Two individuals encounter the same imaginal region (e.g., a shared dream, a simultaneously received vision of an alien craft, or a convergent vision of an afterlife) only when their inner conditions resonate. Correspondences between observers do not arise from shared sensory input but from attunement between their symbolic, emotional, and... See more

UAP encounters occupy a similar slot in this inquiry. For more than a century, witnesses have reported phenomena that oscillate between physical and imaginal. Craft appear and vanish, defy expectation, and interact with observers in ways that feel intentional yet unbound by mechanical laws. Jacques Vallée, John Mack, and Jeffrey Kripal each suggest... See more

Dreams, my favorite portal into the imaginal, reveal it with startling precision. Every night, an interior landscape rises up with its own geography, characters, and convoluted logic. It holds together long enough to teach, challenge, or astonish. It disappears when the psyche lets go of it, yet it is compelling enough to spark-plug our waking... See more