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Summary: Unprecedented Accounting of NWO History AVAILABLE...
Review: Mr. Ralph Epperson has comprised such a complete synopsis of the historical events from A-Z that are backed/supported w/evidence and that truly stand as the NWO bible. Remarkable. If you saw my first copy that was purchased in 1993 you'd think it had stood the test of time through about 2 world wars due to it's many years of service as Reference Manual. Since '93' I have purchsed at least a case of "The Unseen Hand" to spread the Word Worth Sending everyone I care about and whose intellect can handle the TRUTH. Remarkable to have ONE book that covers everything. Every book on the subject (Nearly) uses a quote from Epperson. If not a direct quote, then a broad summarized version that leaves out the poignant details necessary for the reader/novice/historian to clearly articulate. Can't say enough about THE UNSEEN HAND AND Epperson's years of research that truly leave nothing to question and clarity of the past, present, and future.
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Summary: THE POWERS THAT BE SHALL NOT ALWAYS BE...
Review: Of course there are a lot of paranoid/conspiracy dealers out there, but most of what's in this book makes pretty good sense and (I would say) is mostly on target. The Bible says, "the powers that be are (at least for a season) ordained of God." - The REAL reason for all these secret societies and various manueverings is that plain fact that "it's the nature of the Beast." ie/ greed, lust for power, deceptiveness, lust for security, etc.,etc. - all the unspeakable garbage of the proud, egocentric, fallen nature. Unless that "beast nature" is transformed from within (ie/ "born-again") you cannot see, know, or enter the Kingdom of God. The kingdom of Man is all the unspeakable, bloody power-trips described and documented in this book. The days of the kingdom of Man are numbered. The Days of the Kingdom of God are without number. The "powers that be" are only for a season. The One thing they never quite grasped or thought to rightly factor in is the True Hebrew Messiah and Savior of the World. - HIS Is the REAL, Sovereign, "Unseen Hand." My advice: make very, very sure you're on the right side, serving the RIGHT Master.Len Hummel Cebu, R.P.
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Summary: Historically sound overview of hidden history
Review: RE walks the reader through human history from the perspective
of a Christian conspiracy theorist. Though his conclusions may
be radical, skeptics will be hard-pressed to deny that his facts
are solid. He has collected an expansive amateur study of
western history which suggests the influence of "unseen" forces
in mankind's path to globalism. If only as a method to relearn historical events from a different perspective, I recommend this book to anyone who has suspected that those in power, despite
the rhetoric, have always had self-serving and sinister intentions.
In many ways a precursor to Jack Flannel's multi volume historical
record, RE's Unseen Hand remians a fine review of western history in a useful and engaging format. Check it out!
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Summary: Unprecedented Accounting of NWO History AVAILABLE...
Review: Simply put the greatest trick the devil ever played was to convince human beings that he did not exist. Herein lies the basis for anyone to question the verasity of this book, the existence of a conspiracy and the presence of evil in our society, despite the overwhelming evidence to the contrary. When we deny the obvious because it is too hard to believe, we must question whether we are ready to hear the truth or whether we really want to know the truth. Perhaps to the general American public ignorance is bliss. To anyone operating under this assumption, he or she will read this book, dimiss it and continue to live in wonderland. Having ears, we will not hear, having eyes we will not see, neither will we understand. Sound familiar?
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Summary: On Disbelief
Review: Simply put the greatest trick the devil ever played was to convince human beings that he did not exist. Herein lies the basis for anyone to question the verasity of this book, the existence of a conspiracy and the presence of evil in our society, despite the overwhelming evidence to the contrary. When we deny the obvious because it is too hard to believe, we must question whether we are ready to hear the truth or whether we really want to know the truth. Perhaps to the general American public ignorance is bliss. To anyone operating under this assumption, he or she will read this book, dimiss it and continue to live in wonderland. Having ears, we will not hear, having eyes we will not see, neither will we understand. Sound familiar?
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Summary: Definitely not for the liberal agenda
Review: The author has referenced his historical account faithfully. The reader will never be the same, guaranty it! The media will be the LAST place you will look for the truth.
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Summary: The Real Story?
