"Have you ever," he inquired hesitantly of Yossarian ... "been in a situation which you felt you had been in before, even though you knew you were experiencing it for the first time?" Yossarian nodded perfunctorily, and the chaplain's breath quickened in anticipation as he made ready to join his … [Read more...]
A UFO “Epidemic”? – “Extraterrestrial Vampires” and the Coronavirus
The answer, in my opinion, is no. The question, in case you've forgotten, is the one I posed at the end of my blog post two weeks ago. "Shall we speak of an 'epidemic' of chupa chupas, vampire-like 'suckers' that rise from the sea and attack from the sky," as a model for understanding the spate … [Read more...]
Albert Bender’s “Flying Saucers and the Three Men” – An Atheistic Contact Story
"Do you believe in God?" "That is a creation of your people on Earth. You have strange races and colors in your people, and many languages are spoken, but it seems that all your peoples have had the desire to worship something during their evolution. They, growing like small children, wanted to … [Read more...]
This Year 2019 – UFOs, Donald Trump, Greta Thunberg
"Fast away the old year passes ..." "Looking forward to the new year?" the receptionist asked me. We were in one of the doctor's offices where I've spent more of my time this past year than I would have liked. "Sure am!" I replied, in the same sprightly tone. But then the truth-teller … [Read more...]
“Invisible Companions,” Imaginary Friends, and J. Bradley Wigger
J. Bradley Wigger. Invisible Companions: Encounters with Imaginary Friends, Gods, Ancestors, and Angels. Stanford University Press, 2019. (This review was written for the website of the Society for Psychical Research, www.spr.ac.uk, and published there on December 9.) It’s the stuff of an … [Read more...]
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