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From: "Julianne Presson" <earthwrk@cyberport.com>
Date: Mon, 16 Dec 1996 04:24:25 -0700
Fwd Date: Mon, 16 Dec 1996 14:51:38 -0500
Subject: Re: 'The Most Authentic Alien Image Ever'
> From: UFO UpDates - Toronto <updates@globalserve.net>
> To: updates@globalserve.net
> Subject: UFO UpDate: Re: 'The Most Authentic Alien Image Ever'
> Date: Sunday, December 15, 1996 11:12 AM
> Date: Sat, 14 Dec 1996 11:51:34 -0500
> From: "Steven J. Powell" <sjpowell@access.digex.net>
> To: UFO UpDates - Toronto <updates@globalserve.net>
> Subject: Re: UFO UpDate: Re: 'The Most Authentic Alien Image Ever'
> References: <2.2.32.19961212082318.00700450@globalserve.net>
> > From: "Clark Hathaway" <earthwrk@cyberport.com>
> > Subject: Re: UFO UpDate: Re: 'The Most Authentic Alien Image Ever'
> > These folks seem to have an extremely difficult time
> > disassociating themselves from the tremendous emotional
> > attachment to their experience.
> Anything as seriously traumatic as this is going to present a whole set
> of separate problems, which is why I think the psychological aspect and
> any related therapy should be separate from any research/investigation.
Well, this opens to the question of whether the therapy should
come before the research.
Another question that comes to mind is how is therapy
administered to treat a problem for which there is no precedent
within the mental health field? To be sure, there has been work
done with those who have been abducted and held against their
will, but these cases involved human captors. The equation is
not the same. I feel that in these regards, those who have
undergone this type of experience and have been able to deal
with the problem successfully, would be of some value here.
> There's no reason why abductees can't be involved in the
> research/investigation but there are some otherwise obvious groundrules
> associated with that. It isn't a crime that one or another person has
> difficulty separating themselves from the phenomenon, I'd be surprised
> if that wasn't pretty much always the case.
I was not referring to disassociating oneself from the phenomena
John, but from the emotional content that came as a result of
the experience. However, that is also another point. One who has
had this type of experience and intends to enter into
research/investigation of abductions and UFOlogy, should become
capable of laying aside any beliefs and/or assumptions that came
about as a result of his/her experience in order to be
effective.
> > That the reported circumstances of these phenomena is fantastic
> > and all but unbelievable is true, but due to the overwhelming
> > numbers it is clear that something exceedingly strange is and
> > has been occurring.
> I'm not so sure how overwhelming the number really are. True, its a lot
> of abductees but they are mostly coming from a very small number of
> abductionists. At any rate, the anecdotal data to date, overwhelming or
> not, is clearly enough to indicates that _something_, rather than
> nothing, is going on.
I will concede that, but it is strange and in my view, real. I
have seen various tentative hypothesis' put forth in an attempt
to explain away these phenomena, but frankly John, I feel that
the majority of these are more strange than the notion of some
type of being whether from across the galaxy or from a slight
phase of reality away from that we are used to perpetrating
these events.
As you know, I have my own idea as to what constitutes these events.
I feel most strongly that it is a mistake as well as quite
possibly constituting a great amount of danger for many in
assuming/believing that these events are perpetrated by beings
from another world across the galaxy. I feel the truth could be
far stranger than that.
> > > That's the only way we'll know that we got it right.
> > Perhaps, but in any event it IS TIME NOW that an honest and
> > totally objective study be made of what is occurring. Our
> > collective future just may depend upon it.
> The time is certainly now rather than later.
I strongly feel the sooner the better.
> > > And that is the filter through which I view every single bit of
> > > ufological and paranormal data. The odd thing is that my approach
> > > causes some skeptics to consider me a believer and it causes some
> > > believers to consider me a skeptic. Go figure...<grin>
> > Honesty is an all too rare commodity during these times. ;-)
> Hahaha!!
> > > > I have included a JPEG of the piece with this message.
> > > Great picture!
> > It IS for sale! <grin>
> I'll mention that in the listing.
Cool! I AM asking $125.00
> > Just think of what a conversation piece it would make hanging in
> > your entryway! <wide evil grin>
> Just think what a conversation piece _I'd_ make hanging in my foyer if
> my wife found out I bought something like that!!!! <GRIN>
ROTFL!
Kindest Regards,
Clarke
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