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SURREY, England – Christian Ainley’s first book in The Chronicles of Peralucia series, The Enchanted Amulet, introduced readers to 13-year-old Danny Perkins. When Danny is given an enchanted amulet by his grandfather, he discovers it has the ability to transport its wearer to another world. Danny’s grandfather is then kidnapped by an evil magician and taken to this world, at which point Danny has no choice but to activate the amulet. This is where Ainley’s newest book, Rise of the Nekracons: The Chronicles of Peralucia (published by AuthorHouse), takes off.  A high-adventure fantasy novel, Rise of the Nekracons tells a David-and-Goliath story of courage, friendship and overcoming impossible odds.

Danny and his best friend, Joe Tucker, arrive in Peralucia and embark on a rescue mission. They meet a precocious young mermaid, who helps them find the evil magician’s castle. Before they reach this horrible place, however, they are faced with terrifying monsters and fantastic terrains. Nobody is safe and as the clock ticks down, they discover a terrible truth. The evil magician has built himself a new army with which he is intends to conquer this world.

While Ainley fills Rise of the Nekracons with edge-of-your-seat drama, he also manages to achieve the herculean feat of educating the reader in the process. “I started The Enchanted Amulet because I wanted to do something productive for the kids I was teaching at school,” explains the former teacher. “I wanted to give them something that would not only keep them entertained but also stimulate their minds.”

The Chronicles of Peralucia series is also a portrait of overcoming fear, says Ainley. Through his unlikely hero, Danny Perkins, Ainley illustrates the power of self-realization.

“At the start of The Enchanted Amulet, Danny is a bullied, shell of a boy,” says Ainley, “but by the end of Rise of the Nekracons, he has overcome all his fears and emerged a hero.”

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Myself and Children’s Librarians Janice Hendry and Liz Rose had a great time reading through all your entries. There was an impressive 38 in total! We judged the entries on originality, quality of writing and emotional content, and came up with a list of winners and runners-up.

The results are as follows:

Age category (10-13 years): 1^st Place: Lavinia Miller (age 13) Out of this World; runners-up: Aisha Shahid (age 13) Unknown Destiny and Georgina Dobson (age 11) House of Horror

Age category (14-18 years): 1^st Place: Saba-Ikhlas Malik (age 14) The Other Me; runners-up: Katie O’Connell (age 14) Our Day Out and Neelam Shah (age 18) The Perfect World

A full write up, photos and winning entries will appear in the next issue of Your Croydon and on the Croydon Council website.

Well done everyone; and thank you Margaret Phillips (Croydon Council) for organising the competition!

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Since my last post, a few people have asked if I think there are any hidden messages in the Harry Potter books. The idea is that J.K.Rowling has encoded deep truths in her books – truths which appeal to our conscious and subconscious minds – thus accounting for their surprising popularity. Lots of people have had a go at identifying such truths; however there is one, I think, that has been overlooked.

Cutting-edge science – particularly String Theory – suggests there might be as many as eleven dimensions to our universe. We, however, are only aware of the first four, namely: length, breadth, height and time. Some religions assert there to be seven. Like the seven colours of the rainbow, notes on the diatonic musical scale and days of the week, they believe the septenary system also applies to the dimensions.

Not that I’m any great expert – most six-year-olds know more about Harry Potter than me – it seems as if Rowling has classified these seven dimensions into four zonal worlds. The defining characteristic of each world is that the higher up one goes, the closer one gets to some profound reality.

Therefore, on one level, zone one represents the ‘muggle world’, zone two the ‘wizarding world’, zone three the ‘grounds of Hogwarts’ and zone four ‘Hogwarts’ itself. As we progress from zone one to four, we sense an increase in the power of magic, magical characters, magical artefacts, and magical adversaries.

I have tried to summarise some of this information in the table below:

These four zonal worlds might correspond to the Theosophical dimensions model, popularised by Helena Blavatsky in the Nineteenth-Century. The correspondence would be as follows: zone one (physical), zone two (astral), zone three (mental) and zone four (causal).

More on this later...

