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CONTENTS

For April, 1964

LIVE AND HELP LIVE ................................................................................................... 2

OF PROPHECIES ........................................................................................................... 3

PETRA: TREASURE VAULT OF ANCIENT CHRISTENDOM? ........................... 4

THOUGHT FOR THE MONTH ..................................................................................... 5

world report ........................................................................................................... 6

WHAT OTHERS ARE SAYING .................................................................................... 10

PRESIDENT JOHNSON AND A TEMPLE OF UNDERSTANDING ..................... 12

book reviews ............................................................................................................ 12

Poets corner .......................................................................................................... 14

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR ......................................................................................... 15

bulletin board ........................................................................................................ 17

THE STAFF

EDITOR ........................................................................................... Dr. DANIEL W. FRY

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circulation manager ........................................................... edna basmajian

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VOLUME IX APRIL, 1964 NUMBER 4

DEDICATED TO THE PROPAGATION OF A BETTER UNDERSTANDING AMONG ALL THE PEOPLES OF THEEARTH, AND OF THOSE WHO ARE NOT OF EARTH.

LIVE AND HELP LIVE

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There are three broad stages in the evolution of human consciousness from the complete ego-centric,which is the beginning point of all life, to the cosmo-centric, which is the ultimate destination and whichshould be the conscious goal of all humanity.

In the first stage of evolution the attitude of the individual or of the immediate family group is one of,

"kill or be killed"-"eat or be eaten." There is no concept of mutual welfare or cooperation. Every man isthe immediate or potential enemy of every other man, and might is the only right. The dividing line

between stage one and two is reached when the attitude of man becomes, "every man for himself and thedevil take the hindermost!" There is no cooperation, but the individual, instead of seeking to destroy hiscompetitor, merely strives to leave him behind.

The second stage is known as the era of "live and let live." The individual will tolerate competition withincertain limits, and a reasonable amount of cooperation may be undertaken where the mutual benefit isclearly evident to both parties. The individual congratulates himself on his social evolution because hecan tolerate the existence and, under favorable conditions, the presence of his neighbor.

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The third stage is the era of "live and help live." At this point the individual ego begins to merge with thecosmic consciousness. The individual begins to realize that he is but a leaf on the tree of life, and that,while it is an individual entity, a leaf has no purpose or significance apart from the tree. He also, for thefirst time, truly begins to understand that strife between men or war between nations is as senseless as a

battle between his left and his right hand, or between two branches of the same tree.

Our present "civilization" is, on the average, a little beyond the center of the second stage. We are willingto scratch our neighbor's back so long as he does a satisfactory job of scratching ours, but. we still quoteonly the first portion of the cosmic motto. We are fond of saying that "the Lord helps him who helpshimself." When we reach the third stage of evolution we will have learned that He best helps himself whohelps his neighbor.

OF PROPHECIES

The sum of the prophecies that have been given to mankind down through the Ages, if we may sum, themup, may be generally interpreted as, `In the latter days of our civilization, great. chaos shall befall the

people of Earth.' Reactions to the prophecies given by the Prophets, Saints and Great Avatars of past.times, may be relegated to three distinct categories.

To the various phrasings and terminologies used to descriptively portray that which could happen,reactions have been either: (1) indifference or smugness; (2) disbelief; heedful and questioning, with thelatter comprising only a very small minority. Sadly, many of those that have been indifferent anddisbelieving have experienced suffering through the cataclysmic events that have already taken place.

But the prophecies have been given as `warnings' that mankind might change the course of its selfish,earthly pursuits and find its way back home to a Brotherhood of Man in the Fatherhood of its Creator.The prophecies have been determined by reading a pattern, of seeing into the nature of mass actions and

ultimately visualizing the events that the course of such actions would eventually bring about in futuretimes.

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It was known by the Prophets of old that our Earth and the system to which she belongs, would one dayreach the ending of the present cycle in her evolution, and it was known that the majority of Earth Peoplewould not be sufficiently prepared spiritually to continue with their planet and solar system into the new

cycle or New Age.

Civilization after civilization has chosen wrongly, and therefore, the beings in evolution upon this planethave lagged in their spiritual development and understanding, so the prophecies were given; they weregiven in great love, that the influence of their love might convey the reality of their words, but mankind ingeneral has paid little serious heed to the fullness of these spoken warnings.

