Deep Weird The Varieties Of High Strangeness Experience

Author : Jack Hunter
Publisher : August Night Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2023-01-31
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 1786772248

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Deep Weird: The Varieties of High Strangeness Experience by Jack Hunter Pdf

This book is about the stranger reaches of extraordinary experience research. In these pages an intrepid cast of writers, investigators and academics explore the complexities of extraordinary experience, and consider why it is that some of the most unusual experiential reports - what we might call 'high strangeness' experiences - come to be neglected, even in what is already a relatively fringe field of inquiry. The aversion to the most unusual forms of extraordinary experience has resulted in a gulf between the kinds of experiences discussed in the academic parapsychological literature and those experiences discussed by Fortean and popular paranormal researchers, who have more frequently been able to discuss a broader range of extraordinary experiential accounts - from UFO encounters to Bigfoot and fairy sightings, and everything in between. Notwithstanding this divide, there are significant themes that run throughout the established academic literature on religious and extraordinary experience, the parapsychological literature, and the canon of popular paranormal research. These similarities suggest that even the most unusual experiences, which are often ignored in academic research, contain elements that connect them to other forms of extraordinary experience that are more broadly accepted, such as certain kinds of spiritual, mystical, religious and other paranormal experiences. This book is an exploration of the possibility that the 'highly strange' might well be a core underlying feature of extraordinary experiences more generally, and that instead of being neglected, 'high strangeness' should be granted greater and renewed scholarly and parapsychological attention. Includes contributions from Jeffrey J. Kripal, Jack Hunter, Sharon Hewitt Rawlette, Gregory Shushan, Samantha Lee Treasure, Michael Grosso, Zofia Weaver, Alan Murdie, David Luke, Simon Young, Zelia Edgar, Leonardo Breno Martins, Peter M. Rojcewicz, Barbara A. Fisher, Christopher Diltz, Joshua Cutchin, Anthony Peake, Peter Sjöstedt-Hughes, Susan Demeter and Renée E. Mazinegiizhigo-kwe Bédard.

Author : Michael Brein,Rosemary Ellen Guiley
Publisher : Visionary Living, Inc.
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2018-02-01
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 9781942157267

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The Road to Strange by Michael Brein,Rosemary Ellen Guiley Pdf

Take a trip straight into the heart of one of humanity’s biggest mysteries: the alien presence on Earth! Here are more than 40 true eyewitness accounts, many never-before published, that describe in detail personal encounters with alien beings and their craft. The stories come from all over the world and from witnesses in all walks of life – people just like you. Every story is analyzed by a commentary that explores our involvement with alien beings – and why. Read about: · Astonishing close encounters with craft that defy explanations · Astounding face-to-face experiences with aliens, including abductions · The hybrid human-alien presence on Earth · Men In Black, missing time, time slips and crop circles ThThe Road to Strange: UFOs, Aliens and High Strangeness is simply one of the best UFO books I’ve read in years… Michael Brein and Rosemary Ellen Guiley remain highly focused throughout on delivering readers into unvarnished, highly credible, firsthand witness and/or experiencer testimonies. Each one is followed by an appropriately thoughtful, insightful commentary, all of which reflect clear insights throughout.” – Peter Robbins, author and UFO researcher "All too often, UFO literature keeps the “experts” in control. Finally, here is a book that lets the witnesses describe their experiences, and more importantly, their feelings and how their lives were affected. This volume represents a promising new direction for paranormal study." – Greg Bishop, radio host and author, It Defies Language!

Author : Jack Hunter
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 442 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2015-07-20
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781326360108

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Strange Dimensions by Jack Hunter Pdf

It is from the paranormal's multifaceted nature that the title of this book takes its meaning. Throughout its pages we encounter, time and again, talk of a wide variety of dimensions, levels and layers, from social, cultural, psychological and physiological dimensions, to spiritual, mythic, narrative, symbolic and experiential dimensions, and onwards to other worlds, planes of existence and realms of consciousness. The paranormal is, by its very nature, multidimensional. ""Once again, Jack Hunter takes us down the proverbial rabbit hole, here with the grace, nuance and sheer intelligence of a gifted team of essayists, each working in her or his own way toward new theories of history, consciousness, spirit, the imagination, the parapsychological, and the psychedelic. Another clear sign that there is high hope in high strangeness, and that we are entering a new era of thinking about religion, about mind, about us."" -- Jeffrey J. Kripal, author of Authors of the Impossible: The Paranormal and the Sacred.

Author : Jack Hunter
Publisher : August Night Press
Page : 332 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2019-08-07
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1786771098

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Greening the Paranormal by Jack Hunter Pdf

"Greening the Paranormal" explores parallels between anomalistics and ecology not just for the sake of exploring interesting intersections (of which there are many), but for the essential task of contributing towards a much broader - necessary - change of perspective concerning our relationship to the living planet.

