"The single most important thing to understand is that in most cases of startling coincidences it is impossible to make even a rough estimate of their probability. They are what mathematicians call problems that are not 'well formed.'" --Martin Gardner, The Wreck of the Titanic Foretold? How … [Read more...]
J. Allen Hynek and Halley’s Comet
This is a PS to last week's post on astronomer and UFOlogist J. Allen Hynek, which I was working on when a story about Hynek's last days came to mind. I looked the story up in Keith Thompson's book Angels and Aliens (Fawcett Columbine, 1991), and found it to be fully as powerful and moving as I'd … [Read more...]
Truth with Meaning – The Quest of J. Allen Hynek
Last week's post, on Jeff Kripal's Mutants & Mystics, has called forth thoughtful responses from a long-time reader named Ross, and from Jeff himself. Both took issue with my (very qualified) endorsement of the view expressed by Lester del Rey, that materialist science's transformation of our … [Read more...]
From Superman to Whitley Strieber – Reflections on a “Super-Story”
"I am not denying the obvious. I am simply suggesting that there is also a 'secret life' to Superman that extends far, far beyond his latest incarnation and 'descent' (or crash landing) into American pop culture." --Jeffrey J. Kripal It takes a big book to encompass between the same two covers … [Read more...]
Metatron – the Mutant, the Mystic (Part 2)
(This is a continuation of last week's post.) "Look at the Youth who comes forth from behind the throne to greet you! Do not prostrate yourself before him, even though his crown is like his King's crown, his shoes like his King's shoes, his robe like his King's robe." These words, taken from … [Read more...]
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