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Coast 2 Coast

2007-06-20T21:23:00.000+01:00

The Dark Truth about the world's Secret Societies will be revealed on Coast 2 Coast Saturday 30th June from 7pm in a rare 3 hour interview with international best selling author, Philip Gardiner.

Gardiner will be speaking about his new DVD and book, Secret Societies, as well as his recent DVD and book, The Ark, The Shroud and Mary and the incredible united discovery of an ancient brotherhood guarding major secrets.

Be there or beware.

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2007-06-20T14:07:00.000+01:00

Order any book or DVD from Gardiner's World using paypal and you will get a FREE CD featuring authors such as Brad Steiger, Dr John Jay Harper, Philip Gardiner and many more. Not only that but every book you order will be signed by the author himself.

Gateways to the Otherworld

2007-06-19T14:17:00.000+01:00

A sneak preview of the new DVD (for December) based on the book Gateways to the Otherworld: Quantum Mind of God Part 2.

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QUANTUM MIND OF GOD OUT NOW

2007-06-15T21:16:00.000+01:00

"We must assume behind this force the existence of a conscious and intelligent mind. This mind is the matrix of all matter." Max Planck

"Deeper than What the Bleep and more profound than The Secret."

What is the meaning of existence? Is there a Grand Architect? Is there an ultimate truth searched for by countless generations and lost in the mists of time?

Today we have a new science, a new terminology to explain and expound upon the biggest beliefs and religious systems. It has become apparent that the truth and understanding of our inner-selves is, in the end, our ultimate quest. The void between belief and reality is indicative of the troubled planet we live on. As we all approach a dynamic future, the answers will emerge although they might not be what we?re expecting.

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What is the meaning of existence?

Is there a god? A Grand Architect?

Is there a truth, searched for by countless generations and lost in the mists of time?

The drive to find the answer to the ultimate question may well be over, for today we have a new science, a new terminology to explain and expound upon the biggest of truths. The answer may not be what we expect. It may not be the god we have been led to believe in, but it may very well answer some of the most profound questions man as ever asked.

The truth of our very existence; the truth about our inner self and the answers to the ultimate question - does god exist - are about to be revealed.

John Steinbeck said in The Log from the Sea of Cortez, "Man is related inextricably to all reality, known and unknowable, plankton, a shimmering phospherescence on the sea and the spinning planets and an expanding universe, all bound together by the elastic string of time. It is advisable to look from the tide pool to the stars and then back to the tide pool again."

The universe is an awe inspiring place, filled with galaxies and yet also quite empty. Around 10 to 15 billion years ago existence began and time erupted into a void of nothingness with the comically named Big Bang. The term was in fact given by Fred Hoyle, the infamous astronomer, who paradoxically believed in a totally different concept he called the Steady State Theory, whereby the universe gradually emerges, rather than in one incredible explosion. Today, scientists have all-but proven the big bang theory with measurements of red and blue shift, the coming towards and going away noise seen in the red and blue edges of the light spectrum. In addition to this at the end of the last century scientists discovered background radiation signatures from the very first cosmic moments of the big bang.

In these early moments of a new existence the mathematical equations of all things were being worked out from the initial chaos. Mathematical laws underpin the fabric of the universe, not just atoms, but people, stars and galaxies. Inside every atom there are beautiful mathematical forces binding them together and these bind everything else - our skin, the land, the planets and gravity itself.

St Augustine himself said "The universe was brought into being in a less than fully formed state, but was gifted to transform itself from unformed matter into a truly marvellous array of structure and life forms."

That gifting, spoken of by St Augustine is now known by scientists as a mathematical equation, but this does not reveal a purpose - a why, instead it only reveals how it was formed.

A series of special numbers now exist which explain how all things work, from the atom to the largest sun. Gravity, electromagnetism, time, light and all-manner of phenomena emerged with interlinked and intertwined mathematical strands that unite all things to each other. What was created, was a wonderful structure often termed the Matrix.

"We must assume behind this force the existence of a conscious and intelligent mind. This mind is the matrix of all matter." Max Planck

We as humans are poised at the very centre of this incredible force. It would take as many humans to make up the mass of our Sun as there are atoms within each one of us. This is perfection in a mathematically balanced nature and yet we are unaware of our special position. The sun is a billion metres in diameter and a molecule is a billionth of a metre. We are perfectly situated in between.

Our size and our position in the solar system is crucial for life to exist as it does. It is the nature of number that allows this wonder - an equation first formed in the original moments and according to Max Plank, mind of the big bang.

Molecules, living cells and minerals are all formed by atoms combining together in special mixes to create different substances. All are atoms, all are particles, all have sub-nuclear particles and the galaxies themselves are held in position by these sub-nuclear particles. What scientists do not yet know is the ultimate question for them - what is the synthesis between the cosmos and the quantum world. What is the thread that links the quantum to the cosmos?

It is because of division in language and perception that this answer cannot be found. But we will discover this secret thread and find that if we pull upon it, we shall unravel the mysteries of the universe.

Philip Gardiner is the international best-selling author of Gnosis, the Secret of Solomon?s Temple and The Ark the Shroud and Mary among others. He speaks at conferences across the globe, from the Australian Scientific and Metaphysical Symposium to Universities throughout Europe. He has been featured on the Discovery Channel and appeared on Fox News and hundreds of television and radio shows on his personal crusade to uncover the truth behind myths, legends and ancient mysteries.

STRANGE PHENOMENA INVESTIGATIONS CROYDON LECTURE PROGRAMME FOR 2007.

2007-06-15T08:04:00.000+01:00

For the first time ever in Surrey, a series of regular monthly lectures on ghosts, poltergeists, UFOs and the paranormal is coming to Croydon Surrey.

You will be able to listen to the UK?s ?top? UFO & Paranormal researchers discuss a whole range of weird and wonderful phenomenon. This is ?your? opportunity to come along each month and learn all about strange phenomena and indeed perhaps relate your own paranormal experience (if you have one).

DATE SPEAKER SUBJECT TITLE

Saturday July 14th Malcolm Robinson UFOs, Ghosts And The Paranormal?
Saturday August 4th Nick Pope. ?The Real X Files?
Saturday September 29th Marcus Allen ?Did We Really Land On The Moon? ?
Saturday October 13th To Be Confirmed
Saturday November 3rd Ian Franklin The Ghosts Of Hampton Court.
Saturday December 1st Professor Chris French The Psychology of Anomalous Experiences.

We hope to see many new faces at our increasingly popular monthly lecture programme during 2007, so do please come along, you will be more than welcome. Indeed, bring along a friend

All lectures will be held at the Spread Eagle Pub 39-41 Katherine Street, Croydon, Surrey, England, CRO 1NX.

All lectures commence at 3:00pm and conclude at 6:30pm.
Nearest Main Line Train Stations: East Croydon & West Croydon (10-15 mins walk away)
Public: �5:00 SPI Members: �4:00.

SPI cannot be held responsible for the cancellation of a speaker, should this occur, (and we get advance notice in time,) we will ensure an alternative speaker is arranged. These meetings are designed for people with interests in strange phenomena who wish to find out more about the strange world of the unexplained. Join like-minded individuals who share this fascination for all things weird and wonderful.

Join in the after lecture debate and find out about all the latest research. Please note that the views expressed by our guest speakers may not necessarily reflect those of SPI as a whole.
For more information on these meetings, call Malcolm Robinson on 07949 178 835, or e-mail him at malckyspi@yahoo.com

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BOOK REVIEW.

2007-06-14T14:16:00.000+01:00

TITLE: Majic, Eyes Only. AUTHOR: Ryan S Wood. PUBLISHER: Wood & Wood Enterprises, 1004 Quail Ridge Drive Broomfield Colorado. 80020 United States of America. PRICE: $29.95 ISBN: 0-9772059-0-8. Or order on line from www.amazon.com Type in Majic Eyes Only into their search engine.

