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The Believer: Alien Encounters, Hard Science, and the Passion of John Mack
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- ISBN
- 0826362311
- ISBN10
- 0826362311
- ISBN13
- 9780826362315
- EAN
- 9780826362315
- MPN
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- Brand
- High Road Books
- GTIN
- 09780826362315
- Book Title
- Believer : Alien Encounters, Hard Science, and the Passion of John Mack
- Item Length
- 9.1in
- Publisher
- University of New Mexico Press
- Publication Year
- 2021
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 1.4in
- Genre
- Biography & Autobiography, Body, Mind & Spirit
- Topic
- Social Scientists & Psychologists, Parapsychology / Esp (Clairvoyance, Precognition, Telepathy), Medical, Ufos & Extraterrestrials
- Item Width
- 6.1in
- Item Weight
- 22.6 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 360 Pages
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The Believer is the weird and chilling true story of Dr. John Mack. This eminent Harvard psychiatrist and Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer risked his career to investigate the phenomenon of human encounters with aliens and to give credibility to the stupefying tales shared by people who were utterly convinced they had happened. Nothing in Mack's four decades of psychiatry had prepared him for the otherworldly accounts of a cross section of humanity including young children who reported being taken against their wills by alien beings. Over the course of his career his interest in alien abduction grew from curiosity to wonder, ultimately developing into a limitless, unwavering passion. Based on exclusive access to Mack's archives, journals, and psychiatric notes and interviews with his family and closest associates, The Believer reveals the life and work of a man who explored the deepest of scientific conundrums and further leads us to the hidden dimensions and alternate realities that captivated Mack until the end of his life.
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Publisher
University of New Mexico Press
ISBN-10
0826362311
ISBN-13
9780826362315
eBay Product ID (ePID)
18050082421
Product Key Features
Book Title
Believer : Alien Encounters, Hard Science, and the Passion of John Mack
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Social Scientists & Psychologists, Parapsychology / Esp (Clairvoyance, Precognition, Telepathy), Medical, Ufos & Extraterrestrials
Publication Year
2021
Genre
Biography & Autobiography, Body, Mind & Spirit
Number of Pages
360 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9.1in
Item Height
1.4in
Item Width
6.1in
Item Weight
22.6 Oz
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
Rc438.6.M33b58 2021
Reviews
"With his access to Mack's archives and other significant sources, Blumenthal's book is a significant insight into the man, his missions, and the controversies that followed them."--Bill Chalker, UFO Truth Magazine, "Drop all mention of the extraterrestrials and The Believer remains a riveting look at the psychology of how we come to believe things. Mack's abilities, his brilliance, flaws, hubris, and mania, are anatomized with sensitivity. Readers will close the book wiser than when they opened it and painfully aware of what they do not and perhaps can never know about Mack, about extraterrestrials, and about the nature of truth."--Simon Ings, The Times [London], "An inherently fascinating biography that is a 'must read' for all dedicated UFOlogists."--Able Greenspan, Midwest Book Review, "Detailed, thoughtful, and entertaining. . . . Ralph Blumenthal is a sympathetic biographer and, perhaps, a kindred spirit."--Nick Pope, The Seminary Co-op Bookstore blog, "Anyone who is intrigued by the involvement of John Mack, a psychiatrist on the faculty of Harvard, or by the interest of psychiatrists in the anomalous in general and UFOs in particular, should not miss reading this book! It is filled with details on the topic, both pro and con, that are not publicly available in any other place that I know."--David J. Hufford, author of The Terror that Comes in the Night: An Experience-Centered Study of Supernatural Assault Traditions, "In this probing biography, Blumenthal, a former Times reporter, depicts Mack as a complex, deeply intelligent seeker, a man drawn equally to the mysteries of consciousness and the cosmos."--Gal Beckerman and Emily Eakin, New York Times Book Review, "John Mack was one of the few prominent American intellectuals who saw and said what was, and still is, really at stake in the UFO phenomenon--reality itself. And Ralph Blumenthal is the perfect biographer to take up Mack and bring him to life, in all his humanity and complexity, on the page. A major achievement."--Jeffrey J. Kripal, author of The Flip: Epiphanies of Mind and the Future of Knowledge, "Anyone who is intrigued by the involvement of John Mack, a psychiatrist on the faculty of Harvard, or by the interest of psychiatrists in the anomalous in general and UFOs in particular, should not miss reading this book! It is filled with details on the topic, both pro and con, that are not publicly available in any other place that I know."--David J. Hufford, author of The Terror That Comes in the Night: An Experience-Centered Study of Supernatural Assault Traditions, "As a person sane enough to hold a driver's license, I say, what are we to make of Mack's findings? Read this gripping, factual account of a mental-health pioneer and truth-seeker by a soundly accredited successful author, veteran New York Times foreign correspondent, and reporter. Decide for yourselves and then tell me!"--Dan Aykroyd, "This extraordinary biography reads like a fast-paced thriller. It deftly weaves the detailed richness of John Mack's genius and complex life through the historical backdrop of the alien-abduction phenomena. Ralph Blumenthal has so beautifully captured the essence of Mack's soul and his relentless curiosity that by the end of the book I mourned that Mack is no longer with us."--Trish MacGregor, coauthor of Aliens in the Backyard: UFO Encounters, Abductions, and Synchronicity, "Based on fifteen years of research, interviews, and exclusive access to Mack's archival material, The Believer is the story of a brilliant man whose breadth of interests generated a lifetime of achievements. Believers will appreciate the book's extensive cosmic phenomena, and nonbelievers will find a unique chronicle of an unquenchable human spirit."--Amy O'Loughlin, Foreword Reviews, "A compelling biography. . . . This well-researched account uses Mack's personal journals, archives, and notes, along with interviews of close friends and family members, to capture the full picture of Mack's life and genius."--Marissa Mace, Library Journal
Table of Content
1. "They Are Telling the Truth" 2. Terror in the Night 3. This Budd's For You 4. The Mystery of Anomalous Experience 5. "Have We Visitors from Space?" 6. The Sources of Suffering 7. Mack the Knife 8. A Prince of Our Disorder 9. "UFO Chiller" 10. "The Interrupted Journey" 11. The Peacemaker 12. Danny's Gift 13. "More Activist than the Movement" 14. "They Put a Hole in My Psyche" 15. The Turquoise Maiden 16. "Sane Citizen Sees UFO in New Jersey" 17. Mack's Secret 18. "He's Got This Glass Jar . . ." 19. "The Abduction Syndrome" 20. Aliens at Harvard 21. "You Cannot Go Ahead!" 22. Iron John 23. Hello, Dali 24. Aliens at MIT 25. "Good Evening, Doctor" 26. Stuck 27. "The Whole Bloody Snowsuit" 28. PEER Pressure 29. Aliens in Brazil 30. The Time Bomb 31. Oprah 32. "The Man from Outer Space" 33. "A Review of Your Work" 34. Not an Inquisition 35. "What if You're Wrong?" 36. Aliens in Africa 37. "Have Good Manners!" 38. "Oh God!" 39. "We Watch The X-Files" 40. The Lighthouse 41. Abduction and Divinity 42. "Passport to the Cosmos" 43. A Cosmic Marriage 44. The Holy Grail 45. The Rune of Doom 46. "I Never Knew It Would Be So Easy" 47. "John Mack Now Knows Everything" Epilogue Afterword Acknowledgments Notes Bibliography Index
Copyright Date
2021
Lccn
2020-038248
Dewey Decimal
616.890092 B
Intended Audience
Trade
Dewey Edition
23
Illustrated
Yes
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