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Nothing in This Book Is True, But It's Exactly How Things Are
This ambitious book is a personal psycho-spiritual journey, a theorization on the meaning of the monuments of Mars, a guidebook for transcending present three-dimensional limitations, and an account of our function within the grand celestial battle between internal and external knowledge. The newly revised and expanded edition of this cult classic features photos and illustrations throughout, and adds the Lucifer Rebellion, the solar storm, and the final three breaths of the merkaba meditation. The author emphasizes the importance of meditation for promoting the understanding of and connection to the metaphysical.
272 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1994
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Bob Frissell
21 books28 followersBob Frissell, the founder of The Breath of Life (Breathwork & Integrative Healing), is the world-renowned author of “Nothing In This Book Is True, But Its Exactly How Things Are.” He also teaches the The Flower of Life Workshop (Sacred Geometry & the MerKaBa). Trained by Jim Leonard, originator of the Five Elements, Leonard Orr, creator of Rebirthing-Breathwork, and Drunvalo Melchizedek, originator of the MerKaBa and Unity Breath Meditations, Bob facilitates workshops and is available for private sessions.
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February 15, 2012
AMAZING! I found this book improperly placed in a bookstore, never heard of it, but the back panel intrigued me. When I dove in,I was exuberantly suprised by the depth and intrigues found in the covers of this book. I have been a lifelong theologian and agnostic, and reading all of these postulates and "true" accounts slipped into my head like tetris blocks filling in the gaps of all i've read before and all the spiritual "senses" i've experienced. If you have an open mind, READ IT. If you believe that our government is hiding truths from us concerning alien contact, READ IT. If you are a lover of astronomy and have been keeping up to date with several "leaks" of what's found on Mars - READ IT. If you've been spiritual all your life but have questions that make you doubt your Christ-centered faith, this book will open your eyes -- READ IT!!!!
I dare not give too much away, but again I say - if you wonder about all that hubbub concerning 2012 as the "end of times" - yep, you guessed it, --READ IT. there are parts in it that are too new- wave for even my open-minded faith, but as i said, once i read it, i had a sense of rightness, of seriousness, of puzzle pieces falling into place in my brain from all angles of study i've amassed over my short 30 years here on Earth, concerning everythin from "how were the pyramids built" to "Christianity seems a well-written conspiracy to bring order, peace and a sense of laws to be followed by a new, harsh, barbaric civilization" to "if there ARE no aliens, why is it that so many people from all walks of life have made accounts of abductions so eerily the same across the planet", even to "how have we made such impossible LEAPS of technology in the past 50 years, when before we were barely crawling?"
If you have these questions, or the questions i've posited intrigue you, ....
Just read it. Available on Kindle, but you'll want a hard copy to share the revelations with like-minded friends or family.
Oh, and ONE other thing -- I have dreams that are usually quickly forgotten, and many nightmares due to my extreme PTSD from losing all the main factors of my life within an eight year span, from 21 to 29 (my husband at age 21, my father four years later, my mother three years after that, and custody of my youngest son in a brutal court case a mere two years after that). The night after I finished reading this book, I dreamed that the devil came to me and offered me a gift that was very tempting. He said he would take my memories from me, and that I would awaken in my own bed with no memories of their deaths, my losses, or of any of my life. In exchange he would give me the gift of improbable good luck - that I would be able to pick every winning lottery number i wanted, my son would be given back to me (i'm headed back to court to regain custody) and the book I'm writing would lead me to great fame and fortune. He showed me all the images of my life, from childhood forward, all the terrible memories I carry with me that intrude upon me daily that I suffer with due to PTSD, and told me he would take them, all of them, and that I could awaken in my own bed with my current husband (who i believe is my soulmate, such is our love) with none of those memories or any others of my life - that I could start anew and never suffer again. Then I furrowed my brow and began recalling all the things i would not recover if I gave him my memories - all my good memories, of my children, my love for my late husband, my love for my current husband, my memories of my parents and every moment of my life that held even the briefest joy. And so I told him NO. At that point the "devil" morphed from a shining handsome man in a suit to a monster, red-skinned, horned and cloven footed, and grabbed me by the arm and shook me for my "stupidity" - I screamed at him NO, and awoke with bruises on my left arm where he'd grabbed me.
Now I ask you, is it misfiring brain waves, mere coincidence, or perhaps some THING; perhaps not of this world, that does not want me to continue on with the knowledge that had all clicked into place . . .??
Never once have I considered a life of amnesia being a fix-all for the stress and grief I carry with me. In fact, when I was younger I considered it one of the worst things I'd ever heard of - before all the loss in my life. But at this point in my life, under extreme anxiety and depression for over a decade with no relief from any medications I've tried, the proposition given to me was very, very tempting. How could my subconscious turn something I feared into something that would sound desirable - and how would I, in a "dream", be able to "think" clearly enough to fight against and refuse such an alluring cure-all for the mental and emotional pain I carry with me every single day?
Read it. Call me a freak or a kook, but then do some researching of your own - about Mars, Nikola Tesla, the pyramids' unbelieveable architecture, prana,yogic methods - anything you doubt, and you will find those Tetris blocks falling into place.
I dare not give too much away, but again I say - if you wonder about all that hubbub concerning 2012 as the "end of times" - yep, you guessed it, --READ IT. there are parts in it that are too new- wave for even my open-minded faith, but as i said, once i read it, i had a sense of rightness, of seriousness, of puzzle pieces falling into place in my brain from all angles of study i've amassed over my short 30 years here on Earth, concerning everythin from "how were the pyramids built" to "Christianity seems a well-written conspiracy to bring order, peace and a sense of laws to be followed by a new, harsh, barbaric civilization" to "if there ARE no aliens, why is it that so many people from all walks of life have made accounts of abductions so eerily the same across the planet", even to "how have we made such impossible LEAPS of technology in the past 50 years, when before we were barely crawling?"
