Fascinating essay on the connection to mythological stories and the purpose of them to reveal astrological information.

The author starts with the story of Hamlet, as told by William Shakespeare, and goes backward to the story Hamlet was based on (and old Nordic myth) and so forth. Highlighting the differences between classical greek philosophy, and the mythological stories of the same time period, the authors show how important myths were in teaching and revealing important astrological concepts that were utilized by premodern cultures to form functioning societies.

This is a very erudite work, probably much above my ability to fully understand and comprehend its full meaning. It assumes fluency in French, Italian, German, Latin and many other languages, with many of the quotes untranslated into English. Nevertheless, I enjoyed what I read and think it is likely a very important book on its subject matter.

Just started this book..... more later

A VERY densely written, intensely academic read on astronomy as manifest in mythology in the pre-rational world before the rise of scientific rationalism.

This book will take a lot of concentration and a thorough grounding in the classics and a few select foreign languages, such as Latin and French, to make it wholly comprehensible. If this were available as an ebook it would be a simple matter to translate these but for some reason, Hamlet's Mill has not got the ebook treatment.

If interested in the axial precession, the Great Year, this will be some very interesting backstory to that. Be warned, however, this is not a light read.

Rating: 4 out of 5 Stars

The authors make a good case that many myths, worldwide, are based in astronomical knowledge from pre-RomanGreco times. They argue that astronomy was the best science available to humans trying to survive with only so-called primitive means. This knowledge became suppressed but remained as astrology and myth. Interesting examples and many many theories make this book good food for thought.

The inspiration for Fingerprints of the Gods.
Difficult read. I skimmed it while reading F of the G's.

This book is essential for anyone wishing to learn about the links between mythology, zodiac, precessional cycles, and transmission and creation of knowlegde in pre-industrial and ancicent civilizations. An absolute classic and opus magnus of the archaeo-astrology and mythology genres.

Great concepts, but hard to follow.....

Hardest book I've read so far. You can tell the author(s) is really intelligent and educated, especially in etymology. They push a theory that ancient myths were created to explain cosmological/precessional occurrences. I believe it after reading this book.

I was going to rate this a 3/5 because a lot of it is really hard to understand but the theory and the parts I did understand made up for it. The author(s) know how smart they are and don't bother dumbing anything down for the rest of us.

A+

A fascinating read much of the time, although the authors are rather pretentious and their anti-Christian snobbery is a turn-off. Plus they take a typically academic, snobbish stance on Tolkien, which raised my hackles. Still, an admirable book in many ways.

Amlodhi has come.