Elvis and his UFO connection

Elvis and his UFO connection

Elvis and his UFO connection

Long a pop culture joke of Elvis connected to UFO's in song and lore, it turns out that Elvis actually does have a strong UFO connection.  Although raised as an only child, Elvis's twin was stillborn 30 minutes before he was delivered.   That event haunted Elvis, and led to the King of rock and roll having an extensive collection of paranormal, occult, and UFO books  which traveled with the King wherever he went, much to the chagrin of Col Tom Parker.  A well circulated story was Elvis met strange aliens when he was a boy and showed him a man in a white suit which sounds like the iconic white jump suit of legend.

If aliens and 'UFO's' are manifestations of the ultraterrestrials ala John Keel, it would make sense that they would have a vested interest in Elvis Presley.   His embrace of black music, and shocking sexual innuendo would light the fuse for rock and roll, racial culture awareness, politics, and every aspect of celebrity decades later and beyond.  Who knows?  Maybe those old sun records have a literal paranormal UFO connection of the man who changed society with rock and roll.

I would be remiss if I didn't mention my fun little book on this and other strange aspects called 'Elvis in the UFO and other weirdness' on amazon in print and for kindle...

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Nikola Tesla, scientist or warlock?

energy from a tesla coil

Few deny the technology that maverick scientist Nikola Tesla brought to the masses.  His alternating current is now the standard of energy around the world, and his inventions run the line from particle weapons to wireless energy transmission.  While rival Thomas Edison acquired the title 'wizard of menelo park' could Tesla actually make a claim to the title of wizard?

maverick scientist Tesla

Tesla was afflicted by a strange illness where he could see something in his mind as a three dimensional object such as design for his tesla coils and make it run in his mind and watch it work in real time.  This strange malady has more in common with virtual reality or the concept of visualize magic where you visual something and thereby by ritual of spells materialize some form of magic or creature (noted UFO researcher John Keel argued that visitations and bigfoot had more in common with elemental summoning than a prehistoric man).

Tesla died in obscurity, and rumors of particle weapons, and strange devices to harness energy and communicate to alien worlds began as soon as his research papers 'vanished' after his death.  Could the warlock Tesla have some otherworldly incantations in those papers of calculus and energy measurement?

The Monkey man of Delhi

The Monkey man of Delhi

Monkey man of Delhi

 In May of 2001, reports of a strange monster surfaced in India.  By most accounts, it was a biped monkey man with a metal helmet, claws, glowing red eyes, and a chest with some device that had lights on it.  Panic swept the country as hysteria gripped the population.  People were trampled and some reports of deaths from frightened folks escaping this monster.  Some claimed it was a botched science experiment, and others claimed it was mass hysteria.  Yet the question remains, what was the monkey man monster in India?

I'm hazarding a guess this is a manifestation of 'ultraterrestrial' energy into a monster concept from maverick UFO investigator John Keel.  It was a concept he most famously connected to the mothman sightings out of point pleasant, and it was Keel thoughts to describe things such as Bigfoot or the Loch Ness Monster.  Essentially the 'monster' winks into our universe from other dimensions stays for a time, and then either returns back from where it came from or dissolve back from the energy that created it.  It does seem to be a connection to the famous 'Mothman' or 'Jersey Devil' in that it is a strange creature which seems to defy any normal description. 

Keel in his book, The Eighth Tower, wonders if these monsters which populate the globe with endless variety point to an otherworldly intelligence behind it.  One of the strange patterns Keel found is that monsters and UFO's were spotted more on Wednesdays than any other day.  One more connection of strangeness and unexplained in regards to monsters and UFO circles.  I'm looking to see if there was a Men in Black or MIB connection with the monkey man monster.

Is there something to the monkey man terror of India?  Only with more research can the answer be released.

Mission Control, there is a Santa Claus - Video Dailymotion

My film about aliens on the moon, psychics, and NASA coverups is on dailymotion.

Mission Control, there is a Santa Claus - Video Dailymotion
Mission Control, there is a Santa Claus by goatboyfilms

Monsters of the UFO is now on Amazon!

My book, Monsters of the UFO, which goes into the weird world of the link between the paranormal and UFO's is available on Amazon in book or kindle format.  I explore the loch ness monster, men in black, and the ideas of Keel and Holiday. Click on the pic for more information.

