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REVIEWS THE BIBLE CODE 2: The Countdown also come across intriguing clues about the by Michael Drosnin code itself. For example, it might be Weidenfeld & Nicolson, UK, 2002 (by revealed in a key artefact—an inscribed arrangement Viking-Penguin, USA, 2002) obelisk, a metallic ark-like receptacle, or ISBN 0-297-82957-2 (292pp tpb); even a UFO relic—to be found in the salt- -670- - i encrusted Lisan Peninsula in the Dead Sea. oro rane ea a Wee . Further, the Bible code and DNA code euro34. 90: US$26.95 “eee may be linked—indeed, may have the same Availability: Aust—Allen & Unwin, tel oft-planet origin. Francis Crick—the co- > N7_, discoverer of DNA—is even quoted as say- 2) SOOO ke Onan el oie we. ing that DNA has an alien source, and that Europe—NEXUS Office: USA—Penguin we're the product of Directed Panspermia! . . This book may make or break us. The next Putnam, hitp://www.penguinputnam.com instalment can't come soon enough... THE SHINING ONES by Christian and Barbara Joy O'Brien Dianthus Publishing Ltd, UK, 2002 ISBN 0-946604-20-7 (752pp hc) > © Price: £49.50; US$75.00 Availability: UK—The Patrick Foundation/ Golden Age Project, POB 72, Cirencester THE COUNTDOWN GL7 6YG, tel 01285 641924, website http://www.goldenageproject.org.uk his vast work is the sum of a lifetime's work for authors Christian and Barbara Joy O'Brien (in fact, Christian, a geologist, 1... died in 2001). It enlarges on two earlier i books, The Megalithic Odyssey (1983) and . The Genius of the Few (1985). = — The story traces the influence of the so- called "Shining Ones", who allegedly over- e are amidst the End of Days, accord- _ saw the progress of humanity for several W ing to the Bible code—and if peace is _ thousand years. They helped establish agri- not the choice of some key leaders, we face culture in the Near East around 8500 BC, nuclear annihilation by 2006. How it will be _ the authors contend, and c.8000 BC founded - _ played out depends on a solution being a settlement—the Garden in Eden—at found to the Israeli—Palestinian crisis. This Kharsag in ancient Lebanon. They had a is the key message that journalist Michael hand in establishing sophisticated structures Drosnin has gleaned in his research since his _and city-states, the arts and sciences, laws first Bible Code book was published in 1997 _ and customs, as well as philosophies for cre- (see review, 4/05). He's continued his asso- _ating a better world. Indeed, the authors ciation with Russian-born Israeli mathemati- _ maintain we can learn much from their lega- cian Eliyahu Rips—and was amazed to find _cy at a time when our world is so poised Rips himself immortalised in the code as its _ between the forces of light and darkness. discoverer via a computer program. But who were they, and from where did The impetus for this follow-up book was they come? This is where exoteric history, the attack on the World Trade Center towers supported by archaeological and textual evi- on September 11, 2001. Not only did the dence, meets esoteric realms, for the authors destruction happen before Drosnin's eyes,a _ conclude that these Shining Ones, the few blocks away from his home, but the Anannage (as they call them), were a group whole scenario was already there in the of archangels and angels from high astral, Bible code. Readers of the first book will even causal, dimensions (though some were recall that Drosnin, using Rips's computer Watcher-Angels of the negative path). Yet program, saw the assassination of Israeli PM their patronage was not limited to the Near Yitzak Rabin in the code and sent a warning —_ East and North Africa, for evidence of it can a year before the deed was done. be found in the Tuatha de Danann myths of It helps to know the Hebrew alphabet to ancient Ireland, in Cornwall, Brittany, appreciate the revelations of the code, other- _ Norway, India, China, Japan, Australasia wise we have to take Drosnin's word for it. and Oceania—all around the globe. Be that as it may, we're in for many surpris- The authors have drawn on the Sumerian es, political and even off-world. While on Kharsag Epics, the Chronicles of Enoch and the one hand Drosnin has done his utmost to _ an alternative translation of the book of get the message through to key leaders— Genesis for this far-reaching, esoteric Arafat, Sharon, Peres, Barak, Clinton, sourcebook that cannot possibly be summed Bush—to prevent a doomsday scario, he's up in as short a review as this. THE BIBLE CODE 2: The Countdown also come across intriguing clues about the by Michael Drosnin code itself. For example, it might be Weidenfeld & Nicolson, UK, 2002 (by revealed in a key artefact—an inscribed arrangement Viking-Penguin, USA, 2002) obelisk, a metallic ark-like receptacle, or ISBN 0-297-82957-2 (292pp tpb); even a UFO relic—to be found in the salt- -670- - i encrusted Lisan Peninsula in the Dead Sea. oro rane ea a Wee . Further, the Bible code and DNA code euro34. 90: US$26.95 “eee may be linked—indeed, may have the same Availability: Aust—Allen & Unwin, tel oft-planet origin. Francis Crick—the co- > N7_, discoverer of DNA—is even quoted as say- 2) SOOO ke Onan el oie we. ing that DNA has an alien source, and that Europe—NEXUS Office: USA—Penguin we're the product of Directed Panspermia! . . This book may make or break us. The next Putnam, hitp://www.penguinputnam.com instalment can't come soon enough... THE COUNTDOWN e are amidst the End of Days, accord- W ing to the Bible code—and if peace is not the choice of some key leaders, we face nuclear annihilation by 2006. How it will be played out depends on a solution being found to the Israeli—Palestinian crisis. This is the key message that journalist Michael Drosnin has gleaned in his research since his first Bible Code book was published in 1997 (see review, 4/05). He's continued his asso- ciation with Russian-born Israeli mathemati- cian Eliyahu Rips—and was amazed to find Rips himself immortalised in the code as its discoverer via a computer program. The impetus for this follow-up book was the attack on the World Trade Center towers on September 11, 2001. Not only did the destruction happen before Drosnin's eyes, a few blocks away from his home, but the whole scenario was already there in the Bible code. Readers of the first book will recall that Drosnin, using Rips's computer program, saw the assassination of Israeli PM Yitzak Rabin in the code and sent a warning a year before the deed was done. It helps to know the Hebrew alphabet to appreciate the revelations of the code, other- wise we have to take Drosnin's word for it. Be that as it may, we're in for many surpris- es, political and even off-world. While on the one hand Drosnin has done his utmost to get the message through to key leaders— Arafat, Sharon, Peres, Barak, Clinton, Bush—to prevent a doomsday scario, he's NEXUS 71 FEBRUARY — MARCH 2003 www.nexusmagazine.com