If you have these questions, or the questions i've posited intrigue you, ....
Just read it. Available on Kindle, but you'll want a hard copy to share the revelations with like-minded friends or family.
Oh, and ONE other thing -- I have dreams that are usually quickly forgotten, and many nightmares due to my extreme PTSD from losing all the main factors of my life within an eight year span, from 21 to 29 (my husband at age 21, my father four years later, my mother three years after that, and custody of my youngest son in a brutal court case a mere two years after that). The night after I finished reading this book, I dreamed that the devil came to me and offered me a gift that was very tempting. He said he would take my memories from me, and that I would awaken in my own bed with no memories of their deaths, my losses, or of any of my life. In exchange he would give me the gift of improbable good luck - that I would be able to pick every winning lottery number i wanted, my son would be given back to me (i'm headed back to court to regain custody) and the book I'm writing would lead me to great fame and fortune. He showed me all the images of my life, from childhood forward, all the terrible memories I carry with me that intrude upon me daily that I suffer with due to PTSD, and told me he would take them, all of them, and that I could awaken in my own bed with my current husband (who i believe is my soulmate, such is our love) with none of those memories or any others of my life - that I could start anew and never suffer again. Then I furrowed my brow and began recalling all the things i would not recover if I gave him my memories - all my good memories, of my children, my love for my late husband, my love for my current husband, my memories of my parents and every moment of my life that held even the briefest joy. And so I told him NO. At that point the "devil" morphed from a shining handsome man in a suit to a monster, red-skinned, horned and cloven footed, and grabbed me by the arm and shook me for my "stupidity" - I screamed at him NO, and awoke with bruises on my left arm where he'd grabbed me.
Now I ask you, is it misfiring brain waves, mere coincidence, or perhaps some THING; perhaps not of this world, that does not want me to continue on with the knowledge that had all clicked into place . . .??
Never once have I considered a life of amnesia being a fix-all for the stress and grief I carry with me. In fact, when I was younger I considered it one of the worst things I'd ever heard of - before all the loss in my life. But at this point in my life, under extreme anxiety and depression for over a decade with no relief from any medications I've tried, the proposition given to me was very, very tempting. How could my subconscious turn something I feared into something that would sound desirable - and how would I, in a "dream", be able to "think" clearly enough to fight against and refuse such an alluring cure-all for the mental and emotional pain I carry with me every single day?
Read it. Call me a freak or a kook, but then do some researching of your own - about Mars, Nikola Tesla, the pyramids' unbelieveable architecture, prana,yogic methods - anything you doubt, and you will find those Tetris blocks falling into place.
November 21, 2023
Found this book at a new agey store in Philly when I was still a young impressionable human and I think I read the whole thing in a couple of days and then read it again, and again. I couldn't get enough of this book when I first got my hands on it - it was like opening up doors to new worlds with every chapter. Now, I'd probably think most of it is straight bullshit, but it inspired me enough to get 2 dolphins tattooed on my shoulder, so I guess it's with me for life now.
May 17, 2015
A lot of people have recommended this book to me, it has quite a legacy and reputation in the world of spirit science, new age shamanism, consciousness, whatever you want to call this kind of stuff. I can't even articulate my disappointment in this fragmented mess of a book. There is no real theory presented that couldn't be understood by watching a couple 10 minute youtube clips on merkaba meditations or the flower of life/sacred geometry.
Bob Frissell makes David Icke appear sane, rational, and organized. The book should be re-titled "about 15% of this book makes any sense whatsoever".... and oh no, not in a "this is over my head" kind of way either. His subjectivity taints the book with an air of crackpot hippy shamanism, his allegiance to Drunvalo Melchizedek is bizarre, and the book does little to paint Drunvalo as anything but a total weirdo. Even so, I find the information on sacred geometry, the flower of life and merkaba breathing techniques very interesting, even if there is a lot of rambling and utter nonsense to wade through. Just when he finds a coherent path, he leaves on a tangent that would typically leave me confused or wondering if I could just skip past it without being ignorant or missing the point of the book. Upon his return to a coherent stream of thought or writing, he picks up somewhere else and I'm still wondering what the hell I'm even doing reading this book.
What bothers me the most, is Frissell makes so many bold statements uncorroborated by any real world sources, credible or otherwise. For example, the story about the 300+ year old man, people re-manifesting in different bodies throughout history, the whole thing about 1972, the absolute confidence in which he discusses Thoth and his relationship to Drunvalo Melchizedek, Thoth "leaving", and this kind of thing: "Records will indicate that there have been more than two thousand secret missions to the lunar surface.".... uh... what? No citation, no source, and he goes on rambling about the Gray's technology, the secret mission of the global elite in the face of an impending catastrophic pole shit and this off-the-wall mythology of Atlantis, Martians, technology and human space travel. He also claims—sans citation, once again—Germans landed on the moon sometime in the 20 or 30s... evidence? I love conspiracy theories, but considering this guy uses "Alternative 3" as a source, come on.
It was worth reading given the book's legacy but overall I found it to be a very unsatisfying read.
Bob Frissell makes David Icke appear sane, rational, and organized. The book should be re-titled "about 15% of this book makes any sense whatsoever".... and oh no, not in a "this is over my head" kind of way either. His subjectivity taints the book with an air of crackpot hippy shamanism, his allegiance to Drunvalo Melchizedek is bizarre, and the book does little to paint Drunvalo as anything but a total weirdo. Even so, I find the information on sacred geometry, the flower of life and merkaba breathing techniques very interesting, even if there is a lot of rambling and utter nonsense to wade through. Just when he finds a coherent path, he leaves on a tangent that would typically leave me confused or wondering if I could just skip past it without being ignorant or missing the point of the book. Upon his return to a coherent stream of thought or writing, he picks up somewhere else and I'm still wondering what the hell I'm even doing reading this book.