My paranormal UFO encounter (from 'Monsters of the UFO)

  This is an excerpt from my book, Monsters of the UFO, which should be available world wide very soon.

My paranormal UFO encounter

I would be remiss if I didn't include my encounter with a UFO that delved into the weird paranormal realm.  My wife and I were walking to a parking garage when we both spotted something out of the ordinary.  It seemed at first like an odd shaped plane flying in an odd pattern when I realized something was definitely off about it.  I quickly grabbed my pocket HD mini camcorder and fixing the object's position near a lamp post.  I remember following the object keeping it in the view finder and talking to my wife as we observed the flight of the strange object.  Quickly the object went out of sight, and I was confident I had some concrete evidence of what we had seen.

I was shocked and surprised on the playback there was nothing to be seen.

Baffled by this, I still uploaded the video onto youtube.  I was mystified by disappearance of the object.  Did I imagine it?  My wife and I both saw the object and I remember taking the time to use the lamp post as a reference point for the path of the object.  Ironically, you can still hear the audio of us talking about the object where there is nothing on the video playback.

Only later after dealing with the strange concepts of UFOs, and monsters of the UFO from the ideas of Holiday, Keel, and Swann could I go back to my strange UFO video and look at it differently.  The concept is UFO's, men in black, bigfoot, and sea serpents such as the Loch Ness Monster are in effect paranormal things that can wink in and out of our existence and come from dimensions beyond our comprehension.  Thus the hundred of years of eye witness testimony of strange creatures, and aerial phenomenon that could now be called UFO's with modern ideas and pop culture.  Yet other than shaky evidence, nothing solid to back up the eye witness accounts.

If UFO's and other creatures of the UFO are truly paranormal things connecting worlds, perhaps we 'saw' the object either by some form of telepathy, but the technology of the camcorder simply isn't sensitive enough to capture something that could be flittering about the dimensions.  One of the frustrating aspects of the monsters from the UFO is the lack of concrete proof that cannot be replicated in laboratory conditions, and so like my camcorder footage...its subjective proof which is only backed up by personal accounts.  Perhaps with more advancements in science and detections can we truly see monsters of the UFO.

For the blog UFO Blur zone, I've also included the link to the video I took that day...

Battlestar Galactica and the MIB evolution

Battlestar Galactica and the MIB evolution

machines completely mimic man

In UFO circles, we you mention MIB(Men in Black), you usually get a knowing look and the archetype of a silencer pops in mind of who or what a MIB is regards to the UFO mythos.  A dark skinned man or woman who flashes some dubious government badge, and is usually there to pressure the witness or researcher into silence.  Other traits of this archetype are cars that are usually out of fashion yet look factory new, and something 'off' about them as if they are learning our culture and habits for the first time.  There is something odd, paranormal, or even mechanical about this MIB that alerts a person something is very very wrong.

While this archetype is with us, I believe there must be an evolution to the MIB to become more agile to blend into society, and the end goal would be a much harder time to spot the MIB.  The ultimate goal of repression and silence is still there, but the method would be more refined then mere bullying, but rather a subversion of witnesses and work of UFO researchers.

In the remake of the classic science fiction show, Battlestar Galactica, the main crux and problem is that the mechanical antagonists of humanity, the cylons, have now evolved to the point where they are completely impossible to tell if they are human or cylon.  Thus the question of what is humanity is posed by the show and the episode arcs.  To connect that to the MIB, if they are evolving to the point of blending effortlessly into society, it now more and more difficult to spot them and their sinister agenda.

In regards to the MIB, there is more truth than fiction in this science fiction show.

After the series ended its run, the cast was invited and gave a speech to the united nations.  Widely ridiculed and lampooned by the popular press, one can't help draw parallels to then President Ronald Reagan speaking about his 'science fiction fantasy' that aliens were among us, and that this threat would galvanize the human race against such an alien foe.

Perhaps, there is something more being broadcast in science fiction then mere episodes or story arcs of favorite characters.  Perhaps a warning against the aliens in our midst.

Mission Control, there is a Santa Claus

Mission Control, there is a Santa Claus

I recently put together a non fiction film about the possibility of aliens on the moon.  The topic is a hot button topic with some in the UFO research field, and involves cover ups and disinformation from NASA and other space programs.  Are there aliens on the moon?  Did something else cause the Apollo program to abandon Apollo 18's flight?  Check out the film, and it's available on the embedded link below.

