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sciousness, thought, love, the soul, dimen- B oO oO K Ss sional realms and subtle energies. On her travels, McKnight has encounters with COSMIC JOURNEYS: "invisible helpers", higher dimensional enti- My Out-of-Body Explorations with ties and alien beings; and she visits the year Robert A. Monroe 3000 to find a new consciousness has trans- by Rosalind A. McKnight formed the world, though not without major Publisher: Hampton Roads, USA, 1999 Earth changes taking place from just before ISBN: 1-57174-123-2 (292pp tpb) 2000 through the early 21st century. Price: AUD$29.95; NZD$38.95; £10.99; Above all, McKnight has proved for her- NLGf33,90; USD$13.95 self, as Monroe himself did, that human con- Available: Aust—Gemcraft, tel (03) 9888 sciousness has unimagined possibilities and 0111; NZ—Peaceful Living, tel (07) 571 that life beyond here is a reality. 8105; UK—Airlift, tel 0181 804 0400; Europe—NEXUS Office, USA—Hampton © CHANGING HABITS, CHANGING Roads, tel (804) 296 2772, fax (804) 296 LIVES 5096, website ; by Cyndi O'Meara Canada—Dempsey, tel (604) 708 1081 Publisher: Oracle Press, Australia, 1998 ISBN: 1-876308-12-5 (173pp tob) Price: AUD$19.95 + $2.00 p&h in Australia; overseas airmail add AUD$5.00 Available: Australia—Cyndi O'Meara, PO Box 104, Mooloolaba, Qld 4557, tel +61 (0)7 5477 7181, 1800 440538 (toll-free in Aust), e-mail , website f we are what we eat, then we have to question the effect that processed, dena- tured foods have on health and vitality. In this book from health/medical writer Cyndi O'Meara, we are challenged to view an unhealthy lifestyle as merely a series of unhealthy habits—fortunately, ones that can be changed. In plain, easy-to-follow lan- guage, O'Meara provides a step-by-step guide to changing these habits over time, experience showing that trying to do it all at once is not the key to success. Changing Habits, Changing Lives is not about dieting as such, but about choosing better, healthier foods to eat in the correct combinations. And what better place to start than the first meal of the day, breakfast. Once new, healthier eating habits can be established here, it becomes easier as the weeks go by to integrate new changes to eating, menus and lifestyle practices. As these incremental changes are made, one becomes more Cosmic Journeys W: are more than physical matter, so we can perceive that which is greater than the physical world, to paraphrase an affirma- tion of Robert Monroe, founder of The Monroe Institute, pioneering author of Journeys out of the Body, and inventor of the Hemi-Sync left/right brain hemisphere synchroniser. This affirmation is the frame- work for Rosalind McKnight's book, Cosmic Journeys, in which she tells the story of her out-of-body investigations as one of Robert Monroe's original team of Explorers. imbued with vitality and has more energy McKnight, who has a master's degree in and desire to continue with the changes. divinity and holds workshops in personal O'Meara's advice, summarised at the end growth and parapsychology, thus offers a of each chapter, has three action steps for unique perspective on the early days of the each week, such as: keeping cuppas to a Institute and the life and work of this minimum and certainly cutting down or remarkable man—who, in 1995, left the eliminating milk; chewing food properly, Earthly plane on his Ultimate Journey. opting for butter over margarine; removing Some of the chapters contain personal rec- _ Processed foods from the pantry; and eating ollections of McKnight's association with more alkaline than acid foods. That's only Monroe, but most are transcripts of tape- some of it, but O'Meara's approach makes recorded sessions conducted over 11 years these directives a whole lot less daunting to from 1972. Through these sessions, they apply in one's daily life. . . . give special insights into the nature of con- Overall, very workable advice which, with dedication, will achieve results. BOOKS COSMIC JOURNEYS: My Out-of-Body Explorations with Robert A. Monroe by Rosalind A. McKnight Publisher: Hampton Roads, USA, 1999 ISBN: 1-57174-123-2 (292pp tpb) Price: AUD$29.95; NZD$38.95; £10.99; NLG#33,90; USD$13.95 Available: Aust—Gemcraft, tel (03) 9888 0111; NZ—Peaceful Living, tel (07) 571 8105; UK—Airlift, tel 0181 804 0400; Europe—NEXUS Office; USA—Hampton Roads, tel (804) 296 2772, fax (804) 296 5096, website ; Canada—Dempsey, tel (604) 708 1081 Cosmic Journeys W: are more than physical matter, so we can perceive that which is greater than the physical world, to paraphrase an affirma- tion of Robert Monroe, founder of The Monroe Institute, pioneering author of Journeys out of the Body, and inventor of the Hemi-Sync left/right brain hemisphere synchroniser. This affirmation is the frame- work for Rosalind McKnight's book, Cosmic Journeys, in which she tells the story of her out-of-body investigations as one of Robert Monroe's original team of Explorers. McKnight, who has a master's degree in divinity and holds workshops in personal growth and parapsychology, thus offers a unique perspective on the early days of the Institute and the life and work of this remarkable man—who, in 1995, left the Earthly plane on his Ultimate Journey. Some of the chapters contain personal rec- ollections of McKnight's association with Monroe, but most are transcripts of tape- recorded sessions conducted over 11 years from 1972. Through these sessions, they give special insights into the nature of con- JUNE — JULY 1999 NEXUS +79