I am ready for a second reading. The chapter that lingers in my memory is the one about stars, intersecting points. I don't remember if I learned about the book through The Real Anthony Fauci or Dr. Toby Rogers' recommendation. It definitely blew my mind.
I feel that way about so many books over the last three years because it would hit so different now that i'm more ready to believe. The Real Anthony Fauci for me I took with a big grain of salt when I read it. If I read it now it would be very different. I'm reading Silent Spring for the first time and coming from The Moth in the Iron Lung the way Carson describes the effect of the over spraying of insecticides as an evil spell just hits that much harder with the idea that a lot of Polio may have come from that as well.
Yes, Maready's book and also "Dissolving Illusions." While I'm thrilled to be awakened to the truth, it's frightening just how much work is ahead of us.
I avoided the Autism Vaccine for awhile it was too bold a title for me but that one is important. People talk about vaccines and its Jenner's small pox or the controversial MMR but the genesis of what most vaccines are is covered in this book as Maraedy goes over the development of the diptheria vaccine. From two different approaches into one complete with adjuvant are the key components. A twist I wish Maraedy took more time on was the fact the diptheria vaccine doesn't even target the disease but a toxin. Which for me leads to the question...is it a vaccine or a glorified allergy shot? The line between allergic and immunogenic seems a blurry one to me.
Yes, another really good book. One of the standout stories for me was learning that they "made" it in horses. They were injecting horse serum into people!
Well - I learned about the book through this SUBSTACK, heard about the author before, and the interview he gave. Have the book on order for inner library loan and plan to read it as soon as it comes in! Thanks for the great idea!!!!! 😁😁🕊️😁❤️
I bought and read Official Stories on your recommendation last February. My only complaint: I wish it had been much longer and covered more subjects. Once I started it, I couldn't put it down. He was an amazing thinker.
I know, I couldn't believe it was over when I got to the end. He was working on his book American Heretic, and I always wonder what happened to the manuscript.
Yes, he committed suicide, he said due to unrelenting tinnitus. This was way before the jabs, which also cause tinnitus in some people. I always wonder if Liam pissed off the wrong people and was targeted by some high energy waves that damaged his auditory nerves beyond repair. He was only mid 40s. Brilliant man. Loved the book.
I confess I haven't read the book, but then I was already familiar to one degree or another with both sides of most of the "stories". I'm starting to grow old, the body is working even more poorly than it used to, and I find myself taking more and more "quiet time" when I can, and when I'm not flat-out asleep. My reading is dropping off, finally. I see the big picture -- horrifying -- and I see enough details to know that I'm not hallucinating. I'm not sure how much more detail I can take.
As I keep saying, hopefully in different ways mostly, there is a larger picture into which this horror show fits. Seamlessly. Don't settle for paradox, and especially don't go for "we must try harder" yet again. Try instead looking for that larger view.
It's available. It's fairly obvious. But then so are the truths that the "official stories" discussed in the book are meant to hide. But I don't think this one is in this book. So read the book, comprehend what it says about your perception, and then use that understanding to search for the big one that's missing, hidden in plain sight.
If you have trouble finding it, ask. You never know. Somebody might be listening.
I'm in. I read it a few months ago, I think on your reccomendation. I think I have lost 15 pounds by buying books instead of food the last few years. Thank you for that!
My only quarrel with Liam is his chapter on Shakespeare. My quarrel is not that he is wrong about who wrote all those plays; rather, I don't think authorship matters. Once something has been created, whether a book, a painting, a building, it exists on its own outside the life of the author. My understanding of King Lear does not depend on who wrote it, what his personal history was, or what the royal politics of the time might have been. To carry that idea on a bit further, looking for the author in a work of fiction or a painting, pretty much ruins the experience of reading the book or studying the picture. I'm curious how the rest of you see this.
I agree with you up to a point. However, a whole 'fairytale' has been created around this man, William Shakespeare: a money-making fairytale too, and it seems to me that it would be nice, when you visit Stratford-upon-Avon, to know that it is as fictional as the exquisite plays he wrote.