Review by Malcolm Robinson of SPIUK

You know there are a number of great working researchers in the field of UFO research, many of them unsung heroes; Ryan S Wood is one of these. Ryan works tirelessly finding and assessing reports regarding crashes of ?flying saucers?. He not only seeks these reports from the United States, but searches for them from all corners of the Earth. Of course one would think that if these ?flying saucers? were travelling from other worlds or other dimensions that it would seem improbable that they would come so far only to crash on a foreign planet. Whilst that may seem a reasonable statement and assumption to make, there are reasons given (which I?ll come to shortly) that explains why crashes would happen. Of course for the Joe Bloggs or the proverbial ?man in the street? he is more likely to know about the crash at Roswell New Mexico than he is of the crash at Easter Somaliland in 1996 as depicted in this book. However, that said, this is a fantastic collection of ?alleged? UFO crashes brought together for public consumption and as such deserves your attention. OK, let us take a look at what?s going on here.

In Ryan?s introduction he informs the reader about the Government?s stance on the UFO situation and covers a number of documents pertaining to interesting UFO accounts and also discusses how under the Freedom of Information Act a plethora of documents and incidents which truly are eyebrow raising were released to the general public. For me the opening introduction chapter is by far the most interesting in the whole book for Ryan has really dug deep and turned up a plethora of facts and figures which just screams out to be read. An example in point is the SOM 1-01 Extraterrestrial Entities And Technology Recovery And Disposal document, classed as ?Top Secret/Majic Eyes Only. If this is a true document and not a ?plant? well jeez oh this is the document to top all documents. !

This book of course portrays worldwide UFO crashes and if truth be told, a number of them have limited and minimal information. The Llandegla Welsh case of December 1965 covers only half a page and to all intents and purposes seems more likely the result of a meteor hitting the Earth than a vehicle from outer space. Of course let us not forget that what may seem in some UFO crash reports as having normal explanations from meteor strikes to things falling from aircraft, hidden behind these cases may indeed be something else. I love that old saying ?Don?t throw the baby out with the bathwater?. As we know, the Governments of this world are more than capable in misguiding the public into believing something else happened in other matters and so it?s not without merit that they could do so again with this enigma.

But why do UFOs crash on Earth? Well let?s be realistic about things, even us lowly humans have accidents, the NASA space programme for instance with all its millions of dollars pushed into it, still had safety issues to contend with and a number of fatal mishaps occurred. Mankind has sadly seen numerous fatalities in aircraft disasters which sadly still occur to this day. Admittedly some are the result of human error whilst others are the result of faulty design or other problems with the manufacture. A particularly interesting UFO case concerns what was called the Los Angeles Air Raid of February 25th 1942 when a number of unidentified flying objects caused a succession of alerts throughout Southern California. Question were asked at the time about how could U.S. Coastal batteries fire for more than one hour at these UFOs (which were visible to hundreds of witnesses) and yet not hit anything ? Although, having said that, it later was uncovered (many many years later through FOIA documents,) that one downed UFO was found off the coast of California and also one in the San Bernardino Mountains. The documents stated that these objects were not of earthly design and in all probability were interplanetary in origin.

Then there is the case of Braxton County West Virginia during a September night in 1952. It initially started with fire ball reports and later turned into something straight out of the Twilight Zone, with monsters and aircraft shooting at a fleet of UFOs. This case received a ?HI? count ratio by the author underneath the title of the incident in the book. The author has carefully looked at the evidence (or what evidence we have) of each case in the book and put them into a category like speedometer which goes from LO to HI (depending on how good or bad the case research is) This is a clever way of showing to the reader on how good or bad the case stands with the information available. Yes a very clever way of doing it Ryan.

Of course with crashes, there follows that if manned there should be bodies, and there are. It?s not just Roswell we?re talking about here; we?re looking at a few other cases of what people have described as ?The Greys?. Small child like bodies being found either inside or outside the crashed Flying Saucer, take for instance the Santa Rosa New Mexico case from 1963. Some bodies were found from a crashed disc and taken to a nearby hospital (which is rare as usually the Military get in there first) Anyway they were taken to hospital oozing brown liquid, X Rays were taken of the ?aliens? and many a puzzled look from those few hospital staff who saw them were in evidence. Needless to say, within an hour the Air Force arrived and took away all the hospital staff notebooks and X rays which were still hanging up soaking wet. Other items were taken away from the hospital ambulance that had taken the bodies away, and of course the bodies were taken away as well.

There are a few British cases contained within the book as well, such as the Cannock Chase incident and the Boscombe Downs case, as well as Rendlesham and a few others. (Including the Isle of Lewis Scottish case) For me though, probably one of the stranger cases is the events which occurred over at Varginha in Brazil during January 1996. Some of the more learned UFOlogists amoungst us may know this case particularly well, but for those that don?t, well I won?t spoil it here by going into it, you?ll have to buy the book and find out. But it?s a cracker of a case.

The close of the book see?s the author again looking at U.S. Government documents in regards to what would be the procedure in telling the public about the reality of these objects. In the past, as the book shows, many U.S. Government departments planted false and very misleading info on true UFO events to take the public attention away from them. An interesting point is raised in regards to ?SHOULD WE? respond to an alien signal from outer space. The reason why ?Should? is stated, is simply because, how do we know that they might be friendly. ? They may come here for conquest. No seriously, if we did respond to an alien signal from space and welcomed them aboard as it were, they could be creatures which ?might? see us humans as delicacies. Now think about it, that?s not as absurd as it sounds. We humans kill many animals all over planet Earth to curb our hunger who?s to say that we may appear a yummy meal to some alien from a distant star system, so I guess there is method in hanging fire in replying to a signal from space.

The author goes further and states that British researcher Timothy Good was told by a NSA (National Security Agency) linguist that an agency (SIGINT) set up to look for ?alien? signals from space, had so far uncovered no less than nine alien groups. It was also stated that a possible receiving point for these signals from space, is either in Nevada or California (see page 232) The state department office of Advanced Technology stated that should there be any real confirmation of alien beings from other worlds, that information should be made freely available to the public, sadly the NSA jumped right in there and stated that this was both ?foolish and dangerous? Again we can see their point from what I?ve already stated above. We may only be a good meal for them, or alternatively, they may try and force their culture and belief system on our planet totally disrupting our current way of living, now that in itself is scary.

The author states that back in 1968 a chap called Lambros Callimahos wrote a paper discussing what may happen should mankind come in contact with an alien race, in part; this is what he had to say.

?If ?they? discover you, it is an old but hardly invalid rule of thumb ?they? are your technological superiors. Human history has shown us time and time again the tragic results of confrontation between a technologically superior civilization and a technologically inferior people. The ?Inferior? is usually subject to physical conquest?.

The book also looks at SETI and Animal Mutilations which brings up some interesting facts. However the author quite rightly states and I quote,

?SETI has been pursuing for decades. In the words of the X Files, the truth really is out there. However, we may find it not by vainly seeking messages from the stars, but by delving deep into the hidden world of U.S. Intelligence?.

Now you don?t need to be a rocket scientist to agree with this reviewer on how true that statement is. The author also presents in his closing chapter, some of the noted testimony from some of the early Apollo and Mercury space programme astronauts. For instance the late Gordon Cooper one of the original Mercury astronauts stated in his memoirs that whilst piloting a F-86 Sabrejet, he witnessed a metallic saucer shaped object that could out manoeuvre the American fighter planes. In the 1950?s Gordon managed to capture some film footage of a UFO as it hovered above a dry lake bed. Needless to say, the film was taken by officials to Washington and was never seen again.

All in all, this book by Ryan S Wood adds a lot to the UFOlogical history of the Flying Saucer phenomenon, more so in regards to its content of crashed Flying Saucers. I found it a very stimulating book, easy to read and well presented. Of course Ryan could only work on the facts that he had. Who knows, if further research were undertaken on any of the cases in this book, perhaps we might get a surprise. The thing is of course, is that many, if not all of these cases happened quite some time ago. The witnesses may have died or moved away from the area and are un-contactable. Nevertheless, this book should be in anyone?s bookcase, believer or sceptic alike for at the end of the day, a reference book like this on UFO crashes from around the world (and I?m sure there must be more than is contained within this book) is a vital read.

