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REVIEWS He argues that "magma seas" respond to thousand years. Collins identifies the Lake B oO oO K RY changes in these same centrifugal forces by Van region (the source of the Tigris and causing crustal dynamics such as earth- Euphrates rivers) as the biblical Garden of THE EARTH'S SHIFTING AXIS: Clues quakes and volcanic eruptions. He suggests Eden, but concedes it is still not the home of to Nature's Most Perplexing Mysteries that his theory may also explain both lati- the Elder Gods. by Mac B. Strain tude and elevation changes that affect Collins goes on to say that when the Publisher: ATL Press, Inc., USA, 1997 regional climates—and much more. Sumerians finally found their roots, they ISBN: 1-882360-30-3 (270pp hic); Mac Strain by no means claims to have all __ established Egypt's first dynastic line—the 1-882360-31 1 (s/c) , the answers, but he does pose thought-pro- secrets of the Gods being under the protec- - . voking questions that he hopes other scien- tion of the Heliopolis priesthood who later Price: USD$42.95, USD $52.50 (outside tists and engineers will continue to research. _ influenced the Hebrew tribes. USA) (h/c); USD$19.95, USD $29.50 (out- The source of these Gods is still elusive, side USA) (s/c); NLG43,90 GODS OF EDEN for they have left evidence at megalithic Distributor: USA—ATL Press, Inc., PO by Andrew Collins sites not only in Egypt and eastern Turkey, Box 4563 T Station, Shrewsbury, MA Publisher: Headline, UK, 1998 but in Central and South America, Europe 01545, ph (508) 898 2290, fax (508) 898 ISBN: 0-7472-2108-1 (372pp hic) and even Australia. Collins thus leaves us 2063; Europe—NEXUS office. 0-7472-7504-1 (s/c) none the wiser as to their origins, but takes Science has yet to explain so many of the Price: AUD$49.95 (hic), $29.95 (s/c); us on a fascinating journey nonetheless. geological events that have shaped the NZD$69.95 (h/c); STGE21.00 (h/c) inc. surface of our planet. We still don't know p&h; NLGf68 90 ag rte ar ae —h for sure what caused the so-called ice ages, Distributors: Aust/NZ/UK— Hodder q ae > | uM ( a) 4 or continental lands high above sea level to Fas + be invaded by ocean, or miles-thick sedi- Headline; UK/Europe— NEXUS offices. his second book from Andrew Collins 4 : ” . mentary beds to be deposited, or mammoths (author of From The Ashes of Angels) is 4 4 to be snap-frozen. One grossly overlooked an absorbing read that raises more questions aif y fA factor in our planet's evolution, argues than it answers. Collins ar: " . : 4 : an Ss. s argues that "Elder f oT ge relired engineer geovogist Mie Strain, is the Gods" sparked the birth of civilisation in the pe a periodic shifting of the Earth's axis. Euphrates Vall dthe 10th mil- SEACH LC, In his book, The Earth's Shifting Axis, eeeam BC. a But prior fo that they were the Genesis ol Strain presents his Dynamic Axis Theory based in Egypt, where they built the Sphinx which posits that weight shifts on the planet and the Valley Temple at Giza and taught change the centrifugal forces at the equator, —_agriculture and precision tooling to the peo- causing the axis to wobble and seek a new ple—auntil the post-ice-age climatic chaos rotational balance. As the Earth's equatorial —_ around 10,500-9500 BC sent them to higher diameter is approx. 27 miles greater than the ground, to what is now Kurdistan. Civilisation polar diameter, and as the North Pole wan- Collins claims that the legacy of the Elder ders, we have a recipe for "axis surge". Gods can be seen in places like Nevali Cori While he is not the first to point to the in south-eastern Turkey, dated to at least effect of axis shift, Strain has gone to great 8,000 BC, where advanced agricultural, lengths to back up his theory with support- architectural and technological practices pre- ing mathematics and geophysical evidence. ceded the Sumerian civilisation by several He argues that "magma seas" respond to changes in these same centrifugal forces by causing crustal dynamics such as earth- quakes and volcanic eruptions. He suggests that his theory may also explain both lati- tude and elevation changes that affect regional climates—and much more. Mac Strain by no means claims to have all the answers, but he does pose thought-pro- voking questions that he hopes other scien- tists and engineers will continue to research. 74 © NEXUS thousand years. Collins identifies the Lake Van region (the source of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers) as the biblical Garden of Eden, but concedes it is still not the home of the Elder Gods. Collins goes on to say that when the Sumerians finally found their roots, they established Egypt's first dynastic line—the secrets of the Gods being under the protec- tion of the Heliopolis priesthood who later influenced the Hebrew tribes. The source of these Gods is still elusive, for they have left evidence at megalithic sites not only in Egypt and eastern Turkey, but in Central and South America, Europe and even Australia. Collins thus leaves us none the wiser as to their origins, but takes us on a fascinating journey nonetheless. Legacy and the Genesis al’ Civilisation JUNE - JULY 1998