{"product_id":"the-paths-of-evil-conspiracies-plots-and-secret-societies-9781644139424","title":"The Paths of Evil: Conspiracies, Plots, and Secret Societies","description":"\u003cp\u003e Conspiracies and secret societies exist because man, wounded by Original Sin, is inclined to evil and his social nature leads him to unite with other men in carrying out evil plans. With typical precision, historian Roberto de Mattei navigates us through this gloomy labyrinth of evil amid \u003ci\u003econgiure\u003c\/i\u003e, conspiracies, and plots -- terms often used as synonyms but which, through their semantic and conceptual differences, can each assist us in understanding better the hidden dimension of the history of the past five centuries. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e While the Italian term \u003ci\u003econgiure\u003c\/i\u003e indicates secret agreements limited to a few people and aimed at killing a sovereign or a political leader, often in the context of a power struggle, conspiracies are projects with a much broader scope that seek to overthrow the constituted order. The golden age of \u003ci\u003econgiure\u003c\/i\u003e and political assassinations runs from the poisons of the Renaissance to the 1700s. Then, with the Enlightenment and the French Revolution, an age opened in which the traditional \u003ci\u003econgiure\u003c\/i\u003e was bolstered by the development of conspiracies of an ideological and political character. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e The plot, on the other hand, is an elusive, hidden agglomerate of which neither the identity of the protagonists nor the concrete operative means are revealed. Professor de Mattei posits that the contemporary plotting spirit we see today -- from the Aquarius conspiracy, to the reptilians, to the Great Reset, to the virus pandemic -- has nothing to do with the study of anti-Christian secret societies, which has always been part of historiography and Catholic apologetics but, in fact, plays into the hands of those intent on the psychological, intellectual, and moral destabilization of the West. In these fascinating pages, you will discover: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Whether sociopsychological criteria are enough to formulate a conspiracy theory \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e What famous political minds such as Niccolò Machiavelli believed about conspiracies \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e How fabrications of plots by individuals such as Catherine de' Medici led to bloodshed \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e The cruelest epoch in history and its aftershocks in the schemes of secret societies \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e The role of the occult in plots and conspiracies, and its relationship with revolution \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Solutions to avoid becoming lost in the matrix of evil and lies in modernity \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e Ultimately, you will find how to differentiate between true and false plots and to discern how some conspiracies lead to heresy and insidiously attempt to destroy Christianity. By reading this book, you will be equipping yourself to challenge and overcome the dark errors of our times. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Sophia Institute Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/20\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781644139424\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 176\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 5.50h x 8.50w x 2.00d","brand":"Roberto de Mattei","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43471199338677,"sku":"9781644139424","price":16.11,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_ccb133a2-2178-4c00-8fe6-bb7a85011b02.jpg?v=1704824073","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-paths-of-evil-conspiracies-plots-and-secret-societies-9781644139424","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}