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© REVIEWS the wider conspiracy contexts), and the com- So many of these names are also members B oO oO K Ss monalities are both fascinating and disturb- of secret societies, be they secular or occult- ; ing. He describes a pattern that is more easi- based. Marrs brings out the usual suspects, Reviewed by Ruth Parnell ly seen from the outside and often only seen _ from the CFR, TC and Skull and Bones to ROGUE MESSIAHS: in hindsight, but not by those in denial that the Rothschilds and the Royal Institute of Tales of Self-Proclaimed Saviors their guru could be a cosmic conman. International Affairs. by Colin Wilson Wilson doesn't dismiss spiritual teachers; He then traces their fingerprints through to i : ichi it's just that so few of them don't get caught __ the Nazi and Thule cults, and weaves into pears Wage UK 2001 tte boob. up in egotistical power trips. His narrative the web the Theosophists and earlier occult ; W a ma and insights could be helpful to those com- __— movements including the Illuminati, 200%, papeback oly), orem wth he dle of el. Feemasons and Rovira he rights ISBN: 1-57174-175-5 (368pp he, USA) ene a tod by ox pon nd pr oft, i: ultimate source of the linea, e in Sumeria Price: £7.99; US$22.95 + s&h than motivated By Sex, power anc’ prot d the in ge In» . : . an by love, spirit and truth. and the influence of the Anunnaki gods. Available: UK—The Book Suppliers, tel While by no means the last word, Marrs's 01206 255678, USA—Hampton Roads RULE BY SECRECY book nevertheless conveys a sense of how Publishing, tel (804) 296 2772, website by Jim Marrs big the big picture really is. Without being www.hrpub.com Ht lisher: . drawn to either side of the political fence, f there's a key message to be gleaned from ublisher: HarperCollins, USA, 2000 Marrs calls on ordinary people to become Colin Wilson's latest book, Rogue ISBN: 0-06-019368-9 (467pp he) more aware of those powers who would Messiahs, it is that we are our own individ- Price: A$54.95; NZ$84.95; £25.00 inc. force the surrender of individual and nation- ual saviours, in control of our destiny with- p&h; US$27.00; C$41 50 al sovereignty, and to break free of cycles of out any need to give away personal power Available: Australia/ New Zealand/USA— control that have hindered humanity's evolu- and truth to some self-proclaimed messiah. HarperCollins Publishers; UK—NEXUS tionary progress for millennia. It's astounding to see how history is littered Office, tel +44 (0)1342 322854 with examples of apparently ordinary people t's a brave thing to try to summarise the who have become religious leaders, and entire history of Western conspiracy think- over time have become violent, sexually ing in one volume, but investigative journal- promiscuous, paranoid and fanatical—and to _ ist Jim Marrs attempts just that in Rule by see how history repeats itself. It's disquiet- Secrecy, and does it rather well. ing to realise how history is also repeated Marrs, author of Alien Agenda, is one of when ordinary people seeking something the few writers whose overview of conspira- extraordinary can get so carried away that cies takes in the ultimate "what if" scenario: they lose their rational faculties and feed extraterrestrials, and the secret societies that their leader's need for adoration and power. may ultimately be their front. Curiously, Some may even get caught up in crime. this is a question that many diehard conspir- Colin Wilson, prolific author of more than _acy researchers refuse to allow into their orb 80 books including The Occult and From of thinking. A pattern emerges where the Atlantis to the Sphinx, analyses the psycho- same elite names crop up on the same logical make-up of these so-called "rogue boards of companies involved in secret messiahs" by delving into their personal his- _ defence business as in banking, biotechnolo- JIM MARRS tories and proclivities (but not necessarily gy, chemicals, drugs, food, media and oil. the wider conspiracy contexts), and the com- monalities are both fascinating and disturb- ing. He describes a pattern that is more easi- ly seen from the outside and often only seen in hindsight, but not by those in denial that their guru could be a cosmic conman. Wilson doesn't dismiss spiritual teachers; it's just that so few of them don't get caught up in egotistical power trips. His narrative and insights could be helpful to those com- ing to terms with the disillusionment of real- ising that the object of their devotion may be more motivated by sex, power and profit than by love, spirit and truth. So many of these names are also members of secret societies, be they secular or occult- based. Marrs brings out the usual suspects, from the CFR, TC and Skull and Bones to the Rothschilds and the Royal Institute of International Affairs. He then traces their fingerprints through to the Nazi and Thule cults, and weaves into the web the Theosophists and earlier occult movements including the Illuminati, Freemasons and Rosicrucians, the Knights Templar and Merovingians. He sees the ultimate source of the lineage in Sumeria and the influence of the Anunnaki gods. While by no means the last word, Marrs's book nevertheless conveys a sense of how big the big picture really is. Without being drawn to either side of the political fence, Marrs calls on ordinary people to become more aware of those powers who would force the surrender of individual and nation- al sovereignty, and to break free of cycles of control that have hindered humanity's evolu- tionary progress for millennia. NEXUS -71 DECEMBER 2000 — JANUARY 2001