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© REVIEWS THE CYGNUS MYSTERY Referring to recent findings from archaeol- by Andrew Collins ogy, comparative religious study and astro- Watkins Publishing, London, UK, 2006 physics, Collins proffers evidence that — ISBN 1-84293-193-8 (350pp hc) “microblazar" Cygnus X-3's one-sided jet Available: http:/Avww.andrewcollins.com points directly at Earth—but he wonders if he constellation Cygnus has a connec- this is a mere cosmic coincidence. This is a tion with northern-hemisphere humanity Compelling new line of enquiry. going back at least to Palaeolithic times. Associated with the bird as a symbol of the © THE ELECTRIC SKY: A Challenge to soul, and depicted in many forms including the Myths of Modern Astronomy the vulture and, of course, the swan, the con- by Donald E. Scott stellation was a gateway to Heaven for Mikamar Publishing, Portland, USA, 2006 shamans and was reflected in ancient belief —_ [SBN 0-9772851-1-1 (248pp tpb) systems and the siting of standing stones. Available: Mikamar Publishing, tel +1 As Andrew Collins has discovered, Deneb, (503) 740 9567, www.mikamar.biz the brightest star in Cygnus, was the north- stronomers, astrophysicists and cosmol- ern pole star c. 15,000 BC when much of the ogists won't expand their knowledge northern regions were yet to emerge from unless they change their focus from gravity the last ice age. At this same time came to electromagnetism and plasma physics forth changes in human physical and neuro- says Donald Scott, an American electrical logical make-up that found expression in and computer engineer as well as amateur cave art with its representation of ritual sym- astronomer. He's part of a push that's mak- bolism and cosmic cycles. Collins is not the — ing waves in these fields despite the intransi- gence of the mainstream scientific commu- nity. They owe their approach to such lumi- naries as Nobel Prize-winning Swedish electrical engineer Hannes Alfvén, author of the 1981 classic Cosmic Plasma, and engi- neer Ralph Juergens, who in the late 1970s proposed an Electric Sun hypothesis with our Sun as a huge plasma cloud. Among the push is Wal Thornhill, who's presented his Electric Universe theory at NEXUS confer- ences and whose research we've published (see 11/04, 12/01, 12/05, 13/01). In Electric Sky, Scott establishes what is wrong with the "accepted" astrophysical and cosmological belief structure and explains how all the shortcomings can be understood in terms of electric plasma. So, there's no need to classify so many things as "miss- ing", i.e., "Missing matter", "dark energy", "superstrings", for the properties of electric plasma account for all observations. By this hypothesis, which can be tested under lab conditions, the Big Bang theory is rendered defunct, assumptions about redshift are dis- proved (with help from Halton Arp's obser- ary leap to Homo sapiens sapiens and the yations) and the accelerating solar wind can original flowering of cave art in Western © explained, so, too, can the solar corona Europe from c. 32,500 to 30,000 BP. temperature differential: ~3 million versus Collins began the journey that led to The re Kelvin at the mn s sible surface: Cygnus Mystery by returning to Turkey he P mane how tha th Sone ee to (which he'd visited for his first book, From the popular theory that the Sun is seli-pow- the Ashes of Angels; see 4/01), especially the ered by nuclear fusion, promoting the alter- region bordered by Syria and Iraq. His dis- native view that it's charged up by current coveries at "the oldest ‘temple’ in the world", flows sourced from the galactic neighbour- Gobekli Tepe, possibly at least 12,000 years hood. Plasma is more than just hot gas; old, and at the probably older Karahan Tepe, indeed, says Scott, "in the beginning was the show alignments with the already long- plasma’ » the first state of matter. . revered Cygnus constellation and a fascina- Despite the complexity of the subject, tion with vultures and hallucinogenic mush- Scott has produced an easily understandable rooms—aids on the age-old shamanic quest. book that surely will play a role in turning establishment astrophysics on its head. ANDREW COLLINS first to propose that these changes may have been kick-started by a gigantic influx of cos- mic rays from the Cygnus X-3 binary star— and these deep caves would have been ideal traps for these rays. In fact, high-energy subatomic particle residues can be found in the walls of these caves. As well, beryllium- 10 traces in ice cores from the Antarctic and Greenland show an earlier influx c. 35,000 BP that may have resulted in the evolution- THE CYGNUS MYSTERY by Andrew Collins Watkins Publishing, London, UK, 2006 ISBN 1-84293-193-8 (350pp hc) Available: http:/Awww.andrewcollins.com lhe constellation Cygnus has a connec- tion with northern-hemisphere humanity going back at least to Palaeolithic times. Associated with the bird as a symbol of the soul, and depicted in many forms including the vulture and, of course, the swan, the con- stellation was a gateway to Heaven for shamans and was reflected in ancient belief systems and the siting of standing stones. As Andrew Collins has discovered, Deneb, the brightest star in Cygnus, was the north- ern pole star c. 15,000 BC when much of the northern regions were yet to emerge from the last ice age. At this same time came forth changes in human physical and neuro- logical make-up that found expression in cave art with its representation of ritual sym- bolism and cosmic cycles. Collins is not the ANDREW COLLING first to propose that these changes may have been kick-started by a gigantic influx of cos- mic rays from the Cygnus X-3 binary star— and these deep caves would have been ideal traps for these rays. In fact, high-energy subatomic particle residues can be found in the walls of these caves. As well, beryllium- 10 traces in ice cores from the Antarctic and Greenland show an earlier influx c. 35,000 BP that may have resulted in the evolution- ary leap to Homo sapiens sapiens and the original flowering of cave art in Western Europe from c. 32,500 to 30,000 BP. Collins began the journey that led to The Cygnus Mystery by returning to Turkey (which he'd visited for his first book, From the Ashes of Angels; see 4/01), especially the region bordered by Syria and Iraq. His dis- coveries at "the oldest 'temple' in the world", Gobekli Tepe, possibly at least 12,000 years old, and at the probably older Karahan Tepe, show alignments with the already long- revered Cygnus constellation and a fascina- tion with vultures and hallucinogenic mush- rooms—aids on the age-old shamanic quest. APRIL — MAY 2007 NEXUS = 73 www.nexusmagazine.com