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@ REVIEWS THE COMING ECONOMIC Imperial Faction), the media and economics __ entirely new light by this reckoning. For COLLAPSE OF 2006 (the US dollar vs the euro), identifies trends oddly enough, Griffiths proposes, the by Michael Wells Mandeville and predicts the industries and sectors to lamb—the sign of Aries—is represented in MetaSyn Media, AZ, USA, 2003 avoid or stay with over the next few years. the landscape from northeast England down ISBN 0-9721 051 -9-0 (227 pp tpb) Mandeville also draws inspiration from the to south Wales; its staff reveals a double Availability: Order online via website Cayce Recovery Strategy that could help us Crucifixion theme. By studying geological http://www.michaelmandeville.com survive and even prosper. He urges a spiri- and topographical maps and visiting the he economy of the USA and much of the ‘élly oriented rather than a grossly materi- locations, he has been able to discern specif- world will slip into severe recession, if alistic approach to solving our economic, ic features not just in the coastlines but in not depression, by 2006-2007 So con-. political and social problems. An important the inland regions which suggest meaningful cludes Michael Wells Mandeville, who has read for these tumultuous times. pictures and symbolism on a grand scale. analysed the predictions made by the great 1 ns hy an extraordinary thesis and 1 American seer Edgar Cayce from the 1920s BEHOLD JERUSALEM! the aut Or 1S Perprexe at the potentia through to his death in 1945 (see his article bY Graham K. Griffiths import of it all. While acknowledging that on the Chandler Wobble in NEXUS 9/05). Longinus Publications, UK, 2003 some people will see nothing, he sees signs Mandeville determined that in economic ISBN 0-9543519-0-8 (305pp If tpb) in the landscapes that reflect dramas that are matters, Cayce had an accuracy rate of 93. Availability: Longinus Publications, 27 Sane Played aut on a global lever and per cent (a failure in four out of 60 specific Old Gloucester Street, London WC1N while Scotland and Eire seem to be out 0 the picture in terms of zodiacal imagery, Northern Ireland isn't, and its representation as Scorpio has profound lessons for today and the future. Griffiths leaves it to the reader to judge this remarkable perspective. economic predictions); indeed, his forecasts | 3XX, email longinuspublications@ in the lead-up to the 1929 stock market crash emjaygee.fsnet.co.uk were uncannily accurate and provide many hat started out as an eleven-year-old's lessons for anyone studying today's econom- musings on "giants" depicted in ic trends. In the 1930s, Cayce hinted that a Britain's coastline burgeoned into a quest for major economic realignment and depression _ artist Graham Griffiths. But this was not or severe recession occurs every 24-25 until 17 years later when he came across years. So Mandeville studied historical, Katherine Maltwood's 1930s representations economic, political and social developments —_ of the 12 zodiacal symbols sculpted in a 10- going back to the late 18th century and dis- mile circle around Glastonbury, these being covered that Cayce's cycle holds true virtual replicas of his own. He realised then through this entire period—except for one that his giants were also zodiacal archetypes, instance in 1837 when the seer was three and he set out to explore the enigma. years out. Additionally, this cycle coincides What follows is a magical mystery tour with sunspot peaks moving into troughs. that is informed by esoteric aspects of early Extrapolating Cayce's cycle to the future, Christianity, Egyptology, Celtic myth, Mandeville sees the next big trough happen- — Arthurian history and Grail legend as much ing in 2006-07, and that the US economy is _as by geology, astronomy, anthropology and arguably already on the downward slide astrology. Also influential are the works of towards it, although occasional rallying of visionary William Blake, whose poem markets during 2004-05 can be expected. "Jerusalem"—with lines like "And was the He analyses the big shifts that are taking holy lamb of God/On England's pleasant place in global politics (led by the US pastures seen"—can be understood in an Imperial Faction), the media and economics (the US dollar vs the euro), identifies trends and predicts the industries and sectors to avoid or stay with over the next few years. Mandeville also draws inspiration from the Cayce Recovery Strategy that could help us survive and even prosper. He urges a spiri- tually oriented rather than a grossly materi- alistic approach to solving our economic, political and social problems. An important read for these tumultuous times. NEXUS = 69 FEBRUARY — MARCH 2004 www.nexusmagazine.com