What bothers me the most, is Frissell makes so many bold statements uncorroborated by any real world sources, credible or otherwise. For example, the story about the 300+ year old man, people re-manifesting in different bodies throughout history, the whole thing about 1972, the absolute confidence in which he discusses Thoth and his relationship to Drunvalo Melchizedek, Thoth "leaving", and this kind of thing: "Records will indicate that there have been more than two thousand secret missions to the lunar surface.".... uh... what? No citation, no source, and he goes on rambling about the Gray's technology, the secret mission of the global elite in the face of an impending catastrophic pole shit and this off-the-wall mythology of Atlantis, Martians, technology and human space travel. He also claims—sans citation, once again—Germans landed on the moon sometime in the 20 or 30s... evidence? I love conspiracy theories, but considering this guy uses "Alternative 3" as a source, come on.
It was worth reading given the book's legacy but overall I found it to be a very unsatisfying read.
January 9, 2013
This inspired me to start "thinking outside the box." I was introduced to MANY concepts and theories that completely eluded me prior to my reading this book. I was compelled to read the 2 follow ups. Don't take ANY of this as "The Gospel" on all thing "New Age." I almost did... and it wasn't a mentally healthy time of my life. Please... read with an open mind... and don't believe EVERYTHING you read. Take for yourself what you can practically apply in your life... AND LEAVE THE REST.
January 20, 2012
This book tends to go from laughably hilarious (things like humanity's origin, the secret history of the earth, alien, and the secret government) to mind bendingly thought provoking (sacred geometry, the golden ratio, the proportions of the human body). Ultimately I'm still not sure what to make of it but at the same time I wouldn't tell anyone not to read it.
February 21, 2009
Whew. Hmmmmm.
Well it's just about all here. And isn't, as the title rightly suggests.
Judge for yourself. It reads like the psychotic rant of a literate person who has read a lot of metaphysical and conspiracy books. Then again, there is the occasional statement that resonates.
But consider: "All dimensional levels of this world are here and present right now and interlinked. The only difference between dimensional worlds is their wavelengths. Wavelength is the key to the entire universe. We live in a reality created solely by wavelength. The wavelength of our third-dimension world is 7.23 centimeters."
Theoretical physicists are currently pondering whether the nature of reality, our perception of matter, is in some sense holographic. So there's a nugget here. But I'd have been hooked if Frissell's next paragraph had begun, "We know this because..." or "This number can be calculated as follows..." No such luck. He makes an analogy to the tones of the musical scale, as if the reader doesn't know what frequency is, and then goes on to assert that dimensions are separated at 90-degree angles--another unexplained fact that could fit into a coherent explanation, but doesn't.
In my comic novel Rubber Babes, the main character Rollo Hemphill is sure the secret government is out to get him. Rollo should read this book. Rollo further believes that "paranoia is just a heightened state of awareness." By this measure, Bob Frissell is (happily?) off the charts.
Gerald.
Boychik Lit
Well it's just about all here. And isn't, as the title rightly suggests.
Judge for yourself. It reads like the psychotic rant of a literate person who has read a lot of metaphysical and conspiracy books. Then again, there is the occasional statement that resonates.
But consider: "All dimensional levels of this world are here and present right now and interlinked. The only difference between dimensional worlds is their wavelengths. Wavelength is the key to the entire universe. We live in a reality created solely by wavelength. The wavelength of our third-dimension world is 7.23 centimeters."
Theoretical physicists are currently pondering whether the nature of reality, our perception of matter, is in some sense holographic. So there's a nugget here. But I'd have been hooked if Frissell's next paragraph had begun, "We know this because..." or "This number can be calculated as follows..." No such luck. He makes an analogy to the tones of the musical scale, as if the reader doesn't know what frequency is, and then goes on to assert that dimensions are separated at 90-degree angles--another unexplained fact that could fit into a coherent explanation, but doesn't.
In my comic novel Rubber Babes, the main character Rollo Hemphill is sure the secret government is out to get him. Rollo should read this book. Rollo further believes that "paranoia is just a heightened state of awareness." By this measure, Bob Frissell is (happily?) off the charts.
Gerald.
Boychik Lit
January 25, 2011
I liked it. Lots.
The first part - most of the book - is to put you in fear mode.
The last part is about taking you out of fear mode and bringing yourself into alignment with your higher self and with the Creator of us all.
The first part - most of the book - is to put you in fear mode.
The last part is about taking you out of fear mode and bringing yourself into alignment with your higher self and with the Creator of us all.
May 29, 2018
This book is hilarious. Sometimes it makes me fall asleep, and sometimes it makes me itchy, since my copy has some ants in it. I don’t like to kill things, so I just let them run around. I know it’s been different ants, not just the same ant on a different day.
February 6, 2013
Found this book listed in a Tool newsletter. It's an interesting read for its info on sacred geometry, but the rest is filled with fantastical speculative alternative history and mythological crossovers. It's really a mess. The sources cited for the information (for the Montauk experiments, for example) are just as absurd. Read this at your own risk if you can't separate for yourself fantasy and fact.
To add, I think one may read this book to see an example of purely intuitive psycho-spiritual babble, but that just isn't my jig. I like Rudolf Steiner for his intuitive and imaginative spiritual history, but Bob Frissell is simply incomparably absurd.
"Whenever you create a symbol system, first ask yourself not if it describes the world but whether you would want it to." I'm not sure if I want this one to, nor should it.
To add, I think one may read this book to see an example of purely intuitive psycho-spiritual babble, but that just isn't my jig. I like Rudolf Steiner for his intuitive and imaginative spiritual history, but Bob Frissell is simply incomparably absurd.
"Whenever you create a symbol system, first ask yourself not if it describes the world but whether you would want it to." I'm not sure if I want this one to, nor should it.
