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REVIEWS preparing for birth, to attainment of total now, at the millennium turnover, with peo- B oO oO K S consciousness expansion and transcendence _ ple becoming increasingly aware of coinci- of the time-space continuum. dence in their lives, some authors believe PROJECTIONS OF THE Dr Vieira maintains that we all experience _ this signifies humanity is on the brink of a CONSCIOUSNESS separations from the body during sleep; but huge expansion in consciousness. Yet by Waldo Vieira, MD retaining lucid memories requires the deter- Anderson doesn't necessarily agree, suggest- Publisher: IIPC. UK 1997 mination to want to sharpen one's powers of _ ing instead that the subject should be : Dor mental concentration. Tips for achieving approached with objectivity, but he contin- ISBN: 85-86019-25-9 (249pp tpb) 5 this as well as techniques to practise are ues to be amazed by the way coincidences Price: £10.00; NLGF28,90; USD$1 2.00 interspersed through the pases of his diary creep into people's lives, He advocates Available: UK— International Institute of accounts. With too few books available on keeping a coincidences diary as an aide- Projectiology and Conscientiology, tel +44 astral projection/out-of-body experiences, mémoire for finding deeper meanings and 0171 723 0544, e-mail London@iipc. org, this one is well worth studying. greater self-understanding. website www. iipc.org; Europe—NEXUS The Coincidence File is divided into three Office; USA—IIPC, tel/fax (718) 721 6257, THE COINCIDENCE FILE parts. The first part presents accounts from e-mail iipcnyusa@aol.com by Ken Anderson people who claim their lives have been Ba physician, dentist and plastic Publisher: Blandford Cassell, UK, 1999 enriched by coincidence, and touches on surgeon Waldo Vieira, MD, is also a ISBN: 0-7137-2749-7 (256pp tpb) awareness, morphic resonance, intuition, world-renowned consciousness researcher. Price: AUD$29.95; NZD$n/a; £9.99: miracles, names and numbers; the second, He first experienced a "whirlwind projec- NLGf38,90 , , , published accounts from around the world; tion" of consciousness in 1941, aged nine, Available: Aust—Allen & Unwin, tel (02) and the third part looks at the uncanny simi- and has devoted much of the past 40 years to g495 0100; NZ—Archetype Book Agents larities of the Lincoln and Kennedy assassi- exploring/cataloguing the varieties and qual- _te| (09) 377 3800: UK—Blandford Cassell, ations. Don't be surprised if it changes ities of out-of-body states. "Projection tel 0171 420 5555; Europe—NEXUS your attitude to coincidences in your life. allows one to replace belief with knowl- Office, tel +31 (0)1321 380558; USA— “4 : edge," he says. In 1988 he founded the Blandford Cassell, tel 1800 561 7704 conc iden ce International Institute of Projectiology and ith this follow-up to his third book, coal bea aliens Conscientiology, a non-profit group operat- Coincidences: Chance or Fate? (see * ing in seven countries, which aims to clarify 3/92), Sydney-based journalist/author Ken the phenomenon with the general public. Anderson aims partly to entertain but mainly Dr Vieira's book, Projections of the to raise awareness of the ubiquitous yet Consciousness, is one of only a couple of his mysterious phenomenon of coincidence. dozen books that has been translated from Anderson explains how the mechanistic Portuguese into English, long after its origi- thinking of the 17th century put a damper on nal publication. It is based on his diary the public's attitude to coincidence as a records of 60 significant out-of-body experi- demonstration of our connectedness with ences that he underwent in the second half nature, the universe and each other. Then, of 1979, and they represent the broad spec- in the early 20th century, thinking changed trum of experiences possible beyond this again, with Jung's theorising on synchronici- physical dimension—from encounters with ty and mathematicians analysing coinci- disoriented, departed ones and soul entities dences in terms of statistical analysis. And 76 * NEXUS now, at the millennium turnover, with peo- ple becoming increasingly aware of coinci- dence in their lives, some authors believe this signifies humanity is on the brink of a huge expansion in consciousness. Yet Anderson doesn't necessarily agree, suggest- ing instead that the subject should be approached with objectivity, but he contin- ues to be amazed by the way coincidences creep into people's lives. He advocates keeping a coincidences diary as an aide- mémoire for finding deeper meanings and greater self-understanding. The Coincidence File is divided into three parts. The first part presents accounts from people who claim their lives have been enriched by coincidence, and touches on awareness, morphic resonance, intuition, miracles, names and numbers; the second, published accounts from around the world; and the third part looks at the uncanny simi- larities of the Lincoln and Kennedy assassi- nations. Don't be surprised if it changes your attitude to coincidences in your life. édincidence Sateeutain & ‘Tron: APRIL — MAY 2000