Harvard psychiatrist and Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer John E. Mack, M.D., spoke at the Seven Stars book store in his hometown of Cambridge, Massachusetts, earlier this spring (March 2000). Dr. Mack talked about his new book, Passport to the Cosmos, and shared where his journey has taken him in his understanding of the relationship between alien […]
Continue ReadingOn Human Identity
By John E. Mack, M.D. The most important change that is needed by humanity now is to move beyond the boundaries of a limited group identity to a larger sense of being human. When you open self to a connection beyond the material world, beyond the Earth to a larger firmament, to a larger identification […]
Continue ReadingThinking Like a Cancer
By Robert J. Begiebing This is the long-form version of the essay, The Environmental Message of the Aliens A robin redbreast in a cage Puts all Heaven in a rage. A dove-house filled with doves and pigeons Shudders Hell through all its regions. A dog starved at his master’s gate Predicts the ruin of the […]
Continue ReadingThe Golden Thread: Interview with John E. Mack, M.D.
by Christina Zohs GT: You have a new book out called, “Passport to the Cosmos: Human Transformation and Alien Encounters” so before we talk about that, could you tell us a little about your background. John: I’m a psychiatrist trained in adult and child psychiatry and psychoanalysis, but I’ve always had an interest in the […]
Continue ReadingClinical Approaches to Unusual Experiences: Grand Rounds at Cambridge Hospital with Dr. John Mack
February 2, 2000 Psychiatrists and other mental health professionals often see clients whose experiences seem unfamiliar and do not fit the categories of the DSM-IV, the standard manual for psychological diagnoses. Our tendency in such cases may be to treat the experiences as pathological or to force them into categories to which they do not […]
Continue ReadingContact Experience and Ancient Traditions
by Veronica Goodchild, Ph.D. One of the difficulties of the alien encounter experience is trying to convey to others the kind of “place” or “landscape” of these anomalous visitations. Because in the West we are so used to restricting our experience within an empirical scientific worldview, things either happen in a world outside, or we […]
Continue ReadingRemembering the Eternal: Plato’s View of Education in Anomalous Experiences
by Michael E. Zimmerman, Ph.D. People describing the alien encounter experience often say that they receive information of some sort, as if they were being educated about complex topics that may seem crystal clear during the experience, but that may become cloudy or may even seem trivial afterward. The topics are frequently momentous, such as […]
Continue ReadingAliens: A Positive Experience
by Deborah Warren What do people really want when they think about UFOs? According to John Mack’s newest book Passport to the Cosmos, the first thing they want is for their experiences to stop. Only after they realize they have no power to stop the experience do they begin to accept a process that is […]
Continue ReadingQ & A with Dr. John Mack
by Sean Casteel When Pulitzer Prize-winning Harvard psychiatrist Dr. John Mack released his first book on his research into alien abduction, entitled simply Abduction, in 1994, it was major news in many different quarters. That a doctor and author with such impressive credentials should take seriously the stories told by people who claimed to have […]
Continue ReadingJordan Rich interviews John E. Mack, M.D.
By Jordan Rich An interview in support of Dr. Mack’s second book about alien encounters, Passport to the Cosmos (1999), on Boston’s WBZ Newsradio 1030, January 16, 2000. JORDAN RICH: Good evening New England, good evening America. Its 10:07. This is WBZ and Jordan Rich at your service until midnight. And it’s our opportunity to […]
Continue ReadingSpirituality & Global Affairs
This project has been completed Directed by Nancy Roof, Ph.D.. An independent initiative in affiliation with JEMI The mission of Spirituality & Global Affairs is to inform and inspire participation in shaping our emerging global civilization through an integral approach that is based on the interdependence of all life. We encourage and support a comprehensive […]
Continue ReadingDr John Mack in the Arts
A sampling of some artistic endeavors including plays and comic strips that credit, portray, or otherwise make reference to John Mack. Aliens, Ahoy! A Meeting of Abductees, U.F.O. Buffs, and the Curious: A True Story by Roz Chast Roz Chast is an award-winning cartoonist and illustrator whose work has appeared in The New Yorker and other magazines […]
Continue ReadingDr. Mack’s newest book published
December 31, 1999 John E. Mack’s newest book, Passport to the Cosmos: Human Transformation and Alien Encounters, is the culmination of five years of additional research (since 1994’s Abduction) with more than 200 people who have reported encounters with beings often described as aliens (“experiencers”). A trade paperback edition is being released in November 2000. The book […]
Continue ReadingWhitley Strieber Interviews John E. Mack, M.D.
Transcript of a radio interview conducted by New York Times bestselling author Whitley Strieber on Sunday November 14, 1999 on occasion of the publication of Dr. John Mack’s second book on the alien encounter experience, Passport to the Cosmos. You can also listen to this on Whitley Strieber’s official website with a new preface. […]
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