The Seventh Sword

by Andrew Collins

In 1989 the author and a colleague located and unearthed a sword which they believed had been made from a sword belonging to King Arthur. When he appeared on television with his discovery, five other people came forward who, as a result of dreams or visions, had found other swords belonging to the set of seven. According to legend, when the seven swords are brought together there will be a last battle with the forces of evil. At the end of the 19th century a group of Masons supposedly tried to bring the swords together but were defeated by an ancient occult conspiracy. The Masons dispersed and buried the swords in various places around the country. Now the author invites the reader to help him with the renewed quest for the seventh sword of destiny.

Genres: Nonfiction, Conspiracy Theories, Mystery, Occult

680 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published January 1, 1991

Reviews

[Bryan Wigmore · Rating 4 out of 5]

When I was in my twenties I was a sucker for anything by Graham Hancock, Colin Wilson, and Andrew Collins. As I grew older and wiser I lost a large part of my faith in the first two, but somehow, I've never been able to read The Seventh Sword (or the slightly earlier The Black Alchemist) and think "This isn't true". If this is made up, it's very, very clever -- the work of a master fictioneer who disguises himself as an indifferent reporter. I find it easier to think that it is largely factual, and this makes it an exciting read, though it's not without sections of rather dry historical exposition. It also has some endearingly amateurish writing in the form of paragraphs describing the narrator making a cup of tea, or a barman pouring a pint of beer, intended to break up long conversations. But somehow these just add to the sense of sincerity and conviction. Is that a ploy? Who knows?

What puzzles me, though, is the lack of follow-up. According to this book, a dark organisation called the Wheel, or the Friends of Hexe, were intent at the time of publication (in 1992) on corrupting Britain's "energy matrix" so they could enter the new millennium in a position of power and guide the direction of the country. As far as I know, neither Collins nor anyone associated with him has published anything else about this (apart from The Second Coming, which as I recall ended rather inconclusively). Given the apparent importance of this subject, you'd have thought Collins would write more on it rather than delve into Egyptology mysteries and astro-archaeology and the like. But no. Nor does there seem to be any discussion on the internet. Did the Wheel succeed? What are they up to now? Bizarre.

Anyway, I'd recommend this to anyone who has even the smallest part of an open mind about psychometry and the like. Those who believe, or can suspend their disbelief, should find it a cracking read.

[Arthur B · Rating 3 out of 5]

The magnum opus of the "psychic questing" microgenre - bobbins if read as fact, good fun if read as fiction, though note that it doesn't so much conclude as peter out. Marred by some slightly needless airing of dirty laundry about personal acquaintances - particularly since such gripes aren't even relevant to the matter at hand. Full review: https://fakegeekboy.wordpress.com/201...