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REVIEWS MAYAN GENESIS: counter-current, from those lands back to one case in point, continues to yield surpris- South Asian Myths, Migrations and Central America. These currents formed the __ ing finds during excavation of its vast com- Iconography in Mesoamerica obvious migration or trade routes for long- pound—evidence that leads to the inevitable by Graeme R. Kearsley distance mariners, Kearsley says, and their conclusion that a highly advanced culture Yelsraek, UK 2001 use goes back at least several millennia. had to have been in place before any "sud- ISBN nla ( 098 tob Kearsley goes into as much detail on the den rise" of Egypt's First Kingdom was pos- Price: £27.00 PK: US$40.00 overseas Maya and other Mesoamerican cultures and sible. So what was this technology? And fi UK: US$39 95 , ah fi . AUP their Indian, Southeast Asian and Pacific has it been rediscovered? , nail bility. UK. 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Brennan believes that in more recent times mayangenesis@b' intemel.conm website inventors such as Tesla, Keely and various www.mayan-genesis.com, — THE SECRET HISTORY OF ANCIENT Eastern bloc psychotronics researchers may Adventures Unlimited, tel (815) 253 6390, EGYPT: Elocilelty, Sondes a well have rediscovered some of the keys. : 3 www.adventuresunlimitedpress.com he academic establishment can be very So may have Ed Leedskalnin, creator of the Disappearance of an Advanced Coral Castle in Florida (see Bruce Cathie's closed-minded about alternative theories Civilisation article last issue), whose amazing feats at on the origins of various ancient civilisa- by Herbie Brennan lifting heavy blocks suggest that the Great tions, and UK-based researcher Graeme Piatkus, UK, 2001 Pyramid could have been built by 5,000 men Kearsley has had his fair share of battles. ISBN 0-7499-2174-9 (218pp tpb) in under 30 years, according to Brennan. But through Mayan Genesis he aims to set Price: A$32.95; NZ$39.95; £10.99; While by no means an academic treatise, the record straight on that great question of NLG 42.90, Euro19.90; C$n/a , Brennan's book is a sufficiently erudite contact between Asia or Europe and the Availability: Aust—Hodder Headline, tel account of the "show so far" and points to Americas via oceanic migration. (02) 8248 0800; NZ—NEXUS Office, tel the new path that Egyptologists must tread. In this vast book, containing over 1200 (09) 405 1963; UK—Piatkus Books, tel b&w illustrations, Kearsley shows that the 020 7631 0710, email info@piatkus.co.uk, culture of the Maya in Central America was — www.piatkus.co.uk; Europe—NEXUS heavily influenced by migrations out of Office, tel +31 (0)321 380558; Canada— India, Sri Lanka and even the Middle East General Publishing, tel (416) 445 3333 (e.g., the Mandaeans of northern Syria) and n another readily approachable book, pro- on through Southeast Asia and across the lific Irish author Herbie Brennan again Pacific. This is evidenced in the similarities delves into the anomalies of Egyptology and of iconography, divine and heroic myths, concludes that the massive monuments of calendar systems, rituals, language and soon the Nile Valley and environs had a much in these lands. Apart from seafaring means earlier history than the academics would and abilities, what facilitated these have us believe. In line with recent studies intermigrations were the ocean currents: the — by Stephen Mehler (see reviews this issue) north equatorial current, flowing from and Christopher Dunn, Brennan points to a Central America to Polynesia, Melanesia, culture much more technologically adept Australia, the Philippines, China, Japan, and much older than generally accepted. India and the Middle East, and the equatorial The Stepped Pyramid at Saqqara, being counter-current, from those lands back to Central America. These currents formed the obvious migration or trade routes for long- distance mariners, Kearsley says, and their use goes back at least several millennia. Kearsley goes into as much detail on the Maya and other Mesoamerican cultures and their Indian, Southeast Asian and Pacific influences as he can in this one hefty vol- ume, and hopefully his work will open up this field for some rigorous discussion. one case in point, continues to yield surpris- ing finds during excavation of its vast com- pound—evidence that leads to the inevitable conclusion that a highly advanced culture had to have been in place before any "sud- den rise" of Egypt's First Kingdom was pos- sible. So what was this technology? And has it been rediscovered? It undoubtedly utilised an understanding of resonance, sonics and harmonics, and Brennan believes that in more recent times inventors such as Tesla, Keely and various Eastern bloc psychotronics researchers may well have rediscovered some of the keys. So may have Ed Leedskalnin, creator of the Coral Castle in Florida (see Bruce Cathie's article last issue), whose amazing feats at lifting heavy blocks suggest that the Great Pyramid could have been built by 5,000 men in under 30 years, according to Brennan. While by no means an academic treatise, Brennan's book is a sufficiently erudite account of the "show so far" and points to the new path that Egyptologists must tread. i " . oF ata F THE SECRET Hittoay of ANCIENT EGYPT NEXUS +75 DECEMBER 2001 — JANUARY 2002 www.nexusmagazine.com