I found this book to be exciting, addictive, though not always, or at all, easy to comprehend, and it introduced me to several new fields of knowledge.

The author seemed to write the book as though for her peers and others extremely knowledgeable on the subject of prehistoric times, earth changes, Egyptology etc. She used many words I'd never heard of, and even though some of these may have been defined or explained. this didn't help much, since several pages later dozens of new words and place-names of special significance were introduced and used together with the original words and I couldn't remember what these latter words meant. The book absolutely lacks a list of definitions of these specialized words. If the index had been comprehensive/inclusive, I could have looked up the words in question and checked what the author had previously written about them in connection with their first use, but sadly the index was severely restricted/lacking in its inclusion of uncommon but (by the author) frequently used words and names, including place-names. Still, I've given the book five stars because of its exciting content.

The book treats of how accepted theory about earth changes and the cataclysmic and precataclysmic days of Earth history is vastly erroneous, and informs us that early Man, far from being primitive, was in fact highly developed, possessing knowledge of the stars and telescopes and having the ability to travel to distant star systems, albeit this may have been out-of-body travel.

Clow was blessed in having Celtic/Cherokee grandparents who taught her advanced knowledge at an early age, which now stands her in good stead, and has given her access to alternative or perhaps natural means of gaining knowledge. Instructed by her grandparents, she studied Plato and Egyptology and learnt Cherokee and Celtic stories. She learnt how to see nature spirits and how to work with the Ancestors, among many other things.

The "working hypothesis" presented by Clow in this book is that we all at a deep level have memories of past cataclysmic events, and thus continually fear that new such tragedies will befall us in the future. She informs us that 11,500 years ago (i.e. in 9,500 B.C.) our Earth suffered an axial tilt of 23 ½ degrees from the vertical (caused by "the separation of Kingu ... a moon of a destroyed planet, Tiamat, from the Akkadian epic, the Enuma Elish" from Phaeton. Unfortunately, I can't find any explanation of what Phaeton is/was, the name not being included in the Index.
This axial tilt resulted in the advent of seasons and humanity having to adopt agriculture. Apparently, before this the Earth had a vertically positioned axis. Clow's theories are supported by other experts in the field, including J. B. Delair, who clearly explains about the axial tilt and about Earth changes in useful appendices.

An illustration depicting Seth I erecting the Djed Pillar from Abydos Temple in the Osiris Hall shows us the early Egyptians' obsession with the axial tilt and their need to perform ceremonies to right this tilt.

Clow discourses at great length about "precession", which I did not find to be clearly defined and thus did not clearly comprehend, though she does write "precession of the equinoxes is an astronomical cycle that describes the times and qualities of cultural patterns by symbolism". Precession occurs because of Earth's tilted axis.

She asserts that we are "a wounded species afflicted with global collective fear", and being basically an astrologer, discusses the role of the recently discovered asteroid or comet Chiron in our predicament, Chiron being the "wounded healer".

She enlightens us as to the role of the Global Elite (the Illuminati, Secret Government - it has many names), who have controlled us for thousands of years. The Global Elite is also discussed at length in the works of David Icke and by the Sirian High Council (Patricial Cori).

Clow believes that instead of the envisaged/predicted earth changes in the near future (2012) - we have in fact experienced many already, and I heard on the TV news the other day that due to the recent earthquake in Japan the earth's axis had been further tilted to a significant degree, instead of these, she argues, we are heading towards a golden age of peaceful evolution. Well, I quite agree with this, I just believe that the Earth changes will come first, and these need not necessarily be so severe - this may depend on the extent and rapidity of our spiritual development at this time.

The book includes chapters on "The Fallen Angels & the Stones of Ica", "The Stargate Conspiracy & the Kosmokrater" and "Goddess Alchemy & the Heliopolitan Mysteries". The author states "We are completing 11,500 years of a collective degeneration, and we are rapidly shifting into an exciting regenerative phase." She refers us to books on ecstatic body postures, by means of which we can go into trances and access other realities.

To sum up, this is a fascinating, mind-expanding, comprehensive book that touches on many spheres of knowledge. I would strongly advise you to read the book, but unless you're already exceedingly knowledgeable about the subjects the author deals with, I would recommend that you have a dictionary by your side! ( )

With an introduction by J.B. Delair, and a chapter discussing Hamlet's Mill, this is not the new age book I expected from Clow (which is a good thing). ( )