THE HIDDEN UNIVERSE: An Investigation into Non-Human Intelligences

Throughout human history people have reported encounters with non-human entities such as fairies, angels, and extraterrestrials.

Are non-human entities mind-created? Are they manifestations of a collective mind? Can we will them into being? According to Anthony Peake in his new book, The Hidden Universe, An Investigation into Non-Human Intelligences, the answer appears to be yes.

He expertly devises a structure in which he presents a compelling account of these non-human entities he calls Egregorials and how they have presented themselves throughout history. From his Introduction: "Egregore is Greek in origin and derived from egregoros, meaning 'wakeful' or 'watchful'." The first half of the book follows a chronological/historical trajectory beginning in the Upper Paleolithic period. Noting the considerable task of presenting this comprehensive material age by age, Peake breaks off at the point of the Middle Ages and shifts to a series of themes such as The Secret Commonwealth, The Occult, Extraterrestrials and so forth. Within these groupings he organises his discoveries on how the Egregorials have overlapped throughout time.

The Kenoma is what Peake refers to as the everyday world, while the hidden world is called the Pleroma. Does the hidden world exist and is it populated with beings just as the everyday world expresses itself through humans? The book points to a convincing number of events suggestive that the Pleroma is in fact populated with beings just as is our world. So it begs the question, what is real? Have we imagined them into existence? For that matter, have we imagined our own world?

The Book of Enoch, an ancient Jewish text, describes groups of entities known as 'Watchers' that came down from the heavens and in some instances are purported to have mated with human women to create a race of hybrids.

There are the fairies and those from ancient times, Zeus and his pantheon of gods, and even a variation on the Egregorial model, those entities who prey on our fears and cause great chaos, known as Parasites.

The data is vast and not easily penetrable but the author persuasively reveals the connectivity throughout human history of these Egregorials from ancient times to the Blessed Virgin Mary encounters to present day UFOs.

The linkage between caves, grottos and water is also a curious feature of Egregorials and where, if one were inclined to happen upon such a non-human entity, it would be here.

While The Hidden Universe very generously offers examples of these chance meetings with Egregorials and successfully portrays a character study of them, Peake goes one step further in his research to introduce a possible scientific relationship.

"Quantum physics tells us that the waves that make up physical objects such as electrons, atoms and molecules are not like water waves or sound waves. They are waves of probability and are purely mathematical structures; they have no physical reality. What makes them physically real is when their probability wave is 'collapsed' by an act of observation."

Not everyone agrees about the meaning of observation. On one side of the argument is the assertion "…that an act of measurement only takes place when it is consciously evaluated by a sentient being. The implications of this 'measurement problem' are profound. If true, then we all create the reality around us by observing it. Suddenly consciousness is central to the creation of the physical world, rather than something peripheral. Is this how Egregorials are also conscious entities, and therefore also responsible for creating their own realities, then could it be that the overlap of consciousnesses in the 'observer' and the 'Egregorial' exists in some kind of feedback loop?"

Does consciousness create reality or the opposite, does reality create consciousness?

In his Epilogue, Peake takes us to the far-reaching frontier of holograms and digital information. Could it be, "We are all existing in a computer game of our own lives created by our descendants."

Presenting this view that we may be living in one big simulation, the reader must ask if this helps people live their lives? Whether it impacts the day to day routine of one's life is an open-ended question. That we are at the threshold of a provocative science which is asking us to re-evaluate the true nature of reality, is an exciting certainty.

The Hidden Universe is an absorbing book and is highly recommended for anyone wanting to challenge old precepts about how this world is all put together.