I've wondered about epilepsy and other temporal lobe issues that contribute to the human aspect of anomalous encounters. It seems to me that it's almost certainly the case that various flavors of seizures and brain issues are responsible for a large number of the experiences that people interpret as encounters with various phenomena including strange beings. Just a little tweak on those lobes can cause full blown alien abduction experiences, complete with complex visual scenes, smells, sounds, etc. Some of those most commonly reported elements of anomalous encounters are foul smells of sulfur or a "burned" odor, and the sounds and sensations of buzzing/humming/vibrations. Also those mysterious sudden cases of temporary amnesia on those with no prior medical issues that Dave Pallides has been reporting on.
In this 1989 issue of Gene Steinberg's "Caveat Emptor" journal (which is quite good, by the way) I came across this short reader’s submission. It’s a quick letter from a reader, being a response to an article by Gene in the previous issue. It discusses the exact lobe issue and burning smell. I noticed that the letter was from D. Scott Rogo, a person you might be familiar with. I also thought it was interesting that this was submitted a short while before he died. He was murdered not long after this was printed.
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Douglas Scott Rogo (Feb 1, 1950 – August 15 or 16, 1990) was a writer, journalist and prominent researcher on subjects related to parapsychology. Rogo was murdered in 1990 in his home. His case remains unsolved.
If anyone interested, here's a PDF copy of the full issue - Caveat Emptor.
On the flip-side, epileptic disruptions to ordinary functioning in those neural networks might not be 'creating' the anomalous experiences (as "mere" hallucinations) but simply disrupting a filter that usually keeps them unperceived or disallowed.
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A few weeks ago Joseph Farrell was discussing some of this on Whitley Strieber's Dreamland episode.
In this 1989 issue of Gene Steinberg's "Caveat Emptor" journal (which is quite good, by the way) I came across this short reader’s submission. It’s a quick letter from a reader, being a response to an article by Gene in the previous issue. It discusses the exact lobe issue and burning smell. I noticed that the letter was from D. Scott Rogo, a person you might be familiar with. I also thought it was interesting that this was submitted a short while before he died. He was murdered not long after this was printed.
Douglas Scott Rogo (Feb 1, 1950 – August 15 or 16, 1990) was a writer, journalist and prominent researcher on subjects related to parapsychology. Rogo was murdered in 1990 in his home. His case remains unsolved.
If anyone interested, here's a PDF copy of the full issue - Caveat Emptor.
On the flip-side, epileptic disruptions to ordinary functioning in those neural networks might not be 'creating' the anomalous experiences (as "mere" hallucinations) but simply disrupting a filter that usually keeps them unperceived or disallowed.
A few weeks ago Joseph Farrell was discussing some of this on Whitley Strieber's Dreamland episode.
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