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REVIEWS advance for the life we are reborn into, and into antiquity the authors do not say. B oO oO K Ss that the personality is not lost at death but In the Hellenised Mediterranean world of also evolves. Dr Vieira regards it as fact the first few centuries BCE, the Alexandrian OUR EVOLUTION that our consciousness is shaped by anaccu- —_ Jews, in particular the Therapeutae, were by Waldo Vieira, MD mulation of life-after-life experiences. keen to incorporate the essentials of these Publisher: IIPC, Brazil, 1999 The terminology Dr Vieira uses requires mysteries into their scriptures, and a Gnostic SBN: 85-86019-42-9 (183pp tpb) some getting used to—every experienced tradition sprang up before any historical Price: £8.00 + £3 p&h; US$11.95; out-of-body traveller seems to have different Jesus was supposed to have lived, Freke and C$20.00; US$22.00 inc. p&h to Aust/NZ expressions for the same territories—but the | Gandy contend. A Jewish Messiah was Available: UK—lInternational Institute of extensive glossary is helpful if you get lost. deemed to be the ideal persona to portray an Projectiology and Conscientology, tel +44 This is profound yet practical material to Osiris-Dionysus figure, and so he was writ- 020 7723 0544, e-mail London@iipc.org; help optimise performance on all levels in ten into history, fulfilling the prophecies, by USA—IIPC-NY, tel (212) 869 4595, e-mail __ this life—and way beyond. the 2nd century CE in Alexandria. The story newyork@iipc.org, website www jipc.org was meant to be a spiritual allegory; but by his next book by Brazilian consciousness THE JESUS MYSTERIES: Was the placing it in a time frame it was inevitable researcher Dr Waldo Vieira to be trans- Original Jesus a Pagan God? that future generations would interpret it as lated into English is not so much an out-of- by Timothy Freke and Peter Gandy exoteric truth. The rest 18 (tragic) history! body training manual but a guide to the evo- _ Publisher: Thorsons, UK, 1999 Freke and Gandy don't deny that their con- lution of consciousness. Dr Vieira has spent ISBN: 0-7225-3677-1 (424pp pb) clusions ish oy challenging ey Chistian much of the last 40 years exploring the com- Price: A$16.95; NZ$24.95; £6.99 (and Jewish) belief systems, but feel that we . . . their message will strengthen the resolve of plexities and nuances of consciousness and Available: Aust/NZ/UK— Harper Collins, those who seek true spiritual gnosis. multidimensional reality via out-of-body website www.thorsons.com projection (see review in 7/03). lhe historical Jesus never existed, and SUNDAY TIMES TOP 10 BESTSELLER We all inhabit these extraphysical realms what passes for "gospel truth" in the of relative truth, though we may not be con- ~—_ New Testament was a Gnostic rewriting of sciously aware that we do, but with disci- ancient Pagan god-man death and resurrec- pline and will we can learn to access myriad _ tion myths, conclude authors Timothy Freke layers of knowledge to assist in our evolu- and Peter Gandy in The Jesus Mysteries. tion as beings with ego, intelligence, soul These myths, or the secret teachings of the and spirit. Dr Vieira asks us to reflect on ancient mystery schools, were placed in a this primary affirmation and challenge: if Jewish historical context at the beginning of you think self-knowledge demands a great the Piscean Age but were hijacked by what deal of effort, try to evolve with ignorance. became the "Literalist" school, which mor- His book, Our Evolution, is full of wise phed into the Church of Rome and ultimate- answers—based on personal experience—to _ly into a politically expedient as a state reli- the fundamental questions that plague gion for Constantine and his empire. humanity: Who am I? What am 1? Where The same "Jesus mystery" had its prece- am | from? Why am I here? Where am I dents in the Egyptian Osiris, the Greek going? He confirms that soul evolutionisa Dionysus, the Persian Mithras, the Syrian reality, that soul groups incarnate together to Adonis, the Roman Bacchus and other god- fulfill specific purposes, that we prepare in man figures, though how far back it goes advance for the life we are reborn into, and that the personality is not lost at death but also evolves. Dr Vieira regards it as fact that our consciousness is shaped by an accu- mulation of life-after-life experiences. The terminology Dr Vieira uses requires some getting used to—every experienced out-of-body traveller seems to have different expressions for the same territories—but the extensive glossary is helpful if you get lost. This is profound yet practical material to help optimise performance on all levels in this life—and way beyond. 76 * NEXUS OCTOBER — NOVEMBER 2000