In these extraordinary times people are awakening all over the world to the need for co-operation upon a rapidly changing planet. Some are joining hands in a true esprit de corps in order to help effect the healing and upliftment of planet Earth and of all life thereupon. A growing number amongst humanity today are seeking to assist and support one another in preparation for the imminent major planetary transformations, which shall precede the foretold dawning of a much brighter world-awareness and consequently a new and more harmonious way of life. There are many more people today consciously seeking answers to philosophical and spiritual questions than ever before during Earth's history, and their search is perfectly in accord with the evolutionary stage at which the human race has arrived and the corresponding expansion of consciousness that is presently evidencing itself all around the world.

Time is measured esoterically in cycles, and on Earth the gateway to every new cycle, or age, represents a momentous milestone upon the onward journey and development of the human race. The old Piscean era has passed and all but concluded. The door leading to the next cycle: the Aquarian age, is now opening in accordance with the cosmic clockwork. As a consequence of such an epochal change, a fresh and vitalising spirituality is dawning for humanity, bringing hitherto unknown, fundamental and positive changes to our world.

Just as planets revolve around their local sun in each solar system, so every solar system revolves around a nucleus within its galaxy and, correspondingly, each galaxy itself as a whole is in constant motion. Our own solar system is presently rotating into a new magnetic field within the galaxy, and as far as our world is concerned this movement is responsible for triggering a previously unparalleled influx of rising frequencies of cosmic energy from the inner, more subtle densities* of space. These energies are engulfing our planet at this time in

* The term 'density' denotes a vibrational frequency of consciousness or plane of existence. The occult structure of the lower part of the universe in which we reside - the Cosmic Physical Plane - is most often described using a septenary model, i.e., seven ascending levels from the most dense or most material at the bottom level to the least dense or quickest vibration at the top. Each major level, or plane, can then be divided again into seven sub-levels. However, such clear-cut divisions are for conceptual convenience only, for in truth one level cannot really be distinguished from the next since the whole spectrum of vibratory frequencies changes by extremely subtle gradations. The most prevalent level of consciousness amongst the mass of human beings on Earth today, using the septenary model, is that of third-density approaching fourth.

The reader is assured that there is much truth underlying the multifarious disseminations in the world today which pertain to the spiritual renaissance of the New Age, but the exact significance, true perspective and gravity of the times are being much distorted by the grasping minds and excited desires of mankind. While there certainly are most precious discoveries to be made amongst the glut of New Age paraphernalia that is available everywhere in the Western world today, like a fine, golden thread, the truth is very subtly woven throughout the many enchantments and infatuations that lay like so much unwanted sediment upon the surface of the real contemporary facts. Nevertheless, wherever there is truth to be found at all, the serious seeker will always possess the impetus to probe and delve down deeply within a whole mountain of lies if necessary in order to find it, and it is he who, having first detected the golden thread of truth, will employ it wisely in order to guide himself safely through today's bustling spiritual supermarket and onwards to the centre of the New Age labyrinth where he may claim his rightful prize: the key which unlocks the door leading to the New World.