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People of the Web: What Indian Mounds, Ancient Rituals, and Stone Circles Tell Us About Modern UFO Abductions, Apparitions, and the Near Death Experience
A highly acclaimed cult classic leading from a Native American pipe ritual held at the base of a large mound to the finding that mystical experiences and paranormal phenomena stem from an interaction between brain chemistry and magnetic fields. Carl Jung's theories of archetypes are employed to explain the manifestation of physical phenomena into reality during rituals. Much of the field of ufology is debunked in this book, however, the finding that something very real is at the core of UFO reports is made. The Cheyenne massum ceremony is explained as a means of evoking the appearance of physical archetypes including fairies, angels, and glowing apparitions.
229 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1990
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January 26, 2024
A breezy read that is not so much academic as sounding like your hippie uncle telling you about all the supernatural things in life he finds credible.
Cool to have some oddball American lore sites and burial mounds to look up--getting on youtube with the events and edifices mentioned in this book proved a good time, somewhat of a regional best-of. Jersey devil! UFO sightings! Incredible mounds!
It is heartening that, while some content feels too over the top, it is mixed with stats and historical context that graduated from speculation in 1991 to "likely" in 2024. For instance, the baffling number of Native American deaths resulting from European arrival in the Americas. It seems the researcher who said "56 million" was hardly listened to in '91.
Two thirds of the way through, Little starts talking about how reality works, where energy beings live, how dimensions overlap, and the reader says - "whoa-ho. He's really going for it now."
Fans of Robert Anton Wilson will find this in a similar vein, but less academic, less smartass. More amateur, not necessarily in a bad way.
Cool to have some oddball American lore sites and burial mounds to look up--getting on youtube with the events and edifices mentioned in this book proved a good time, somewhat of a regional best-of. Jersey devil! UFO sightings! Incredible mounds!
It is heartening that, while some content feels too over the top, it is mixed with stats and historical context that graduated from speculation in 1991 to "likely" in 2024. For instance, the baffling number of Native American deaths resulting from European arrival in the Americas. It seems the researcher who said "56 million" was hardly listened to in '91.
Two thirds of the way through, Little starts talking about how reality works, where energy beings live, how dimensions overlap, and the reader says - "whoa-ho. He's really going for it now."
Fans of Robert Anton Wilson will find this in a similar vein, but less academic, less smartass. More amateur, not necessarily in a bad way.
March 26, 2020
A large and interesting amount of evidence is presented. Yet I did not read of a convincing discussion linking all into the authors theory of cause.
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