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REVIEWS in our solar system, causing 'fireballs' and Often the remedy is as simple as adopting ‘floods’ to rain down on Earth. Ancient different dietary guidelines, and Osiecki Sumerian legends about Enki and Enlil and offers practical suggestions as well as even Plato's Atlantis myth relate to the same _ recipes for promoting asthma-free living. cosmic events, he asserts. So, who was this ‘lost race’ that passed on SECRET CITIES OF OLD SOUTH this cosmic knowledge to the Egyptians and AMERICA Sumerians? According to Alford, not neces- hy Harold T. Wilkins sarily extraterrestrials but quite possibly a Publisher: Adventures Unlimited Press, terrestrial intelligentsia who had invented USA, 1998 (first published 1952) the telescope. As for specifics, we're left in ISBN: 0-932813-55-0 (470pp tpb) the dark. However, for records of these cos- Price: AUD$35.00; NZD$ n/a; £15.50; mic events to have been left for the pre- NLGf n/a; USD$16.95 + p&h dynastic Egyptians to discover, surely at Available: Aust/NZ/UK/Europe— NEXUS least one of these events happened not too offices (see details on page 2); USA— long beforehand—by some accounts, as Adventures Unlimited, PO Box 74, recently as around 12,500 years ago. Kempton, IL 60946, tel (815) 253 6390 he US publisher Adventures Unlimited THE ASTHMA BREAKTHROUGH performs a worthy service in reprinting by Henry Osiecki, BSc. many hard-to-get books on lost civilisations Publisher: BioEthics Press Ltd, Australia, that otherwise would become as lost as their New Zealand, 1998 subject matter. ISBN: 1-875239-15-4 (142pp tpb) This latest reprint, Secret Cities of Old Price: AUD$24.95; NZD$24.95; £12.50; South America, was first published in 1952 NLGfF n/a and was written by Harold T. Wilkins, a Available: Australia—Bioethics Press, tel British historian who obviously enjoys pok- (07) 3352 5088; New Zealand—BioEthics ing fun at the establishment historical world- Press, tel/fax (09) 376 0219; UK/Europe— view, as he has done throughout these infor- NEXUS offices mation-packed pages. ; he statistics demonstrate that the medical In this sequel to his 1946 book, Mysteries approach to dealing with asthma has of Ancient South America, Wilkins presents evidence from mythology, from records of early Spanish expeditions and early 20th century European and American explorers, failed dismally in effectively treating this condition in children and adults. For instance, one in ten Australians has asthma, df fe . nor d : with an average of one in four children and from artefacts, inscriptions and ancient affected, and similar statistics have been texts that suggests South America was once reported in New Zealand and the UK. So part of a vast empire known as Atlantis. The what's causing this? Is there something scope extends beyond South America, for about our post-industrial society that is pro- Wilkins argues that the Aflantean sphere of moting this debilitating, recurring illness? ciiuence toon cea Amence tre fe According to Australian nutritionist Henry — ; we leat i ‘anc, ‘best and Egypt before Osiecki, far too much emphasis has been its final cataclysmic destruction. placed on temporary alleviation of symp- toms, rather than on understanding the con- dition and the causes of asthma. In The Asthma Breakthrough, Osiecki maintains that asthma is the result of complex bio- chemical processes and does not begin and end solely with the lungs. So, to deal with the problem, it is essential to promote gener- al physical health but with a special focus on boosting the immune system and combating allergic reactions. Often this means avoid- ing substances which have immune-sup- pressing effects—anything from chemicals and pesticides to artificial colourings, chlori- nated water and vaccines. The contrast between the pharmaceutical preparations and the nutritional and alterna- \ : tive treatments that Osiecki presents is a wld ¥ telling, and it's reprehensible that the public ATLANTH REPRINT SER IEF ee) is so ill-informed about the options which have a high success rate in treating asthma. in our solar system, causing 'fireballs' and ‘floods’ to rain down on Earth. Ancient Sumerian legends about Enki and Enlil and even Plato's Atlantis myth relate to the same cosmic events, he asserts. So, who was this ‘lost race’ that passed on this cosmic knowledge to the Egyptians and Sumerians? According to Alford, not neces- sarily extraterrestrials but quite possibly a terrestrial intelligentsia who had invented the telescope. As for specifics, we're left in the dark. However, for records of these cos- mic events to have been left for the pre- dynastic Egyptians to discover, surely at least one of these events happened not too long beforehand—by some accounts, as recently as around 12,500 years ago. Often the remedy is as simple as adopting different dietary guidelines, and Osiecki offers practical suggestions as well as recipes for promoting asthma-free living. THE ASTHMA BREAKTHROUGH by Henry Osiecki, BSc. Publisher: BioEthics Press Ltd, Australia, New Zealand, 1998 ISBN: 1-875239-15-4 (142pp tpb) Price: AUD$24.95; NZD$24.95; £12.50; NLGf n/a Available: Australia—Bioethics Press, tel (07) 3352 5088; New Zealand—BioEthics Press, tel/fax (09) 376 0219; UK/Europe— NEXUS offices he statistics demonstrate that the medical approach to dealing with asthma has failed dismally in effectively treating this condition in children and adults. For instance, one in ten Australians has asthma, with an average of one in four children affected, and similar statistics have been reported in New Zealand and the UK. So what's causing this? Is there something about our post-industrial society that is pro- moting this debilitating, recurring illness? According to Australian nutritionist Henry Osiecki, far too much emphasis has been placed on temporary alleviation of symp- toms, rather than on understanding the con- dition and the causes of asthma. In The Asthma Breakthrough, Osiecki maintains that asthma is the result of complex bio- chemical processes and does not begin and end solely with the lungs. So, to deal with the problem, it is essential to promote gener- al physical health but with a special focus on boosting the immune system and combating allergic reactions. Often this means avoid- ing substances which have immune-sup- pressing effects—anything from chemicals and pesticides to artificial colourings, chlori- nated water and vaccines. The contrast between the pharmaceutical preparations and the nutritional and alterna- tive treatments that Osiecki presents is telling, and it's reprehensible that the public is so ill-informed about the options which have a high success rate in treating asthma. NEXUS - 83 OCTOBER - NOVEMBER 1998