TABLE OF CONTENTS
October 1975
SOCIETY
(Part Four) Money ................................................................................ 2
SOME MEDITATION SYMPTOMS ............................................................................... 4
DISCOVER A NEW WORLD ........................................................................................ 6
PSYCHIC VISIONS OF CHILDREN ............................................................................ 7
Youth page .................................................................................................................. 9
PLANETARY CITIZENSHIP ......................................................................................... 10
ufo international .................................................................................................. 11
What Others Are Saying .................................................................................... 12
Book reviews ............................................................................................................ 17
Bulletin board ........................................................................................................ 19
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VOLUME XX OCTOBER 1975 NUMBER
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Dedicated to the propagation
of a better understanding among all the peoples of the earth, and of those who
are not of earth.
In virtually all modern societies, money is one of the
prime essentials of life. Everyone must manage, in one way or another, to
acquire a certain minimum amount of it if he is to maintain what is considered,
at the time, to be a 'decent standard of living.' Anyone who is totally without
money and is unable to obtain it, is thought of as a 'failure and a burden on
society.'
If complete understanding is to be achieved in the study
of any complex subject, one must begin, as nearly as possible, at the
beginning. Let us therefore imagine a small tropical island where the waters
teem with edible fish, the jungle is full of game, and all sorts of fruit and
vegetables grow freely without cultivation. In short, that all of the basic
requirements of life are present for the taking. If we assume that the entire
population does not exceed a dozen persons, and that no outsiders ever visit
the isle, it is unlikely that any medium of exchange would exist there. While
it is probable that one member of the group would be more agile than the others
in gathering fruit, another might become more adept at catching fish, while a
third might be more successful at hurting, and that each of these individuals
would therefore find himself with a surplus of the particular commodity in
which he specialized, it would be relatively simple to make a direct exchange
of goods or services. There would be no need to create an artificial medium for
such exchanges. The process
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of direct exchange of goods and services is known as the
'Barter System,' and is still in use in some very primitive societies. Such a
system can operate quite successfully so long as there are only a few people
involved and their needs are relatively few and simple. As a community grows in
size and population, however, and as the total
number of goods and services increased, the system would
become difficult and inefficient. The hunter would find that he had less and
less time for hunting because it would require more of his time to locate those
who wished to trade for his meat. All of the rest of the specialists would, of
course, face the same problem. Eventually centers of trade would be
established. Specific locations where all of those who had a surplus of any
commodity could congregate so that exchanges could be made more readily. This
market place would solve a part of the problem of exchange, but there would
still be difficulties. The hunter would discover that the individual who
desired his meat often did not possess the commodity for which he wished to trade,
and that those who did have it had no particular need, at the moment, for his
meat. In order to dispose of his surplus and, at the same time fill his own
needs, a complicated and roundabout series of trades would have to be
undertaken. It would soon be realized that there was a need in the community
for a medium of exchange. A single symbol of value which could represent a
fish, a cut of meat, a basket of fruit or an afternoon's work on a building
project. Sooner or later, a money system of some sort would be evolved, which
would solve some of the community's problems, and bring with it a host of
others.
The object or material which is chosen as a medium of
exchange must be something that is acceptable to everyone. If the fisherman is
to exchange his fish for mere symbols of value, he must be sure that the hunter
and the fruit gatherer will accept these same symbols in exchange for their
product. Suppose that we consider the use of seashells as money in our island
community, as they have been in many other primitive communities. We can
readily see that a particular kind of shell would have to be chosen. One which
was not too plentifully found along the beaches, otherwise the fisherman,
instead of trading his fish for the shells, would find it simpler to walk along
the beach and collect as many as he wished without fishing at all. When we have
chosen a particular variety of shell for use as money, its value in trade will automatically
be determined by its scarcity. If the fisherman, while diligently combing the
beach could find an average of one fish per hour, then two shells would be
equal in value to one fish, since they represent the same amount of human
effort.
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The value of the shells in terms of all other goods or
services would be in ratio to the effort involved. This ratio would hold true
until the total value of the shells in use was equal to the total value of all
the goods and services available. Since the shells have no inherent value, and
are simply symbols of the goods and services which they represent, if, for any
reason, more shells are introduced, the value of each will automatically
decline, and the shell seeker will find that he can get more shells by going
fishing. Thus, if we adopt, as a medium of exchange, an object which has no
intrinsic value, and yet requires a certain amount of human effort to obtain,
we will have a money system which is inherently stable since it is controlled
entirely by law of supply and demand; a natural law that requires no human
agreement or legislation, nor can its workings be long affected by them.