Occult Secrets of the UFO
I have a book about the UFO occult connection.  From the 'space brothers' of the early era of the flying saucer era to 'channeling' of NASA scientists in the race to the moon, there has been an occult connection to the moon.  If folks are interested, check out the picture/link to the book.  I plan on making a follow up book later this year.

Ingo Swann's strange telepathy

Ingo Swann's strange telepathy

Ingo's book which first run printing can run up to 1000 dollars

The late Ingo Swann, one of the first members of the then classified 'stargate' project, decided to use his method of coordinate based remote viewing on something other than mundane objects.  Ingo as a lark decided to do a telepathic target of the planet Jupiter, and noted of the ring of Jupiter and other anomalies that were later confirmed by NASA pioneer probe.  This feat attracted some in the intelligence field, and his strange journey was documented in his book, Penetration.

one of the architects of remote viewing, Ingo Swann

After this feat, he was contacted by the mysterious 'Axelrod' who asked him to do remote readings.  Supposedly Swann did a read of the moon, and to his shock and horror found a huge number of aliens and their structures on the far side of the moon.  Swann also noted that the creatures were also psionic.  Later interactions with Axelrod from an attractive brunette female in a Los Angles grocery story under watch made Swann realize that the visitors are already here in many forms, and that their natural foes are the people who have the ability to harness human telepathy.

Stargate was a project with the CIA that was later disbanded

Swann goes into a fairly detailed reason why the truth is hidden about the moon, and of course the 'aliens' in our midst.  In a weird way, Swann describes a scenario not unlike the nightmarish film, They Live, by filmmaker John Carpenter.  In that film, aliens are hidden among us, all the while suppressing us to the real horror.  While noted as a social commentary of the consumer driven 80's, some like Swann say there is more closer to reality than believed.

aliens in 'they live'

When his book came out, Swann was subject to ridicule until much later it was revealed by declassified information he really was on the CIA payroll as a part of the stargate project.  Just how much of Penetration is true is up to the reader to decide, and Swann said he has no proof of Axelrod due to the G men exercises of eliminating all evidence.  I guess if there is any truth to the book, people should start harvesting their ability to see beyond and watch out for any striking curvy brunettes in the vegetable isle.

If you are interested in reading his work, click here...

the paranormal Bigfoot?

The paranormal Bigfoot?

Bigfoot...creature or something more?

One of the most enduring legends is of a wild hairy creatures that roams the mountain sides and forests world wide.  Some call it the Yeti, the Grey man, or most commonly Bigfoot.  Outside of footprints, and some marginal evidence, the only evidence is first hand sightings.  No remains of Bigfoot, or of any droppings, has yet to pass rigorous scientific testing.  So the basic conflict is there, how can you account for the many sightings of the creature spanning hundreds of years, across the globe, and yet outside of the alleged Patterson film no concrete evidence?

Enter F. W. Holiday's basic idea of the 'phantom menagerie' from his book, the Goblin universe.  Holiday believes after studies the loch ness monster, and other alleged creatures that they may be more of a paranormal creation.  He believes like Jung, that UFO's are not machines from other worlds, but rather paranormal entities.  That the loch ness monster, big foot, and men in black could be paranormal things more akin to medieval demons, and could originate in other dimensions..'winking' into our world at will.  Of course, this is only a theory and unless there is some strong collaborating evidence to support Holiday, it still remains outside mainstream scientific thought.

some say men in black are actually otherworldly things

 Still, perhaps the Bigfoot has more in common with the boogeyman or ghosts then previously thought.  Only with more research can the answer be found.

Loch Ness Monster, paranormal worm from beyond?

Loch Ness Monster, paranormal worm from beyond?

Loch ness monster in a recent sighting?

The Loch Ness monster, or 'Nessie' has become a staple of popular culture, and has been the subject of several hi tech searches of the murky waters to capture or spot the monster.  Some say Nessie is a hidden dinosaur, and others say it is a hoax with many delusional people seeing the sea monster.  The fact remains, outside of folklore, sighting and shaky photo evidence, nothing concrete is there about Nessie.  Could there be a more bizarre and other worldly explanation to the existence of the Loch Ness Monster?

Are dragons a myth or something more otherworldly?

