Andrew Collins first released The Circlemakers in 1992. Now he has updated, revamped and re-released the original, bringing to light the latest developments in crop circle theory.
     Part One of the book takes the reader into the world of circle-chasers in England; groups of crop circle enthusiasts (known officially as Cerealogists), who run around the countryside investigating reports of strange lights and crop circles that pop up usually overnight.
     This gallivanting around the English countryside gives a great lay-of-the-land for the reader, and soon the place names and accompanying pictures become warmly familiar.
     Collins’ approach is light and winsome. While a few readers might scoff at accounts of circle-based meditations and encounter-experiences, Collins does not come across as too serious which is very welcome and makes his romps across England light hearted and innocent.
     In Part One, Collins also lets the reader know of the importance of Wilhelm Reich’s Orgone energy in crop circle theory.
     In the second part of the book, Collins takes us back into the past with folk tales, myths and legends that may be connected with what we consider crop circles and extraterrestrial encounters.
     Fairy Circles, Witch Winds and ley lines are discussed, as well as the interesting theory that the many barrows (burial mounds) that dot the English countryside may in fact be natural Orgone accumulators.
     After the body is buried, it is covered in layers of organic and non-organic material such as bronze and iron, which is the exact same recipe for Reich’s Orgone accumulators that he designed in the 1930s and 1940s.
     Many of these barrows and stone circles (such as Stonehenge) are located at major ley line intersections. Could extraterrestrial intelligence tap into these invisible sources of energy? Perhaps they use them for navigation and mapping purposes, and how could our ancestors know of this?
     Part Three of the book deals with the major controversy that hit the crop circle world in 1991, when two tricksters, Dave Chorley and Doug Bower, owned up to creating 200 crop circles since 1978. Claiming they used nothing more than a plank of wood attached to a length of rope (to break the stems of the plants at specific levels), the pranksters mapped out their designs with lengths of cardboard.
     The international media picked up the story and the crop circle world was severely disadvantaged. Much serious research stopped and Cerealogists were reduced to a laughing stock.
     Two hundred crop circles seems like a lot of work for two retirees over 13 years, however many failed to note that over 2,000 crop circles were reported during the same period.
     Sure, many people could have gotten the same idea of creating crop circles all over the world, but they do not explain the subsequent claims made by observers reporting strange lights, noises and the fact that intricately designed circles appeared over one night, and in some cases, within an hour or two.
     Part Four of the book goes even deeper into the phenomena of alien abduction, time-displacement experience and plasma-based intelligence emanating from the star Cygnus-X3, from which Earth-bound scientists have received radio waves.
     This section and Part Two are the heaviest chapters of the book and are the most eye opening. They easily prompt the reader into doing more research by opening up new avenues that could potentially explain these strange phenomena.
     Fifth Dimensional Intelligence and Quantum Entanglement are explained quite clearly, and tie in nicely with the idea that our perceptions of UFO’s may be cultural, in that it’s what we think we see when we are really coming into contact with Fifth Dimension experience, that directly relates to the Fairy Circles and Witch Winds of yesteryear.
        The reviewer must admit his almost-total ignorance of crop circles. Beyond watching a few movies and looking appreciably at the many beautiful pictures of crop circles, this world remained a blurry one.
     However, after reading The New Circlemakers, doors in the reviewers mind are opened. Connections in the brain are made and more knowledge added.
     This book is highly recommended for crop circle enthusiasts, hardened Cerealogists and anyone wishing to gain a deeper understanding of the phenomenon, as well as some of the possible answers to the eternal question, ‘Are we alone?’