Author : Erik Davis
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 562 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2019-11-05
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781907222870

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High Weirdness by Erik Davis Pdf

An exploration of the emergence of a new psychedelic spirituality in the work of Philip K. Dick, Terence McKenna, and Robert Anton Wilson. A study of the spiritual provocations to be found in the work of Philip K. Dick, Terence McKenna, and Robert Anton Wilson, High Weirdness charts the emergence of a new psychedelic spirituality that arose from the American counterculture of the 1970s. These three authors changed the way millions of readers thought, dreamed, and experienced reality—but how did their writings reflect, as well as shape, the seismic cultural shifts taking place in America? In High Weirdness, Erik Davis—America's leading scholar of high strangeness—examines the published and unpublished writings of these vital, iconoclastic thinkers, as well as their own life-changing mystical experiences. Davis explores the complex lattice of the strange that flowed through America's West Coast at a time of radical technological, political, and social upheaval to present a new theory of the weird as a viable mode for a renewed engagement with reality.

Author : Edited by Jack Hunter
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2012-06-30
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781471653797

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Paranthropology: Anthropological Approaches to the Paranormal by Edited by Jack Hunter Pdf

We are living in a complicated period in relation to our understanding of 'extraordinary' phenomena. Naive materialist approaches are more assertive than ever, in anthropology and in the world more generally. At the same time, the taboos against admitting to the reality of the paranormal are weakening. There is a growing body of writing which takes the paranormal and extraordinary seriously, while bringing to it the same academic standards that any other subject matter would require. This is a valuable and important development, and it helps open the way to new modes of understanding in the sciences and social sciences that will not reject scientific rationality, but expand that rationality so as to include more of the world of human experience. The articles in this Paranthropology reader provide important clues and suggestions, along with rigorous argument, to help us in exploring what is likely to be a major area of anthropological engagement in coming years. Dr.Geoffrey Samuel, Cardiff University.

Author : Tobias Wayland
Publisher : Independently Published
Page : 198 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2021-07-04
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9798530567643

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Strange Tales of the Impossible by Tobias Wayland Pdf

Join investigator Tobias Wayland as he explores unusual phenomena and the commonalities that connect them. From cryptids to UFOs to ghosts and even stranger subjects, he has collected a wide variety of supposedly impossible experiences from The Singular Fortean Society's case files for your perusal. While many consider these events to only exist separately from one another, they may have much more in common than people think.

Author : Jack Hunter,Rachael Ironside
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 249 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2023-03-16
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781000847673

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Folklore, People, and Places by Jack Hunter,Rachael Ironside Pdf

Folklore, People and Place is a contribution towards better understanding the complex interconnectivity of folklore, people and place, across a range of different cultural and geographical contexts. The book showcases a range of international case studies from different cultural and ecological contexts showing how folklore can and does mediate human relationships with people and place. Folklore has traditionally been connected to place, telling tales of the land and the real and imaginary beings that inhabit storied places. These storytelling traditions and practices have endured in a contemporary world, yet the role and value of folklore to people and places has changed. The book explores a broad range of international perspectives and considers how the relationship between folklore, people, and place has evolved for tourists and indigenous communities. It will showcase a range of international case studies from different cultural and ecological contexts showing how folklore can and does mediate human relationships with people and place. By exploring folklore in the context of tourism, this book engages in a critical discussion of the opportunities and challenges of using storied places in destination development. The case studies in the book provide an international perspective on the contemporary value of folklore to people and places engendering reflection on the role of folklore in sustainable tourism strategies. This book will be of interest to students, academics, researchers in fields such as anthropology, folklore, tourism, religious studies, human geography and related disciplines. It will also be of interest to scholars and practitioners of traditional ecological knowledge.

Author : Michael Brein,Rosemary Ellen Guiley
Publisher : Visionary Living, Inc.
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2017-05-15
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 9781942157168

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The Road to Strange by Michael Brein,Rosemary Ellen Guiley Pdf

Travel opens the door to the unknown. When you pack your bags for travel and adventure, you might get more than you expected – a side trip into a phantom world where mysterious things happen. This collection of 44 page-turning original, true stories tells of travelers around the world who are suddenly faced with ghosts, paranormal phenomena, unusual synchronicities, time slips, magic, visions, past-life connections, premonitions, mystical experiences, mysterious figures, and more. Each story has an expert, insightful commentary. Read about: A blood-soaked man who wanders the streets of Paris An angry dead woman who destroys a house Mystical experiences beyond time at sacred sites A gas-pumping ghost in the desert Death curses and devil snakes And much more! “A fascinating book with great commentary. Plenty of interesting stories of earthbound spirits and why they inhabit the dark stairwells of the world.” – David Hatcher Childress, author and owner, Adventures Unlimited Press “The Road to Strange, with its variety of exceptional experiences happening to ordinary people (and the accompanying commentary), is a truly interesting book that makes one wonder about our world and our own experiences. You may find it hard to put down – and you’ll be searching your memory for your own extraordinary happenings.” – Loyd Auerbach, parapsychologist, author, and President, Forever Family Foundation

Author : Nick Pope
Publisher : Dell Publishing Company
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Life on other planets
ISBN : 0440234891

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Open Skies, Closed Minds by Nick Pope Pdf

Fans of the X-Files will likely appreciate this stunning expose of unexplained phenomena and government cover-ups, from a former UFO investigator for the British Ministry of Defense. Pope shares the secrets that he learned investigating and analyzing claims of UFO sightings and their impacts on national security.

