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BOOKS Reviewed by Ruth Parnell ENLIGHTENMENT THROUGH ORBS by Diana Cooper & Kathy Crosswell Findhorn Press, Scotland, UK, 2008 ISBN 978-I-84409-153-9 (157pp tpb) Available: www.findhornpress.com piritually sensitive authors Diana Cooper and Kathy Crosswell teamed up to shed light on the mysterious orbs phenomenon. Both are assisted by their guides in spreading the message that orbs present an opportunity for enlightenment to those with open minds—and digital cameras. In their book, they include 40 colour photos of orbs which serve to show important aspects of their functions. Orbs mean different things to different people. To Cooper and Crosswell, they are messengers of a spiritual hierarchy represented by Seraphim, guardian angels, departed loved ones and even unicorns. These orbic light representations can show combinations of various levels of the hierarchy's presence, each with its own role to perform in assisting us, whether in protecting us from danger, nurturing our love or encouraging us on our spiritual path. JUNE — JULY 2009 REVIEWS & REVIEWS Cooper and Crosswell describe aspects and energies of elemental spirits, guides, masters and a host of archangels, all of whom we can call up as a matter of course and can certainly connect with via various images of orbs. They give keys for receiving this energy from the universe and provide various meditations and exercises with the orbs to raise our consciousness. Orbs may well be an important, and timely, gift to humanity. wisdom" that takes in a social thesis, a psychoacoustical theory, psychophysiological principles, harmonic models and physica archetypes. What more could you ask for? From the Pythagorean Disjunctive Tetrachord System to the Quantum Space Lattice and Cubeoctahedral Atomic Model, the groundwork is laid out to turn our world view upside down. Merrick, a major talent in many fields, is concerned about what young people are being taught, and it's nothing to do with appreciating the natural coherence that runs through music, physics and perception. In his cutting-edge treatise, he maintains that without harmonic philosophy we can't find real meaning and a path to wisdom. INTERFERENCE: A Grand Scientific Musical Theory by Richard Merrick Richard Merrick, USA, 2009 ISBN 978-0-615-20599-I (408pp hc) Available: InterferenceTheory.com f you were inspired by Richard Merrick's article "The Suppression of Harmonic Science" in NEXUS 16/02 and took the next step and checked out his website, only to be mind-boggled at the analysis and illustrations therein, you'll definitely want to have his brilliant and beautifully produced large-format volume in your collection. This is a book that is wowing forward-thinking people, whether they be into music, science, sacred geometry, graphic art, the Kabbalah or history. It's full of "unconventional ye NEXUS ¢ 71 www.nexusmagazine.com