Michael Peter Langevin, The Echo World, Castaneda enigma - the stories still resonate

“There are lots of things a warrior can do at a certain time which he couldn’t do years before. Those things themselves did not change; what changed was his idea of himself.” - Carlos Castaneda -Britannica Bio, Tales of Power Quote, Goodreads.


OddnEnds - 

• Contemplating (StormArea51) Alienstock? 'Bout those permits: Time. Here's a briefing: Daily Grail. First time I notice the term "optically camouflaged cloaking devices".
• Synchronicity = UFO = Ours, theirs, unknown. I reported the 'darting shadow' and MUFON  informed me that others are seeing similar oddities. Then it got complicated. I found a blurb from 2008 about optical cloaking devices. And this link from 2007. Descriptions might fit some of the things now being sighted.
  Cloaking - FYI shortlist - 
• Popular Mehanics: PLextex and Yehudi Lights
• Wired: Cloak of Light 
• Rectangular UFO - Open Minds. 
• And then there was the NYTimes interview that opened the vault on Military UFO sightings.
• Offbeat trivia - the Black Mailbox/Area 51 - Atlas Obscura. 
• Ultimate CBD Handbook - Change is coming. Monitoring the in between times.
• Psychonautics Film. Available on Amazon Prime. 
• Michael Pollen 'How to Change Your Mind' interview with Colbert. YouTube.
• International Conference on Psychedelic Consciousness. Read the presenter abstracts. Includes Amanda Feilding (cameo in the Psychonautics film) on Microdosing LSD. The Guardian. 

Carlos Castaneda is an enigma. Still relevant, the source behind his stories remains fogged and the stories continue to have an impact. Castaneda is featured in the August edition of The Echo World magazine - representing Male Archetypes. 

Synchronicity. The author of a new [2019] book I have been sent for possible review says she read Castaneda's books to help her sort out the unexplained encounters in her life.

1998, I had an anomalous encounter and then read an exact reference about it in a Castaneda book - when I had written him off as non-essential. I bought the book and several more. No matter his checkered personal history, his stories strike a chord.

Lots to cover with Michael Peter Langevin. He met Castaneda. He's been a Tarot reader for 50 years and he's had some fascinating experiences referenced in his book, The Secrets of the Amazon Shamans.

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Another topic - Psychotropic drugs and the shift toward recognizing the validity for treating certain disorders. A 40 minute interview is just enough time as a teaser to suggest further study of the extra- ordinary in the event mainstream is ready to explore beyond the cover.   

The Echo World
- also linked on the side bar.

Michael Peter Langevin and his wife Sofia Karin Axelsson Co-Publish and Co-Edit The Echo World Magazine, an Alternative Newspaper for Cultural Creatives.

Having been a long time fan of the former Magical Blend Magazine, I liked the wide metaphysical scope of that publication and was glad to see those elements resurface.

Another draw was an excerpt I read years ago from his [2003] book, The Secrets of the Amazon Shamans.

From the Amazon summary: "Michael tells what it is like to see life from the eyes of someone else in a healing ceremony; about a Calling the Dead Ritual where he could actually see their spirits with his physical eyes; what it is like to experience the intensity of Ayahuasca ritual, and having your life revisited; but also about the strain of traveling with your children being far away from so-called civilization when they fall ill."

This link is to the updated [2008] version. Reviews are excellent.

The Echo World Magazine is on line and available in print form. I have dropped copies off at several area locations, including in Crescent Springs - Overland Park, Floating KC, Centered Spirit, One More Cup (closing 9/1/19) - Waldo, Cumulus Media - Mission and Whirled Hair - Topeka. Connect if you are interested in the print version of the Magazine.

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Featured in the online content is a two part interview with Whitley Strieber, who has changed tremendously since the publication of the book that cemented his role as Alien/ET Experiencer (whether he liked it or not - and he didn't) and jettisoned his career into an entirely unanticipated direction - Communion. 

Worth checking in to see that evolution in the Echo World Magazine interview. Eternal Love Part One and Part Two. In describing the ongoing bond he feels with his (deceased) wife Anne, he says he used to believe in death til we part but it is now "as we abide" because his connection with Anne is very much alive. 

Their undying bond is the subject of his newest book, The Afterlife Revolution.

More than four decades of marriage. From the Amazon summary: The two had an agreement: "The first one to die would not contact the other directly at first, but through friends. Not two hours after she died, Anne contacted a friend, Belle Fuller. And that was just the beginning of this wonderful story. It is so convincing that famed afterlife researcher Dr. Gary Schwartz wrote a foreword for the book, calling it one of the best cases of afterlife communication in history."