And again, almost simultaneously around the earth, Great Ones from other realms and other solar systemsare echoing the overtures of the Prophets;; they are emphasizing that little time is left in which to preparefor the New Age now dawning. They foretell of the coming Age as being one of great, beauty andgrandeur, an Age of Peace, Freedom and Justice-an Age where Man shall be transformed into a somewhat

different, more highly refined species of Mankind. They speak of an entry of a new and second sun intoour solar system, giving it an entirely new look and a greater energy radiating potential.

And due to the difference which this new sun shall make, out of the old will emerge a new way of things,for the consciousness of Man and systems must. ever evolve according to Divine Plan. But the transitionfrom the old to the new will be a difficult road, a trying time, but it is also a time in which those withheedful ears can ill afford to remain inactive. Opportunities for soul growth abound for those who wish toserve, for only through service does Man grow in spirit, in wisdom, love and understanding.

The serving ones shall ride the crest through whatever chaos ensues; their protection is love, Light andunderstanding. Therefore, heed the prophecies, interpret them in relation to modern day information, andyou shall find yourself going about a new way of life, earmarking that the building of the spiritualfoundation for the New Age to come is taking place within you.

-Donald Knight

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PETRA: TREASURE VAULT OF ANCIENT

CHRISTENDOM?Shortly after the close of World War I, a wandering Arab herdsman, searching for fresh oases and new

pastures deep within the mountainous regions of Biblical Edom, came upon a twisting, narrow defileknown as Bel-le-Sac (Arabic for Pass). For almost a mile he drove his trail-weary animals along itstortuous, gradually deepening path, to suddenly emerge amidst the crumbling ruins of what had once beena great city.

Temples, palaces and imposing mausoleums, many hand-carved eons ago into the face of livingsandstone cliffs that towered in pink and rose splendor a sheer three thousand feet to the desert-like

plateau above, lined its ancient thoroughfares.

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Unknowingly, he had stumbled upon one of the wonders of the ancient world ... Petra, legendary capitalof the fabled Kingdom of Napal, its long-forgotten streets untrod by the foot of man for over a thousandyears!

His natural curiosity aroused (and perhaps engendered a bit by thoughts of hidden treasure), he made his

way through the age-old rubble. Entering one, of the more imposing facades (later to be identified as"Pharoah's Treasury," but in all probability the tomb of an early Nabatean king), he found himself in theeerie silence of a great, multi-pillared room forty feet square, with a row of strange inscriptions carvedalong the base of its far wall.

Going over to investigate further, one of the large, flat stones that composed the floor suddenly gave waybeneath his feet. The next instant he was sprawling in a pile of soft sand. Fifteen feet above his head thestone slab silently completed a full are to reseal without a trace the opening through which he had justtumbled.

Uninjured by his fall, his eyes gradually adjusting, to the dim half-light of his surroundings, he gazed

fearfully about him. He was in a small, cell-like chamber, connected to others like it by a series of lowarchways; the whole extending off into the distance as far as the eye could reach.

Cautiously he arose to his feet and entered the next room, then the next and the next, trudging warily fromone to the other for hours on end, pausing only occasionally to rest, quenching his thirst

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by licking moisture from the walls and eating sparingly of the moss like lichens that grew promiscuouslynear the damp spots. Suddenly he came upon a sight which, at any other time, would have cast him into afrenzy of excitement. Great piles of gold coins, precious stones and enormous pearls lay before hisastounded gaze! Under his present circumstances, however, they held little interest for him. Fully awarethat several days must have passed since he had first entered the great temple-room, there was but onethought foremost in his mind ... freedom. He paused only long enough to thrust a few of the larger gemsand some of the coins into a pouch at his belt, and continued wearily on his way.

Much to his joy, the monotonous maze of inter-locking rooms soon came to an end at the base of a longflight of well-worn stone steps that spiraled upwards, to be lost to view in the gathering haze and shadowsfar above.

Without hesitation he commenced the climb confronting him to come presently upon the first of several

narrow landings, each with a small alcove leading from it. It was in one of these that he made his secondstartling discovery: a number of partially-rotted wooden boxes strewn about the dusty floor.