Author : Jack Hunter
Publisher : August Night Press
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2020-04-27
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 1786771314

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Spirits, Gods and Magic: An Introduction to the Anthropology of the Supernatural by Jack Hunter Pdf

"Spirits, Gods and Magic" is an introduction to the anthropology of the supernatural. The book features introductory chapters outlining key anthropological perspectives on Shamanism and Spirit Possession, Witchcraft and Magic, and Ghosts, Spirits and Gods.

Author : Michelle Belanger
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2019-12-31
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 165392554X

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Wide World of Weird by Michelle Belanger Pdf

What mysteries await in our weird world? Take a tour of the eerie and the unexplained courtesy of paranormal researcher Michelle Belanger. Collecting over a hundred articles from prior work with publications like the Paranormal Insider, Alternate Perceptions, and Fate Magazine, Belanger explores topics like the Bell Witch, the Hopkinsville Goblins, demonic possession among the nuns of Loudon, UFOs over ancient Egypt and much, much more.

Author : George P. Hansen
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Page : 564 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2001-08-20
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 1462812899

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The Trickster and the Paranormal by George P. Hansen Pdf

Paranormal and supernatural events have been reported for millennia. They have fostered history’s most important cultural transformations (e.g., via the miracles of Moses, Jesus, Mohammed). Paranormal phenomena are frequently portrayed in the world’s greatest art and literature, as well as in popular TV shows and movies. Most adults in the U.S. believe in them. Yet they have a marginal place in modern culture. No university departments are devoted to studying psychic phenomena. In fact, a panoply of scientists now aggressively denounces them. These facts present a deeply puzzling situation. But they become coherent after pondering the trickster figure, an archaic being found worldwide in mythology and folklore. The trickster governs paradox and the irrational, but his messages are concealed. This book draws upon theories of the trickster from anthropology, folklore, sociology, semiotics, and literary criticism. It examines psychic phenomena and UFOs and explains why they are so problematical for science.

Author : Michael Brein
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 722 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2021-10-15
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9798201466848

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The Road to Strange by Michael Brein Pdf

MORE TALES OF UFOS & THE PARANORMAL! The Road to Strange: A Psychic Reader, in this final volume of The Road to Strange series we include even more tales of the weird and the bizarre. Following in the spirit of John Keel and other Fortean writers, Michael Brein continues the tradition of collecting the best of even more startling and amazing true tales of UFOs and aliens, the paranormal, and high strangeness from nearly 2,000 interviews with people he has encountered in his travels all over the world. Maintains Michael, "If but some of these (tales) are true--as plenty of them doubtlessly must be--what are we to make of it all?" Indeed, in this fourth and final book of The Road to Strange series, Michael Brein presents even more compelling cases of the strange that force us to consider that we may just need to expand our paradigms after all to incorporate truths that may be way beyond our current understanding! A Psychic Reader also contains a few surprise exclusive interviews granted to Michael by some of UFOlogy's all-time greats, including Stanton T. Friedman, Dr. Richard F. Haines, Linda M. Howe, Dr. J. Allen Hynek, Dr. Bruce Maccabee, and others. In this final walk along The Road to Strange, we examine an expanded collection of tales of UFOs, the paranormal. and the strange with an in-depth look at even more genres of such subjects. We examine in detail what more we can learn from an expanded look at even more true tales of the truly strange and the unknown. In this book you'll find some very convincing true reports including a wide variety of personal accounts of the paranormal and the strange including UFOs and aliens, ghosts and hauntings, synchronicity, miracles and healings, the mystical and spiritual, déjà vus, past lives and reincarnation, crop circles, macumba and black magic, premonitions and precognitions, out-of-body and near-death experiences, encounters with bigfoot and cryptids, telepathy, mind-over-matter, animal communication, and much more. And true to form, Dr. Michael Brein dons his psychologist, UFOlogist, and parapsychologist hats as he gives his expert and often creative and provocative commentary after each and every account in A Psychic Reader, in his best attempt to increase our knowledge, understanding, and perspectives of these truly perplexing and strange vagaries of human experience.

Author : Laura Knight-Jadczyk
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 440 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2008-12-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1897244436

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High Strangeness by Laura Knight-Jadczyk Pdf