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Bramley found it quite logical to assume that it wasn't a group of people, like the Illuminati (the favorite culprits of some conspiracy scenarios), that could be this hidden hand. No, it could logically only be an extraterrestrial civilization. He labeled this hidden hand “The Brotherhood,” which consisted of a group of humans with enormous power,
... See morePhilip Coppens • The Ancient Alien Question, 10th Anniversary Edition: An Inquiry Into the Existence, Evidence, and Influence of Ancient Visitors
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Richard Powers • The Overstory: A Novel
The first is that Arne-Sayles brainwashed Ritter in order to lend credence to his claims that other worlds not only existed, but that he and other people had been there. Certainly, Ritter’s description of the house is similar to the vast, empty rooms in Sylvia D’Agostino’s film, The Castle; it is also similar to Arne-Sayles’s own description of the
... See moreSusanna Clarke • Piranesi
My central thesis is that psychic phenomena are associated with processes of destructuring. If one keeps this rather abstract formulation in mind, the assortment of seemingly disjointed examples will make a bit more sense. I have included a variety of specific instances in order to demonstrate the generality and consequences of the central idea.
George P. Hansen • The Trickster and the Paranormal
The public never heard the name Dircksian Phantasmagoria. Dircks happily accepted five hundred pounds for the idea and waived any future royalties, merely asking that his name be attached to the invention.
Teller Jim Steinmeyer • Hiding the Elephant: How Magicians Invented the Impossible and Learned to Disappear
