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REVIEWS Is there any way out of this bind of the mythological planet since the end of the last B oO oO K S "human condition"? Is the human condition __ ice age, around 12,159 BC, taking in the really just conditioning by abstract informa- _ next catastrophe around 10,373 BC, the end MIND WARS: tion systems—ideas that reproduce them- of Atlantis in 9481 BC, Noah's Flood in The Battle For Your Brain selves in extradimensional space? And how 3237 BC, the Exodus Comet of 1453 BC, by lan McFadyen do we really know what's true? McFadyen Velikovsky's Event of 800 BC, and, most Publisher: Allen & Unwin, Aust, 2000 offers some mechanisms to help us tran- recently, the Little Ice Age of AD 1223. ISBN: 1-865083-16-X (226pp tpb) scend the mental constructs implanted by They say the next event, which could result doctrines affecting life, particularly in sci- in a new ice age, a planetary axis shift, cata- ence and the arts. He also encourages us to _Strophic-scale tsunamis, earthquakes and be ever vigilant, rigorous and courageous in _Volcanic eruptions, is expected at Draco's Price: A$22.95; NZ$29.95 Available: Australia—Allen & Unwin, tel (02) 8425 0100, website www.allen- seeking to know our own minds. next perihelion, when it is closest to Earth in unwin.com.au; New Zealand—Archetype/ the year 2115. And all that from a planet Allen & Unwin, tel (09) 377 3800 THE DRAGON'S TAIL: which is not yet acknowledged by science! EXUS readers might expect a book 7 . The authors of The Dragon's Tail owe called Mind Wars to be about mind con- Rediscovering the Tenth Planet much to Mother Shipton, and suggest this trol technologies employed by covert intelli by Anthony Austin & Brian Crowley next flypast could be the one she foresaw. gence agency operatives against unsuspect- Publisher: IllumiNet Press, USA, 2000 Could the "Dragon's tail" be the debris from ing targets. But this incisive commentary by !SBN: 1-881532-22-4 (246pp tpb) this next planetary near-miss? Sprinkling Ian McFadyen, an Australian TV comedy Price: A$35.00; NZ$49.00; £14.95; scientific findings with mythology and eye- actor, scriptwriter and producer as wellasa_ NLGfn/a; USD$18.95 + s&h witness accounts from earlier civilisations, former science journalist, is about mind con- Available: Australia/NZ— NEXUS offices; _ the authors are somewhat self-indulgent in trol minus the high-tech: intelligent humans | UK—Counter Productions, tel 020 7274 getting their message across and also resort who allow themselves to become slaves to 9009; Europe—Enquire NEXUS Office, tel to wild speculation, which makes their thesis self-perpetuating belief systems. +31 321 380558; USA—IIlumiNet Press, more difficult to digest than need be. To explain his perspective, McFadyen has _ tel (770) 279 2745; Adventures Unlimited, coined the term "tenetics": the study of tel (815) 253 6390 tenets and how they control the replication here has been much speculation about and evolution of doctrines—just like biolog- the possibility that a planet exists ical systems—which thus control human beyond the orbit of Pluto. The Sumerians ta | beings, behaviour and ultimately our history _ knew it as "Nibiru", according to Zecharia ® and evolution. I'm reminded here of the Sitchin; some astronomers refer to it today Sragon iy Fail great teacher Krishnamurti's advice that true —_as "Planet X"; and Anthony Austin (Pollock) as freedom is beyond dogma, beyond the and Brian Crowley, in The Dragon's Tail, r known, and in an equally well-reasoned way _call it "Draco". In their second collaboration McFadyen makes a similar point. It's ironic, since their 1989 book, Return to Mars: A he says, that those with higher academic Search for Humanity's True Origins, Austin intelligence may be most susceptible to and Crowley argue that Draco is the cause of mental programming. Is it any wonderhow —_ doomsday cataclysms of varying degrees readily certain sci/tech advances can be so affecting Earth every 892 years. stymied by institutions of higher learning? The authors plot the chart of the errant 72 ¢ NEXUS mythological planet since the end of the last ice age, around 12,159 BC, taking in the next catastrophe around 10,373 BC, the end of Atlantis in 9481 BC, Noah's Flood in 3237 BC, the Exodus Comet of 1453 BC, Velikovsky's Event of 800 BC, and, most recently, the Little Ice Age of AD 1223. They say the next event, which could result in a new ice age, a planetary axis shift, cata- strophic-scale tsunamis, earthquakes and volcanic eruptions, is expected at Draco's next perihelion, when it is closest to Earth in the year 2115. And all that from a planet which is not yet acknowledged by science! The authors of The Dragon's Tail owe much to Mother Shipton, and suggest this next flypast could be the one she foresaw. Could the "Dragon's tail" be the debris from this next planetary near-miss? Sprinkling scientific findings with mythology and eye- witness accounts from earlier civilisations, the authors are somewhat self-indulgent in getting their message across and also resort to wild speculation, which makes their thesis more difficult to digest than need be. wares ee? i a Sragon s Tail Spateccoprnag fie oat Maat DECEMBER 2000 — JANUARY 2001