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Abduction
Human Encounters with Aliens
Harvard professor studies alien abduction
By John Mack
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464 Pages, Mass-Market Paperback
Cover Size: 4 x 7 inches
Ballantine Books
Related listings: Alien Abduction
Date: 1994
ISBN: 0-345-39300-7
Country of Origin: USA
Added to Catalog: 10/29/97
WIRT: 33302433
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Features: Table of Contents, Index, Bibliography, Photo of Author
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Dr. John Mack
is often cited as lending credibility to the abduction phenomenon.
As a Harvard psychology professor, he brings prestigious credentials
to the field, and this book is his best known work.
Unfortunately, Mack seems to have little interest in physical evidence
or in whether or not the claimed abductions actually occurred.
This book consists mainly of thirteen case studies of abductees
(or "experiencers" in the modern lingo),
each of whom tells a dramatic tale.
Without any significant
investigation, however, the stories are just stories.
The best confirmation Mack can come up with is that the witnesses
show no sign of clinical pathology and their
emotional responses are appropriate for their claimed experiences.
(Isn't this also true when people dream?)
In talking about "unseen domains of reality" without many
connections to our earthly one, Mack may be a few too many
steps ahead of the rest of us.
-- Glenn Campbell
Comparison to Other Books
If you are interested in abductions and are already convinced
that the phenomenon is real, this book should probably
be part of your library, especially at the low
paperback price,
but those who are still deciding are
are not going to find much to go on.
Budd Hopkins'
books are probably a better introduction to the
field.
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Publisher's Synopsis
An esteemed professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical
School, and a Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer, Dr. John
Mack never intended to become an expert in the controversial
study of alien abductees. But after investigating over 60 cases
of alien abduction through hundreds of hours of interviews and
treatment, Dr. Mack now presents the mesmerizing tales of alien
encounters revealed by his patients-- none of whom are
mentally ill-- and the profound, surprising and at times deeply
spiritual impact these experiences have has on their lives.
Providing details of alien encounters never before reported or
depicted on the screen, the men and women whose experiences
are related here in unforgettably vivid detail are not extremists
recounting dreams or hallucinations. Rather, as Dr. Mack
reports, they are survivors of harrowing, real-life experiences
that challenge the most basic assumptions that make up our
understanding of our existence and our role in the
universe.
From the Book Cover
THE PROVOCATIVE BESTSELLER--THE MOST
RIVETING ACCOUNT EVER PUBLISHED ON ALIEN
ABDUCTION
PULITZER PRIZE-WINNER
--
John E. Mack, M.D.
"Fascinating, suggestive, and even inspiring."
--The New York Times Book Review
"A TRANSCENDENT, LANDMARK WORK...An
extraordinarily rich and strange mind-expanding book.--Boston
Herald
When respected Harvard psychiatrist John E. Mack, M.D., first
published these astonishing results of four years of intensive
research and investigation into alien abduction, he unleashed a
firestorm of controversy. Now, in this paperback edition, Mack
answers his critics, both believers and skeptics. Mack focuses
on thirteen ordinary Americans (from nearly one hundred case
studies) who tell dramatic, inspiring, and remarkably similar
stories: repeated visits from large-eyed beings, mysterious
machines, telepathy, invasive medical procedures, hours
missing from their lives, and startling messages about the
future....
"Provocative...This book is a challenge to any reader. It raises
questions about how we live on this planet and with each other
that the Western mind and culture will not be able to ignore for
too much longer. It also raises questions about the nature of
reality; of time, space, energy and the true nature of humanness.
It opens the door to a very serious redefinition of life as we
know it."
--Los Angeles Times Book Review
"Strange and disturbing...Something is powering this rash of
abduction claims, making it worth the kind of serious
investigation Mack presents here.--San Francisco Chronicle
"A groundbreaking study...Credible and thought-provoking."
--Publishers Weekly
A FEATURED SELECTION OF THE LITERARY GUILD
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