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® REVIEWS THE SIRIUS MYSTERY less erosion than the body. So, he argues, by Robert Temple the erosion was not caused by severe climat- Publisher: Century, UK, 1998 ic change, and thus the Sphinx is younger ISBN: 0-7126-7874-3 (440pp h/c) than geologists like Robert Schoch sug- Price: AUD$35.00; NZD$39.95; gest—maybe only 5,000 or so years old. STG£17.50 inc. p&h; NLG61.90 Temple also identifies a fascinating dis- Distributors: Aust/NZ/UK— Random crepancy in the dimensions of the two House: UK/Eur— NEXUS offices. largest Giza pyramids that equates with the he 1976 release of The Sirius Mystery 1.053 mass differential between Sirius B and created huge public interest anda scien- OUT Sun—the so-called "sacred fraction". tific furore. Since then, author/scholar This, he believes, can be no accident, and Robert Temple has endured ill-argued criti- Smacks of intervention from the stars. cism from academia, and ill-placed attention from several ‘intelligence’ agencies, to con- KOMBUCHA TEA FOR YOUR tinue his research and produce a revised, HEALTH AND HEALING expanded edition of his milestone book. by Alick & Mari Bartholomew The thesis of The Sirius Mystery focuses Publisher: Gateway Books, UK, 1998 on the Dogon tribe of Mali, whose ancient ISBN: 1-85860-049-9 (190pp s/c) traditions and legends incorporate knowl- Price: AUD$26.95; NZD$39.95; edge about the Sirius star system. (The STG£10.00; USD$14.95; CAN$21.95 + invisible Sirius B was only discovered last $3.95 p&h century and not photographed until 1970, Distributors: Aust—Banyan Tree Book while Sirius C was only confirmed in 1995.) jg ributors, ph (08) 8363 4244; NZ— ‘Temple argues that the ancestors of the Peaceful Living Publications, ph (07) 571 Dogon migrated to the region, taking with 8105: UK—NEXUS office: USA—Access them knowledge they obtained from a com- Publishers Network, ph (61 6) 276 5196, mon source that influenced the Sumerians i 1800 345 0096; Canada—Temeron Books, and Egyptians about 5,000 years ago. That ph (403) 283 0900. source, he suggests, was visitors from Sirius, he authors of this comprehensive guide who passed on their astronomical, mathe- ‘ . matical and technological knowledge. © fo kombucha (the healing fungus with an Anubis the dog (protector of the secrets) illustrious ancient Eastern history) have and the "Dog Star” Sirius were important to "C uded up-to-date research in order to the Egyptians, and Temple points to evi- make both orthodox and complementary health practitioners more aware of its amaz- dence that the Sphinx was not a statue of a . : V lion but of Anubis. He explains the water ing properties as a metabolic balancer, a pro- erosion on the Sphinx as being the result of biotic, an adaptogen and a detoxifier. its body being surrounded in ancient times The book, Kombucha Tea for your Health by a water-filled moat that periodically silt- and Healing, was written by Alick and Mari ed up and had to be drained. This also Bartholomew (he the publisher of Gateway accounts for the head of the Sphinx showing Books, and she a shiatsu therapist), who started The Kombucha Tea Network in the fh UK in 1993. (Alick, by the way, was instru- f f a} E A J T E i P & E mental in producing a revised edition of = Harald Tietze's Kombucha: The Miracle Fungus, which he first came across in a NEXUS review! Indeed, Harald's book has been the Network's bible ever since.) Just about all you need to know about how the kombucha fungus works, how to prepare a culture and how to brew the tea successful- ly is covered in the Bartholomews' book. There's a summary of medical research, an extensive Q&A section, an A-Z of diseases and imbalances that can be treated with the fungus, plus information on contraindica- tions, cancer prevention, first aid, holistic self-healing, recipes, cosmetics and caring THE for animals and plants. SIRITIS The Bartholomews also include detailed = case histories from kombucha users who INT “r TR 24 attest to its efficacy and empowering bene- Here r : fits. If you've not yet explored this phenom- enal fungus, this is a great place to start. THE SIRIUS MYSTERY by Robert Temple Publisher: Century, UK, 1998 ISBN: 0-7126-7874-3 (440pp h/c) Price: AUD$35.00; NZD$39.95; STG£17.50 inc. p&h; NLG 61.90 Distributors: Aust/NZ/UK— Random House; UK/Eur— NEXUS offices. lhe 1976 release of The Sirius Mystery created huge public interest and a scien- tific furore. Since then, author/scholar Robert Temple has endured ill-argued criti- cism from academia, and ill-placed attention from several ‘intelligence’ agencies, to con- tinue his research and produce a revised, expanded edition of his milestone book. The thesis of The Sirius Mystery focuses on the Dogon tribe of Mali, whose ancient traditions and legends incorporate knowl- edge about the Sirius star system. (The invisible Sirius B was only discovered last century and not photographed until 1970, while Sirius C was only confirmed in 1995.) Temple argues that the ancestors of the Dogon migrated to the region, taking with them knowledge they obtained from a com- mon source that influenced the Sumerians and Egyptians about 5,000 years ago. That source, he suggests, was visitors from Sirius, who passed on their astronomical, mathe- matical and technological knowledge. Anubis the dog (protector of the secrets) and the "Dog Star" Sirius were important to the Egyptians, and Temple points to evi- dence that the Sphinx was not a statue of a lion but of Anubis. He explains the water erosion on the Sphinx as being the result of its body being surrounded in ancient times by a water-filled moat that periodically silt- ed up and had to be drained. This also accounts for the head of the Sphinx showing FOGERT TEMPLE JUNE - JULY 1998 NEXUS - 79