Nexus - 0223 - New Times Magazine-pages

Page Content (OCR)

© REVIEWS some useful maps and source material as a Germany in 1979 as Wir, Vom Mars. As such, basis for fieldwork and historical research. it was the first book to be written about the Perhaps this book will inspire a few more sci- mysterious Face on Mars and the possibility of entists out there to consider cryptozoology ina —_an ancient civilisation having existed on the more serious light ‘ted planet’. Walter Hain first noticed the Face on Mars in Viking 1 photographs released by NASA in December 1976, He requested and eventually was sent some of the relevant Cydonia photos in late 1977 by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory despite their having no knowledge of what Hain had described. Thus, Hain's self-published work preceded Vincent DiPietro and Gregory Molenaar's "Unusual Martian Surface Features” report by ‘a year—and public awareness of the Cydonia Face and pyramids was still a long way off. In this 1992 revised edition, Walter Hain. includes appendix updates on the Phobos mis- sions, on Richard Hoagland's research into the monuments of Mars, and on the SET] program. This is a fascinating record of one man's jour- J ney into the unknown. It's supported by photo | | documentation, maps and references but is also highly speculative about the Mars surface find- EES iebideaibbwieemen ings and their implications. A classic book Su Toney Mealy and Pant Cosppen which naturally raises more questions than it ancware OUT OF THE SHADOWS some useful maps and source material as a Germany in 1979 as Wir, Vom Mars. As such, Mystery Animals of Australia basis for fieldwork and historical research. it was the first book to be written about the by Tony Healy and Paul Cropper Perhaps this book will inspire a few more sci- mysterious Face on Mars and the possibility of Published by Ironbark (1994), Pan entists out there to consider cryptozoology ina —_an ancient civilisation having existed on the ‘ted planet’. Walter Hain first noticed the Face on Mars in Viking 1 photographs released by NASA in December 1976, He requested and eventually was sent some of the relevant Cydonia photos in late 1977 by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory despite their having no knowledge of what Hain had described. Thus, Hain's self-published work preceded Vincent DiPietro and Gregory Molenaar's "Unusual Martian Surface Features” report by ‘a year—and public awareness of the Cydonia Face and pyramids was still a long way off. In this 1992 revised edition, Walter Hain. includes appendix updates on the Phobos mis- sions, on Richard Hoagland’s research into the thylacines (Tasmanian tiger), is pulled together monuments of Mars, and on the SETI program. from Aboriginal legend, pioneers’ tales and lat- This ipa fancinating record of one mans jour = ; ney into the unknown. It's supported by photo tar-dey + sage er rp Photegraphe a documentation, maps and references but is also illustrations. The painstaking investigations by highly speculative about the Mars surface find- —- like = 7 are also —_ due See Ne Ss eet SE CAREW © ings and their implications. A classic book credit for their input into these mysteries. a which naturally raises more questions than it With more than twenty years’ joint research Macmillan Australia Pty Ltd ISBN 0-330-27499-6 (200pp pbk) Price: $AUD19.95 Distributor: Pan Macmillan Australia, Level 18, St Martins Tower, 31 Market Street, Sydney NSW 2000, Australia; available in most local bookshops. Have you ever wondered whether the yowie or bunyip really exist? Do you doubt that the Tasmanian tiger was actually wiped out in 1936? Out of the Shadows is the first book to docu- ment Australia's own mystery creatures, from the semi-mythical to the all but real. Evidence for the existence of bunyips, yowies, marsupial lions and tigers, giant cats and even mainland more serious light. effort behind them, authors Tony Healy and WE, FROM MARS—Old and New 28 Paul Cropper still want readers to make up Hypotheses about the Red Planet ALPHABET OF THE HEART their own minds about the information they by Walter Hain by Daniel Winter present. The fact that bunyips are so integral Published by Mars Findings (1992), PO Box — Published by Crystal Hill Farm, Daniel to south-eastern Australian Aboriginal legend 19, 1218 Vienna, Austria (originally Winter and Friends (1993), Eden, NY, USA and, allegedly, were sighted by modern set- published 1979 by Ellenberg Verlag, ISBN n/a (252pp pbk) tlers, points to their being more than mere Cologne, Germany) Price: AUD$55.00 inc. local p&h myth; and yet minimal physical evidence for ISBN 3-921369-53-3 (125pp pbk) Available: Cliff Pound, PO Box 202, bunyips and, indeed, yowies, may hint at ori- Price: AUD$20.00 + p&h Bangalow NSW 2479, Australia; phone gins beyond our mundane 3D reality. Available: Theosophical Bookshop, 126- (066) 87 1387. Fact or fantasy, the existence of these myste- 128 Russell Sirect, Melbourne Vic. 3000; If you love delving into sacred geometry, rious animals is part of Australian folklore and —_ phone (03) 650 3955, fax (03) 650 4894. Platonic solids, harmonic resonance and ener- thus our heritage. For those who want to This is a translated and revised version of gy grids, you'll be truly inspired by Dan explore further, the authors have provided Walter Hain's book, originally published in Winter's explorations. His basic thesis is that answers. ee ———_——_—_——_—_—__ —— NEXUS © 73 DECEMBER 1994 - JANUARY 1995 - ~