Therefore I strongly recommend this book, make a point of ordering it today, take it from me, you will not be disappointed.

Reviewed by Malcolm Robinson, Strange Phenomena Investigations SPI (England) malckyspi@yahoo.com To contact the author direct with any information on UFO crashes that you know about, contact him at rswood@igc.org

For more information about UFOs, check out the following:
www.majiceyesonly.com
www.theufosecret.com
www.majesticdocuments.com
www.ufoconference.com

MAJIC EYES ONLY receives a 5 star top of the bill rating from British research group Strange Phenomena Investigations.

Psychic Spies

2007-06-14T14:13:00.000+01:00

Formerly secret documents show how the Ministry of Defence tried to recruit psychics, whose targets almost certainly included Osama Bin Laden and weapons of mass destruction
By Nick Pope

Introduction
Traditional methods of gathering intelligence include using satellites, intercepting communications and recruiting agents. Now, secret documents have emerged revealing that the Ministry of Defence (MoD) ran a covert project to recruit psychics, in the hope of tracking down people and items of interest to the government and the military.

Background
The technique is known as remote viewing and a search for the phrase on Google reveals nearly a million hits. Remote viewing is a technical term, but what it really means is trying to use psychic ability - extra-sensory perception - to find things. Uri Geller claims to have undertaken such work for companies keen to see if he can help them locate previously unknown oilfields and mineral deposits. The technique has been used by intelligence agencies too, though details of the British study only emerged this year.

History
The term remote viewing was coined in the Seventies by researchers at the Stanford Research Institute, in America. Their work soon attracted the attention of US intelligence officials. The Americans knew that the Soviets were studying parapsychology and were worried that the USSR might make a breakthrough in an area where the US had no expertise. In the language of risk management, this was a classic case of "low probability/high impact". In other words, there was no corporate belief in ESP and even the sponsors of the study were probably sceptical of the chances of success. But if it did work and if the technique could be harnessed by the government, the potential benefits were huge. That's why it was worth trying.

Both the Pentagon and the CIA funded remote viewing programmes, which went by codenames that included Grill Flame, Sun Streak and Star Gate. A few documents have previously been released under the US Freedom of Information Act and some of the former remote viewers have spoken out about their government work, which included searching for hostages in Beirut, arms dumps, drugs caches and terrorists, as well as attempting to identify the location of patrolling Soviet ballistic missile submarines.

In the Nineties, when I was running the MoD's UFO project, I found myself on the receiving end of all sorts of other strange reports. Within government, there was nowhere else to send them, so although such things were technically outside my terms of reference, I found myself getting drawn into subjects as diverse as alien abductions, crop circles and sightings of ghosts at military bases. I was contacted by a handful of people who claimed to have ESP abilities and who volunteered to become 'psychic spies' for their country. I set them a few basic tests and recall being unimpressed by their abilities. But I had regular dealings with the Defence Intelligence Staff (DIS) in relation to my research and investigation into the UFO phenomenon and as I recall, I had some speculative discussions with them about remote viewing. But I don't recall putting anything down on paper and the idea of running an MoD remote viewing programme went no further, at least in my mind. In 1994 I was promoted and left the UFO project for another MoD post. Now it transpires that the MoD did sanction a remote viewing project after all, albeit several years later. Because of the compartmentalised nature of the Department and the need to know principle, I wasn't consulted on this and played no part in the study.

The MoD Study
Proof of the highly classified study's existence was obtained earlier this year by Timothy Good, an author and researcher recognised as one of the world's leading authorities on UFOs and the unexplained. He used the Freedom of Information Act to ask that the MoD release any documents the Department held on remote viewing. His request took several months to process because of the sensitivities involved, but the MoD did finally respond, releasing a 168 page report which had formerly been classified UK Secret. Large sections of the report have been blacked out because the MoD believe their release would compromise defence interests in relation to the working practices of the DIS. Other sections have been blacked out because the MoD judge that release would undermine international relations. This is almost certainly a reference to the US, because the report draws heavily on American research and is likely to include details of MoD liaison with the US intelligence community with regard to remote viewing.

The MoD's remote viewing study was undertaken in 2001 and the report into this work was dated June 2002. Details of the distribution are not known, because the MoD has withheld this information, but only three copies of the report were ever made. Some of the work was carried out by a commercial company, presumably on a contract basis. Again, details of this company's identity have been withheld by the MoD.

The initial plan was that the study should use known remote viewers. An internet search was carried out and a number of potential recruits were identified and contacted, though no indication was given that the real sponsor was the MoD. A commercial property was rented, to further disguise the fact that this was a government programme. However, for a number of reasons, those people contacted either failed to reply or declined to get involved. The study then fell back on the strategy of using people with no declared track record of remote viewing. We don't know who these 'novices' were, but one possibility is that they were military personnel 'volunteered' by their chain of command.

Firstly, the remote viewers were given a detailed questionnaire which included such questions as "at what age did you have your first psychic experience?" and "have you ever participated in a s�ance?". The experiments themselves were carried out under rigorously controlled conditions. The remote viewers were placed in a room with a monitor (i.e. the person undertaking the tests), who would have photographs of six test targets, which included buildings, places, events, objects and people. Below each photograph was a basic question such as "what is this place?", "where is this place?" or "who is this person?". The MoD has withheld details of some targets, but others have been declassified. They included photos of a wine glass, a knife, a petrol station forecourt and Mother Teresa.
The remote viewers were monitored by a sophisticated array of equipment. Each was recorded on tape and video, and measurements were taken with sensitive electronic and magnetic probes, to see whether electromagnetic fields have a bearing on remote viewing, as some people have previously suggested.

The Results
In the end, eighteen remote viewing sessions were undertaken. Much of the declassified report consists of detailed records of the individual sessions, recording the remote viewers' behaviour during the sessions and assessing the results. Some of the results were bizarre and hilarious. One subject wrote the word "rats" in block capital letters. Another failed to write anything at all. One subject fell asleep and the highly classified report contains the priceless sequence of comments "deep breathing; asleep?", "snoring" and "probably asleep", finishing with a reference to the monitor: "leaves and turns off recorders".

Intriguingly, while some remote viewers are adjudged not to have accessed the target, some assessments stated that "the subject may have accessed the target" or that the subject "had accessed some of the features associated with the target". In fact, despite the fact that the subjects were complete novices, 28% of the sessions were scored in this way. Looking ahead, the report's author said that this could serve a baseline against which to measure the performance of more able psychics in later tests.

The report states that two psychologists took part in some of the initial remote viewing sessions, but says that they were unhappy about undertaking this work and refused to take part in further sessions. Again, the details of their objections have been withheld by the MoD.

The Sensitive Targets
The ultimate aim of this study is not apparent because much of the critical information is still being withheld by the MoD. But there is a telling clue in the document that has been released. Reference is made to the first phase of the study, aimed at recruiting remote viewers. There is then mention of a second phase, which the report describes as being aimed at "the selection of one or more individuals who it is felt can be 'trusted' to be used for the sensitive targets".

The "sensitive targets" are not detailed, or if they are, the information has been blacked out. Another part of the report talks about the "conclusion of the task" and makes reference to "follow-up work including the search for ..." - the rest of the sentence is blacked out. So what are the targets? We can't be certain, but based on the CIA's project and bearing in mind the date of the MoD study, it would be surprising if the targets did not include Osama Bin Laden, and perhaps the weapons of mass destruction that some believed Iraq possessed. In a sense, the DIS will have regarded remote viewing as just another potential means of gathering intelligence - and like any intelligence-gathering capability, the issue is how best to focus your capability on current requirements, and in particular, on the high-value targets. Intriguingly, one page that is almost entirely blacked out obviously features a photograph of an individual. The question underneath was not blacked out, perhaps in an oversight. It reads "Asian inhabitant. What colour is he wearing?" Could this have been Bin Laden?

Of course, these were only the test targets and when the story broke, the MoD press office described the study in language which suggested that the Department was simply undertaking an intellectual exercise to validate academic research. Naturally, however, the DIS will have been hoping the study would succeed and would have been looking ahead to the development of an operational remote viewing capability. The "sensitive targets" quote cited above makes this fairly obvious.