We have attempted here to point out the simplicity of the
ideal basis for the establishment of a stable medium of exchange. Of course the
seashell, while it has been used as money by many primitive peoples, is far
from ideal physically since it is rather fragile, it does not stack well and is
usually rather bulky in proportion to its value. The latter drawback was also present
in the metal coinage system which we will discuss in our next issue.
(This material is extracted from the April 1975 issue of M
A I N (#20) with the special permission of MARK-AGE, 327 N.E. 20 Terrace,
Miami, Fl. 33137. The message was given by Yolanda of Mark-Age on MAM tape #73A
March 3, 1975. For the full message do write for tape or MAIN.)
Various individuals experience different sensations as a
result of their meditations. To familiarize ourselves with the various aspects
we offer the following:
HEAT. Probably the most common feeling in the physical
body is the sensation of heat, a burning sensation over the body even though
the room may be chilly. There usually are no after-effects.
Those who feel the heat concentrated in their hands or
feet are channels of energy, especially energies for healing. As you gain
confidence and experience, direct that heat toward an object, or individual
needing special balancing, healing or spiritual attention.
COLD. Chills are not as frequent as heat sensations, but
the same type of reverse-temperature change can occur when a higher energy or a
new level of experience is reached. Chills may also indicate a
"contact" signal for conscious mental or vocal contact with another
individual not visible on this plane of action.
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MOVEMENT. Involuntary movements of the hands, feet,
rocking of the body, shaking of the head are among the most embarrassing
symptoms in the presence of others. The supreme results of these involuntary
motions are demonstrated in universal sign language, understood in the higher
planes. This can be translated by those who are in the I AM consciousness.
Often the meditator does not know what is being relayed but another in the
group receives the spiritual interpretation.
ENLARGEMENT. Perhaps the most important or evidential
symptom of experiencing your light body or I AM self overshadowing your mortal
self in meditation is when you feel various parts of your body grow larger,
even to the point of being grotesquely so.
CHAKRA ACTIVATION. Another symptom of the higher Self
activating its physical extension is acceleration, excitement, agitation of one
of the seven spiritual centers of the body, related to the endocrine glands.
One of the most common occurrences in this area is the
fast beating of the heart, almost to the point where you feel a heart attack is
imminent. But when the I AM contact is completed all returns to normal.
THROAT ACTIVATION. One of the most common experiences in
this area is the feeling of heat in the throat and mouth as a signal to speak
or to sing. The tongue may move though you emit no sound. Or, the throat or
thyroid chakra may vibrate and throb with the sensation of choking, coughing,
or swallowing with difficulty.
SOUNDS. Perhaps the most enjoyable of meditation
experiences is the hearing of cosmic sounds and music ... sound of bells,
chimes or cosmic notes . . . Another extension of this clairaudience is the
ability to hear the voices of those on other planes giving specific messages or
instructions.
UNKNOWN TONGUES. Some experience in meditation an
un-controllable urge to speak in an unknown language. Some actually receive the
burning fire in tongue, mouth, throat, and speak aloud a series of sounds and
words. The person experiencing the higher energy does not always have the
interpretation of it . . . yet another in the group may receive the
verification in the form of understanding or interpreting what has been said.
CRYING. This is another involuntary and embarrassing
expression. Sometimes this is a cleansing ... causing the conscious or
sub-conscious levels to receive chastisement or correction. But in other cases
the tears flowing can be caused by contact with a higher form or a master of
such elevation that the person is overwhelmed and
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humbled.
SPACE BEAMS. This symptom is both recent and unique. A
space beam is an electromagnetic force field coming from an actual craft which
can materialize from the fourth dimensional frequency to a third dimension,
visible vibration. The feeling is that of a skull cap on the top of the head, a
football helmet over the entire head, or perhaps the feeling of metal clamps
placed over both temples.
The beam may take computer readings of the individual's
brain waves or the meditator may receive thought waves from the beam.
ANSWERS. One of the highest purposes of meditation is to
receive answers. A mark of a successful meditation period is to receive
inspirationally the answer to any unsolved problem or the clue to a new
project.
FALLING ASLEEP. Some of the most highly developed
spiritual people fall asleep during meditations, even when sitting upright on
uncomfortable chairs. . . . It may be a form of receiving which comes to
consciousness for externalized action at another time, under other physical
circumstances.
KNOWING. The highest experience of a spiritual person is
true knowing. In meditation you may just know you are acting as a battery for
another or as a healing agent for energies to be projected or as the balancing
strength in the group for harmony of mind and action.
