Well, I'm finally back at blogging after some brief travel. I had meant to go into the third group that would use UFO beliefs as propaganda, but to be honest, I'm more interested now in the next trajectory. For those who are curious, I may go back to this in detail....
Alien Abduction
Can Non-Christians Appeal to Jesus for Deliverance from Alien Abductions?
Dave Ruffino posted a good comment to the recent thread on "Stopping Abductions with Prayer." For those who haven't been following the comments, here's the part of Dave's post I want to focus on: The one thing that I really wanted to touch upon though is what some of...
The Passing of a True Minister You've Likely Never Heard of
I just heard of the passing of Dr. Tom Hawkins yesterday. Those who follow this blog of who have read The Facade have likely not heard of Tom, but he figures in the novel and his work will again constitute part of the plot line of the sequel. Tom spent the better part...
Short Article on Sleep Paralysis
It starts about half way down the page at this link. Personally, I think it is very likely that sleep paralysis explains a lot of "abduction" experiences. Anyone acquainted with the literature, though, will know it doesn't explain many experiences, though. Editor's...
Articles 8 Through 14 from Psychological Inquiry
Here are the rest of the articles: 8. Alleged Alien Abductions: False Memories, Hypnosis, and Fantasy Proneness. By: Lynn, Steven Jay; Kirsch, Irving I.. Psychological Inquiry, 1996, Vol. 7 Issue 2, p151, 5p; Abstract Comments on the article 'Toward an Explanation of...
MK-ULTRA Settlement in the News
The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) recently ran this headline (both the title and sub-title are noteworthy): Federal government quietly compensates daughter of brainwashing experiments victim Lawsuit filed after The Fifth Estate re-aired documentary about Dr....
The Betty and Barney Hill Case: More Reasons to Disbelieve
Robert Schaeffer's recent post on the Hill case is worth a close read: Dr. Simon Reveals his Real Thoughts on the Hill "UFO Abduction" Case. In the post Schaeffer provides new documentation as to the inconsistencies of the Hill testimony, including evidence that the...
Hypnosis in Interrogation: A CIA Paper
Hat tip to Jack Brewer at the UFO Trail for this item. Very interesting. The link above leads to a paper on the CIA website. The paper is marked: " "APPROVED FOR RELEASE: CIA HISTORICAL REVIEW PROGRAM: 22 SEPT 93." The paper sections are: Nature of Hypnosis Hypnosis...
4th and 5th Articles from Psychological Inquiry
I'm going to take these two at a time to speed up going through this issue (and to get you the articles). My next post will be about the contents of the third and fourth articles, but I will likely skip any comments on the fifth article. Here are # 4 and # 5: 4. On...
Joe Jordan on Abductions and Spiritual Warfare
Follow this link to an MP3 file of a very recent interview of Joe Jordan on this subject. Joe, as you recall, was one of the central figures of the Roswell session that Greg Bishop blogged about dealing with deliverance from abductions via the name of Jesus. We...
Not Your Typical Mainstream Media Yuck-fest: Newsweek Special Edition on the Search for Alien Life
Alejandro Rojas has a short description of the recent special edition of Newsweek. Here's his first paragraph: Newsweek recently released a special edition magazine titled Life Beyond Earth? The Mission to Find the Answer, and while one might expect it to be dominated...