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“The typical WW1 soldier was not an intellectual like Ernst Jünger or Wilfred Owen, but was a peasant draftee from Galicia or Bavaria or Sicily, with all the traditional religious ideas. The hothouse atmosphere of war brought everyone into a supernatural-oriented universe of ghosts and apparitions.”

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Philip Jenkins

Philip Jenkins, born on April 3, 1952, is a renowned professor. He has made significant contributions to the fields of history and religious studies. more

“It is also amazing to find just how religious and occult-minded some of the leading political and military players of the war were, from von Moltke and Ludendorff to Brusilov and J F C Fuller. Each, in his way, was deeply involved in what we would today call the occult, spiritualism, and visionary religion.”

Way War Today Political Religious Player Military Involved Visionaries Occult Spiritualism

Author:Philip Jenkins

“All I know is there's thousands of people in the Academy and a lot of them, the majority of them, haven't won Oscars.A lot of people are crying, I guess.”

People Knows Havens Cry Majority Oscars Academy

Author:Clint Eastwood

“Famine, plague, death and war... that's a pretty good description of 1917-18. The war was meant to end quickly, but by 1917 it seemed to be set until the end of time. No wonder everyone dreamed of an apocalyptic intervention.”

War Ends Wonder Description End Times Plague Intervention Famine Apocalyptic

Author:Philip Jenkins

“Apocalyptic expectations ran riot in 1917, and had a major influence on Allied policies towards Palestine and the Jewish people. The propaganda of all nations was amazingly religious and apocalyptic - ghosts and visions, crucifixions and sacrifice, crusaders and holy warriors.”