HAPPINESS. Finally, the purpose for meditating for every
one of us is to feel better, to be happier, to be lifted and exalted to the
state of exhilaration. It is at that moment when your I AM self over-shadows
entirely your mortal being. You know, and you are, that I AM.
You have known for years, of course, that Columbus
discovered the New World on October 12, 1492. Perhaps what you have not known
is that there is a great New World which you can discover-the world within and
around yourself.
Strangely and sadly enough, millions of people go through
life without ever really discovering themselves. As a result they and the world
are all the poorer. Resolve this day to do a Columbus. Discover the vast world
of purpose, power, and potential that is within you.
If some one were to ask you your purpose in life, you
might stutter and splutter for half an hour. Then you might vaguely say that
your purpose is to help people or perpetuate the human race.
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Sure, your purpose is to help people. But do you know in
just what way? According to the Dictionary of Occupational Titles, there are
some 20,000 different vocations. All these are ways by which people serve or
help each other.
Discover your purpose for being, and you will make
the accomplishments of Columbus look like child's play. Find your rightful
place vocationally, and you will discover a world of happiness, personal
satisfaction, and financial reward.
Ever wonder why you may be bored stiff half the time? Even
with all the radio and TV programs, records, books, movies and magazines,
millions of people are completely fed up with life. Once they discover how to
use their time rather than abuse or misuse it, their boredom vanishes.
Radio, TV, movies, and other amusements have their proper
place, but they are not intended as a steady diet for anyone. If you are
spending your leisure purely as a spectator, it is really time you discovered
the wonderful world of creative ability within yourself.
Embark from the banks of boredom and a barren existence.
Discover the joy to be had in whittling wood, sculpturing soap, making models,
baking biscuits, painting portraits, improvising on the piano, or tooling
leather.
Discover the thrills to be had in learning new skills.
Take up typing, tennis, or tatting. Go in for photography, fishing, or fencing.
Learn a foreign language, if communication is your forte.
If you are living on the isle of idleness or loneliness,
join a hobby club, a Golden Age group, a service organization, or some kind of
society where people work, play, and create together. Then you will discover a
new world of fun, friends, fascination, and good feeling.
Evacuate your valley of despondency, despair, and
depression. Discover the new land of living, learning, and uplift that can be
yours through creative endeavor.
What a wonderful thing is imagination! It's the mental
pearl of great price! Through it the composer discovers mountains of musical
magnificence. Through it the inventor, the artist, the author, the architect,
the sculptor-all discover new worlds of wealth and beauty.
Take an hour or so some time and browse through your local
library. Go from floor to floor, shelf to shelf. You will discover a gold mine
of information. Visit a museum and discover the beauty in great works of art.
Attend a lecture-demonstration at a planetarium, and discover for yourself the
mathematical exactness of the movements of the sun, moon, and stars. Discover
the exhilaration and inspiration of a concert, of a great symphony orchestra or
an
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opera performance.
Spiritually speaking, there is a great New World which you
may not have discovered. For example, have you discovered the joy in giving and
sharing? Have you discovered the wonderful feeling that stems from forgiving?
Have you discovered the inner peace which can be yours as
you abandon bias, bigotry, and petty bickering? Have you discovered the
greatness of soul that comes from loving your neighbor as yourself?
Whether you are nine, nineteen, or ninety makes no
difference. You are never too young nor too old to discover the vast world
with-in you-and around you. Let this be the October 12, 1492 in your life. Let today mark the beginning of your age of discovery-the discovery of your
creative ability, your spiritual beauty, and your ocean of opportunity.
RUSSELL J. FORNWALT
James Peterson, 26, "an exceptionally fine teacher
according to his principal," has found that certain children are aware of
colors and imagery invisible to others. According to the report in the San
Francisco, California Examiner-Chronicle of May 4, 1975, Mr. Peter-son has investigated some 150 students, mostly about 7 years old, and of these 15 have
exhibited extra-sensory abilities.
Bea Pixa writes the story of James Peterson, who has been
a student of Meher Baba since 1968 and thus acquainted with the visible auras
of which the children spoke. He professes no extra-sensory abilities personally
but feels strongly that parents and others should not discount what children
tell of seeing. Ridicule has created emotional problems for such children.
However, he does not feel inclined to encourage the children in this area as a
teacher, preferring to be an observer and investigator only.