November 3, 2021
Although I enjoyed the chapters on sacred geometry, the second half of the book felt a bit like an infomercial for re-birthing workshops: "such-and-such an event is approaching, so follow these steps to prepare." This may very well be true, and there is MUCH to be recommended for the practice of striving for Now-ness,, but Frissell's cosmology is pretty kindly on the whole -- no visions of a lake of boiling pitch -- so the alternative to steadfast pranayama, apart from a less than Loyolan struggling upon this plane, here and now, might just be a bit longer of loping about three-dimensionally, which is OK with me.
April 29, 2020
Sadly, Not a Joke...
The only thing wrong with this book is that it takes itself seriously. It could be a hilarious fantasy extravaganza on the order of "The Illuminatus Trilogy" if only it weren't trying to convince us that it's real. It reminds me of the shrink in "The Terminator," who comments that Kyle Reese's psychotic delusion is brilliant because it doesn't require a shred of proof. Same here: The reason our archaeologists can't find evidence of the 500 million years of advanced civilizations on Earth is because they all occurred on a higher dimension. Dolphins and whales are much smarter than we are, but it doesn't seem so because "advanced beings create everything they need internally." Drunvalo Melchizedek, the book's putative hero, is ten billion years old and came from the center of the galaxy to help us, but he doesn't look it because he's "borrowing" the body of an ordinary human. What's more, he doesn't even remember any of that because to retain memories of the thirteenth dimension while in the third "would be just too painful." Our sun is currently undergoing a period of intense solar flares that are engulfing the Earth, but we're not aware of it because a group of benevolent aliens from Sirius B constructed a holographic grid around the entire planet so we would think life was going on as normal, until "we could get to where we could handle a wall of flame."
Like I said, this is great stuff. I'm surprised no one's made a movie about this; it would be a blockbuster. The closest I've seen is the movie "Stargate," in which we learn that the ancient Egyptian gods were actually aliens who created humans as a genetically-engineered slave race to work their mines. (That one's in this book too.)
Interspersed with these fantastic chapters are boring sets of instructions on how to breathe so that you can inhale psychic energy or "prana" along with your oxygen; and a treatise on "sacred geometry." What makes the geometry useless is that Frissell claims the sacred geometry is "the morphogenic structure behind reality itself," but discusses it through the use of metaphors and vague references to familiar mathematic terminology. Geometry, of course, is a very specific discipline, but Frissell avoids specificity, saying instead things like "Life doesn't know how to deal with something that has no beginning because there is nowhere to start. So this sequence, which has become known as the Fibonacci Sequence, is life's solution to that problem."
The flaw in Frissell's "brilliant delusion" is that he starts making predictions about the future, which is always risky for psychotic nuts. By the end of the century (that's the 20th century, by the way -- this book was written in 1994), the Earth as we know it will have disappeared and most of us will have successfully transcended to the fourth dimension, where we'll live in the harmony of christ-consciousness and understand everything. This transcendence was evidently meant to be a conscious one, implying that it probably couldn't occur without our realizing it. Now it's 2003 and I think it's time for a sequel explaining what went wrong with this plan.
On the other hand, if you're adrift in the world, if you've accomplished nothing and done nothing practical with your life and you're getting on in years, isn't it comforting to believe that very soon none of it will matter anymore, because you'll ascend to a higher plane of consciousness and be fully invested with your cosmic destiny as an immortal master whose purpose is to save the universe? At the very least, it means I don't have to worry about not having any retirement savings.
The only thing wrong with this book is that it takes itself seriously. It could be a hilarious fantasy extravaganza on the order of "The Illuminatus Trilogy" if only it weren't trying to convince us that it's real. It reminds me of the shrink in "The Terminator," who comments that Kyle Reese's psychotic delusion is brilliant because it doesn't require a shred of proof. Same here: The reason our archaeologists can't find evidence of the 500 million years of advanced civilizations on Earth is because they all occurred on a higher dimension. Dolphins and whales are much smarter than we are, but it doesn't seem so because "advanced beings create everything they need internally." Drunvalo Melchizedek, the book's putative hero, is ten billion years old and came from the center of the galaxy to help us, but he doesn't look it because he's "borrowing" the body of an ordinary human. What's more, he doesn't even remember any of that because to retain memories of the thirteenth dimension while in the third "would be just too painful." Our sun is currently undergoing a period of intense solar flares that are engulfing the Earth, but we're not aware of it because a group of benevolent aliens from Sirius B constructed a holographic grid around the entire planet so we would think life was going on as normal, until "we could get to where we could handle a wall of flame."
Like I said, this is great stuff. I'm surprised no one's made a movie about this; it would be a blockbuster. The closest I've seen is the movie "Stargate," in which we learn that the ancient Egyptian gods were actually aliens who created humans as a genetically-engineered slave race to work their mines. (That one's in this book too.)
Interspersed with these fantastic chapters are boring sets of instructions on how to breathe so that you can inhale psychic energy or "prana" along with your oxygen; and a treatise on "sacred geometry." What makes the geometry useless is that Frissell claims the sacred geometry is "the morphogenic structure behind reality itself," but discusses it through the use of metaphors and vague references to familiar mathematic terminology. Geometry, of course, is a very specific discipline, but Frissell avoids specificity, saying instead things like "Life doesn't know how to deal with something that has no beginning because there is nowhere to start. So this sequence, which has become known as the Fibonacci Sequence, is life's solution to that problem."
The flaw in Frissell's "brilliant delusion" is that he starts making predictions about the future, which is always risky for psychotic nuts. By the end of the century (that's the 20th century, by the way -- this book was written in 1994), the Earth as we know it will have disappeared and most of us will have successfully transcended to the fourth dimension, where we'll live in the harmony of christ-consciousness and understand everything. This transcendence was evidently meant to be a conscious one, implying that it probably couldn't occur without our realizing it. Now it's 2003 and I think it's time for a sequel explaining what went wrong with this plan.
