Authors of the Impossible: The Paranormal and the Sacred (64 page)

Huna,
3–4

Huxley, Aldous: on filter thesis,
59
,
73
,
256–57
,
264
,
296n76
; and gnosis,
73
; neo-Vedantic perennialism of,
306n99
;
The Perennial Philosophy
,
296n76
; as reader of Myers,
59
; and traumatic insight,
59
; and use of psychedelics,
73
; views on Freud of,
59

Huxley, Julian,
307n19

Huxley, Thomas,
40
,
45
,
70
; as grandfather of Aldous Huxley,
73

Hynek, J. Allen,
149
; and classification model of sightings,
155
; and
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
,
155
;
The Edge of Reality
,
152
; and
FBI Bulletin
,
168
; government work of,
151–52
,
168
; and Hall, Manly,
192–93
,
306n98
; and invisible college,
168–70
,
192–94
,
303n43
; as mystical man,
150
; and Project Blue Book,
151–52
,
301n8
; and Rosicrucian tradition,
192–
94
; on the signal in the noise,
155–56
,
194
,
216
,
243
;
The UFO Experience
,
152
,
155
; and Vallee,
150–52
,
155
,
168–70
,
180–81
,
192–94

hyperaesthesia,
225

hyperpromethia,
73

hypnotism,
13
,
61
,
194
,
228–29
,
232
,
269
,
300n31

imaginal, the,
9
,
58
,
144
; coining of term,
82
; and folklore,
243
; and Fort,
98
,
133–34
; frame of science fiction,
210
; history of term,
82–83
; and insect and UFO phenomenon,
298n114
; and Jungian hermeneutic,
246
; Myers's definition of,
83–85
; as not the imaginary,
82

insect: and buzzing in Fátima experience,
277
,
282
; in definition of the imaginal,
83–84
; and Fort,
96
,
133–34
; and mimicry in UFO phenomenon,
302n23
; and Myers's metaphor compared to UFO
phenomenon,
298n114
; as opposed to larval,
83–84
; and Vallee's description of UFO chasers,
146

Interrupted Journey, The
(Fuller),
165

Invisible College, The
(Vallee): central teaching of,
171
; and disillusionment with both science and religion,
173–74
; explanation of phrase,
168
,
193
,
303n43
; as further development of ideas of
Passport to Magonia
,
168
; and multidimensionality,
182
,
194
; and psychical component,
171–74
; and social-control thesis,
185
; and SRI,
175–78
; and theses for UFOs,
170–71

Irreducible Mind
(Kelly, Kelly, Crabtree, Gauld, Grosso, and Greyson),
293–94n7

Jacobs, David Michael:
Secret Life
,
301n6
;
The UFO Controversy in America
,
301n6
;
UFOs and Abductions
,
313n2

James, William: and Bergson,
85
; and case of Mrs. Q. R.,
76
; and cosmic consciousness,
63
,
297n82
; and Durkheim,
308n33
; and filter thesis,
73
,
256–57
,
264
; and Fort,
132–33
,
299–300n30
; as founding figure of the psychical research tradition,
8
; and “Fragments,”
90
; friendship with Myers,
7
,
47
,
54
,
56
,
58
; and Méheust,
203
,
237
,
242
,
308n33
; and Piper, Leonora,
13
,
56–57
; presidential address to S.P.R.,
53
;
Principles of Psychology
,
64
; and
Proceedings
,
54
,
58
; as well known,
7
; and white crow argument,
234
,
299–300n30
; and wild facts,
132–33

Janet, Pierre,
13
,
88

Jeans, James,
265

Jeury, Michel,
Les yeux geants
,
308n22

Johnson, Alice,
47

Johnston, Sarah Iles,
290n7

John the Baptist,
50

Jones, Ernest,
14
,
15
;
The Life and Work of Sigmund Freud
,
291n22

Jones, Lindsay,
Encyclopedia of Religion
,
290n4

Joseph Balsamo
(Dumas),
241

Joseph of Copertino,
209

Journal of the Society for Psychical Research
,
47
,
70
,
94

Journey to the East
(Hesse),
5

Juarés, Jean,
231–32

Jumper
,
137

Jung, Carl,
291n20
; and archetype,
245
; dissertation of,
216
; and flying saucers,
245–47
,
249
,
281
,
309n56
;
Flying Saucers
,
153
,
245
,
246
,
309n53
; and Freud,
14
; and Huxley, Aldous,
59
;
Jung Speaking
,
309n56
; and Méheust,
243
,
245–47
;
Memories, Dreams, Reflections
,
309n56
; and Myers,
64
; and occult,
14
; and
Proceedings
,
54
; and quantum physics to explain the paranormal,
14
; and synchronicity,
14
,
25–26
,
74–75
,
110
; and UFO dream of,
247
; and Vallee,
153
,
172
,
174
,
243
,
245
.
See also
psychoanalysis

