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REVIEWS © ‘clearing house' for souls finding their bear- B oO oO K RY ings and preparing for their next incarnation. Voyages into the Unknown is a record not VOYAGES INTO THE UNKNOWN only of Bruce Moen's forays into the after- by Bruce Moen life, but of his finding fragments of himself Publisher: Hampton Roads, USA, 1997 from past lives and regaining an apprecia- ISBN: 1-57174-068-6 (241 pp s/c) tion of the totality of his consciousness, Price: AUD$25.95; NZD$29.95; applicable in his present life. : STG£13.50; NFL£28,90; USD$12.95 And there's more to come after this first Distributors: Aust—Gemcraft Books, ph book in his "Exploring the Afterlife" series. (03) 9888 0111; NZ—Peaceful Living, ph © Anyone who's curious about what's beyond (07) 571 8105; UK/Eur— NEXUS offices; our ‘mundane’ world will gain something USA—Hampton Roads Publishing Co., from Moen's revelations and guidance. 134 Burgess Lane, Charlottesville, VA 22902, ph 1800 766 8009. GENETIC ENGINEERING: DREAM OR uriosity about what exists beyond the NIGHTMARE? The Brave New World known drew Bruce Moen into exploring of Bad Science and Big Business the reality of human existence beyond death. by Mae-Wan Ho His experience in helping 'retrieve' individu- Publisher: Gateway Books, UK, 1998 als killed during the Oklahoma City explo- ISBN: 1-85860-051-0 (s/c) (304pp) sion gave him the impetus to write this Price: AUD$37.00; NZD$44.95; book. His account of that event makes up STGE11.00; NFLf39,90; USD$15.95 the mind-blowing first chapter of Voyages Distributors: Aust—Banyan Tree Book into the Unknown. _.. Distributors, ph (08) 8363 4244; Aust/NZ/ For years Moen had been conducting his UK/Eur— NEXUS offices: USA—Access own investigations into extraordinary human Publishers Network, ph 1800 345 0096 experience. He'd been enthralled by ' ‘ar from being able to end world hunger Castaneda's altered realities; but it wasn't and eradicate disease, genetic ensineer- until he came across Robert Monroe's books — = . “8 3 . . ing could ultimately destroy the human race and learned specific consciousness-expand- and life as we know it on this planet, says ing techniques like "Gateway Voyage" at UK-based biologist and activist Dr Mae- The Monroe Institute that he was able to Wan Ho in her trtest book, Genetic develop and refine his technique. Engineering: Dream or Nightmare? Applying the "Lifeline’ technique, Moen The forecast "brave new world" is now a undertook journeys of "Service Here" and reality, she argues. Science and big business Service There" to help people prepare for have formed an unprecedented "unholy the afterlife, as well as to assist recently Ili "wh ‘entific i van deceased individuals find their way to alliance’, where scientilic integrity 1s com- "Focus 27"—an imagine-it-as-you-will promised because of commercial impera- tives, where the public good is pitted against commercial profit, where genetic biodiversi- ty, food security and animal welfare are dis- carded, and where society's moral values and collective consciousness are corrupted by mis/disinformation. While not wanting to blame individual geneticists for creating a monster, Dr Ho points out that much of what's done in biotechnology is bad science, where inade- quate research is quickly applied without any thought of the inherent flaws in the tech- nology or the inevitable hazards. The fact that genes are "fluid" and can eas- ily cross over to unrelated species by infec- tion or be taken up in the environment is reason for an urgent moratorium to be called on all genetic engineering applications, Mae-Wan Ho stresses. Dr Ho's holistic approach to biology rejects the reductionist, neo-Darwinist scien- tific worldview that is leading us to catastro- phe. She warns that unless we become bet- ter informed and motivated, we'll never be able to deactivate the gene genie in time. GENETIC ENGINEERING: DREAM OR NIGHTMARE? The Brave New World of Bad Science and Big Business by Mae-Wan Ho Publisher: Gateway Books, UK, 1998 ISBN: 1-85860-051-0 (s/c) (304pp) Price: AUD$37.00; NZD$44.95; STGE£11.00; NFL£39,90; USD$15.95 Distributors: Aust—Banyan Tree Book Distributors, ph (08) 8363 4244; Aust/NZ/ UK/Eur— NEXUS offices; USA—Access Publishers Network, ph 1800 345 0096. ‘ar from being able to end world hunger and eradicate disease, genetic engineer- ing could ultimately destroy the human race and life as we know it on this planet, says UK-based biologist and activist Dr Mae- Wan Ho in her latest book, Genetic Engineering: Dream or Nightmare?. The forecast "brave new world" is now a reality, she argues. Science and big business ave formed an unprecedented "unholy alliance", where scientific integrity is com- promised because of commercial impera- tives, where the public good is pitted against commercial profit, where genetic biodiversi- ty, food security and animal welfare are dis- carded, and where society's moral values and collective consciousness are corrupted by mis/disinformation. While not wanting to blame individual geneticists for creating a monster, Dr Ho points out that much of what's done in biotechnology is bad science, where inade- quate research is quickly applied without any thought of the inherent flaws in the tech- nology or the inevitable hazards. The fact that genes are "fluid" and can eas- ily cross over to unrelated species by infec- tion or be taken up in the environment is reason for an urgent moratorium to be called on all genetic engineering applications, Mae-Wan Ho stresses. Dr Ho's holistic approach to biology rejects the reductionist, neo-Darwinist scien- tific worldview that is leading us to catastro- phe. She warns that unless we become bet- ter informed and motivated, we'll never be able to deactivate the gene genie in time. 78 « NEXUS APRIL - MAY 1998