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REVIEWS “© The group's four-year adventure, with its B oO oO K S disappointments as well as successes and synchronicities, produced significant mes- sages for the individual and humankind. ence, weather, health, spirituality and more, plus a summary of his 1991-97 predictions ‘They Jearnt that the awakening of the "Seed that were spot-on. Regular readers of ECR People" amongst us was the prime motive may be familiar with some of the material, behind the phenomenon. Further, that the but will still appreciate the power, vision Global Intelligence was working through the and wisdom encapsulated in this volume. nature spirits (devas) and allied extraterres- trials to create the pictograms. Most impor- QUEST FOR CONTACT: A True Story tantly, they learnt that to fulfill their dream of Crop Circles, Psychics and UFOs of ‘thinking’ a crop circle into existence, they by Andy Thomas and Paul Bura had to work in love and harmony with all Publisher: $.B. Publications, UK, 1997 the other positive energies. ISBN: 1-85770-128-3 (144pp s/c) Quest for Contact is an honest, joyful, Price: AUD$27.00 in Aust; STG£7.50; humorous and inspiring account, well illus- STG£10.00 foreign p&h trated with b&w photographs of crop circles Distributors: Aust—Cameron Books, ph and famous landmarks in the Sussex area. (047) 587676; UK—S.B. Publications, 19 Grove Rd, Seaford, East Sussex BN25 1TP, THE SHAMAN'S SECRET: The Lost ph +44 (0)1323 893498. Resurrection Teachings of the his engaging story, Quest for Contact, is Ancient Maya centred around some rather unconven- by Douglas Gillette, M.A., M.Div. tional expeditions and experiments in the Publisher: Bantam Books, USA, 1997 Sussex landscape, undertaken by a group of —|gBN- 0-553-10154-4 (301 pp hic) crop circle truth-seekers. Its narrator is Price: AUD$39.95; NZD$39.95; Andy Thomas (author of Fields of Mystery STG£20.00; NFL#49,90; USD$24.95 and editor of the crop circle journal SC), and Distributors: Aust—Transworld, ph (02) eee oy ya at BU the emt 9908 4366; NZ—Transworld, ph (09) 415 group's "happy medium" who channels enti- . , > . ties and energies aligned with mother Earth. Europ vie Office phat (yest Each group member was drawn into the . quest because of a special affinity with the Segoe USA Bantam Books, ph (212) ircles. Their desi ideotape thi crop circles. neir cesire fo viceotape the rged on by his childhood fascination creation of a formation was spurred on b : Paul Bura's visions, dowsings and chan- » with the ancient Maya, Douglas Gillette nellings in which the right places and times studied comparative religion, mythology and for the experiments were communicated. depth psychology and has joined many _ expeditions to Mexico and Central America with the aim of deciphering the hidden oe eos ee er | teachings of this long-lost culture. eelitg Than . Gillette came to realise that the ancient Maya shaman-kings had encoded in their carvings, writings, artefacts and architecture a system for transforming the human soul into a being capable of defeating death and embracing immortality. Their "resurrection technology", which Gillette describes in his book, The Shaman's Secret, utilised sacred objects, hallucinogenic drugs for producing altered states of consciousness, and rituals involving blood-letting and human sacrifice. As Gillette explains, the Maya considered a the blood, itz, to be the primary carrier of ] 4 1 life force, ch'ulel—but their gods and the J F created world depended for survival on this pg ep cc a supernatural force being in constant flow. The shamans taught and demonstrated that T A T the dark side of reality must be embraced in a i 2 order to overcome it and reach the light of divine being. Gillette argues that they did A True 2fore of op Copce achieve an intensity of experience that inti- mately connected them with nature and the divine, though ultimately their people and entire civilisation paid a terrible price. THE SHAMAN'S SECRET: The Lost Resurrection Teachings of the Ancient Maya by Douglas Gillette, M.A., M.Div. Publisher: Bantam Books, USA, 1997 ISBN: 0-553-10154-4 (301pp hic) Price: AUD$39.95; NZD$39.95; STG£20.00; NFL£49,90; USD$24.95 Distributors: Aust—Transworld, ph (02) 9908 4366; NZ—Transworld, ph (09) 415 6210; UK—Order through bookshops; Europe—NEXUS Office, ph +31 (0)321 380558; USA—Bantam Books, ph (212) 354 6500. rged on by his childhood fascination with the ancient Maya, Douglas Gillette studied comparative religion, mythology and depth psychology and has joined many expeditions to Mexico and Central America with the aim of deciphering the hidden teachings of this long-lost culture. Gillette came to realise that the ancient Maya shaman-kings had encoded in their carvings, writings, artefacts and architecture a system for transforming the human soul into a being capable of defeating death and embracing immortality. Their "resurrection technology", which Gillette describes in his book, The Shaman's Secret, utilised sacred objects, hallucinogenic drugs for producing altered states of consciousness, and rituals involving blood-letting and human sacrifice. As Gillette explains, the Maya considered the blood, itz, to be the primary carrier of life force, ch'ulel—but their gods and the created world depended for survival on this supernatural force being in constant flow. The shamans taught and demonstrated that the dark side of reality must be embraced in order to overcome it and reach the light of divine being. Gillette argues that they did achieve an intensity of experience that inti- mately connected them with nature and the divine, though ultimately their people and entire civilisation paid a terrible price. 76 = NEXUS OCTOBER - NOVEMBER 1997