Update:
May, 2003
Episodes
1-4 are now complete and are being shipped out. The series is
starting to pick up sales steam. I thought we had the logistics
gremlins beaten back once and for all, but they are still engaged
in sporadic guerilla warfare. If any of you have ordered
the series and still not received it, please let me know by
email and cc.
Chance Gardner (chance@magicalegypt.com) so that we can get
your order to you.
Update:
January, 2003 If
you ordered our Magical Egypt series either on DVD or VHS and
have not yet received your order, please email cabel@magicalegypt.com.
We
ran into quite incredible difficulties with the fulfillment
house we hired. First they lost the shipment of DVDs we sent
to them, but stalled us for over a month, claiming that it was
being shipped out. When we finally found out what had happened,
we fired them, but they were demanding payment for what they
hadn't done. When we refused to pay, they retained our database,
which we still can't get back from them. (We're in litigation
at the moment). We've been trying to reconstruct the database
through the various credit card companies, and shipping people
their long-delayed DVDs. But we still don't have all the names,
and it's often only when we're informed that a shipment hasn't
arrived that we're able to make good. If that's you, let us
know.
That
said, we think we've finally got the gremlins on the run. Episodes
II & III are finished and ready to ship out. The feedback
so far has been glowing from people who've received their orders.
A series of major ads starts on cable channels soon and the
signs are good for a substantial success. See the website
newly
revised and updated, for an introduction to this totally original
series on Egypt.
Update:
April, 2002
I'm
pleased to announce the launch of a new project - something
genuinely new under the sun. My friend Chance Gardner is a graphics
artist, working with state-of-the art technology in virtual
reality and 3D animation. Over theyears he's designed hgh end
trailers, commercials, logos and the like for Fox, Paramount,
Real and other major Hollywood clients. But his real interest
lie in esoteric/metaphysical/hermetic realms.
A
couple of years ago he contacted me suggesting that we do a
joint project, a comprehensive virtual tour of symbolist Egypt.
It is this that is now available. It is like nothing you have
ever seen before about Egypt. Short of actually taking one of
my trips (still the recommended introduction to this astonishing
civilization) it provides a more satisfactory introduction to
Egypt than anything else in print or on video.
To
get a good idea of what it's about, pull up www.magicalegypt.com.
This is a website designed to introduce and promote the project
and it will speak for itself -- that is if you can pull it up.
To do this successfully, you will need a fairly recent computer
and a fast connection, otherwise it will take forever to download
and navigating around may not be easy or even possible. We are
thinking about preparing a model T version for those without
the necessay bells and whistles to at least give an inkling
of the project, but this isn't up yet.. So, if interested, go
to the URL and see what you think.
