Our Alternative History

Our history is just one of many possibilities. Steve Matuchek and his brother-in-law speculate:

if Einstein and Planck had not cooperated, then, instead of rheatics, there might have been "'...distinct theories of relativity and quantum mechanics, hard to reconcile...'" (Operation Luna, p. 43);

if Moseley had not degaussed cold iron and released goetic forces, then fossil fuels and electricity would have dominated the world;

transport would have been by horseless carriages and dirigibles;

astronomers would have analyzed spectra, not specters;

there would have been nothing living on the Moon;

paranature would have remained Asleep;

witches and warlocks would be cranks and charlatans, not respected professionals;

lycanthropy DNA would not be understood;

Africans, Australians and Native Americans who had the advantage of practical magical traditions would not have been able to negotiate on favorable terms with Europeans;

World War II would have been against someone other than the Caliphate.

We may add that there would have been no Johannine Church.

Hard to imagine but possible nevertheless.