August 21, 2011 – Budd Hopkins has died. On January 10, 1990, Budd Hopkins inscribed these words to John Mack, then a nascent inquirer into the subject of alien encounters: “For John, with every good wish to a future – I hope – colleague.” Today, Sunday August 21, 2011, we remember a pioneer of the […]
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Created by Richard Rivers This project is in limbo — we are moving this project from Current Projects to Completed Projects but it is not in fact complete. Inquiries are welcomed. PlanetEarth.com is building the premier science education website to teach children and adults about sustainable living and engage them in the process of creating […]
Continue Reading“The Priests of High Strangeness”: A Warning About Expectations
January 15, 2011 In “The Priests of High Strangeness”, an essay by Carol Rainey published in the premiere issue of Paratopia (Jan 2011), the author asserts that “The sensational cases published in [Budd] Hopkins’ Intruders and Witnessed, in [David] Jacobs’ Secret Life and The Threat… are not the norm for abduction experiences.” She suggests that Hopkins, her husband of ten years, was too […]
Continue ReadingTranslating the word “Experiencer” into other languages
December 10, 2010 Nuance of meaning retained with newly invented word Recently an Italian website, www.altrogiornale.org, contacted the John E. Mack Institute for permission to translate some of Dr. John Mack’s articles. With consent from the John E. Mack Archives LLC, permission was granted. We asked what word they would use for “experiencer”. “Experiencer” is, after […]
Continue ReadingJohn E. Mack: A Portrait
téphane Allix, INREES [This article is not yet available in English] Stéphane Allix a rencontré John Mack en 2003. Cet éminent psychiatre américain qui inspirera la création de l’INREES, est le premier spécialiste en santé mentale à s’être intéressé sérieusement aux personnes prétendant avoir été « enlevées par des extraterrestres ». John E. Mack est […]
Continue ReadingJEMI observes the passing of Sandra Wright, former board member
December 20, 2009 The current board of the John E. Mack Institute acknowledge the passing of a former board member, Sandra Wright, whom many of us knew as a friend. We honor her dedication to, in her words, “assist global man to better understand the various routes available to enlightenment”. Sandra helped promote this shift […]
Continue ReadingIONS Shift Report 2007: Evidence of a World Transforming
This project has been completed Directed by Diane Powell, M.D. JEMI is co-sponsoring Dr Diane Powell’s efforts to produce IONS annual Transformation of Consciousness report, The Shift Report 2007: Evidence of a World Transforming. The report, available now (April 2007), is an 80 page overview of cutting-edge research, with Dr Powell’s examination of what the […]
Continue ReadingFaculty of Medicine – Memorial Minute: John E. Mack, M.D.
by Edward J. Khantzian, Patricia Carr, Janice Kauffman, Nina Masters, Alec Morgana He considered his life an odyssey a search for inner harmony and meaning that took him beyond himself to an expanding scope of commitment to social issues, scholarship, and the pursuit of clinical excellence. In all of these areas he was a […]
Continue ReadingDriver In Dr John Mack Accident Sentenced
Sentencing of the automobile driver who struck and killed Harvard professor of psychiatry John E. Mack, M.D. on the night of September 27, 2004, took place earlier today in London at the Wood Green Crown Court. Raymond Czechowski, 52, of Elstree, England, had earlier entered a plea of guilty “by careless driving whilst under the […]
Continue ReadingAlien Thinking
by Angela Hind, Pier Productions BBC News, June 8, 2005 Not many scientists are prepared to take tales of alien abduction seriously, but John Mack, a Harvard professor who was killed in a road accident in north London last year, did. Ten years on from a row which nearly lost him his job, hundreds of […]
Continue ReadingReality Check: Alien Encounters
Kate Farmer of the Austrian Broadcasting Corporation (ORF) explores opposing views of alien encounters in this brief episode of “Reality Check”, originally aired in June 2005. Guests are Harvard Medical School psychologist Richard J. McNally and Will Bueché of the John E. Mack Institute. The episode highlights McNally’s endorsement of the longstanding (1980s) theory that […]
Continue ReadingResults of UK Study of Alien Encounter “Experiencers” Previewed
On June 4, 2005 at a confernece in Liverpool, Professor Chris French gave a presentation on the alien abduction study undertaken by him and his team at Goldsmiths College, University of London. On this page we present: French’s abstract (from the soon-to-be-published paper); a comment from the John Mack Institute written in advance of French’s […]
Continue ReadingAndrew Beath’s new book, Consciousness in Action, features John Mack
May 30, 2005 – A conversation from 2001 between Andrew Beath and the late Harvard psychiatrist John E. Mack, M.D. is included in a new book by Andrew Beath. Beath’s conversations with many philosophers weave throughout the book, touching on many subjects. For his part, Mack touches on subjects ranging from Gorbachev to alien encounters. […]
Continue ReadingArchiving effort to save John Mack’s papers underway
April 12, 2005 – As a prolific writer, Dr. John Mack left behind many papers when he passed away – some widely read, others barely known outside of professional circles. One of the initiatives of the John E. Mack Institute is the archiving of his works. We spoke with Will Bueche about this archiving effort, […]
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