CRYSTAL POWER, written by Michael G. Smith in 1985, its out-ot-print but cheap copies made be had from Amazon.com and BarnesandNoble.com. The subtitle is “Ancient Knowledge?�?Futuristic Technology?�?Easy-toBuild�?Easy-to-Use�?Psychic Power Devices.�?nbsp;<o:p></o:p>

Are you excited yet?? The centerpiece of the tome is the “Atlantean Power Rod�? A so-called hand held subatomic generator that is mind powered and can be built for about $20. You may have seen these things in new age and occult shops and supposedly this author popularized them and a host of other tools and weapons after several years of investigating scores of psychic memories of folks near and far and varied occult lore. Its not merely a how-to book as you will see. Its greatest value is as a catalyst. Something happens when you wrap your mitts around those low-HIGH-tech tools. Something inside of you. Something empowering.  <o:p></o:p>

These excerpts are from some of the later chapters in the book: <o:p></o:p>

CHAPTER SEVENTEEN <o:p></o:p>

VARIATIONS IN FUTURISTIC PREDICTIONS (excerpt) <o:p></o:p>

“If it’s smooth and slow, it’s evolution. If it’s fast and rough, it’s change.�?nbsp;<o:p></o:p>

“Most of present-day futurist predictors see our growth as a smooth, orderly process based on past experience. The future in some cases is a continuation of the past, in other cases, it is not. Generally speaking, if it’s a smooth and orderly process, it is probably decay and degeneration�?there have been some very unpredictable growth patterns in this century. The growth of electricity to our electrical based society was a random element that took off by itself, as was the growth of the automobile.�?nbsp; <o:p></o:p>

   whirlwindzZz: Have you ever considered that inventions no less Universal than the bicycle or the automobile might have been passed over for no reason other than the lack of aggressive marketing efforts of the inventor(s) or the political pressures of  “…the Powers that Be.�?SPAN>  For a startling, and probably historically true, example of this, view the classic film “The Formula�?powerfully acted by George C. Scott and Marlon Brando. It concerns the suppression of invention of a cheap gasoline alternative that was invented at the close of World War II but was suppressed by ruthless energy cartels. <o:p></o:p>

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CHAPTER EIGHTEEN <o:p></o:p>

FUTURE TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT: MAGIC? <o:p></o:p>

“Lets take a quick look at some fantastic developments. In the area of transportation, a subway train levitates magnetically at a height of two feet above the ground. This train will be able to travel coast to coast, underground in a couple of hours. The first test model has already been built. It is a remarkable improvement in transportation�?. <o:p></o:p>

“There is also the combination psionic/radionic machine with a modern computer that can reach out and affect other people’s thoughts and emotions by using a picture or plastic card with a personal code number that they carry with them. This is the foundation of planetwide thought control�? <o:p></o:p>

“Now lets look at the alleged Russian project that involves materializing a hand from a distance of several thousand miles away in order to steal important documents from safes and secure offices. The U.S. military is rumored to be involved in a project that would take incoming missiles with nuclear warheads and timeshift them, projecting them back in time 50,000 years or more, so that they would explode in a different time period…�?whirlwindzZz: er...umm...excuse me Mister..er...um....oh, nevermind....*sigh*") <o:p></o:p>

“What about the report of the Navy dematerializing one of its ships at a port on the East coast and rematerializing the same ship 300 miles away during World War II?…�?nbsp;<o:p></o:p>

“The only thing wrong with looking at these 'advances in technology' in relation to the future is that they are not future developments. These are all projects that have either been built or are in some stage of development. These are descriptions of things that are going on right now. If this is what’s happening today, what in the world will future technological development bring?�?nbsp;<o:p></o:p>

whirlywindsZZs: Remember I said published in 1985 and now wonderfully out-of-print!! Just cause you didn’t see that Russian “hand-jive�?on Oprah doesn’t mean it ain’t there. “They�?still won’t tell us what Pyramids are really for and Lord knows if they could knock the thing down they would’ve, a long time ago! Thats the point. They have tried. ‘They can send a Man to the moon�?.but they can’t get the “eggs�?off of Easter Island. You gotta�?laugh! It expels the fear!!

The natives of Easter Island say all of the structures ther were built and transported by “�?two Priests using mana…�? The Christians have a word for mana. They call it the Holy Ghost, the Chinese call it Qi (chee), the Japanese call it ki, the Hindis call it prana, Hawaiians call it huna, Dr. Wilhelm Reich (who was Dr. Sigmund Freud’s third most famous protégé) called it orgone energy and cured cancer with it for which the Food and Drug Administration kindly condemned him to death by incarceration in the 1950s (his books are highly respected and in print in every bookstore), Thomas Alva Edison called it electricity and he made big coin from it (“�?and greater things than these will you do…�?-Jesus The Christ), Peter Pan called it pixie dust, and my name is Yum-Yum gmme some! LOL! Sad thing is many of the groups above swear their ‘mana�?ain’t like the other guy's mana. “Ours is holy and pure. Not from cosorting with devils you little demon-boy!", yadah, yadah�?The only Devil I believe in is George Bush Jr. on his bad hair days. The rock and roll group Guns and Roses says “Use your illusion.�?…ain't that The Truth.

�?.to be continued�?