Whitley Strieber's Home Page. Unknown Country/Dreamland.

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Related Links - 

Michael Peter Langevin - Blog (Castaneda)

Blog - Sofia Karin Axelsson

Conscious Living Interview: Norse Goddesses and Runes 

The Medium is also a Doctor, Dr. Ian Rubenstein. Odd news links include Ghosts, UFOs and an Emotional Support Alligator.

"One day in 1924 when I was in trance an invisible personality announced himself as Fletcher and said that henceforth he would be my permanent assistant on the unseen plane. Just that simply our partnership began. Of course it was not I to whom Fletcher spoke directly; he announced himself to a friend of mine who was having the sitting - "Tell Ford that I am to be his control and that I go by the name of Fletcher." - Arthur Ford, An Arthur Ford Anthology.


OddsnEnds -

• News that the title of America's Most Haunted Hotel, according to USA Today, is the Fainting Goat Island Inn (New York), took the owner by surprise. However, she doesn't  deny the activity. One young boy told his parents he couldn't sleep because of the footsteps on the stairway - a stairway no longer in use.
• Ahem... the Crescent Hotel in Eureka Springs, Arkansas owns the website, America's Most Haunted Hotel and a reputation to support the claim. I know some people who can vouch for their ghosts.
• Keeping up with the times. Live streamed Funerals. Wired.
• Clock ticking. Kurzweil on when AI will match Human intelligence (2029). Gray Scott
• Eco Liberation. Giving rivers the right to protection. Reuters.
• More Orbs reported as UFOs - multiple orbs on video. Oil City News. At the time of this post, no response from the FAA. Evansville is part of Casper, Wyoming metro.
• New series, "Contact", Green lighted for Discovery Channel - hunting for evidence ETs have visited. Hollywood Reporter.
• When Metallica saved the day. Stalked Hiker says she finally blasted the noisiest thing on her phone. Vice. Bookmark Cougar Repellent: Don't Tread on Me.
• Anne Luben, vendor at the upcoming KCParacon has a wonderfully unique Tarot with a Midwestern theme: Tornadoes and Windmills.
• Free Hugs. Wally the emotional support Gator. Oddity Central.

Dr. Ian Rubenstein the Medium. Wendy's Coffeehouse Interview

Even with the amazing odd knowings, including an incredible medical diagnosis and revelation prior, the fact he chose to fully examine and immerse himself to become a Medium required no small bit of bravery, given his profession as a Medical Doctor.

The plus for those of us who are curious, Doctor Rubenstein makes the story very practical and real, no matter how unreal the circumstances. Given strong impressions and nudgings from Spirit and synchronistic support from the physical realm, he checks in to see what the heck its all about.

His supportive life partner is a big asset because stepping into the PSI realm does involve personal vulnerability and professional risk. Throughout the journey, his wife urges him to explore and learn what he can about his experiences. A true explorer, he dives in.

The "Snow Queen" encounter was a bold PSI knock on the door. He talks more about that in our interview and in this video feature story. Sorry I don't have part two. (If you do - please share a link!)



If you have even the slightest ability - intuitive, medium, energy healer, psychic - this story is a tremendous benefit because he walks you through the list of support techniques of grounding and protection and a few groups and organizations that are specific to helping train and advance psychic talent.

'Consulting Spirit: A Doctor's Experience with Practical Mediumship', available on Amazon or through the publisher: Anomalist Books.

Amazon Review: Amy in LA., 5.0 out of 5 stars, loved this book.
As a budding medium myself and a health care practitioner as well, I completely appreciated this book. A delight. Well written and highly readable.

Sample the book and you'll get a feel for how it goes, a day in the life of a Doctor Medium.
Chapter 30, page 217, starts with a request to help out with a poltergeist. Naturally, it progresses to a few somethings more. One Winter's Night.

Bio: "Dr. Ian D. Rubenstein is a U.K. doctor who works in Enfield, North London. Since training as a medium, he has attempted to use the mediumistic skills he has learned in his medical work as a primary care physician."

I am really hoping we will be able to catch up with Ian on how his medical practice has evolved as a result of having access to alternative sources of information.

Support Links:
Dr, Ian Rubenstein 
Spiritualists' National Union
Scientific and Medical Network

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Alert FYI - Excellent Recommendation on Ian's book from Stanley Krippner, Ph.D (I interviewed Stanley about Medicine Man Rolling Thunder.) He is known for his volumes of groundbreaking PSI research, Example:Environmental Influence on Clairvoyance. 