Thinking that perhaps he had come upon a second treasure cache, he hurriedly broke open several. To hisgreat disappointment they contained only layers of rolled parchment, inscribed with strange characters ofwhich he hadn't the slightest knowledge. Unable, of course, to even estimate their potential value, hesimply left them where they were.

-L. Berger Copeman

To be continued

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THOUGHT FOR THE MONTH

"If you confer a benefit, never remember it. If you receive one, never forget it."

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World report

The Air Force and Telepathy

LONDON -The United States Air Force has gone into the telepathybusiness.

At Hanscom Field, in Bedford, Mass., a research team comprised of apsychologist, an and a mathematician, has built electronics engineer,a physicist a computer to test three forms of extrasensory perceptiontelepathy, clairvoyance, and precognition.

The Air Force has just released "unclassified" material about some ofthe experiments which were carried out at Endicott Junior College for

Girls at Beverly, Mass., between January 22 and May 31 last year.

Girls were chosen because it was thought that their womanly intuition was akin to ESP.

The computer, known as VERITAC, presents digits ranging from zero to nine to the subject in threedifferent ways, each intended to satisfy the characteristics of the three forms of ESP. In testing

precognition, the machine selects the target digit to be "guessed" after it has been chosen by the subject,and not before.

Hanscom Field is the headquarters of the electronics systems divisions of the Air Force andaccommodates its Cambridge research laboratories.

Those concerned in the experiment-Everett S. Dagle, of the synthetic coding branch of the data scienceslaboratory, William R. Smith, Margaret D. Hil, and John Mott-Smith, prefaced their report with a word ofcaution, but also suggested that they have taken the first step in a new direction-that of "employing

automatic equipment to eliminate human bias and error."

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Stephen I. Abrams, an American researcher at Oxford University, reported that the Hanscom Fieldscientists seemed a little optimistic about their initial results.

He said the real significance of the news was that the American Air Force was that the American AirForce was prepared to put -money into this project and to let it be publicly known that it had

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done so. At least one of the scientists in the U. S. team, he added, was evidently associated with theaerospace research project.

It has been known for some time that the Russians, led by professor V. Vasiliev of Leningrad, have beenworking on telepathy.

Convinced He Saw Saucers

(FromNew Zealand Herald, Feb. 8, 1964)

MELBOURNE, Australia-A Church of England clergyman attending the annual meeting of theAustralian Council of Churches said yesterday that he was still convinced he had seen flying saucers andtheir mother ship.

He is, the Rev. Lionel Browning, aged 52, vicar of Holy Trinity Church, Cressy, Tasmania, and secretaryof the Tasmanian Council of Churches.

Mr. Browning said he had been a sceptic about flying saucers when, in October, 1960, he saw a greyobject appear from behind clouds near Cressy.

A number of flying saucers, he said, "fluttered" in the air around the mother ship. The mother shipremained stationary for several minutes, then disappeared back into the clouds.

Two of the saucers tipped at an acute angle as they accelerated at tremendous speed.

The appearance lasted about three minutes and was witnessed by other people in the Tasmanian midlands.

"I have never previously read anything about flying saucers," said Mr. Browning, "but I am convincedthat what I saw cannot be laughed off."

Beauty Lasts 1800 Years

(FromNew Zealand Herald, Feb. 8, 1964)

ROME-The body of a beautiful young woman estimated to have been dead for 1800 years has presentedRome with a first-class mystery, says the British United Press.

The authorities have no clue to who she was or how she died. But when her body was taken out of theground yesterday she looked as fresh and beautiful as she must have appeared when her tomb was sealedin the late days of the Roman Empire.

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The body was so perfectly mummified that the police at first suspected they had stumbled on the corpseof a recent murder victim.

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They changed their minds after examining precious jewels on the body.

The rare archaeological find was made accidentally by building workers in an area of northern Romewhere, in ancient times, patrician families and leaders of the imperial court had their villas.

A beautifully carved sarcophagus of pink stone was scooped out of the earth, and broken by a steamshovel being used on the building site.

Archaeologists who studied the body at the mortuary found the woman wearing two round earrings offinely worked gold. Round her neck she had a gold necklace studded with precious stones.

