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El Instituto Tavistock

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The author uncovers the existence of the Tavistock Institute, its origin and modus operandi of a real organization in Essex (England), considered the maximum world center for mind control (brainwashing). A sophisticated organization created to control the destiny of the entire planet, and in the process, a paradigm shift in contemporary society.

368 pages, Paperback

First published November 15, 2011

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Daniel Estulin

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Daniel Estulin is an author, public speaker and investigative journalist who specializes in researching and reporting the Bilderberg Group, an annual invitation-only conference of the elites in the fields of business, finance, media and politics.

In an interview, Estulin describes his background, which led him to his profession:

"I’m a Russian expatriate who was kicked out of the Soviet Union in 1980. My father was a dissident who fought for freedom of speech who was jailed, tortured by the KGB. Suffered two political deaths. When these people got tired of us they threw us out. We moved to Canada and 12 years ago I came to Spain. My grandfather was a colonel in the KGB and the counter-intelligence in the 1950s, so I am privileged somewhat to get a lot of the information from secret service which are our best sources of information. Not only the KGB people but the MI6 people, the CIA because most of the people who work for the secret service as you probably know are patriots and they love their country and they’re doing it for the good of the nation and they’re the first ones absolutely terrified of the plans of the Bilderbergers".

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Profile Image for Steven Kirk.
84 reviews4 followers
July 18, 2016
This was a really good mind opening book. Just goes to show how the rich and the elite try to ensure the world affairs play out to their liking. Most people may say these types of things are just plain "conspiracy theory" topics but we must face the reality that the rich and powerful only care about themselves. The only issue I had with this book is the editing is horrible.
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80 reviews7 followers
March 28, 2017
Important background info that everyone should know about.
Profile Image for Maya.
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December 28, 2022
Купих книгата, защото очаквах, че ще намеря интересни изследвания на института "Тависток" относно живота на групите и общностите. Не успях да я прочета докрай, но след първите трийсетина страници прелистих и попрочетох навътре в книгата, за да добия по-цялостно впечатление от това какви са тезите по-нататък.

Нищо от онова, което очаквах, не е намерило място в книгата. Тя представлява просто оплюване на ред практики и проучвания направени от позицзията на социалните науки и психоанализата, примесени с окултизъм и теории на конспирацията. На хипотези и находки от психоаналитичните проучвания по въпроса за това как работи групата, как се налага авторитета, как индивидуалният Аз оперира в условията на група, се приписва смисъла на зловещ план за промиване на мозъци. Цялото поле на социалните науки и психоаналитичното мислене е представено перверзно и опорочено.

Като цяло - разочарование беше за мен, че някой изобщо си е направил труда да преведе, редактира и издаде тази книга и ме е яд, че не погледнах в книжарницата за какво иде реч, а си похарчих парите за глупост и сега ще се чудя къде да я дявам, защото масто в библиотеката ми отдавна няма, а и не става да я подаря на някоя библиотека.
Profile Image for Ike Jacobovits.
8 reviews1 follower
June 21, 2021
What I thought would be a book highlighting the Tavistock and Frankfurt institutions turned out to be a quarter that and three quarters nonsensical rambling filled with contradictions, particularly the last two chapters or so but it also persists in a lesser degree in the rest of the book. While there are good nuggets of information in here about the questionable goals and beginnings of the Tavistock Institute, the Frankfurt school and even the role the CIA and other similar agencies around the world play in the social engineering of the masses™. There are large patches in the book that I just could not take seriously either due to lack of credible sources, the rambling nature, poor editing or just non existent flow. Estulin will name a chapter or section one thing and then most of the time go off on unrelated diatribes that either are contradicting something he stated earlier or have nothing to do with the topic the chapter or section is supposed to be about, it's infuriating. Couple with the fact there are a lot of moments in the book, especially when it comes to his interpretations of science fiction stories or other works of literature where he tries to pass off his own conclusions and interpretations as the only correct ones and then builds his accusations on top of it. The entire chapter on the assassination of JFK being a ritual masonic killing didn't help either. As it stands you could probably find a book that conveys the same information and warns you about the same things with less boomer tier fist shaking elsewhere.
Profile Image for Zy Marquiez.
131 reviews83 followers
February 20, 2020
Social Engineering is a pervasive issue that plagues everyone in society, but it is not covered as often or in-depth as it needs to be. Thankfully, this book helps shed light upon this complex subject from many angles.

Tavistock Institute – Social Engineering The Masses by Daniel Estulin is as disturbing in its implications as it is comprehensive in scope. The book is a veritable crash course into many of the most powerful aspects of social engineering of society.

