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REVIEWS designed to imitate K2's glacier? Spurious above Orion; at that time, according to the ideas, you may think, but ones that require coded warnings, the Sun will erupt with us to think outside the square. megabursts of magnetic activity, which will Reviewed by Ruth Parnell So what was the purpose of this signpost in turn cause the Earth's magnetic field to K2: QUEST OF THE GODS of antiquity? Ellis goes out on a limb, sug- reverse and the planet to spin in reverse and gesting that the map points to the location of flip on its axis. The last time this happened by Ralph Ellis the legendary Hall of Records. And he went was in 9792 BC, Geryl has deduced from Edfu Books, UK, & AUP, USA, 2001 so far as to venture there in the hope of find- the records. The resultant crustal slip, vol- ISBN 0-9531913-62-2 (UK) ing clues to hidden doorways and shafts canic eruptions, earthquakes and mega tidal 0-932813-99-2 (USA) (188pp tpb) matching those of the Great Pyramid. His waves will lay waste to the planet and most Price: A$33.00; NZ$47.00 + p&h; £10.00; expedition was foiled, unfortunately, so the of its inhabitants. All electronic communi- Euro20.90 inc. p&h; US$16.00 + s&h ultimate test of his theory is yet to come. cation systems will become inoperable. Availability: Australia/NZ/UK/Europe— Geryl and Ratinckx are convinced that the NEXUS offices; USA—AUP, tel (815) 253 THE ORION PROPHECY Egyptians and Maya had a common ances- 6390, www.adventuresunlimitedpress.com tor, the Atlanteans, who left behind addition- Surely the architects of Khemit, ancient by Patrick Geryl & Gino Ratinckx al coded information within a labyrynth in Egypt, received inspiration for the design Adventures Unlimited Press, USA, 2001 Egypt, and the authors believe they know its of their pyramids from the natural pyramid- ISBN 0-932813-91-7 (264pp tpb) precise location. Geryl implores us to take shaped landforms found in the desert west of Price: A$35.00; NZ$49.00 + p&h; £16.50 this information seriously and prepare for the Nile. Maybe, but this is not Ralph Ellis's inc. p&h; Euro21.90; US$16.95 + s&h how we might survive the cataclysm and territory in his sequel to Thoth: Architect of Availability: Aust/NZ/UK/Europe— warn future generations. As we watch our the Universe (see review in 5/05). NEXUS offices; USA—AUP, tel (815) 253 Sun exhibiting strange activity, we'd do well Ellis reasons from his detailed studies of 6390, www.adventuresunlimitedpress.com to ponder this Earth-shattering prophecy. the geometry that the cross-section of the Asuper-catastrophe will befall the Earth Great Pyramid is a map whose area can be in late December 2012, just as it did understood when it is turned upside down. nearly 12,000 years ago, and 12,000 years The King's Chamber is a representation of before that, says researcher Patrick Geryl. Africa, the Grand Gallery depicts India and In developing his thesis for The Orion Asia, and the roof of the Queen's Chamber Prophecy, he teamed up with archaeo- portrays the Karakoram triangle near the astronomer Gino Ratinckx to shed light on Hindu Kush in the western Himalaya. his study into ancient Egyptian artefacts— At the upper centre of this inverted triangle particularly the Zodiac in the Temple of is K2, arguably the world's second-highest Dendera and the Egyptian Book of the Dead mountain. But what was so special about as well as the Dresden Codex of the Maya. this region? Had Alexander the Great been He has discovered that these artefacts all onto something when he staged "Dionysian" include precise mathematical and astronomi- expeditions there? Had the Great Pyramid, cal information about the cyclical nature of originally encased in gleaming white lime- these prophesied "end times" events, includ- stone, been built to mimic K2—a four-sided ing knowledge of sunspot megacycles and peak oriented to the four cardinal points, the precession of the zodiac constellations. though having an orientation differing by 90 The imminent sign will be in the sky when degrees? Was the Pyramid's causeway Venus moves in a retrograde circular motion FEBRUARY – MARCH 2002 www.nexusmagazine.com NEXUS • 71