On the ring finger of her left hand was a large gold signet ring bearing the winged figure of a womanbearing a torch.

The woman had been placed naked in the tomb and covered with a strong fabric of laminated gold, whichhad preserved the body through the centuries.

Sun Spots and Human Behavior

NEW YORK (UPI)-Impressive massive statistics now support the idea that sun spots which periodicallymess up the behavior of radios can also mess up the behavior of human beings.

The idea is not nearly as far-fetched as it may sound. To appreciate its worth you only have to realize thatall creatures with central nervous systems operate on self-generated electricity.

It flows in direct currents, carrying nerve impulses. These power the built-in communications whichpermit people and other organisms to control themselves.

Transmitting and receiving radios are similarly powered. Their impulses travel through the earth'smagnetic field, and so do those of creatures. They have to-the creatures exist within the field.

Now, the earth's magnetic field is, generally speaking, smooth flowing. The smoother it flows the better

are radio communications. But there are continual variations which coincide with days becoming nightand vice versa.

These are relatively minor, however. What really kicks up storms in the earth's magnetic field are thecycling magnetic disturbances on the sun which result in "sun spots. "When these magnetic storms rage,radio communications are at their worst.

Drs. Howard Friedman, Robert O. Becker and Charles H. Bachman

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of the state university of New York and Syracuse (N.Y.) University have been fascinated for some timeby the possibility that magnetic storms can do no less to the human nervous system. Their human

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phenomenon was the varying daily admission rates for seven central New York state psychiatric hospitalsover a. four-year period. Their magnetic phenomenon were daily variations in the intensity of the earth'smagnetic field over the same four years. The greater the intensity of the earth's magnetic field due to "sunspots" and other natural interference coming out of the cosmos, the higher the rate of psychiatric hospitaladmissions-as mathematically correlated.

-Delos Smith

New Great Puzzle

WASHINGTON, D. C. (UPI-Feb. S)-Astronomers have discovered some strange objects billions ofbillions of miles out toward the edge of the universe. They don't know what they are. So far only fivehave been spotted. It may be that there have been many more of them in the 13 billion years the universeis supposed to have existed.

There is reason to believe these objects live for only a fleeting moment-fleeting in the universal time

scale-and then disappear, or evolve into something else.

One of them is the most distant object ever seen by an optical telescope. It is five billion light years awayfrom the solar system. Whatever these things may turn out to be, at the moment, according to Dr. Jesse L.Greenstein of the California Institute of Technology, they are "perhaps the most bizarre and puzzlingobjects ever observed through a telescope." They are not stars. They are not galaxies. That much theyknow.

They know something of their behavior, however. They are extremely powerful sources of radio energy.They may be the brightest objects, from the standpoint of light output, in the entire universe. Taking intoaccount, their great distance they appear to be "100 times brighter than our entire galaxy." But theirdiameters are estimated to be no more than a fifth and perhaps as little as a hundredth of the diameter of atypical galaxy.

The fact that they were ever seen at all is attributable to teamwork between radio and optical astronomers.Radio telescopes pinpointed

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their positions and optical telescopes then found them in photographs taken in precisely those positions.

It quickly became apparent that they were "not individual stars but objects of a kind hitherto unknown."For want of a better name they are being called "quasi-stellar radio sources."

The source of their fantastic energy is a mystery. It is conceivable that "fundamental new processes"unknown to science are involved. Several theories have been offered as to their nature but "whetherfundamental new processes lie behind their brilliant but ephemeral appearance, or whether ourimaginations are still too limited, remains for the future to determine."

Synthetic Diet Test

VACAVILLE, Calif. (UPI)-Nutrition experts working toward the day when man can thrive on chemicals

alone have revealed the results of experiments conducted with the assistance of 18 convicted criminals.

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For 48 days, 18 convicts at the California prison system medical facility here have been subsisting onsynthetic diets consisting solely of foods from a test tube, mainly amino acids which act as the body's

protein builders.

Not only have the men subsisted. For many, the general physical condition has showed improvement. Fat

men have slimmed down and the thin gained weight. Also, researchers say, there have been few gripesand none of the prisoners said be regretted taking part in the experiment.

One aim of the synthetic diet project is to develop suitable food for man-in-space programs. The project isfinanced by a National Aeronautics and Space Administration grant of $400, 000.