Review: The author of this book, Ralph Epperson, promises to introduce the reader to the fundamentals of the conspiratorial view of history. This view of history is in direct contradiction to the accidental view of history, or the theory of history accepted by most historians today. The conspiratorial view of history posits that all historical events are either controlled or directed by individuals or small groups of powerful people. Accidental history has no controls; events happen because they do, and no amount of effort may successfully direct events. Epperson supports the conspiratorial view of history, and he tries to prove this theory in "The Unseen Hand," a 488 page collection of secret societies, economic totalitarianism, and communist plots. According to Epperson, the overarching theme of conspiratorial history is that of power. When the rich amass enough money, they begin to thirst for power over their fellow human beings. Since most people want to have a say in the way their lives are run, these power hungry individuals must try to enact their plans in secret by using their influence and wealth to effect change that favors the interests of the rich and powerful. The book is roughly chronological. It starts with early events in history and slowly marches through time until it reaches the 1980's. According to Epperson, the conspiracy began with the formation of the Illuminati on May 1, 1776. The Illuminati, founded by a Bavarian professor named Adam Weishaupt, dedicated itself to overthrowing the old world order of monarchy by adopting ideals of reason. Mankind, through reason, would come to reject religion and nationalism and found a collectivistic society. Epperson quickly draws links between the Illuminati and later movements such as Marxism and the socialist Fabians. Another aspect of this conspiracy, in close collaboration with the Illuminati and its later incarnations, is that of international banking. The bankers quickly moved to institute central banks in Europe in order to control the population through the manufacture of fiat money (money backed by debt, not gold or silver) and the creation of inflation. The American revolutionary war and the American civil war were attempts by the bankers to weaken the country and institute a central banking system, a goal finally achieved at Jekyll Island in 1913. No conspiracy book would be complete without a discussion of the Council on Foreign Relations, the Trilateral Commission, the Freemasons, and the Bilderberg group. All four groups are discussed in some depth here. Epperson takes great pains to point out that most of the upper hierarchy in American government are members of these four groups. The goal of these groups, which are funded by foundations set up by banking and oil interests, is to create a "new world order," or a global socialist/communist government ruled by a small oligarchy of wealthy individuals. This book works best when discussing the creation and role of government in a society, as well as the role of central banks and the control of the money interests. Epperson gives succinct explanations of how government and banking work, and how both can cause serious trouble if not properly regulated. It is ridiculous to believe that people in charge of so much money don't know the causes of inflation, or why prices of oil fluctuate as much as they do. Yet on any given day we are constantly informed by policy makers and other elites that they are as confused about why things happen as we are. What doesn't work as well is some of the weird claims that pop up throughout the book. A claim that Karl Marx was a Satanist certainly raised my eyebrows, as did the claim that Jesse James lived to be 107 years old and was a 33rd degree freemason. Where did that come from? We know that DNA tests performed on Jesse's remains leave little doubt that he was killed just as the history books describe. Of course, a conspiracy theorist would claim that the results were doctored or are fabrications. And that is the problem with conspiracy theories: every counterclaim to the conspiracy theory is a lie or a half-truth, which further bolsters the conspiracy. The source material for this book rests heavily on other conspiracy volumes, and most of the material for this book seems to be drawn from books and pamphlets from the John Birch Society. The Birchers built their entire organization around the ideas of a communist conspiracy and the creation of a global new world order. The last chapter of the book devotes a large amount of space in praise to the JBS, so an objective account of conspiratorial history won't be found in this book. Epperson also made the mistake of not going directly to source material for his information. Instead, he relied on the interpretations of others, and some of these people are wackos. This is still an entertaining read for those who want to learn about alternate history or the paranoia of those who believe in such theories. There is good information in this book, but care needs to be taken when looking at the volume as a whole.
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Summary: The Unseen Hand
Review: The Unseen Hand as the cover of the book states is "An Introduction of the Conspiratorial View of History". The major problem with the book however is that it can quickly turn a person off of the conspiratorial view of history. Epperson draws conclusions that aren't warranted. Chapter 39, Nixon's removal from office, is just about as inane of a theory's conclusion that I have ever read. If Epperson's is correct about how powerful this conspiracy really is the "insiders" would have acheived their objectives long ago. This is not to say that the book is a complete waste of time. I myself used it as a reference book by taking the hard facts (names, places, events) that Epperson wrote about and doing my own research and then drawing my own conclusions. This is NOT a book for someone who has never done research in the area of the conspiratorial view of history. It's a book for those who have done some research and who are interesed in doing more research by using Epperson's book as a reference tool for further research. This review comes from a person who doesn't see a conspiracy behind every tree -- just every other tree.
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Summary: Red-neck deniers, watch out!
Review: The Unseen Hand is an important review of what has been written about secret conspiracies. It may be read with the assurance that a succinct accounting of evidence and writings for the last hundred years and more are valid. If some of the author's opinions are questioned it would be no more than cavilling about what would be good sauce for the gander in a cook book! Ironically it seems that we are about to move into a new period of political correctness. Recognizing genuine conspiracy in our history will no longer attract insulting attacks such as being called red-necks. (Excuse the double gerunds.) It will be the other way round. Those who deny the "conspiracy theory of history" will be, and justly so, scorned as useless, Machiavellian, subversive, red-neck idiots! Wow! That just about includes everybody in Who's Who, the U.S. and British governments, Burkes Peerage and the Throne! Talk about come the revolution! And do excuse my exclamation marks, please. But really, they are valid here.
