My aim in this post is to ask a question I can't answer. Does there exist an African-American UFO tradition, parallel to but distinct from the UFOlogy of white America? If so, what are its contours? Its meaning? I found myself thinking about this after posting two links on my Fan Page … [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...]
Metatron – the Mutant, the Mystic (Part 1)
He's an angel, sort of, but more like a god. His name "Metatron" sounds Greek, sort of, but comes down to us written in Hebrew letters. What it might mean in Greek, we don't know, although etymologies have been proposed. In Hebrew it means nothing at all. The name couldn't be more unlike … [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...]
