Christopher Knowles on the Elusive Companion Hypothesis

The Dawn of Man.

Christopher Knowles has coined a new term, The ELUSIVE COMPANION HYPOTHESIS as a way to better articulate the elusive meta-weirdness that surrounds the UFO phenomenon.
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1 hour and 46 minutes long

This term Elusive Companion Hypothesis (ECH) emerged during a series of five excellent posts on THE SECRET SUN. I strongly urge you to read each one of these essays. Trust me on this.

These posts are:
a. My Favorite Nightmares
b. AstroGnostic: Reality Is as Reality Does
c. AstroGnostic: Stanley Kubrick and the Reality Stargate
d. AstroGnostic: Moon-Machines and Mindbombs
e. Ockham, the Occult and the Ultraterrestrials

Stanley Kubrick and Jack Kirby both attempt to redefine the scope of their respective crafts. Each use overtly mythic imagery to bypass the normal pathways, and ends up rewiring a hidden part of our psyche. The stories brought back by alien abductees have the same sweeping power.

From left to right: The Reptilian, the Human and the Nordic. In his blog postings Mr. Knowles expounds on the overt imagery of Jack Kirby's epic comic book THE ETERNALS.

This set of farsighted essays paints a swirling entanglement of UFOs, Jack Kirby, Stanley Kubrick, Arthur C. Clarke, ancient astronauts, synchronicities, The Watchers, science fiction, nightmares, human evolution - and - alien abductees.

I also ask him about a very creepy glowing figure that Chris saw last summer at night with his dog, and this experience is downright (sorry to use the word, but) paranormal!

What does Buzz know that he’s not telling us?

Mr. Knowles speculates that if there's a signal out there, it’s being filtered out. Shamans, occultists, sick children and other thought-criminals seem to pick up on the signal when the stars are all aligned. It's a fleeting state, but it's driven forward our evolution in ways we don't quite understand.

And sometimes, even humble “Joe Normal” gets zapped by this signal on his very own road to Damascus. And even Haywood Floyd got zapped in a 40 foot pit on the moon.

What the?

classic images from a long gone era

Caricature of Dr. J. Allen Hyneck in classic comic book style.

This image is from an amazing series of comic books succinctly titled UFO FLYING SAUCERS. The content is nothing more than the key cases from the UFO literature, with each incident rendered out in a short sequence of traditional illustrated frames. The series began in 1968 (the year of 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY) and ended in 1977 (the year of CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND).

There is something beautiful to the work-a-day craftsmanship of these comic books. Looking at these pages, it saddens me that there ain't really nuthin' new to the way we look at the overall story. No answers, just unanswered questions. Huge thanks to Christopher Knowles at THE SECRET SUN for turning me on to these quintessential images from a long gone era.

Oh how Mac Tonnies would have LOVED these classic images. As a kid, I desperately wanted to draw stuff just like this!

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I was once an art director in a series of ad agencies in New York City. Just so y'know.

Christopher Knowles on AstroGnostic reality

The ultimate trip.

I need to recommend a series of posts on THE SECRET SUN. This multi-part set of essays, written by Christopher Knowles, attempts to unravel nightmares, alien abduction and 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY. Basically, these topics can all be seen under the umbrella of the evolutionary transformation of the human species.

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Read the series in this order, the PREQUEL, Part ONE, Part TWO and Part THREE.

Or, click on THE SECRET SUN, scroll down to the April 25th post, and read your way back up the page to the March 14th essay.

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The first installment of this series of blog postings dealt with the plasticity of memory, focusing on the vivid memories from Mr. Knowles' childhood, these were were either nightmares or hallucinations, many of which had strands of commonality with abduction experiences.

The second part looks at weird strands of commonality within many classic abduction reports, which is to say, pre-Communion, pre-Intruders. As many have pointed out they're remarkably similar to folk stories of encounter with elves and fairies. As Mr. Knowles points out, they have an even stronger similarity to ancient encounters with the Gods.

The third installment looks at Kubrick's masterpiece 2001: A Space Odyssey, the first of the great Hollywood tributes to the ancient engineers. Mr. Knowles argues that none of the symbolic interpretations of the film are as dangerous as what's being presented onscreen. Master manipulator that he was, Kubrick might well have planted all kinds of symbols and distractions while the truly subversive message of the film are hidden in plain sight.

Read Kubrick's own words on attempting to portray an alien otherness using cinema, HERE and HERE.

The great Jack Kirby taps into the psychedelic Noosphere.

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audio conversation with Micah Hanks

Author, blogger, Fortean researcher and bluegrass guitar player.

Micah and I ponder the mystical implications of the Wizard in the Backyard (whatever that means) and lots more.

