Chapter X
The Education of a BelieverIt had been over a month before I could go back into
the Andes Mountains to see Rama again. Just as she had
predicted, the day I arrived back in Lima I was asked by
my people in the United States to make arrangements
for my supervisor to fly to Lima, Peru.
I had been astounded by the accuracy of her predic
tion. This, of course, blew my July 15th court appear
ance. I did what I could to work out another court date,
because when I failed to appear, I knew a warrant for my
arrest would automatically be issued and I would be
arrested as soon as I set foot in California.
On July 18th, my supervisor arrived in Lima to
straighten out the mess created by some of our Peruvian
investors. To complicate matters even further, on July
27th, the Peruvian government took over the news
media, slapping tight censorship control over all tele
vision, newspaper and magazine reporting of the news
events. Even worse, a curfew was put into effect and the
military police began to stop and question foreigners.
Finally, on August 7th, my supervisor returned to the
United States. He requested that I stay in Peru for at
least another two months to insure our business inter
ests in Peru went as planned.
My biggest problem was with our Peruvian investors,
a bunch of hard-heads who could turn the smallest
assignment into a complicated mess. Everyone was
haggling over the casting and credits for the movie. The
whole situation was extremely difficult and depressing.
During this time, I managed to find some time to do a
great deal of reading, and practiced my astral projection.
I asked my people in the United States to send me several
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