Conclusion
Since the story broke in the media I have discussed it with some of the world's leading experts on remote viewing, including Hal Puthoff and Paul H. Smith. I have also been interviewed about it on Newsnight, British Forces Broadcasting Service and numerous BBC radio stations. In all of this I have made clear my absolute support for the MoD, in the face of criticism that this was a waste of time and money (the MoD say �18,000 was spent on the study). My only criticism is with the methodology. It seems to me that several factors combined to make the study less successful than might otherwise have been the case. Firstly, the highly classified nature of the study precluded consultation with the very people who could have given advice on how best to select the remote viewers, test them and develop the operational remote viewing programme that must have been the ultimate goal. Secondly, the selection process was both flawed and unsuccessful. Searching the internet for people who claim to have remote viewing skills would probably have turned up all sorts of con artists and deluded individuals, alongside some of the people genuinely associated with the US government's now defunct remote viewing programmes, or involved in academic research into the subject. But the highly classified nature of the study meant that the approaches to these people could make no mention of the fact that this was a government study, and the MoD was unable to get co-operation from the people they had targeted and whose participation they really needed. My overall assessment, based on my 21 years service in the MoD, is that the study was well-intentioned, but that the errors in the methodology meant that it was a missed opportunity.

So, what happened after the study? Were further tests undertaken? Were lessons learned and was an operation remote viewing programme ever developed? We don't know. But perhaps the MoD let slip one small clue. In responding to questions from the media, the MoD press office said the study was of "little value to the MoD". That's not quite the same as "no value to the MoD".

Nick Pope served for 21 years in the MoD and is best known for having run their UFO project. Nick Pope's website is www.nickpope.net. His new dvd through Reality Entertainment is available now entitled Nick Pope: The Man Who Left The MOD.

Have You Made a Documentary?

2007-06-10T18:31:00.000+01:00

Have you or are you considering making a documentary? The genre has to be within the remit of myths, mystery, UFO's, paranormal, ancient history, alternative history or something similar. Well if you have and you are struggling to find a distributor to get the film out on dvd and download then let me know. One of the things I enjoy about what I do is facilitating, so if you have made something special I can help get it seen through Reality Films (www.reality-entertainment.com/films) who distribute my own documentaries and others across the world. Let me know through the contact form at www.gardinersworld.com and I'll see what I can do.

All best
Phil

Alarming Truths about Ancient and Modern Cults Revealed

2007-06-08T17:51:00.000+01:00

Here's the latest press release from the publicist:

The British scholar and visionary, Philip Gardiner, may be the world's leading expert on cults and secret organizations. In his recent best-selling books and hundreds of articles, as well as radio and TV appearances including a Discovery Channel series, Gardiner crusades for the truth. His latest foray into the dark and sinister world of secret sects has resulted in a riveting new book and dvd, Secret Societies: Gardiner's Forbidden Knowledge, Revelations About the Freemasons, Templars, Illuminati, Nazis, and the Serpent Cults.

In one hair-raising incident during his global journey to research and uncover little known societies, Gardiner is driven out of Berlin in a black Mercedes by members of a secret organization believed to have disappeared after WWII; he eventually arrives at a modern Nazi secret meeting.

Delving into closely guarded, hidden worlds, his experiences often mirror the fictional world of the Da Vinci Code. In the new book and dvd, Secret Societies, Gardiner examines mysterious belief systems, the legendary origins of Freemasonry and the links to serpent cults; and, he investigates the hidden meaning of King Arthur and Robin Hood and the claimants to the name of Illuminati. Among startling revelations are previously unknown links between the Vatican and the Nazi Party. He discusses in-depth the threads running from the secret organizations of centuries ago to the living cults and cabals of today, and their influence on our minds and our ways of life.

Always controversial, Philip Gardiner is committed to his constant struggle to uncover the real history of mankind and the unraveling of manipulative propaganda. His search for the ultimate truth can often result in extraordinary revelations. He is a popular radio and TV guest and conference headliner, appearing on Fox News, the BBC, the Art Bell Show and hundreds more programs. He will speak this year at the International and Scientific Symposium in Australia; the Forbidden Knowledge Conference in England; and the 700th Anniversary of the Great Suppression of Ancient Mysteries, in Paris, before heading to the United States for a national media tour. Gardiner is in pre-production on several new documentaries and focusing on his newest books as well as gearing up for his own US radio show.

Gardiner is the international best-selling author of Gnosis: The Secret of Solomon's Temple Revealed; The Ark, The Shroud, and Mary; Secrets of the Serpent, The Shining Ones; and The Serpent Grail as well as being an award winning documentary maker.

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The dvd is available here

Just Back from the Outback

2007-06-07T14:15:00.000+01:00

Well, I just returned from my tour of Australia where I predominately gave a speech at the International Scientific and Metaphysical Symposium in Sydney. Everybody there was just great. Some fascinating lectures from the likes of George Knapp on the Skinwalker Ranch and the weird events there. I have to admit I did spend a few nights having the occasional beer with George, who is not just a very clever man, but also a very nice man indeed. Other people included Mary Rodwell, who told us all about her investigations into the Indigo Children phenomena - whatever one wishes to think, it was still very thought provoking.

I was deeply impressed with Australia as a nation. The land is beautfiful and varied. The wildlife still very much wild and memories of Kangaroo's and trees filled with Fruit Bats shall remain with me forever. Sydney, Brisbane, the Gold Coast and many other places have left their mark on me and as George himself pointed out, the "Sheila's" are particularly pretty down under.

Now I have returned I have yet another book and dvd launch to get involved with - Secret Societies - which has just come out and New Page have once again produced a lovely looking book, so thanks guys. There is now a growing list of radio shows to do, with Coast to Coast and many others upcoming. Here's a few that I know of for now as well as some other events:
June 7th - Interview on Advanced Living Radio
June 11th - Hilly Rose Show
June 14th - Geoff and Walter Show
June 19th - Monique Chapman Walking with Spirit Show 5-6pm Pacific time
June 21st - Chase radio with Marshall Masters
June 26th - Journeys with Rebecca show
July 15th - Ghost Talk Radio with Scott. 7-8pm EST
July 23rd - Lights on With Nancy Lee Show
July 31st - Explore your Spirit with Kala Show
October 13th - Special Knights Templar event in Paris with www.powerplaces.com
November - appearing at Chet Snow's Arizona event.

Over the next few months I have some more documentaries to produce and will be in discussion with US tv producers for a doc for next year. In October I will be in Paris to speak at a special Knights Templar event and then in November at Chet Snow's event in Arizona (click here)

Shh! it's A Secret! Conference

2007-06-06T13:37:00.000+01:00

"Not on the 6:00 O'Clock News"

A Unique Gathering of cutting-edge thinkers, researchers & teachers, joining forces at this 6th annual North American Conference devoted to some of the Greatest Mysteries of our Times.

Learn what's behind today's great shift in human consciousness. How are we evolving in these Times ?

Explore: the "Field" - Government Coverups - HAARP - UFO Secrets - Crop Circles - 2012 - Ancient and Modern Mysteries - the Pleiadians' Viewpoint - Self Empowerment and Much, Much More!

It's a weekend guaranteed to change the way you look at life.
Scroll down this page for speakers, tickets and hotel information.

November 16 - 19, 2007

Tempe Embassy Suites Hotel
4400 South Rural Rd (at US 60 Fwy.)
Tempe - Arizona - USA

Featuring:

Lynne McTAGGART - Barbara MARCINIAK
William HENRY - Jim MARRS - Daniel PINCHBECK
Linda Moulton HOWE - Nick BEGICH - Philip GARDINER
Bert JANSSEN & Heather CLEWETT - Chet & Kallista SNOW
ALL of these Speakers are CONFIRMED.

For more info click here

Coming Soon - Quantum Mind of God DVD

2007-05-24T10:58:00.000+01:00

"We must assume behind this force the existence of a conscious and intelligent mind. This mind is the matrix of all matter." Max Planck

What is the meaning of existence? Is there a Grand Architect? Is there an ultimate truth searched for by countless generations and lost in the mists of time?

