*I say in a tone that is not pretentious*
I just want books that trims off all the fat. To not feel dumb in blind in the current state of the world.
Books that will scratch my itch to find pattern recognition in current worldly affairs. Cool parallel, histories of forgotten women, actionable wisdoms. No abstract wishy washy aphorisms and faith based concepts. If it’s faith based…just as grounded as Possible (tall order. Its faith.) and not waffling.
for context, I do love the pantheon and mythology, I love theology in the analytical sort of way of how humans behave en mass in organized religion. A wannabe goth so I do like the all that dark edgy stuff.
pretty prose and a nicely written page also would be lovely. ❤️🥀
I know tall order. I want to widen my horizon and hey, if you have enlightening poetry books of antiquity shoot some out for me! Appreciated!
by Future_Tumbleweed446
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Ignore some spelling mistakes. I can’t edit my posts on my device.
Not sure if it’s quite what you’re looking for, but I’d suggest Lifetide by Lyall Watson. It’s a book about scientific developments that were new when it was published (1970s). It’s got some new age-y stuff, but that’s easy to ignore.
For ancient parallels to modern times, try the Masters of Rome novels by Colleen McCullough.
Very well-written, and covers the fall of the Roman Republic.
Unmask Alice by Rick Emerson would suit, I think!
Carlo Ginzburg – The Cheese and the Worm
Mark Kurlansky is your guy. He’s written several micro histories (cod, salt) that I would never have thought I’d love as much as I did and a ton of other relatively books on esoteric topics that you’d probably not think about, ever, but are interesting and insightful, and really enjoyable for those of us who enjoy trivia, footnote content, etc. Based on your request I think you’ll enjoy a lot of his work.