Enter paranormal investor, F.W. Holiday, and his book 'The dragon and the disc' which concludes that the stories of the Loch Ness monster point out to a real creature, yet it was also connected the UFO mythos of sea serpents from other worlds...other dimensions.

connecting the 'orm with UFO and paranormal mythos

He supports the idea that nessie may be a paranormal creature that is associated with magic, and points out that notorious magician Aliester Crowley had a house on the shore of Loch Ness, and he was rumored to summon a dragon worm to the Loch which ended in failure for Crowley, and this failure began to mark the decline of the warlock.

Crowley is rumored to summon a great worm from beyond

Is Nessie lurking in the waters, or is it something connected to the UFO mythos of men in black, aliens, telepathy, and worms from beyond?  Only with more research can the answer be found.

Harry Potter's wizard chess

Harry Potter and friends engage in wizard's chess

In this fictional world of Harry Potter, there is a game along with quiddich called wizard's chess which is training for young wizards to hone their power.  What is surprising is that there is actually a modified chess game which allegedly used the game to both instruct and channel the occult.  Chess as a game has an unclear origin, but most believe it was a cross breed of european, hebrew, and some Asian games.  A favorite of nobility...chess became the game of kings, and has retained a mystical aura from its beginnings to modern times.

The modern magic movement started in the late 1800's with the hemetic order of the golden dawn, and they adopted and modified the enochian magic system of occult astrologer John Dee who was an important part of Queen Elizabeth I.

Royal magician of the court, John Dee

S.L. Macgregor Mathers, Leader of the Golden Dawn finished the wizard chess rules of Dee into the form where it could played as both divination and as a regular game of strategy.  The order was in demand in Ireland at the turn of the century bringing in artistic persons such as the poet Yeats.

Mathers on right performing the rites of Isis

Ultimately the order was broken up by Mather's friendship with infamous Aliester Crowley, who evoked such antagonism Yeats and others who found him and his spells repugnant.  Ultimately, the enochian chess is still taught and played today, a complex chess variation that may or may not have the power of divination. 

Enochian chess game

magic 8 ball and the occult connection

magic 8 ball, and it's occult connection

Everyone has dabbled with the magic 8 ball at least once.  A crystal ball novelty toy with a free floating die in a blue dissolved fluid with 20 possible answers from 'yes' to 'reply hazy'.  What is less known is that this novelty toy has roots in automatic writing and spiritualism.  Albert C. Carter, son of a medium from Cincinnati, created the prototype for the magic 8 ball or as it was known The Syco-Seer, and was based on his mother's automatic writings devices.

Syco seer variation called the Syco-slate late 40's

Carter approached storekeeper Max Levinson, and together they created the novelty devices for his shop and acquired the patent for the syco seer.  Levinson and his brother in law modified the original patent into something Though the original syco seer didn't grab the national attention, the revamped product caught the attention of Chicago's Brunswick Billiards, and in 1950 they commissioned  a version in the form of a traditional black and white 8-ball.

Like automatic writing, the magic 8 ball is novelty device that will give an answer to someone's question.  They concentrate on the question, shake the ball, and a random answer will foretell the future.  The magic eight ball also has some ties to the ancient fortune telling method of tossing coins called, I ching.  Now, a part of popular culture, Carter's device has achieved a fame even he could not see with his pocket fortune teller.

President Nixon, terrorism, and the soothsayer

President Nixon, terrorism, and the soothsayer



President Nixon who believed in psychic Jeane Dixon

 In this post 9/11 world, many don't realize that most of the nation's infrastructure to antiterrorism had its origin with President Nixon and the soothsayer, celebrity psychic Jeane Dixon.  At that point in her career, Dixon had made several psychic claims that had come to pass (notably the assassination of President Kennedy).   Dixon was well known, and was a consultant to several presidents.

astrologer and psychic Jeane Dixon

In 1949, she predicted Nixon would become president, most scoffed at the idea, but it came to pass that Nixon had indeed become the president of the United States.  Some of her predictions did not pan out, but some of them actually came true to her predictions.  It was this sometimes positive result, that some in power secretly consulted her.  Dixon was a cause of chagrin to the Reagan administration since Nancy Reagan would openly consult Dixon about the travel plans for President Reagan.  Some allege the famous nuclear treaty with Russia was signed on a day that Dixon said would work for President Reagan.