Today we have a new science, a new terminology to explain and expound upon the biggest beliefs and religious systems. It has become apparent that the truth and understanding of our inner-selves is, in the end, our ultimate quest. The void between belief and reality is indicative of the troubled planet we live on. As we all approach a dynamic future, the answers will emerge although they might not be what we?re expecting.

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Philip Gardiner is the international best-selling author of Gnosis, the Secret of Solomon?s Temple and The Ark the Shroud and Mary among others. He speaks at conferences across the globe, from the Australian Scientific and Metaphysical Symposium to Universities throughout Europe. He has been featured on the Discovery Channel and appeared on Fox News and hundreds of television and radio shows on his personal crusade to uncover the truth behind myths, legends and ancient mysteries.

2012 and a Message for Mankind

2007-05-23T21:02:00.000+01:00

In 2012 so we are told there will be a change. To some this is the massive solar flames licking the earth like a giant dog. To others the world as we know it will end and a new era of awakening will occur. To others still it is scare mongering yet again - an act that has haunted the mind of humanity for millennia, from within the very mind of man. Mankind has spent thousands of years manifesting the inward sight into the outward world. He has built great structures from his imagination. He has formed nations from desire and crucified himself to save his soul. But what are we doing with this latest millennium bug or black death? Have we really read the Mayan prophecies correctly, or in 2013 when nothing has happened, save for a flawed London Olympics and a few possible space explorations, will we simply re-code the whole thing and start it up again? I don't know, do you?

I have no idea whether the Mayan culture could have read the sun spots with holes in leafs like camera-obscura and predicted this time of change, if indeed there is one, but all times change. Each generation has seen good and bad, up and down, great discoveries and horrendous disasters. By worrying we add to the collective mindset of worry; by not caring we fall into an age old trap whereby we end up not caring about anything - our minds seem pre-ordained to spiral. Unless.... unless we continue.. just that, continue.

Man has been on this planet for a long time, and before that others were here and they also had imagination, religion, faith and watched for cycles. Neanderthal man 80,000 years ago was religious to a degree. He wasn't an alien, he was an inhabitant of earth, earth born and earth caring. I bet he too worried and predicted.

A lesson? Be balanced, be loving, whatever the truth, continue.

These age-old truths are found in the texts and symbols of our ancestors, who had time to think, not race and chase with a mobile phone glued to their space-age head like some extra from a Doctor Who show. Time to think, time to continue. Wisdom within, the Divine within, no need of others, or scares or fear trips, just contemplative intuitive connection to the whole - to nature. These sacred truths are at the centre of my new book and DVD, The Ark, The Shroud and Mary, and they form the central thread throughout time - the essence, the baraka. The kind of wisdom that teaches us to know ourselves, to trust our intuitive state, to be balanced and to accept responsibility for our thoughts and deeds, is the kind of wisdom I turn to, not prophecies that I cannot do anything about.

Continue.

Deep within the great pyramid is a secret that has remained hidden for over 4000 years.

2007-05-22T15:36:00.000+01:00

An ancient instrument designed to unlock mysteries that have baffled mankind for generations.

Reality Films is please to announce The Cross of Thoth by Chrichton E.M. Miller. The Wheel Cross allows the navigation of the planet without a time piece, the discovery of natures own mathematics and the construction of ancient sacred buildings in line with astrology. The philosophy behind all the great religions rest within what the cross reveals.

Crichton Miller in his intrepid journey to uncover the secrets of the past has stumbled upon a symbol that can only be called a great treasure. Miller has discovered a profound secret used for millennia, once lost and now revealed for the first time. The significance of this discovery will astound, surprise and bring humility to a world gone mad. This is the story of that search.

The Cross of Thoth reveals the hidden truth to mankind's most revered symbol.

"An ingenious discovery."

Robert Bauval, Author, of The Orion Mystery

To find out more go HERE

Megalith News Portal News

2007-05-21T21:44:00.000+01:00

Diamonds tell tale of comet that killed off the cavemen
Subject: Recent Discoveries

Fireballs set half the planet ablaze, wiping out the mammoth and America's Stone Age hunters.
Scientists will outline dramatic evidence this week that suggests a comet exploded over the Earth nearly 13,000 years ago, creating a hail of fireballs that set fire to most of the northern hemisphere.

Primitive Stone Age cultures were destroyed and populations of mammoths and other large land animals, such as the mastodon, were wiped out. The blast also caused a major bout of climatic cooling that lasted 1,000 years and seriously disrupted the development of the early human civilisations that were emerging in Europe and Asia.
http://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=2146412999

Anomalous zones of Russia: Arkaim town
Subject: Mysteries

Four thousand years ago the local dwellers suddenly left the town Arkaim located in the south of the present Chelyabinsk Region and burnt the empty settlement. The town had a circular structure coordinated with the stars order. Many believe in mystical characteristics of the area and link it with the legends of ancient Siberia and the Urals. Specialists of the monitoring station of anomalies` research in the Urals claim that the specialized national park-museum Arkaim is a vast anomalous zone.
http://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=2146412998

Old shoe - even older
Subject: Recent Discoveries

An old leather shoe discovered in the Jotunheimen Mountains, and first estimated to be around 1000 years old, turns out to be more than 3,000 years old. The shoe was found in an old snowdrift in August last year.

We first believed that the shoe was only 1000 years old, but to our great surprise the analysis of the leather showed it to be 3,400 years old, says Oppland County Archaeologist Espen Finstad to Aftenposten.
http://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=2146412997

Elden Pueblo
Subject: North America

Ancient Village or Settlement in Coconino County, Arizona. A Sinagua culture village built in the late 1000's and occupied for about two hundred years. Finds indicate the people were in a trading network and the village saw what may have been luxury items like shell jewelry from the California Coast and Macaws from Mexico.
Note: Pueblo excavation - Public invited to participate. See comment.
http://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=16788

The Hurlers
Subject: Megaliths in England

On the wild plain of Bodmin Moor is found an unusual site - three stone circles close together. They lie on a NNE.-SSW. line, but are not the same size.
Note: The Pipers - 'Forgotten' stones at The Hurlers?
See latest comment from Pennymoon

http://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=82

Archaeological find could shed light on Orkney's past
Subject: Recent Discoveries

Archaeologists have discovered what appears to be a subterranean Iron Age structure, known as a souterrain, in an Orkney field.

The find was made when the field was being seeded for barley. At first it was believed to be a Bronze Age cist burial, as others have previously been uncovered nearby, but subsequent examination has revealed it to be an Iron Age souterrain or earth-house.
http://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=2146412995

Neolithic settlement in Ptolemais plain
Subject: Recent Discoveries

A settlement dating back to the Neolithic period (approx. 6,500-6,000 BC) has been uncovered during an archaeological dig in the Ptolemais plain, in an area situated at an altitude of 700 metres, between Mts. Vermio and Askio and called Yellow Lake (due to the marsh that had developed there and was dried up in the middle of the 20th century).
http://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=2146412994

Tracing back Malaysia's stone-age man in Lenggong
Subject: Other Archaeology

Peninsular Malaysia's oldest inhabitant, is residing in the new Lenggong Museum. Perak Man, found in 1991, is the only complete human skeleton found in Malaysia. The cave which was his final resting place is called Gua Gunung Runtuh and is situated in Bukit Kepala Gajah in the Lenggong Valley in Ulu Perak. The skeleton, found by Prof Zuraini Majid and her team from Universiti Sains Malaysia, has been dated about 11,000 years, which makes him a Stone Age man, from the Palaeolithic period.
http://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=2146412993

Castle's 'lost history' unearthed
Subject: Recent Discoveries

Archaeologists have discovered traces of ancient remains at Edinburgh Castle during preparation work for the construction of a new visitor centre.
Experts said borehole samples revealed debris dating from before the Iron Age, more than 2,000 years ago.

http://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=2146412992

Ancient site of hunters discovered in Khorezm
Subject: Other Archaeology

In Khorezm, the centenary of Sergey Tolstov, a discoverer of ancient Khorezm civilization, is marked this year, Jahon news agency reported quoting Business Partner newspaper.