I agree to a large extent. I'm interested in the author's name only because it helps me find his/her other work ... if I enjoyed it, that is.
But by the same token, I do believe writers should be given credit for their work. (In "Shakespeare's" case, that likely no longer really matters though as all involved are long gone.)
You make a great point, Mary Ann. I do find that it's the almost always the ones who are desperate to keep the myth of Shakespeare alive who use that argument, however. :-)
I wrote a play called Her Own Words which imagines that Aemilia Basano Lanier (the first female published poet in England) was the one who penned all of Shakespeare's works, conspiring with him to keep her identity hidden since it was illegal for women to produce their own plays. You might find it interesting that in my play, Aemilia eventually is forced to come to the same conclusion you stated so well in your comment: "art exists on its own outside the life of the author."
I have reassed much since 2020. Reading has always been a way of opening doors for me. This book certainly did that, along with other books of late, along with many other writers. So much of what we thought to be true is more of a mirage. We have to be open to understanding the world around us in more nuanced ways and not take for granted that we trust the lies and contradictions fed to us from officialdom.
I bought and read this book about 9 months ago and was astonished at the things I believed to be true that clearly were wrong...
It hit me hard from 1st chapter. I skipped around as some I was concerned I was not ready to hear. It really rocked my world. I have tried to share it to numerous family and friends but so far no one has read a full chapter. I think it’s part of the dogma, “it’s better to not know what I don’t know now.” Our world recently has been showing how much we thought was true is propaganda or a false narrative. It is hard to go into the “looking glass” but worth it once you begin. It’s a humorous book and Liam’s personality shines... sad he is no longer here to dig into all that has happened since he left us.
Read it per you. Loved it. The idea of an electric universe was so out there but then again the idea the universe happens to be organized by the force we just recalibrated our scientific knowledge around at the time makes it seem that much more likely the other forces are more of a factor than we allow. The idea the universe could be nothing like the fated heat death scenario scientism claims for me was a relief. It was like in Douglas Adams Hithicker's guide to the galaxy when an old lady looks out the window to see two characters not only flying but making love in the air and then is happy because it means nothing she's been told is right suddenly made sense to me. that happiness. that freedom. I didn't even know I wanted what I had been told had all been figured out was wrong, or could be wrong, or not the whole picture...but I'm happy Scheff did that for me.
I have been reading this book along with two friends. We meet every Thursday afternoon at a local coffee shop and have been doing so since we all decided to read Kennedy's book on Fauci and Gates back in 2021 when it was first published. We've been at it ever since. Liam Scheff's book is our latest. We have read C.S. Lewis, Miranda Devine on the Hunter Biden laptop, a book on why we should be eating saturated fats, and more. Next we're reading "Irreversible Damage." I recommend to everyone: find two friends and start reading.
I read Official Stories on Toby Rogers book review. It made such a seismic shift within me I've promised myself to re-read it, just in case I was missing something. It definitely bears multiple readings, I feel. Having said that, I went on to read 180 Degrees, which plumbed the depths even further, some of it gratingly so. Both books reinforce the red-pilling I've named as the Gift of Covid, which keeps on giving, whether it's the 'safe and effective' psyop, the faked moon landings, Titanic 1,000 miles south of any iceberg, the Lusitania Lie, Steiner foretelling death by vaccine, you name it. There's a hundred and one ways to break the spell. At my age, I thought I'd never be shocked again but I was in for a rude awakening.
Added to all that has been John Carter's magnificent essay which lays bare our current situation and offers a powerful remedy via McGilchrist for countering left-brain dominance. Highly recommended.
Loved Scheff's book. I was particularly blown away by the earth sciences chapters, probably because I don't have as much knowledge in those areas.
Reading Official Stories paved the way for 180 Degrees, which is next on my list.
I have to say, it's fairly alienating to read these types of books. In my "real life" in the "real world," I just feel more and more like a total outsider wandering in a foreign land. Thank heavens for Substack.
