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= REVIEWS Elven bloodline, and he re-establishes their B oO oO K S long-lost lineages in a series of detailed genealogical charts. REALM OF THE RING LORDS The Western spiritual and cultural heritage by Laurence Gardner comes from a source more ancient than reli- Publisher: MediaQuest, UK, 2000 gious and academic teachings concede. ISBN: 0-9537686-7-8 (422pp hc) Gardner admits he can only scratch the sur- Price: £18.99 in UK; £26.00 to Aust/NZ; face of the culture of concealment, but he US$36.95 inc. s&h to USA/Canada does an admirable job in awakening us to a Available: UK—NEXUS Office, tel +44 vast, rich, underground stream of history. (0)1342 322854, fax +44 (0)1342 324574, e-mail nexus@ukoffice.u-net.com MYSTERY IN ACAMBARO EXUS Conference-goers and readers by Charles H. Hapgood have already had a sneak-peek into the —_ [Intro & Foreword by D.H. Childress territory of Sir Laurence Gardner's new Publisher: Adventures Unlimited Press, book, Realm of the Ring Lords (see 6/056). USA, 2000 (first published in 1973) It's complementary to Bloodline of the Holy |SBN: 0-932813-76-3 (153pp tpb) Grail and Genesis of the Grail Kings in that Price: A$33.00; NZ$48.00; £14.00 inc. it pursues the mythology and history of a p&h; NLGfn/a; 'US$1 4.95 + s&h , quest that was concurrent with, ifnotone Available: Aust/NZ/UK/Eur— NEXUS and the same as, the Grail: the Ring Quest. offices; USA—Adventures Unlimited, tel The symbolism of the Ring, representing —_(g16)'35.3°6390, www.wexclub.com/aup wholeness, unity and eternity, goes back at curious collection of fired clay figurines least 5,000 years, Gardner explains, to the was discovered in Acdmbaro, central “earliest of Sumerian and Scythian times" Pear and the influence of the so-called Anunnaki Mexico, in 1944 by Waldemar Julsrud, a local German businessman and amateur overlords. The Ring lore, preserved in fairy : : . . archaeologist. In the mid-1960s, geologist/ tales, myths and the Western collective anthropologist Charles Hapgood (author of Maps of the Ancient Sea Kings and Path of the Pole), together with Earle Stanley R EALM Gardner (author of the Perry Mason myster- ‘OF IKE ies) set out to determine the alleged antiqui- ss * ty of the bizarre objects, many of which R I N G L R D S depicted dinosaur- and monster-like crea- tures, sometimes in the company of humans and even reptilian alien figures. In 1973, Professor Hapgood wrote an unpublished booklet, Mystery in Acdmbaro (reprinted here in full), wherein he discusses the feasibility of these figurines being sourced from an ancient culture, and the results of radiocarbon tests that suggest the artefacts could be anywhere from 6,500 to 3,100 years old. Thermoluminesence testing yielded a date of 2500 BC: 4,500 years old, and coinciding with the occupation of the Pyramid of Cuilcuilco, according to Hapgood. Yet the source and purpose of these clay figures, 33,500 objects in all, still eludes definitive explanation. Author/explorer David Hatcher Childress has reprinted Professor Hapgood's study and adds his own embellishments with a fore- word titled "Did dinosaurs survive until recently?", and an introduction, "The Reality of Dragons". If these artefacts are ancient, we have to question how such images were known to the local people, and Childress suggests there is evidence that dinosaurs still exist in remote parts of the world. But if they are recent, this means they are a hoax. Yet looking at the photos, you have to mar- vel at the sheer numbers of figurines pro- duced and the imagination employed. memory, is actually based on historical per- sonalities and events. But these great narra- tives of questing, like those of the Grail, were subverted and trivialised by the Church from the time of the Dark Ages, for at their core was the goal of individual enlighten- ment—which was anathema to an institution hellbent on controlling souls and minds. Thus scenarios depicting pixies, elves, fairies, gnomes, goblins and sprites, and tales featuring Cinderella, Robin Hood, the Sleeping Beauty and Count Dracula, are more than mere fantasy. Here, Gardner brings them back to life (aided, too, by some beautiful colour plates) within historical contexts and human dramas as Dragon Queens and Albigensian Grail Kings of the BOOKS REALM OF THE RING LORDS by Laurence Gardner Publisher: MediaQuest, UK, 2000 ISBN: 0-9537686-7-8 (422pp hc) Price: £18.99 in UK; £26.00 to Aust/NZ; US$36.95 inc. s&h to USA/Canada Available: UK—NEXUS Office, tel +44 (0)1342 322854, fax +44 (0)1342 324574, e-mail nexus@ukoffice.u-net.com EXUS Conference-goers and readers have already had a sneak-peek into the territory of Sir Laurence Gardner's new book, Realm of the Ring Lords (see 6/05-6). It's complementary to Bloodline of the Holy Grail and Genesis of the Grail Kings in that it pursues the mythology and history of a quest that was concurrent with, if not one and the same as, the Grail: the Ring Quest. The symbolism of the Ring, representing wholeness, unity and eternity, goes back at least 5,000 years, Gardner explains, to the “earliest of Sumerian and Scythian times" and the influence of the so-called Anunnaki overlords. The Ring lore, preserved in fairy tales, myths and the Western collective REALM OF JHE RING LORD LAURENCE memory, is actually based on historical per- sonalities and events. But these great narra- tives of questing, like those of the Grail, were subverted and trivialised by the Church from the time of the Dark Ages, for at their core was the goal of individual enlighten- ment—which was anathema to an institution hellbent on controlling souls and minds. Thus scenarios depicting pixies, elves, fairies, gnomes, goblins and sprites, and tales featuring Cinderella, Robin Hood, the Sleeping Beauty and Count Dracula, are more than mere fantasy. Here, Gardner brings them back to life (aided, too, by some beautiful colour plates) within historical contexts and human dramas as Dragon Queens and Albigensian Grail Kings of the NEXUS 77 DECEMBER 2000 — JANUARY 2001