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REVIEWS failure of duty in not establishing a system for reporting vaccine adverse effects. Most childhood vaccines, she says, are not put through proper clinical trials before being foisted on the defenceless, so the official line that "the benefits far outweigh the risks" is an untested myth until the benefits/risks can be accurately quantified. With comprehensive information on the make-up and effects of vaccines as well as the vested interests in political, medical, pharmaceutical and media fields, Hickman's book is a great contribution to helping par- ents decide without feeling intimidated. failure of duty in not establishing a system historical, archaeological, religious and cul- B oO oO K S for reporting vaccine adverse effects. Most _ tural data but contextualise it within the childhood vaccines, she says, are not put mythical, folkloric and occult background. VACCINATION: The Right Choice? through proper clinical trials before being The authors identify two major themes to by Maureen Hickman foisted on the defenceless, so the official Western magical thinking—one shaped and Publisher: M. Hickman, Australia, 2000 line that "the benefits far outweigh the risks" _ energised by the Greeks in the first millenni- ISBN: 0-646-38724-3 (246pp pb) is an untested myth untae benefits/risks ‘hg BC; the oer, a mut more anent tra- * aa . can be accurately quantified. ition extant thousands of years earlier. oostea sor AS aie oa inetudes With comprehensive information on the They found evidence of the latter on Malta AUD$8.50; UK/Europe/USA p&h add make-up and effects of vaccines as well as in the Hypogeum subterranean temple, and AUD$10.00 the vested interests in political, medical, in Ireland in the legacy of the pre-Celtic . : i . pharmaceutical and media fields, Hickman's Tuatha Dé Danann. . Available: Australia NEXUS Magazine, book is a great contribution to helping par- Taking in the Temple of Artemis at tel (07) 5442 9280; or Maureen Hickman, Ephesus and the Oracle at Delphi; the cave ro BO Etalong Beach, Nsw 2957, ents decide without feeling intimidated. art of Altamira and the menhirs of Brittany; ernailaci@ozema.comau MAGICAL AND MYSTICAL SITES: cian insusvlos of aed he question of whether or not to have Europe and the British Isles places, where the natural world meets the one's child vaccinated is a dilemma for by Elizabeth Pepper & John Wilcock supernatural, conveys the message that parents; but the more information they have, Publisher: Phanes Press, USA, 2000 Western heritage is far more esoteric than the more confident they can be in exercising ISBN: 0-933999-44-5 (300pp tpb) we generally acknowledge. their right to "informed consent". It is in Ayer be UK Ue st e.98 «pan 1020 this spirit of enquiry that Maureen Hickman vallable: —Airlift Book Co., te ACC has written Vaccination: The Right Choice? 8804 0400; USA—Words Distributing Co., digit : L Sydney-based Hickman has drawn on her 1800 593-WORD; Phanes Press, tel (610) oA" : 25 years of para-legal experience and her 456 5740, e-mail phanes@cris.com, web- MYSTICA L expertise in research for legal claims by vac- _ site www.phanes.com 4. IF I ES cine-damaged individuals. Much of the data Mc of us will never get to visit all the she presents relates to Australian cases and ancient, sacred places which are the circumstances, but she also covers develop- foundation of Western occult traditions, but ments in the USA, UK and Europe. this book, Magical and Mystical Sites, is a Hickman addresses the confusion sur- suitable alternative for those who at least rounding the withholding of child care pay- _—_ dream of undertaking such a quest. ments to Australian parents who refuse to Authors Elizabeth Pepper and John have their children vaccinated, and details Wilcock take the reader on a magical mys- consumer rights under the various applicable _ tery tour of Europe and Britain, starting in Acts in Australia, NSW in particular. Ephesus, Turkey, then moving on to the She looks at how the Australia Card we Aegean islands and Greece, Malta, Italy, didn't want is in effect being revamped via Spain and the Basque region, and then to the Australian Childhood Immunisation France and southern Germany and over to Register, and chides the government for its the British Isles. They include a wealth of 74 © NEXUS historical, archaeological, religious and cul- tural data but contextualise it within the mythical, folkloric and occult background. The authors identify two major themes to Western magical thinking—one shaped and energised by the Greeks in the first millenni- um BC; the other, a much more ancient tra- dition extant thousands of years earlier. They found evidence of the latter on Malta in the Hypogeum subterranean temple, and in Ireland in the legacy of the pre-Celtic Tuatha Dé Danann. Taking in the Temple of Artemis at Ephesus and the Oracle at Delphi; the cave art of Altamira and the menhirs of Brittany; Stonehenge in Wiltshire, England, and the raths of Ireland...this travelogue of sacred places, where the natural world meets the supernatural, conveys the message that Western heritage is far more esoteric than we generally acknowledge. MAGICAL FLIEOPE ANID THE BRITISH [SLES ELGCARE TT ITECTER THT a iL 1k JUNE — JULY 2000