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REVIEWS < PERPETUAL MOTION: The History of An Obsession by Arthur W. J. G. Ord-Hume Adventures Unlimited Press, USA, 2005 ISBN 1-931882-51-7 (247pp tpb) Availability: Aust/NZ/UK/Europe— NEXUS offices; USA—AUP, website http://www.adventuresunlimitedpress.com lhe quest to build a perpetual motion machine has occupied if not obsessed some brilliant minds for millennia, not least of whom were Archimedes, Leonardo da Vinci and Sir Isaac Newton, and it is very much alive today. In the new preface to this 2005 edition of his 1977 book Perpetual Motion, Arthur Ord-Hume—a UK engineer, former RAF serviceman, aviation enthusiast, historian and musicologist—reflects on sci- entific developments in the ensuing 28 years in pure physics, free energy and supercon- ductivity (a form of perpetual motion). He laments that we're not making much better use of renewable energy sources such as solar and wind power that have been avail- able for decades. The greenies were right! Ord-Hume regards perpetual motion as a serious subject, not one to be laughed off. The basic requirement of a perpetual motion machine is that it must give out more work than energy put into it. Certainly there have been and still are charlatans in the field, but experimenters have created sufficient mech- anisms defying explanation that lead closer to the task. From ancient Persian water wheels to more recent perpetual motion devices (e.g., Robert Fludd's 1618 closed- cycle mill), from self-moving wheels and overbalancing weights (e.g., Johann Bessler's wheel of 1715) to lodestones, elec- tric cells and steam engines, there has been much effort and frustration as well as occa- sional success on the path to achieving per- petual motion, and Ord-Hume provides copious examples. James Cox's 1760-era perpetual clock, Charles Redheffer's early- 19th-century machine and John Keely's late- 19th-century generator, which turned water into high-pressure "etheric vapour" when "vibratory energy" was applied, are more highlights on the quest. Any researcher investigating perpetual motion and free energy in the laboratory will gain much from Ord-Hume's text and accompanying diagrams and appendices. SLIM SPURLING'S UNIVERSE: The Light-Life Technology by Cal Garrison IX-EL Publishing LLC, USA, 2004 ISBN 0-9760338-2-8 (223pp tpb) Availability: IX-EL Publishing, http://www. ixelpublishing.com; http://www.SlimsUniverse.com lim Spurling is a remarkable man who is dedicated to making a better world for the benefit of all. Born in South Dakota in 1938, he majored in forestry, botany, bio- chemistry and mycology, spent the next 20 years as an artist-blacksmith-teacher, explored subtle energies as a shaman, meta- physician, herbalist and dowser, and was so intrigued by Wilhelm Reich's "Cloud Buster" technology that he built his own ver- sion so he could experiment (with success, as it turned out) with altering weather condi- tions, bringing rain and improving the local environment. His amazing story is told with sensitivity by author Cal Garrison, who first heard about Spurling in 1998 when she attended a Drunvalo Melchizedek Earth-Sky workshop and later recorded a series of interviews for this book. 68 * NEXUS Working from the mid-1980s with fellow alchemist/scientist Bill Reid, Spurling fur- thered his research into environmental clear- ing, experimenting with devices such as the caduceus wound coil which nullifies the local magnetic field and converts electron flow to aether flow. It became the basis for what is now called the Light-Life technolo- gy, which draws on ancient science and a new principle of quantum physics which he discovered in 1991. He went on to develop coiled rings in various configurations which have all sorts of applications in environmen- tal harmonising (for instance, reducing the strength of hurricanes and tornadoes, purify- ing water and clearing atmospheric pollu- tion) and personal healing (e.g., neutralising geopathic stress, balancing energy, etc.). The technology of this true maverick has been having a huge impact and is changing the world. The message is being spread through a global network with over 5,000 trained practitioners. You can get a glimpse of Slim Spurling's amazing discoveries at the website www.SlimsUniverse.com before you obtain a copy of this must-read book. UNIVERSE www.nexusmagazine.com DECEMBER 2005 — JANUARY 2006