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Since making the connection in my book – The Enchanted Amulet – with the speculated Apocalypse date of December 21 2012, I have been inundated with questions. Frankly, I have no idea what will happen, and urge people not to get hysterical, remembering that the many supposed Apocalypse dates of the past all turned out to be wrong. Even Nostradamus, who has been proved correct in many of his predictions, mistakenly believed an enormous cataclysm would decimate the Earth in 1999. However, the December 21 2012 date is unique in the sense that it is surrounded by so much speculation. Even statesmen, religious figures and celebrities, such as Mel Gibson, Lil’Wayne and Woody Harrelson, have got in on the act, declaring themselves ‘believers’. I have, therefore, endeavoured to list the various theories in support of December 21 2012 being some sort of Apocalypse date. I expect a lot of people - typically those who know absolutely nothing about this topic - will react adversely. Like Islamophobes who have never read the Qur'an, or militant atheists who are unaware some of the most influential physicists of all time were students of the Kabbalah, they will reject what I have written because it threatens their world view. Like I said, I don't know if anything will happen - most probably nothing at all - but I think it important this side of the argument is presented. We need to be reminded of the fragility of our world; and I'm hoping some of this information will help inspire the next generation of scientists. At the end of the list, I've added a theory of my own, which relates to the enigmatic work The Most Holy Trinosophia, by the Comte de St.Germain.

Scientific speculation

• Galactic core explosion: The galactic black hole at the centre of the Milky Way will be in direct alignment with the Earth on December 21, 2012. This happens every 26,000 years and coincides with one full precession of the equinoxes. The ancient Maya symbolised this monumental event in their ball games, and described the galactic black hole as the “Mouth of the Crocodile” or “Mouth of the Jaguar-Toad”. Astrophysicist Dr. Paul LaViolette has found evidence to suggest that every 26,000 years the centre of the galaxy emits a ‘galactic core explosion’ the result of which causes catastrophes on Earth. He also believes these explosions happen every 13,000 years – half a precessional cycle – when the Earth passes across the galactic equator and is thus subjected to these energies. Ice core studies have found that approximately 13,000 years ago the Earth did in fact experience a mass extinction and Ice Age.
• Geomagnetic reversal: Geological surveys of the mid-Atlantic ridge show that the poles of the planet have reversed many times in the past. The last reversal happened about 800,000 years ago – and since the average time between reversals is about 250,000 years, we’re long overdue one. Evidence to support a geomagnetic reversal are that over the past few decades the Earth’s magnetic field has considerably weakened and that it is now a third the thickness in an area over the South Atlantic. Furthermore, the Earth’s Schumann Resonance is speeding up, as is the migration of the north magnetic pole.
• Plasma cloud: Dr Alexey Dmitriev, a Siberian geologist, believes our Solar System is moving through a plasma cloud, which accounts for the substantial increase in the thickness of the heliosphere boundary. He has also discovered that the Earth has a build-up of new plasma in the ionosphere and that every other planet in the Solar System, including the Sun, is also experiencing profound changes. Dmitriev believes Earth’s magnetic poles have already started to reverse.
• Solar maximum: NASA affirms that solar maximums are notoriously hard to predict. In 2007, they predicted the next one to occur in 2012 and that it would be huge. Now they expect a small one to take place in 2013. Solar maximums happen roughly every 11 years – the last one happened in February 2001 – so the 2012 date could still be on. Many scientists now believe there to be a correlation between solar activity and earthquakes. The earthquake in Haiti (January 2010), for instance, was preceded by a magnetic filament collapse, and the one in Chile (February 2010), by a massive solar wind. A large solar maximum in 2012 could easily trigger the highly sensitive San Andreas Fault, causing the Yellowstone supervolcano to blow, which is currently on ‘red alert’. The last significant supervolcano eruption occurred 74,000 years ago in Lake Toba, Indonnesia. It reached VEI 8 – something the Yellowstone supervolcano has done before – plunging the planet into a volcanic winter and eradicating 60% of human life.
• Venus transit: In 2012, there will be a Venus transit and a solar eclipse in which the Sun and Moon will conjunct in the Pleiades constellation. Some statisticians believe there is a correlation between Venus transits and the propensity of flu outbreaks – citing the Spanish Flu outbreak (1918) and Asian SARS virus (2002-3) as examples.
• Planet X: It is claimed that a very large planetary body will soon pass close enough to the Earth to initiate a major cataclysm. This planet’s sheer size and high plasma charged magnetism, some claim, will exert an electromagnetic influence on the Earth’s core flows. Planet X was first detected by the IRAS telescope in 1983, in the direction of the Orion constellation. According to Dr. Gerry Neugebauer, IRAS chief scientist at California's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, "it is a giant gaseous planet, as large as Jupiter and as close to Earth as 50 billion miles". Some believe the story has since been covered up, and the planet's existence purposefully deleted from Google Sky (location 5:53:27, -6:10:58), although it, along with our dead twin Sun, can be viewed on p.2488 in the 1987-1989 New Illustrated Science & Invention Encyclopedia (vol.18). Planet X now goes by many names – Wormwood, Absinthe, Hercolubus, Nemesis, Eris, Raja Sun – but one which seems to be sticking is Nibiru. Zecharia Sitchin, an expert in ancient Sumerian mythology, believes this to be the fabled planet which enters our Solar System on an elliptical orbit every 3,600 years. The last time it passed our way, he claims, Thera erupted, which marked the end of the Minoan civilisation.

