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The Ascendancy of the Scientific Dictatorship: An Examination of Epistemic Autocracy, From the 19th to the 21st Century | 
 enlarge | Author: Paul Collins
Creator: Phillip Collins
Publisher: BookSurge Publishing
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Pages: 474
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Dimensions (in): 8.8 x 6 x 1.2
ISBN: 1419639323
Dewey Decimal Number: 320
EAN: 9781419639326
ASIN: 1419639323
Publication Date: June 23, 2006
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Here is the story of how the criminal elite hijacked science and transformed it into a weapon against the masses. This examination includes: (1.) The occult Origins of Darwinism. (2.) Nominalism and radical empiricism as instruments of epistemological manipulation. (3.) Eugenics and population control. (4.) Scientistic cults and religious engineering. (5.) Echelon, PROMIS software, and other technologies of the Panopticon Singularity. (6.) Neoconservativism as a continuation of Technocracy and Jacobinism. (7.) Transhumanism, Singularitarianism, and other futurist variants of the elite's occult religion. (8.) The unfolding endgame between scientific dictatorships.
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 Deft analysis of the New World Order, tainted by dogma May 24, 2007
14 out of 32 found this review helpful
The mantra throughout the book is that the elite are trying to "immanentize the eschaton". This phrase popularized by neo-conservative, William F Buckley, literally means, "heaven on earth within history." The authors echo the claim of the phrase's originator, Eric Voegelin, that this is a gnostic ideology that shares many similarities between communism and Naziism. But this is really a misrepresentation of Gnosticism. The purveyors of modern political ideologies like communism and fascism subverted the spiritual wisdom in the Gnostic tradition for their own nefarious ends. Gnosis is INDIVIDUAL, SPIRITUAL revelation, NOT a theory to be used to craft social policy. Gnosticism generally employed asceticism. And as with any religion, many of its adherents were prone to extremism (e.g. material world = hell). However, claiming that political ideologies like communism and fascism are actually Gnostic makes about as much sense as attributing them to Christian monasticism. The elite are spiritually bankrupt, and have simply found a convenient religious tradition to subvert in advancing their corrupt ideology. It doesn't mean that there are not kernels of truth with Gnosticism.
All religions have threads of spiritual truths at their cores, but they are usually wrapped in such corrosive and spiritually destructive packages that all but the most discerning of individuals would be wise to just walk away. Religions, as Jung said, are defense mechanism against a direct experience of God. They keep humanity as spiritual infants. While the Collins brothers admit that the elite used religion to manipulate and control the population, they never stop to question how many of their own religious ideologies might still be relics of this manipulation. It's unfortunate that, despite their sharp intellects, they have still not seen through the sham of Christianity. While it does engender some positive, genuine spiritual feeling in its adherents, and while it has given rise to remarkable sacred artistry (Rachmaninov's Vespers), this in no way justifies Christianity's more destructive dogmas. But for the Collins brothers, it's all or nothing. To them, God is still a monarch and "jealous", off-planet landlord; and Jesus Christ is the only way to keep out of a fiery pit called "hell". They bristle at statements like that of Gene Roddenbury (p154) when he suggests that we are all "pieces of God". (It's blasphemous to the murderous warlord, Jehovah.) Yet, I would urge the brothers to really examine their concept of the Christian God, and how "he" could be infinite, omniscient and omnipresent but still be SEPERATE from any part or existence. I prefer to phrase it as Bill Hicks did: "we are all one consciousness experiencing itself subjectively." Are we all "God"? Well, yes and no. The way the Collins brothers think of God? Certainly no. The power elites say "yes" because they love to have a justification for considering themselves literal, INDIVIDUAL Gods with dominion over the earth. This idea is, of course, repugnant.
But here's the mode of thought that's so frustrating coming from this book and all other conspiracy researchers who are heavily wrapped-up in their own rigid, religious beliefs: Some ideology, spiritual practice or current of thought was once associated with some historical [...] and should therefore be dispensed with entirely. For the Collins brothers, this applies to such things as entheogens, meditation, and evolution in its ENTIRITY! Yes, there's a lot of TERRIBLE science in Darwinism, but surely we can recognize the tendencies of biological complexification as SOME KIND of evolution.
The words "moral" and "morality" are tossed around liberally throughout the book. But the word "ethics" is never used. What's the difference? One is a system of circumscribed beliefs and codes of behavior. But to me, "ethics" really refers to the guidance that comes from the indwelling spirit in man- the conscience or "higher self". But where Darwinism denies the existence of any kind of spirit, Christianity relegates it to the trash bin with "original sin". The soul must first be "saved" by God before it may pass into the heavenly realms. But the Gnostics had a different idea. To them, entrance into the material world necessitates a forgetting of the God-force within. Salvation then comes through opening up to this indwelling spirit and remembering ones origins (gnosis). And for the Gnostic sects that believed in reincarnation, gnosis meant freedom from the birth/death cycle. (see Ian Stevenson for overwhelming EVIDENCE for reincarnation). This echos the Hindu Upanishads and many other spiritual traditions. Here, Christianity is the "odd man out."