Indeed, that is the challenge with all this. All our family and friends are mesmerized by the shadows on the wall, while we are walking around outside the cave figuring out true from untrue. Plato's Cave is a very very old story.
I wrote this a while back to come to terms with it all.
I purchased, however have not yet read the book 180°. This book you mention/write about sounds to be of the premise that a vast majority of nearly anything accepted by the humans presently living is a LIE. Same is true with 180° according to the write up that motivated me to purchase the book. I've only made the time to skim through it so far (it's a very large book) definitely impressive and extremely readable. It goes way beyond simply the bogus moon landings and other such more common understandings as to the mind boggling extent we've been utterly bamboozled.
180 Degrees is a great book. It sits higher up the ladder than Official Stories with a more meta view. I would recommend Official Stories first before 180 Degrees to build up to what's in 180 Degrees.
I purchased and read both due to your recommendations here, and am greatful for that. Both covered topics I know well and did a good job of it, and both had really eye opening chapters that were new topics to me.
Love this idea...I had to buy another copy...hoping to wake up a friend by suggestion she just read about Shakespeare, but she lost it/misplaced/has no memory...I am reading the last chapter but got distracted ...great book to start with.
I am ready for a second reading. The chapter that lingers in my memory is the one about stars, intersecting points. I don't remember if I learned about the book through The Real Anthony Fauci or Dr. Toby Rogers' recommendation. It definitely blew my mind.
Indeed, I've been feeling that way too...a second reading is due.
I feel that way about so many books over the last three years because it would hit so different now that i'm more ready to believe. The Real Anthony Fauci for me I took with a big grain of salt when I read it. If I read it now it would be very different. I'm reading Silent Spring for the first time and coming from The Moth in the Iron Lung the way Carson describes the effect of the over spraying of insecticides as an evil spell just hits that much harder with the idea that a lot of Polio may have come from that as well.
I will definitely be doing a stack for The Real Anthony Fauci.
Maready's Moth in The Iron Lung book is a great also. That was my first Maready book. Polio was another rude awakening.
Yes, Maready's book and also "Dissolving Illusions." While I'm thrilled to be awakened to the truth, it's frightening just how much work is ahead of us.
I avoided the Autism Vaccine for awhile it was too bold a title for me but that one is important. People talk about vaccines and its Jenner's small pox or the controversial MMR but the genesis of what most vaccines are is covered in this book as Maraedy goes over the development of the diptheria vaccine. From two different approaches into one complete with adjuvant are the key components. A twist I wish Maraedy took more time on was the fact the diptheria vaccine doesn't even target the disease but a toxin. Which for me leads to the question...is it a vaccine or a glorified allergy shot? The line between allergic and immunogenic seems a blurry one to me.
Yes, another really good book. One of the standout stories for me was learning that they "made" it in horses. They were injecting horse serum into people!
I can't remmber either, but I am going to look caus e whichever stack suggestied I know I saved.
Well - I learned about the book through this SUBSTACK, heard about the author before, and the interview he gave. Have the book on order for inner library loan and plan to read it as soon as it comes in! Thanks for the great idea!!!!! 😁😁🕊️😁❤️
I bought and read Official Stories on your recommendation last February. My only complaint: I wish it had been much longer and covered more subjects. Once I started it, I couldn't put it down. He was an amazing thinker.
I know, I couldn't believe it was over when I got to the end. He was working on his book American Heretic, and I always wonder what happened to the manuscript.
Yes, he committed suicide, he said due to unrelenting tinnitus. This was way before the jabs, which also cause tinnitus in some people. I always wonder if Liam pissed off the wrong people and was targeted by some high energy waves that damaged his auditory nerves beyond repair. He was only mid 40s. Brilliant man. Loved the book.
Yes, quite a loss. I think he was a brilliant writer.
Well CRAP.
If I have an addiction, it is BOOKS. I have a stack of at least twelve books here now, and more on order.
