This study of human delusions and superstition addresses instances of mass human gullibility from pre classical times to the pseudoscientific myths of the twentieth century. Included are chapters on religious persecutions, bogus medical practice, the delusions of so-called saints and prophets, false Christs, self-appointed seers, false love prophets, bogus messiahs, and more. Wheeler inspires a healthy disdain for dogmatism and entrenched duplicity.
Control of the mass-mind is a perplexing phenomenon. Its causes and ramifications throughout history are carefully examined so readers won't be so easily taken in. Historians, sociologists, psychologists, and all who have ever pondered the dangers of mind control should find Dragons for Sale fascinating reading.
The late Robert E. Wheeler had a lifelong special interest in "unreason" and the light that mythology, psychology, sociology, and literature, both Anglo-American and European, could shed on its nature and impact.
166 pages Publication date 17th November, 1994
ISBN 0-87975-827-9
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