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TALISMAN Review

By Gregon

The official website for Talisman, the new book by Graham Hancock and Robert Bauval, has been updated with the addition of a review by well-known author Colin Wilson. Wilson is obviously well-impressed with the heavy tome (562 pages), saying “it is certainly one of the most remarkable works published in the 21st century, and throws a totally new light on the history of the past 2,000 years.” Talisman is available from Amazon UK.

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  1. Talisman review
    “it (Talisman) is certainly one of the most remarkable works published in the 21st century, and throws a totally new light on the history of the past 2,000 years.” So states Colin Wilson.

    Hmm, guess he could be right but seeing as the 21st Century is not that old, I would hesitate before accepting such pronouncements. Having now read his review I regret to say that it comes across loud and clear that Mr Wilson is a devout believer in all the things within the book: not once is there any hint of a question on facts or suppositions.

    Think I will wait for a more balanced and informed review before buying.

    Nostra

    1. Review
      Hi Nostra,

      True, I wouldn’t trust another alternative author such as Colin Wilson to provide a balanced, unbiased review of anyone’s alternative work. Still, I think Hancock & Bauval have put enough stuff out there to give us a decent idea of their writing quality, level of scholarship, etc. Based on my interest in their work, I bought Talisman sight unseen from across the pond and received it about 2 weeks ago. I’m only a bit over 100 pages into it and am by no means any sort of an expert on the subject matter, but I like what I’ve read so far. Of course, I’m looking to learn, while knowing that some of the alternative ideas I’m reading could turn out to be very suspect. I simply find such alternative ideas combined with the writing skill of these authors to make interesting what otherwise would be too dry of information for me to want to digest. It’s fun to try to sort out the truth after they’ve provided the basics while also drawing my interest into the subject matter with some of the more tantalizing alternative ideas.

      Plus, I think Hancock in particular (and perhaps Bauval–I haven’t read Secret Chamber yet and most of the chapters that I’ve read in Talisman so far come from Hancock) has evolved quite a bit in terms of the way he positions his alternative ideas based upon criticisms of his earlier works. There are several times in Talisman that I’ve seen where Hanock points out where they differ from the mainstream and why they disagree, which is nice from the perspective of someone who is learning. He also seems to go back over what he’s covered an analyze/compare different religions, which is also helpful for those of us who are new to the material to learn. I also liked the way Hancock approached his arguments in Underworld, although he clearly provided more positives than negatives when he positions the alternative arguments in that work and I would expect the same to be true for this work as well.

      Regards,

      Rich

      1. As always…
        Excellent comments Rich. Of course, now I’m expecting a review on TDG when you’re done…
        😉

        Peace and Respect
        Greg

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