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REVIEWS © Especially fascinating is the documentation about bearded white races existant in north- VIDEOS ern Brazil, in Peru and around Lake Reviewed by Duncan Roads Titicaca—perhaps the descendants of pre- cataclysmic colonists. But also amazing are © PROPHECY AND PREDICTION: Wilkins' accounts of Amazonian women Threat or Warning? warriors, the secret lost city of Gran Paytiti Producer: Film Montage, Australia, 1998 in the Peruvian Andes, monstrous creatures | www.prophecyandprediction.com.au whose existence was noted by local Indians _ Price: Telephone local contact for details as recently as last century, and the search for (PAL & NTSC, 87mins) the gold of El Dorado. This is a wholly Available: Australia— Film Montage, tel involving journey, and we can only wonder _—_ (08) 9699 2885; NZ/UK/Eur— NEXUS at what other treasures await discovery. offices (see p. 2); USA—Matrix Institute, tel (603) 256 6759, 1800 628 7493 ost video documentaries on this subject WORLD AGES Meoien fall far short of the mark in terms by Bjorn H. Hammarskog of what people are interested in. Nearly all Publisher: Pentland Press, USA, 1997 of us are sick and tired of the ambiguous ISBN: 1-57197-057-6 (253pp tpb) Nostradamus, as though he were the only Price: £11.25; USD$18.95 + $3.50 p&h prophet out there. Available: UK—Pentland Press, tel 01388 This company did it right: they came to us 776555; USA—Pentland Press, tel (919) for source material, and I am pleased to see 782 0281, fax (919) 781 9042; Associated 2 lot of it in this excellent film! As a result, Publishers, tel 1800 327 5113 you have Gordon-Michael Scallion, Tom Kaye, Mother Shipton, Malcolm Jagamara and others who normally never make it onto the screen. The Channel 9 network broadcast a chopped-down version of this film on the f you're only just catching on to the idea that civilisations have come and gone in a cosmic eye-twinkling many times on this planet but don't know where to direct your attention first, then start with a book that has night of 2 September, right across Australia, a broad scope. This one, World Ages, con- triggering much more work for Ronnie siders the mythology and artefacts of ancient Burns, the main man on this show. civilisations with regard to geological and astronomical evidence that points to cata- C D- RO. M clysmic events of greater and lesser degree affecting their progress. It's written by a Reviewed by Duncan Roads Swedish consulting engineer, Bjérn THE UFO ANTHOLOGY Volume One Hammarskog, who, at 60, has finally taken Producer: Dreamland Interactive, USA, to writing about his lifelong passion—the 1998 pursuit of humanity's age-old questions. Price: USD$34.95 Skipping us through ancient pre-history, Platforms: Windows 95 (ugh); Windows Hammarskog takes us into worlds where NT, Windows 98, Mac and PowerMacs myths and legends could well be accounts of | Available: USA—Dreamland Interactive, ancient catastrophes—as demonstrated, for tel +1 (818) 843 2945, 1888-UFO-WAVE, example, in the variety of Creation and website, www.4dreamland.com Flood myths recorded around the planet. his is a really neat CD! Fully interac- Next, he conducts a whirlwind but fact- tive, with literally hours of exploration packed tour of ancient cultures, including into all facets of UFO research, including Sumer, Babylon, Egypt, Crete, the Canary crop circles, implants and cattle mutilations. Islands, Scandinavia, India, China, the It contains video material featuring Bob Pacific, Mesoamerica, the Andes and, of Dean, Linda Moulton Howe, Dr Roger Leir, Jaime Maussan, Colin Andrews, astronaut Brian O'Leary and many more. The producers have gone to considerable time and expense to get the best names in their fields onto this interactive CD. On top of these presentations, there are heaps of UFO pictures and film footage which will course, Atlantis—which he speculates exist- ed in the Persian Gulf before major climatic change devastated the region. Indeed, climatic change, from the cata- strophic to the mildly drastic, has been occurring on a cyclic basis, affecting differ- ent parts of the Earth since time immemori- take you hours to get through. al, and Hammarskog argues that it would be (Readers of the Australian, US/Canada and foolish to reject the evidence for cosmic UK/Europe editions will notice there is an events such as cometary impacts inducing advertisement for this excellent CD on the such change in the past—or in the future. back or inside cover.) VIDEOS Reviewed by Duncan Roads PROPHECY AND PREDICTION: Threat or Warning? Producer: Film Montage, Australia, 1998 www.prophecyandprediction.com.au Price: Telephone local contact for details (PAL & NTSC, 87mins) Available: Australia—Film Montage, tel (03) 9699 2885; NZ/UK/Eur— NEXUS Offices (see p. 2); USA—Matrix Institute, tel (603) 256 6759, 1800 628 7493 Ms. video documentaries on this subject often fall far short of the mark in terms of what people are interested in. Nearly all of us are sick and tired of the ambiguous Nostradamus, as though he were the only prophet out there. This company did it right: they came to us for source material, and I am pleased to see a lot of it in this excellent film! As a result, you have Gordon-Michael Scallion, Tom Kaye, Mother Shipton, Malcolm Jagamara and others who normally never make it onto the screen. The Channel 9 network broadcast a chopped-down version of this film on the night of 2 September, right across Australia, triggering much more work for Ronnie Burns, the main man on this show. CD-ROM Reviewed by Duncan Roads THE UFO ANTHOLOGY Volume One Producer: Dreamland Interactive, USA, 1998 Price: USD$34.95 Platforms: Windows 95 (ugh); Windows NT, Windows 98, Mac and PowerMacs Available: USA—Dreamland Interactive, tel +1 (818) 843 2945, 1888-UFO-WAVE, website, www.4dreamland.com his is a really neat CD! Fully interac- tive, with literally hours of exploration into all facets of UFO research, including crop circles, implants and cattle mutilations. It contains video material featuring Bob Dean, Linda Moulton Howe, Dr Roger Leir, Jaime Maussan, Colin Andrews, astronaut Brian O'Leary and many more. The producers have gone to considerable time and expense to get the best names in their fields onto this interactive CD. On top of these presentations, there are heaps of UFO pictures and film footage which will take you hours to get through. (Readers of the Australian, US/Canada and UK/Europe editions will notice there is an advertisement for this excellent CD on the back or inside cover.) 84 - NEXUS OCTOBER - NOVEMBER 1998