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REVIEWS < SACRED PLACES, NORTH AMERICA: hive-design stone chambers dotted through Graeme Sait in his introduction to Nutrition 108 Destinations the New England countryside could have Rules! Graeme is an Australian-based agri- by Brad Olsen been built by Scottish Culdees a thousand culture consultant who is passionate about Consortium of Collective Consciousness, years ago, perhaps on top of existing cham- ecologically sustainable farming practices. USA, 2003 bers built by seafaring Celts and Phoenicians Through the company he co-founded, Nutri- ISBN 1-888729-09-0 (302pp tpb) 2,000 years before that. - ; Tech Solutions, he has developed a range of Availability: Independent Publishers Sacred Places North America is a captivat- _ bio! logical agricultural products to promote Group website, http://www. ipgbook.com; ing travelogue that explores the rich cultural, healthy soil and plant growth. or website http://www.bradolsen.com spiritual landscape through all points of the Such is Graeme's conviction that over the ior his latest travel guide, explorer and compass. It's well illustrated with b&w pho- _ last five years he has conducted a series of Frac activist Brad Olsen focuses on a tos as well as charmingly hand-drawn dia- inspirational interviews with 21 key figures selection of 108 sacred places in North grams and maps, and also includes "getting __ in the "new agriculture" movement. While America, including Hawai'i. These loca- there" details for travellers. There are sacred _ some of these have been published separate- tions have a wealth of anthropological, mountains and valleys in California, within ly before (e.g., the interview with Dr Phil archaeological and spiritual significance and _ which lost civilisations are believed to exist, _ Callahan on paramagnetism appeared in show the existence, often co-existence, of a clifftop dwellings of the Anasazi, pyramids NEXUS 10/02 and Acres, Australia, along number of cultures over the millennia. of the Mississippian culture, the geometri- with other interviews), this is the first time cally arranged, astronomically aligned earth- _ they've appeared in the one compilation. en mounds and serpent mounds of Ohio, and The interviews cover in-depth details on much more. Some unexpected modern mineral and microbe management in soil places of pilgrimage are included, like Area _health, energy management in plant, animal 51 and Elvis Presley's Graceland! and soil health, as well as human health. In drawing attention to well-known and lit- Among the luminaries are Charles Walters, tle-known sacred sites, Olsen clears up eco-farmer and founder of Acres, USA, many misconceptions upon which main- Bruce Tainio, who discovered that plant sap stream American prehistory is based. PH is another indicator of plant health, quan- tum agriculture exponent Hugh Lovel, med- 1 sali ical agronomist Dr Arden Andersen, holistic ete Oe attent nes from livestock scientist Jerry Brunetti, and Dr Patrick Flanagan, discoverer of the silica by Graeme Sait ; hydride molecule. Soil Therapy Pty Ltd, Australia, 2003 The message running through these inter- ISBN 0-9750508-0-X (308pp tpb) views is that it is imperative that we work Availability: Soil Therapy Pty Ltd, PO Box — with, not against, nature. Graeme sums it up The discovery in 1996 of the so-called 338, Eumundi, Queensland, Australia, tel by saying that the ultimate goal for soil, Kennewick Man—a skeleton of Caucasian +61 (0)7 5472 9900, website microbes, plants, animals and humans is origin—in the petroglyph-covered Columbia __http://www.nutri-tech.com.au peak nutrition. If you haven't discovered River Gorge, Washington state, and its Tos epidemic of chronic and degener- _ bioagriculture, these words of wisdom will radiocarbon dating to at least 9,000 years old ative diseases is testimony to what we reveal a whole new world of sustainable liv- puts conventional understanding of North become when we ignore the critical link ing and the promise of higher, better-quality American history into a tailspin. The bee- between soil health and human health, notes _yields without synthetic, toxic chemicals. hive-design stone chambers dotted through the New England countryside could have been built by Scottish Culdees a thousand years ago, perhaps on top of existing cham- bers built by seafaring Celts and Phoenicians 2,000 years before that. Sacred Places North America is a captivat- ing travelogue that explores the rich cultural, spiritual landscape through all points of the compass. It's well illustrated with b&w pho- tos as well as charmingly hand-drawn dia- grams and maps, and also includes "getting there" details for travellers. There are sacred mountains and valleys in California, within which lost civilisations are believed to exist, clifftop dwellings of the Anasazi, pyramids of the Mississippian culture, the geometri- cally arranged, astronomically aligned earth- en mounds and serpent mounds of Ohio, and much more. Some unexpected modern places of pilgrimage are included, like Area 51 and Elvis Presley's Graceland! In drawing attention to well-known and lit- tle-known sacred sites, Olsen clears up many misconceptions upon which main- stream American prehistory is based. 66 = NEXUS www.nexusmagazine.com OCTOBER — NOVEMBER 2003