James Peterson first became aware of the unusual
manifestations when he served as a camp counselor in Pennsylvania, some years
ago. (He now works in Walnut Creek, California.) "Small boys started
telling me they saw colors and lights when they were in the woods. They also
spoke of colors around trees, and around my body. I collected tape recordings
and wanted to pursue this further to see if it was widespread and whether they
would grow out of it."
Children who have such experiences recall having them from
their earliest years, Peterson discovered. Generally the manifestations
disappear by the time the child is nine years old. The internationally,
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celebrated child psychologist, Jean Piaget, spoke of the
child's subjective ego which begins to develop at age 7 and becomes very strong
at age 9. Peterson feels this may account for the phenomena's departure.
"When kids become occupied with their social life, the ability
atrophies," he observes.
The children Peterson has studied include black and white
ghetto children from the Pennsylvania camp, and white upper middle class
M from Walnut Creek. The ability seems to occur equally in
boys and girls from both economic backgrounds, and "the ability seems to
be under no control of the kids. Some see auras all the time, others only o
on rare occasions." He has also noted that the children who have the
unusual experiences often have poor memories and are
easily distracted.
There is a widespread agreement among the children as to
the colors they see, such as red during periods of anger. They also report
seeing similar colors on the body, as white or yellow emanating from fingers,
and orange around the head. They also report reddish colors around tree trunks.
"To me," says Peterson, "what this signifies is that there are
invisible radiations they can see which are not normal-ly visible to the human
eye."
One youngster he studied saw and drew dots on hands which
Peterson felt corresponded roughly with acupuncture points. Another child drew
bands of color around people which resembled the energy fields claimed by
acupuncturists. Another child, on a field trip to the county jail, empty at the
time, later sketched angry bolts of color using black, red and blue crayons,
which she said represented "things" flying around the cells.
Mr. Peterson has classified the phenomena as clairvoyance,
"or clear seeing," and has concluded that they are a "part of a
child's state at a certain time in their life." When he finds such a
youngster he tries to be a person to whom they can talk, for it means much to
the child and his self concept to have some one understand his ,
experiences.
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The Greatest Task
If men of earth gained zest
and skill
to reach the moon in outer
space,
why can they not acquire the
will
to build a finer human race?
-LEONARD B. GRAY
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YOUNGEST MEMBER
Brady Preheim, of our Portland Unit #84, is our youngest
Under-standing member-only 11 years old. But, he has already joined the
Friendship-by-Mail Program and is in correspondence with Jens Holm of Boras, Sweden.
Brady is interested in all space related subjects,
including UFOs; in science generally and computers as well. He has some ESP
ability-he is a very sensitive, human young man.
At his school the class was asked to make a choice from
eight pictures and to write a poem on the subject of his choice. Brady chose
the picture of an elderly woman and a small child. He shares his thoughts with
us.
LOVE
The help of love so nice
and bright.
Friendship so lovely and
light, but precious.
Old and young join together,
With love and compassion
for each other.
Colors reds, and blues so
gay and happy.
Gray, and black, awful and
untrue.
Old and young join
together,
To form one beautiful
people
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FROM SWEDEN
Our eleven-year-old Jens Holm of Sweden has answered our
letter, in which we asked him if he had any UFO sightings to report from Sweden.
He writes:
The closest I have been to an UFO is that my mother,
Gull-Britt Holm, and a friend of hers, May Segren, had an UFO sighting in 1962,
in Kristianstad, in south Sweden.
This happened one year before I was born. My mother told
me that it happened about 8 AM local time, while she and her friend were out
with their dogs. Mother had a Dachshound and May a German Shepherd. All of a
sudden
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the dogs raised their shag and stopped.
They saw a yellow light about 130 feet long and it looked
like a big cheese, seven feet high. It flew by about 50 feet high. It
disappeared behind a big building, and mother and her friend ran to look for
the object but when they arrived at the back of the building, the object was
gone.
The day after mother read in the newspaper that in a town,
a few Swedish miles away, an UFO had been seen.
Jens promises to get more UFO happenings to share with us.
U Thant, former Secretary General of the UN, has said,
"We need to develop a second allegiance . . . First of all to our own
state, and secondly we need to have allegiance to the international community,
represented by this great organization (Planetary Citizen Registry)."
An effort is being made, world-wide, to have individuals
register as "planetary citizens" because they are aware of "an
obligation to create a world order in which man neither has to kill or be
killed."
The concerns of all joined in this international community
are proclaimed in a HUMAN MANIFESTO which reads:
Human life on our planet is in jeopardy.
It is in jeopardy from war that could pulverize the human
habitat. It is in jeopardy from preparations for war that destroy or diminish
the prospects of decent existence.
