The Other God: Dualist Religions from Antiquity to the Cathar Heresy (Yale Nota Bene)

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Summary: Illuminating and detailed survey of the mysterious Cathars
Review: This book is the best thing I have read on the history and beliefs of the medieval Cathar heretics, the other secret sects behind them (i.e. the eastern Bogomils) and their predecessors in antiquity. I found it a well-written and absorbing read and recommend it to all fans of historical mysteries and riddles.

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Summary: Fascinating and well-written
Review: This book offers an astonishing amount of information on very little known religions and heretical secret movements from ancient Egypt to Siberia. Wide-ranging and very well documented, it is also very well-written and readable. To the lay reader most of the information synthesised in this fascinating book will appear not only new but intriguing and even sensational. A must for the fans of historical mysteries and secret sects narratives.

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Summary: most comprehensive look yet
Review: This is the most comprehensive summary of dualist religious topics I have come by so far. Where alternative religious theory/history is a popular subject these days, this book does a fine job in exposing the reader not only to mainstream thought, but every branch and vein possible. The author has truly done his research.
I found it the most informative book on the subject matter yet and have learned more than I had expected.
Yes, there is a lot of detail, but that is what makes this book so fascinating.