Another interesting subject the book examines is that of the "predictive programming" of science fiction. This is the noteworthy theory that the presentation of a future scenario in a work of fiction can have the effect of conditioning the minds of the audience to expect and even welcome the events portrayed. So what is the Revelation of John of Patmos if not predictive programming? Notice how this piece of literature has shaped the expectations of millions of people throughout the centuries. The blind belief in Christian eschatology has been a destructive force on this earth - in everything from the European domination of the New World under the cover of "conversion", to the current disregard of environmental concerns by Christians who think, "What does it matter? When Jesus comes back the earth will be destroyed anyway."
Despite all of my criticisms, I would still recommend this book, if you can look past the bible-beating. The analyses on the DSM IV, Durkheim on deviance, China & Russia and the eugenics movement are all first-rate. I might read the Collins brothers again, if they were to release another book. But I would hope that in the meantime they spend some time getting to know people like Alan Watts, Jordon Maxwell, Michael Tsarion, Terence McKenna, John Lash and John Marco Allegro. A little deprogramming could do them a lot of good. Paul and Phillip, may you both have an experience of gnosis, so that you may set aside your faith and belief for genuine spiritual experience.
 Much needed book on a difficult subject January 10, 2007
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
Being a student and while working parttime i academia i have for some time been apalled by how the university diciplines really suck when it comes to presenting the social reality in a way as to empower democratic citizenship.
The undemocratic nature of, and history behind the body of knowledge that is given legitimazy by academia is well uncovered in this book.
This is an older copy of the book November 8, 2006
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
This is the first edition. The new 2006 revised version, however, has an extra 200+ pages of material. See ISBN 1419639323 (authors Paul & Phillip Collins).
Social Engineering and Technocratic Elite October 24, 2006
25 out of 28 found this review helpful
Many of us are familiar with U.S. president Dwight D. Eisenhower's farewell speech to the nation on January 17, 1961, in which he warned the American public to "guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence" of the "military-industrial complex." A less known quote from the same speech sets the tone for the Collins brothers' incredibly erudite tome: "... we must also be alert to the equal and opposite danger that public policy could itself become the captive of a scientific-technological elite."
This book discloses exactly who these technological elite (technocrats) are; that they've been working behind the scenes for centuries, and public policy has indeed become its captive. Its aspiration has always been the implementation of a sociopolitical, technocratic utopian world order.
The breadth and scope of Philip and Paul Collins' massive study is nothing short of dazzling. "The Ascendancy of the Scientific Dictatorship" is a meticulous examination of a shared ideological construct centuries in the making. This elite circle of technocrats hasn't simply carried forth a unified grand master plan, however; the Collins brothers stress the fact that what we are dealing with is a "conspiracy of ideas," whose adherents have developed into a powerful "epistemological cartel."
Reading "The Ascendancy of the Scientific Dictatorship" is to embark on an intellectual journey of the highest order. The Collins brothers effortlessly discuss a wide range of philosophical concepts, all of which are integral to understanding the thinking and development of those behind the formation of a would-be technocracy. There simply isn't any other book that is even in the same league. "The Ascendancy of the Scientific Dictatorship" penetrates the core concepts of Gnosticism, Rosicrucian mythos, Baconian utopianism, Freemasonry and the Royal Society of London; from Darwinism to scientism, population control, eugenics and Malthusian propaganda; Jung, Hegel, Wells and Huxley; Fabian socialism, world government, evolutionary pantheism, and the deification of man. The reader is privy to the fact that there is genuine continuity between Illuminism, Jacobinism, Socialism, and Marxism; that the dialectical manipulation of society is symptomatic of "the Hegelian nexus where Darwin, Marx, and Hitler intersect." The Collins brothers are equally at ease with diverse concepts such as Bentham's Panopticon, sociocracy, semiotic manipulation, "sci-fi predictive programming," transhumanism and the techno-eugenic movement - and the implications thereof. Other books that have attempted only a fraction of what is discussed in this book seem haphazard in comparison.
I highly doubt it is even possible to convey the scope of the book in a simple review: with the range of topics discussed, along with judicious quotations from a dizzying array of sources - the breadth of "The Ascendancy of the Scientific Dictatorship" is simply mind-numbing. This book is the definitive statement identifying the significance behind the political concept of a New World Order. "Worth its weight in gold" really does apply in this case - and, of course, as is customary with such scholarly endeavors, the bibliography is worth the price alone.
Great Book! October 11, 2006
6 out of 7 found this review helpful
Get the latest version of this book. It is excellent. The yellow cover of this book is for the older release.
This book is excellent. It ties together the players in this NWO.
It shows why the NWO seems to be at opposition with someone else.
The truth is that the Bush NWO team have opposition from the more socialistic elite eg. French and Russia, who want a more communist NWO.
Their formation of this NWO is not absolute; at least not yet.
This coincides with the bible showing this NWO as being iron mingled with clay. Due to opposition from their elite brothers, their rule will not be a complete foot on our neck. We are in sooo much trouble with these NWO people. We are screwed America unless you wake up.
This book is very professionally done and well researched.
I think that this book takes the time to show what has been planned for decades if not centuries. The elite think that we are sheep.
They have a plan for an American Union soon. It will be just like the European Union. Sovereignty of the U.S. is almost completely gone. America has been stolen. Blame the Bush Family, Rockerfeller, Rhodes,Rothchilds, DuPont, Fords. Most of these families supported Hitler during WWII.
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