It is in jeopardy because of the denial of human rights.
It is In jeopardy because the air is being fouled and the
waters and soil are being poisoned.
If these dangers are to be removed and if human
development is to be assured, we the peoples of this planet must accept
obligations to each other and to the generations of human beings to come.
We have the obligation to safeguard the delicate balances
of the natural environment and to develop the world's resources for the human
good.
We have the obligation to free our world of war by
creating an enduring basis for world wide peace.
We have the obligation to place the human interest above
the national interest, and human sovereignty above national sovereignty.' We
have the obligation to make human rights the primary concern of society. We
have the obligation to create a world order in which man neither has to kill or
be killed.
In order to carry out these obligations, we the people of
this world assert our primary allegiance to each other in the family of man. We
declare our individual citizenship in the world community and our support for a
United Nations cap. able of governing our planet in the common human interest.
This world belongs to the people who inhabit it. We have
the right to change
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it, shape it, nurture it.
Life in the universe is unimaginably rare. It must be
protected, respected, cherished.
We pledge our energies and resources of spirit to the
preservation of the human habitat and to the infinite possibilities of human
betterment in our time. Registration is free, a small charge is made for the
quarterly news-letter.
(We suggest that you write for literature if the concept
of Planetary Citizenship is of interest to you. The address: Planetary Citizen
Registry, 63 Sparks St., Ottowa, Canada K1P 5A6)
AUSTRALIAN SIGHTING
(From Australian UFO Bulletin, Victorian UFO Research
Society, Feb. 1975, as quoted in Xenolog, SATCU #97)
A report of a sighting of a UFO which made headlines in
Sept. 1974 is now regarded as one of the best sightings made in Tasmania. The
UFO, which was watched for one hour and 43 minutes by Roger Brooks, a senior
English Master at St. Mary's District School, and Gary Bensemann, a student at
the Northern Division of the Tasmanian College of Advanced Education,
"darted about the night sky, hovered like a helicopter, and flashed coloured
lights."
Mr. Ken Bennetto, officer of the Tasmanian UFO
Investigation Centre, has been checking out the report. The possibilities of
the UFO being an aircraft, planet, or even a temperature inversion, have been
ruled out.
Brooks and Bensemann were walking a dog on Scamander Beach
when they saw an unusual pale yellow light with green and pink lights below it.
The UFO was about 1600 feet (viewed against St. Patrick's Head, which is 1600
feet high and half a mile from the coast). The two observers telephoned Hobart Airport
but learned nothing. They then contacted Mr. Bennetto who gave instructions how
to take sightings and to plot the course.
Through the "rectangular" sighting device, made
of sticks, they watched the UFO hover, move at slow and medium speeds, and at
times very rapidly. Jupiter was clearly visible at the time and aided the men
in making their calculations.
The UFO was described as being four to five times brighter
than Jupiter. It was "an object mainly composed of lights: the brightest
one, pale yellow, was shaped like a dome; beneath that green, pink, and an
occasional white and pale blue light moved from left to right
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around what appeared to be a disc like a plate upturned.
This lower part did not appear solid but rather was an area of light.
It was 10:20 P.M. when the men made their first sighting. The
UFO had been following a diverse path in a northerly direction, but 15 minutes
later it started to move south. The men followed it by car for 8-9 miles. The
night was clear at first, half an hour later clouds began to dim the stars but
the UFO maintained its brightness. About 10:50 the UFO picked up speed along
its southerly course and an hour and a half later was so far away it
"looked like a star."
The men continued their watch until the UFO was lost to
sight through a cloud at 11:50. It reappeared briefly again at 12:02 A.M. It was quite distant then and eventually disappeared.
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HUDSON BAY SIGHTING
(Vancouver Sun, April 10, 1975)
HUDSON BAY, Sask. (CP)- An unidentified flying object has
been seen near a farm west of this west-central Saskatchewan community. A
member of the Hudson Bay RCMP detachment described the UFO as being round with
bright lights.
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UFO CENTER EXPANDING
(South Middlesex Sunday News, July 13, 1975, Framingham, MA 01701)
By ALLEN SPRAGGETT
The Centre for UFO Studies-the world's only scientific
body studying the UFO mystery is going public, you might say.
The Centre, headed by Dr. J. Allen Hynek, astronomy
professor at Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, came into existence
some two years ago and has been busily investigating UFO cases since then.
However, Dr. Hynek says that the Centre "has developed more rapidly than
originally scheduled" and has gained a recognition both from the public
and the scientific community which is causing it to dramatically expand its
scope and activities.