Estulin details many of the most sophisticated social engineering tools in an incisive way. This alone in and of itself is power, because it allows the incisive/inquiring individual to do their due diligence in seeing what’s what in this esoteric subject.

Various topics are discussed, spearheaded by the actual Tavistock Institute, the Nazis, MK Ultra, Mind Control, Music, Media, the killing of JFK, Drugs, and much more.

More precisely, it touches upon “social turbulence”, which is whittling down the population through a variety of modalities, with increasing intensity, to soften up a population and lead them into psychosis.

There is also the aspect of disassociation touched upon from many angles which is highly intriguing although very disturbing.

Estulin also covers how victimology, which “is premised upon the theory that individuals can be put through trauma by being exposed to shockingly visual accounts of violence”. Also noted is what role in how Wikileaks is part of the social engineering agenda, and how that directly ties to mass media.

Mass media’s control mechanism is also sifted through with a fine-tooth comb, as well as aspects of it such as “idiotspeak”, which is when the media oversimplifies complex subjects so much, literally covering them only in one or two sentences that could be called ‘sound bytes’, that it serves to dumb down the population by default. This is further implemented by no direct and thought-provoking discussion followed up. And when that does follow, it’s nigh always to suit some government and corporate agenda via the propaganda machine.

One unexpected, but vital component introduced by Estulin was the subject of music, and how it plays a role in the mental manipulation of the population. Although not exhaustive, it is quite a meaningful area that goes oft-overlooked even in the alternative media.

Science fiction, the work of H.G. Wells, as well as many other authors/writers’ work is analyzed creating a broad landscape of research that only strengthens the blatancy of the dilemma.

And anchoring all that, there is also an analysis of the subject of Edward Bernay’s and Walter Lippmann’s work with on propaganda and public opinion.

Beyond that still, there are still many other subjects that get touched upon, most of which are still employed, today, at this very moment.

This book by Estulin allows you to see the careful web of deception, manipulation and control that has been weaved over a mostly unsuspecting populace.

The main strength of this book is the veritable enormity of footnotes/references that allow those inquiring minds to see where he is coming from, whist leaving crumbs for those that wish to follow up on their own research, which I highly appreciate.

Credibility is a vital, and credibility in a subject like this is even more so. Estulin has done an absolutely outstanding job in piecing this together.

This is a book that needs to be part of everyone’s library. Period. You need to know this stuff. It’s not only being used against you, but your children, and future generations as well. Subjects covered in this book are way too important to gloss over. The research that has taken place into social engineering, which Estulin discusses was done for a reason, and that was to employ it, and there are signs of this everywhere if you know what to look at.

You are implored because nobody else is looking out for your well being. This book gives your mind range and versatility in order to deal with what’s already here, and what’s worse, what’s coming.

Be mindful, because social engineering is nigh everywhere. No, that’s not exaggeration, that’s a fact. This book makes that very crystal clear.

Buy it because you will not regret it.

Buy it because you need to know.

Buy this book because everything discussed in this book is being used against you, your family, and kith/kin.

