Sol Gordon
The Lucifer Principle is a tour de force, a brilliant and seminal work.”
Detroit Free Press
Bloom’s tour of science and history is fascinating…A grand, exciting idea.”
Boston Globe
Provocative…explosive…feisty…a string of rhetorical firecrackers that challenge our many forms of self-righteousness.”
Publishers Weekly
An ambitious, often provocative study.”
Richard Bergland
The Lucifer Principle is a long step forward to understand human biology. Its original assessment is brilliant; its historical facts are unassailable…An outstanding book.”
Washington Post
Readers will be mesmerized by the mirror Bloom holds to the human condition and dumbfounded by the fusillade of eclectic data that arrives with the swiftness and intensity of a furious tennis volley. His style is effortless, engaging, witty, and brisk…He draws on a dozen years of research into a jungle of scholarly fields…and meticulously supports every bit of information.”
publisher and editor-in-chief of Spin magazine Bob Guccione Jr.
Howard Bloom’s book is an epoch-making and culture-defining treatise. It is destined to be the Future Shock of our time.”
Kirkus Reviews
Bloom draws on an impressive range of historical, anthropological, and biological research to support his thesis…Thought-provoking.”
Newark Star-Ledger
Elegant…the highest quality of brain food…[A] revolutionary new vision of human nature…[a] monumental work…Heady stuff from a wonderful, original thinker…Simply stunning.”
author of Mindfulness Elizabeth F. Loftus
A revolutionary vision of the relationship between psychology and history, The Lucifer Principle will have a profound impact on our concepts of human nature. It is astonishing that a book of such importance could be such a pleasure to read.”
Rocky Mountain News
A philosophical look at the history of our species, which alternated between fascinating and frightening. Reading it was like reading Dean Koontz or Stephen King: I couldn’t put it down…Masterful.”
New York Times bestselling author Leon Uris
Unlike anything you’ve ever read before. An act of astonishing intellectual courage.”
From the Publisher
“A philosophical look at the history of our species which alternated between fascinating and frightening. Reading it was like reading Dean Koontz or Stephen King: I couldn’t put it down . . . . Masterful.” —Mark Graham, The Rocky Mountain News
“The Lucifer Principle is a long step forward to understand human biology. Its original assessment is brilliant; its historical facts are unassailable . . . . An outstanding book.” —Dr. Richard Bergland, M.D., founder of the Department of Neurology, Sloan-Kettering, and author of The Fabric of the Mind
“A revolutionary vision of the relationship between psychology and history, The Lucifer Principle will have a profound impact on our concepts of human nature. It is astonishing that a book of such importance could be such a pleasure to read.” —Elizabeth F. Loftus, author of Mindfulness
“Destined to be the Future Shockof our time.” –Spin
“The Lucifer Principle is a tour de force, a brilliant and seminal work.” –Sol Gordon, Ph.D., founder of the Institute for Family Research and Education
“An act of astonishing intellectual courage.” –Leon Uris
“Readers will be mesmerized by the mirror Bloom holds to the human condition . . . . his style is engaging, witty, and brisk . . . . He draws on a dozen years of research into a jungle of scholarly fields . . . and meticulously supports every bit of information.” —The Washington Post
“A revolutionary vision of the relationship between psychology and history, The Lucifer Principle will have a profound impact on our concepts of human nature. It is astonishing that a book of such importance could be such a pleasure to read.” —Elizabeth F. Loftus, Professor of Psychology, University of Washington, and author of Memory and Eyewitness Testimony
“The Lucifer Principle is the Bible of anyone who wants to know what in the hell is going on. . . . This book tells our story. It is the blueprint of our past and the justification of our presence in Afghanistan and Iraq.” —Shelly Marshall, Metapsychology