The Centre for UFO Studies (address: Post Office Box 11, North-field,
Illinois) exists because, as Dr. Hynek puts it, "the unexplained content
of many UFO reports from many credible witnesses in many parts of the world
defines a problem and presents a significant mystery. Any phenomenon which has
occupied the thought of so many people for so many years is surely a subject
worthy of scientific
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study."
How vast is the UFO mystery?
Well, here are some items from ufologist Hynek's latest
report. ITEM: There are approximately 600 cases catalogued by the Centre of
"physical traces"-burned areas, broken tree branches, indentations in
the soil, chemical changes in the soil, etc.-associated with UFO sightings. In
one such case, a 40-foot "burned ring" was found in a soybean field in
Iowa after a farmer and two other witnesses re-ported seeing a UFO hover over
the spot. Vegetation in the burned area was "desiccated," in Dr. Hynek's
words, "as though by some sort of death-ray effect."
ITEM: In the fall of 1973 alone, 41 documented cases
occurred in the United States in which "humanoids" (human-like
creatures) were reported associated with UFOs. The Centre has prepared a
scientific study of these cases titled, "1973-Year of the Humanoids."
ITEM: The Centre for UFO Studies is now investigating
numerous cases in which UFOs have affected people, machinery and the
surrounding environment. There is lab analysis of "plants, trees and soil
which appear to have been affected by the presence of the reported UFO; with
the reported effect on cars, radios, television receivers and electrical
systems; and with medical studies of witnesses who have been reportedly
blinded, paralyzed and subject to headaches, nausea, etc."
ITEM: The Centre, besides having the active co-operation
of police forces across the United States, including the FBI, recently received
an expression of interest in such co-operation from the Civil Defense
Preparedness Agency, Department of Defense. Never before has the investigation
of UFOs received such impressive official sanction and support.
The main functions of the Centre for UFO Studies remain:
1. To provide a clearing-house for UFO reports from police
forces and other official agencies as well as the general public; and 2. To
bring together a team of respected scientists from more than a dozen
universities-astronomers, physicists, chemists, psychologists and sociologists who
seriously seek to crack the mystery of what UFOs are and where they come from.
The Centre is financed largely by tax-deductible donations
from individuals.
In his more than 25 years studying UFOs-most of them as
official scientific consultant to the U.S. Air Force-Dr. Hynek says his
attitude has shifted from initial disbelief and even mockery of the subject to
the conviction of the UFO enigma as the key to a vast leap
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forward in man's understanding of the universe and
himself. This is why he has dedicated himself to the pursuit of the UFO enigma.
"When the long awaited solution to the UFO problem comes," says this
veteran ufologist, "I believe that it will be not merely the next small
step in the march of science but a mighty and totally un-expected quantum
jump."
And who knows how suddenly, or unexpectedly, the solution
may come?
Children's
Psychic Powers
(National Enquirer, July 6, 1975)
Hundreds of British "super kids" possess the
same incredible powers as psychic Uri Geller, says a top scientist who studied
a group of them under strict lab-oratory conditions.
Prof. John Taylor reveals that the astonishing children
he's investigated bend metal and plastic, "scrunch" paper clips into
balls and make objects materialize-using only their minds.
"One boy has even exceeded Geller," said Taylor,
a professor of applied mathematics at Kings College, London, who concentrated
on six exceptionally gifted children aged 7 to 17.
"This boy can turn paper clips into the shape of a
dog without touching them. Another can bend metal sealed inside a plastic tube,
and another made a bank note appear inside a sealed plastic cylinder."
When Taylor wrote a book on the strange phenomena-which
was published early this year-he said he knew of 46 British children with
unusual powers similar to Geller's. Today, he estimates the number is at least
10 times as many.
Prof. Taylor told about many otherwise average children who
routinely bend rigid metal bars and cause spoons to fold and crumble -just by
concentration. One of the most bizarre cases in the experiments involved an
English 5-pound note that suddenly materialized inside a sealed container.
Dr. Anthony Smith, a metallurgy PhD from Cambridge
prepared most metal specimens in Prof. Taylor's experiments.
"I'm convinced the Geller effect exists among these
children," he told The ENQUIRER. "I personally watched from just
inches
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away as a 12-year-old girl caused a nickel-plated metal
spoon to snap in half while she was stroking it gently."