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62 reviews
October 15, 2017
Not too convincing for me. Some points made were factual but in some others I believe this book just lacks the evidence. Very disappointed
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36 reviews3 followers
September 29, 2020
Me encantó que abordará un enfoque global e histórico en áreas como la psicología, filosofia y la música además de la política y la historia, aunque creo que Estulin mismo se pone en un plan muy reaccionario y conservador sobre la música clásica y los "valores" de antaño de la "buena familia tradicional" y que se mete un poco con la mentada "ideologia de género", muy buena investigación como siempre me encanta que diga nombres y los acuse de terroristas, lava cerebros y ocultistas sin tapujos lol
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Profile Image for Kim.
767 reviews10 followers
December 6, 2018
This is a great informational book however I really would have liked more detail. The author provides so many other references, it would take years for me to go and read all the things I wanted more information on. It is scary to think that these things are true and that the rich and elite go to such lengths to brainwash us all. I can say they are doing a good job based on how the country looks at this point.
Profile Image for Félix Tremblay.
87 reviews2 followers
January 31, 2023
Lots of useful information. But most of it is pretty underdevelopped. There is a subsection called "Carl Jung and Hitler", but the section barely talks about Carl Jung. He was a fan of Nazism and his thought would have influenced the movement, but it is not explained in detail. This book tries to cover way too much in not so many pages. It made me think about propaganda and the complexity of the human mind, which is good.
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October 19, 2024
What‘s the author’s problem with the pagans?! He claims that Isis priesthood and apparently other pagan religions „practiced social control, total subjugation of man’s free will, exploitation and subjugation of people“. I’d say this is rather effectively done by Chrisitianity and Islam. And if i‘m not mistaken, no pagan ever started a war to defend his religious beliefs.
I would not comment on aliens: to live in what is known to be an infinite Universe and think that humans is the only intelligent species - wow, i envy this confidence.
Still, some interesting facts make the book worth reading.
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Author 4 books2 followers
February 14, 2015
No lo recomiendo en lo absoluto. Las únicas páginas medianamente interesantes son las que tratan el asesinato JFK y el simbolismo de algunas canciones. Del resto, páginas y páginas de comentarios que poco o nada aportan y que lejos de revelar una conspiración (como se desprende de la anteportada del libro) parecen ser la suma de ideas sin sentido ni relevancia que bajo la noción de "oh, todo esto ha sido orquestado por el Poder Económico Mundial" ve gigantes donde ni siquiera hay molinos. Sinceramente, para ser "periodismo de investigación" deja mucho -pero MUCHO- que desear.
3 reviews
January 26, 2018
It is possible to glean some interesting details from the book, but like most in the genre, it is mostly filled with regurgitations from others. One gets the feeling that it would be a better use of time to just read the 4 or 5 major sources from which 80% of the book is taken. Too many books in this genre are just guys quoting each other with a few original sentences thrown in. The writing is pretty bad, but that is to be expected. There are very few writers of any quality in the field. If it were a 2.99 Kindle, why not. But it isn't worth the 9.99.
Profile Image for Dena Napoli.
141 reviews7 followers
September 24, 2023
Fascinating how the more you read, the more you realize how little you know about anything. The highlights I put in this book will take me a while to digest. I have so many more questions and so much I want to understand. Very well sourced and researched. Daniel Estulin is a must read author who has done important work putting together pieces of a puzzle we are purposely not supposed to see. I’d never heard of him until I read another book that referenced his work on The Bildeberg Group. If you want to know why things are the way they are, you should read his work.
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2 reviews3 followers
June 14, 2017
I gave up after the first chapter. The author seemed to have something interesting to day, but the material was badly organized and poorly presented. It would be worthwhile to find a better-edited book covering the same material. Suggestions would be welcome.
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111 reviews5 followers
July 14, 2017
Amalgama extraña de muchas ideas.
Demasiados temas inconexos, las fuentes y fundamentos siempre oscuros.
A veces sugerente e incitador para la investigación, la mayoría demasiado especulativo y arbitrario.
Me falta rigor.
Quizás el mejor Estulin que he leído sea el de El Club Bildelberg.
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74 reviews4 followers
November 18, 2015
Una enorme cantidad de información descontextualizada. Conexiones presupuestas pero no demostradas. Algunos datos interesantes y varias cosas en qué pensar. Eso es lo que me dejó este libro.
Profile Image for L.D. Beers.
35 reviews
November 28, 2023
I have been reading Tavistock Institute by Daniel Estulin. Mr. Estulin is a Lithuanian-born conspiracy theorist whose main interest is the Bilderberg Group. If you try and read this book as a serious bit of non-fiction it will make you want to vomit. Most of the assertions he makes are easily debunked by very little research. The one that stands out to me is his assertion that it is not known why Albert Hofmann was researching Lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD-25). However in the book LSD, My Problem Child by Albert Hofmann. Hofmann states the research into the different ergots that grow on Barley. In order to find a low-cost epidural for pregnant women with asthma.

Now if you read this book as a bit of satirical/speculative fiction it makes for a pretty good story. He does blend enough fact with fiction to make for a fantastic work of fiction. I need to repeat that when viewed as fiction it is well written. So if you just want to engage the suspended disbelief part of your brain this is not a bad story. Have I mentioned that this book should be taken as fiction? Taken as non-fiction it is not even worth using as toilet paper.
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25 reviews8 followers
March 9, 2018
This is a great little book with a ton of information densely packed between its pages. Estulin gives an overview of the Tavistock Institute and cites many sources to substantiate his claims. It is important for people to understand that the social issues we are facing in the West have been designed to accomplish a specific purpose. They are not homogenous or the natural progression of society, they are issues tailored by intellectuals to break down society. Estulin does a decent job of laying this out, though he often strays into different areas, the grammar is very poor at times (Estulin is not a native English speaker). Overall, a very good introduction to intellectuals involved in social engineering and their main theories. Informationally it’s extremely sound and informative, however, format and editing leave a bit to be desired.
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76 reviews2 followers
May 28, 2021
This is a great book with a lot to learn from reading it.
I found a couple errors of quotations that made it a challenge to decipher quotes and sometimes specifically who said it. The book also covers tell-a-vision but not updated to smart phone technology and social media trends of psyops.
The book mentions Black Nobility. I’ve heard of them and learned most of what I know about them through this book. The book should have covered more details about this bloodline rather than assuming that we are as familiar with them as Rockefeller or Rothschild dynasties.
Venetian Nobility, Black Guelphs, Black Nobility, House of Windsor... interesting things to research now but I’ve found limitations in information and this book kind of assumes the reader is familiar with this.
But fuck... must read for me. Lol.
Profile Image for Bryson.
21 reviews
November 8, 2019
A great book that could have been even better