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Summary: This information was not in my high school history books
Review: The Unseen Hand is my fourth conspiracy book to have read. The first, The Leipzeig Connection by Palo Lionni was a well written and detailed look at when, who and why German psychology was imported, cleverly inserted into the existing education system and came to be what we now know as the American Public Education system. The second book was, None Dare Call it Conspiracy written by Gary Allen. In this book the author follows the money and exactly who those people are that really pull the political and socio-economic strings on this planet. Mr. Allen also spends quite a bit of time closely examining the membership and agenda of the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR). The third book, The Gods of Eden, by William Bramley begins, surprisingly enough, in the Garden of Eden and comes forward from there. Mr. Bramely presents a convincing and plausible point of view supported by a preponderance of references regarding off-world influences in the persistent condition of chaos on planet earth. All four of these books are, in my opinion, well worth the read but it is The Unseen Hand out of the four that I would first recommend to anyone expressing even an inkling of interest or curiosity in what has been going on behind the scenes on the political and social fronts of the world. The author gives a general and concise overview, including numerous specifics of historical events and figures, from the 1700's up into 1985 when the book was published.
Ralph Epperson is an author who is quite adept at arranging his information, which includes many recorded quotes from numerous historical figures, some of which who are commonly known and others that I knew nothing of, into a reader friendly format. Part of what makes the book reader friendly is the use of a vocabulary that isn't constantly driving the reader to the dictionary to translate what is being communicated.
If you have ever looked up a map for a specific location on the Internet you would be familiar with how the map appears on your screen. When the map comes up you are looking at the location of the address requested from a certain viewpoint of distance and you can change this viewpoint with a graduated zoom-in zoom-out tool bar. Well, reading The Unseen Hand is very much like looking at one of these Internet maps. You begin this journey through history zoomed in at close range with the author giving you an orientation to his point of view. He is also smart enough to take the time in the first seven chapters to include a refresher course of sorts on the definitions, philosophy and applied philosophy of the various forms of government and basic economic systems with ample examples to ensure duplication between reader and author. I not only appreciated this approach from the author but found it to be very helpful. I also discovered that I had misunderstood concepts on more than a few of these terms and these misunderstandings would have most certainly inhibited my understanding of what was coming.
One item of particular interest to me was introduced and examined in chapter three. Chapter three addresses the different forms of government and here is where the author first introduces the reader to Jan Kozak and a book he published in 1957 wherein he delineated a five part program for seizing control of a government. I found that when taking this five part program of Kozak's and holding it up against recent and present events beginning with the 911 tragedy certain events are greatly clarified as to their possible actual intention and purpose.
After chapter seven Mr. Epperson clicks the zoom-out and our point of view is instantly changed to a removed wide point of view where we can see locations, events, people and time stretched out linear before us. From here the author proceeds to repetitively zoom in and out of this historical time line looking and eavesdropping on those who have originated their plans while behind the closed doors, thick curtains and in secret meetings that set the stage for what was to come (we're living in and with the results). Now, buckle up, this is one incredible journey to take.
On one hand, without any doubts or reservations, I would and do encourage anyone to read The Unseen Hand with the hopes and intention that they would be at least evoked if not provoked by the information and that at the end of this particular journey through history that they would have more interest and more questions about the political and socio-economic aspects of this game board of life than ever before. On the other hand, though, I have two caveats and these caveats are general in that I would give them in regards to any subject. The first: Don't be lazy. Don't allow the author to be the one who evaluates this data for you. Of course, he expresses his opinions and evaluations throughout but there is no reason that you must accept or agree with his views or his assembled data. Don't be afraid to look for yourself, think for yourself and decide for yourself. Also, don't be afraid to reject data, change your mind or stand firm with your existing opinions and views. I emphasis this because most of us have had the "privilege" of attending an enforced 12 year authoritative training program called public education wherein we were carefully schooled to accept data without question. Mostly we were just fed data that had been preevaluated and were expected to make precise recordings of it. To the degree that we could play the data back as fed in would determine our grade and perceived "intelligence". Learning to observe, compare and evaluate for ourselves was never part of the program, therefore the first caveat. The second caveat: beware and guarded toward anyone who tries to enforce their viewpoint onto you, insist that you agree or disagree as they do or attempts to discourage you in anyway from looking and deciding for yourself. This person is not a friend.
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