Said David Greenwood, 36, a consulting engineer who was
asked to insure that no fraud took place: "I've seen quite a number of
children bending spoons-without touching them. From the scientific point of
view, there's no possibility of fraud." –GranvilleToogood
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Midwest Sighting
(Belleville Telescope, Kan. July 10, 1975)
Early Saturday morning Mrs. Fredrick Boxberger and her
aunt, Kathryn Black, of Russell, were nearly blinded by a bright flying object
which almost hit their car near Larned at dawn. They had left at 4 AM, en route to a family wedding.
"Our eyes hurt and were blurry all day," Mrs.
Boxberger said, upon returning to Russell.
She described the object as dazzling bright, like shining
aluminum. It was shaped like a funnel, and moved from west to east. It went
over the car, so close the women thought it would hit them. They stopped the
car. "It went straight up and was just gone." Both women looked for
lights, sounds or sight of an airplane but the sky was empty.
The object was described as being as big or larger than
their car, like a funnel on its side. It moved at a great rate of speed and
close to the ground.
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Object Sighted
[Medford (Or.) Mail Tribune, July 22, 1975]
Did anybody see anything Sunday night?
The thing-spaceship, flying saucer, natural phenomenon,
government agency experiment-rose over the mountains southeast of Phoenix at
8:45 p.m., according to Leland Kiddle, who lives about a mile from Phoenix
(Oregon).
Kiddle says that at first he thought it was a planet, but
it remained stationary.
He trained 15-power binoculars mounted on a tripod on it
until after 1 a.m. Monday, when he went to bed. Mrs. Kiddle also watched from
time to time.
They made the following observations: that it was
unusually large, that it appeared silver when reflecting the moonlight, that at
one time it apparently turned, that eventually the light went off, but a light
on the ground moved erratically and appeared three times in three hours. The
small light appeared to behave somewhat like a yo-yo on a string, he said.
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One thing it was not. A check was made with the weather
bureau at the airport which says that weather balloons are only flown 4-6 a.m. and 4-6 p.m.
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Fertilizer and Ozone Harm
(Daily Courier, Grants Pass, Or., June 24, 1975)
BOULDER, Colo. (AP)-Nitrogen fertilizers may ultimately cause
more damage than aerosol sprays to the ozone layer which protects the earth
from the sun's most intense ultraviolet rays, a Harvard scientist says.
As the national debate increases over the use of aerosol
sprays containing fluorocarbons such as Freon, Michael McElroy is focusing on
the $8-billion nitrogen fertilizer industry.
"Our abundance of food in the United States depends
in large measure on our chemical industry," he said in an interview
Sunday, noting that nitrogen fertilizers greatly increase crop yield.
However, nitrogen fertilizers trigger a series of chemical
changes which ultimately produce nitric oxide. That chemical eventually finds
its way into the stratosphere containing the protective ozone layer.
An excess of nitric oxide reduces the ozone, and McElroy
thinks it may do three times as much damage as aerosol sprays, based on present
projections of production.
"Philosophically, we are trying to feed too many
people. Nature could have the last laugh, as we eat and die, he said.
He is not predicting doom-but urging research.
If production of man-made nitric oxide continues to expand
at projected levels it will exceed nature's production, and McElroy estimates
it eventually could reduce the ozone layer by 30 per cent, perhaps by the year
2000.
This compares with other scientists' predictions of a 10
per cent reduction of ozone if the 1974 production level of aerosol sprays
using fluorocarbons is stabilized.
Scientists aren't sure what the ozone reduction would
mean, but McElroy says it could disrupt plant life within the sea, food grains
ashore and increase skin cancer among humans.
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New Cancer Treatment
(Grit News, Williamsport, Pa., April 20, 1975)
Researchers are experimenting with a new treatment for
cancer that so far holds hope for victims of this dreaded disease. It is based
on the principle that controlled heat destroys cancer cells but does
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not harm normal cells.
From Scotland comes a report of a hot-wax and hot-air
treatment, given to 85 patients, many with terminal cancer. No cures were
claimed but in some cases the malignancies "melted" away, and many
did get relief from pain, and in some cases tumors stopped growing. One man was
able to work for two years after the treatments.
It had already been known that high fever caused cancer
regressions as well as making cancer cells more vulnerable to treatment by
radiation. But it was difficult and dangerous to artificially produce a fever
which would affect only cancer cells.
Now a method has been devised whereby this may be done.
But there is one danger to the treatment-it may prove too effective, dissolving
such large masses that the waste is too much for the kidneys.
Similar work is being done in the United States. Results
are encouraging but as the treatment is new, many doctors are still skeptical.
