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REVIEWS PHYSICS OF THE SOUL: To try to answer the question of whether we _ tone is believed to have come from The Quantum Book of Living, Dying, have a soul and whether it survives and Megiddo's history as a battleground, the first Reincarnation and Immortality transmigrates after death, Goswami includes _ major one between Egypt and the Hittite by Amit Goswami, PhD in his model of consciousness the idea of a confederacy which included Syrian and Hampton Roads US ‘A. 2001 soul-like entity, the quantum monad, that Lebanese forces. But prophecies are power- Y ’ mediates reincarnation. But he sees this asa _ful, and Childress warns of evil forces that ISBN 1-57174-332-4 (279pp pb) model that can be applied in real life. We would try to fulfill the "end of days" sce- Nlayay 00 Euroe1 a0, Weiees can live as an individual quantum monad if nario and start the "ultimate battle" at Har Availability: Australia—try Gemcraft, tel W€ C4” "discover our dharma, destiny and Mégickdon in line with Revelation 16. (03) 9761 Loam: NZ_ NEXUS Office. tel bliss and follow it", and learn to see death as Childress diverts us through other lost : , a creative opportunity on the evolutionary civilisations that have had their own "end (09) 405 1963; UK— Airlift, tel 0800 018 path. This is solid material for finding a days"—in Babylon, the Gobi Desert, South 5450; Europe—NEXUS Office, USA— "more fluid self-identification beyond ego". _ America, the Pacific, Egypt and Africa— Hampton Roads, tel (804) 296 2772, web- : "and speculates on the rise of secret societies site www.hrpub.com * and the transfer of occult knowledge through r Amit Goswami, a physicist based at A HITCHHIKER'S GUIDE TO the ages. In the light of his own brushes the University of Oregon and scholar- ARMAGEDDON . with the agents of "the Octopus" in recent in-residence at the Institute for Noetic by David Hatcher Childress years, he analyses the possibility of an Sciences, has written or co-written six books Adventures Unlimited Press, USA, 2001 Armageddon script being played out today on quantum physics and related subjects ISBN 0-932813-84-4 (369pp tpb) in the escalation of conflict in the Middle such as consciousness, creativity and spiritu- Price: A$37.00; NZ$45.00; £15.50; East. Will it be Star Wars style, and will we ality. His basic stance is that consciousness, NLGf47.90, Euro21.90; US$16.95 + s&h be able to believe our eyes? A mind-bend- not matter, is the ground of all being, and he —_ Availability: Aust/NZ/UK/Europe— ing travelogue with a difference. illustrates this using ancient Indian yogic NEXUS offices; USA—AUP, tel (815) 253 science which he takes further into the quan- 6390, www.adventuresunlimitedpress.com tum world. This new paradigm of science— A‘ we contemplate the prospect of a mod- science within consciousness—he believes ern-day "Armageddon", it's timely to can be extended to explain all sorts of "non- _ look at the vestiges of history for clues as to locality" anomalies in biology, cognitive sci- | why we're in our current predicament. This ence, psychology and so on. is Childress's intention in this latest (and In his latest book, Physics of the Soul, Dr final) Lost Cities book, and here he weaves Goswami extends the boundaries further by more than two dozen years of travelling exploring and attempting to explain the experiences in with his historical research physics of death, soul survival and evolution and philosophical perspectives. as well as reincarnation. While acknowl- We know the concept of Armageddon edging and drawing on modern thinkers like from the Apocalypse of John, but Childress Zukav, Wilber, Sheldrake, Grof, Fred Alan investigates its origin, leading us to Har Wolf, Franklin Merrell-Wolff and others, Megiddon, the Mount of Megiddo—site of a the main territory for his inspiration in citadel supposedly established in the 4th applying quantum physics to death and rein- —_ millennium BC by the Philistines at the cen- carnation is The Tibetan Book of the Dead. tre of a vast trade route. The prophetic over- To try to answer the question of whether we have a soul and whether it survives and transmigrates after death, Goswami includes in his model of consciousness the idea of a soul-like entity, the quantum monad, that mediates reincarnation. But he sees this as a model that can be applied in real life. We can live as an individual quantum monad if we can "discover our dharma, destiny and bliss and follow it", and learn to see death as a creative opportunity on the evolutionary path. This is solid material for finding a "more fluid self-identification beyond ego". tone is believed to have come from Megiddo's history as a battleground, the first major one between Egypt and the Hittite confederacy which included Syrian and Lebanese forces. But prophecies are power- ful, and Childress warns of evil forces that would try to fulfill the "end of days" sce- nario and start the "ultimate battle" at Har Megiddon in line with Revelation 16. Childress diverts us through other lost civilisations that have had their own "end days'"—in Babylon, the Gobi Desert, South America, the Pacific, Egypt and Africa— and speculates on the rise of secret societies and the transfer of occult knowledge through the ages. In the light of his own brushes with the agents of "the Octopus" in recent years, he analyses the possibility of an Armageddon script being played out today in the escalation of conflict in the Middle East. Will it be Star Wars style, and will we be able to believe our eyes? A mind-bend- ing travelogue with a difference. NEXUS + 73 DECEMBER 2001 — JANUARY 2002 www.nexusmagazine.com