- Paperback: 232 pages
- Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC; New edition edition (29 May 1997)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0747531005
- ISBN-13: 978-0747531005
- Product Dimensions: 19.8 x 13 x 2.6 cm
- Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 859,936 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Written by the co-author of "The Orion Mystery" and "The Mayan Prophecies", this book takes the reader through the past, revealing how secret knowledge was both preserved in the East in the form of monumental architecture and at the time of the Crusades, passed westwards to the fledgling states of Europe. One of the best known stories of the Bible is the journey of the Magi as witnesses of the Nativity of Jesus, yet who were these "wise men"? Where did they come from and what could possibly have been their motive in making their journey to Bethlehem? In this book, such questions are answered in an exploration of the Magi legend. Threaded into an epic story are the results of Adrian Gilbert's extensive research. The author claims the truth is that not only was the birth of Jesus widely expected throughout the Middle East, but that Christianity itself has its deepest roots in the "pagan" mysteries of Egypt, Persia and Mesopotamia.
About the Author
Adrian Gilbert is an international expert in the lost traditions of ancient cultures, from the pharoahs to the earliest Christians. He is the coauthor of many books, including three bestsellers: Signs in the Sky, The Orion Mystery, and The Mayan Prophecies. He lives in London, England.
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16 of 16 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Innocuously focussed around the three wise men of the Nativity, this book branches out into a much wider esoteric plane, and takes you on journeys you wouldn't believe...but which you have to believe because of the evidence that the author provides. I couldn't put it down - and there are plenty of other books which I could!
Having read all of the books by the author, I personally still believe this to be the best one that he has written to date - and hope that he builds on this theme in the future.
15 of 16 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
MAGI is a fasinating book. Well researched by possibly one of the most knowledgeable of people in the field of Hermetic understanding.
Not only is it well put together with plenty of compelling insights and facts, but it also 'reads' very well giving you the sense of being on a journey into the obscured past of symbols and mysticism.
The fabulous painting of the 'Adoration of the Magi' with the revised birth chart of the baby Jesus incorporated into it is a masterpiece in itself.
This is a book that makes you think.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Just finished reading this wonderful book. I have researched the same topic for over ten years and thought I knew it all...but this has opened my eyes and expanded my horizons to new possibilities I hadn't imagined.
There were moments of deep reflection as when the author stood at the side of ancient graves that should have been revered and maintained. Instead bones lay scattered aboveground and the graves badly desecrated by tomb robbers. The author created a few pensive moments that make us all realize how critical it is to keep going forward with research...because the proofs are dissapearing faster than we can record them.
Gilbert has done a wonderful job of piecing together missing clues, and shedding new understanding on the great inigma that is Jesus.
Highly reccommended and kudos to an excellent author and researcher.
There were moments of deep reflection as when the author stood at the side of ancient graves that should have been revered and maintained. Instead bones lay scattered aboveground and the graves badly desecrated by tomb robbers. The author created a few pensive moments that make us all realize how critical it is to keep going forward with research...because the proofs are dissapearing faster than we can record them.
Gilbert has done a wonderful job of piecing together missing clues, and shedding new understanding on the great inigma that is Jesus.
Highly reccommended and kudos to an excellent author and researcher.
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Not about the Magi
Only 5% of this book is about the Magi, the other 95% concerns Middle East history and astrology, expected to learn something new about the Magi, but didn't.
Published 3 months ago by Grinder
Should be titled: "Where I Went On My Holidays"
Who were the Magi? Were they Zorastrians? Were they priests of the cult of Mithras? Were they members of one of the other star-cults in the Middle East around the time of the birth... Read more
Published 21 months ago by Samuel N Rex
sensationalist manipulation of history
This book is a fascinating read.
Gilbert reports accurately on a range of historical facts. Read more
Gilbert reports accurately on a range of historical facts. Read more
Published on 2 May 2007 by Mr. Samuel P. Rice
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