SETH SPEAKS
(SETH SPEAKS-The Eternal Validity of the Soul, by Jane
Roberts, 1972. Bantam Books, $1.95. 4B6 pp.)
Because of a lifetime together in Denmark, long ago, as
Seth, Rupert and Joseph, Seth in 1963 came through to Jane Roberts-and her
husband, Robert F. Butts, as they were experimenting with an Ouija Board. At
that time neither had any psychic background, but since then, in some 600
sessions with Seth, they have produced over 6000 pages of typed manuscript. The
first "teachings" were published as SETH MATERIAL. Then, between January 21, 1970 and August 11, 1971, in 80 sessions, Seth authored his own book-SETH
SPEAKS The Eternal Validity of the Soul.
In the text, a bit confusing at the start, Seth always
refers to Jane as Rupert (he) and to Robert as Joseph.
The introduction notes that: "Seth Speaks is all
true, just as Seth dictated it . . . as suspenseful and fascinating as a novel;
as provocative
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as science fiction; as informative and inspirational as
any best seller you will ever read." With this your reviewer thoroughly
agrees. Seth seeks to demonstrate to us that the human personality is
multi-dimensional, and that it exists in many realities at once. Says Jane
Roberts, "Seth may be leading us out of our usual limitations, into
another realm that is ours by right-elemental whether we are in flesh or out of
it. He may be the voice of our combined selves, saying 'while you are conscious
bodies, remember what it was like and will be like to be bodiless, to be
freewheeling energy without a name but with a voice that does not need a
tongue, with a creativity that does not need flesh. We are yourselves, turned
inside out."'
The book is divided into two parts, 22 chapters in all.
Each session is annotated with notes by Robert as to time, place, conditions of
Jane's trance, her speed and emotional tone of delivery as Seth, external
environment, as well as pertinent material on subjects discussed, i.e.,
background of the Essenes.
Seth speaks of himself as an "energy personality
essence," no longer focused in physical form. He explains the nature of
his present "being-ness"; those with whom he is associated; the
several dimensions of reality in which he serves; past experiences and persons
he has known, and of the meeting of the three of them in the past and now.
Other chapters deal with personality experiences at and
after death; love and kinship between personalities and relationships in
various reincarnations. There is a chapter of fascinating revelations as to how
we create our physical realities, as individuals and as, groups; and another on
dreams as entrances to other dimensions of consciousness.
Of the many dissertations offered, not all are new
concepts, but some perspectives are entirely original interpretations of
well-known situations, such as the drama of Christ and the Crucifixion. Seth
speaks of blank or dark spaces of consciousness which man can fill with new
symbols, and he speaks also of the "black holes" of space in the
physical realm.
Among the other subjects considered are ghosts, root
assumptions of civilizations, good and evil, coordinate points on earth with
reference to the ease in the manifestation of thoughts and desire. So much is
given that it is difficult to put down the book at any sitting. Yet, there is
much to ponder, to return you to Seth Speaks again and again, for the book is
really a text, not a science fiction novel. My own copy is filled with marginal
notes for future reflections-yours will be likewise.
C. H.
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RESIDENT POLICIES FOR TONOPAH
The life blood of any organization, institution, center or
agency is growth and development. It is as true for Understanding here at
Tonopah as it is for our country as a whole. Growth and development are based
on tangible resources the most common of which are people, books and money for
this Center. The first two resources named have come easily to us. The latter,
as usual, has been some-thing of a problem. This is true as a rule for any
non-profit, voluntary organization. In an attempt to ease the financial
struggle for these 55 acres of unlimited sunlight and pure air, new policies
have been formulated for those who may wish to come here and share the beauty
of the desert and join in the work of the Center.
They are: 1. Be or become a member of Understanding and
sub-scribe to the magazine published by the organization.
2. Be financially able to donate sufficient sums to cover
the cost of utilities and maintenance of the dwelling site.
3. Take an active part in the work of the Center.
4. Assume individual responsibility for keeping the
premises clean where individual residence has been taken.
5. Keep pets and children from annoying others who reside
on the property, especially keep dogs and other predatory pets out of the
fenced-in area for garden.
6. Approach all problems (opportunities) of living
relationships with an attitude of love and understanding.
7. Apply by letter, phone call or in person for full
de-tails related to residence.
The above became effective the first of August this year.
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TONOPAH NEEDS
A loving Librarian! There is an apartment adjacent to it
and the work is light. There are about 7000 volumes waiting to be cataloged and
kept track of. Salary is probably less than the union would approve of-but the
labor is less than union labor too. Anyone interested, please write.
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