In 1937, he was charged to head an archeological-ethnographic expedition to Khorezm. Sergey Tolstov spent three decades of his life, investigating the history of this ancient land.
http://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=2146412991

Butser Ancient Farm
Subject: Megaliths in England

Experimental archaeology site in Hampshire. This site is the open air laboratory for research into Prehistoric and Roman agriculture and building techniques.
Note: Butser Ancient Farm 2007 events added, see comment
http://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=26

Review of An Archaeology of Natural Places, Richard Bradley
Subject: Reviews

"Natural places have an archaeology because they acquired a significance in the minds of people in the past. ...one way of recognising the importance of these locations is through the evidence of human activity that is discovered there." - excerpt from Chapter 3.
http://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=2146412989

Broomhill
Subject: Modern Stone Circles

Modern Stone Circle in Aberdeenshire.
Note: Midsummer event canceled.
http://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=11180

Novice tells of Bronze Age find
Subject: Other Archaeology

A metal-detecting novice who unearthed an "extremely important" hoard of Bronze Age artefacts has said his discovery was due to "sheer luck".

John Minns, from Arbroath, Angus, made the find during a holiday near Berwick-upon-Tweed, Northumberland, in 2005, just after starting his hobby.

http://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=2146412988

Ethiopia: Ancient Phallic Stones Uncovered
Subject: Recent Discoveries

Some 16 phallic stones have been uncovered in Gedeb Woreda, Gedo Zone of the Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples State, the Zonal Trade and Industry Department said.

The discovery of the stelae adds to attractions in the area for tourists to come and marvel at, especially in connection with the Ethiopian Millennium celebrations, it said.

http://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=2146412987

Thought Provoking

2007-05-16T07:33:00.000+01:00

A very thought provoking video

What a Day

2007-05-12T13:31:00.000+01:00

Blimey, what a day. We took the dogs for a walk with the kids this morning to a local nature reserve where guys fish. We walked for a bit then saw a coot tangled up in fishing wire on the end of a crack willow that was hanging right out into the lake. It was wriggling and squirming and couldn't get loose. We asked a fisherman if we could borrow a net to get it back, but it wasn't long enough. Then a ranger came by and he was too old to do anything. He fetched a grappling hook and we threw it out to crack the willow and release the bird. Didn't work, the grappling hook got caught in the tree and we couldn't get it back. Nobody could do anything. So I took off my jacket, put my wallet and phone in the pockets and jumped in. It was freezing and completely took my breath away. My heart began to pound in my chest and my breath became very short, it felt as though I was being squashed. I swam out as the current started to pull me away and I grabbed onto a length of willow, which snapped and I had to kick hard to keep afloat. Eventually I got to the poor bird and pulled on the willow and it snapped. Then I had to go back to release the grappling hook.

When I finally got back to shore, all one local could say was how stupid it was to jump in and save a "life". I couldn't care if it was a mouse, rat or human, all have lives and that bird was there because of the fishermans stupidity and not securing his line.

We took the bird to a nearby rangers hut and had to cut off its hanging foot, the whole foot had simply come away and was hanging by a piece of flesh, my wife being an animal expert made sure it was clean and was a good cut. We let the coot go in the water and it swam away lovely to a small island. My fingers are now crossed that it can survive, at least it's spring.

After all that I eventually got home freezing and shivering, had a warm bath and my skin changed colours like David Ickes reptilian shapeshifters.

The moral of the story, please please fishermen, look after your lines, the birds don't see them hanging in trees and floating in water.

Secrets of the Stars: Tracing the Origins of Ancient Cults and Cabals

2007-05-11T10:04:00.000+01:00

Man collects into groups, like schools of fish and flocks of birds. These groups become religions, secret societies, governments and cults. The reasons for these groupings are the same as it is for animals banding together. We come together for protection against predators, for strength in numbers. Whether you are a Freemason or a Boy Scout, the reason you join forces with others of like-race and like-mind is to gain strength and protection.

In the extensive research for my new book and DVD (due end of June), Secret Societies: Gardiner's Forbidden Knowledge, Revelations About the Freemasons, Templars, Illuminati, Nazis, and the Serpent Cults, I found that, historically, the secret societies of the world are all connected and all derive from a similar if not the same source, and that the threads running through them all have been traced by scholars throughout the ages.

As Le Couteulx de Canteleu said in his Les Sectes et Societes Secretes published in 1863: "All secret societies have almost analogous initiations, from the Egyptian to the Illuminati, and most of them form a chain and give rise to others."

According to an article published in the Patriot 1922 by G.G. or 'Dargon', entitled "The Anatomy of Revolution",

"For centuries there have existed certain schools of mystical philosophy (with) . . . elements of Buddhism, Zoroastrianism and Egyptian occultism mingled with Grecian mysteries, Jewish Kabalism, and fragments of ancient Syrian cults. Out of the hodge-podge of Oriental philosophy, magic, and mythology arose . . Gnostic sects, and after the rise of Mohammedanism, heretical sects. . . To the same sources may be traced the ideas that inspired such political-religious movements of the Middle Ages as the Illuminati, Albigenses, Cathari, Waldenses, Troubadours, Anabaptists, and Lollards and the rise of early secret societies. The Templars are said to have been initiated by the Assassins into anti-Christian and subversive mysteries, and we find similar traces of an old and occult origin in the Alchemists, the Rosicrucians, and later mystical cults . . "

This "analogous" form running through all secret societies is the underlying belief in and worship of the stars. It is this element which named them the shining ones and it is this element that is still at the root of so much misinterpreted symbolism. Even the Holy Vehm were "wissends" who had the sun and the stars as symbols of power. This worship of the stars was known as Sabeism and the high Mason, Albert Pike, pointed out: "The seven great primitive nations, from whom all others are descended, the Persians, Chaldeans, Greeks, Egyptians, Turks, Indians, and Chinese, were all originally Sabeists and worshipped the stars."

The very power of understanding the stars was jealously guarded by priesthoods around the world, from Aztec to Egyptian. The role of the priest was to interpret the movements of the stars, sun, and moon, in order to predict the future and for navigation. This jealousy forged ciphers, codes and symbols and forced the hiding and destruction of implements and tools of the trade. Many of the Freemasonic symbols we see today were never meant for building, they were meant for astrology and the logic of the stars.

These secrets of the stars were mystical to the early peoples who could not understand the magic. Secrets were passed from one generation to the next by initiates and adepts and this is how the long thread was woven, by passing on knowledge and keeping it hidden. Eventually, the secret brotherhoods no longer knew why they kept their odd symbols secret and why they said strange invocations. Yet, through tradition and dedication to their brothers, they kept alive a rich tapestry, a tapestry that I and other scholars can break down and interpret.

Hidden History
We must pull hard on the thread to unravel the tapestry, one generation at a time. According to Le Couteulx de Canteleu, the priests or leading men of the organisations followed the Egyptian hierarchy. At the highest level, there was the priest, who alone could do magic and contact the gods. At the second, we find the greater initiates, those chosen from the people and who must maintain secrecy at all costs and protect the priesthood. At the third, the lesser initiates were only told things that were deemed proper.

In this hierarchical trinity, we see the plan of most, if not all, of the world?s secret societies. The majority of Freemasons today fall into the category of the lesser initiates; they seek no more because they know of no more. Only at the highest degrees in Freemasonry are the real secrets revealed, and yet there have been some who claim to have been higher-level initiates or indeed "priests" and who have since "spilled the beans". Anyone who has seen these supposed secrets of white powdered gold and even Jewish conspiracy plots will know that this is misinformation at best and money-making at worst.

Lessons for Today
Each generation tends to look forward, forgetting that our past holds intelligent and thought provoking answers to questions that are and will always be relevant. Because we begin each generation afresh, we do not see the thread running through each generation from the one before-the thread of the secret society.

In the 20th century, psychology and psychoanalysis emerged, and the clever new words that came with them. Yet, why are we arrogant enough to believe that we discovered the root of human psychological problems? This is utter rubbish-Psyche herself was a Greek goddess.

