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REVIEWS © and including Roswell) to 1950. B oO oO K RY Apart from analysing newspaper reports and eyewitness accounts with a journalist's ed by Sir John whose anecdotes told a eye for detail and a decent dose of wit and slightly different story. In 1996 and 1997 irony, Johnson considers the what, why, she managed to travel to Northumberland how, when and whence of the phenomenon, and was able to recognise so many of the and questions whether the "flying crockery" locations and sites as seen in her visions. was of alien origin or the product of Cold Fact or fiction, this is a fascinating story War one-upmanship. Was the first wave of told with care for detail. The author's use of sightings recorded in southern California mediaeval words gives extra authenticity. because of the proximity of top-secret bases where saucers were being built? FLYING SAUCERS OVER LOS Interspersed through the text and featured ANGELES: The UFO Craze of the '50s _ within a special colour section are images by Dewayne B. Johnson from a variety of UFO and sci-fi magazines Publisher: Adventures Unlimited Press, from the late 1940s to early 1960s. While USA, 1998 many of them post-date the text, they add to ISBN: 0-932813-54-2 (280pp s/c) the atmosphere and are a real treat for UFO Price: AUD$27.00; NZD$34.00; nostalgia buffs. This "blast from the past" is GBP£15.00; NLGf35,90; USD$16.00 certainly a rivetting read. Available: Aust/NZ/UK/Eur— NEXUS offices; USA—Adventures Unlimited, ph © REMARKABLE HEALINGS (815) 253 6390, fax (815) 253 6300 by Shakuntala Modi, MD Dee. Johnson completed his thesis, Publisher: Hampton Roads, USA, 1997 "Flying Saucers: Fact or Fiction?", in ISBN: 1-57174-079-1 (632pp tpb) August 1950 as a student in the Graduate Price: AUD$31.95; NZD$49.95; Department of Journalism at UCLA, but GBP£15.99; NLGf45,90; USD$18.95 never published it. Recently Kenn Thomas, _ Distributors: Aust—Gemcraft, ph (03) of Steamshovel Press fame, stumbled upon 9888 0111; NZ—Peaceful Living, ph (07) it and teamed up with AUP's David Hatcher 574 8105; UK—Airlift Book Company, ph Childress to publish it—the two adding 0181 804 0400; Europe—NEXUS office; commentary and introduction to what has USA—Hampton Roads, ph (804) 296 become Flying Saucers Over Los Angeles. 2772, 1800 766 8009, fax (804) 296 Now close to 50 years old, it remains a_—_ 5996: Can—Dempsey, ph (604) 708 1081 valuable social and psychological critique, decade ago, psychiatrist Dr Shakuntala capturing the feel of the earliest years of the Modi was not qui . quite prepared for one of UFO frenzy. Actually EG eS points her patients to go into a spontaneous past- earl 1949 whe wus fioht sr olan ae d life regression during a regular hypnosis ses- ear'y as wien a ighter plane hac a sion, and certainly not for another patient brush with a globular or triangular shaped craft, but Johnson's coverage primarily takes several months later who declared he was possessed by a demon. in reported "flying saucer" events and hoax- . . . es from 1947 (starting with Kenneth Arnold ne orking through these experiences with _ er patients, she soon discovered that past- ; Fa r life traumas and possessions by spirits Ge (whether Earthbound or demonic) are so real that they leave physical, emotional and men- tal scars. The experiences forced upon her a re-evaluation of her practices and the funda- mentals upon which her profession is based—so much so that she believes psychi- atry will eventually come out of denial about the reality of these phenomena. To her relief, Dr Modi found that these traumas can be eliminated—and, in some cases, exorcised. In most instances it would take no more than a couple of hypnosis ther- apy sessions for the patient to connect with and accept his past-life trauma, possession or even "loss of soul parts", and then be free of his ailments. In some cases, a great num- ber of sessions would be required so as to connect with at least a dozen trauma inci- dents before the patient's chronic physical t EPO CRAZE OF THE ip aL rece REMARKABLE HEALINGS by Shakuntala Modi, MD Publisher: Hampton Roads, USA, 1997 ISBN: 1-57174-079-1 (632pp tpb) Price: AUD$31.95; NZD$49.95; GBP£15.99; NLGf45,90; USD$18.95 Distributors: Aust—Gemcraft, ph (03) 9888 0111; NZ—Peaceful Living, ph (07) 571 8105; UK—Airlift Book Company, ph 0181 804 0400; Europe—NEXUS office; USA—Hampton Roads, ph (804) 296 2772, 1800 766 8009, fax (804) 296 5096; Can—Dempsey, ph (604) 708 1081 decade ago, psychiatrist Dr Shakuntala Modi was not quite prepared for one of her patients to go into a spontaneous past- life regression during a regular hypnosis ses- sion, and certainly not for another patient several months later who declared he was possessed by a demon. Working through these experiences with her patients, she soon discovered that past- life traumas and possessions by spirits (whether Earthbound or demonic) are so real that they leave physical, emotional and men- tal scars. The experiences forced upon her a re-evaluation of her practices and the funda- mentals upon which her profession is based—so much so that she believes psychi- atry will eventually come out of denial about the reality of these phenomena. To her relief, Dr Modi found that these traumas can be eliminated—and, in some cases, exorcised. In most instances it would take no more than a couple of hypnosis ther- apy sessions for the patient to connect with and accept his past-life trauma, possession or even "loss of soul parts", and then be free of his ailments. In some cases, a great num- ber of sessions would be required so as to connect with at least a dozen trauma inci- dents before the patient's chronic physical OVER 78 © NEXUS AUGUST - SEPTEMBER 1998