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JUNE — JULY 1999 & REVIEWS with the Roman guard under his command. Publications, tel (209) 966 5379, fax (209) BOOKS Ellis suggests this is why Josephus makes 966 6811, website JESUS, LAST OF THE PHARAOHS make are veiled or contradictory. piritual development doesn't have to be by Ralph Ellis Whether or not Ellis's interpretations are undertaken in an ascetic environment on Publisher: Edfu Books, UK, 1998, 1999 correct 1s hard to judge, as there 1s SO much a remote mountaintop, but is a process that ISBN: 0-9531913-1-1 (324pp hc) dispute over the compilation of biblical his- can be nurtured as we carry on with our nor- Price: AUD$n/a; £16.99; NLG 59,90; tory. But nevertheless, Ellis has produced a al daily lives. So says Rick Prater who, in USD$24.95 + p&h work that is both adventurous and involving Bridge to the Superconsciousness, shares the Available: Aust—Specialist Publications, f" the questing reader. wisdom of 25 years of practice with con- el (02) 9736 2191; UK—Gazelle Book sciousness-raising techniques. Saco tel 01524 68765; Europe— BRIDGE TO SUPERCONSCIOUSNESS Prater, co-managing editor of the Journal NEXUS Office; USA—Adventures by Rick Prater a of Esoteric Psychology, draws on the body Unlimited, tel (815) 253 6390 Publisher: Source Publications, 1999 of knowledge channelled to Alice Bailey by n his new book, Jesus, Last of the ISBN: 0-9635766-4-X (314pp tpb) Tibetan ascended master Djwahl Khul (DK); Pharaohs, Ralph Ellis explores the evi- Price: AUD$28.50; AUD$34.25 to NZ; on the School of Natural Sciences teachings dence for the Jewish patriarchs Abraham, £15.95; NLGf67,90; USD$19.95 on ethics as the foundation of all spiritual Isaac, Jacob, Joseph and Moses being not Available: Aust/NZ— Silversun & Co.,PO development; and on the Agni Yoga wisdom just Semitic Shepherd Kings but Egyptian Box 7042, Geelong West, Vic. 3218, Aust, of Master Morya via Helena Roerich. He Pharaohs, with the royal bloodline being tel (03) 5223 2203, e-mail ; UK/Europe— techniques, clairvoyantly investigated by Pharaoh in exile, in effect, and a secular and — enquire NEXUS offices; UsA—Source Norman and Josephine Stevens, to be espe- cially valuable, and he covers them step by step with the aid of illustrations. The point of all this is to assist in explor- ing/connecting with Superconsciousness, and learning to integrate the link so as to live in a more enlightened, creative way as well as to grow spiritually. These methods are firmly grounded in what Prater calls "liv- ing ethics", and they involve ways of clear- ing limiting thoughtforms from the aura, invoking positive healing energies and attuning mental powers. The importance of group relationships and meditation is emphasised by Prater who reminds us of the New Group of World Servers (as identified by DK) and their role in promoting the higher values of love, will and intelligence. This is powerful informa- tion, given with heart. spiritual leader with wealth and status. Ellis, author of Thoth, Architect of the Universe, is not the first to make these sug- gestions, and his own particular interpreta- tions of sections of the Old and New Testaments—his major sources—will no doubt fuel debate amongst historians and theologians, whatever their perspectives. One surprising connection he makes is that Saul, the St Paul of Roman Catholicism and one-time governor of Galilee, was one and the same person as Josephus, historian and author of The Antiquities of the Jews. Ellis claims that Saul was schizoid enough to have accomplished these dual roles, and he devotes a hefty chapter to his hypothesis. This puts a different spin on the accuracy of Josephus' histories if, in the guise of Saul, he was pursuing Jesus across Galilee in AD 66 BRIDGE TO SUPERCONSCIOUSNESS by Rick Prater Publisher: Source Publications, 1999 ISBN: 0-9635766-4-X (314pp tpb) Price: AUD$28.50; AUD$34.25 to NZ; £15.95; NLGf67,90; USD$19.95 Available: Aust/NZ— Silversun & Co., PO Box 7042, Geelong West, Vic. 3218, Aust, tel (03) 5223 2203, e-mail ; UK/Europe— enquire NEXUS offices; USA—Source ie Prater NEXUS -77