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THE AKASHIC EXPERIENCE by Ervin Laszlo Inner Traditions, Vermont, USA, 2009 ISBN 978-1-59477-298-6 (278pp tpb) Available: www.innertraditions.com I the introduction to his mind- expanding compilation, Ervin Laszlo tackles the question of just what an "akashic experience" is. To this author of Science and the Akashic Field and The Chaos Point (see 12/02 and 13/04), it's a lived experience in the extrasensory or non-sensory mode—one that very likely couldn't have been transmitted by the senses. Encompassed in its world are creative insights, non-local healings, near-death and after-death communications and past-life recollections. Common to this experience is the sense that there is no separation between the subject and the object, and often there's a deep connection with the cosmos and the "cosmic memory field". Frontier science only in recent years has begun to perceive what is ancient knowledge and thus has been undergoing a paradigm shift. Among the 20 pioneers chosen for their special perspectives on this shift into the akashic higher reality are healer C. J. Martes (developer of Akashic Field Therapy), psychology professor Stanley Krippner, JUNE — JULY 2009 REVIEWS & REVIEWS troubadour Raffi Cavoukian, transpersonal psychologist Stanislav Grof and astronaut Edgar Mitchell. The varied themes cover infinite consciousness, healing over space and time, the uses of Akashic information in business, bridging the subjective and objective, and reports from near-death survivors. In summing up, Laszlo sees hope in the expanding horizons of scientific research and adds a note on his own experience of the infinite Akasha. Peninsula is not one held dear by mainstream Egyptologists. Nevertheless, fans of Sitchin's groundbreaking research will appreciate this A to Z compendium of key gods, demigods, personages, archaeological sites, concepts and beliefs that are featured throughout his series. Sitchin subscribes to a unified, global history of Earth and humanity that explains the similarities in myths and legends found throughout ancient cultures. Most of the hundreds of entries contain commentaries and cross- references to several civilisations and are invaluable for keeping the reader on top of the mass of information contained in Sitchin's books. If you haven't yet ventured into the Chronicles, here's your launching pad. THE EARTH CHRONICLES HANDBOOK by Zecharia Sitchin Bear & Co., Rochester, VT, USA, 2009 ISBN 978-1-59143-1015 (23Ipp tpb) Available: BearandCompanyBooks.com echaria Sitchin’s seven-book series The Earth Chronicles has been intrinsic to shaping new views on the myths of ancient civilisations, popularising the idea that these stories were based on real events and that the gods they portrayed were actually visitors from other worlds. However, Sitchin's interpretations of ancient records aren't always accepted by his fellow scholars; for example, the notion that the Giza pyramids were built by the Anunnaki as part of a landing corridor serving a post-flood spaceport in the Sinai ‘THE 127TH PLANET - Tet Gtaway - _ | L EARTH B CHRONICLES p HANDBOOK § ea YEGHARIN SLC EDN NEXUS ¢ 73 www.nexusmagazine.com