President Reagan and first lady Nancy Reagan

Recent information has come out that then president Nixon actually took her vision of a terrorism attack seriously, and from her prediction Nixon established the first nation anti terrorism committee.  Nixon had a comfortable relationship with Dixon, and he nicknamed her the soothsayer and would listen to her input on a number of the events of the day.

After the murder of Israeli athletes at the 1972 Munich olympic games, she had predicted a terrorist attack would happen in the united states, and Nixon over the protests of Henry Kissinger created the first 'counterterrorism committee'.  The attack never happened, but the first meetings of how to deal with such an event first happened in the white house under President Nixon.

It a strange fact, that the counter terrorism efforts of the United States would be created in response to a prophetic dream vision of washington seer Jeane Dixon.

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silenced by the men in black?

Silenced by the men in black?

the sinister men in black

When you think of men in black, you automatically think of Will Smith and others fighting alien hordes in a broad comedy.  Most reports of the real men in black are anything but comedic or pleasant, and usually involve weird men in black flashing nebulous government ids and driving brand new model cars completely in black to put pressure on any UFO witnesses.  There are numerous examples of men in black intimidation, but I'll focus on one incident involving the infamous mothman sightings of point pleasant.

sketch of the mothman

In the mid to late sixities in the sleepy town of point pleasant, sightings of an enormous creature with piercing red eyes were coming in at a frantic rate, the press dubbed the creature 'the mothman'. Quickly adding to the hysteria were the arrival of the mysterious men in black.  Mary Hyre, reporter for the nearby The Athens Messenger had done several stories about the mysterious mothman and its connection with old abandoned TNT munitions plant outside of point pleasant. 

Soon she reported she was followed by dark automobiles, and was paid a visit by mysterious men in black who pressured her to drop her work with the mothman.  Mary refused to be intimitaded by her visitors and they left.  Soon after, Mary had passed away of a heart ailment, even though she had no history of heart problems.

Was Mary silenced by the men in black?  Mary's close friend, paranormal writer John Keel, hinted that Mary had hit upon some fantastic connection with the mothman, and was silenced by the sinister men in black.  Adding fuel to the mystery was complete disappearance of the mothman creature from point pleasant.  Just what was the supposed creature is now guesswork of history, and Mary's 'explosive' story was snuffed out just like the woman who perhaps got too close to the truth.

The third eye

The third eye

Belief in human's potential to interact with the higher or spiritual realm sometimes focuses upon the concept of the third eye.  The idea is someplace in the space on your forehead is a sleeping eye awaiting to open to a newer and deeper reality.  Sometimes known as the third chakra in Indian religions, the third eye also has a signifigance to bring a person closer to another plane of existence.  There is belief that the third eye can let the person see auras, or give them the ability to read minds.

In some UFO circles, there is conjecture that this third eye is also a connection with other dimensional creatures that may be the 'aliens' of the flying saucers and UFOs.  It is true after the first modern sightings of UFO in the 1940's, there was an explosion of 'contact' stories of aliens, usually Nordic looking creatures who would contact people about the connection with aliens.  The people with elaborate contact stories were usually to a person, occultists who dabbled in channelling and the idea of the third eye took on a ways and means of contacting the creatures from beyond.  The blurring between the UFO and some proto new age thought had already taken root in some parts of popular culture.

It's easy to be amused by these claims, until you realize that the father of the Saturn V and most modern rocket engine designs from combat to science, Wernher Von Braun, always claimed that when they were working on the V-2 rockets for Nazi germany, that the scientists used channeling as a ways and means to gather knowledge from the others from the unknown beyond.  With this secret knowledge, designs from the V2 rocket were perfected until the Saturn V would take men to the moon years later.

Apollo rocket scientist and channeler Wernher Von Braun

Perhaps 'the others' helped rocket design plans via the third eye.

Silence The Cloud buster

Silence The Cloud buster

The Cloud Buster at work

Few scientists ever had as much controversy as Wilhelm Reich.  Once a promising disciple of Freud, Reich branched into his theories about the unconscious, sexuality, and new sciences, he eventually got in trouble with FDA, who promptly ordered his machines and written works to be burned in bonfires.  To some, his death was not 'natural causes' since he was due to be released within weeks of his imprisionment, but rather a coordinated efforted to keep 'the Cloud buster' quiet.

