UPDATE: Today I have been reading the extensive document provided above by Linda Moulton Doty (great forum name!). To my utter surprise, the comments I make below are also made by the author. Sometimes I am so accustomed to being on the "fringe" in my thought processes (Trump is Presidential now just because he bombed Syria? Have I fallen into an insane parallel universe?), that I am shocked when someone else agrees with me independently and publicly. Anyway, below is what I originally wrote:
I find the latest trend on DREAMLAND quite disturbing for its potential implications. As most of us know, Whitley's wife Anne died. I don't have a date. Whitley wrote a book about the heart breaking journey they took through her illness.
NOW, Whitley claims that Anne has a deep psychic connection to him. Seemingly, Anne likes to stay involved in DREAMLAND interviews with Whitley!
I have heard Whitley suddenly interrupt a guest on DREAMLAND to say "I have a question from Anne" or "Anne would like to comment on what we are discussing."
So evidently, Whitley has become a spiritual medium, able to hear Anne in his mind and verbalize her questions and comments for us. What next? Will Anne ghost write Whitley's next book? Or will she be the sole author of a book channeled via Whitley?
Now, I am very open to the idea of life after death and the possibility of spirit communication.
Nonetheless, I find this DREAMLAND development very disturbing. To me it has a sense of being in very bad taste. I react with embarrassment for Strieber. You might have the same reaction if a perceived good friend has done something debased and sleasy.
While I can never know if Anne is really just hanging around to give her 2 cents on interviews with assorted fringe guests, I just find it unlikely.
But I must mention the obvious possibility that Strieber is faking this to remain relevant and cutting edge at a time when mediumship and life after death studies are quite popular. If Strieber is faking the presence of his dead wife, what does that say about his integrity? If Strieber started out with a fabrication and now believes it himself, what does that say about his mental health?
Again, no one can prove that Anne is not there. But how can we just shrug and accept that she is there?
Either way, I feel sorry for poor Anne. She deserves better treatment.