On the other hand, if you're adrift in the world, if you've accomplished nothing and done nothing practical with your life and you're getting on in years, isn't it comforting to believe that very soon none of it will matter anymore, because you'll ascend to a higher plane of consciousness and be fully invested with your cosmic destiny as an immortal master whose purpose is to save the universe? At the very least, it means I don't have to worry about not having any retirement savings.
November 17, 2014
This is what I would call an old school new age book. I'm surprised I had never heard of it before. The copyright is from 1994. It has a lot of insights that seem quite astute but it suffers from being a pre-2012 book and feeding the fear of those times to some extent. I don't mean to imply that nothing has happened in the meantime that wasn't deserving of some trepidation or that there is not still reason to question our viability. This is not even the primary thrust of the work, just something that dates it. However, I appreciate work that has the timeless characteristic in studying human nature, consciousness and physics which this somewhat misses by its urgency.
Mr. Frissell does touch on a variety of interesting topics and makes a case for a dramatically different line of history than is currently accepted by academia. He also provides a far different scenario for the evolution of consciousness than the mainstream propagandists will consider even after 20 years.
I like the way he promotes people finding the truth themselves in the same Gnostic, shamanistic way that I travel. He provides an interesting breathing technique that I will practice but I find that his insistence of leaving the final steps to those who take his class as a cheap marketing gimmick.
Upon rereading this review it seems I've highlighted all the negative aspects of this book. On the contrary, I really enjoyed it and would recommend it to anyone who would like another positive voice in the arenas of personal empowerment, reality analysis or spiritual development. Read the book and then follow up on the internet for new content and links.
BE LOVE!
Mr. Frissell does touch on a variety of interesting topics and makes a case for a dramatically different line of history than is currently accepted by academia. He also provides a far different scenario for the evolution of consciousness than the mainstream propagandists will consider even after 20 years.
I like the way he promotes people finding the truth themselves in the same Gnostic, shamanistic way that I travel. He provides an interesting breathing technique that I will practice but I find that his insistence of leaving the final steps to those who take his class as a cheap marketing gimmick.
Upon rereading this review it seems I've highlighted all the negative aspects of this book. On the contrary, I really enjoyed it and would recommend it to anyone who would like another positive voice in the arenas of personal empowerment, reality analysis or spiritual development. Read the book and then follow up on the internet for new content and links.
BE LOVE!
October 30, 2020
One star is generous. This is the dumbest book I’ve ever read. Indeed nothing in this book is true. I’m not sure what posessed me to buy this. I do love me a good conspiracy theory that could be plausible. Life is full if them. This is not plausible. This book is utter nonsense. It is the stream of conciousness of a mad man or a con man...or a mad con man. Don’t bother with this.
On a side note it kind of reminds me of Tool lyrics. They have a fascination with sacred geometry, merkaba, the Fibonacci sequence and quite a few other things in this book. They make it sound enlightening, not bat shit crazy. I bet Maynard read this book. The parallels to Tool is the only thing that kept me going. Our body is light. We are immortal. Sound familiar? Maybe the author was a Tool fan.
On a side note it kind of reminds me of Tool lyrics. They have a fascination with sacred geometry, merkaba, the Fibonacci sequence and quite a few other things in this book. They make it sound enlightening, not bat shit crazy. I bet Maynard read this book. The parallels to Tool is the only thing that kept me going. Our body is light. We are immortal. Sound familiar? Maybe the author was a Tool fan.
November 2, 2012
This is the kind of book that will set you off into a world of obsessive research on some obscure topic for the next 6.5 years of your life. It’s a good jumping-off point. The sheer amount of craziness and thought provoking topics make it interesting, but the content was a bit jumbled. A little more in depth elaboration would have made this book fairly amazing. Definitely a good read.
*Off to buy a few Sacred Geometry books now*
*Off to buy a few Sacred Geometry books now*
May 26, 2017
I found this book to be enlightening from the Christ consciousness grid to 46 &2 to the fibbonachi sequence i struggle with breathing so i find the breathing exercises helpful but Bob Frissel pulls some things out of his hat without reference love the book though some of it is over my head
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
April 18, 2012
Bonkers. Saw the title and couldn't leave it on the shelf. ... I think the title says it all.
November 24, 2014
Very interesting ideas that make you think of different possibilities that are taught.
September 17, 2023
I gave this book one star for its title, Nothing in this Book is True, But it's Exactly How Things Are. I agree with the first half of the title but disagree with the second half. Bob Frissell begins by claiming that Eisenhower made a treaty with the little "grey" aliens. The treaty stated that neither side would interfere in the affairs of the other party. But the greys would abduct people and set up secret bases around the globe - so much for the interference clause.
The Earth is in crises, the oceans are dying and the atmosphere is losing ozone. He rambles on about the environment and in chapter five he introduces a new concept. According to Frissell, the wavelength of 7.23 centimeters defines our world. "If you could change the wavelength and rotate 90 degrees you would disappear from the world and reappear in whatever dimension you were tuned to." This is plain nonsense.
The Merkaba (Mer - denotes counter rotating field of light, Ka - spirit, Ba - body of reality). The merkaba is a star tetrahedron which can be used to travel throughout the universe. How one travels through space using the merkaba he does not say. From this point he gives a history lesson.
According to Zecharia Sitchin, humanity was created by the Anunnaki who traveled to Earth on a planet called Nibaru. As stated above they created humanity and enslaved us to mind the Earth for gold. Nibaru was losing its atmosphere and they needed the gold to stabilize it. Nibaru is a tenth planet which orbits the Sun every 36,000 years. There is no evidence to support the existence of this alleged planet. The first two civilizations are Lemuria and Atlantis. Both civilizations were highly advanced and the grey aliens played a role in there development. However, there is no archelogical evidence to support the existence of either civilization.
