Book cover: "The Earth Changes Survival Handbook"

Third post in a row with a theme of survivalist literature, in its many different hues...

• Title: The Earth Changes Survival Handbook
• Author: Page Bryant (Born 1943 or 1944. Died July 27, 2017, at age 73.) Her full name was Jean Page Bryant-Guynup. Her other books included The Spiritual Reawakening of the Great Smoky Mountains, Starwalking: Shamanic Practices for Traveling into the Night Sky, The Second Coming of the Star Gods, and Terravision: A Traveler's Guide to the Living Planet Earth. And there's a significant Arizona link to her life. According to a 2017 article on AshVegas.com, "Bryant was living in Sedona when she was one of the first people to identify specific locations there of powerful energy centers that she called vortexes. A vortex “is believed to be a special spot on the earth where energy is either entering into the earth or projecting out of the earth’s plane,” according to visitsedona.com. 
• Foreword: Brad Steiger
• Correlated by: Eva Prang, who is listed in a 1981 newspaper article as one of the founders of SPACES (Sedona Planetary and Cosmic Education Society)
• Illustrator: Scott Guynap (Bryant's husband)
• Publisher: Sun Books, Santa Fe, New Mexico
• Year: 1983 (this copy is the July 1988 sixth printing)
• Pages: 440
• Format: Paperback
• Price: $20 (Converted from 1988 dollars, that's about $54 today!)
• Back cover blurb: "Included are: Cosmology, Initation, Evolution. Vortices. Native Americans. Prophecies. Aspects of Survival. The Need for Balance."
• Excerpt from Steiger's foreword: "Page is not merely giving us her psychic impressions; she is not simply recording the channeled messages from her spiritual contact, Albion; she is also documenting the aforementioned subjective material with objective data from hardnosed scientists. THE EARTH CHANGES SURVIVAL HANDBOOK is not a book to be taken lightly."
• First sentence: The Earth is a 'Pilgrim', weaving its way through time and space in what far too many of us believe is but a mute and aimless experience."
• Random excerpt from middle #1: We wish to bring to your attention a couple of areas of concern to the Brotherhood at this time. One is the place known as Apache Junction, close to Superstition Mountain. This is one of the most powerful spots in Arizona, but its energies have been used negatively. This vortex causes war and destruction. It spurns hatred and fear. It manifests on the physical and emotional levels of consciousness of life forms. This area can erupt and spread an "inky-like" astral substance all over the Phoenix valley.
• Random excerpt from middle #2: The scientific community is certainly in agreement with the notion that the climate is indeed changing. In 1976, a report released by the Central Intelligence Agency, indicated that the Earth is entering into a "mini" Ice Age! 
• Did the CIA really say that? Not really. For the full scientific scoop on what's happening now, check out this 2023 coverage of the work done by the United Nations' Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.
• Random excerpt from middle #3: You can be a survivalist. Unfortunately, there are many groups around that call themselves "survivalists" that feel that guns and violence are the best insurance one can have. Such attitudes have their pro's and con's, but they need to be considered carefully. It is a common misconception that gun-carrying crowds will descend on those with stored food. First of all, hungry people are lethargic. A hungry person or crowd will not walk for miles and miles to search out remotely located homesteads.
• Goodreads review excerpt: In 2015, Randall wrote: "This is a 'bible' of books for me. I loved it. Purchased in the early 1980's it was the telling of what we all felt in the intuitive community that earth changes 'were a coming'. Of course only a completely detached person could deny this phenomena today (2015). I have referred to this treasured book so many times through the years that it has become like an old teddy bear, tattered and worn, pages falling out, but well-loved."
• Rating on Amazon: 5 stars (out of 5)
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  Amazon review excerpt: In 2014, Ms. Janicke wrote: "This is an excellent book. One of Bryant's best works, I think. Ties in well with Bryant's book on the Bermuda Triangle. Book contains discussion of Sedona, gardening tips, list of things to have on hand, star travel, direction finding, edible plant testing, and more."
• More reading: For more insights on this topic, there's a 1991 column by the Los Angeles Times' Russell Chandler headlined "Bad Vibes Rock New Age Mecca: Modern mystics seeking psychic energy in Sedona, Ariz., are clashing with conservative churches, American Indians and the U.S. Forest Service." Meanwhile, the history of Sedona, Bryant and vortexes is discussed in this 2024 blog post by Belén Tavares.
• Coming up in the next related post: Orson Welles. Can you guess how he fits in?