No, it's not my idea. It was Jonathan Eibeschuetz, the "heretic rabbi" of 18th-century Prague, who came up with it. I discovered this a few months ago, while surfing the Hebrew-language Web. I came upon an article by one Noah Zevuluni, published in an Israeli newspaper in August 1962--right … [Read more...]
The “Box of Crazy,” UFOs, and Ezekiel’s Vision (Part 2)
Read some of what's been posted to the Web about the "Box of Crazy," the amazing cache of artwork and miscellaneous papers discovered--in 2008, supposedly--by the side of a road near Asheville, NC. You'll find it said that the centerpiece of the collection is a hyper-dramatic UFO sighting that … [Read more...]
The “Box of Crazy,” UFOs, and Ezekiel’s Vision (Part 1)
William Blake, move over. As illustrator of Ezekiel's "chariot" vision--"merkabah" to the ancients, "UFO" to some moderns--you've met your match. Well, maybe not really. Blake's loopy genius is and will forever remain unique. But if the drawings in what's being called the "Box of Crazy"--a … [Read more...]
Conspiracy Theories and Jesse Walker – I Have Met the Conspirator and He Is Me
Review of Jesse Walker, The United States of Paranoia: A Conspiracy Theory. HarperCollins, 2013. Conspiracy theories make me nervous. I've been the star attraction in too many of them. Not me personally, you understand. But as a Jew, I periodically emerge as an ex officio plotter against … [Read more...]
“Outtakes of a UFO Investigator” – The Story Concluded
“Barney Hill, the black man who joined together that which custom had strictly divided, died on February 25, 1969. He died without knowing that his harrowing experience, of helpless and terrified captivity in the dead and deathly hours of the night, had buried itself like some alien seed in the … [Read more...]
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