I do believe further study should include additional factors as I notice situations and places where my own results improve or wane. Those additional elements include weather, time of day, physical health and the presence of others - animals and humans, amplifying or draining the flow.

There is also a GoFundMe program now set up for Stanley, 6/19, job recently terminated - due to relocation of Saybrook University.  

Brilliant [and Rare video] with Micky Hart - talking about PSI experiment with the Grateful Dead audience and transcending time.

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Board Camp Crystal Mine Sasquatch Encounters - Picnic Table Hijinx

“You could start at a path leading nowhere more fantastic than from your own front steps to the sidewalk, and from there you could go… well, anywhere at all.” - Stephen King, It


 Interview with Cheryl and Orville Murphy - Wendy's Coffeehouse Archives


The best and most amazing thing about the paranormal activity at Board Camp Crystal Mine is that it is ongoing. To make that point, shortly after our most recent interview there was another event.
I have no doubt the timing was intended to help draw attention to the nature of the interaction. (Playful and completely unseen.)

Image Credit: Cheryl Murphy
Board Camp Crystal Mine  July 12, 2019

This is the image we talked about in the interview. 

From Cheryl -

Surprise on morning of July 12.
In back of the Murphy home at Board Camp Crystal Mine!
The table was flipped and quartz rocks
left on the feet of the table were freshly dug!
They had fresh dirt on them!
They did not come from the clean crystals from outside the crystal shop which is right next door!

Then came part two. After our interview, I got a new picture.

From Cheryl -

Another surprise this morning! (July 25, 2019)
They flipped the table back over

Image Credit: Cheryl Murphy
Board Camp Crystal Mine  July 25, 2019

and stacked the 4 rocks between 8:00 and 9:15 this morning!

With people and visitors walking about!
Unbelievable!!!! Lol 😆

Cat sitting on the table doesn't seem to be bothered by the activity.

Cheryl's remarks: "What does this Squatch Cat know??? He wandered onto the stage last October and never left! Of course we fed him! He seems to be around when things happen! We think he's a Squatch!!!"

No doubt the watchers are being watched. This is the money shot.

Cheryl explains:

Orville Murphy was shooting random photos in the woods at BCCM on February 15, 2019.
He didn't see the Squatch until he looked at the photos later!

Sure enough it was standing behind some trees

Image Credit: Orville Murphy
Board Camp Crystal Mine - Feb 15, 2019

and in the 2nd photo its gone!

Later, Orville went out and measured the tree
where its head was
and it measured at 11 feet tall!

Orville has had some real close encounters with the Squatch!

He told about the time the wooden pallet was thrown in his direction like a giant frizbee flying out of the woods!

That story is explained in the newest book "Beams - Book 2", expected to be released in time for the KC Paracon Aug 9-10!


Meet Orville and Cheryl Murphy at their vending table for Book 1 and 2 of the BCCM story documented with photographic evidence of the happenings at Board Camp Crystal Mine!

And all natural hand harvested crystals will be for sale from the mine. The Murphys will be speaking Friday, August 9, at 8 pm.

Follow Board Camp Crystal Mine on YouTube for more UnXplained like the following.

 

It is clear there is more to the story when one starts exploring and researching sightings and encounters. An excellent resource with numbers and data is the Bigfoot Field Researchers Organization (BFRO).

The summary of accounts from the US and Canada, 1921-2013 courtesy of Cartographer Joshua Stevens, put the sighting tally at more than 3300. Be sure to read the comments for stories of personal encounters with Sasquatch/Bigfoot and the resulting mind shift. *I updated this post to include the most recent Sasquatch story in the news. Gotta love the timing- same day our interview aired.

• Kentucky Sasquatch sighting (7/28/19) in the news. CNN. 

The same kind of mind shift that happens with encounters at Board Camp Crystal Mine also happens at Skinwalker Ranch in Utah and Bradshaw Ranch in Sedona, Arizona. (Tom Dongo interview and Jocelyn Buckner interview both mention Bradshaw Ranch. Big Girl is the resident Sasquatch.)

There are other places known for anomalous activity but to the best of my knowledge at this time there are none that are accessible and open to the public for tours and crystal digging with the perk of a potential Sasquatch sighting.

Board Camp Crystal Mine is a unique opportunity to visit an active area to learn more about Sasquatch behavior. And dig for Crystals. Read up about how the adventure started.
Book number one is available on Amazon: BEAMS.