Reich's main work before Orgone was the seminal book, 'The Mass psychology of Facism', which explored the effect Hitler had on the german population.  He was well respected by academia, and had a promising career in analysis like Freud, and Jung.  At this juncture, Reich established his own theory of the unconscious called Orgone, which in a nutshell said the libido wasn't a state of mind but a cosmic energy of blue that came from all people. Just how this quasi proto star wars 'force' idea came from the analysis is an interesting progression.

It started off with his theory of orgone, which essentially is the life force of all creatures (which started off a lot like the 'id' of Freud, but with Reich was the reason of all diseases and neurotic problems, orgone needed complete sexual release from people or they would armor themselves with neurotic to eventual physical problems).  To that end, Reich started experimenting with strange devices to harvest and collect orgone.  Driven from most countries, he eventually did work in America.  Reich, was his own worst enemy, with his paranoid theories about 'communists in America's elite' bent on discrediting him and his work.  He started more elaborate an exotic machines to harvest the 'good' Orgone and the evil 'T-bacilli'...his theories took on possible engines with orgone.

He could claim he could create rain with his futuristic looking orgone transmitters, and allegedly provided dought relief to farmers.  Other devices could be space weapons with orgone, and he also believed collectors that could allegedly slow down the progress of cancer in some patients.  A reporter for The New Republic, Mildred Bradley. did  a piece on him, saying that machines could cure cancer (Reich didn't claim that), and played up the idea of a scientist who was measuring couples having sex for some kind of perverted science.  Some believe this was a smear piece to exaggerate the findings of Orgone and cast Reich as a pervert scientist who claimed he could cure cancer with Orgone. 

the article that brought down the cloud buster

It was that claim, that Reich finally got afoul of the U.S. government, and with a quick show trial, the cloud buster was jailed.  His work and machines mostly destroyed, and despite the claims his mail was opened and he feared for his life, most ignored Reich.  Was the cloud buster silenced for his work?

Oddly enough the story of Wilhelm Reich was told loosely in a Kate Bush music video 'Cloudbusting' with actor Donald Sutherland as 'Reich'.

Recently, there has been a rediscovering of his work.  Reich was years before the idea of wholistic healing and the idea of the mind, life force, or orgone is only now being considered by science.  It is a tragedy that most of his work on an alleged new science that had lofty goals for the advancement of humanity was consumed by government book burnings.

Thomas Edison, the first ghost buster

Thomas Edison, ghost buster

When you think of inventor Thomas Edison, you think of the light bulb, the phonograph, and any one of his amazing inventions which are still a part of modern society.  It was no wonder that he acquired the title 'the wizard of menlo park' with his invention of the electric light.  What people don't realize is that Edison also took to finding a way to contact the dead with a device full footed in science.

Thomas Edison working on an invention

Spiritualism was the craze then, and it usually centered on a 'sensitive' who could bridge our world and the other world of ghosts.  The problem was, and still is, that the evidence is completely subjective on who the sensitive is, and to enter the realm of respected science it had to pass the idea of 'repeatable experiments' in a lab, and under laboratory conditions.  The field of spiritualism became a field of fakers, hustlers, and con artists who would use crude 'proof' such as ectoplasm photographs and the like to bilk people hoping to contact the dead.  This led a backlash to the spiritualism movement, where popular magician Houdini would devote a segment of his show to showcasing the fraud in most mediums.

one of the early photo fakes which was passed off as legit contact

Enter Thomas Edison.  He believed if there was a way to confirm the world of ghosts, it could be done with science and technology.  He announced with great fan fare of his intention to make a device to contact the dead.  Edison worked on the concept and device with his usual intense drive, but with no results he reluctantly said he could not create the device(although some believe it was a strange combination of radio/electric phonograph).  There the story ended, right?

Not quite.  Although Edison himself never completed the device, some say he did and was 'dissuaded' by some in power to suppress his work.  Like the electric light, Edison's efforts are still in the field of parapsychology with the idea of EVP...Electronic voice phenomenon.  Originally the idea was to place a radio reciever in a section of 'white noise' and with electronic recordings you could pick the voices of places and things from other places, other times.  This idea moved into recording sessions where an interviewer would ask to the spirits in haunted locations and with special playback, you could confirm that there was a reply from otherworldy sources.  While still not embraced by the scientific community, EVP is a step in the right direction of gathering evidence of the beyond, and perhaps with new technology and more methods to ferret out fraud, perhaps we can discover the answer the timeless question, what is the next world?

