Mar 19 2010
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Kimball on the Cryptoterrestrials
Good mate Paul Kimball provides us with an excellent review of Mac Tonnies’ final work, The Cryptoterrestrials.
In part, Paul says: “…it doesn’t matter whether people within ufology ‘get’ what Mac is saying, because he was aiming his sights a lot higher. Rather than just reinforce existing views, or rehash old ground, Mac takes the foundations that have been built by writers and researchers as diverse as Jacques Vallee, John Keel, Whitley Strieber and David Jacobs, and expands upon them, even as he points out the flaws in their theories. His goal is not to find a definitive answer, or to create an alternative orthodoxy, but rather to ask as many questions as he could, and try to come up with some ideas about where we may find the answers. He was a true revolutionary, a New Light for the paranormal.”
Amen to that! And here’s the rest of Paul’s review, which can be found at his Red Star Films blog.
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March 19th, 2010 at 11:30 am
Mac was perfectly skilled at posing questions, and then speculating. It was a skill (or gift) that I envy. He had zero emotional attachment to any of his ideas. If there was any personal investment, it came in the form of a boyish sort of: “Wow, this is cool!”
He wasn’t interested in “owning” his ideas. But, from my interactions, he was very excited to simply put them on the table for open discussion – and creative conjecture.
No answers in his book. But there are loads of new little threads that lead off into the darkness – waiting to be followed.
March 19th, 2010 at 2:45 pm
And:
“In a world where hyperbole has become the lingua franca, The Cryptoterrestrials is that rare work which deserves to be called a “must read.” It represents a true paradigm shift in our understanding of the mysteries of the paranormal. This is a book that deserves to be read and discussed far and wide, and which offers up an opportunity to revitalize the UFO subject, and make it relevant again – but only if we are courageous and intellectually honest enough to embrace it.”
Paul
March 20th, 2010 at 2:33 am
http://gorightly.wordpress.com/2010/03/20/gorightly-censored-at-ufo-mystic/
March 20th, 2010 at 11:06 am
Adam:
That’s really weird. I can only imagine that it had to have been done by the site-owners/admin people. All of us who write for UM actually have no role in the ownership or management of the site – we just post our blog-stories. I’ve never removed anything from anyone – nor would I. It’s very odd though.
March 21st, 2010 at 8:20 pm
For UFOMystic’s response to Adam Gorightly, read here: Gorightly Censored at UFO Mystic! Or Not…