Lawrence Blair is an English anthropologist, author, explorer and filmmaker. Born in England, he has been a resident of

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for the past 35 years.

Life and career

Lawrence Blair is the writer, presenter and co-producer of the internationally acclaimed TV series ''

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'', an Emmy award nominee and winner of the 1989 National Educational Film and Video Festival Silver Apple awards. Lawrence Blair emigrated from England to Mexico with his parents and his brother Lorne in his early years. He has been a diver in Mexico and

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, a fisherman in Alaska, an actor, a model, a photographer and an interpreter. He earned his PhD at Lancaster University, England with a doctoral thesis exploring and defining the field of psycho-anthropology. He wrote the book ''Rhythms of Vision: The Changing Patterns of Belief'' in 1976 in which he discussed

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, subtle energy, chakras, spiritual

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and many other topics, the book has been compared to the work of the

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Corinne Heline Corinne Heline (née Smith) (aka Corinne Dunklee, Corinne S. Dunklee, and Corinne S. Dunklee Heline) (August 18, 1882 in Atlanta, Georgia – July 26, 1975) was an American author, Christian mystic, and occultist who published 28 books. Biogra ...

and the

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. The book is most well known for first discussing the Hundredth monkey effect.

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was a friend of Blair's and wrote a foreword for the book. Blair starred in the documentary ''

'' which discussed the varieties of

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and earthquake activity around the Pacific Rim. He wrote, co-produced and starred in the five film series documentary called '' Ring of Fire: An Indonesian Odyssey'' which highlights a 10-year exploration of Indonesian

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, an adventure of Lawrence and his brother Lorne. The series was later developed into a book of the same name. Lawrence Blair went on to write and host ''Myth, Magic and Monsters'' a four-Part documentary series, in which he explores the Indonesian archipelago for rare and mysterious creatures, which include reptiles, ocean dwellers and domesticated animals. According to Blair: “There are still undiscovered species and tribes of people out there.” In 2009, Blair appeared in the documentary film ''

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'' in which people around the world were asked the question – "What is God?", Blair answered that God is not a belief and that "Thought is the enemy of the awareness of the presence of god."Article, November, 2009
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Bibliography

*''Rhythms of Vision: The Changing Patterns of Belief'' (1976) *''Ring of Fire: An Indonesia Odyssey'' (2010)

Filmography

*'' Ring of Fire: An Indonesian Odyssey'' (1988 series of five documentary films) *''

'' (1991 documentary film) *''Myth, Magic and Monsters'' (2006 four-part documentary film series) *''Oh My God'' (2009 documentary film) *''Bali - Island of the Dogs'' (2010)

References

External links

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Lawrence Blair
at the

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Blair, Lawrence Living people Alumni of Lancaster University English anthropologists English documentary filmmakers English emigrants to Indonesia Parapsychologists Place of birth missing (living people) Sacred geometry 1942 births British expatriates in Indonesia