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2 hours and 17 minutes long

We attempt to untangle a considerable amount of divergent topics, including (but not limited to) the UFO abduction phenomenon, mystical realms, vivid dreams, Nick Redfern, THE CRYPTOTERRESTRIALS by Mac Tonnies, R. Crumb, channeling, the Italian artist Luis Gasparetto, Dr. Leo Sprinkle, Raymond Fowler, sleep paralysis, physical experiences vs ethereal experiences, THE ANDRESSON AFFAIR by Raymond Fowler, Bigfoot, mythology, Brad Steiger, psychic skills, psychics, synchronicity, ghost research, cryptozoology, UFOs and the PSYCHIC FACTOR by Ida Kannenberg, Whitley Strieber’s seminal work COMMUNION and YouTube clip of him promoting that book on Larry King, Loren Colman, Travis Walton and his book FIRE IN THE SKY and how Hollywood distorted his experience, MIND OVER MATTER by Parapsychologist Lloyd Auerbach, THE LONELY SENSE: The Autobiography of a Psychic Detective by Robert Cracknell, MOBY DICK, Archimededs and Merlin, the creative process as a mystical power, spring heel jack as a folk devil - and owls!

Whew!
(book titles noted above in all-CAPS)

Micah is the author of MAGIC, MYSTICISM & the MOLECULE.

This book explores many of the mysteries of human consciousness that have alluded mystics and scholars for centuries. It is an in depth investigation and analyses of the convergence of psychology, the paranormal, and historical mystical practices dating back to the dawn of humanity.

Micah also keeps a blog titled THE GRAILIEN REPORT. A repository of his thoughts and on-going investigations.

the convergence of consciousness and alien abduction

Maureen Puddy with her car at the location of her 1972 experience.

Christopher Knowles posted a very relevant essay on his blog THE SECRET SUN. I'm recommending this perceptive post highly. It's especially interesting to read this in conjunction with my own audio interview with Dr. Janet Colli (below).

Part of his essay includes a report about the Maureen Puddy's close encounter in Australia in the summer of 1972. Mr. Knowles looks into this case with his ever mythic eye.

Something about this really hit me, it's a VERY insightful look at the elusive stuff that's woven into the phenomenon. Stuff that's overlooked, dismissed and ignored. Stuff that makes me miss Mac Tonnies.

A quote from Christopher's blog post:

If this report is to be believed, something was messing with this woman's reality paradigm and it started with a sighting, leading to a string of strange mechanical events. And this is just one story.

Gene Roddenberry lied - Space is not the final frontier. The Mind is.

audio conversation with Dr. Janet Elizabeth Colli

Dr. Colli wrote a book titled book SACRED ENCOUNTERS, and here’s a quote from page 34:

The “subtle realm” is the hidden dimension that shadows the phenomenal world we perceive with our senses. It is the forbidden domain, the realm of angels and aliens. The realm beyond consensus reality.

This got my attention, I've been working hard to try and wrap my mind around exactly these hard to grasp concepts.

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one hour and 36 minutes long

During the interview we ponder the term “subtle realms” as way to describe the indescribable. We attempt to name a place just beyond our grasp and what it might mean. I asked how her patients report their “altered states” of consciousness. Can you try and describe that realm. And how her role as a therapist attempt to re-access these altered states of consciousness?

During the interview I share a personal experience with, what might be, that very strange ALTERED REALITY realm. And follow it up with a funny dream of the UFO in my brother’s garage. And I talk about a VERY vivid dream that culminates with a blue orb floating above my bed.

Dr. Colli is a therapist, and during our conversation I speak quite openly about my dealings with clinical depression. I was very tempted to edit out this section of the interview because it I talk about some very personal stuff. But I really feel that it’s relevant to some of the bigger questions that we attempt to unravel.

I first heard bout Dr. Colli on an audio podcast by Jeremy Vaini back in June of 2008 on his Culture of Contact show. I listened to it again as part of my preparation for my interview. This highly recommended conversation is linked HERE.

About Dr. Colli's book,

“A transfixing exploration of the human side of alien encounters. Entering into the storied lives of two life-long ‘experiencers’ of alien contact, journeying from Dharamsala to the mists of Seattle, Dr. Colli discovers the most important lesson for humankind comes not from the beyond but from within the heart; that compassion is the foundation for understanding even the most ‘alien’ of experiences.”

—Will Bueché,
Archivist, The John E. Mack Institute

For more info, visit Dr. Colli's website HERE.

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Text added March 25th 2013:

Here's a follow up half hour interview with Dr. Colli. I had the honor to sit in as the guest host for Whitley Strieber's on-line subscribers and interview with her. During the follow up interview we talked about the event in the tent with Natascha from 2010.

