by Gurucharan Singh Khalsa, Ph.D. Dear Friends, I write this with deep sadness and tears at John’s passing and with even deeper appreciation to know and love him during his life. My prayers and support go to each of you. I received the news while in our annual international meetings here in New Mexico. I […]
Continue ReadingRemembrance of John E. Mack, M.D.: Budd Hopkins
Budd Hopkins interviewed by George Noory on Coast to Coast AM, September 28, 2004 John Mack and Budd Hopkins together at the UFO Congress awards ceremony (Feb 9, 2002); photo by Stuart Conway. George Noory: A sad moment to bring you aboard, Budd, but I knew how close that John Mack was to you and […]
Continue ReadingRemembrance of John E. Mack, M.D.: Stuart Davis
With Love, to John Mack… by Stuart Davis September 30, 2004 song of the day: Universe Communion / for John Mack word of the day: lococession / place for giving (noun, 1656 -1656) i found out late last night that my dear friend John Mack has passed, he was apparently killed by a drunk driver in […]
Continue ReadingIg Nobel Psychology Prize Statement in Memory of John E. Mack, M.D.
by David Jacobs, Ph.D. Annals of Improbable Research October 01, 2004 We are sad to report the passing, on Monday last, of Dr. John Mack. Dr. Mack shared the 1993 Ig Nobel Psychology Prize with David Jacobs. The citation said they were honored for their leaping conclusion that people who believe they were kidnapped by […]
Continue ReadingLaurance Rockefeller, early funder of Dr. Mack’s work, dies at 94
Front to Back: Laurance Rockefeller, John Mack, Trish Pfeiffer, Whitley Strieber July 11, 2004 – Laurance Rockfeller, an early funder of Dr. John Mack’s research into alien encounters, has passed away. Read the full obituary notice at the New York Times: www.nytimes.com Excerpt: Laurance Rockefeller, the middle brother of the five prominent and philanthropic grandsons […]
Continue ReadingAnnouncement of John E Mack Institute
June 14, 2004 As long time friends, colleagues and associates of Dr. John E. Mack, Harvard Medical School professor of psychiatry and Pulitzer Prize-winning author, we are delighted to announce the birth of the new John E Mack Institute. Effectively immediately, the Center for Psychology and Social Change, which Dr. Mack established in 1983, is […]
Continue ReadingHarvard researcher (not John Mack) publishes study on “experiencers” of alien contact
June 29, 2004 Harvard psychologist Richard J McNally has published a study of “experiencers” of alien contact in the journal Psychological Science, Vol 15, No. 7, pp. 493-497. Harvard psychologist Richard J McNally has published a study of “experiencers” of alien contact in the journal Psychological Science. The National Institute of Discovery Science (NIDS) obtained permission to […]
Continue ReadingTOUCHED wins best documentary at Female Eye Film Festival, Toronto
December 14, 2003 — Local filmmaker Laurel Chiten’s documentary “Touched,” about Harvard psychiatrist-turned-philosopher John Mack and “experiencers” of alien contact, won best documentary at the Female Eye Film Festival in Toronto earlier this month. This was the film’s first festival and first award. The Female Eye Film Festival (FeFF) is a Toronto based international independent […]
Continue ReadingRemembrance of John E. Mack, M.D.: Stanislav Grof
Originally published as “Reflections on Breathwork and Alien Encounter Experiences: Stan Grof’s Recollections”, by Stanislav Grof, M.D., The Inner Door, vol. 15, no. 3, August 2003. The full length article (not available here) includes statements from John E. Mack, M.D. and Elizabeth Gibson, in addition to the recollections of Stan Grof, M.D. John and I […]
Continue ReadingDr. Mack Responds to Psychology Today Article
By John E. Mack, M.D. Dear Friends/List, I cannot comment directly on what was said in the Psychology Today article, for, like many people in this and related fields, the distortions of positions and outright misquoting is so rampant in most mainstream articles on these subjects that it is impossible to “set the record straight.” […]
Continue ReadingTerrorism and Consciousness Explored by Dr. John Mack in Noetic Sciences Magazine
June 2, 2003 The Institute of Noetic Sciences (IONS) June quarterly science magazine, IONS REVIEW, includes an article on terrorism and its link to consciousness and worldviews. In this difficult time of violent chaos and widespread outburst of hatred and destruction, is it possible to search beyond the acts of evil to gain an understanding […]
Continue ReadingSpirituality and Reality: New Perspectives on Global Issues, vol. 2 no. 2 in press
March 26, 2003 The mission of our UN program is to bring spiritual values to global issues. Our representative, Nancy Roof, Ph.D., has an announcement: Spirituality and Reality: New Perspectives on Global Issues, vol. 2 no. 2 is now at the printer and will be available in about a week. It presents an introduction of Spiral Dynamics and […]
Continue ReadingAlien ‘abductees’ show real symptoms; meaning of results in dispute
Feb 17, 2003 – At the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in Denver, Harvard researcher Richard J. McNally presented data which established that the physiological response from memories of “alien encounter” experiences may be as pronounced as the response from any reality known to be true. This has significant […]
Continue ReadingProgram for Extraordinary Experience Research (PEER)
This project has been completed When we created the Program for Extraordinary Experience Research (PEER) in 1993, we gave careful thought to the selection of our name and articulation of our purpose. “Extraordinary experiences”, as some have wondered, was not merely a euphemism for “alien encounter experiences.” We envisioned PEER as a place for supportive […]
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