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Already experiencing paranormal wonders with my nightlight companion, I thought I had reached my limit when I started having ET encounters (I had no idea an indoor UFO sighting was possible. They come in all sizes. I also learned Aliens/Interdimensionals/ETs can connect telepathically or verbally (electronic sounding voice) as if they are standing beside you in the room.) but the Sasquatch experience at Board Camp Crystal Mine helped to remind me, whatever the limit is - I am not there yet.


Join me for Interview - 8/4/19 - Dr. Ian Rubenstein. The Doctor who studied to become a Medium. Consulting Spirit, an excellent story about how a Doctor decided to explore rather than block and deny his PSI experiences and dedicate himself to developing his talent.

With help, he learned and sought help from others who were also actively engaged in expanding and enhancing their own mediumistic abilities. Any suggestion the ability ended ... well, that was premature. No surprise if his patients - in addition to whatever medical info is needed - might ask him for additional insight.

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Cheryl and Orville Murphy, Board Camp Crystal Mine - Crystals and Sasquatch - ongoing Paranormal Unexplained

“Listen to the mustn'ts, child. Listen to the don'ts. Listen to the shouldn'ts, the impossibles, the won'ts. Listen to the never haves, then listen close to me... Anything can happen, child. Anything can be.” - Shel Silverstein, Goodreads.


OddsnEnds - 

• 5 months to go. Then the anonymous time-traveler chosen to visit the Andromeda Galaxy will birth her baby from the year 3500.
  Paul Seaburn posted the story with quote: "There are so many holes in this time travel story it makes its own breeze."  Even so, we await the drop. Mysterious Universe.
• Solar Storm + Black Supermoon = Boffo August kickoff. Super details here. 
• Home world utopia dimming at a rapid pace. Earth Overshoot Day. HuffPo.
• Light reading 'Best of':
  Farmer's Almanac  - next to Uncle John's Bathroom Reader - One of several.
• Bingo! Almost as good as sighting a UFO. ABC/Twitter.

I opened the interview 7/28/19 with an update from Missouri MUFON/Margie Kay about the recent KC UFO sightings only to discover I had one too - the night before we spoke. That content is in this post. (About the darting shadows that can be seen when the UFO footage is examined.)  My case number is 102263. I saw the darting shadow - minus the UFO. That shadow caught me so off guard I didn't think to look for anything else. 

Are you a believer? Bigfoot, Sasquatch, Yeti, etc. You don't have to be. However, there are few places to go that are as easily accessible and known for highly interactive encounters with Sasquatch as Board Camp Crystal Mine in Mena, Arkansas.

If that isn't your thing, the crystals are spectacular. And, as Orville explains, there is a difference between crystals that are hand dug versus those extracted with heavy equipment. From my own perspective, there is a difference in the energy of the crystal and in the energy of the place. Underlying theme: Respect.

Board Camp Crystal Mine offers a rare opportunity to experience up-close-and-personal an area noted for ongoing Sasquatch activity. This video shows an ongoing oddity - rock movement.



We talked about the Sasquatch interaction and recent activity - upside down picnic tables.

Cheryl provided the upturned picnic table photo with the backstory. She said they went to bed at night and everything was in good order. The next morning the table had been upturned with a crystal placed on each of the legs. Those crystals had dirt on them - indicating they had been dug and not taken from those already cleaned and prepped for sale.

And there's more. Cheryl sent another image taken after we spoke. Somehow, in broad daylight and in the presence of visitors, tables were returned to their usual upright status. And the crystals were re-positioned.

To be continued. The images deserve their own page. Plus I'll share the background information from Cheryl in the next post.

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Sasquatch Paranormal at Board Camp Crystal Mine

What are Sasquatch and how do they do, what appears like manifesting or moving items out of thin air? That mystery is ongoing. This is a photo sequence taken by Orville in February of 2019. Two images were taken in succession.

Image Credit: Orville Murphy
Board Camp Crystal Mine, Feb 2019
Sasquatch

In case this resolution is hard to see. One image shows a dark figure - circled - beside the tree. That figure is not seen in the second image.

If Sasquatch is interdimensional, there are several options that might allow one to step into the present dimension and then step back out.

A few to ponder:
Portal.
Dimension shift.
Frequency shift.
Coherence with certain individuals.
Alien assist.

The Murphys are presenters at KC Paracon on Friday - August 9, 2019. They'll also have crystals at their booth. Details. Researchers interested in exploring or investigating Board Camp Crystal Mine are welcome. Connect. Read their story in the book: BEAMS.

