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@ REVIEWS CROP CIRCLES: Montigiani notes that HPM technology has _ environment journalist Derrick Jensen. Evidence of a Cover-up been an open secret for decades, but sug- Four years in the writing (due to new by Nicolas Montigiani gests the British may have made significant _ developments in the process), Primary _ Carnot, USA, 2003 (first published in advances with it that coincided with the Perception documents Backster's amazing French as Crop Circles, Manoeuvres dans increasing sophistication of the pictogram discoveries of attunement in the cellular, le ciel, Editions Carnot. Chatou, France) designs around 1990. It may be no coinci- microbial, plant and animal kingdoms to ISBN 4-4050-4103-X (1 97pp tpb) dence that the majority of circles appear stimuli from humans and the surrounding Availability. USA—Carnot USA Books near military bases in the UK and, ona less- environment. Who would think that a kom- http://www ‘carnotbooks com: UK— , er scale, in allied countries. bucha culture could react by going "off the Roundhouse Grou website , This is another far-out approach that's sure _ chart" when Backster (briefly a CIA agent in http:/Avww "oundhouse net to disturb not just the cosmically inclined. the late 1940s and a " pnotist petore that) . cae a was viewing a scene from the film First mercer nofesionl phos. priiaRy PERCEPTION: Conspiracy Theor iat alae CIA : . ars : i icati i ivi experiments in hallucinogens and sensot different theory on the formation of crop cir- nen cle Plants, Living deprivation? After this, vol never feel the cles in this book. Before getting to the point, he succinctly reviews the history of by Cleve Backster same way again about the eggs, yogurt, aci- dophilus capsules and fresh fruit and vegeta- cerealogy, the rise of cult, ufological and White Rose Millennium Press, Anza, CA bles held cetive in vour fridee. and vou New Age groups as well as hoaxers, and the USA, 2003 may be Toned ‘o eae henabest. u serious attempts made by independent ISBN 0-9664354-3-5 (168pp tpb) y SSESS sy give out in your everyday life. Backster's pioneering biocommunication experiments are also adding to the evidence researchers and scientists to analyse the phe- —_ Availability: Websites http:/www.prima- nomenon, e.g., studying the broken nodes of __ryperception.com; Amazon.com wheat stems. He dismisses hypotheses con- f you read The Secret Life of Plants (by that confirms the advanced level of scientific cerning hoaxers (except in a small percent- Peter Tompkins and Christopher Bird) knowledge and wisdom of the ancients. age of cases), cosmic intervention, plasma years ago, you may remember the opening vortex energies and Earth energy lines. story of Cleve Backster, who first attached a Instead, Montigiani's conclusion is based set of polygraph electrodes to a plant leaf in on the research of a French defence scientist 1966 and thus initiated a revolution in our (who uses the pseudonym, Jean-Paul Piton) —_ understanding of biocommunication. PRIMARY that crop pictograms are the work of a secret Mr Backster is still going strong, and so is PERCEPTION British (and possibly joint US) military the Dracaena plant he tested all those years defence program—utilising a high-powered —_ ago. So is his work in lie detection, and he sf microwave (HPM) generator and cannon to still teaches at the school he founded in the ~~ direct the invisible energy beam to the field _ early 1960s. At last, he's written his first i below according to pre-programmed instruc- book. It touches on his life story, and details tions for the design. A balloon or dirigible many of his landmark experiments up to as could serve as a platform for reflecting the recently as 2002. While he's had such an beam or producing it via an on-board gener- _ influence on our changing scientific para- ator. In his experiments, Piton directed laser _digm, there's been all too little written about | beams and microwaves at ripening wheat him and he remains an unsung hero—which and was able to duplicate the effects seen in is why we're running a rare interview this crop circles using the microwaves. issue, conducted in 1997 by well-known = Fat=A. = Montigiani notes that HPM technology has been an open secret for decades, but sug- gests the British may have made significant advances with it that coincided with the increasing sophistication of the pictogram designs around 1990. It may be no coinci- dence that the majority of circles appear near military bases in the UK and, on a less- er scale, in allied countries. This is another far-out approach that's sure to disturb not just the cosmically inclined. environment journalist Derrick Jensen. Four years in the writing (due to new developments in the process), Primary Perception documents Backster's amazing discoveries of attunement in the cellular, microbial, plant and animal kingdoms to stimuli from humans and the surrounding environment. Who would think that a kom- bucha culture could react by going "off the chart" when Backster (briefly a CIA agent in the late 1940s and a hypnotist before that) was viewing a scene from the film Conspiracy Theory that alluded to CIA experiments in hallucinogens and sensory deprivation? After this, you'll never feel the same way again about the eggs, yogurt, aci- dophilus capsules and fresh fruit and vegeta- bles held captive in your fridge, and you may be forced to reassess the "vibes" you give out in your everyday life. Backster's pioneering biocommunication experiments are also adding to the evidence that confirms the advanced level of scientific knowledge and wisdom of the ancients. 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