Dr. Milton Winitz, director of the project being conducted by the Medical Science Research Foundation,said the synthetic food would be wholly adequate for feeding men on round trips to the moon.

"But," he said, " the diet's chief virtues are not in space flight but in medicine."

He said the synthetic food substances could wipe out all diseases brought on by malnutrition or by proteindeficiencies. Also, he said, users of the food could not develop allergies. It could be used for feeding thesick and aged intravenously and would make a perfect reducing diet, he said.

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More Scroll Fragments

JERUSALEM, Israeli Sector (Associated Press)-Fragment of two newly found desert scrolls nearly 2000years old are being studied by scholars in Jerusalem. One of the documents is said to show a remarkableresemblance to the famous Dead Sea Scrolls.

The discovery, described by Israel's leading archaeologist, Prof. Ygal Yadin, as "sensational" was madeduring a recent excavation of King Herod's palace on the isolated Massada cliff on the western shore ofthe Dead Sea.

Yadin told reporters that the newly-found scrolls have not yet been completely unrolled, but it wasevident one scroll contains Chapters 81 to 85 of the Book of Psalms.

Big Blast In Air Over West Australia

(From the Sydney, Australia,Morning Herald, Aug 21, 1963)

DARWIN-A tremendous atmospheric explosion which shook buildings in the Kimberleys in WesternAustralia last night was reported in Darwin today.

The origin of the explosion is not known.

It occurred high in the atmosphere above Ord River and Turner River Stations, not far from the NorthernTerritory border.

Two eyewitnesses have reported that buildings at Turner River Station were shaken.

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The report says observers saw a trail of smoke which was followed by an explosion and a ball of brilliantorange flame.

WHAT OTHERS ARE SAYING

Books On Saucers

(George Todt,L.A. Herald-Examiner, Feb. 5, 1964)

A recent column of mine posing the intriguing question whether there may be life on our neighboringplanet, Mars, reveals extensive favorable interest in this subject from curious readers.

Many have written in to ask if there is any concrete evidence which might support such a controversialtheory? There are a lot of pros and cons, of course, but enough of the former to be more than fascinatingto contemplate.

Much in the way of hypothesis and common sense deduction has been stirred up by the tremendouscontroversy over so-called "flying

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saucers" and other UFOs-which means "unidentified flying objects." Do they really exist?

There is much more in the way of meaningful data and supporting evidence that these mysteriousenigmas in our skies actually are realistic phenomena than most laymen off hand may suppose. Some of itis admittedly hokum. But in certain areas there is the ring of truth.

Before anyone closes his or her mind to the possibility of ancient civilizations existing in nearbyinterplanetary space, let me recommend a few reasonable and well-written books for your reading

pleasure

These gems are "Flying Saucers From Outer Space" and "The Flying Saucer conspiracy," by Maj. DonaldE. Keyhoe, USMC-ret. (Henry Holt & Co., New York, N. Y.) and "Flying Saucers: Top Secret.," also byKeyhoe (G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York, N. Y.). All three eye-openers and masterfully written.

Also "The Great Flying Saucer Hoax," by Coral Lorenzen (The William-Frederick Press, New York, N.Y.), "Flying Saucers and the Straight Line Mystery," by Aime Michel (Criterion Books, New York, N.Y.).

Those who have read previously "The Works of Charles Fort" (Henry Holt & Co., New York, N.Y.)-especially one contained in the 1000-page volume called "Book of the Damned"-know already thatconsiderable evidence extends back through the centuries concerning the elusive UFOs in our skies. Goodreading!

Only the ignorant, superstitious or ill-informed could smile away the mountains of evidence given us in

the outstanding books cited. Try them at your leisure. Then see what you think about it!

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The most revealing works of all are found in the three books by Keyhoe. He is presently director of theNational Investigations Committee on Aerial Phenomena (NICAP), located at 1636 Conn. Ave.,Washington 6, D.C.

Almost single-handed, or with only negligible staff and financial help, he has done more than any other

man in our country today to focus attention on the scientific-not mystic or spiritualistic-aspect of UFOs.

This fine American deserves adequate sustaining help from someone---perhaps a great foundation ordedicated philanthropist-to

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obtain more facts and put the celestial jigsaw puzzle together.