Prophetic speculation

• Maya calendar: Experts agree that the Creation of the current Sun – the start-point of the 13-baktun cycle – equates to August 11, 3114 BC, and will be replaced by the next Creation on December 21, 2012. This date has been verified from the glyphs found on ‘Monument 6’, in Tortuguero, Mexico.
• Eschaton: According to Terence and David McKenna, the King Wen sequence of the I-Ching is encoded with every major date in history. They equated the 384 lines (yaos) in this ancient book with the number of days in the thirteen lunar month cycle, then, through a series of mathematical extrapolations, arrived at a timewave that peaks at every major historical event. This timewave reaches what they call the Eschaton – a singularity of infinite complexity – in 2012.
• Bible Code: Michael Drosnin believes there to be encoded messages in the Torah (Old Testament) relating to the date 2012. In relation to this date, he has found the phrases: “Earth annihilated” and “It will be crumbled/I will tear to pieces”.
• Hendaye Cross: Built around 1680, the philosopher Fulcanelli stated that the Cyclic Cross of Hendaye was encoded with a warning of a “double cataclysm” that would soon befall Earth. From their research into this important artefact, Weidner and Bridges believe this will occur sometime between 1992-2012.
• Abrahamic prophecy: For Jews, Christians and Muslims, the “end of days” or Allah’s “day of wrath” seems to point to the year 2012 – or, specifically, the 45 year period after the gaining of Jerusalem by Israel in 1967. This is based on information gleaned from the Torah, Bible (particularly Psalms 90:4, and Daniel 12:11-12), and the interpretations of Shaykh Safar al Hawali.
• St.Malachy prophecy: St.Malachy was born on 1094 and had a divine vision of all the future Popes until the end of times. He saw 112 Popes, whom he described in a list of characteristics rather than precise names. The characteristics seem to match up with every past Pope – and, if St.Malachy is correct, Benedict XVI is Pope number 111. It is also worth noting that in 1950, Rene Thibeau, a theologian from Namur, used this list and other information to calculate the date of the apocalypse. The date he arrived at was 2012.
• Chilam Balam prophecy: This ancient prophecy states that the world will come to an end on December 21, 2012.
• Hopi prophecy: The Hopi Native Americans of Arizona believe we are in the fourth of seven eras, and there will be a Great Purification just before the start of the fifth. Hopi elders believe the Great Purification is now due since all nine of their end-time prophecies have been fulfilled. The ninth prophecy states: “You will hear of a dwelling-place in the heavens, above the earth, that shall fall with a great crash. It will appear as a blue star. Very soon after this, the ceremonies of my people will cease.” This, they claim, refers to the incident involving Skylab, which fell to the Earth in 1979, and, according to Australian eye-witnesses, appeared to be burning blue.
• Pachakuti prophecy: In January 1990, two master-paqos announced that the pachakuti process will culminate in 2012. Pachakuti literally means “earth” (pacha) “turn over” (kuti).
• Kalachakra prophecy: Just before his death, the Buddha gave a teaching known as the Kalachakra prophecy. He said that the last king of Shambhala, Rudra Cakrin, would fight a terrible war against the forces of materialism and then establish a Golden Age on Earth. Some believe this person to be a man called Lord Maitreya.
• Vedic prophecy: According to the Vishnu Purana, the last incarnation of Vishnu, Kalki, will fight a terrible war against the forces of materialism and then establish a Golden Age on Earth. Some believe this person to be Sathya Sai Baba, who currently resides in India.