FYI - Mexico UFO Cruise - features Linda Moulton Howe, Travis Walton, Kathleen Marden, James Gilliland and more. Offering: 1/Tour of UNESCO World Heritage site Las Labradas with 1000 petroglyphs, 'before the ever-encroaching Pacific Ocean reclaims it forever.' 2/Opt to participate in indigenous ceremonies, meditations, and healing rituals. 3/View and swim with dolphins in the wild in Banderas Bay, Puerto Vallarta. Early booking ended June 1, 2019. Info at Divine Travels.

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"Woodstock of UFOs", adjacent [not storming] to Area 51 - Arts fest, Aliens welcome ... and etc.

I believe alien life is quite common in the universe, although intelligent life is less so. Some say it has yet to appear on planet Earth. - Stephen Hawking.


OddsnEnds - 

• Mystery Metal - TTSA big announcement - they have metamaterials via Linda Moulton Howe [video].  San Diego, CA (July 25, 2019) - To The Stars Academy of Arts & Science (TTSA) has acquired multiple pieces of metamaterials and an archive of initial analysis and research for their controversial ADAM Research Project.ADAM, an acronym for Acquisition and Data Analysis of Materials, is an academic research program focused on the exploitation of exotic materials for technological innovation.The ownership of these assets, which were previously retained and studied by investigative journalist Linda Moulton Howe and are reported to have come from an advanced aerospace vehicle of unknown origin.
• Horror - Visible Brain changes in Diplomats who experienced Sonic attacks. NBC
• Borrowed Time - 12 years 18 months to save the planet. BBC
• Hindsight sucks - Climate change predicted 40 years ago. The Conversation.
• Curious - The earlier story regarding the local UFO /DARPA balloon sightings. CNN.
• Unexplained - Turns out it ISN'T the whole story. Margie Kay / MO MUFON told me there is another element. In videos of the orbs, they determined the distance and orbs are closer than the designated flight pattern for the DARPA balloons. [Twitter isn't buying the DARPA thing.] Further inspection of the image reveals darting forms.
• Coincidentally, the night before I spoke to Margie Kay I saw a darting shadow form - minus the UFO. After speaking with her, I posted that sighting with MUFON. Given there were similar instances, it seemed helpful to include my sighting. I would not have reported it otherwise.
       102263 case report edit. - We stepped outside and I looked up at the sky and immediately saw a shadow fly off to the left and out of sight. I quickly asked my husband who was standing beside me if he saw it. As I asked, it flew again. The entity was transparent and appeared to be like a cloud or shadow. 
• Hostile - Daily Grail - on what happens when you traipse across forbidden desert terrain adjacent to Area 51: “Gentlemen, you’re going to jail.” Reference: The article is excerpted from Darklore Volume 7, Blair MacKenzie Blake talks about the adventures he and friends (including Tool drummer Danny Carey) have had while visiting the outskirts of the famous military base.
• Morphed - From Meme to Movement - #StormArea51: "Imagine the Woodstock of UFOs with a Burning Man and Ted Talks feel, with entertainers and an extraordinary lineup of music and speakers and art. It will be a party," Corbell said. "However the difference is that we will all be working towards an achievable and singular goal: to lift the decades-old cone of silence on UFO secrecy." - Filmmaker Jeremy Corbell and Meme creator Matty Roberts [Youtube interview] are evolving what started as a joke to a legit event. For real, September 20: Site. Matty says the FB post has reached more than 9 million people.

Slam Dunk - Lil Nas X Celeb storm area 51 mix. Standard



Baby bird superpower - communicate with each other through unhatched eggs. Science Alert.
Outstanding! - World Map on an Egg shell. Daily Grail.
Peace Out - 10 views of Earth from space. Scientific American.


Wendy's Coffeehouse - Board Camp Crystal Mine interview with Cheryl and Orville Murphy - airs Sunday, 7/28 at 8p, KCMO Talk Radio 710AM. Presenters at KC Paracon, August 9. They'll have crystals too.

Recent activity: Cheryl sent a pic of their morning surprise - just outside the house and no one heard a thing - upside down picnic table with crystals on each leg and a second photo that Orville took in February - actually two pics. Sasquatch is in the first and gone in the second. I'll share those in the next blog post.

Still time to get in on the UFO HUB Lecture Series, August 3: Link. Featuring Prolific Fortean Author Nick Redfern, ET Experiencer Sherry Wilde and Crypto-Linguist Scott Nelson.

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