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The pervasive fear of an impending catastrophe is the motivating force, in Ms. Clow's postulation, behind and beneath all of the obsessions having to do with the structure of contemporary earthly civilization: work, human relationships, the economy, the environment and the state, and the search for healing of these structures and ourselves. But whence this anxiety? Why now, and indeed at periodic intervals over the course of recorded history, have we feared a coming catastrophe, a tragedy of such proportions as to snuff out the Earth and all that lives on it?
In this monumental work, Ms. Clow examines legendary cataclysms and delineates how - contrary to prevailing prophecies of dark and deadly times to come - we are truly on the cusp of an era of incredible creative and spiritual growth. The very recent discovery of the remains of ancient villages buried beneath the Black Sea is but the latest in the accumulation of mounting evidence that many of the "mythic" catastrophes of history - the fall of Atlantis, the Biblical flood - were historic events. Ms. Clow ably demonstrates how a series of cataclysmic disasters resulting from a disturbance in the Earth's crust some 11,500 years ago (itself likely caused at least in part by a stellar supernova in the nearby Vela system) "rocked the world" and left humankind's collective psyche deeply scarred and ineradicably traumatized. We are, in her view, "a wounded species," and the unprocessed, until-now indescribable fear passed from generation to generation is responsible for the constant and widespread expectation of a world-ending apocalypse, seen in such instances as the Y2K event to the much-reported end of the Mayan calendar in 2012.
"Catastrophobia" also uncovers in detail the insidious global forces - economic, political and religious - that have used these collective fears to control and manipulate humanity for countless centuries. But Ms. Clow's book offers more than a glimmer of hope. It is the work of an informed, reasonable and persuasive optimist. In the author's view, we are in the midst of a shift in the Earth's 26,000 year precessional cycle, and there is every indication that the changes in consciousness seen over the past forty years are the beginnings of a collective healing from these deep fears from the primeval past, heralding a time to come of great spiritual evolution.
Ms. Clow's monumental research effort in writing this insightful and important book and the scientific efforts underlying that research it are particularly praiseworthy. The reader is advised, for a taste of the foregoing and as a preface to "Catastrophobia," to consult the article by G.R. Brackenridge in Icarus (16:81-93) entitled "Terrestrial Paleoenvironmental Effects of a Late Quarternary Age Supernova."
Every serious student of history (both academic and alternative) has every reason to own this important, incisive and pacesetting volume. It will appeal also to the astrologer and the eschatologist, as well as the scientist willing to approach Ms. Clow's work with an open mind.
She takes you on a trip farther than anyone in my experience. She brings us all to the truth about earthÕs changes over the last 11,500 years that historians, politicians, religions and even archeologists have worked so hard to obscure. In the end itÕs the power of really knowing this truth that is so vast and far reaching. It provides a psychological foundation for immense opportunity to consciously shake the power of fear. She doesnÕt wait until the end to tell you this -- itÕs on page one: ÒCrippled by collective fear from past earth changes...our surface minds are filled with floating images of disaster, guilt, and suffering...We project these painful thoughts out of our inner minds, which creates a coming apocalypse as a self-fulfilling prophecy. However, it already happened!Ó
We have been watching the ÒmovieÓ in reverse!
I am fortunate to have been a student of Barbara Hand Clow for over ten years and have traveled with her (through Power Places Tours) to many of the historical sites she references in the book. Together we have explored and questioned the meanings and possibilities of what we saw. However, I could never have pieced it together from what our direct experience was. I am grateful to Barbara for writing this book which culminates all that she knows to offer answers to so many questions that have gnawed at my subconscious over the years. To put forth a reason why ancient cultures were obsessed with precession opened huge doorways of immediate understanding for me.
