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Burnt pretty much summed it up.

Vallee peddles very few concrete tenets regarding the UFO phenomenon. His style is rather a presentation of historically distant vs more recent human perceptions of high strangeness encounters, drawing parallels where possible. His emphasis, whether in referencing ancient or more recent lore, is that of the relationship of the encounter to the individual's subsequent physical and mental state. And then more broadly what it might conceivably mean to humanity. Valle does not attribute the UFO to human imagination only. Nor does he disregard its physical effects while manifest.

My recollection of "Magonia" is not of an attempt to attribute it or any other legend to extraterrestrial sources. I recall it rather as a kind of comparison to descriptions by credible everyday people of things that toy with the human mind (and body) as much today as hundreds if not thousands of years ago.

One of my favorite quotes by Vallee is to the effect that the UFO is trying to tell us that we simply do not understand time and space. Anyone believing in the validity of the UFO mystery would almost have to agree.

<blockquote data-quote="boomerang" data-source="post: 217031" data-attributes="member: 3872">Burnt pretty much summed it up.Vallee peddles very few concrete tenets regarding the UFO phenomenon.&nbsp; His style is rather a presentation of historically distant vs more recent human perceptions of high strangeness encounters,&nbsp; drawing&nbsp; parallels where possible.&nbsp; His emphasis, whether in referencing ancient or more recent lore,&nbsp; is that of the relationship of the encounter to the individual&#039;s subsequent physical and mental state.&nbsp;&nbsp; And then more broadly what it might conceivably mean to humanity.&nbsp; Valle does not attribute the UFO to human imagination only.&nbsp; Nor does he disregard its physical effects while manifest.&nbsp; My recollection of &quot;Magonia&quot; is not of an attempt to attribute it or any other legend to extraterrestrial sources.&nbsp; I recall it rather as a kind of comparison&nbsp; to descriptions by credible everyday people of things that toy with the human mind (and body) as much today as hundreds if not thousands of years ago.&nbsp; &nbsp; One of my favorite quotes by Vallee is to the effect that the UFO is trying to tell&nbsp; us that we simply do not understand time and space.&nbsp; Anyone believing in the validity of the UFO mystery would almost have to agree.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="boomerang, post: 217031, member: 3872"] Burnt pretty much summed it up. Vallee peddles very few concrete tenets regarding the UFO phenomenon. His style is rather a presentation of historically distant vs more recent human perceptions of high strangeness encounters, drawing parallels where possible. His emphasis, whether in referencing ancient or more recent lore, is that of the relationship of the encounter to the individual's subsequent physical and mental state. And then more broadly what it might conceivably mean to humanity. Valle does not attribute the UFO to human imagination only. Nor does he disregard its physical effects while manifest. My recollection of "Magonia" is not of an attempt to attribute it or any other legend to extraterrestrial sources. I recall it rather as a kind of comparison to descriptions by credible everyday people of things that toy with the human mind (and body) as much today as hundreds if not thousands of years ago. One of my favorite quotes by Vallee is to the effect that the UFO is trying to tell us that we simply do not understand time and space. Anyone believing in the validity of the UFO mystery would almost have to agree. [/QUOTE]

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