This conversation seems a little bit like a client and a therapist, where I ask for help and she shares her insights.

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Thanks to Whitley for letting me post this 30-minute interview here on my site. His site is Unknown Country.
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audio conversation with Greg Bishop

Author and conversationalist.

This is a wide ranging conversation that goes all over the map. We attempt to make sense out of some of the more elusive topics in the already confusing realm of the UFO phenomenon.

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2 hours and 2 minutes long

Greg is an author of a UFO book without any UFO's. PROJECT BETA is sub-titled: The Story of Paul Bennewitz, National Security, and the Creation of a Modern UFO Myth. It deals with the confusing issues that arise when the government uses UFOs as an agressive form of disinformation, and how insanity can follow.

And just so y'know, we never really mention the book during this interviw. This seems to proove that Greg is not using my humble blog to try and shamelessly promote his book. That said, I feel strongly that you should go out and buy it.

We also look into Greg's very own UFO sighting from last month. He saw a curious object sit frozen in the sky despite high winds. A report is linked HERE.

As yet unexplained object that hovered in the sky near the coast in Southern California. Sketch made by the witness, the interviewee, Greg Bishop.

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Please NOTE:

I apologize for poor sound quality, the Skype Gods were frowning during our recording session.

audio conversation with Phil Imbrogno

Philip J. Imbrogno is a scientist.

That said, he sure ain’t timid about jumping into some of the deepest waters of the paranormal phenomenon and all its associated weirdness.

This interview is focused mostly on the abduction phenomenon, and how it has evolved over the decades. Plus, we attempt to connect a few dots as to how this phenomenon is intertwined with other paranormal strangeness.

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one hour exactly - and that ain't enough time!

Phil has been a busy guy, and he’s been put three books out in the last year or so, and a fourth is due out in December. He’s been speaking on-line as a way to promote those books and here are some links to a few of the really good interviews (audio podcasts).

Here is a really great two hour interview with Phil on Binnall of America. And a whole series of interviews from THE PARACAST.

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significant FBI documents?

A momentous piece of paper as the smoking-gun? Or more clever disinformation? Click on the image for a hi-res view.

In the last few days the media has been buzzing with news stories concerning the release of FBI UFO files. I am very cautious to get worked up whenever there is a release of nothing more than pieces of paper. I don't really see it as conclusive "proof" anything. Sadly, I have a sorta short attention span for this ominous stuff about government.

Dan Mitchell (of the LUMINOSITY blog) pointed out some details in one document that he found most intriguing. He writes about it in a recent post, linked HERE. He addresses the clues within the text that point to some sort of occult knowledge .

The document is dated July 8th 1947. This is the same day as the infamous headlines in the Roswell Daily Record, the local newspaper. See the image below.

In the elusive document there is a series of numbered points, noted below. I found three of them to be most interesting. Weird stuff for an internal memo, especially from that era.

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Excerpt from the documents pictured above:

4. They are NOT excarnate earth people, but come from their own world.

5. They do NOT come from any "planet" as we use the word, but from an etheric planet which interpenetrates with our own and is not perceptible to us.

8. The region from which they come is NOT the "astral plane" but corresponds to the Lokas or Talus. Students of esoteric matters will understand these terms.

Iconic headline, dated July 8th 1947.

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Additional text added April 18th 2011:

There is something I didn't know at the time of the posting above: these are NOT new releases. ALL the UFO files at the FBI's Vault site were declassified in 1976, and have been on the FBI's original site since that time.

People are assuming that because the FBI's Vault site is new, that the files are therefore newly-released, but they have been used and referenced in dozens of books and articles for at least 30-plus years!

1-2-3-4-5 synchro weirdness

Huh? Not again!

I was digging thru some old stuff on my computer, and found an email from last summer that I thought was really curious. How did I forget about this one! There is a synchronistic intensity to this little incident that I find perfectly fascinating. This email points out the 1:23:45 time count on an MP3 audio file, and how I paused it at random. And, this marks an interesting quote in the dialog.

Here's the (slightly edited) email below:
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On Sat, February 6, 2010, Mike Clelland! wrote:
Subject: 1-2-3-4-5 (time count synch)
To: "Chris Knowles"

Chris,

...This has been a WEIRD day. I listened to you excellent interview with Tim Binnall today. At one point I had to run out to the barn, so I hit pause on the MP3.

When I got back, I noticed the time code was paused at 1:23:45.

