posted December 03, 2015 05:13 PM            

But for the beginners like me....

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In 1994, Harvard Professor of Psychiatry John E. Mack, M.D. traveled to Zimbabwe with research associate Dominique Callimanopulos to study one of the most extraordinary UFO sighting/alien encounter cases in modern history.

On September 16, 1994 at the Ariel primary school in Ruwa, Zimbabwe, sixty plus school children claim to have seen a disc shaped object land behind the school during the morning break time. Two strange beings were reported, one of which approached the children. What they witnessed had a profound impact on their lives; an impact that has continued to this day.

Dr. Mack (who died in 2004) wrote about this event in his 1999 book Passport to the Cosmos, and he shared 3 minutes of the original video recordings of his interviews with the students on the television program Sightings in 1996, and a couple minutes more with Unsolved Mysteries. On YouTube, the popularity of those brief excerpts (traded around in ever-diminishing quality) has been enduring because of the power of the students’ testimony.

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Trailer for upcoming film: Ariel Phenomenon

posted December 04, 2015 11:43 AM            

Here's John Mack, the Harvard psychiatrist mentioned above, on the Oprah Winfrey Show with some folks who say they were abducted by aliens:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kfBODQZTQR0

Mack was born October 4, 1929, New York NY http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_E._Mack

He's a Libra Snake, with his 10 Libra sun opposing 9 Aries Uranus. 18 Libra Mercury trine 16 Gemini Jupiter, square 19 Cancer Pluto.

With a noon chart, he has an early Scorpio moon sextile 2 Virgo Neptune. 28 Libra Mars sextile 24 Sag Saturn.

posted December 07, 2015 11:19 AM            

Hopefully the Ariel Phenomenon movie has more to offer.

Honestly I'm surprised at how quickly I'm burning out with my interest in aliens, I thought I'd be on a kick for months, but YouTube has surprisingly little to offer, and most of it's unconvincing.

Maybe the aliens' skin really is rubbery and those are not just rubber costumes?

posted December 07, 2015 08:54 PM            

Recent SNL skit:

Close Encounter

Laughed until I cried

So true, the abduction stories are half love & light, half terror/insanity.

----Thanks Aries23Degrees & hypatia

Re: the thread

I tried to answer the triple WHY at the end of Gemini30's rant, with three images (one for each "why.") Now some words to explain.

1) Neptunians are the music makers and dreamer of dreams. We prioritize harmony and will sometimes do things to preserve or create superficial sense of harmony, at the expense of deeper engagement. For instance, I couldn't even read Gemini30's entire rant without feeling indignant. So I skimmed and reacted the way I wanted to, with a red heart and pretty pictures. I didn't engage, I harmonized topically. Though, knowing that I generally like people and can see the best in them made that a sincere gesture. It doesn't matter to me how much Gemini30 is disgusted with Neptunians.

2) Neptunians understand that "reality" is a mess of misleading social constructs. We take quantum leaps to navigate from here to there. It's impossible to explain the mechanism or the reasoning, you either get it or you don't. What we see as a crucial, efficient shortcut, others may see as negligence and shirking responsibility. But perhaps we weren't actually finished the task yet, and perhaps we don't want to argue, we'll just take your criticism and hold to our long-term vision. It becomes a mystery to others, that they find maddening. But sorry, you just can't always see the motivations of the zodiac's final sign.

3) Neptune/Pisces has the task of alleviating suffering. This task is so important that it can make other goals look trivial. "Why are you five minutes late, Pisces?" "I was feeding a homeless person." "Oh you are so unreliable and you're probably lying, too!" Those who honor the heart above practical details are forced to make judgment calls that could threaten their reputations.

This is also where cheating and lying may come in. Pisces needs to serve everyone, including those who hate each other, and they will may their tracks to prevent getting caught in the crossfire. Pisces/Neptune would also be "serving two masters" when they're deeply enmeshed in the obligations of one relationship but their hearts are someplace else. Rather than making clean breaks and hurting everyone including themselves, they may "multitask" and end up loving too many people at once, just in different ways. Not to excuse this...but you see, it's a problem of excess love.

That being said, Pisces suns are amongst the most practical and down-to-earth people I have known. I don't consider them cheaters. Pisces moons tend to be a little more...uh, strained...but have contributed a great deal to underground, unrecognized humanitarian effort, just by trying to empathize with everyone.