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a 2A AMERICAN DYNASTY: Aristocracy, war for freedom in Iraq is shown up as a REVIEWS Fortune, and the Politics of Deceit in pretext for gaining wealth and territory. the House of Bush Phillips concludes in his damning treatise by Kevin Phillips that the Bush family is rewriting the defini- Viking/Penguin, USA, 2004 tion of the Presidency in a way that would ISBN 0-670-03264-6 (397pp he) shock America's founders to the core. Availability: Bookstores; author's website http://www.americandynasty.net THE KNIGHTS TEMPLAR IN THE NEW here's nothing new about political family WORLD dynasties in the United States, but the by William F. Mann Bush dynasty has certain peculiar features. Destiny Books, USA, 2004 (first pub. 1999 Reformed Republican Kevin Phillips charts by Laughing Owl Publishing as The the history of four generations of Bushes, Labyrinth of the Grail) beginning with the alliance between George _ ISBN 0-89281-185-4 (295pp tpb) Herbert Walker and Samuel P. Bush and Availability: Inner Traditions website, giving context to how the family produced http://www. innertraditions.com two Presidents and still managed to pursue egend has it that Henry Sinclair, Earl of its own economic/geopolitical interests. Orkney, set sail for the New World in The ascendancy of the Walker-Bushes was 1398 with his entire fleet, taking some a process that included infiltrating the east- remaining Knights Templar and possibly the ern establishment, educating themselves at Holy Grail to safety and refuge. If so, where Yale (and joining that key fraternity, Skull did they go? Apparently they established a & Bones), pursuing Wall Street investment colony in Nova Scotia, concludes William banking opportunities and maintaining Mann, whose late great-uncle was a Supreme Grand Master of the Knights Templar of Canada and left some clues. Mann's enquiries cover aspects of sacred landscape geometry, the zodiac and tarot, the paintings of Nicolas Poussin and the Rennes-le-Chateau mystery, ancient cartog- raphy, native legends, archaeological evi- dence, historical records and more. He reviews the history of Oak Island, in Mahone Bay, where an alleged Knights Templar repository still may contain trea- sures. The island, planted with oaks, may have been a signpost to the secret Templar refuge inland, and Mann retraces what is known of Sinclair's voyage (giving credit to the work of Michael Bradley, author of the 1988 book Holy Grail Across the Atlantic). alliances with the British, as Phillips The place Mann believes was the site of explains. Their main interests have centred the refuge is south of Minas Basin around around national security and intelligence the Green Oaks area in the centre of Nova networks, the military-industrial complex Scotia. The site is located along the so- (the arms trade in particular) and energy called Satan's Axis which runs down the east (especially oil). (Their alleged involvement coast of North America to intersect with in the drug trade is barely touched on here.) — Boston. New York Philadelphia and The latter-day Bushes established links Washington. Various ruins and artefacts he over the decades with Middle Eastern finan- found in the area seem to support his theory. cial and energy concems, helped along, too, Another thread in this story is that of the by George H.W.'s CIA connections. Their Holy Grail, referring to the bloodline brand of "Texanomics", characterised by descendants of Jesus and Mary Magdalene. cultural harshness and crony capitalism, is The speculation is that the heirs of the de cloaked in "compassionate conservatism". Bouillon family, who claimed descent from How they shifted the balance of power to the bloodline, were spirited away to the new Texas, source of their oil wealth, is "one of Acadia. Whoever did settle in Nova Scotia. the most successful makeovers in modern they moved westwards: core samples found history", says Phillips. The grooming of around Lake Ontario show that a formerl George W. Bush for the Texas Governorship unknown population of Europeans lived y and then the US Presidency involved an ide- there from 1580 to 1620. Obviously, more ological and religious transformation that Renae : A ran cross-disciplinary research is required to get converted him into "the de facto head of the further into the heart of this mystery. Religious Right". The "moral" case for the Mann's investigations help point the way. alliances with the British, as Phillips explains. Their main interests have centred around national security and intelligence networks, the military-industrial complex (the arms trade in particular) and energy (especially oil). (Their alleged involvement in the drug trade is barely touched on here.) The latter-day Bushes established links over the decades with Middle Eastern finan- cial and energy concerns, helped along, too, by George H.W.'s CIA connections. Their brand of "Texanomics", characterised by cultural harshness and crony capitalism, is cloaked in "compassionate conservatism". How they shifted the balance of power to Texas, source of their oil wealth, is "one of the most successful makeovers in modern history", says Phillips. The grooming of George W. Bush for the Texas Governorship and then the US Presidency involved an ide- ological and religious transformation that converted him into "the de facto head of the Religious Right". The "moral" case for the JUNE — JULY 2004 NEXUS +71 www.nexusmagazine.com