The high point of the book is chapter 9, The Right Eye of Horus. There is too much to cover so I will give the highlights. Frissell talks about sacred geometry. One of the symbols he introduces is the metron cube. The metron cube contains four of the Platonic solids (octahedron, tetrahedron, dodecahedron and the cube). The metron cube is the components of energy around our bodies. The geometry around our bodies can be described by the Phi Ratio. The Phi Ratio is a proportion. If you have a line C and you break it into a smaller line, A and a longer line B, then A divided by B is proportional to B divided by C. The ratio is 1.6180339. The relevance of the Phi Ratio is that it is found in all organic structures.
Leonardo Fibonacci a mathematician noticed a particular sequence that arises in nature. The sequence is: 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34, 55, 89, 144, 233, ... If you divide one term of the sequence into the next one and you keep going you will approach the phi ratio of 1.6180339.
Finally, at the end of chapter 9 Frissell discusses the chakra system. On the human body there are eight points starting at the base of the spine leading up to the head. Energy spirals up through the chakra system making 90 degree turns as it moves from one point to the next. From this point on the book is all downhill.
The concept of prada or deep breathing exercises is discussed. He adds a lot of mumbo-jumbo stuff into the chapter making it confusing. He then switches gear and talks about the Philadelphia experiment. The USS Eldridge allegedly disappeared and the ship entered a higher dimension. Again, it turns out that the USS Eldridge was a real ship but the story remains unconfirmed. Frissell makes an outrageous claim that pyramid structures were photographed on the surface of Venus. He claims that aliens called the Hathor live on Venus but they reside in a higher dimension. No intelligent life lives on Venus. Venuses atmosphere is carbon dioxide and it rains sulferic acid. The temperature is about 867 deg. F. which is hot enough to melt lead. And Venuses pressure is 92 times that of Earth's at sea level. The pressure would crush any living organism that tried to venture out to the surface. Venus is a raging inferno that contains no life.
There's too much nonsense to cover so I am going to cut it short. In latter chapters Frissell claims we have bases on the moon and Mars. I guess the aliens used their anti-gravity saucers to take us to these remote places. Finally he talks about the sun were he claims that the solar wind is raging at 2.5 million miles per hour - this is pure bunk. For the remaining portion of the book he discusses his new age philosophy. I found the last few chapters to be boring and it did not hold my interest.
The Earth is in crises, the oceans are dying and the atmosphere is losing ozone. He rambles on about the environment and in chapter five he introduces a new concept. According to Frissell, the wavelength of 7.23 centimeters defines our world. "If you could change the wavelength and rotate 90 degrees you would disappear from the world and reappear in whatever dimension you were tuned to." This is plain nonsense.
The Merkaba (Mer - denotes counter rotating field of light, Ka - spirit, Ba - body of reality). The merkaba is a star tetrahedron which can be used to travel throughout the universe. How one travels through space using the merkaba he does not say. From this point he gives a history lesson.
According to Zecharia Sitchin, humanity was created by the Anunnaki who traveled to Earth on a planet called Nibaru. As stated above they created humanity and enslaved us to mind the Earth for gold. Nibaru was losing its atmosphere and they needed the gold to stabilize it. Nibaru is a tenth planet which orbits the Sun every 36,000 years. There is no evidence to support the existence of this alleged planet. The first two civilizations are Lemuria and Atlantis. Both civilizations were highly advanced and the grey aliens played a role in there development. However, there is no archelogical evidence to support the existence of either civilization.
The high point of the book is chapter 9, The Right Eye of Horus. There is too much to cover so I will give the highlights. Frissell talks about sacred geometry. One of the symbols he introduces is the metron cube. The metron cube contains four of the Platonic solids (octahedron, tetrahedron, dodecahedron and the cube). The metron cube is the components of energy around our bodies. The geometry around our bodies can be described by the Phi Ratio. The Phi Ratio is a proportion. If you have a line C and you break it into a smaller line, A and a longer line B, then A divided by B is proportional to B divided by C. The ratio is 1.6180339. The relevance of the Phi Ratio is that it is found in all organic structures.
Leonardo Fibonacci a mathematician noticed a particular sequence that arises in nature. The sequence is: 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34, 55, 89, 144, 233, ... If you divide one term of the sequence into the next one and you keep going you will approach the phi ratio of 1.6180339.
Finally, at the end of chapter 9 Frissell discusses the chakra system. On the human body there are eight points starting at the base of the spine leading up to the head. Energy spirals up through the chakra system making 90 degree turns as it moves from one point to the next. From this point on the book is all downhill.
The concept of prada or deep breathing exercises is discussed. He adds a lot of mumbo-jumbo stuff into the chapter making it confusing. He then switches gear and talks about the Philadelphia experiment. The USS Eldridge allegedly disappeared and the ship entered a higher dimension. Again, it turns out that the USS Eldridge was a real ship but the story remains unconfirmed. Frissell makes an outrageous claim that pyramid structures were photographed on the surface of Venus. He claims that aliens called the Hathor live on Venus but they reside in a higher dimension. No intelligent life lives on Venus. Venuses atmosphere is carbon dioxide and it rains sulferic acid. The temperature is about 867 deg. F. which is hot enough to melt lead. And Venuses pressure is 92 times that of Earth's at sea level. The pressure would crush any living organism that tried to venture out to the surface. Venus is a raging inferno that contains no life.
There's too much nonsense to cover so I am going to cut it short. In latter chapters Frissell claims we have bases on the moon and Mars. I guess the aliens used their anti-gravity saucers to take us to these remote places. Finally he talks about the sun were he claims that the solar wind is raging at 2.5 million miles per hour - this is pure bunk. For the remaining portion of the book he discusses his new age philosophy. I found the last few chapters to be boring and it did not hold my interest.
