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REVIEWS <= neuroscience, quantum physics and hologra- phy, and which helps bridge the gap between scientific and spiritual worldviews. This challenging book should appeal to the shaman within every psychologist. THE H.I.S.S. OF THE A.S.P.: neuroscience, quantum physics and hologra- _ families and their links to their British or Understanding the Anomalously phy, and which helps bridge the gap European homelands. Their fortunes were Sensitive Person between scientific and spiritual worldviews. _ often founded on the spoils of smuggling, by David Ritchey This challenging book should appeal to the piracy and privateering, and they were pro- Headline Books, Inc., USA, 2003 shaman within every psychologist. tected up to the highest level by fellow ISBN 0-92991 5291 (390pp tpb) Masons who in turn made profits from their Availability: Websites http://www.head- SECRET SOCIETIES OF AMERICA'S entrepreneurship. Later, they would profit linebooks.com, http://hissofasp.com ELITE: From the Knights Templar to from the opium trade with India and China. Fraternity — particularly the secret vari- ety—was more important than liberty or equality, and this mindset also allowed the slave trade to flourish. It led to the creation ndependent psychological researcher Skull and Bones David Ritchey has noted from 10 years of by Steven Sora scientific investigation and 15 years' experi- Destiny Books, USA, 2003 ence as a clinical hypnotherapist that a sig- ISBN 0-89281-959-6 (324pp tpb) of secret groups such as the Ku Klux Klan nificant minority of people can be described Availability: Destiny Books, website and the Yale Order of Skull and Bones, as "anomalously sensitive persons" (ASPs). http://www. InnerTraditions.com; which hand-picks 15 new "Who's Who" A high proportion or ese People are on Adventures Unlimited, http://www. recruits each year and whose "chaotic" influ- several levels and are often hichly cifted and adventuresunlimitedpress.com; NEXUS NZ ence from elite levels has resounded through creative individuals gnly 8 Office, tel (09) 405 1963 the generations. Both George W. Bush and According to Ritchey's studies. outlined in he banning and break-up of the Knights his father are members. The H.1.S.S. of the AS.P., it's not uncommon Templars in 1307 changed the course of Sora profiles only a few of the famous for someone to be sensitive to physical stim- the history of Wester civilisation, forcing American names and can only cover so uli, be electrosensitive and have immune the order to regroup underground. This was much of their antics today, but his investiga- system disorders, as well as have tendencies directly responsible for the dramatic rise in tion makes for a ripping yarn that gives a towards extrasensory perception (ESP) and _Pitacy, as many of its members took to the context to modern-day piracy. communication with spirit worlds. sea to escape a "predestined life" back home. Others fled to Scotland and many to The areas of sensitivity Ritchey delineates . touch on physiological, cognitive, emotional _ the Swiss Alps, where they created a neutral and transpersonal states. He sees the stronghold with its own guard and eventual- "ASPness" trait as a function of the structure _ly its secretive banking services. They and chemistry of the brain, and that it has resurfaced in North America, even before significant psychological, medical, educa- the time of Columbus, and their legacy was tional and social implications. Many of perpetuated by the Masons, "remnant these sensitivities Ritchey believes can be Templars", writes Steven Sora in Secret measured, and he has developed a detailed Societies of America's Elite. questionnaire — what he calls the "H.LS.S.", In fact, individuals with links to Masonry the "Holistic Inventory of Stimulus have had an enormous influence on the Sensitivities"—which shows that anomalous _ progress of America since its inception as a sensitivity to stimuli in one realm is very colony with essential ties to lands beyond likely accompanied by anomalous sensitivity _ the ocean. Sora (author of The Lost to stimuli in all other realms. Ritchey sug- Treasure of the Knights Templar, reviewed gests a model that draws on knowledge from __ in 6/04) paints a picture of the rise of elite 68 ¢ NEXUS families and their links to their British or European homelands. Their fortunes were often founded on the spoils of smuggling, piracy and privateering, and they were pro- tected up to the highest level by fellow Masons who in turn made profits from their entrepreneurship. Later, they would profit from the opium trade with India and China. Fraternity — particularly the secret vari- ety—was more important than liberty or equality, and this mindset also allowed the slave trade to flourish. It led to the creation of secret groups such as the Ku Klux Klan and the Yale Order of Skull and Bones, which hand-picks 15 new "Who's Who" recruits each year and whose "chaotic" influ- ence from elite levels has resounded through the generations. Both George W. Bush and his father are members. Sora profiles only a few of the famous American names and can only cover so much of their antics today, but his investiga- tion makes for a ripping yarn that gives a context to modern-day piracy. WWW.NeXU smagazi ne.com AUGUST — SEPTEMBER 2003