Kakar, Sudhir,
291n24

Kaku, Michio,
Hyperspace
,
305n79

Kandinsky, Wassily,
The Spiritual in Art
,
16

Kane, Bob,
147

Kant, Immanuel,
11
,
65
,
234
,
254
;
Dreams of a Spirit-Seer,
11

Kaplan, Louis,
The Damned Universe of Charles Fort
,
299n11

Kazantsev, Alexander,
185

Keel, John A.:
The Eighth Tower
,
313n26
;
The Mothman Prophecies
,
300n40

Kelly, Edward: and failure of scientific psychology,
255
; and filter thesis,
67
,
73
,
257
,
268
;
Irreducible Mind
,
293–94n7
; and metetherial realm underlying consciousness,
67
; and neutral monism,
310n5
; and permission metaphor,
257

Kelly, Emily Williams,
40
,
58
,
60
,
293–94n7
;
Irreducible Mind
,
293–94n7

Kennedy, Robert F.,
2–4
,
289n1

Kent, Clark,
73
,
83
.
See also
Superman

Keyhoe, Donald E.,
149
,
152
;
Flying Saucers from Outer Space
,
301n14

King, Stephen,
16
,
37–38
,
39
;
On Writing
,
293n1

Kipling, Rudyard,
48

Knight, Damon,
95
,
97
,
122
,
129
,
298n1
;
Charles Fort
,
299n2

Kripal, Jeffrey,
273–74
,
293n68
;
Esalen
,
200
,
300
,
305
,
306
,
310
;
Hidden Intercourse
,
295
;
Kali's Child
,
310n5
;
Roads of Excess
,
293n68
,
310n5
;
The Serpent's Gift
,
298n113
,
310n5
; Valis-like experience of,
34
,
293n68

Krippner, Stanley,
Dream Telepathy
,
4

Krishnamurti,
200

Lacombe,
Claude,
144

Lang, Andrew,
12
,
17
,
222
,
232
,
249
;
The Making of Religion,
12

Lawson, E. Thomas,
310n3

Lectures on Psychical Research
(Broad),
284–85

Lehrich, Christopher I.,
The Occult Mind
,
297n105

Leuba, James,
10

Lévi-Strauss, Claude,
199
,
220

Lieb, Michael,
Children of Ezekiel
,
301–2n18

Lincoln, Abraham,
50
,
295n45

Lipp, J. E.,
154

Lo!
(Fort),
98
,
132
,
137

Lodge, Oliver,
48
,
80
,
90

Long, Max Freedom,
3–4

Louis Lambert
(Balzac),
240

Lowell, Percival,
Mars and Its Canals,
99

Luckhurst, Roger,
The Invention of Telepathy
,
290n13

Luna, Luis Eduardo,
Inner Paths to Outer Space
,
313n24

Lyons, Arthur,
The Blue Sense
,
309n47

Mack, John E.,
23–24

Magee, Glenn Alexander,
Hegel and the Hermetic Tradition,
290n9
,
297n101

magnetic sleep,
61
,
219–21
,
293n68

Magonia,
197
; as a Fortean New Land,
160
; and multiverse,
171
,
182
,
186
,
188–89
; original ninth-century reference to,
160–61
; Project on Internet,
243
; Vallee's conviction of metaphysical reality of,
186
; and Vallee's stained-glass window,
196

Majestic
12
,
184

Major Trends in Jewish Mysticism
(Scholem),
191

Making of Religion
(Lang),
12

Mallock, W. H.,
40

Margolis, Jonathan,
Uri Geller
,
305n68

Marialien,
282

Mars and Its Canals
(Lowell),
99

Marshall, Annie Hill,
88–91
,
236

Martin, John,
153

Martino, Ernesto De,
13
,
19
,
244–45

Marxism,
254

Mary, the Virgin,
173
,
236
,
279
.
See also
UFO phenomenon: Fátima events as

Matin des Magiciens, Le
. See
Morning of the Magicians, The
(Pauwels and Bergier)

