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REVIEWS @ KEVIEWS plasma, crystals and pyramids. The extensive appendices cover diverse subjects from best-practice labware to conscious manifestation methods. A book ahead of the times yet steeped in ancient tradition. a state of inner spiritual awareness. He gets to the core of the secret science and its purpose, examines he original manifestos and reveals ey names behind the movement— some not so well known; others as ‘mous as Kepler, Fludd and Bacon. The mention of these names in the ight of an esoteric backdrop to history as we have been taught suggests that the progression of consciousness over the centuries has been informed and nurtured by a ong-protected spiritual undercurrent. Perhaps the growing interest by the public in esotericism—and, indeed, Rosicrucianism—in recent years is a reflection of a deep desire to connect with something greater, with divine intelligence itself. Churton's book is both an education and a revelation. ORMUS: Modern Day Alchemy by Chris Emmons, RPh Dreamgate Press, CA, USA, 2009 ISBN 978-0-9815840-I-0 (294pp tpb) Available: www.ormusbook.com he discovery, or rediscovery, in the 1980s of orbitally rearranged monatomic elements or ORMEs, often called ORMUS elements, revealed a new state of matter that is closer to the spiritual than the material. But be warned: do not attempt to turn gold into the elixir of life unless you have the chemistry know-how, a safe work environment and a spiritual bent. Fortunately, here's a textbook of this modern-day alchemy which offers guidance to the questing, fledgling alchemist seeking immortality or just a healthy harvest. To pharmacist Chris Emmons, collecting ORMUS is part of the Great Work and reflects ancient alchemical conversion processes as understood by the luminary Paracelsus and other alchemists and mystics. Her book reads like a chemical kitchen cookbook, with instructions on wet and dry ORMUS extraction and collection procedures, lye boiling and burning, magnetic vortex water traps and dew collection techniques. Emmons instructs on obtaining ORMUS from fresh and salt water and on attracting "life force" from ocean THE INVISIBLE HISTORY OF THE ROSICRUCIANS by Tobias Churton Inner Traditions, Rochester, USA, 2009 ISBN 978-1-59477-255-9 (56lpp tpb) Available: www.InnerTraditions.com t's only been in the last 25 years that academia has given serious credence to the study of Western esoteric traditions. Here, the tradition that most concerns us is Rosicrucianism, both as a mystical and an historical movement. Well qualified to enlighten us is Tobias Churton, who specialises in the connections between Freemasons, emplars and Rosicrucians and who ectures at Exeter University, which offers the only master's program in Western esotericism in the UK. Churton, himself a "perfected" night of the Rose Croix, demystifies he brotherhood by explaining how it was formalised in the very early 17th century but was based on a |4th- century mythology that had its roots in a millennia-old gnostic stream that steered the individual into achieving THE INVISIBLE HISTORY or THE ROSICRUCIANS GROUND BASES b Richard sauder Ph.D. NEXUS ¢ 71 UNDERWATER AND UNDER- To order visit FEBRUARY - MARCH 2010 www.nexusmagazine.com