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@ REVIEWS STARWALKERS AND THE Djed reed pillar was symbolic of a stairway guage but their symbols and spoken words DIMENSION OF THE BLESSED to heaven, and the reed boat design may have remarkable correspondences with by William Henry have represented a wormhole with entry and —_ ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs, pronuncia- Adventures Unlimited Press, USA 2007 exit points for "starwalking" adepts. tions and meanings. Dogon cosmology, ISBN 978-1-931882-79-8 (258pp tpb) Drawing on the mythological studies of Scranton says, delineates the evolution of Available: adventuresunlimitedpress.com Laurence Gardner, Zecharia Sitchin, John the structure of matter with formative ele- ommon to ancient cultures and mytholo- Allegro and Robert Temple, among many, ments of "unformed" waves, perception, Cm including the Egyptian, Sumerian and the frontier scientific findings of Paul vibration/mass, Calabi-Yau space (wrapped Vedic, Mayan and Canaanite is the idea of LaViolette, Jeremy Narby, David Talbott bundles at every point of space-time), string the "Dimension of the Blessed", accessible and Wal Thornhill, Henry shows that access _ intersections, membranes, quarks, protons/ via the "Field of Reeds", a doorway toa to higher, blessed realms is possible and, neutrons/electrons and atoms. These states oh indeed, is our destiny. Compelling stuff! are represented in Dogon ideographs and higher dimension of light. This doorway is lancuace and have their counterparts in a form of stargate through which suas: Tparts "Starwalkers" or interdimensional beings SACRED SYMBOLS OF THE DOGON Egyptian hieroglyphs and keywords—a case travel to and from our earthly world, says by Laird Scranton of formative influences due to awareness of William Henry in his new book which fol _Inner Traditions, Rochester, USA, 2007 _—Scientific reality, not of gods. lows on from his Cloak of the Illuminati and ISBN 978-1-59477-134-7 (262pp tpb) As well, Scranton has determined that the Oracle of the Hluminati (see 11/03, 13/02). Available: www.InnerTraditions.com design of the all-important Dogon granary as strong symbolic associations with the Furthermore, Henry maintains that we are his extraordinary analysis of the similari- ti f Buddhist tradition. Being of all potential Starwalkers, for our bodies have ties between the Dogon tribe of Mali, stupa ‘id Vd ws he ition. speak: an the inherent potential to interface with this West Africa, and the ancient Egyptians pyramica! design, the granary speaks of an association with the Amazigh peoples who preceded the First Dynasty Egyptians. An exciting thesis to make us all think. higher dimension. The fact that humans are comes out of left-of-field from software becoming galactic beings by "inserting" our- designer Laird Scranton, who has diverted selves into space marks a return to the his skills into the study of mythology, sym- ancient recognition that the divine is within bology and science. Sacred Symbols of the us. Moreover, the Large Hadron Collider, Dogon is the sequel to The Science of the soon to go online near Geneva, is a type of Dogon, first published in a limited edition as time machine that will explore the "new Hidden Meanings (see NEXUS 11/01), and dimensionality" of the periodic system and includes a supportive foreword by indepen- connect our 3D world with extra dimensions dent Egyptologist John Anthony West. in a way that the "ancient blessed ones" did Scranton utilises findings from research in exercising their mythic powers. This so- conducted in the 1930s—50s by French called "ring of truth" may even prove that anthropologists Marcel Griaule and we come from another dimension. Germaine Dieterlen, which details exoteric Henry uses his knowledge of etymology and esoteric aspects of the Dogon world and symbology to show that the sages and view, and from Genevieve Calame-Griaule's shamans were describing the same truths dictionary of the Dogon language. He also about the physical cosmos and the hidden, reassesses the hieroglyphic translations of E. spiritual cosmos; e.g., in Egypt, the reed was A. Wallis Budge, regarding these as a symbol for knowledge and a tool of ascen- _ extremely relevant to the Dogon language. sion as well as for writing and recording; the The Dogon people have no written lan- Djed reed pillar was symbolic of a stairway to heaven, and the reed boat design may have represented a wormhole with entry and exit points for "starwalking" adepts. Drawing on the mythological studies of Laurence Gardner, Zecharia Sitchin, John Allegro and Robert Temple, among many, and the frontier scientific findings of Paul LaViolette, Jeremy Narby, David Talbott and Wal Thornhill, Henry shows that access to higher, blessed realms is possible and, indeed, is our destiny. Compelling stuff! guage but their symbols and spoken words have remarkable correspondences with ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs, pronuncia- tions and meanings. Dogon cosmology, Scranton says, delineates the evolution of the structure of matter with formative ele- ments of "unformed" waves, perception, vibration/mass, Calabi-Yau space (wrapped bundles at every point of space-time), string intersections, membranes, quarks, protons/ neutrons/electrons and atoms. These states are represented in Dogon ideographs and language and have their counterparts in Egyptian hieroglyphs and keywords—a case of formative influences due to awareness of scientific reality, not of gods. As well, Scranton has determined that the design of the all-important Dogon granary has strong symbolic associations with the stupa of Buddhist tradition. Being of pre- pyramidal design, the granary speaks of an association with the Amazigh peoples who preceded the First Dynasty Egyptians. An exciting thesis to make us all think. THE RLY 7o EVAR cc EIT NSHETHAR HINNGSLY HE alee Ht L pte SCRANTOR ubesggi ess ry NEXUS * 69 FEBRUARY — MARCH 2008 www.nexusmagazine.com