March 12, 2024
"Potete creare la merkaba esternamente? Questo lavoro richiede solo conoscenza, nessun amore, emozione o sentimento. Ne ricavate un UFO. Tutti gli UFO, o meglio i dischi volanti, sono basati sul principio della merkaba esteriore"
Niente di questo libro è vero, fedelmente al suo nome, è una accozzaglia infinita e apparentemente interminabile di... beh, "stupidaggini". Nonostante ciò, penso sia uno dei libri più belli che abbia mai letto.
Partiamo da questo: il titolo originale (o meglio il sottotitolo) è "but it's exactly how it is", che si traduce, al contrario della versione italiana, con "ma è esattamente così", togliendo il dubbio che si tratti per l'appunto di una serie volontaria ed ironica di sproloqui esoterico-ufologici.
Questo elemento è fondamentale in quanto a seconda di come viene letto, può risultare più o meno piacevole. Praticamente nulla di ciò che viene detto da Frissell, a parte forse le tecniche di respirazione, ha alcun fondamento logico, scientifico o razionale di sorta. Nonostante ciò, è capace di costruire una narrazione fantastica che supera estremamente l'immaginazione di ogni racconto, fantasy, horror o sci-fi che abbia mai letto. Si tratta di un testo così assurdo e stravagante che a botta di sorpresa ho imparato la maggior parte dei concetti che vengono spiegati. I grigi sono una specie aliena che duecentomila anni fa ha preso parte alla rivolta di Lucifero, abbandonando il proprio corpo emotivo e diventando quindi capaci di creare la cosiddetta merkaba esteriore, ossia la capacità di creazione universale a partire dall'esternalità (che si contrappone alla merkaba interiore ossia il principio primevo di creazione che corrisponde con Dio). In poche parole sono il concetto di Prolifico e Divoratore in Blake se ci aggiungiamo gli alieni.
Non c'è nessun argomento paranormale o bizzarro che si salva dalle storie di Frissell: marziani, il governo dell'ombra, il Demonio, Atlantide, Cydonia, gli angeli, la sfinge, gli universi paralleli, il viaggio del tempo, le dimensioni, i chakra, gli spiriti. C'è TUTTO. E la cosa incredibile è che in qualche modo (sebbene con l'equivalente retorico del nastro adesivo) Frissell riesce a tenere tutto insieme.
Se come libro "serio" è ovviamente inconcepibile, letto come una narrazione di fantasia con un sottotesto allegorico è assolutamente estasiante, e tantissimi dei concetti spiegati, tra la geometria sacra e il processo di creazione e spersonalizzazione (da lui chiamato raggiungimento della coscienza di Cristo) sono incredibilmente interessanti e spiegati molto bene.
Non avrei mai pensato che mi sarebbe piaciuto tanto, eppure eccoci qui.
Niente di questo libro è vero, fedelmente al suo nome, è una accozzaglia infinita e apparentemente interminabile di... beh, "stupidaggini". Nonostante ciò, penso sia uno dei libri più belli che abbia mai letto.
Partiamo da questo: il titolo originale (o meglio il sottotitolo) è "but it's exactly how it is", che si traduce, al contrario della versione italiana, con "ma è esattamente così", togliendo il dubbio che si tratti per l'appunto di una serie volontaria ed ironica di sproloqui esoterico-ufologici.
Questo elemento è fondamentale in quanto a seconda di come viene letto, può risultare più o meno piacevole. Praticamente nulla di ciò che viene detto da Frissell, a parte forse le tecniche di respirazione, ha alcun fondamento logico, scientifico o razionale di sorta. Nonostante ciò, è capace di costruire una narrazione fantastica che supera estremamente l'immaginazione di ogni racconto, fantasy, horror o sci-fi che abbia mai letto. Si tratta di un testo così assurdo e stravagante che a botta di sorpresa ho imparato la maggior parte dei concetti che vengono spiegati. I grigi sono una specie aliena che duecentomila anni fa ha preso parte alla rivolta di Lucifero, abbandonando il proprio corpo emotivo e diventando quindi capaci di creare la cosiddetta merkaba esteriore, ossia la capacità di creazione universale a partire dall'esternalità (che si contrappone alla merkaba interiore ossia il principio primevo di creazione che corrisponde con Dio). In poche parole sono il concetto di Prolifico e Divoratore in Blake se ci aggiungiamo gli alieni.
Non c'è nessun argomento paranormale o bizzarro che si salva dalle storie di Frissell: marziani, il governo dell'ombra, il Demonio, Atlantide, Cydonia, gli angeli, la sfinge, gli universi paralleli, il viaggio del tempo, le dimensioni, i chakra, gli spiriti. C'è TUTTO. E la cosa incredibile è che in qualche modo (sebbene con l'equivalente retorico del nastro adesivo) Frissell riesce a tenere tutto insieme.
Se come libro "serio" è ovviamente inconcepibile, letto come una narrazione di fantasia con un sottotesto allegorico è assolutamente estasiante, e tantissimi dei concetti spiegati, tra la geometria sacra e il processo di creazione e spersonalizzazione (da lui chiamato raggiungimento della coscienza di Cristo) sono incredibilmente interessanti e spiegati molto bene.
Non avrei mai pensato che mi sarebbe piaciuto tanto, eppure eccoci qui.
