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REVIEWS © teach a wider audience. The Fifth B oO oO K Ss Revelation is divided into eight sections cov- ering the prehistoric era, life's tribulations, THE FIFTH REVELATION ancient history, family, the life and teach- compiled by Kelly Elstrott ings of Jesus, evolving civilisation, divinity Publisher: Mighty Messenger Press, 1998 and the Universe. Each extract is cross- SBN: 0-9654301-7-0 (310pp tpb) referenced to The Urantia Book, to make Price: USD$15.95 + p&h exploring the original a lot less daunting. Available: USA—Mighty Messenger Press, _This primer, in effect, serves its purpose PO Box 23398, New Orleans, LA 70183, Well in ensuring that these uplifting, ‘out el (504) 738 7045, fax (504) 739 2484, there’ revelations reach a new generation. e-mail kelstrot@bellsouth.net f you've ever been curious about The KEEPERS OF THE ANCIENT Urantia Book, that epic, 2,000-page bluee © KNOWLEDGE bound book, but felt too daunted by its size, by Joan Parisi Wilcox weight and price to take it off the shelves of — Publisher: Element Books, USA, 1999 your local esoteric bookshop, then this col- ISBN: 1-86204-492-9 (287pp hc) lection of key passages from that book is for — Price: AUD$n/a; NZD$n/a; £18.99; you. The Fifth Revelation is so-titled NLGfn/a; USD$24.95; CAD$34.99 because The Urantia Book was claimed to Available after May 1999: Aust/NZ— be the fifth time the Word of God has been Penguin Books; UK—Element Books, tel revealed to the people of Earth, or Urantia. 01747 851339; Europe—NEXUS office; USA—Element Books, tel (617) 915 9400 ii | he Q'ero Indians of the Peruvian Andes = i are keepers of a shamanic and mystical The I ifth tradition that preceded the Incan Empire and R | “e survived its collapse. Several years ago * writer Joan Parisi Wilcox, whose interests eve atl on are in spirituality and indigineous cultures, travelled to Peru to gain first-hand experi- ence of the Q'ero system of knowledge. She met a shaman who saw she had a mission: to bring the Q'ero knowledge to the world. While there, she received two karpays (ener- gy transmissions or initiations) and became a paqo, one who walks the sacred path. On one of her many visits to Peru, Parisi Wilcox, with the assistance and connections of two anthropology professors who are also pagos, conducted interviews with six Q'ero shamans about their traditions and practices. She was privileged to be allowed to record their rituals and take photographs (which, themselves, speak volumes). Her book, Keepers of the Ancient Knowledge, is the The Urantia Book was first published in result; it is her gift of ayni, of thanks and 1955. It is an anthology of 196 transmis- service to her teachers. sions from "superhuman personalities" chan- The first part is an overview of the mysti- nelled from 1928 to 1935 through an anony- _cal system as practised in the mountains of mous family man during the sleeping state. south-central Peru. It is described as a Two doctors, a psychologist and a magician _ sacred system that gives practical tools for had heard about this strange case and set out _ living in harmony with nature, with the spir- to debunk it. Yet the information that it realms, and with one's fellow humans, in sprouted forth on the origins of man and the _ continual interchange with the kawsay universe, the life of Jesus and guidelines for — pacha—the universe of animating energy. living, convinced them that it should at least The second part contains revealing inter- be recorded for posterity. The result of their views with the Q'ero shaman-mystics who efforts was The Urantia Book. speak openly about themselves and their Kelly Elstrott, a chemical engineer, began —_—_ world. This is the real thing! a long, transformational association with the In the third part, Parisi Wilcox details a book in 1971. He eventually set about com- series of dynamic, empowering Q'ero energy piling passages under key headings, with the _ exercises to assist in tuning and controlling aim of publishing it so the material could one's own energy body. KEEPERS OF THE ANCIENT KNOWLEDGE by Joan Parisi Wilcox Publisher: Element Books, USA, 1999 ISBN: 1-86204-492-9 (287pp hc) Price: AUD$n/a; NZD$n/a; £18.99; NLGfn/a; USD$24.95; CAD$34.99 Available after May 1999: Aust/NZ— Penguin Books; UK—Element Books, tel 01747 851339; Europe—NEXUS office; USA—Element Books, tel (617) 915 9400 he Q'ero Indians of the Peruvian Andes are keepers of a shamanic and mystical tradition that preceded the Incan Empire and survived its collapse. Several years ago writer Joan Parisi Wilcox, whose interests are in spirituality and indigineous cultures, travelled to Peru to gain first-hand experi- ence of the Q'ero system of knowledge. She met a shaman who saw she had a mission: to bring the Q'ero knowledge to the world. While there, she received two karpays (ener- gy transmissions or initiations) and became a paqo, one who walks the sacred path. On one of her many visits to Peru, Parisi Wilcox, with the assistance and connections of two anthropology professors who are also paqos, conducted interviews with six Q'ero shamans about their traditions and practices. She was privileged to be allowed to record their rituals and take photographs (which, themselves, speak volumes). Her book, Keepers of the Ancient Knowledge, is the result; it is her gift of ayni, of thanks and service to her teachers. The first part is an overview of the mysti- cal system as practised in the mountains of south-central Peru. It is described as a sacred system that gives practical tools for living in harmony with nature, with the spir- it realms, and with one's fellow humans, in continual interchange with the kawsay pacha—the universe of animating energy. The second part contains revealing inter- views with the Q'ero shaman-mystics who speak openly about themselves and their world. This is the real thing! In the third part, Parisi Wilcox details a series of dynamic, empowering Q'ero energy exercises to assist in tuning and controlling one's own energy body. The Fifth Revelation 78 - NEXUS APRIL —- MAY 1999