Experiential speculation

• Near-death experiences: Dannion Brinkley, Cassandra Musgrave and Pam Reynolds all experienced near-death experiences in which they claim 2012 to be a highly significant date. Researchers in this field – Kenneth Ring and P.M.H Atwater – concur with this finding.
• Remote viewing experiments: Famed remote viewers such as Ed Dames, Joe McMoneagle and David Morton believe 2012 to be an important date. Some remote viewers claim that “nothing can be seen beyond the year 2012”.
• Bob Dean: Retired Command Sergeant Major Robert O. Dean spent many years serving at the Supreme Headquarters Operations Center (SHOC), the NATO war room. During that time he came into contact with a 1964 'top secret' document called Assessment, which acknowledged and analysed the implications of an extraterrestrial presence here on Earth. Dean claims there will be some major transformations in 2012.
• Chaos Theory: Ervin Laszlo has predicted 2012 to be a major Chaos Point, where there will be either a collapse of human civilisation or the beginning of a new, quantum consciousness.
• Web Bot project: Developed in the late 1990's, the purpose of this project was to assist in making stock market predictions. However, its co-creator, George Ure, claims it was able to correctly predict the September 11 attacks and that it can also predict natural disasters. He now asserts the project has predicted the world will end on December 21, 2012.

And now for my contribution. Not a great deal is known about the early life of the Comte de St.Germain, however he was known in the Eighteenth-Century across Europe as a courtier, adventurer, inventor, chemist, pianist, violinist, composer, linguist, philosopher and writer. Claims about his true identity have been wild and varied. Some thought him a charlatan, others, like Voltaire, described him as “a man who never dies, and who knows everything”. There is, however, some truth in the notion that he was the inspiration behind the French Revolution and helped set up numerous Freemasonic Lodges across the western world. This being the case, one of his most revered works would have been used to help orientate the Lodges; this work is known today as La Très Sainte Trinosophie, or The Most Holy Trinosophia.

In order to protect himself from the religious tyranny of the day, he concealed its contents in a highly complex code. Dr. Edward C. Getsinger, an eminent authority on ancient alphabets and languages, was given the unenviable task of deciphering the text. He had this to say about his ordeal:

“In all my twenty years of experience as a reader of archaic writings I have never encountered such ingenious codes and methods of concealment as are found in this manuscript. In only a few instances are complete phrases written in the same alphabet; usually two or three forms of writing are employed, with letters written upside down, reversed, or with the text written backwards. Vowels are often omitted, and at times several letters are missing with merely dots to indicate their number. [...] The various texts are written in Chaldean Hebrew, Iconic Greek, Arabic, Syriac, cuneiform, Greek hieroglyphics, and ideographs.”

In essence, The Most Holy Trinosophia is a system for artificially accelerating the evolution of human consciousness, using psychological and philosophical principles – and what can only be described as a high spiritual technology. However, so great were St.Germain’s gifts, I believe he also managed to incorporate details of the End of the World in amongst the text.

These details can be uncovered in the numerous symbolic plates found in the book. Plates VII, IX, X and XI all state that the End will occur in the Age of Aquarius (“Leg”, “Waterman”, “fourth quarter”).

Plate VII: “And is the outbreathing of Everlastingness. Know that place to be the end. The Leg is the beginning of the destruction.”

