| I'm going to go out on a limb here. I'm going to | | | | doing it now. With all of the current polarization of |
| make a prediction concerning the current state of | | | | the paranormal field being so far opposite of one |
| paranormal study. In a sense it's predicting itself. | | | | another that they are almost touching again by |
| All one has to do really is step back and look as | | | | having come full circle. The opinions are different. |
| objectively as possible at a few key aspects. You | | | | The stances are different. The methodologies |
| must look at the experiences globally as they are | | | | behind their findings are different. But!..And here is |
| reported and note the mental/emotional aspects | | | | the kicker, their attitudes and psychology are |
| and physical reactions when available then you | | | | almost all identical across the board! I feel this is |
| must look at the cultural aspects of the events | | | | the most important aspect that I have |
| and finally you have but to look at the current | | | | discovered. You can see this same paradigm being |
| media publishing the events and see with a very | | | | played out in every other societal stance such as |
| broad lens what the bigger picture is after | | | | the highly evidential socio-political polarity, the |
| analyzing the broadest spectrum of published | | | | socio-religious polarity and even the |
| material. After you have done this, and granted, | | | | socio-economic polarity. Why should the stances |
| there is a little effort involved especially at the | | | | on the socio-parapsychological be any different? |
| start, but afterwards, it's just a matter of | | | | They are just as susceptible to the folly of the |
| maintenance by way of keeping your finger on | | | | human mind as the rest of them. |
| the Zeitgeist so to speak, you begin to see a | | | | So you can see that with a little stepping back, it |
| momentum or directionality to all of it. That's all I | | | | is not really that difficult to figure out how I came |
| am doing here. No Tarot Cards or Oujia Board or | | | | up with my current findings and also how I made |
| throwing my hard earned dollar at a Sooth Sayer. | | | | an educated postulate as to the directionality of |
| I'm just analyzing the broadest spectrum of | | | | said findings. Anybody can do this. It just takes a |
| information from the most angles possible and I'm | | | | little time and the ability to look at things from the |
| looking at where it is going. I would just like to | | | | largest vantage point possible. |
| say in my defense that even though I am paying | | | | I really do think that a shift is occurring and it is |
| attention to as much of the paranormal as I can, | | | | occurring very fast. Just look at all the hubbub |
| I am still susceptible to gross human error. There | | | | and discontent posted by all of the pundits in the |
| are no guarantees in what I am positing. I am just | | | | field lately. There is definitely directionality and a |
| making my best guess based on what I have | | | | pointing out to it all. Ufology is not dying. It is being |
| gathered and analyzed like any other good | | | | swallowed up! It is being incorporated into a larger |
| observer. | | | | field of study. Instead of looking at a forkful of |
| My sources are any number of things. I listen to a | | | | pie from a very thin slice, perhaps we can |
| variety of podcasts. I try to keep up on the | | | | collectively start to look at the pie itself and not |
| latest book publications by noted and sober | | | | the individual ingredients and pieces. |
| minded authors although everyone holds a piece | | | | I know some of you might be confused by the |
| to the puzzle so I would be remiss in not including | | | | huge amount of perceived space between the |
| the Woo Factor in there as well. I read the | | | | polar opposite views on things. But if you just |
| paranormal magazines such as UFO, FATE and | | | | look at it as a circle and not a straight line, you will |
| Jeffery Pritchett's Continuum as well as a couple | | | | see that there is virtually no space at all between |
| others. I run through my Blogroll daily to see what | | | | the views. |
| other researchers and pundits are posting. I also | | | | The exciting thing about all this is that the idea of |
| check in on the psychological/spiritual aspects by | | | | the Trickster is not a new one. It is as old as the |
| staying fresh on the topic with the likes of Ken | | | | first humans. How we look at it now or in the |
| Wilber, Andrew Cohen, Fr. Thomas Keating, | | | | future is definitely new, though and we are |
| Genpo Roshi and Clare Graves. I take all of these | | | | starting to have a sense of ownership and |
| factors in and I go and sit somewhere for a bit | | | | responsibility for these transpired events. We are |
| and let it all settle into some kind of cohesive and | | | | just starting to make the slightest inkling of |
| coherent picture or story. Once that is done I | | | | progress toward making the psychological |
| compare it to my previous assessments and | | | | connection to all of it. This has been illustrated |
| analysis all the while keeping in mind that all of this | | | | numerous times and from several different angles |
| is filtered through the mind of Erik Stitt. Even the | | | | in my Psychoterrestrial Theory, the cumulative |
| most objective mind is susceptible to a cultural | | | | effect of the Human Collective Subconscious Mind |
| filtration of view. It's almost impossible to avoid. | | | | rubbing against or connecting with Gaia |
| So you see there is a little work involved and I | | | | Consciousness which in turn is inextricably |
| would also like to qualify my findings with the | | | | connected all the way up the Great Chain of |
| disclaimer that this is only one way of looking at | | | | Being to Universal Consciousness. |
| things and NOT the only way to look at things. | | | | To me, this is good news for those prone to the |
| This is the best way for me so please take that | | | | Woo Factor. Why? Because it just might turn out |
| into consideration before you drag me to the | | | | that one of the best ways of looking at and |
| Hangin' Tree. | | | | further still, interacting with this Trickster |
| So what have I noticed? A lot of things. Some | | | | Phenomenon or internal psychological event is |
| pertinent and others still, superfluous but knowing | | | | through meditation, contemplation or deep |
| that everything has its own nominal significance, | | | | concentration techniques and perhaps throw in a |
| I'm hesitant to cast anything out. See how I | | | | little creative visualization as well. |
| avoided a bad cliché involving bathwater there? | | | | By applying these techniques in an observable |
| Note to other Researchers: You too can write | | | | way that is reportable and analytical, we can now |
| and speak without clichés. I highly recommend | | | | begin to take the Psychoterrestrial Theory and |
| it! | | | | mold it into a hypothesis from which to work. |
| What I have found is what I have been hinting at | | | | And now for my Carl Sagan moment... |
| or clubbing you with as of late, depending on how | | | | Let us see if we can source the entire spectrum |
| you want to take it, the idea of looking deeply at | | | | of esoterica within ourselves. Let us experiment |
| the entire spectrum of the paranormal through | | | | bravely with open minds and vigilant willingness to |
| one lens. The human mind. Taking into account | | | | begin an endless conscious adventure into the |
| that all experiential observations take place in the | | | | true Last Frontier. The courageous Psychonauts |
| mind is what is the catalyst for my prediction. | | | | that begin this epic journey on our behalf into the |
| And what is my prediction? That's simple. I predict | | | | Unknowable will be the emissaries of human |
| that in the not so distant future, we as a Global | | | | consciousness and act as psycho-spiritual |
| Society are going to look at the entire gamut of | | | | ambassadors for us, by us and of us all as they |
| the paranormal phenomenon with the idea that it | | | | explore an infinite mindscape that is wholly |
| is all the elusive Trickster Element. All of it. | | | | malleable and unstructured with no laws, rules or |
| Ghosts, UFO's, Cryptids, Fae Folk, Sea Monsters, | | | | hand holds, and perhaps for the first time in our |
| Telekinetic/Poltergeist Activity, OOBE's, the whole | | | | own historical understanding, we will finally, |
| schmear. No stone will be left unturned in regards | | | | together and always, realize our oneness |
| to it. | | | | collectively with a glimpse at eternity... |
| This is really not that big a step. We are almost | | | | |