You. Are. Trouble!!!
On a positive note, at least we have many, many great books and resources out there.
Color me grateful.
LMAO ... sending Good Cheer for the New Year! :-)
Happy New Year Kelli...yes, I have the same addiction.
I confess I haven't read the book, but then I was already familiar to one degree or another with both sides of most of the "stories". I'm starting to grow old, the body is working even more poorly than it used to, and I find myself taking more and more "quiet time" when I can, and when I'm not flat-out asleep. My reading is dropping off, finally. I see the big picture -- horrifying -- and I see enough details to know that I'm not hallucinating. I'm not sure how much more detail I can take.
As I keep saying, hopefully in different ways mostly, there is a larger picture into which this horror show fits. Seamlessly. Don't settle for paradox, and especially don't go for "we must try harder" yet again. Try instead looking for that larger view.
It's available. It's fairly obvious. But then so are the truths that the "official stories" discussed in the book are meant to hide. But I don't think this one is in this book. So read the book, comprehend what it says about your perception, and then use that understanding to search for the big one that's missing, hidden in plain sight.
If you have trouble finding it, ask. You never know. Somebody might be listening.
I'm in. I read it a few months ago, I think on your reccomendation. I think I have lost 15 pounds by buying books instead of food the last few years. Thank you for that!
Books as weight loss strategy...that's a new one, but a good one.
My only quarrel with Liam is his chapter on Shakespeare. My quarrel is not that he is wrong about who wrote all those plays; rather, I don't think authorship matters. Once something has been created, whether a book, a painting, a building, it exists on its own outside the life of the author. My understanding of King Lear does not depend on who wrote it, what his personal history was, or what the royal politics of the time might have been. To carry that idea on a bit further, looking for the author in a work of fiction or a painting, pretty much ruins the experience of reading the book or studying the picture. I'm curious how the rest of you see this.
I agree with you up to a point. However, a whole 'fairytale' has been created around this man, William Shakespeare: a money-making fairytale too, and it seems to me that it would be nice, when you visit Stratford-upon-Avon, to know that it is as fictional as the exquisite plays he wrote.
I agree to a large extent. I'm interested in the author's name only because it helps me find his/her other work ... if I enjoyed it, that is.
But by the same token, I do believe writers should be given credit for their work. (In "Shakespeare's" case, that likely no longer really matters though as all involved are long gone.)
You make a great point, Mary Ann. I do find that it's the almost always the ones who are desperate to keep the myth of Shakespeare alive who use that argument, however. :-)
I wrote a play called Her Own Words which imagines that Aemilia Basano Lanier (the first female published poet in England) was the one who penned all of Shakespeare's works, conspiring with him to keep her identity hidden since it was illegal for women to produce their own plays. You might find it interesting that in my play, Aemilia eventually is forced to come to the same conclusion you stated so well in your comment: "art exists on its own outside the life of the author."
I have reassed much since 2020. Reading has always been a way of opening doors for me. This book certainly did that, along with other books of late, along with many other writers. So much of what we thought to be true is more of a mirage. We have to be open to understanding the world around us in more nuanced ways and not take for granted that we trust the lies and contradictions fed to us from officialdom.
I bought and read this book about 9 months ago and was astonished at the things I believed to be true that clearly were wrong...
It hit me hard from 1st chapter. I skipped around as some I was concerned I was not ready to hear. It really rocked my world. I have tried to share it to numerous family and friends but so far no one has read a full chapter. I think it’s part of the dogma, “it’s better to not know what I don’t know now.” Our world recently has been showing how much we thought was true is propaganda or a false narrative. It is hard to go into the “looking glass” but worth it once you begin. It’s a humorous book and Liam’s personality shines... sad he is no longer here to dig into all that has happened since he left us.
