a transcendent quality that places us in contact with the realm of the Divine. As for the prophecies contained in the book, after four years they seem more accurate than ever. Finally, even though this is a nonfiction work, the prose style is excellent- I kept being reminded of the magical atmosphere of Ray Bradbury's Dandelion Wine and Martian Chronicles.
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A wonderful description of Whitley's incredible experiences!
12. Januar 2000
Format:Gebundene Ausgabe
Mr. Strieber has provided us with yet another excellent work describing some of his experiences with aliens. I was enthralled with his descriptions of events of the past, and a bit of a look to the future. From what I "know" about the events surrounding the Biblical Deluge (the Noah flood, also described in the Gilgamesh Epic and the Atrahasis Epic, in addition to other cultures and religions that in some instances describe a freezing instead of a flood -- for reasons I won't explain here), his description of the interaction with a huge "comet" (that I contend is now our moon) are very much what I would expect from a competent scientist or astronomer explaining what would have happened if a planet the size of the Moon came within 30,000 miles or less from the Earth. Those pages alone made the book go beyond my wildest expectations. And fortunately, for other readers, they are surrounded by equally intriguing pages.
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