Although I don't see and interpret everything the way the author does, and I thought a lot of the writing was unnecessarily complex which made a dictionary mandatory, I appreciate the information that was dispensed. It is important information and it needs to be exposed and explored by a much wider audience. The reason why I rated the book 4 stars, and considered giving it even less, is because I have never read a book so full of typographical errors and in need of proof reading. It felt like I was reading a rough draft that was perhaps mangled by flawed OCR at times. There were so many errors that it would have taken me a long, long time to report them all. I hope the book can get fixed.
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64 reviews2 followers
August 13, 2022
An excellent book that takes you on a deep dive into the origins of the humanism, trans humanism and the so-called elites behind these movements. The Tavistock Institute being the hub for the proliferation and refinement of brain washing techniques developed over decades for the express purpose of manipulating the masses to accept the soulless existence only dreamed of by those who would control the planet. If you are brave, and have an open mind, you may find this book a compelling blueprint and history of the ultimate goal of the World Economic Forum, the United Nations, and the coming “Great Reset.” Guard your soul and your humanness, for they may be the cost of entry into the Fourth Industrial Revolution.







Profile Image for Ілля Слаба.
50 reviews
May 21, 2023
Непростая для восприятия книга, с отчетливо "желтогазетным душком". И хотя ссылочная библиография обширна, проверить все ссылки будет весьма проблематично. Автор все таки журналист, а не романист и это отчетливо ощущается.
Первые две главы читаются особенно тяжело, но дальше тема "развивается" и читать становиться по легче.
Сторонники конспирологических теорий найдут эту книгу весьма интересной и правильной, для остальных она будет не более чем собранием домыслов и курьезов.
Субьективно, - прочесть стОит, хотя бы для знакомства с предметом, ну и как источник множества любопытных фактов.
1 review
June 28, 2023
You can tell the quality of the book by what is written on the cover. If the description of the book's contents is wrong then how can you hope to find well researched facts?
Tavistock Institute is not in Sussex. You can use Google Maps to check this. It is in Clerkenwell in the London Borough of Islington. This is North London.
I have spent a lot of time in this area in the past having lived in Hackney for almost fifteen years.

I personally think that the importance and power of the Tavistock Institute has been overstated and that the LSE has much more of an influence on policy and politics and was set up by the Fabian Society.
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8 reviews3 followers
March 9, 2021
A book aimed against complacency in the face of cultural conditioning

Inasmuch that its true Daniel Estulin's book Tavistock speaks to us about how the Rule of the European "Black" Nobility has shaped much of the modern world by using subliminal messaging and large wholesale public experiments to guide humanity by muting the lights of the brightest and the best, supposedly for the sake of the planet and the human race but in actuality to prevent the people of the world from reaching our individual and group destinies.




Profile Image for Zdenek Sykora.
435 reviews20 followers
December 25, 2024
Tavistock Institute: Social Engineering the Masses by Daniel Estulin is a thought-provoking and provocative book that challenges conventional perspectives on societal influence and control. Estulin’s deep dive into the mechanisms of social engineering opens the door to critical questions about power, manipulation, and the forces shaping our world. A must-read for those unafraid to question the status quo.
Profile Image for Jeff Siegmund.
247 reviews4 followers
October 27, 2021
If there are any questions about who and what organizations are behind many of the agendas pushed in today's society, this is a good place to start.

Hard to dispute the facts laid out and all are fairly easily verified.

Definitely an eye opener if you haven't been aware of the "playbook" used by these organizations over the last 200 years.
Profile Image for René.
23 reviews
January 26, 2025
This contained intriguing insight on the history and applications of social engineering, a subject relatable to everyone, consciously or not. Although a fascinating topic, the book itself was difficult to read due to poor writing and structure.
7 reviews
July 23, 2018
Fascinating!

I really enjoyed this, reading it with fascinated horror. It explains a lot of things that I often wondered about.
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