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REVIEWS ; remains permanently disfigured and contin- B oO O : K Ss ues to suffer mild illness. For 27 years her husband John Swanson . DANGER MY ALLY worked for Dow Corning, manufacturers of by F. A. Mitchell-Hedges the silicone implants, primarily overseeing Published by Mitchell-Hedges & Honey their ethics program. Once he realised the (1995), St Catharines, Ontario, Canada connection between his wife's illness and his ISBN 0-9699951-0-5 (255pp s/c) employer's product, he was faced with a Price: AUD$27.00; STG£15.95; USD$16.95 dilemma between personal morality and cor- Available: Australia—NEXUS Magazine, porate loyalty, eventually opting for early PO Box 30, Mapleton, Qld 4560, ph (074) —_—relirement just over two years ago. 42.9280, fax (074) 42 9381; UK—NEXUS By March 1993, Dow Corning acknow!- UK Office, 55 Queens Rd, E. Grinstead, W. edged that silicone might not be inert and Sussex RH19 1BG, ph 01342 32 2854, fax could cause severe immune system siress. 01342 32 4574; USA—Adventures The company had sold the implants from the Unlimited, PO Box 74, Kempton, IL 60946, | ™mid-1960s without adequately testing them. ph (815) 253 6390, fax (815 253 6300, They now have to contend with billion-dollar Recently republished from the 1954 origi- egligence litigation. nal, Danger My Ally is a real-life adventure Investigative journalist John A. Byrne's _ story by F. A. ("Mike") Mitchell-Hedges poignant portrayal of the Swansons' experi- (1882-1959), the British explorer who dis- ences will give some hope to the thousands covered the Crystal Skull in the lost Mayan of women suffering from the effects of leaky city of Lubaantun in Belize (NEXUS 2#22), implants. Byrne raises important questions Mike Mitchell-Hedges was one of a rare about corporate responsibility that other breed of adventurers who, convinced that the CO™panies would be extremely foolish to age of exploration had not come to anend, _—_—'S"0Fe. He also stresses that doctor-patient set out at the tum of the century on a quest relationships must be improved so that all which spanned almost 40 years the health risks and benefits are discussed His amazing odyssey took in his searching upfront seam that patients can give Mayan ruins for clues to the legendary informed consent’ before agreeing to any Atlantis, discovering pre-Flood artefacts on medical procedures. Caribbean islands, riding with Mexican SONG OF THE STONE rebels and fighting bandits, hacking through by Barry Brailsford the wilds to find lost cities in southern n : ‘ mie Published by Stoneprint Press (1995), Africa, battling giant sea creatures off the Hamiltn, New Zealaid coast of Panama, and much more. er . ‘ ISBN 0-9583502-0-5 (192pp b/c) Also a poet and philosopher, Mitchell Price: NZD$43.50 aise G Aust Hedges' desire to live life to the full assured A é i him plenty of excitement and danger on his nigel ry pi airmail to spirited escapades. The reader will be totally Available: New Zealand—Stoneprint Press, captivated by the man and his stories, many PO Box 12-360, Chartwell, Hamilton ph : alas ba cag haem +64 0(7) 855 2510, fax +64 O(7) 855 2744. lope ela eps. Sree ema New Zealander Barry Brailsford is an archaeologist and historian whose love of the INFORMED CONSENT land and the spirit of the past has taken him by John A. Byrne ; on a quest into the realms of ancient sacred Published by McGraw-Hill (1996), New knowledge as well as on a process of discov- York, NY, USA ering his true spiritual self. ISBN 0-07-009625-2 (286pp b/c) At the invitation of the one of the oldest Price: AUD$39.95; NZD$49.95; tribes in Aotearoa, Brailsford spent six years STG£17.95; USD$22.00 researching the recently published Song of Available: Australia—McGraw-Hill Book — Waitaha which explores a world hidden from Co., ph (02) 417 4288, fax (02) 417 5687; pakehas (non-Maoris) and adds another thou- Sydney Esoteric Bookshop, ph (02) 212 sand years to the accepted history of these 2225; New Zealand—McGraw-Hill Book islands. Co., Sth Auckland, ph (09) 262 2537, fax Song of the Stone is the story of Barry (09) 262 2540; UK—McGraw-Hill, ph Brailsford's further journeys into the worlds 01628 23432; USA—McGraw-Hill, 11 of the wisdom-keepers of Aotearoa and the West 19th St, New York, NY 10011. North American Indian peoples. On his In 1974, Colleen Swanson underwent cos- _ odyssey he led a team across the Southern metic breast implant surgery but, as a result, Alps of New Zealand to reopen an old green- became chronically ill within months. She stone trail as well as spirit doorways. had the implants removed in 1990 after the Brailsford subsequently travelled to North health dangers were confirmed, but she America where he underwent shamanic trials SONG OF THE STONE by Barry Brailsford Published by Stoneprint Press (1995), Hamilton, New Zealand ISBN 0-9583502-0-5 hee h/c) Price: NZD$43.50 airmail to Aust; NZD$37.00 in NZ; NZD$50.00 airmail to UK; NZD$47.50 airmail to USA Available: New Zealand—Stoneprint Press, PO Box 12-360, Chartwell, Hamilton, ph +64 0(7) 855 2510, fax +64 0(7) 855 2744. New Zealander Barry Brailsford is an archaeologist and historian whose love of the land and the spirit of the past has taken him on a quest into the realms of ancient sacred knowledge as well as on a process of discov- ering his true spiritual self. At the invitation of the one of the oldest tribes in Aotearoa, Brailsford spent six years researching the recently published Song of Waitaha which explores a world hidden from pakehas (non-Maoris) and adds another thou- sand years to the accepted history of these islands. Song of the Stone is the story of Barry Brailsford's further journeys into the worlds of the wisdom-keepers of Aotearoa and the North American Indian peoples. On his odyssey he led a team across the Southern Alps of New Zealand to reopen an old green- stone trail as well as spirit doorways. Brailsford subsequently travelled to North America where he underwent shamanic trials 56 * NEXUS ——$— —$_ SS FEBRUARY-MARCH 1996