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REVIEWS @ KEVIEWS to show this requires having access B O O K S to vast computer power as well as Reviewed by Ruth Parnell money and time—another reason why the "consensus" has the upper THE CLIMATE CAPER hand. Still, Paltridge gives reasoned by Garth W. Paltridge arguments in his incisive overview. Connor Court, Vic., Australia, 2009 ISBN 978-1-921421-25-9 (IIIpp tpb) 2012 AND THE SHIFT OF AGES Available: www.connorcourt.com by Alexander Price meritus Professor Garth Paltridge, AUP, Kempton, IL, USA, 2009 atmospheric physicist and former [SBN 978-1-935487-OI-2 (I8Opp tpb) CSIRO Chief Research Scientist, has Ayail; adventuresunlimitedpress.com; an insider's view into the science, Www.nexusmagazine.com politics, economics and sociology of any cultures preserve legends to global warming and climate change. do with destruction and renewal. His take in The Climate Caper is at odds These may be based on observations with the "consensus" politico- of microcosmic- or cosmic-scale scientific perspective which to himis events by people living through at odds with the spirit of scientific changes in ancient times, and seem enquiry and hell-bent on catastrophe. to be at the core of planet-wide While Paltridge agrees that burning mystical traditions and religions. fossil fuels will raise CO2 levels, he Alexander Price, a Sufi dervish and shows that the models don't properly mystical teacher, notes these links take into account the uncertainties of between ancient and modern world variables like concentration of water views. Starting with the Americas, he vapour and cloud cover in a turbulent — enlightens us on the Hopi way, the middle-upper atmosphere, which Aztec migration path and the Mayan also relate to the CO2 cycle. He has calendar, and explains how these all much to say about the problems with say something about the death of an computer climate modelling and with old world and the birth of a new. subconscious pressures that However, he stresses that while the perpetuate scientific scepticism. Maya see 2012 as being a significant Intrinsic to his argument is that the date representing a turning point for data do not prove that we're on the humanity, it is not the only one and it verge of a climate catastrophe. But shouldn't be viewed in terms of some idea of a Christian apocalypse. Next, Price turns his attention to cosmic cycles as understood by the original shamans as well as by the ancient Egyptians, Mesopotamians, Hindus and Persians. Incorporated into zodiacal systems together with animal symbologies, these views became part of the esoteric traditions of the ancient Greeks and Romans. The slaying of the bull by Mithras, for example, represents the release of he soul upon physical death. The ate-19th-century Theosophists reinterpreted these understandings. All the world's religions are One, springing from the one Source and eading to one Goal, as a Hopi wise man confided in Price. This is a spiritually based resource to help us navigate through changing times. 2012 AND THE SHIFT OF AGES by Alexander Price AUP, Kempton, IL, USA, 2009 ISBN 978-I-935487-O1-2 (I8Opp tpb) Avail: adventuresunlimitedpress.com; www.nexusmagazine.com any cultures preserve legends to do with destruction and renewal. These may be based on observations of microcosmic- or cosmic-scale events by people living through changes in ancient times, and seem to be at the core of planet-wide mystical traditions and religions. Alexander Price, a Sufi dervish and mystical teacher, notes these links between ancient and modern world views. Starting with the Americas, he enlightens us on the Hopi way, the Aztec migration path and the Mayan calendar, and explains how these all say something about the death of an old world and the birth of a new. However, he stresses that while the Maya see 2012 as being a significant date representing a turning point for humanity, it is not the only one and it shouldn't be viewed in terms of some SHIFT OF AGES ad ALEXANDER PRICE NEXUS ¢ 69 FEBRUARY - MARCH 2010 www.nexusmagazine.com