No, I'm not a "New Ager". Most people involved in the New Age don't understand that the origins of a lot of that stuff is some of the most fascist, racist, pseudospiritual garbage ever seen on the planet. The Nazis were New Age. They were into Naturopathy, magic, & crystals. Didn't stop them from murdering over 6 million people.
What passes for religion these days are actually belief systems. And as we should all know, you can get people to believe anything.
What I do would be called Theurgy. I practice and teach Qigong and meditation, train in Tai Chi & other internal arts, & am a longstanding member in a traditional Pan-African spiritual organization. We teach a knowledge based, not belief based system. I'm not speaking in a official capacity, so I'm not saying at present what organization. I apologize for being cryptic.
And you're absolutely right. If you haven't experienced it yourself, it's all heresay. i don't want you to believe what I'm saying. Look into it. Discriminate. Reason. Most importantly, Do. Then come to a conclusion. Computer chair quarterbacking not allowed
I'm not a UFO "experiencer" in waking reality (although I've had interesting things happen in the Alpha / Theta sleep state, so from that perspective I have a few things in common with abductees). I've had various experiences from the meditation, ritual, & qigong work I do ("both "soft" and "hard"). I've had entity encounters, & other things from this. But it's basically the equivalent of telling ghost stories around the campfire, so I don't get into it. Again, just heresay. I'd say get a good meditation teacher (good luck), and learn a complete Qigong system (I study the Wutan system of Grandmaster Liu Yun Ciao) and find out for yourself. Information is good, but knowledge is better.
A lot of what's speculated about in the paranormal field has already been mapped out by various ancient cultures (Native Americans, Ancient China, Indus Kush, Ancient Egypt, etc.). The terminology and mindset can't be grasped by most Westerners at present. I would advise checking out the various authors I mentioned in previous posts to get the beginnings of a map that goes with a modern mindset.
I've got no "beef" as the young folks say, with either Jacobs or Hopkins with regards to them attempting to do science. I'm a science nut, always have been. It's just that they did such a sloppy job, they've ruined the abduction area of research for years. I'd also read that they threw away or ignored data that didn't match their belief system. Like I said sloppy.
As Patanjali said, using words for which there is no objective reality is the greatest source of illusion and delusion. "Genectic Alien Aybrid". How do you know that's what it is? Coyote says" Hey man, i'll be what you want me to be. You want an alien, poof, I'm an alien. You want the blessed virgin,poof, I'm the blessed virgin. Your wish is my command. But you only get three, so make 'em good. I'm here for you (as it laughs at your ignorance)."
I first heard about all of this on Paratopia with the Emma Woods episodes. I don't agree with everything those guys do, but they are to be commended for bringing this out. Jacobs basically hung himself. And to a lesser extent, so did Hopkins. It's a shame his ex has to kick him while he's literally down though. Let the man get healthy so he can defend himself.
And lastly these manifestations are both physical and not. (try fitting that into your reality box).
