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72 * NEXUS & REVIEWS THE ARCADIAN CIPHER Blake's nearly 20 years of notes. Their "big _ purportedly was involved as a medical offi- The Quest to Crack the Code of picture" story takes in the esoteric archaeol- a during the infamous ae Philadelphia istianity' ogy of Babylon and Egypt, the mystical Xperiment in radar invisibility or teleporta- CHa Ce er eee cncaee te oon of tenemos) Sidgwick & Jackson, UK, 2000 the Crucifixion and the political imperative Author Alexandra Bruce provides more ISBN 0-283-07288 (286pp tpb) behind Jesus and Mary Magdalene's reputed _ fascinating tangents to the unfathomable Price: A$30.70; NZ$n/a (pb available Dec escape to France. Blake's thesis cannot be layers of these stories; and in studying and 2001 7 £9 99 , proved absolutely—as he admits—but it's interviewing individuals whose sanity, or at we . uncanny that his trail culminated in his find- _ least their versions of the facts, is open to Available: Aust/NZ/UK— Macmillan, ing such significant evidence where he did. question, she herself risks crossing the website www.macmillan.com boundaries of credibility—but all is forgiven peuaton oth Remes‘e-Ch! THE PHILADELPHIA EXPERIMENT, et Resiy Chek caer ong release of Baigent Leigh and Lincoln's The MURDER: Paral lel Universes and the sad. but often inevitable). So many events * Holy Blood and The Holy Grail, and it is Physics of Insanity discussed cannot be proved, but the context, given a new twist in The Arcadian Cipher. by Alexandra Bruce which takes in quantum physics, parallel Art restorer/historian Peter Blake had Sky Books, USA, 2001 universes and Earth realities, time travel and already become aware of a hidden penta- ISBN 0-09631889-5-X (244pp tpb) altered states of consciousness, cannot be gram geometry underpinning Signorelli's Price: £n/a; NLGf55,90; US$19.95 dismissed lightly. And who says the US painting, The Education of Pan. Later he Available: UK—Enquire NEXUS Office, Navy stopped researching teleportation in realised that Lincoln had uncovered a simi- _ tel 01342 322854; Europe—NEXUS 1943? Bruce drags up an eyewitness who lar geometry in Poussin's The Shepherds of Office, tel +31 (0)321 380558; USA—Sky _ suggests that it's already a reality. Arcadia. (These aren't perfect pentagrams, Books, www.time-travel.com/skybooks; ey mind you, and any five courdinates can be Adventures Unlimited, tel er 5) 253 6390, =P HI AD ELE H | A turned into a pentagram.) So, when Blake 'o get the most out of this book, you nee mh fl ' superimposed the pentagrams of related to have some familiarity with the "leg- “ii EX P ER IM EN i) paintings onto a map of the Rennes-le- ends" of the Philadelphia Experiment and “ Chateau region, he saw more precise clues. the Montauk Project. The central character oS His location search took him to the very of The Philadelphia Experiment Murder is _ =e. place Poussin depicted in The Shepherds of _ Phil Schneider, a geologist who claims to Arcadia—below which, in the cliff face, he have been a subcontractor on US black- discovered two small cavern-tombs contain- —_ budget military projects. Flaunting retribu- ing relevant clues, but any sarcophagi there- _ tion under the National Security Act, he was in had long since been removed. Could a regular on the UFO lecture circuit from the these have been the secret burial places of 1980s, speaking out about secret govern- « Jesus and Mary Magdalene that were sought —_ ment/alien liaisons—until he died under sus- by the Merovingian king Dagobert I, the picious circumstances in 1996. Knights Templars and even the Nazis? And It turns out that Phil Schneider was the son did Dagobert find and raid these tombs? of Oscar Otto Schneider, a former German In 1998, Peter Blake began collaborating U-boat captain who was secretly recruited . pepe atl with writer Paul Blezard, who augmented into the US Navy during World War II—and Blake's nearly 20 years of notes. Their "big picture" story takes in the esoteric archaeol- ogy of Babylon and Egypt, the mystical Kabbalah and the Gnostics, the "myth" of the Crucifixion and the political imperative behind Jesus and Mary Magdalene's reputed escape to France. Blake's thesis cannot be proved absolutely—as he admits—but it's uncanny that his trail culminated in his find- ing such significant evidence where he did. purportedly was involved as a medical offi- cer during the infamous 1943 Philadelphia Experiment in radar invisibility or teleporta- tion (depending on the story). Author Alexandra Bruce provides more fascinating tangents to the unfathomable layers of these stories; and in studying and interviewing individuals whose sanity, or at least their versions of the facts, is open to question, she herself risks crossing the boundaries of credibility—but all is forgiven in her "Reality Check" chapter (losing friends when you're in this line of research is sad, but often inevitable). So many events discussed cannot be proved, but the context, which takes in quantum physics, parallel universes and Earth realities, time travel and altered states of consciousness, cannot be dismissed lightly. And who says the US Navy stopped researching teleportation in 1943? Bruce drags up an eyewitness who suggests that it's already a reality. PHILADELPHIA A EXPERIMENT = a nt. ALEXANDRA BEC Er Poh WY Ali MOOK JUNE — JULY 2001 www.nexusmagazine.com