Those interested in moving along an exceedingly worthy project may contact Maj. Keyhoe by writinghim directly at his home: 214 Kent Road, Alexandria, Va.

In his "Flying Saucer Conspiracy" are some marvelous chapters on possibilities of interplanetary lifeclose at hand to us now. Not any further away at this time than the Moon and Mars, itself. The evidence isalmost overwhelming!

Let's read it and perhaps we will be amazed to learn that the so called "canals" of Mars follow GreatCircle routes and that her two tiny moons act, in such a way as to cause suspicion they may be spacestations.

PRESIDENT JOHNSON AND A TEMPLE OF

UNDERSTANDING

While addressing a congressional wives prayer breakfast in Jan., President L, B. Johnson stressed theneed for "a fitting memorial to the God who made us all" to be erected in Washington, D.C. Such atemple should be supported by all religious faiths, he said, and not built or sponsored by any government.

Most Understanding readers are aware of the progress towards just such a memorial made by the efforts

of Mrs. Dickerman Hollister and her committee. (See Understanding magazine, March, 1962) Thepurpose of this "Temple of Understanding" is to make available the ideas, concepts and teachings of themajor religions of the world and thus, through education, create in each person an expanded awarenessand a greater understanding of mankind's essential brotherhood.

Now would be an ideal time to learn more about this project and then to pass this knowledge on to others,by forming religious and civic groups in your area, and writing to President Johnson and yourCongressional Representatives. Information may be obtained from: Temple of Understanding, Inc.,Greenwich, Conn., U.S.A.

"There is one thing stronger than all the armies in the world, and that is an idea whose time has come

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(Victor Hugo)

Merlin Unit Member

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Book reviews

He Walked the Americas

(Amherst Press, Amherst, Wis. 54406 $6.95 Illus. in . color.)

To get the most from this wonderful book, let us first go back into the mystery and dignity which is theheritage of the Indian of long ago. These people who lived close to Nature and Nature's God, whose keeneyes saw far beyond the sunrises and sunsets into the very home of the Great Spirit Himself, whoseworship was sincere and clothed with a ceremony, reverence, and color which we would do well to

borrow at this moment of time.

Nowhere in any book have I found the wistful, enduring love for a leader, which is shown in this one forthe magnificent Pale God who walked the Americas so long ago and taught them his message of peaceand love. The legends of this worship and love are proved many times in the book by records ofarchaeologists. But even if they were not proved-read it and listen! The Spirits of ages ago will speak toyou through its pages.

You will be thrilled by the memory of this vibrant young God, who walked in his golden sandals andsimple white robe with its border of black crosses from tribe to tribe. He left the imprint of a great lovefor the One he called "My Father" and also for these early regal people.

He is described as of kingly stature, with long curling red-gold hair and beard and with eyes in which thegrey and green of the sea mingled in great beauty.

When He stood in the moonlight by the sea, He became at once part of eternity-but also part of Hisbeloved people.

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When He stood, as in Peru, silhouetted against the sky at sunrise, He became theirsymbol of the DawnStar. A symbol of Him remembered to this day by them, as are also his hands, which carried the marks ofthe cross, and the great gift. of healing such as no other has ever possessed. This gift of healing is beingrestored or, repossessed inpartat this time by those who love their fellow man enough, and revere thememory of the Pale God.

Some extracts from the book, with its central shining character and marvelous civilization will show thedeep insight and spiritual wisdom of the author, L. Taylor Hansen; the language is musical and flows witha cadence few writers have achieved. The descriptions are breathtaking, especially of the golden cities ofthat ancient era.

For instance, Mr. Hansen writes of Tula the capitol of mighty Tollen of the Toltecs : "Of the featuresmost remembered were the miles of fragrant parkways, filled with the sound of splashing fountains andthe scents of exquisite flowers. Here the trees were filled with music because these enclosures were wire-netted and thousands of birds whose liquid voices had been specially bred for untold generations livedthere to enchant the listener. Here, too, were kept birds of rare plumage."

To this beautiful place came the Pale God in his golden sandals and spoke to them from the "Hill of LoudOutcrying," and it was said of Him that "no one who ever stood in His presence and heard that voice ofcompelling magic, which swept away all opposition, could ever again forget the Healer. And so it wasthat day in Tula. The head plumes of the Toltecs were bowed, and in mass were they converted."

