THE PHILOSOPHICAL FUNDAMENTALS FOR THE NEW WORLD ORDER

A poorly written and inscrutable plan for a “new world order.”

An entity going by the name of Holy Grail has produced a philosophical manifesto aimed at exploring some of mankind’s oldest questions–What are we? Where did we come from? Where are we going?–incorporating economic, political, religious and cultural ideas with the vaguely defined aim of attaining world peace. The author presents graphs and equations meant to address these questions, but unfortunately, they are either nonsense or so specialized that the general reader will have no idea what they mean. Holy Grail introduces some basic ancient concepts, such as reincarnation, as if they were original thoughts, then introduces ideas that appear to be new, such as a diagram called the Holy Trinity, which comprises of the “left-wing” and “right-wing” characteristics of humans and several personality “quadrants.” Surprisingly, given the rather tedious descriptions of these different quadrants and how they interact with each other depending on whether the Holy Trinity is “inverted” or not, the reader will find that the distinctions between each quadrant are rather vague. The Holy Trinity is then laid over the seven chakras and the quadrants are explained again in relation to the chakras, legitimizing the Holy Trinity, Holy Grail argues, because of the convenient correspondences. Considering how much material exists on chakras, it is surprising that the supporting citations Holy Grail draws on are from Wikipedia, hardly a reliable source when doing research. Later in the book, yet another organizing principle is introduced, that of chess. Unfortunately, offhand references are made to this particular piece of the puzzle before it has even been introduced, providing further confusion. Holy Grail may have an original way of thinking about the human experience, but this book is poorly organized and meandering, leaving readers lost and baffled.

A convoluted, disorganized and confusing philosophical treatise.