Read it per you. Loved it. The idea of an electric universe was so out there but then again the idea the universe happens to be organized by the force we just recalibrated our scientific knowledge around at the time makes it seem that much more likely the other forces are more of a factor than we allow. The idea the universe could be nothing like the fated heat death scenario scientism claims for me was a relief. It was like in Douglas Adams Hithicker's guide to the galaxy when an old lady looks out the window to see two characters not only flying but making love in the air and then is happy because it means nothing she's been told is right suddenly made sense to me. that happiness. that freedom. I didn't even know I wanted what I had been told had all been figured out was wrong, or could be wrong, or not the whole picture...but I'm happy Scheff did that for me.
Nice!
Awesome! I’m in!
Me too!!!!!
This book is currently in my to-read pile (which probably comprises at least 30 books). I shall move it to the top!
I have been reading this book along with two friends. We meet every Thursday afternoon at a local coffee shop and have been doing so since we all decided to read Kennedy's book on Fauci and Gates back in 2021 when it was first published. We've been at it ever since. Liam Scheff's book is our latest. We have read C.S. Lewis, Miranda Devine on the Hunter Biden laptop, a book on why we should be eating saturated fats, and more. Next we're reading "Irreversible Damage." I recommend to everyone: find two friends and start reading.
That's a great idea. After of during Irreversible Damage, I think you will appreciate Shrier's discussion with Jordan Peterson on his podcast.
I read Official Stories on Toby Rogers book review. It made such a seismic shift within me I've promised myself to re-read it, just in case I was missing something. It definitely bears multiple readings, I feel. Having said that, I went on to read 180 Degrees, which plumbed the depths even further, some of it gratingly so. Both books reinforce the red-pilling I've named as the Gift of Covid, which keeps on giving, whether it's the 'safe and effective' psyop, the faked moon landings, Titanic 1,000 miles south of any iceberg, the Lusitania Lie, Steiner foretelling death by vaccine, you name it. There's a hundred and one ways to break the spell. At my age, I thought I'd never be shocked again but I was in for a rude awakening.
Added to all that has been John Carter's magnificent essay which lays bare our current situation and offers a powerful remedy via McGilchrist for countering left-brain dominance. Highly recommended.
https://barsoom.substack.com/p/political-conflict-in-the-age-of
Indeed Official Stories needs multiple readings.
Thanks for the Carter referral.
Loved Scheff's book. I was particularly blown away by the earth sciences chapters, probably because I don't have as much knowledge in those areas.
Reading Official Stories paved the way for 180 Degrees, which is next on my list.
I have to say, it's fairly alienating to read these types of books. In my "real life" in the "real world," I just feel more and more like a total outsider wandering in a foreign land. Thank heavens for Substack.
Indeed, that is the challenge with all this. All our family and friends are mesmerized by the shadows on the wall, while we are walking around outside the cave figuring out true from untrue. Plato's Cave is a very very old story.
I wrote this a while back to come to terms with it all.
https://unbekoming.substack.com/p/socratess-cave-a-love-story
Great, great piece. Your love story is just perfect. I commented on it on that stack...
I read Official Stories on yours and Toby’s recommendations and now I lend it to everyone open to reading it. An amazing book.
I purchased, however have not yet read the book 180°. This book you mention/write about sounds to be of the premise that a vast majority of nearly anything accepted by the humans presently living is a LIE. Same is true with 180° according to the write up that motivated me to purchase the book. I've only made the time to skim through it so far (it's a very large book) definitely impressive and extremely readable. It goes way beyond simply the bogus moon landings and other such more common understandings as to the mind boggling extent we've been utterly bamboozled.
180 Degrees is a great book. It sits higher up the ladder than Official Stories with a more meta view. I would recommend Official Stories first before 180 Degrees to build up to what's in 180 Degrees.
I purchased and read both due to your recommendations here, and am greatful for that. Both covered topics I know well and did a good job of it, and both had really eye opening chapters that were new topics to me.
Love this idea...I had to buy another copy...hoping to wake up a friend by suggestion she just read about Shakespeare, but she lost it/misplaced/has no memory...I am reading the last chapter but got distracted ...great book to start with.