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Forfatter af Chronicles From The Future: The amazing story of Paul Amadeus Dienach
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For me, this was a tale of two books. The story of Dienach's venture into the future begins with beautiful depictions of how humanity has developed spiritually. Dienach wrote in beautiful and flattering language about his experiences. I found myself underlining so many inspirational passages, that even though I don't believe in the authenticity of this document, I still found valuable nuggets within its words:
However, the middle portion of the book focuses on the retelling of the course of human history, from Dienach's 20th century up until the present year of 3906. The entire tone of the book changes considerably and, in my opinion, isn't the same voice that had been telling the story up to that point. This portion of the book does focus on the negative aspects of "history", but the overriding messages of peace, love and joy are absent from this section. It feels more like a manifesto from a white supremacist group, as it intimates that much of humanity's issues stem from the "black and yellow races". It goes further to state that, in the year 3906, people of these races are virtually non-existent:
Even Dienach himself found the disappearance of two races to be a questionable occurrance, writing:
Whether these were the dreams of someone in a comatose state, the manifesto of someone or some groupwhose ideology is built on the premise of a master race, or just the imagination of a sci-fi author, is unknown. But I think it's clear that Paul Amadeus Dienach did not visit the future. This could have been an inspirational vision of what humanity can aspire to, but the fact the it had to be achieved at the expense of diversity spoils the message