For thousands of years, man has sought answers to the conundrums of his own inner reality-the only radical change is the wording. When we say that a person is psychotic, our ancestors would have said they were touched by the spirits. Are we more advanced than our ancestors?

90% of the world's population still believes in God, yet, we still rage war in the name of religion and we pollute the environment and destroy our own homes. There is anthropological evidence to prove that ancient man was peaceful, living in harmony with his neighbor and respecting the earth and living in balance with it. As populations grew and more people occupied smaller spaces, minor wars erupted and even, violent sacrifices. Small bands of men gathered together to control those who fought, and these small bands emerged as our kings and queens, medicine men and priests, and our secret societies.

There is a lesson here for us all. Just 100 years ago, a billion people lived on the planet. Now, there are six billion and growing. Six billion people can do a lot of harm to themselves and the environment, destroying the whole for everyone. Without balance, without wisdom, without knowledge, where are we heading?

We may believe that some spark in the bio-chemical and electric brain is enlightenment, yet, it is not. Our masters tell us what to be like, what to buy, what to do and say. We no longer need to know ourselves-the TV has all the answers. And yet, what we see on TV is a reflection of greed, money and capitalism and these can be interpreted as the dark forces of human nature. Light and dark are opposite sides of the same coin. Balance is wisdom, like a coin placed upon its edge, and like a coin, it can easily be knocked over.

I desire a good life that does not include a range of cars, a yacht in every port or another million. I am a realist, and the reality is that while one man has, another does not. My evolutionary instinct is to gather goods, property and wealth for the bad times ahead, to see me through the winter or the coming storm. The down side of this is that we grow that divisive side of our nature, greed, and somebody somewhere suffers. We join forces with others and hold our newfound cabal in secrecy, protecting it until time matures the original intention until it becomes unrecognizable-these are the origins of the secret societies of the ancients.

The ancient Chinese texts tell us that mankind has been in this situation before many times and that his greed and 'noise' has brought his civilization crashing down to the ground. How close are we to doing it yet again? How 'noisy' are we?

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A frequent media guest and public speaker, Philip Gardiner is the author of
Secret Societies: Gardiner's Forbidden Knowledge, Revelations About the Freemasons, Templars, Illuminati, Nazis, and the Serpent Cults
Gnosis: The Secret of Solomon's Temple Revealed
The Ark, The Shroud, and Mary
The Shining Ones
The Serpent Grail
Secrets of the Serpent
Proof ? Does God Exist?
His website is www.gardinersworld.com

Tunnel to re-open at mystery hill

2007-05-11T08:59:00.000+01:00

BBC report

English Heritage is conducting stabilisation work at the site Engineers are to re-open a tunnel that goes deep inside the ancient monument of Silbury Hill in Wiltshire.

The tunnel, dug in 1968, was the last made over many centuries by archaeologists exploring the site.

Engineers are planning to stabilise the 5,000-year-old structure, which is believed to be the world's largest man-made prehistoric mound.

Archaeologists will also try to unlock the site's ancient secrets and find out how, why and when it was built.

Earlier this year, archaeologists found traces of a Roman settlement at the landmark.

English Heritage, which is conducting the stabilising work, believes there was a Roman community at Silbury Hill about 2,000 years ago. It says the site may have been a sacred place of pilgrimage.

The 130ft Neolithic mound near Avebury - one of Europe's largest prehistoric monuments - is thought to have been created some 3,000 years earlier.

Heavy rains in May 2000 caused substantial damage to the hill, with the collapse of an 18th century shaft.

Parts of the ancient site are thought to be collapsing because of the tunnels dug by archaeologists over many centuries.

After prising open the tunnel's sealed door on Friday, engineers are expected to spend four months, filling the tunnels with hundreds of cubic tonnes of chalk to stabilise the structure.

Archaeologists will also be going into the hill, hoping that modern science can solve the mystery of why the hill was built in the first place.

Will this be a dig in the dirt? Or will this reveal something new about the mound? What was the purpose? There have been many theories, such as a stargate, a meditation chamber, burial mound, star aligned astral observatory and even a landing base for alien craft. Personally my money is on it being a home to faeries...

Interview about the Shroud of Turin, Ark and Mary

2007-05-10T21:13:00.000+01:00

If you want to listen to an interview I recently gave on Journeys with Rebecca you can now listen until you are sick of hearing my voice (like my wife) here www.kconlineradio.com/jwrlive/jwrl_may5.mp3

Love and light
Phil
www.gardinersworld.com

Book and DVD available now from amazon.com, Barnes and Noble or direct from Gardinersworld.com (signed books)

Help Save the Animals

2007-05-08T19:30:00.000+01:00

Here's WHY!

To thousands of holiday-makers the Algarve is one of the most beautiful and awe inspiring locations on the planet. It has a wonderful coastline, perfect weather, pretty houses, spa resorts and a very interesting history.

Last year I took my family there for a Christmas break to escape the commercialism of our Western world and relax in the warmth of the Portuguese sun. I got more than I bargained for.

Feeding a starving mountain dog (the other two were resue dogs we took for a walk up the mountains to find the strays). Doing this everyday builds confidence in the stray, because all she had ever known from a human was getting kicked and beaten!

This wonderful part of the world is the home to the likes of our devout rock and roll personality Cliff Richard, and Dad's Army star Clive Dunn. It is also home to thousands of rich golfers and yachts men, all going about there daily business, soaking up the sun and spending huge amounts of money on their own entertainment. And yet, there remains a terrible secret to this holiday haven, a secret that shames the Portuguese - and mankind in general. It is a secret that local government officials take great efforts to keep undercover and a secret that I intend to reveal and use to shame the conscience of mankind into action.

You see there is a great and terrible suffering in the Algarve that is hidden from our eyes. Starving, brutality and almost institutional torture are rife. But this time, it is not ourselves we inflict this punishment upon; it is not human kind, which could not in this case be called virtuous. Instead it is the most innocent of sentient beings we could possibly imagine - the animals.

In this beautiful Garden of Eden, we torture, murder and starve animals without giving it a second thought and regardless of how much effort one special woman has put in over the course of twenty five years - the process continues unabated and untold.

You see, this cruel phenomena is not new in the Algarve, it is instead an old story - albeit hushed up. Twenty five years ago a unique individual by the name of Bridget Hicks moved to the Algarve to change the situation. In her time there Bridget created LAPS - the Lagos Animal Protection Society - and set about raising money and saving animals from all-manner of abuse. You see there was such an array of abuse that she found there, that Bridget and others like her struggled to make a difference - especially against the complete lack of interest by the authorities.

During her time, Bridget has managed to make some difference though. Those cats and dogs brought in to the authorities kennels used to be put down with strychnine, which simply kills with pain, causing a slow, lingering and painful death. Bridget managed to get this changed. But there is much more to do.

There are also those who come into the Algarve to provide what some call entertainment, but which in effect cause suffering on a level that we can only imagine. One of these is Circo Atlas, a French circus, which hides abuse and about which nothing is done. There is a polar bear - a beautiful animal that has evolved in the cold of the polar region - kept inside a small cage in the boiling heat of the Portuguese sun. When Bridget and others complained bitterly, the bear was given a standard home fan to keep cool, reducing the temperature by a factor of 0. There was a horse, so malnourished that its bones were sticking through its skin. Local donkeys half-starved and half dead, are brought in as live meat for the sorrowful looking caged lion. Pathetic looking monkeys are kept in cages just big enough to turn around in and a hippopotamus is kept in a dirty enclosure not big enough for a small rodent. This whole so-called entertainment fiasco is frequented by the Portuguese and tourists alike without any knowledge of the conditions of the animals. The following pictures we gathered whilst there will tell the tale:

Circus Horse starved to near death

Caged and starving monkeys

This bear should be wild instead it lives in cramped and sweltering conditions

On another score myself and my wife returned to the Algarve recently and saw first hand some of the suffering caused by ignorance and lack of compassion.