Many were the names given to Him of the golden sandals, among them Wako in Panuco ; Paruxti by thePawnees, and one which He gave to Himself as His childhood name. It was the Algonquins who hadasked Him for this name. It was "Chee Zoos," God of the Dawn Light. It was hard for them to pronouncein their language, but they still remember and try to say it.

The proud Dakotahs speak of Him thus: "We have backslid from His teaching but to Him we dance theSun dance. We remember the great Wakona well."

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In this book you will read an endless variety of descriptions of other days, and of an ancient. race ofpeople rivaling us in culture and spirituality, the latter due to the presence among them of Chee Zoos, thepale God of the Dawn Light; one who walked always in golden sandals and spotless white robe, andhealed everyone as he went..

-Grace Reynolds

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Thoughts On Space: Earth and Outer

The mystery of the beyond-the-beyond is bigger than I;

I cannot embrace the entirety of outer space

and even here the magnitude of earth-things confounds me.

Who can know the why of long plains and wide valleys,

bilging rivers and commanding mountains

or the johnny-jump-ups at my feet?

I dream of flights among the enduring stars

and question their paths and their purposes;

I tell myself, "Someday, perhaps, I shall lift my eyes

and say, `go, go, go !'

I shall rise without wings, without nuclear capsule

into the heavenly universes

it is a dream, pure fantasy.

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These earth-things and I are entwined

as strange roots are intermingled in the ground.

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Look! Here, now, at my feet a johnny-jump-up looks at me,

challenges me.

Even the hills confront, me with their majesty and their magnitude.

Why are they? Why am I?

How can I, small in my own universe,

embrace outer space?

-Gladys Vondy Robertson

A Smile

A smile

is

A caress without arms,

A song without sound,

Beckoning, loving in a glance ---

The joy leaps from your eyes to mine,

And mine to yours,

Tugging our hearts together

In a sudden sparkle of smiling harmony

And prelude to a thousand

joys!

-Grazia

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Dear Mr. Fry

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Because of your interest in the unidentified flying objects, I am writing concerning an incident whichoccurred between 12:00 and 1:30 A.M. Sunday, February 23, 1964.

My friend and I, both college students, noticed a particularly bright "star," low in the southwest sky. Itseemed to flash rather than twinkle. It seemed to glow a green color, then had flashes of brownish-orange

light. We watched it, from one location, for about 20 minutes. It definitely moved, but in no particularpattern. It would remain stationary for several minutes, then it would either

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climb, drop, or go into a slight circle. The movement was fast enough to be noticeable, yet slow enough toplace a moment of doubt about it. With a hill to the front of us we definitely saw it rise in the sky . . .

Observing it from other locations, the bright object was visible in the same general area for about an hourand a half, and it moved in a very non-rhythmic pattern. Also, until it was about to disappear, the intensityof the light did not vary.

Without a background in astronomy it could possibly have been some heavenly body, but we both saw it.move. Also, with the immovable hill before us we had an object for comparison.

No conclusions are implied. I merely relate the facts and would appreciate any logical explanation.

I admire your interest in this field and this incident has stimulated my interest.

Sincerely,

M. G. C., Medford, Ore.

Dear Mr. Twitchell:

The issue ofUnderstandingyou sent is most interesting. I admire the work you are trying to do, and feelsure that "Understanding" will, indeed, become a household word.

Though my own ideas may not be of interest to you, I feel that we must especially reach the little childrenbefore the prejudices of their parents and society are too deeply ingrained. . . My thoughts tend to be "wayout" and I have a wild imagination, but as I read the literature you sent my only thought was: If creaturesnot of earth were attempting to aid the people of earth, they might do it through just such an organization

as Understanding. So whether you are of this earth or another, thank you for the work you are doing andsincere wishes for continued success.

Sincerely,

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Unit #11 of San Francisco on March 13th presented Gayne Myers in a talk entitled "Explanation of theGalaxy Tapes." Unit #15 of Inglewood, California, has scheduled Col. Arthur J. Burks for a returnengagement on April 25th. The subject will be "New Age Concepts of Healing."

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