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JUNE — JULY 2007 @ REVIEWS IN SEARCH OF QUETZALCOATL around 1700 BC. Honoré reasoned the matters is sourced from the realm of chan- by Pierre Honoré script had to have been transferred to the nelling, which can't be considered reliable. Adventures Unlimited Press, Kempton, New World by that date; but if it took anoth- Nor can more recent records in the Gospels Illinois, USA, 2007 (first published in er 1,500 years for the Mayan civilisation to be considered "Gospel truth", and Austin German as Ich Fand Den Weissen Gott, emerge, then the script had to have been admits this, relating examples of inconsis- Verlag Heinrich Scheffler, 1961) nurtured by an older, as yet unknown, civili-__ tencies between these four books, yet she ISBN 1-931882-57-6 (228pp tpb) sation probably based in the Amazon devotes many pages to alternative takes on Available: adventuresunlimitedpress.com Valley, where some native peoples of fair what are undoubtedly forged holy books but ; ' skin and hair were still known to live. coded with esoteric messages. Influenced any ancient peoples of Central and South America left behind records of a bearded "white god" who brought civilisa- tion to their tribes. He was Quetzalcoatl to While much more has been uncovered by the famous "Course in Miracles", Austin since Honoré did his research, his book has makes the case for our being souls intercon- laid essential groundwork for getting to the nected with the Divine source, our role in the Toltecs and Aztecs, Viracocha to the heart of the Mesoamerican mysteries. this world being to learn to balance the light Inca, and Kukulcan to the Maya. and the dark within ourselves. The more French researcher Pierre Honoré, whose GENESIS OF MAN aware we are of our Divine heritage, the highly illustrated book on the mysterious by June Austin ‘whol connected we ae with humanity as a heritage of American civilisation was pub- Authors Online for Pigsty Press, UK, 2006 fo ole and the eon able we are to fellow. lished in 1961, travelled extensively in ISBN 0-7552-0236-8 (261 pp tpb) tan The ani home comes t our Telow South and Central America when he was Available: http://www.juneaustin.co.uk; man. ‘The way home comes by getting in touch with the silence within, not by blind faith in a priesthood or religious buildings and ceremonies. (I'd have liked to seen a closing chapter that draws all these threads based in Brazil as a government adviser and _http://www.authorsonline.co.uk director of a research institute. In the course L combining her knowledge of pre- and of his 15-year investigations of ancient cul- ancient history with mythology and spiri- tural remnants, he observed many parallels tual philosophy, Surrey-based Reiki master together, but maybe that's in the second edi- with ancient Mediterranean cultures as well _and crystal therapist June Austin speculates tion that's being printed as we go to press.) as Chinese influences that arrived via the in Genesis of Man on who we are, where we ° SP ” 8 Press. Pacific, causing a cultural explosion in Peru —_ came from and where we're heading. and Bolivia with the Chavin civilisation Austin presents evidence for an alternative from around 1000 BC. Later outpourings of _ celestial heritage where the first humans Cambodian, Indian and Javanese cultures were seeded by extraterrestrial "gods" who can be seen in Toltec and Mayan architec- returned from time to time to instruct the ture. But it was Mediterranean influences— _ fledgling Homo sapiens. Information about Minoan and perhaps Phoenician—that were _ the solar system, for instance—as can be responsible for the bearded white god leg- seen in ancient clay seals—was passed on ends and artefacts, Honoré believed. Ina by the Nephilim, part angelic souls from foray up an Amazon tributary, guided by another world, Nibiru, to the ancient tribal youth with knowledge of the "white Sumerians of Mesopotamia. These were a god", he rediscovered stones bearing an people whose civilisation seemed to "spring ancient script of Phoenician source. from nowhere", as did that of the Egyptians, Particularly notable was his research into the Maya and perhaps even the Atlanteans. the similarity between Mayan glyphs and the However, some of what Austin suggests Minoans' original pictorial script, used until _—_ about civilisations of prehistory and other around 1700 BC. Honoré reasoned the script had to have been transferred to the New World by that date; but if it took anoth- er 1,500 years for the Mayan civilisation to emerge, then the script had to have been nurtured by an older, as yet unknown, civili- sation probably based in the Amazon Valley, where some native peoples of fair skin and hair were still known to live. While much more has been uncovered since Honoré did his research, his book has laid essential groundwork for getting to the heart of the Mesoamerican mysteries. matters is sourced from the realm of chan- nelling, which can't be considered reliable. Nor can more recent records in the Gospels be considered "Gospel truth", and Austin admits this, relating examples of inconsis- tencies between these four books, yet she devotes many pages to alternative takes on what are undoubtedly forged holy books but coded with esoteric messages. Influenced by the famous "Course in Miracles", Austin makes the case for our being souls intercon- nected with the Divine source, our role in this world being to learn to balance the light and the dark within ourselves. The more aware we are of our Divine heritage, the more connected we are with humanity as a whole and the more able we are to exercise forgiveness and compassion to our fellow man. The way home comes by getting in touch with the silence within, not by blind faith in a priesthood or religious buildings and ceremonies. (I'd have liked to seen a closing chapter that draws all these threads together, but maybe that's in the second edi- tion that's being printed as we go to press.) NEXUS = 71 www.nexusmagazine.com