Cryptoscatology by Robert Guffey is a great addition to a conspiracy book collection. Robert Guffey is a lecturer in the English Dept. at Calif. State University-Long Beach. The collection of essays in this book took him 14 years to write and while he avoids the UFO field, it sits there at the periphery at times waiting to enter. My favorite chapters of this book included: 1) Science Fiction as Manipulation: SF's Intersection with the Intelligence Community 2) Concentration Campus: Thought Control in American Education 3) William S. Burroughs: 20th Century Gnostic Visionary 4) Collaborating with the Dead and the afterword dealing with mythology and metaphor.
This book is full of conspiracy theories and while he doesn't explore hyperdimensional factors or psychopaths per se, it is touched on when discussing Nazi's, the Bush administration, or discussing William Burrough's life experiences. He maintains balance through his particular brand of humor and this book is highly engaging. Guffey freely admits being a 32nd degree Freemason and he explains his reasoning for joining the Freemasons, so naturally there is discussion on the Freemasons and an entire chapter devoted to Albert Pike. While some of the material will be familiar other chapters are enlightening such as when he went to seminar given by a Muslim, Abdel Malik Ali, attended by both Muslims and Jews, and his observations of the crowd and of the material or the personal story of his investigation of an LA FBI agent that commited suicide under suspicious circumstances that he went to school with. You won't be disappointed.
This book is full of conspiracy theories and while he doesn't explore hyperdimensional factors or psychopaths per se, it is touched on when discussing Nazi's, the Bush administration, or discussing William Burrough's life experiences. He maintains balance through his particular brand of humor and this book is highly engaging. Guffey freely admits being a 32nd degree Freemason and he explains his reasoning for joining the Freemasons, so naturally there is discussion on the Freemasons and an entire chapter devoted to Albert Pike. While some of the material will be familiar other chapters are enlightening such as when he went to seminar given by a Muslim, Abdel Malik Ali, attended by both Muslims and Jews, and his observations of the crowd and of the material or the personal story of his investigation of an LA FBI agent that commited suicide under suspicious circumstances that he went to school with. You won't be disappointed.
