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REVIEWS Light: "The flow of human events can be changed, but first people have to know what they are." NEXUS readers could well concur with that! incredible examples Gaddis presents. Some B O O K Ss things are weird; others are truly weird! Stay tuned, as the next issue of NEXUS will MYSTERIOUS FIRES AND LIGHTS be running a feature article on spontaneous by Vincent Gaddis combustion. D..WE-RadA he. Dardacland Cat MYSTERIOUS FIRES AND LIGHTS by Vincent Gaddis Published by Borderland Sciences Research Foundation (1994), Garberville, CA, USA ISBN 0-945685-13-0 (175pp pb) Price: AUD$24.00; STG£10.95; USD$11.95 Available: Australia—Sydney Esoteric Bookshop (see ad on page 70); UK— Bellevue Books, Unit £4, Sunbury Int. Bus. Centre, Brooklands Way, Sunbury, Middlesex TW16 7DxX, ph (0932) 76 5119; USA—Adventures Unlimited, PO Box 74, Kempton IL 60946, ph (815) 253 6390, fax (815) 253 6300. Vincent Gaddis is an authoritative Fortean researcher who's been associated with the pio- neering Borderland Sciences Research Foundation since 1945, and has amassed a wealth of weird and wonderful historical and contemporary documentary evidence on the unexplained. The focus in this book is on Juminous and fiery phenomena—from fireballs and fiery fish to fire-walking and flame plagues—some which can be scientifically understood, others which defy any attempt at rational explanation and scientific analysis. Spontaneous human combustion, for exam- ple, has been reported through the ages, yet it's a not uncommon modern phenomenon (often falsely attributed to other causes in death cer- tificates, thus its frequency is difficult to deter- mine precisely); so, too, the occasional tenden- cy for houses to break out in tongues of fire without warning, and even entire villages to be incinerated by inferno-like blasts of hot air. The reader cannot fail to be amazed by the Published by Borderland Sciences Research PRODIGAL GENIUS: THE LIFE OF Foundation (1994), Garberville, CA, USA SAVED BY THE LIGHT NIKOLA TESLA ISBN 0-945685-13-0 (175pp pb) by Dannion Brinkley with Paul Perry by John J. O'Neill Price: AUD$24.00; STG£10.95; Published by Villard Books/Random House, — Published by Brotherhood of Life, Inc. USD$11.95 Inc. (1994), New York, NY, USA (1994), Albuquerque, NM, USA Available: Australia—Sydney Esoteric ISBN 0-679-43176-4 (162pp hc) ISBN 0-914732-33-1 (329pp pb) Bookshop (see ad on page 70); UK— Price: AUD$34.00 (AUD$20.00 pb Price: AUD$26.00; STG£15.95; Bellevue Books, Unit £4, Sunbury Int. Bus. Hodder Headline); USD$17.00 USD$16.95 : Centre, Brooklands Way, Sunbury, Available: Australia—Sydney Esoteric Available: Australia—Sydney Esoteric Middlesex TW16 7DxX, ph (0932) 76 5119; — Bookshop, 408 Elizabeth Street, Surry Hills | Bookshop (see ad on page 70); UK— USA—Adventures Unlimited, PO Box 74, NSW 2010, ph (02) 212 2225, fax (02) 212 | NEXUS UK Office, 55 Queens Rd, E. Kempton IL 60946, ph (815) 253 6390, fax 2448; USA—Random House, Inc., New Grinstead, W. Sussex, RH19 1BG, ph (815) 253 6300. York, NY 10022, ph (212) 572 2311. (0342) 322 2854, fax (0342) 32 4574; Vincent Gaddis is an authoritative Fortean This amazing story started in 1975 when USA—Adventures Unlimited, PO Box 74, researcher who's been associated with the pio- Dannion Brinkley was struck by lightning, Kempton IL 60946, ph (815) 253 6390, fax neering Borderland Sciences Research died, and was revived 28 minutes later. He (815) 253 6300. Foundation since 1945, and has amassed a had a profound near-death experience, during John O'Neill wrote Prodigal Genius in 1944, wealth of weird and wonderful historical and which thirteen Beings of Light presented him the year after the death of the extraordinary contemporary documentary evidence on the with catastrophic scenarios foreseen for Earth inventor, Nikola Tesla. O'Neill was a close unexplained. before the year 2000—unless we as spiritual confidant of Tesla in his later years, and helped The focus in this book is on Juminous and beings can muster enough love and forgiveness _ publicise his discoveries in interviews and arti- fiery phenomena—from fireballs and fiery fish to diminish or avert these natural and man- cles for publications such as The New York to fire-walking and flame plagues—some made disasters before it's too late. Times and Washington Post. which can be scientifically understood, others We were so awestruck by Dannion's revela- To O'Neill, Tesla's dreams and achievements which defy any attempt at rational explanation _ tions that we decided to reprint them as partof were worthy of Olympian god status. With the and scientific analysis. our prophecy feature this issuc (see pages 40- inventions and discoveries he bestowed upon Spontaneous human combustion, for exam- 44). Already, out of 117 visions he recalls the world, Tesla was “a Jupiter or Thor who ple, has been reported through the ages, yet it's from this NDE, 95 have come to pass. hurled the shafts of lightning", a Prometheus a not uncommon modern phenomenon (often Particularly telling are the scenarios describing who transmuted energy into electricity to falsely attributed to other causes in death cer- what turned out to be the Chernobyl nuclear spread over the Earth”, a "Mercury who tificates, thus its frequency is difficult to deter- accident and the Gulf War. bridged the ambient realms of space with his mine precisely); so, too, the occasional tenden- This kind of track record is all the more rea- wireless waves” and still other fabulous cy for houses to break out in tongues of fire son for us to pay attention to the prophecies yet descriptions. without warning, and even entire villages to be _to be fulfilled. The future as presented is not a Key events surrounding Tesla's milestone incinerated by inferno-like blasts of hot air. rosy sight, so we'd be well advised to hecd this _ inventions are well documented. Furthermore, The reader cannot fail to be amazed by the tclepathic message from one of the Beings of we are treated to special insights into Tesla the ————_— —_—_——_ — - FEBRUARY - MARCH 1995 72*NEXUS