AA

[Johnny B]

One of the most popular and intresting subjects among believers in the paranormal today is Alternative Archaeology(AA).

A common belief in this subject is that of aliens having visited our earth a millennia ago and having helped create human civilization

and culture, maybe have even created humanity itself.

This relatively new belif among the beleivers in the paranormal anticipates the emergence of a new social order centred on spiritual values,

while the older traditional beleifs expect the beginning of the destruction of the world. aka Doomday.

 

The beleivers fo this New Age thinking make some intresting and a hard to refute claims, but are just like the traditionalists dry in evidence.

 

New Age thinking is characterised by the quest for synthesis of all knowledge, incorporating material phenomena but extending to the non-material, accompanied by growth of personal awareness of what is perceived to be the intrinsically spiritual and unitary nature of humans and their environment. These occult truths are, according to Parrish-Harra (1994:132), "Realities that lie behind the apparent and are comprehended only gradually as we continue to see the ‘cause’ side of life." Because this New Age perspective begins with the presumption that a deeper non-physical reality (the ‘cause’) exists behind any physical entity, reference to theory testing by close inspection of material objects is seen as superficial and misleading. Instead the ‘real’ nature of the world is typically sought through direct contact with the non-physical phenomena (via revelation of many forms including psychic ones such as channeling), rather than indirectly through an understanding of the material world.

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Reference to hidden history in which New Age notions were once common is often phrased in terms of cycles of feminine and masculine ‘forces’ (or energies or powers or principles). Devotees to New Age thinking, such as Edwards (1993:215) claim that the recent past has been dominated by ‘masculine forces’ leading to patriarchy, materialism and other evils (in which she includes nuclear weapons, child abuse and capitalism). In much earlier times it is believed that ‘feminine forces’ (sometimes referred to as the "Goddess") were dominant, allowing a life of cooperation and spiritual awareness. Hence Edwards (1993:216) suggests that "...the New Age invites us to celebrate the re-emergence of the Goddess..." .

How can we refute the possibility of Aliens from another Planet far from our milky way having a finger or two in the very begining of our Existance while leaving a sign for only those who can understand it?

 

Your take is .... what?

[Socod_badne]

Originally posted by Johnny:

How can we refute the possibility of Aliens from another Planet far from our milky way having a finger or two in the very begining of our Existance while leaving a sign for only those who can understand it?

 

Your take is .... what?

Who created the aliens?

[Johnny B]

SB, i don´t know who created the Aliens.

 

But i can imagine who created the creator of the Aliens !

 

Seriously , in those circles, Those Aliens maintain some sort of supernatural power in our human yardstick , since they are empowered with the knowledge and ability to help create or plainly create life iself.

[Socod_badne]

Originally posted by Johnny:

But i can imagine who created the creator of the Aliens !

And who created the creator of the Aliens? And who created the creator of the creator of Aliens and so on and so forth to ad infinitum?

 

Theoretically speaking, can this chain of creator being created by another creator go on forever? Or must another creator start off the chain, get the first ball rolling sorta to speak?

 

Regarding the Alienites (Alien believers) it's safe to say they're not too perturbed about illogicality of Alienship. They have FAITH. Sometimes that's all one needs.

[Cara.]

Johnny,

 

It's a new 'theory' but with the same basic age-old principles:

 

1)An immeasurably powerful entity/entities not only created humans, but also keeps a watchful and paternal eye on our doings. How comforting.

 

2) A few have been selected by the entity for personal attention (prophetic visions vs. alien abductions).

 

3) This personal attention, while harrowing, also elevates the fortunate few so that they feel it necessary to inform the rest of humans of their experiences and what they mean.

 

4) The select few offer no evidence, but what they say sounds good and reasonable (obviously humans are the most important thing in the cosmos, and obviously we are fascinating to extraterrestrial beings) so they gain followers.

 

5) Skeptics are hard-hearted scum of the earth with no idea what they are talking about.

 

Interestingly enough, I read this paper in a history journal that related how, during the European settling of the Americas, white women would claim that a Red Indian warrior snuck into their bedrooms and had their way with the damsels in distress, only to disappear with the dawn. But in Dark Ages Europe, women would attribute this "experience" to succubi, sex demons mentioned in the Bible. Nowadays it's alien abductions. I find the underlying psychology far more fascinating than the culturally extant explanations.

 

Why do people sense a presence in their bedrooms in the middle of the night, a presence that terrifies but which the sleeper feels powerless to evade? Ever had this sensation that something heavy is sitting on your torso and holding you immobile? Apparently it's very common, and those with wild imaginations may create stories around it, but the sensation is probably physiological!