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THE DEFINITIVE WEE BOOK ON probing beyond normal sense horizons." who has seriously questioned why the US DOWSING: Dowsing has an astounding array of appli- _-military-industrial complex is stirring up a i cations. Miller touches on locating under- melting pot that is now bubbling over into a by Hamish Maller Our Five Senses ground streams, finding and dating buried likely but unpopular war with Iraq. He's Penwith Press, UK, 2002 pipes and ruins with directional dowsing, also one of the few to take on the broader ISBN 0.953391 B1X (68pp he) map dowsing for pinpointing objects and ramifications of the 1995 Oklahoma City Price: A$23.00 inc p&h; NZ$19.00: missing persons, diagnosing allergies, and bombing (McVeigh was not a lone bomber, £6 40: eurol 1 90 . , ed) identifying human auric, landscape and he says) and the subsequent Clinton-led anti- eee p . planetary energy fields and currents. Above _ terrorism legislation that set the stage for the Availability: Aust—Pauline Roberts, tel all, he opens the door to a perceptual para- Bush II response to the bin Laden terrorist 0407 011 733, email dowsing@divstrat. digm that is changing our world. threat. Vidal reminds us that the public co a Ne otoneprint Press el (99) 318 mindset was already brainwashed by ; UK—Fenwith rress, Ox 11, decades of "an unrelenting demonization of Hayle, Cornwall TR27 6YF, email pen- BERGE WAR FOR PERPETUAL the Muslim world in the ‘American media”. withpress@talk21.com; Europe—NEXUS Included in Vidal's pastiche of "Causes of Office, tel +31 (0)228 324076 by Gore Vidal UK. 2002 first published CoMMlict in the Last Empire” isa list of 200 nyone who's ever had anything to do Clairview Books, UK, (first published — yg military incursions since 1945 (compiled Att dowsing would be inspired by its in USA by Thunder's Mouth Press, 2002) —_by the Federation of American Scientists), practicality and magic. It's not just about ISBN 1-902636-38-4 (160pp tpb, UK), his takes on McVeigh (published in Vanity finding underground water and minerals: it 1-5602-5405-x (tpb, USA) Fair in 1998 and 2001), his 1997 Nation can be as useful for confirming whether Price: A$30.00; NZ$36.95; £8.95 + £2 essay on the new theocrats and the their true food in the fridge has gone off, as it is for p&p; euro12,90; US$10.00 "morality", and his prophetic letter to the US exploring metaphysical dimensions. Availability: Aust—Rudolf Steiner Book President-Elect in December 2000. Long-time dowser Hamish Miller (author Centre, tel (02) 9264 5169; NZ—Ceres Vidal's writings really make us wonder of The Sun and the Serpent, It's Not Too Books, tel (09) 574 0373; UK— who the real evil-doers are. Late and The Dance of the Dragon; see BookSource, tel 0141 5581366; Europe— r 2/17, 6/01, 8/03) has put together a gorgeous + NEXUS Office; USA—Thunder's Mouth little book that has appeal for beginners as Press, tel (212) 614 7880 @) re | a well as lapsed and experienced dowsers eteran US best-selling author Gore Fappefiied fie 'y Perpetin! Peace alike. Each chapter takes up just two pages: Vidal, now living in self-imposed exile — -— on the left is the text, containing choice facts __ in Italy, rails against decades of United and insights; on the right is a beautifully States government hypocrisy at home and drawn diagram or illustration by Jean Hands —_ abroad in Perpetual War for Perpetual or one borrowed from historical sources. Peace. This is a compilation that starts off Starting off with history, development and —_ with his unpopular overview of the events of pioneers, Miller moves on to the various September 11, 2001—unpopular because dowsing tools and how to make and use attempting to explain why America "got to them. He provides simple exercises that be so hated" is a guarantee not to get pub- help you tune your mind, concentrate on the _ lished in the US, even by so-called alterna- target, and word your questions the right tive media (as was the case with this particu- way. "The dowsing tool," he explains, "pro- _ lar essay), which is why we're more likely to vides a physical response to receptors in see his commentary in the non-US media. your consciousness which are capable of Vidal is one of the few "big name" writers probing beyond normal sense horizons." Dowsing has an astounding array of appli- cations. Miller touches on locating under- ground streams, finding and dating buried pipes and ruins with directional dowsing, map dowsing for pinpointing objects and missing persons, diagnosing allergies, and identifying human auric, landscape and planetary energy fields and currents. Above all, he opens the door to a perceptual para- digm that is changing our world. 66 = NEXUS who has seriously questioned why the US military-industrial complex is stirring up a melting pot that is now bubbling over into a likely but unpopular war with Iraq. He's also one of the few to take on the broader ramifications of the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing (McVeigh was not a lone bomber, he says) and the subsequent Clinton-led anti- terrorism legislation that set the stage for the Bush II response to the bin Laden terrorist threat. Vidal reminds us that the public mindset was already brainwashed by decades of "an unrelenting demonization of the Muslim world in the American media". Included in Vidal's pastiche of "Causes of Conflict in the Last Empire" is a list of 200 US military incursions since 1945 (compiled by the Federation of American Scientists), his takes on McVeigh (published in Vanity Fair in 1998 and 2001), his 1997 Nation essay on the new theocrats and the their true "morality", and his prophetic letter to the US President-Elect in December 2000. Vidal's writings really make us wonder who the real evil-doers are. Gore Vidal www.nexusmagazine.com FEBRUARY — MARCH 2003