ZEN IN THE ART OF CLOSE ENCOUNTERS: CRAZY WISDOM AND UFOS
Year:1995
Author:Paul David PURSGLOVE (ed.)
Title:ZEN IN THE ART OF CLOSE ENCOUNTERS: CRAZY WISDOM AND UFOS
Language:English


Related names: Edwin A. ABBOTT, Shari ADAMIAK, Bill BARKER, Carolyn BARNES, Gregory D. BISHOP, Daniel DRASIN, Marilyn FERGUSON, Neil FREER, Steven Macon GREER, Michael GROSSO, Nick HERBERT, Jon KLIMO, Stanley C. KRIPPNER, Rima E. LAIBOW, Charles LE CANARD, Thimothy LEARY, Michael LINDEMANN, John E. MACK, Terence McKENNA, Jean MUNDY, Briant T. O'LEARY, Olian, Paul David PURSGLOVE, Peter M. ROJCEWICZ, John R. SALTER JR., Howard M. SHACHTER, Philip SLATER, Leo Ronald SPRINKLE, Dennis STILLINGS, Whitley STRIEBER, Barry E. TAFF, Stan TENEN, Keith THOMPSON, Paula UNDERWOOD SPENCER, John WHITE, Robert Anton WILSON
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Year:1995
ISBN:0-9638691-0-8
Publisher:New Being Project, Berkeley CA
Description:333
Contents
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Frontispiece 3

Acknowledgements 4-5

Paul David PURSGLOVEIntroduction 12-19

Initiations
Michael GROSSOClose encounter of the Jazz kind22-32
Stanley C. KRIPPNERAn Anomalous Sighting?32-39

Science, Sense and Zen
Daniel DRASINZen... And the Art of Debunkery43-58
A. Square (Edwin A. Abbott)How the Stranger Vainly Endeavoured to Reveal to Me in Words the Mysteries of Spaceland59-66
Nick HERBERTFringe Science67-69

Crop Glyphs and Higher Strangenesses
Steven M. GREERClose Encounters of the 5th Kind: Contact in Southern England July, 199272-101
Bill BARKERCartoon102

Visit
Whitley STRIEBERfrom Extreme Strangeness104-107
John E. MACKfrom "Other Realities: The 'Alien Abduction' Phenomenon"108-110

Missing Up What's "Real"
Rima E. LAIBOWExcerpt from "Psychological and Psychodynamic Components of EAT"112--115
Neil FREERIn the Middle of Whose Ship Are You Standing?116-126
Gregory D. BISHOPfrom " Interview with Robert Anton Wilson"127-131

Psychosocial Zen-Alerts
John R. SALTER JR.One Good Reason They Haven't Landed on the White House Lawn134-135
John WHITEThe Danger of "Gods from Outer Space"136-140
Whitley STRIEBERAre Enormous Changes on the Way?141-145
Barry TAFFUFOs on Trial: Evidence 'Beyond Reasonable Doubt'146-154
Michael LINDEMANNUFOs and the Global Situation155-157
Philip SLATERfrom "Hands Off"158-161

Is It Going Anywhere?
Leo R. SPRINKLEThe Significance of UFO Experiences164-165
Keith THOMPSONThe Rock Is Still Rolling166-177
Terence McKENNAOn Psychedelic Mushrooms and the End of History178-182

Scholarly Paths
Peter M. ROJCEWICZBetween One Eye Blink and the Next: Fairies, UFOs and Problems of Knowledge185-202
(Spanish/Catalan translation La Nave de los Locos Año 4 No 21-22 Marzo/2003 Hadas, OVNIs y problemas del conocimiento, pp. 15-22)
OlianCartoon203
Dennis STILLINGSMythopoeia an a Few Short Anomalies204-213
Jon KLIMOReality Creation and the Unified Field in Otherworldly Experience214-234

Two Poems and a UFO-Dharma Tale
Howard M. SHACHTERthe last alien236-239
Paula UNDERWOOD SPENCERSeparation240-241
Charles LE CANARDJoy Ride242-257

Calisthenics In Non-Doing With UFOs
Stan TENENControlled Folly260-264
Brian O'LEARYfrom "Agriglyphs and Agraffiti"265-266
Shari ADAMIAKClose Encounter Zen Lab267-275
Paul David PURSGLOVEYou Koan for Today: What Do the Crop Glyphs Means?276-285

The Truth
Marilyn FERGUSONCommentary: Crop Circles in a Trackless Field288-292

Us Not Getting It
Thimothy LEARYThe Parable of the Five Caterpillars and the Butterfly294
Mission Control and Diiana Luppifrom "How to Use this Manual" (E.T 101: The Cosmic Instruction Manual)295
Robert Anton WILSONfrom a letter to Saucer Smear296-297
Daniel DRASINGuy in Times Square on New Year's Eve298
Gallagher (the comedian)Why the Flying Saucers Are Not Landing299

Making Serious Fun
From an Ersatz Dodo Comedy Team Performance302-308
Jean MUNDYHey UFOLKS, Allee, Allee, All in Free-ee!309-319
Carolyn BARNESfrom "Trauma and Transformation"320
Carolyn BARNES"What, If Anything,Is the Role of Play In CSETI Activities? Explain"321-322
Michael GROSSOMind in the UFO Blender323-327

Endpapers
Selected Bibliography332-333



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