"Supernatural" by Graham Hancock

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The latest book by Mr Hancock will probably be his most controversial. The subject is the spiritual or "Otherwold" that many shamans have been to throughout history. Mr Hancock starts off by discussing the artwork left by the Stone Age peoples and starts to ponder the start of religious or spiritual thought. This takes him to the shamans, and to experience the hallucinogenic drugs of the cultures. The trips he goes on are rather incredible and real. He then hypothesizes that the trips shamans and others make are to another realm of reality that is inhabited by supernatural beings.

He goes on to talk to a person who has studied the effects of DMT on people through the use of controlled experiments. The groups actually took the DMT and wrote down their experiences.

Mr Hancock then states the corollaries between the trips and many UFO abductions. He thinks that people who are abducted are not physically taken to ships, but are able to view the Otherworld. The beings take on the forms of aliens (something Mr Hancock experienced himself), and did medical procedures to people. Mr Hancock also brings up the same types of medical procedures done to the shamans who are on their journey to become healers. The book is profound, and even scary if some of the hypothesis is true.

One problem I did have was Mr Hancock does think all UFO abductions are due to these experiences, and not nuts and bolts craft. While I do think his hypothesis would explain many cases, I also think there are some nuts and bolts cases out there.

Mr Hancock also explains that one to two percent of the population is hardwired to having these types of experiences without the use of drugs or other methods. Without any shaman guiding them on their journeys, no wonder people have such terrifying experiences.

An excellent book, especially for people who believe they may have been abducted. This explanation would blow their mind, yet open up new horizons for them in wonderful ways.