Plate IX: “The gate of the end when the Leg or the Waterman turns in the circle”. “Here below to be held until in its place is the coming of the fourth quarter”.

[Plate X: Mentions a covenant of blood with the One at the time of the fourth quarter.]

Plate XI: “To be the sign of the Leg with Everlastingness, to pour out and to be the herald of destruction”.

On February 4, 1962, the Sun, Moon, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn transited the sign of Aquarius. This extremely rare astrological event marked the official start of the Age of Aquarius. And so, if St.Germain is correct, we are to expect the End during the Age of Aquarius. Actually, we should expect it to occur at the start of this Age, since Plate VII reads: “The Leg is the beginning of the destruction”. Could 2012 be the apportioned time?

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If you live in the Croydon area and are looking for something constructive to do over the summer holidays, here's an idea. Write a original short story, no longer than 2000 words, on the theme: 'Out of this World', and you could win a prize! Entries can be handwritten/typed, then submitted to any Croydon Library or emailed to: children@croydon.gov.uk. For an entry form, please click on the poster link below, or visit: www.croydon.gov.uk. There will be two age categories -  10-13 years and 14-18 years - with the winner from each picking up a certificate, £25 Whitgift Centre voucher and hopefully a slot in the newspapers! I shall be chairing the judging panel. Deadline for entry is 4th September; winners will be announced over October Half Term. Good luck!!

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Interested in writing a book? Come along to one of thirteen free writing workshops, currently being held in libraries in the Croydon area. Please click on the poster link below for library details:

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Just a quick reminder about my forthcoming talk on Monday 8th February 2010, at the Croydon Clocktower on Katharine Street. The event will be hosted by the 'Croydon Writers Circle', and will be in 'Workshop 1', from 8-9pm. The audience will be primarily adults, but is open to anyone. Tickets cost £4 at the door, and are £2 for members. The proceeds will go towards covering the cost of the venue. 

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I shall be doing a couple of talks, sharing information on how to go about writing a book. I'll be assisted by members of the Riddlesdown Collegiate 'Book Club', who'll be on hand to provide some fun and exciting activities. Details of the two events are as follows: 

1) Sanderstead Library talk (Saturday 23rd January 2010, 2pm-4pm): For the 'Teenage Reading Group', and anyone who wishes to come along. Free tickets can be booked through Janice Hendry, the Children's and Young People's Librarian, at Sanderstead@croydon.gov.uk.
2) Croydon Clocktower talk (Monday 8th February 2010, 8pm-9pm): For the 'Croydon Writers Circle', which has been going since 1945, although the event is again open to anyone. Tickets: £4

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Alex Franieczek is starting to produce some really good stills. Here's Brantex:

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I’ve recently had a lot of very interesting emails, some of which have touched upon the same points, which I would now like to deal with openly. In The Enchanted Amulet, I describe a paradisiacal land, with a practical and enlightened system of governance. I’m not a Zionist, per se, but it is true to say that Peralucia is a sort of Promised Land, New Jerusalem or Zion. Now, I’ve also said that there is a connection between Malkazore and Bolon Yokte K’uh – the Mayan Lord of the Underworld, who some believe will herald in an apocalypse on December 21st 2012. Lots of religious groups are now starting to jump on the bandwagon. Many Christians now believe this might actually be the date of Armageddon, alluded to in the Book of Revelation. Bible cryptologists have been quick to draw our attention to the following passage: “And I saw the dead, great and small, standing before the throne, and books were opened. Another book was opened, which is the book of life. The dead were judged according to what they had done as recorded in the books.” (Revelation 20:12) And the The Freemasons, too, also seem to be in on the act. The City of London – a financial and Freemasonic capital, which, I might add, is home to some of the most brilliant minds in the world – has been instrumental in bringing the Olympics to London. And, having organised the whole thing, is it mere co-incidence that the logo, which innocently reads “2012”, can be re-arranged to read “Zion”! It’s a sad fact that the only thing that seems to bring us all together is the threat of a major catastrophe – whether real or imagined. 

         

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