We visited Bridget in the Odiexere region and she took us to a local dam where one of the local water board workers breeds hunting dogs. Constant litters are produced and puppies selected for sale. Those puppies that do not make the grade are either kicked to death or set free to starve in the dry, arid heat of the mountains. The temperature here gets so hot that the Algarve is prone to many fires, which seem to be a regular occurrence and accepted by one and all. This is the landscape these newly born and innocent little beings are let loose in. We went to the breeders house, but no-one was home. This not very gentle-man has even threatened Bridget on several occasions - an aged, half blind and half-crippled old lady.

High on the beautiful landscape of the Odiexere region is a marvellous little restaurant run by a caring couple, one Portuguese and one from the Netherlands. Outside this oasis are tables and chairs where you can sit quietly and enjoy the warmth of the evening sun and drink a beer or two. As you sit there, the ghost-like figures of these beautiful sentient beings emerge from the woods looking for our scraps of food. The pain and discomfort caused by their sorrowful descent to death from lack of nutrition and regular abuse causes them to moan out load. A perfect evening is shattered by the conscience as you feel ashamed to be human. What we saw there brought tears to our eyes. Half-dead dogs running around with their skeletal frames visible through their flea bitten and lice infested skin. We spent our evenings feeding and trying to attract these innocent little lives into our car, but to no avail. They are simply too afraid of humans, and yet come to them, still with a small element of trust and faith in us for food.
Our last evening was heart breaking as we made a final attempt to save a bony female that my wife had found impossible to get out of her mind. This time the little lady dog had been joined by her equally distraught brother, who still had the strength to protect his sister. We tried in vain to save the two dogs. Finally we drove back to Bridget's house and through the dozens of barking, happy and saved dogs up to her front door. Bridget had managed to save one of the litter from the mountain and there in her outstretched frail arms was one of the most beautiful and sorrowful dogs I have ever seen. It was another sentient being, in the loving arms of a human who had compassion, taken from the arms of a world in which it knew not how to survive. We breed these poor souls and then we abuse them. We let them loose into a world they are not prepared for and they die slow horrible diseased deaths because of us. And all the time we drive around this holiday escape spending our money ignorant of the suffering that is going on right under our noses.

The wonderful Bridget Hicks with a puppy saved while we were there from certain death. The puppy was terrified, starved and beaten, we never did get the other one...

What we need to do, if we feel the draw of our own inward compassion is to act in anyway we can. We need to raise the conscience of those doing these barbaric acts; we need to stop the breeding programmes of people like our water board man; we need to get the cats and dogs neutered; we need to show the animals, who look up to us with their big dark seal-like eyes, that we care.

Puppy, chained and starved from its birth!

What can we do? You can contact either of the centres below and offer help or you can contact me and I will do my best to put you in touch with the right people. Alternatively you can donate money to these animals via me and I will pass this on in practical aid with the help of my wife who will be working on this project full time soon. We will also be setting up a volunteer bureau of like-minded people who wish to get their hands dirty and go out to the Algarve to help.

Now Do Something!

Well you could donate to the cause here

Or write a letter. Here's how and who to!

Effective Letter Writing

Letter Content
Make sure your letter is addressed to a named individual (instead of "Dear Sir or Madame"). Contact information for political representatives can be found at your local library or via the Internet.

Be polite but firm.
Keep your letter short and to the point.
Make sure the information you give is factually correct.
Be clear about what you want to see happen - tell them exactly what action you would like them to take and make it as concrete as possible. (e.g. " I want you to stop this now" is not as helpful as " I would like you to make it a priority to work with the Soviet Ambassador to find alternate trapping methods.")
Appeal to their Business sense: As a constituent, let your representatives know that the way they deal with this issue (or fail to deal with it) may affect your voting decision in the next election.
If writing to someone in another geographical area, tell them that his/her position on the issue makes you reluctant to visit his/her country, state, or province, and that you are now inclined to spend your money elsewhere.
If you are writing to a company, tell them you will not purchase any more of their products and you will be alerting other consumers.
Give the full name of any proposed law or parliamentary bill that you want to see passed.
Include your name and address and ask for a reply.
Keep the pressure on. Is there anyone else to whom you can write?
Write letters to congratulate organizations and governments if they make changes to improve animal welfare.
Using the correct form address
There are no hard and fast rules for addressing important officials. The following simple rules will help you achieve the right tone:

Presidents:
Dear Mr./Ms. President
Mailing address to Members of Congress:
The Honorable John Doe
Greeting to Member, Senate:
Dear Senator
Greeting to Member, House of Representatives:
Dear Congressman/woman
Mailing Address to Ambassadors:
His/Her Excellency John/Jane Doe
Greeting to Ambassador:
Dear Ambassador Doe
Prime Ministers:
Dear Prime Minister Doe
End your letters:
Respectfully yours or Sincerely
Other Officials and elected representatives:

Write to these!

The Portuguese Embassy
11 Belgrave Square
London
SW1C 8PP

The Portuguese Tourist Office
Palacio Foz,
Praca Dos Restauradores
1200 Lisboa
Portugal

UK/Portugal Tourist Office
22-25a Sackville Street
London
W1X 1DE

Or you could come and Help the Animals in the Algarve
If you love dogs and cats you will love it here. The LAPS (Largos Animals Protection) needs volunteers all year round to help its growing family of rescued dogs.
Situated in the heart of the beautiful Algarve at Odiexere, just 15 minutes drive from the picturesque harbour town of Lagos and the sandy beaches of this Southern Portugal holiday spot. Bridget Hicks has pioneered the rescue of strays and beaten animals in this part of the world for 25 years and now needs your help.
Why not spend some of you spare time and dedicate yourself to making a difference in the Algarve sun.
Animals lovers are needed, preferably with experience of caring for cats and dogs and to help out this wonderful fighter for the animals.
Come and work alongside a lady who has dedicated her life to caring for the innocent. Free on-site accommodation is available but you will have to fund the airfare.
To apply for this exciting opportunity to make a difference contact Bridget at the address below.
LAGOS ANIMAL PROTECTION SOCIETY (LAPS), Monte Ruivo, Odiaxere, 8600 Lagos, Algarve, Portugal. Telephone +351 282 687 334. Email: laps@sapo.pt
Its better if you ring because the email thing is dodgy!

Donate to LAPS and help today

If you have donated, written or anything else then let Philip or his wife know on info@philipgardiner.net because we would like to build a list of those who have helped.

Forbidden Knowledge Conference

2007-05-08T19:03:00.000+01:00

Please note, the FKCUK event at Glastonbury has been cancelled due to unforeseen circumstances. Philip wasn't appearing at the event anyway this year and so it does not affect his schedule, which does not include any UK events anyhow. To see what Philip will be doing in Australia, USA, and France see the What's Happening link on the left.
SEE TRAILER FROM LAST YEARS EVENT HERE

Interview tonight (Sat 5th) About Ark and Shroud

2007-05-05T09:22:00.000+01:00

Journeys with Rebecca Show interviews me tonight.
Saturday May 5th at 8pm Central Time, on Rebecca's Network of stations. (List available at www.journeyswithrebecca.com ) Flagship station at www.KCOnlineRadio.com. Don't worry if you miss it (if you want to listen in the first place), there will be an archive to download. Personally I never listen to myself....

New revelations coming soon on the bloodline.

2007-05-04T21:36:00.000+01:00

New revelations coming soon on the bloodline.

The Real Bloodline: from http://www.reality-entertainment.com Check out the trailer below.

More trailers from Reality Films

Ghost of the Brotherhood
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6-6rto0f7Gw
Secret Societies
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YZ1PAzWbAT8
Secrets of Serpent Worship
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_sH_e1W_kXk
The Cross of Thoth
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EbNdlxHUK2Y
The Ark, The Shroud and Mary
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mss_8izSGKg
Science of Soul
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tP_fiXf2nBk
Gnosis: The Secret of Solomon's Temple
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n9g8UsvbXXQ
Quantum Mind of God
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fMH4ldSVLCY

Reality Films is making a hell of a stir with their new films so be sure to check them out at www.reality-entertainment.com/films