Stone Age Psychedelia: by Christopher Everard - a review.

Christopher Everards book takes us on a mind-expanding journey from prehistoric painted caves, to Ancient Egypt where he makes extraordinary discoveries about our past. He follows clues that lead him to the secrets of the Amazon rainforest and the powerful hallucinogen Ayahuasca and it's use by shamans there to journey to the spiritworlds, whose encounters with animal-human hybrids are identical with those entities depicted in prehistoric caves and the bas reliefs of ancient Sumeria / Babylon and Egypt. Other Hallucinogens used by different cultures in the middle east that Chris describes in this book also produce visionary encounters with exactly these same beings. Chris proposes that the human brain, rather than being 'merely' a producer of consciousness, is in reality a receiver, which limits the amount of information available to the mind. By supplying the requisite stimulus - hallucinogens, meditation, dance, fasting and ritual sex -  the wavelength changes, allowing access to worlds hitherto undreamed of, which have been the closely guarded secret of occultists and shaman for millenia. However, Mr. Everard ably demonstrates that the spirit worlds these shamans and magicians entered, and the beings they encountered there, ARE "real". This, he says, is the most arcane secret of Freemasonry and occult secret societies serving the Royal Elite of the ancient AND modern world.
Chris Everard links a wealth of material in this literally 'mind - blowing' psychedelic detective story!

He proves that other realities - indeed parallel worlds - surround us all - but are not normally accessible to our senses. he links in DMT, and the DNA element of 'shamanic entities' from parallel/spiritual dimensions.
In this book, Mr. Everard retains his usual technique. Those familiar with his series of documentaries know that he always immerses himself in his films, traveling the globe and following the leads wherever they may take him. This method of his investigation works as well in print - simply because Chris is a great writer, he takes the reader with him by employing amazing descriptions which somehow never seem to push into excessiveness or exaggeration! His theme that altered states of consciousness, and our capacity to enter into them via hallucinogens and other shamanic techniques, shouldn't be the exclusive property of the Royal Elite,or manipulated by them at our expense, is a worthy one. There is something for everyone interested in the following genres: – anthropology, archaeology and religion, mythology, shamanism , ufology and the occult, and the animal/human/alien hybrid beings encountered during altered states of conciousness... This is one of those rare books that one simply cannot put down, and I for one, am looking foreward with great anticipation to his next one! Thank you, Chris!