This has been a significant number synch for me in the past, so I took note of it. I replayed that section, and here's what you say at EXACTLY that curious time-count:

(you were speaking, quite passionately about Jack Kirby)

"He creates this whole set of characters called the New Gods and they are (exact 1:23:45 time-count) aliens! They are inter-dimensional aliens..."

Now, I don't wanna be overly dramatic, but that is a VERY interesting couple of sentences!

peace,

M!

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Chris Knowles replied:

AWESOME! I saw your comment. Loved its synchronisticy flavor!
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Psychedelic weirdness from the Great Jack Kirby

Just so y'know, this interview with Christopher Knowles on Tim Binnall’s show is really impressive, and I highly recommend listening to the entire thing. I have an obsessive fascination with the present day UFO lore and how it mimics ancient mythology, and my mentors in this are Knowles and Jacques Vallee. And mixing in the berserk comic book genius of Jack Kirby makes my head spin.

This particular synch takes place in PART ONE of a two part interview. Please visit Christopher Knowles' amazing site, THE SECRET SUN.

And - Here's my personal experience with this same curious time-count in a post from 2009.

psychic session with Marisa Ryan

This morning I found an almost forgotten digital audio file on my computer. It was a recorded audio session with myself and a skilled psychic named Marisa Ryan. When I re-listened to it, I was struck by a a few things. First, I was impressed by how accurate she was with her set of insights about me and my on-going weirdness. The other was how freakin' anxious and tormented I sound!

This session with Marisa is just a little over two years old, and my voice from that point in my life seems a lot different than how I'm feeling today. At least I hope so.

I wrote a little bit about this session in a self-reflexive posting from March of '09.

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42 minutes long

The audio features our half hour session, and plenty of editorializing by me as I cut into the dialog. The content features a lot of personal stuff from my end as I attempt to articulate my emotional quandary at that chapter of my life.

is the phenomenon being self-generated?

The Path, whatever that means.

Dan Mitchell (of LUMINOSITY) had single sentence in a recent posting that touched a nerve in me. He wrote:

"This again leaves little doubt that at least in my own case, the phenomenon is being self-generated."

I've had this very same concept rolling in my head in the last few days. I feel like the phenomenon has been manifesting in a way to match my deeply personal set of (dare I say) needs. The direct experience can be truly mystifying, and it can stir-up a lot of self doubt.

It feels like there is a deceptive and elusive mystery unfolding before me, and there is something about the whole thing that I truly like as it urges me further down the path. It's an irresistible puzzle that somehow engages me in a way that exactly matches my own personality.

What is happening? Are there all-knowing beings out there in a hidden realm that can read my mind and understand all it's subtleties? Can these entities tailor my set of experiences so they exactly match what would be most engaging to me and me alone? As nutty as it sounds, this is how it "feels" on some level.

Or could it be something equally bizarre.

Another thought: Is there some part of me, some higher self (of future self, or astral self, or my soul-self) that is reaching outward, and meeting these mysterious entities half-way? Maybe the result is a merging of intentions that is creating these highly tailored experiences in my life? This has the ring of truth too.

Maybe it's all self generated, and there is no outside force at all. As I ponder this concept, it doesn't feel right. I get the distinct impression that there is something very mysterious that is influencing my life.

I am a cartoonist with a playful sense of the absurd. My drawings (and my personality) seem to revel in a sort of warm hearted and mischievous outlook on everything. This statement seems accurate, and I am self-aware enough to feel that saying that is honest. And - curiously enough, my experiences seem to manifest with "plot elements" that match my truest personality quirks.

(An example HERE, and another one HERE)

A mystery is being laid out before me, seductively urging me to follow. And in a very real sense, it is most certainly MY mystery, and MY path alone.

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owl stories

Lilitu With Owls

People send me their owl stories. It's one of the very curious by-products of this blog. The stuff that fills my in-box is fascinating in the extreme. If any readers have any odd experiences with owls, please send 'em to me, I feel a responsibility to play the role of archivist.

hiddenexperience [the "at" symbol] me.com

And, plenty of folks have been posting their own stories on their own blogs, like THIS. And THIS, and THIS, and THIS, and THIS!

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audio reading of LUMINOSITY essay

Super moon from Saturday night, March 19th

This morning I read a blog posting from Dan Mitchell at LUMINOSITY. The events shared in that post absolutly amazed me. As I was reading, I felt totally compelled to record it as an audio essay. So I did.

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27 minutes long

The essay is titled Approaching the Post Human Self, and it describes his first-person experiences the night of the super moon. I created my own post this morning (BELOW) as a shout-out.

QUESTION:

I can link the audio-files two ways. One way is with the BLUE text hyperlink (above) and the other way with this little "player" (below). Any thoughts? Please lemme know.