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WILD THINGS THEY DON'T TELL US _ been taken with proper-name spellings!) attributes to an extraterrestrial source. Who by Reg Presle There are accounts in Wild Things... that knows, he may have a point here, and the y Heg y y Pp Metro Publishi are unique to this book, and which will ower of that idea is charged by the letro Publishing Ltd, UK, 2002 pow ged by ISBN 1-84358-043-8 (272pp hc) introduce many people to undercurrents and —_Vatican's cover-up on arguably the real Price: A$39.95; NZ$59.95; £16.99; new paradigms that they won't have encoun- _ secret of Fatima, considering the reactions Euro30,90; US$27.00 tered before. For this, Presley is to be con- of a number of Popes over the decades. Availability: Australia—Bookwise, tel (08) gratulated. His high profile will ensure that Other evidence that von Diniken quotes 8268 8222: NZ—Forester Books, tel (09) a wider audience is exposed to all these refers to anthropology, exemplified in the 415 2080; UK—Metro Publishing, tel 020 "wild things they don't tell us". Colombian Kogi town of Burritaca and the 7381 0666: Europe—NEXUS Office: Sulawesi Toraja culture that reflect their USA—Trafalgar Square, tel (802) 457 1911 THE GODS WERE ASTRONAUTS: —_ tribes’ cosmological world inthe design, ori ife would never be the same again for Evidence of the True Identities of the crap (thene ae noms beantifal celone ghee Reg Presley after he entered his first Old Gods aoe tos to illustrate what he means). And then, crop circle formation at Alton Barnes, by Erich von Daniken of course, there are the records from ancient Wiltshire, in 1990. 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Hon Music, tel (02) 9565 4522; UK—Chrysalis thought, yet he rallies for the two to coexist Teaders may recall his name in connection Books, tel 020 7697 3000, website respectfully and chase away the shadows of with UK UFO researcher Ray Santilli's release of the infamous “alien autopsy" film http:/Avww.chrysalisbooks.co.uk/books/ fundamentalism that might hinder the free- . . i : i dom of the human spirit. footage in 1995 (Reg has his own TV pro- publisher/vega; Europe—NEXUS Office, pirit. duction company, and Ray was once P tel +31 (0)228 324076; USA/Canada— involved in producing The Troggs). Sterling Publishing, tel (212) 532 7160 ERICH pon DANIKEN In his aptly titled book, Wild Things They any researchers owe much credit to Don't Tell Us, Reg Presley covers some of LV Erich von Daniken for his popularisa- the territory of latter-day alternative thinking _ ion of the idea that humanity has been visit- and speculation. Crop circles, UFOs ed, let alone seeded, by "the gods" or (including his own sightings and those of extraterrestrial beings. And the more we've friends and fellow musicians), the Face on found out since the 1968 release of his Mars, Dave Hudson's white powder gold Chariots of the Gods?, the more his thesis and the sacred Ark of the Covenant, Royal can be judged as having a ring of truth—of Rife's cancer cures and a secret US/UK course, to the disdain of his detractors. intelligence cabal are all part of Reg's orb in Von Diniken's latest book, The Gods Were his passionate, absorbing, personal perspec- Astronauts, is not a huge advance on his pre- tive. You'd swear he's been reading NEXUS _ vious works; it restates the same thing he's for years; in fact, we're one of the few been saying all along, but with different sources listed—along with the books of examples. For instance, the Mary appari- Laurence Gardner, whose work on the origin __ tions, most notably the Fatima appearances of Christianity has had an enormous impact —_ and the miracle of the "dancing Sun", wit- on Presley. (Oh, but if only more care had nessed by many thousands, von Daniken been taken with proper-name spellings!) There are accounts in Wild Things... that are unique to this book, and which will introduce many people to undercurrents and new paradigms that they won't have encoun- tered before. For this, Presley is to be con- gratulated. His high profile will ensure that a wider audience is exposed to all these "wild things they don't tell us". attributes to an extraterrestrial source. Who knows, he may have a point here, and the power of that idea is charged by the Vatican's cover-up on arguably the real secret of Fatima, considering the reactions of a number of Popes over the decades. Other evidence that von Daniken quotes refers to anthropology, exemplified in the Colombian Kogi town of Burritaca and the Sulawesi Toraja culture that reflect their tribes' cosmological world in the design, ori- entation and construction of their houses and stupas (there are some beautiful colour pho- tos to illustrate what he means). And then, of course, there are the records from ancient Indian texts referring to flying machines, aerial battles and something akin to a latter- day nuclear missile defence system. What von Daniken says is at odds with conventional religious and scientific thought, yet he rallies for the two to coexist respectfully and chase away the shadows of fundamentalism that might hinder the free- dom of the human spirit. ERICH VON m3 THEIGODS WERE a NEXUS = 67 FEBRUARY — MARCH 2003 www.nexusmagazine.com