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REVIEWS < BIG OIL AND THEIR BANKERS IN with an MS in environmental studies, exam- _ not until 1995 that, on the suggestion of THE PERSIAN GULF ines their exploits in securing markets and Terence McKenna, he teamed up with Aztec by Dean Henderson revenues but with reference, too, to their and Mayan scholar John Major Jenkins to Dean Henderson (self-pub.), USA, 2005 global networks in intelligence and terrorism __ bring this material to a wide audience . ISBN 1-57558-000-0 (451 pp tpb). as well as in arms and narcotics trading. One of the fascinating things about the Availability: Dean Henderson, 1706 However, Henderson goes further (perhaps | codex—and the translation is included in Diane Street Papillion, NE 68046 USA. too far for some readers) to include his takes _ this book—is how it corresponds with what email loccoperros@yahoo com , , on the origin and spread of Freemasonry, on _could be termed "perennial philosophy": a he [luminati’s plan to control the world's the so-called "Protocols of the Elders of "visionary ascent literature" found in many ®P ° Zion" and on the IIluminati's connection traditions around the world from the kabbal- resources and implement a globalised economy is well on track, although new financial and military alliances may still be emerging as the elite move their pieces on with the allegedly reptilian Anunnaki "gods" __ istic, gnostic and alchemical to the teachings linked with ancient Sumer (and popularised —_ of Gurdjieff. In the final chapter, Jenkins in extreme conspiracy lore by author David — compares the Pyramid of Fire's concepts : Icke). Overall, an extraordinary exposé of with those of Taoism and Hinduism. The the grand chessboard. The power behind : . woe : : : . . : the powers and events that are exacting a basic premise is that personal sacrifice is a this centuries-old (if not millennia-old) cabal ws - heavy toll on us, the people. necessary prerequisite for spiritual growth. set on dominating the world is a group of "Eight Families" with the familiar name Rothschild at the top of the pyramid, joined PYRAMID OF FIRE: The Lost Aztec by other key European and American bank- Codex ing families. Certainly many researchers by John Major Jenkins & Martin Matz have written at length about their centuries- | Bear & Co., USA, 2004 long power plays, but Dean Henderson ISBN 1-59143-032-1 (175pp tpb) assembles a staggering amount of detail in Availability: Australia—Brumby Books, tel the one place and makes some surprising (03) 9761 5535; USA—Inner Traditions, connections about these power players in http://www. innertraditions.com Big Oil and their Bankers..., while acknowl- lhe Pyramid of Fire is a "lost" Aztec edging the contribution of these researchers codex (hieroglyphic manuscript) which throughout his commentary and in his was probably painted in the latter half of the (unnumbered) endnotes (though an index 15th century and has been protected by the would have been helpful). Mazatec of Mexico ever since. However, in Tales of conspiracy and corruption are writ 1961, the American visionary poet Marty large on every page, so much so that it's hard Matz, having lived in Mexico off and on to single out any particular episode in recent since the late 1950s, was initiated into or distant history that is worse than the next. | Mazatec secret knowledge by a shaman, don Fascinating background is provided by But the theme running through the book is Daniel, who read/performed the codex text Matz, with a short story on his search for that of the "Eight Families" who have the to him for transcription in the native Paititi—the legendary paradise city that ends "Four Horsemen" of oil do their bidding; Nahuatl. Matz also transcribed the original _ the spiritual quest—and an unfinished these are the giant oil/resource companies pictographic form and translated the text novella structured upon all 13 pages of the Exxon-Mobil, Chevron-Texaco, BP-Amoco into English. Apart from sharing the content codex (Matz died in 2001). Interestingly, and Royal Dutch/Shell. Henderson, a politi- with his fellow Beat poets, he guarded the the 13th page of Matz's codex was missing cal activist, organic farmer and columnist codex translation for many years, and it was _ until Jenkins was able to transcribe it from a with an MS in environmental studies, exam- ines their exploits in securing markets and revenues but with reference, too, to their global networks in intelligence and terrorism as well as in arms and narcotics trading. However, Henderson goes further (perhaps too far for some readers) to include his takes on the origin and spread of Freemasonry, on the so-called "Protocols of the Elders of Zion" and on the IIluminati's connection with the allegedly reptilian Anunnaki "gods" linked with ancient Sumer (and popularised in extreme conspiracy lore by author David Icke). Overall, an extraordinary exposé of the powers and events that are exacting a heavy toll on us, the people. 66 = NEXUS not until 1995 that, on the suggestion of Terence McKenna, he teamed up with Aztec and Mayan scholar John Major Jenkins to bring this material to a wide audience . One of the fascinating things about the codex—and the translation is included in this book—is how it corresponds with what could be termed "perennial philosophy": a "visionary ascent literature" found in many traditions around the world from the kabbal- istic, gnostic and alchemical to the teachings of Gurdjieff. In the final chapter, Jenkins compares the Pyramid of Fire's concepts with those of Taoism and Hinduism. The basic premise is that personal sacrifice is a necessary prerequisite for spiritual growth. Fascinating background is provided by Matz, with a short story on his search for Paititi—the legendary paradise city that ends the spiritual quest—and an unfinished novella structured upon all 13 pages of the codex (Matz died in 2001). Interestingly, the 13th page of Matz's codex was missing until Jenkins was able to transcribe it from a www.nexusmagazi ne.com AUGUST —- SEPTEMBER 2005