The Secret History of the Universe

The Secret History of the Universe: How Ancient Wisdom Made the Modern World

Jonathan Black (author)

From the author of the global bestseller The Secret History of the World comes an epic new history of the relationship between spiritual belief and cutting-edge science.

Jonathan Black shows that from Marie Curie to today’s architects of AI, many of our greatest scientists have been guided by secret, mystical and ‘higher’ teachings towards an understanding of the universe familiar to the builders of the pyramids of Giza or the Temple at Jerusalem. He explores how these discoveries, foreshadowed and paralleled by geniuses including Carl Gustav Jung and Hilma af Klint, raise deep and urgent questions about our understanding of the universe.

Is the material universe we perceive with our senses an illusion?
Is a higher intelligence directing it?
Are events in the future already fixed?
How does modern physics show we are all connected in ways old science said were impossible?
Are different kinds of intelligence - divine and less benevolent - emerging around us?

This is the science hardline atheists don’t want you to know about.

Jonathan Black is a British author and publisher, known for his books on occult history and mysticism. He is the pen name of Mark Booth, who studied Philosophy and Theology at Oxford and worked in publishing for over twenty years. 

Publisher ‏ : ‎ Firefinch Publishing
Publication date ‏ : ‎ 4 Jun. 2026
Print length ‏ : ‎ 448 pages
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 9781918107012
Item weight ‏ : ‎ 620 g
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 24.4 x 3.5 x 16.1 cm