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& REVIEWS cies of the military, medical, religious and Jesus Christ to celebrate the Last Supper and B oO oO K S royal types, secret societies and UFOs. to encode mathematical and symbolic infor- 7 Each section is introduced by a short essay mation about cycles of the Sun and Venus, Reviewed by Ruth Parnell setting the context, and many entries are sunspots, magnetism, solar wind and their THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF cross-referenced. There's an extensive bibli- effects on Earth as well as about mankind's CONSPIRACY THEORIES ography and index to aid researchers. And spiritual purpose. produced by Conspiracy Books while it's pleasing to see an entry for Cotterell speculates that the jewelled cup Collins & Brown, London, 2006 NEXUS (under "disinformation", no less!), with its elaborate metalwork—the original ISBN 1-84340-381 zi (320pp tpb) it is not entirely accurate—so I hope this Holy Grail, he surmises—was taken to Available: www.anovabooks.com doesn't apply to the rest of the content! Glastonbury by Joseph of Aramathea, who : : in AD 60 built the first Christian church his collective effort in gathering infor- . aor ae mation about conspiracies from the THE CELTIC CHRONICLES: The True there. Its design incorporates the Druidic ancient to the modern is well balanced in its Story of the Holy Grail care ndar of wid oH which was last used in approach, designed to make connections by Maurice Cotterell its secret symbolism. The cul also has links between people and events that are often Celtic Press, West Cork, Ireland, 2006 with the levend of Kin Atha (a Jesus ignored by mainstream historians. (published in USA by Bear & Co. as Jesus, Christ ‘loco he believes) as does the The encyclopaedia is a London-sourced King Arthur, and the Journey of the Grail) beautiful “Fara brooch which also incorpo- publication with international contributors ISBN 0-9513195-9-0 (236pp hc) rates the secret science in its desien am including Thom Burnett, Nigel Cawthore, Available: www.MauriceCotterell.com creation. The parallels with Ma a artefacts Richard Emerson, Mick Farren, Alex n previous works, engineer/scientist are astonishin ea ‘d the reader deft 7 con- Games, John Gill, Sandy Gort, Rod Green, Maurice Cotterell has described how to tem late who + olneneed whom first. Emma Hooley, Esther Selsdon, and Kenn calculate the duration of long-term magnetic Consi dering we live in times when our Sun Thomas of Steamshovel Press. In the intro- _ reversals of the Sun and has cracked the is undergoing major changes ‘this knowl. duction, Burnett says we have a climate ripe _ codes of the ancient Sun-worshipping civili- a dee could be vital for our survival for conspiracies when declassified files sations including the Maya, the Egyptians of 8 : : clearly show that governments work secretly | Tutankhamun's time, the Peruvians in poe and deceptively. He gives the example of a Viracocha's day and the Chinese in the era prophecy attributed to Freemason Benjamin _ of the terracotta warriors. Franklin to show how conspiracies grow, Here Cotterell decodes the same sort of and he points to the failure of the main- knowledge of solar super-science in the bur- stream media in not getting to the core of ial chambers and artefacts of the early and real criminal conspiracies today. And in later Celtic peoples. The evidence can be wondering how to explain the prevalence of found from as far east as the Taklamakan the crazier types of conspiracy theories, such Desert of China, across Europe and as far as David Icke's shapeshifting reptilians, he west as the British Isles. ponders on whether the conspiracy world is Two Celtic artefacts that take his fancy in an updated version of ancient myths. particular are the Ardagh chalice and the This well-produced encyclopaedia is Tara brooch which were unearthed in divided into 12 sections covering al-Qaeda, Ireland in 1868. Cotterell suggests, contrary TE CEC CHRONICLES assassinations, disinformation, global con- to the generally accepted history, that the % a a spiracies, intelligence, key figures, conspira- chalice was created on the instruction of cies of the military, medical, religious and royal types, secret societies and UFOs. Each section is introduced by a short essay setting the context, and many entries are cross-referenced. There's an extensive bibli- ography and index to aid researchers. And while it's pleasing to see an entry for NEXUS (under "disinformation", no less!), it is not entirely accurate—so I hope this doesn't apply to the rest of the content! Jesus Christ to celebrate the Last Supper and to encode mathematical and symbolic infor- mation about cycles of the Sun and Venus, sunspots, magnetism, solar wind and their effects on Earth as well as about mankind's spiritual purpose. Cotterell speculates that the jewelled cup with its elaborate metalwork—the original Holy Grail, he surmises—was taken to Glastonbury by Joseph of Aramathea, who in AD 60 built the first Christian church there. Its design incorporates the Druidic calendar of 364 days, which was last used in AD 70, and Cotterell exhaustively examines its secret symbolism. The cup also has links with the legend of King Arthur (a Jesus Christ allegory, he believes), as does the beautiful Tara brooch which also incorpo- rates the secret science in its design and creation. The parallels with Mayan artefacts are astonishing and the reader is left to con- template who influenced whom first. Considering we live in times when our Sun is undergoing major changes, this knowl- edge could be vital for our survival. NEXUS +67 FEBRUARY — MARCH 2007 THE CELTIC CHRONICLES www.nexusmagazine.com