her- periods" are times of peace, reason and socio- political developments in favor of human rights. Inversely, almost all wars and genocides take place in Grand Solar Maximum, which are associated with favorable and stable climate as well as population increase. This was demonstrated empirically in the previous book Solar History. And there is more good news for humanity, even though in the summer of 2020, it is not apparent that deep solar minima are times of peace and rationality. The present book will first explain how such changes in human behavior can be brought about by changes in solar and geomagnetic activity and their co-effects. We will piece together the mechanisms by which geomagnetic field fluctuations, cosmic ray particles and atmospheric electromagnetic fields interact with the human brain and hormonals cycles to produce - in a predictable way - the observed societal and behavioral outcomes, such as wars and psychoses in Grand Solar Maximum. This is neither astrology nor esoteric knowledge. We are dealing with measurable changes in consciousness and brain function, which lead to what can best be described as a process of actual 'awakening' as well as increased peacefulness and altruistic sociability in Grand Solar Minimum. Further, we find that not only the course of human history and evolution is intrinsically linked to solar cycles, but the geographical differences in these energetic conditions helped to shape cultural diversity and different peoples across the globe. As the centers of civilizational development moved from the orient to East Asia and Europe, a radical 'war on crime' - manifesting in harsh punishment of violent crime - contributed to peacefulness, self-control and enforcement of human rights in the last millennium. This took place during an unusual cluster of several Grand Solar Minima, coinciding with the mediaeval Little Ice Age. As a side effect of heightened altruistic sociability and trust, this also fostered the rise of a 'servile people' - overly trusting in authorities - particularly in western and northern cultures - plus the rise of maladaptive individuals who are inclined to harm their group's interests since about 150 years. In the midst of the 2020 Covid-19 government measures, we notice extreme lethargy of the general population particularly in the West, which chimes in with the expected symptoms of current dwindling solar and geomagnetic activity. Political violence under the cover of race riots is committed by a radical minority of largely non-black middle-class individuals promoted and protected by collectivist far-left elites, consistent with self-destructive tendencies, depression and mental illness in solar minima. The main impetus that makes this chaos possible in the first place is the passivity of the silent majority and political corruption. This book provides a comprehensive model on why everything we see unfolding on the world stage is accelerating right now. Find out how all of this is most likely to culminate - at this turning point of history - into a positive evolutionary leap.