• A WALK ON "THE OTHER SIDE"
  by Cynthia Gage
  Last October, NBC took a daring plunge into the New Age. In addition to airing Angels II, Beyond the Light, they launched a one-hour daytime show called The Other Side. The program is a response to what producers perceive to be the powerful American fascination with extraordinary events that science cannot always explain. It explores everything from alternative medicine, dreams, self-hypnosis, and near-death experiences to angelic visitations and alien abductions. It's fast-paced, fascinating and sometimes phenomenal. Invited guests, subject experts and the studio audience participate in a lively discussion on the featured topic, assisted by the mediation of host Dr. Will Miller, a professed skeptic who deliberately plays the devil's advocate, then leaves conclusions to the individual viewer.



• ATLANTIS OF YOUR DREAMS
  by N. Thomas Miller
  Imagine: The vast city of Poseidon, the capital of Ancient Atlantis, stretched out before us. The time is approximately 30,000 years ago, and Atlantis is at the apex of its achievement as a civilization. We see commerce, large anti-gravity vessels called valixes ascending and descending, many sailing ships of all kinds, small anti-gravity personal craft and land vehicles, as well as crowds of pedestrians. Today, such scenes in a feature film or for television are not only possible technically and artistically, but in the hands of the right directing, producing, and effects team, can be much less expensive than they once were, just a few years ago.



• HOLLYWOOD AND THE STAR GODS OF ANCIENT EGYPT
  by Len Kasten
  Coming events are said to cast their shadows. Some sci-fi moviemakers seem to have a talent for tapping into that level of the mass subconscious in which new concepts are in the formative stages, and bringing them into public consciousness. Typically, their films are instantly very popular, often unexpectedly, because the audiences, to the extent to which they also are in touch with the subconscious, respond with interest and enthusiasm without consciously understanding why. Nothing is as inexorable as an idea whose time has come, and because film is such a powerful medium, nothing can precipitate it as quickly as a well-made movie that opens wide. It is the Hundreth Monkey principle accelerated to warp speed! Consequently these films usually become watershed events with permanent social effects.



• IS A LOW-FAT DIET ALWAYS GOOD FOR YOU?
  by Ann Louise Gittleman
  I know it's almost sacrilegious to criticize carbohydrates, but in light of so many negative effects from their imbalance and overuse, the time has come to take the carbohydrate craze to task



• SECRETS OF FORGOTTEN WORLDS: A CONVERSATION WITH PETER TOMPKINS
  by J. Douglas Kenyon
  For the many who date their personal discovery of the wisdom of the ancients and the power of unseen forces with the late 1960s and early '70s, two books enjoyed nearly unequaled influence. The Secret Life of Plants and Secrets of the Great Pyramid were both runaway best sellers, which, if nothing else, put the orthodox establishment to considerable trouble defending itself. While today, notions such as the preference of plants for good music and the miraculous measurements of the Great Pyramid may have become somewhat passe, 25 years ago they caused quite a stir, and in the process earned not a little notoriety for author Peter Tompkins. For one who had dared to challenge so flagrantly the titans of the scientific establishment, Tompkins achieved not only celebrity, but also, for a time, an unprecedented measure of credibility.



• TOP 10 MAGICAL JOURNEYS YOU CAN TAKE
  by David Hatcher Childress
  If anyone manages to live real life like Indiana Jones it is David Hatcher Childress. A veteran of many expeditions to some of the most interesting destinations on Earth, Childress has made adventure a career. The author of many lengthy books on lost cities and civilizations, he has learned the hidden byways of world travel up close and personal. Who better to provide Atlantis Rising's guide to magical summer travel trips you can actually take without mounting a full scale safari



• THE SEARCH FOR MEANING IN THE DEAD SEA SCROLLS
  by Len Kasten
  In 1947, near the banks of the Dead Sea, Bedouin tribesmen found seven crumbling scrolls hidden in caves since the time of Christ. By the end of 1956, archaeologists had discovered 800 scrolls in the desolate Judaean wilderness near the ruins of Khirbet Qumran. Yet the question of who wrote the scrolls is now a matter of fierce international debate. A mysterious veil has settled over the Dead Sea, over the scrolls and their meaning, keeping them hidden still. In the meantime, tantalizing clues link them with sources found as far away as Tibet. Some of the most important texts, one-fourth of the entire corpus, have only recently seen the light of day. Dominican priests, said to be fearful of their implications, kept the scrolls secret for decades while publicly denying their relevance. And today, the scrolls remain one of the most controversial and puzzling finds of our time.

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• Astrology: THE CYCLES OF PLUTO
  by Kathie Garcia
  The impact of Pluto, the slowest moving of the known planets in our solar system, is intense and far-reaching. Pluto's energies bring about changes on a worldwide scale, reshaping history and ushering in major social, political and geological changes and transformations. Plutonian changes may be regenerative or degenerative, but whether positive or negative are generally extreme and long-lasting. Astrologers Sakoian and Acker note, Pluto in the signs always produces a permanent change. The change is in relation to the sign that Pluto occupies. It goes without saying that when Pluto changes signs, it's time to take note. On Jan. 18, Pluto began a 15-year transit in Sagittarius. On April 22, Pluto dipped back once more into Scorpio for a final phase lasting until November 11, 1995. From then on, Pluto will continue its transits through this fiery sign until the year 2010. What does it mean for us all?



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  WISE & OTHERWISE
  by Dr. Joseph Ray
  From Horus to Yogananda…



• Music: STILL SOUNDING POSITIVE
  by Robert J. Resetar
  You may have noticed that most of the music reviews in this and previous issues are positive ones. That could either mean that a) I love all music no matter how bad it is; b) I'm taking cash incentives to promote certain recordings; or c) For a bi-monthly with limited space I decided it was best to present a few well-chosen gems that stood out among the many recordings in the market place because of their gentleness, musical integrity and/or originality. The correct answer will be found in next month's issue
  

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