“ ‘Giants’ keep cropping up in all parts of the globe: in the mythology of East and West, in the sagas of Tiahuanaco and the epics of the Eskimos. ‘Giants’ haunt the pages of almost all ancient books. So they must have existed.” —Erich von Däniken, Chariots of the Gods “There aren’t any such … [Read more...]
Sabbatai Zevi, the “Holy Serpent,” and the Passover Plate
This is a post for Passover, the Jewish holiday celebrating the Exodus from Egypt, which starts tonight. It's on a subject, though, that at first sight doesn't seem to have much to do with the festival. Snakes. Snakes, not as a zoological but as a psychological reality. Snakes, not for what … [Read more...]
John Lennon, May Pang, and the UFO (2) – Reflections
(The second part of a two-part post.) So what are we to make of the story told over and over by John Lennon and his lover May Pang, always with essentially the same details, of seeing a UFO at close range over their Manhattan apartment on the evening of August 23, 1974? Tell anybody about … [Read more...]
