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Mystical science reveals universe’s hidden connections and cosmic intelligence.

The Secret History of the Universe

How Ancient Wisdom Made the Modern World

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  • Hardcover

    448 pages

  • Release Date

    4 June 2026

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Summary

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 discov…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781918107012
ISBN-10:1918107017
Author:Jonathan Black
Publisher:Firefinch Publishing
Imprint:Firefinch Publishing
Format:Hardcover
Number of Pages:448
Release Date:4 June 2026
Weight:580g
Dimensions:24mm x 156mm x 234mm
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Critics Review

“Mythology and ancient esoteric beliefs are finally found in cutting edge science” Rick Rubin, bestselling author of The Creative Act

“The Dancing Wu-Li Masters of the 21st Century” Professor Jordan Giddings

“Jonathan Black makes the complex so clear and magnetic. He connects many strands of human consciousness to make a beautiful wholeness. He has a warmth, a loving presence which unites the head and heart on our quest to self-discovery.” Pamela Young, author of Hope Street

“Jonathan Black’s head-spinning The Secret History of the Universe reveals the influence – sometimes very direct – of the work of great occultists and seers on the scientists who have shaped the world we live in today. After you finish the book, you will see the world of scientific discovery and the universe in a new light, both strange and glorious”& Conner Habib, author of Hawk Mountain, host of Against Everyone with Conner Habib

“Jonathan Black’s understanding of the universe is very close to the way I see it. The Secret History of the Universe has an important message for the world.” Lorna Byrne, author of Angels in My Hair and Stairways to Heaven

“The most brilliant book I have read for a long, long time”

Jeffrey Mishlove, New Thinking Allowed, author of The Roots of Consciousness

“I’ve been reviewing science fiction and fantasy books for twenty years. The reality, as shown in this book, is as exciting and strange and compelling as anything I’ve ever read”

James Buxton, author of The Wishing Tree, Pity, and I am the Blade

“What we’ve been taught to define as ‘reality’ will never look quite the same again once the revelations of this breakthrough book are taken on board. Black shows that surrounding us everywhere, in all directions, from the unimaginably large to the infinitesimally small, is MYSTERY”

Graham Hancock, author of Magicians of the Gods, Supernatural and America Before

“Weaving a tapestry between physics, art, literature, philosophy, mysticism and our immediate world, Jonathan Black beautifully articulates the mythic dimension in historical events.”

Daniel Kramer, former visiting professor at Harvard and Brown universities and Artistic Director of English National Opera

“Amusing, popular but still profound, and above all much needed in an age that has lost its way - a remarkable achievement.”

James Hanning, author of Love and Deception: Philby in Beruit and The Bookseller of Hay.

About The Author

Jonathan Black

Jonathan Black was educated at Ipswich School and Oriel College, Oxford, where he studied Philosophy and Theology. After a long career in publishing, he now writes full time. He is the author of the global bestseller The Secret History of the World, The Secret History of Dante and The Sacred History of the World. His books are the result of a lifetime spent reading literature in this area, publishing many of the leading authors in the field and hanging around antiquarian bookshops.

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