When it comes to my personal views on the unexplained, or more specifically, my greatest interests among those areas of science we call “supernatural,” often the study of reports of strange or out-of-place animals (cryptozoology) and UFOs rank the highest. However, I recently decided to play my proverbial hand and picked up a book sent along to me by Anomalist Books, titled The Lonely Sense: The Autobiography of a Psychic Detective by Robert Cracknell. If you were to read no further than the end of this sentence, I’d want to leave you with this as a final thought: the book is well worth picking up, and might even change your life.
As for the rest of you who’ve elected to continue along with me and delve into the world of a man who, arguably, may be one of the world’s most gifted psychics, allow me to first explain why I rest such importance on this particular tome. Initially, you may be asking yourself the same thing I did when I first removed the book from the mailer and gazed at it’s retro-looking cover art: who is Robert Cracknell?
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The holidays are a magical time of year. For me, this typically means I’ll find myself terribly busy, yet all the while blessed with a surprising amount of sporadic downtime. The latter of these circumstances has allowed for a number of things that are typically as remote to my daily schedule as the appearance of a tall, hair-covered giant emerging from the mists of a secluded pinnacle before an unsuspecting traveler today. For instance, I’ve had time for a bit of much-needed introspection, while ruminating over strong coffee and a delicious Dunhill tobacco clone, smoke billowing softly from the mouth of my curved stem pipe as it droops lazily off the corner of my lip. An evening that should have amounted to a glass of bourbon and a chat with an old flame (and yes, she’s very beautiful) turning into seven hours of empathic exchange that would redefine, for most, the nature of “knowing” someone. And courtesy of my dear fellow Patrick Huyghe at Anomalist Books, who graciously (and frequently) sends me review copies of his newest features, I’ve also had time to digest one of the most unique books on Cryptozoology I’ve read since Sanderson’s Abominable Snowmen: Legend Come to Life.
Simply put, True Giants: Is Gigantopithecus Still Alive? is a fascinating read. However, as the name implies, the intention here is to be clear and honest in our categorization of the facts and interpretation. Therefore, perhaps it is necessary for me to lay a few of my own inherent observations and biases on the table before delving into the world of gigantic people that are even larger than what we know as “Bigfoot” in the modern annals of folklore and, according to an ever-growing body of researchers, the study of as-yet unknown animals that do actually exist.
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There are a number of common fears that Americans keep with them, mostly associated with things pertaining to the mundane aspects of modern living. Some, for instance, may fear the dangers associated with home ownership; others may worry about being able to protect their children from the dangers they face while growing up; still others may find that financial woes are predominate in their chain of fears, since during this troublesome economy they might potentially rob you of hearth and home.
These sorts of fear exist on the outer edges of our subconscious, but buried deeper within the human psyche are other phobias that often defy logic or reason. Even in the absence of one’s commitment to belief in something terrible and otherworldly, these nagging terrors extend from the primal depths of man’s being in the form of supernatural-scares that might include ghosts, monsters, serial killers, or even cannibalistic subterranean humanoids (sorry, had to throw that one in there… wait, why are you looking at me like that?)
Arguably, one of the most common supernatural fears among people today involves the demonic. Within the heart of every good person, there is the looming notion that evil does exist in this world. That said, if author Nick Redfern’s latest thesis on extraterrestrial life has any truth to it, there are even various factions of modern government who believe the alien and UFO presence has demonic, hellish origins. Reader be warned: Redfern’s Final Events and the Secret Government Group on Demonic UFOs and the Afterlife is one book that will beckon from outside the boundaries of sanity, and perhaps well beyond the fringes of what you thought was right and good in this world.
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Below is a link to a fine review Henry Baum over at The American Book of the Dead did for my book, Magic, Mysticism and the Molecule:
Henry Baum reviews Magic, Mysticism & the Molecule
Henry, much like my pal Tim Beckley, compares me to John Keel in his review, saying MMM even reminded him of Keel’s Haunted Planet. “That he’s in Keel’s company says a lot,” Baum writes, adding that “As an introduction to everything in the title, it’s an excellent summation, and likely has a lot more to do with the UFO phenomenon than waiting for aliens to make contact on the White House lawn. It’s just as likely that they’re waiting for us to contact them first.”
You can purchase Magic, Mysticism & the Molecule at Amazon.com by following the link below:
Magic, Mysticism and the Molecule at Amazon.com
