Customer Reviews

Nothing in This Book is True, But That's Exactly How Things Are: The Esoteric Meaning of the Monuments on Mars

5 star:		(17)
4 star:		(5)
3 star:		(1)
2 star:		(6)
1 star:		(4)

 

 

Bob Frissell is merely repeating what's all ready been said in Drunvalo Melchizedek's fascinating Flower of Life books. Why even bother writing this one unless it is to capitalize on the original? The diagrams and examples in "Nothing in This Book is True, But it's Exactly How Things Are," are even taken from Melchizedek's. How disappointing this was to me. This is like the condensed, extremely condensed, version of a superior work (confounding as it is!). In any case, there's lots of talk about secret societies, crop circles, aliens, ascended masters, the pyramids, Mars, etc., etc., etc. You can find information on this stuff in many, many other books as well. I find it intriguing that every book I read about these matters offers a different explanation. It appears that there are many different versions of "how things are" out there and I certainly cannot buy what the title of this book indicates; that the information given here is, in fact, "HOW THINGS ARE." Read this, certainly, for a bit of mind expansion or read it for a bit of fun (however, the sacred geometry does go a bit over the edge, as in The Flower of Life books). But don't take it too seriously. There are lots of other explanations as to who we are, why we're here, where we came from, where we are going, and who is walking among us. Who's right? Who's not right? Who is close to being right? It's all so complicated, isn't it? Yep.

This book change my life ....for about three months. Who knows, perhaps I am still feeling the reprecussions. I read it when I was desperately seeking some understanding, when I needed something to believe in, something positive, something pure. It completely blew my mind and I tried to get everyone I knew to read it. few did, and of those only a couple really gained anything from it. It has a very positive message that can be summed up with one word "LOVE' which is all and everything.

now that the smoke has cleared I don't know what to think. it is a very good book, it serves as an excellent introduction to sacred geometry, consipiracy theory etc. But.... upon researching it in some detail by consulting certain sources cited in the book, a lot of facts are inconsistent and erroneous. But like Frissel says, nothing in this book is true.

Oh, one last word of warning. New Agers think they have open minds and reject all criticism lobbed at them as "the prodcut of closed minds subjected to brainwashing" etc. What they fail to realize is that for the most part, a lot of their beliefs are founded on the same blind faith as the islamic fundamentalist, the christian zealot etc.

i agree with a reader from minnesota ("new age mush") when he points out the 2 main faults of this book. the author doesn't back up what he says... where does he get his information? and he uses terminology without explaining it, so it's easy to become lost if you're not already well- schooled in new age ideas. however, i am a new age freak. some might call me gullible, but i can't believe all these stories can be out there, without there being something to them. the author does a great job of explaining (to my satisfaction) how pole shifts, consciousness,electromagnetics, alien abductions, crop circles, area 51, roswell, etc. are all tied together. maybe his explanations are inadequate from a reference standpoint, but it's possible that he did some investigation and just figured this stuff out in the only way that makes sense, which makes the title of the book all the more appropriate. read it and listen to your instincts. there's more to life than what is right in front of us.

I read this book as a project in reading books I would disagree with and keeping an open mind throughout. It was easy with some books. With this book, all I could do is laugh. A microscopic device mentally elevated by a lucky person walking through Egypt who just happens to think about the greys. LOL. I'm sorry. I'm not that open minded; My brain is still intact. I found some sections interesting...just interesting, nothing more. Other sections, I couldn't swallow a grain of salt big enough to read them. All in all: an entertaining read worth the price of the book because it made me laugh. A lot!

The issue with this book isn't that it demands an open mind, although that certainly will help. The issue is that it tries too hard to tie too many things together, and in doing so references some topics that stretch credulity, even for a book like this. For instance, the Billy Meier abduction has been pretty thoroughly debunked but it's in here. Sitchin's Nibiru? There is some pretty strong cosmological evidence that it couldn't exist or, at the very least, that it could not have been created in the way that Sitchin insists. I'm willing to give Frissell the benefit of the doubt on Toth, Melchizedek, and the greys but by bringing in these other concepts he calls everything into question. If he "knows" all this information as he claims, he should know what is crap too.

Having said that, it's a thought provoking read and the breathing exercises might be valuable, if only I could visualize tetrahedrons.

This book will open your eyes and you will see our universe in a whole new light. Each time you read this book you will understand more and more.This book will mean nothing to some people. This book will mean everything to others.If you are reading this right now then it is no accident...get the book..andread it until you understandyour purpose.

Remember that time in 1972 when we were all nearly killed by solar flares, but the natives of Sirius -- with the full backing of the Galactic Council -- saved our lives with a geometric construct of lasers? Me neither.

Remember how the level of cooperation exhibited by the forces in the first Gulf War signalled a new level of human cooperation and evolution, and how as a species we've progressed dramatically in the intervening years? Me neither.

Ever seen the 1970s 'underground' documentary Alternative 3, broadcast once on UK television and detailing the construction of the secret Martian tunnel city designed to house Earth's elite? Maybe you have. It's on YouTube, and on Region 2 DVD, and isn't a documentary at all -- though "Nothing in this Book" author Bob Frisell says it's the real thing. Fair enough. It was easier to be fooled by this sort of thing in 1994.

The book is full of twaddle like this. There's the Philadelphia Experiment, the monuments of Mars, Atlantis, ancient Egypt, Sirius-B, and any number of other tall tales familiar to observers of the subculture. There are also random attempts at math, geometry, physics, history, and astronomy, all of which seem to have been pulled from the head of a 7th grader with a drafting compass and no basic understanding of any of those fields. Rebirthing and meditation figure in there somewhere, too, somehow.

I will say, however, that Mr Frisell does not seem to have a cruel thought in his head. "Nothing" never turns into Hal Lindsey-style eschatology porn. The Greys are here, but we are not treated to abduction narratives in obsessive gynecological detail, or loving descriptions of mutilated cattle.

So...this book might make you dopier, but at least it won't make you meaner.

By the way, underground comix collectors take note: there are illustrations by Spain Rodriguez. Neat!

This kind of book allows one an alternative to what is percieved as "Gov't approved Earth history" I was delighted to have come across this book which has helped me on my own quest. I look forward to reading other books by this author. David Burton, Vancouver B.C.

The author starts by offering up an even handed "take it with a grain of salt" type of prologue, and proceeds to fully immerse the reader in the depths of the bizarre. If you have ever been curious as to how crop circles mimic both an emerging embryo and a musical scale, searched for answers concerning cattle mutilations, and quested for the mythical relam of Atlantis, this is a book for you.

Frissell offers up a kooky blend of new age rebirthing, conspiracy theory, and cross dimensional alien life without ever coming close to anything society may consider "normal".

A year ago my response to the book was "Duh!" when my 21 year old Granddaughter asked me to read it and comment on it. Now, with the background of having seen Gregg Braden videos and books, the work has come alive and truly feels like a primer on Sacred Geometry, Dimensional Shift, and how to prepare for the coming earth changes.