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Sinister Forces: A Grimoire of American Political Witchcraft: 20th Anniversary Deluxe Edition
Discover the book that inspired Tom DeLonge’s new sci-fi epic Time Rider, Peter Levenda’s Sinister Forces returns in a special Twentieth Anniversary Deluxe Edition, uniting all three chilling volumes in one collector’s release, exclusively from To The Stars.
In Sinister Forces , Levenda uncovers hidden threads of American history—from military experimentation to political assassination, occult ideology to psychological manipulation—and weaves them together to show how the United States has been shaped by dark, irrational, and often invisible, forces.
His work, the result of over twenty years of research across more than forty countries, explores the relationship of intelligence agencies with mysticism and mind control (e.g., the CIA’s MK-ULTRA program); dives into the dark networks behind political violence—from Nazi occultism to the ritualistic assassinations of transformational leaders (JFK, RFK, MLK, and Malcolm X); and reveals how cultural chaos, covert manipulation, and symbolic, ritualistic violence by the likes of the Manson family and the mysterious Nine, are used to reshape public consciousness. Levenda shows how themes of initiation, sacrifice, transformation, and concealment recur like ritual throughout American history.
He goes beyond official narratives and common conspiracies to confront the possibility that beneath the surface of history there lies a kind of symbolic logic, where trauma is ritualized, power is mythologized, and repetition becomes a form of control. Sinister Forces challenges readers to become more conscious—to think critically, investigate deeply, and reclaim our understanding of history from the shadows.
In Sinister Forces , Levenda uncovers hidden threads of American history—from military experimentation to political assassination, occult ideology to psychological manipulation—and weaves them together to show how the United States has been shaped by dark, irrational, and often invisible, forces.
His work, the result of over twenty years of research across more than forty countries, explores the relationship of intelligence agencies with mysticism and mind control (e.g., the CIA’s MK-ULTRA program); dives into the dark networks behind political violence—from Nazi occultism to the ritualistic assassinations of transformational leaders (JFK, RFK, MLK, and Malcolm X); and reveals how cultural chaos, covert manipulation, and symbolic, ritualistic violence by the likes of the Manson family and the mysterious Nine, are used to reshape public consciousness. Levenda shows how themes of initiation, sacrifice, transformation, and concealment recur like ritual throughout American history.
He goes beyond official narratives and common conspiracies to confront the possibility that beneath the surface of history there lies a kind of symbolic logic, where trauma is ritualized, power is mythologized, and repetition becomes a form of control. Sinister Forces challenges readers to become more conscious—to think critically, investigate deeply, and reclaim our understanding of history from the shadows.
1216 pages, Hardcover
First published February 17, 2026
About the author
Peter Levenda
31 books239 followersAuthor who focuses primarily on occult history. He is best known for his book Unholy Alliance, which is about Esoteric Hitlerism and Nazi occultism, and is believed to be the author of the Simon Necronomicon, albeit without much evidence.
He was the president of the international division of Ortronics, Inc., a telecommunications company based in Asia.
He appeared in the TNT documentary Faces of Evil as an expert on Nazi history with special regard to occult and esoteric practices. He has also appeared on the History Channel special Nazi Prophecies. Levenda lives in Miami, Florida.
He was the president of the international division of Ortronics, Inc., a telecommunications company based in Asia.
He appeared in the TNT documentary Faces of Evil as an expert on Nazi history with special regard to occult and esoteric practices. He has also appeared on the History Channel special Nazi Prophecies. Levenda lives in Miami, Florida.
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March 20, 2026
Sinister Forces is not a history book. It is not a memoir. It most certainly is not a novel. It is an amalgamation of all of them, wrapped in the Victorian wrapping paper of a grimoire—or a simulacrum of one. This compendium is a force of nature that induces the reader to tumble down a rabbit hole of coincidence, synchronicity, and James Turrell-like shadows that hint at the edges of occult cosmology.
I have no idea how much of Mr. Levenda’s work is factual and how much delves into a non-material quadrant of quantum entanglement and Jungian dreamwork. I simply don’t care. Reading Sinister Forces is a secular and sober read that feels like you chewed on too much ergot during a ride on “Its a Small World.” Levenda’s ride takes you on a late night drive through rural Kentucky on a path to Manson’s hometown that chills you. He takes you on a detour to traveling bishops, programmed assassins, and mass consciousness programming that makes Jacques Ellul seem like an underachiever.
As a child growing up semi-feral in a rain forest in the Pacific Northwest, I lived an existence that mirrored the imagery of Levenda, David Lynch, and Thomas Pynchon. Yeah, I put him in the same league as those magicians. Layers of high school marching bands and Mother Earth News cohabitated with ancient stories from native Americans about secret trails and burned out 60s radicals who morphed into extreme libertarians.
Sinister Forces feels like home.
I have no idea how much of Mr. Levenda’s work is factual and how much delves into a non-material quadrant of quantum entanglement and Jungian dreamwork. I simply don’t care. Reading Sinister Forces is a secular and sober read that feels like you chewed on too much ergot during a ride on “Its a Small World.” Levenda’s ride takes you on a late night drive through rural Kentucky on a path to Manson’s hometown that chills you. He takes you on a detour to traveling bishops, programmed assassins, and mass consciousness programming that makes Jacques Ellul seem like an underachiever.
As a child growing up semi-feral in a rain forest in the Pacific Northwest, I lived an existence that mirrored the imagery of Levenda, David Lynch, and Thomas Pynchon. Yeah, I put him in the same league as those magicians. Layers of high school marching bands and Mother Earth News cohabitated with ancient stories from native Americans about secret trails and burned out 60s radicals who morphed into extreme libertarians.
Sinister Forces feels like home.
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