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SECRETS OF THE LIGHT by Dannion Brinkley with Kathryn Brinkley HarperCollins, New York, 2008 ISBN 978-0-06-167176-0 (209pp hc) Available: www.harpercollins.com ong-time NEXUS readers may recall Dannion Brinkley's article "Prophecy Countdown 2000" back in 995 (see 2/24) and his books Saved by the Light and (co-written with Paul Perry) At Peace in the Light (see 2/24 and 3/03). One thing that sticks in he mind is that Brinkley was struck by lightning back in 1975—and lived 0 tell of the valuable insights he received as a result of this trauma. Since then, he's had two more near- death experiences and has been sent back here to impart transformational nowledge to those of us who are receptive, and maybe some who aren't. He's done amazing work in palliative care environments including recruiting and training volunteers to care for dying American war veterans—'spiritual activism in its highest form". Together with his wife Kathryn, he's toured the world, helping to transform the consciousness of everyday people. His deeply uplifting book gives guidance on successful living and dying and on how to fulfill our true purpose. He reveals that a loved one REVIEWS & REVIEWS who's in a coma can still hear you speak to them, that there's no Hell below us but there are seven levels of Heaven, and that as part of a collective consciousness we are in he process of creating peace or war as our future. As for the prophecies, he claims that 110 of the 117 revelations have come to pass so far. Brinkley talks about the "fourfold path to power" that encompasses ove, choice, belief and prayer, and encourages the daily practice of "life review" that reminds us to be hankful, truthful and kind. Scottish Isle of Mull, which depicts a haloed Jesus with a pregnant, girdled woman, apparently Mary Magdalene. Such depiction pre-dates latter-day discussion that the two were married. Dunford examines the Christ lineage in Scotland, the travels of Joseph of Arimathea in southwest England, the establishment of the Celtic Church, the true Grail, the enigmatic Rosslyn Chapel in Scotland, sacred geography of the British Isles, the Hollow Earth mystery, Britain's Shambhala World Axis and more. He assures us that we can look forward to the Second Coming as the awakening of the unified consciousness in all human hearts and a raising of vibrational frequencies in our physical forms. This is the real message of Jesus Christ, Dunford insists. VISION OF ALBION: The Key to the Holy Grail by Barry Dunford Sacred Connections, UK, 2008 ISBN 0-9541873-I-8 (464pp tpb) Available: sacredconnections.co.uk I Vision of Albion, Barry Dunford extends the argument he put forward in The Holy Land of Scotland (review, 10/01), with thanks to the mystic poet William Blake to whom Albion, the British Isles, was the "true Holy Land of Christ". Informing him is his uncovering of a groundswell of esoteric truth behind the existence and mission of Christ on this Earth. Dunford's starting point centres around the 1906-dated stained glass window in Kilmore Church on the Vision of Albion 4 The Key to oly Grail NEXUS ¢ 71 APRIL - MAY 2009 www.nexusmagazine.com