Matrix, The
,
31

Maxwell, Joseph,
232

May, Edwin,
180
,
305n72

Mayer, Elizabeth Lloyd,
15
,
23
;
Extraordinary Knowing
,
291n25

McCoy, Harold,
15

McDougall, William,
54

McMoneagle, Joseph,
179–80
;
Mind Trek
,
179
;
The Stargate Chronicles
,
305n70
;
The Ultimate Time Machine
,
305n73

Mead, Margaret,
13
,
290n15

meaning event,
292n49

Méheust, Bertrand: and autoscopy,
226
; and Balzac,
239
,
240
; and Baudelaire,
239
,
241
; and Binet-Sangle, Charles,
229
; and Bourdieu, Pierre,
218
,
220
; and Breton, André,
217
,
222
; and Bullard, Thomas,
215–16
,
246
; and coincidences between UFO experiences (1947 to present) and science fiction (1880–1945),
207–8
; and comic books,
214
; and comparative events,
200
,
207–8
;
Le défi du magnetisme
199
,
216
; and Deleuze, Gilles,
220
; and Deleuze, J. P. F.,
226
; and Derrida, Jacques,
217
,
220
; and description-construction,
217
,
222–24
,
241
;
Devenez savants
,
307n5
; and dialectic of culture and consciousness,
223–24
,
238
; and Didier, Alexis,
203
,
227
,
233–42
; dissertation of,
216
,
234
; and Doyle, Arthur Conan,
222
,
239
,
242
; Dumas, Alexandre,
239
,
241
; and Durand, Gilbert,
214
; and Durkheim, Emile,
222
; early life of,
203
; and Eliade, Mircea,
222
; and endoscopy,
225–26
;
En soucoupes volantes
or
On Flying Saucers
,
25
; and the erotic,
236
; and the esoteric,
212
; and evolutionary thinking,
231–33
; and experiential core of UFO phenomenon,
215–16
; and fantastic realism,
203
,
205–6
; and forgetting of animal magnetism,
216–20
,
224
; and Fort, Charles,
242
,
247–49
; and Foucault, Michel,
217
,
223
; and Freud, Sigmund,
217
,
220–21
; and guardians of threshold,
217
,
220–22
; and hagiography,
209
; and hermeneutical mysticism,
201
; and the hermetic,
201
,
212
,
214
,
307–8n20
;
Histoires paranormales du Titanic
,
307n5
; Hugo, Victor,
222
; and James, William,
203
,
237
,
242
,
308n33
; and Jung, Carl,
243
,
245–47
; and Kant,
234
; and Lang,
Andrew,
222
,
232
,
249
; and magnetic sleep,
219–21
; M. A. thesis of,
203
; and metaphysics of history,
224
; Michel's influence on,
203
,
209
,
243
,
307
; and the mystical,
201
,
206
; and New Thought,
223
;
100
mots pour comprendre la voyance
,
307n5
; and Pigeaire, Léonide,
219–20
; and postmodernism,
217–18
,
233
; and psychical superpowers,
217
,
224–33
; and psychoanalysis,
220–22
; psychometry,
241
; and Schopenhauer, Arthur,
222
;
Science-fiction et soucoupes volantes
or
Science Fiction and Flying Saucers
,
206
,
214
,
215
; as seldom read,
7
; and signal in the noise,
216
,
243
; and skeptics,
219–21
,
228–29
;
Somnambulisme et médiumnite
,
214
,
220
,
241
,
244
; and Superman,
214
; and Swedenborg, Emanuel,
234
; and Thurston, Herbert,
208–9
; and Tin Tin,
214
; and Townshend, Chauncy,
231
,
235–37
; and UFO phenomena as hermeneutical realities,
209–11
; and Vallee, Jacques,
242–45
,
309n49
;
Un voyant prodigieux
or
A Seer Extraordinaire
,
233
; and Winter, Alison,
238–39
.
See also
Mesmerism; Puységur, Armand Marie Jacques de Chastenet, Marquis de