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REVIEWS < CRACKING THE SYMBOL CODE Murphy inspires us to look behind the sur- about science and spirituality can be gleaned by Tim Wallace-Murphy face and consider the esoteric substance that from the symbols of the tree and the cross Watkins Publishing, London, UK, 2006 would lead us to gnosis. (signifying spiritual rebirth) and the Eye of ISBN 1-84293-207-1 (309pp tpb) Ra (representing the Source-Centre and the Available: www.watkinspublishing.com © THE SHINING ONES: The World's inner sun), and myths such as the flight of legacy of sacred knowledge that can be + Most Powerful Secret Society Revealed the phoenix (the bird of enlightenment). traced to the ancestors of the Egyptians —_ by Philip Gardiner and Gary Osborn The authors give an overview of the has been incorporated in the architecture, Watkins Publishing, London, UK, 2006 Shining Ones in history, religion and art, sculpture and writings of the Western ISBN 1-84293-150-4 (323pp tpb' mythology as the Devas of the ancient world. However, the symbolism employed Available: wow wathinspeblshing.com gindus of indians Ana the by Gothic church builders and Renaissance r their search for the progenitor of all Revotians. h El him f the ‘i e d artists alike hides secret messages that were sacred knowledge, researchers Philip Oy t il ohim 6} tha oid an fi heretical to Church teachings, says historian — Gardiner and Gary Osborn (Gnosis; see more. They also suggest that evidence for . : : . the Shining Ones can be seen today in vari- Tim Wallace-Murphy. ‘This secret stream of ~~ NEXUS 12/04) team up again to find the ous secret societies including the Masons, knowledge was meant to be accessible to ultimate source for the symbolism behind a ; P those with the eyes to see and was to be pre- __ the cults, faiths, creeds and secret societies Rosicrucians, Knights of Malta, Knights . : . . Templar, Bilderberg Group and Opus Dei as served for future generations to decode. through history. That symbolism seems to well as in the Catholic Church. In Cracking the Symbol Code, Wallace- have the same hidden meanings the world Gardiner and Osborn su est the secrets Murphy discusses the hidden details about over, but where did it originate? till kept in the hands ee hi h initiates, the true Christian story which were regarded Gardner and Osborn contend that the and th “P stion the power OF a tiesthood as unpalatable to the established Church— shamanic experience of oneness with cre- and’ they quest P pries with a control agenda that denies the indi- vidual knowledge of the true spiritual path. A revealing thesis in the quest for truth. for example, the Rex Deus families who cre- ation during the drug-induced trance state is ated the Knights Templar and who continue _at the source; indeed, it's the rising of the to maintain the hidden stream; and the kundalini energy that illuminates the inner Knights' relationship with the Sufis in their sun of the human being and fosters commu- early days in Jerusalem when they were nication with interdimensional worlds and taught the rudiments of the high-pointed entities. Thus the shamans who achieved arch designs that they later developed for ecstasy and enlightenment became known their Gothic cathedrals. He uncovers the by names like "the Shining Ones". pagan foundations of much Christian sym- The original shamans of tribes across the bolism and doctrine, but also how the sacred __ planet comprised a priesthood whose wis- knowledge and its adherents had to be pro- dom was passed onto and retained by secret tected from a corrupt mediaeval Church. initiates through the ages. Their influence In his many "pilgrimages" to sacred sites, arguably can be traced back 50,000 years. he has felt the awe and power evoked not Aspects of their teachings can be found in just by the symbolism but by the construc- the ancient Australian Aboriginal, Sumerian, tions employing sacred geometry principles Hindu, Egyptian and Druidic cultures, and as well as the natural Earth energies con- traces can be seen in all the world's major verging on these locations. In his book, religions and shamanic traditions. which contains 30 colour plates and numer- Evidence for a "source civilisation" with a ous illustrations throughout, Wallace- highly developed system of knowledge Murphy inspires us to look behind the sur- face and consider the esoteric substance that would lead us to gnosis. 68 = NEXUS about science and spirituality can be gleaned from the symbols of the tree and the cross (signifying spiritual rebirth) and the Eye of Ra (representing the Source-Centre and the inner sun), and myths such as the flight of the phoenix (the bird of enlightenment). The authors give an overview of the Shining Ones in history, religion and mythology as the Devas of the ancient Hindus of India, the Anunnaki of the Sumerians, the Shemsu Hor of the Egyptians, the Elohim of the Jews, and more. They also suggest that evidence for the Shining Ones can be seen today in vari- ous secret societies including the Masons, Rosicrucians, Knights of Malta, Knights Templar, Bilderberg Group and Opus Dei as well as in the Catholic Church. Gardiner and Osborn suggest the secrets are still kept in the hands of high initiates, and they question the power of a priesthood with a control agenda that denies the indi- vidual knowledge of the true spiritual path. A revealing thesis in the quest for truth. www.nexusmagazine.com DECEMBER 2006 — JANUARY 2007