A news segment about EVP

Edison Death Machine
I would be remiss if I didn't mention the Edison Death Machine by ZP films.  I mentioned the Edison device to filmmaker George Bonilla, I was pushing a story called spooky action...that never got anywhere, but George really liked the idea of Edison's machine and came up with the script for Edison Death Machine.  I got to help out as the assistant director on the film, and it was a fun experience working on the film. It's available at various stores right now, and worth a look.

for more info go to ZP international website.

www.zpmovies.com 

edison death machine trailer

Jedi knights and alien abduction

Jedi knights and alien abduction

When you see a star wars movie, the image of a brave and noble jedi knight who uses the power of his mind along his/her skills with a light saber to save the day.  The mind powers sometimes manifest itself in controlling or influencing 'weaker' minds.  In a weird way, the Jedi are connected to alien hypnosis therapy of unlocking hidden or tramautic memories with hypnotism.

jedi knights

When hypnosis first made the rounds, it was known as mesmerism after Franz Mesmer who believed his cures were the result of animal magnetism.  It was all the rage of France until it reached a blacklash from the science establishment which then decried mesmerism a fraud and a pseudo science with Mesmer and other practioners of mesmerism banished to fringe edge of science.  Only years later was the science of mesmerism given proper research under respected Scottish doctor James Braid and the practice and science of hypnosis was born.  Braid dealt more with the effects of suggestion on the human mind, and disposed of the carny aspects of mesmerism.

Franz Mesmer, first Jedi knight

Hypnosis is a means where a person could be placed into a trance, and the subconcious mind could be influenced by commands.  Seemingly miracles could be performed by people under the hypnotic state.  People could remember previous lives to minute details, perform feats of strength, and recall things with fantastic detail.  There was also some research that people could influence others without commands being spoken (my emphasis), only by suggestion in their own mind.  This aspect would be explored later with mind control and power experiments in the cold war era via government research during the cold war era.  Most notably the 'stargate' program to develop remote spy viewing from the CIA research labs.

Hypnosis is used sometimes with alien abductees to retrieve 'lost' or hidden information from their experience.  The idea is that when they are taken about a UFO, and the aliens have somehow wiped their memories of the experience and only with hypnosis can the truth of what happened be revealed.  The evidence is subjective both on the subject and the qualifications of the hypnosist (one of the main criticisms of this evidence is the witness could be 'led' to construct the situation by the therapist).  As it stands, we are only beginning to understand the human mind and some of the processes of hypnosis is still a mystery to this day.  The process of hypnosis was critical to the first modern alien abduction case of Betty and Barney Hill.  This case has more evidence to back the claims of the Hills, and the hypnosis therapy session is extremely disturbing (the therapist would not play these tapes to the Hills until after several months...one listen and you can see why).

Led Zeppelin, magic and aliens

Led Zeppelin is one of the first supergroups of rock...a combination of blues, folk, rock, and eastern music that still resonates in popular music and culture.  What is lesser known is guitarist Jimmy Page interest in occultist Aliester Crowley.  During Zeppelin's heyday Page would buy items about Crowley culminating in buying his house off of Loch Ness.  The first printings of Led Zeppelin III, had the motto 'Do what thou will' which was the beginning part of Crowley's magic invocation, so the career of Crowley in a weird way shadowed the mega stardom of rock's most famous group mirroring the same tragedies of crowley as well.

Jimmy Page

How Led Zeppelin is connected to UFO culture is a interesting connection.

Crowley's infamous 'Lam' spell has alien and UFO connections. 


Crowley created his spell at the house which eventually was bought years later by Jimmy Page. Some say the otherworldly creature that eerily mirrors the 'grey aliens' decades later haunted the place.  Fellow occultist and avant garde filmmaker Kenneth Anger worked on a film called 'Lucifer rising' which Page did the music at the Crowley mansion.  Ultimately, it was shelved from Page's erratic behavior from drugs, and touring. 

There is speak of aliens and UFOs are actually other dimensional creatures and that 'magic' was a ways and means to invite such creatures into our world.  Famous beat writer William Burroughs interviewed Page for Crawdaddy, and mentioned his impression of Led Zeppelin was steeped into some magic of some sort.  Perhaps stairway to heaven could be a calling a stairway of a different kind?  The invitation to Kashmir, an invite to the otherworldly as well?