August 11, 2021
Although this book has been in circulation for over 25 years (I read the 25 year anniversary revised edition), I only recently came across Bob Frissell's first book "Nothing in this Book is True ..." I was blown away by not only the content but also Bob's writing style where he presents the Big Picture out-of-this-world content in an easy-to-read and understand style. His manner is like being spoken to by a good friend--a wise, knowledgable and understanding friend. I have also listened to his audiobook, which he also narrates and he writes like he speaks. In the first half of the book, he explains the wonders and the mysteries of the universe as it really is, in which he covers a wide and diverse set of topics as he removes the blinders from the reader. And as wonderful and enlightening as this first half is, the crux of the book is in the second half where Bob enlightens the reader in how to live in this wonderfully outrageous world. His chapter on Breath Alchemy helps the reader to connect with themselves. Bob was a reluctant writer where fate intervened twice to get this book out to the reading public, as Bob was focused on learning and mastering his chosen disciplines over decades. How lucky are we that a publisher "coincidentally" entered Bob's home to lead to this book, which three decades later is reaching an ever growing audience, especially now where humanity is eager for the truth, especially the truth of themselves. Thank you Bob.
March 25, 2021
I read this book for the first time back in 2011 but had to reread it again because I obviously did NOT comprehend or have any frame of reference for the majority of the material. Now, I'm shocked to realize I've learned about many of these topics through various other pathways in the last ten years. It's crazy. I really value this book a lot more now. It's a short but dense read so I will have to re-read it a third time just to give the meditation methods a go. I still only gave it four out of five stars just because of my doubt factor for much of the content. Who knows? Maybe nothing in this book is true.
April 15, 2023
Very odd book.
Lots of good stuff, admixed with lots of weird stuff. Oddly specific and highly unlikely information peppered throughout, such as the exact number of people or aliens at an obscure historical event, the exact date, etc., making it feel like a long confabulation… which I guess it is.
I grow so weary of the usual “self healing journey” stuff. It’s always headaches and toothaches and in my honest opinion, waters down the whole thing. The end of the book is full of those which I wish could have been avoided.
Still, I think a lot of wisdom comes hidden like this, so it could be worth a read. I do really like some of his ideas and I enjoyed listening to him.
Lots of good stuff, admixed with lots of weird stuff. Oddly specific and highly unlikely information peppered throughout, such as the exact number of people or aliens at an obscure historical event, the exact date, etc., making it feel like a long confabulation… which I guess it is.
I grow so weary of the usual “self healing journey” stuff. It’s always headaches and toothaches and in my honest opinion, waters down the whole thing. The end of the book is full of those which I wish could have been avoided.
Still, I think a lot of wisdom comes hidden like this, so it could be worth a read. I do really like some of his ideas and I enjoyed listening to him.
December 3, 2023
From start to finish, this book was beautifully written and had my full attention. There were some parts that involved math and I had no idea what geometry he was talking about, but it was still interesting to read. If I had a “religion”, this book is exactly what would describe it. This book talks about a range of things from UFOs, the Philadelphia experiment, Atlantis, human energy, and so much science that really makes you wonder. And it also made me look at life differently, every day. Now I look at life as a gift. We were born in these human bodies to experience all of the “human experience”. So enjoy it!!
July 26, 2020
There are very few books that I have found I could not put down. This was one of those books. I am a mystic so much of the information in the book I had at least some knowledge before reading. This book was one of the few books that has actually spoken to my soul. Bob adds more information to the questions we all have and walks you through the understanding of being a spiritual being living a human life. Yes, this book did change my life, it has added so much more information to an already spiritual being looking for more.
February 10, 2023
Don't believe everything in this book even if you want to. Interesting read if you can suspend your disbelief but be sure to return to orbit.
Was my first time learning about sacred geometry and found it pretty cool! Also liked the stuff about the pyramids. Great and interesting theories revolving them.
I did find the author to seem a bit naive in some instances and not completely legit. The stuff about Drunvalo's workshop seemed a lil exploitive as well as trying to sell his workshops too near the end. The meditation knowledge in this book is legit and nice tho!
Was my first time learning about sacred geometry and found it pretty cool! Also liked the stuff about the pyramids. Great and interesting theories revolving them.
I did find the author to seem a bit naive in some instances and not completely legit. The stuff about Drunvalo's workshop seemed a lil exploitive as well as trying to sell his workshops too near the end. The meditation knowledge in this book is legit and nice tho!
January 12, 2021
Well, the first part of the title is correct. Completely incoherent except as a laundry list for all the weird-ass things that new age conspiracy kooks believe. Reading this feels like when your bad-breathed hippie acid dealer makes you stay and listen to him ramble for 5 hours so that the cops he thinks are hiding in the trees don't see you drive away too quickly. I just wanna go home and take my drugs so that even a small amount of this will make sense, dude
June 9, 2022
This book is utterly wild. Every conspiracy and fringe theory piled up on top of each other with a break in the latter third to talk about the author's magic breathing grift.
My favourite parts are where he says a conspiracy theory is wrong, then explains that he thinks it is something even more outlandish. And the bits about Thoth, an immortal man who has occupied the same body for 25,000 years only to leave in 1991.
My favourite parts are where he says a conspiracy theory is wrong, then explains that he thinks it is something even more outlandish. And the bits about Thoth, an immortal man who has occupied the same body for 25,000 years only to leave in 1991.
December 1, 2021
What to say about this book. Some parts of it seem like something that came to Bob Frissell a DMT-vision, which are presented as accurate fact. At times I considered sending my book back and asking for my money back. The book was somewhat redeemed by the final section about healing and breathwork or Breath Alchemy as Bob calls it.
Also I give it an extra star for the brilliant title.
Also I give it an extra star for the brilliant title.
March 23, 2022
First half was basically a summary of Drunvalo's book, second half was at times hard to follow recounting of personal experiences and abstract discussions about breathwork and emotions. Not really the book i thought it'd be but i do appreciate the sly humor of the title and how it suggests the whole thing be taken with a hefty pinch of salt.
March 25, 2023
This book is so fucking dumb. It’s loaded with vague culty spiritual ideas, conspiracies, and “sacred geometry.” A one star rating would be appropriate, but most of the subject matter amuses me—I often listen to old Coast to Coast AM episodes and this has a lot of familiar name-dropping—and there are a few nice thoughts scattered here and there.
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