Barbara Hand Clow offers a framework for the management of fear and mass hysteria from the macrocosm of existence to our inner world experience of it. What are we so afraid of? And why are we living in this constant fear? Barbara presents a clear understanding and explanation throughout recorded history drawing upon her vast research of Plato, Egyptology and Aegean archeology, her mastery of mythology as well as the secondary research of other writers. By doing so, this form of new paradigm writing moves the reader into a creative dance of possibility for their own lives.
I was most excited by her revelation that the ancient Egyptians would paint pictures of Òhow they wanted their life to continue on the Nile.Ó If they painted it on the tombs and temple walls, the gods would grant them the life they depicted for themselves. We do this now, with television and movies. And IÕm certain without the knowledge of what is being activated for our future on this planet.
As Barbara says, the greater challenge is to integrate this knowledge through deep spiritual intention. Her book is based on a perfectly credible premise: ÒConsciousness creates the material world.Ó And with that, she invites us into the journey of humanity over the past 11,500 years since the cataclysm.
What tickled me the most about her book is that the last word is Òfun.Ó If there is one force that can unite mass consciousness, let it by all means be fun!
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For example, although I have practised various forms of meditation and am familiar with the chakras and kundalini, I don't know if the correspondences to the more extreme physical, psychological and spiritual crises described at the Uranus opposition "mid-life crisis" are as Clow suggests. Yes there are unexpected shocks, energy shifts, and major changes of life direction at around age 40 when the transit kicks in, but whether this relates to the unblocking of chakras and the rising of kundalini is another matter, for me at least. Perhaps she is ahead of me here.
However, this book is packed with so many different perspectives, I would be surprised if many people could wholeheartedly embrace all of them! Shamanism, the end of the Mayan Great Calendar, scientific insights on energy fields, mythology, all feature. It is powerful stuff. There is some quality astrology and at times an unusual blend of "far out" cosmic ideas with a very firm grip on reality in the Western world. There are some interesting sociological observations on the pros and cons of different types of spirituality and a large number of case histories to demonstrate the key life stages described. I keep coming back to sections of the book that I personally find useful, and suspect that many others would do the same.
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I like the approach of this book but it didn't really convince, me perhaps I had to high expectations or another title would have served this book better...
But I'm not alien to ideas of mankind being related to other planets, systems or nonearthly beings etc.
I suggest you borrow this book from your local library instead.
If you finish this book, you will find the author ends stories to the Age of Lemuria. You may wonder the histoty of Atlantis. In Amorah's another book: The Pleiadian Workbook Awakening your Divine Ka, you can continue your history reading in Chapter 3. And you will also learn the connection between our history and our purpose to be here as well as our possible future. Enjoy reading it!
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Phew, I needed to take my time with it. Read it a chapter at a time, or sometimes just a page at a time. And sometimes I needed to put this book in a closet somewhere and not get back to it until a couple of weeks (or months) later.
But I LOVED it. At times while reading it my mind was sweating, trying to keep up with the info that was flooding in. Sometimes I felt emotions rising. And other times I was swimming in all the old memories that came back in, or exuberantly broke through the old limits in ecstatic joy and enjoyed my re-found freedom. "Oh yeah!!! That's right! I forgot! There is no limit here! So hey, why wait? Let's go!!"
It's been more than a year now since I've read this book, I guess. And whoah, what a big journey of changes has occurred since then. Every so many days I get this sence of "Oh yeah, now I'm really speeding up in my personal growing process." And the next day: "Oh no, NOW I do!" ...and the next day: "I did it again..."
I have a sense it might be time to just pick up "The Pleiadian Agenda" again and to read those chapters that I did read back then but didn't fully understand. Maybe now I'm ready for them and am I open enough to hear the message.
So if you read this book and you just don't get it quite yet: Just sit back and enjoy your day. Try again later, whenever you feel drawn to do so.
I love it, and I would like to thank Barbara Hand Clow, the Pleiadians, Anubis, the Moon and all others who speak to us through this book for making the information available. Thank you for waking me up!
Namaste,
Ma-Ra SolarAurea
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