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Summary: good but not great
Review: it waz good but not great.i still say that they could of done better w/ this book.
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Summary: Where was the enthusiasm?
Review: It's all well and good for people to be researching this subject. As an 'abductee' (that word just doesn't do it justice), my first thought when I heard Mack had finished his book was "It's about damn time a major figure got into the field". But then I got really ticked-off when I heard about his past life regression and other new-age consciousness theories. I read the book and was appalled that someone of his collegiate stature would be lured-in by this contactee bull dung. Sure enough, months go by and his contactees start admitting they made the stuff up. OF COURSE THEY DID! Anyone who thinks the...'things' act with ethical benevolence is either lying or delusional. The truth is bitter and unpleasant. Want to know what kind of crud goes on? Read David Jacobs' "Secret Life". I'll personally vouch for it.
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Summary: Mack has no BS meter.
Review: It's all well and good for people to be researching this subject. As an 'abductee' (that word just doesn't do it justice), my first thought when I heard Mack had finished his book was "It's about damn time a major figure got into the field". But then I got really ticked-off when I heard about his past life regression and other new-age consciousness theories. I read the book and was appalled that someone of his collegiate stature would be lured-in by this contactee bull dung. Sure enough, months go by and his contactees start admitting they made the stuff up. OF COURSE THEY DID! Anyone who thinks the...'things' act with ethical benevolence is either lying or delusional. The truth is bitter and unpleasant. Want to know what kind of crud goes on? Read David Jacobs' "Secret Life". I'll personally vouch for it.
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Summary: Mack confuses dreams with reality.
Review: Mack does a good job of convincing himself that the experiences of his patients are true. However, he confuses perception with reality. I'm sure that the patients experienced something, but to make a leap of illogic and assume that hypnopompic hallucinations are alien abductions is foolish. I read several of the case studies and, although I am not a psychologist, found that his patients were suffering from real personal problems such as guilt over the inability to conceive a child and grief over the loss of a parent. Mack gathers these folks together in group therapy for several weeks where they can listen to each other and add to their initial hazy memories. Then he brings them back to his office and hypnotizes them to bring out the *experience*. Why do this when it is obvious that their problems are terrestrial? If you want to read this book (and judge it for yourself), borrow it from the library. Don't give John Mack a dime.
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Summary: A Book For The Credulous
Review: Mr. Mack has a flair for words and, as a Harvard psychiatrist, presents a thoroughly engaging and readable book. Why only two stars then?John Stuart Mill once said, "The only way in which a human being can make some approach to knowing the whole of a subject is by hearing what can be said about it by persons of every variety of opinion and studying all modes in which it can be looked by every character of mind. No wise man ever acquired his wisdom in any mode but this." Authors David L. Bender and Bruno Leone also state that in our media-intensive culture, "the difficulty lies in deciding which opinion to agree with and which 'experts' seem the most credible. The more inundated we become with differing opinions and claims, the more essential it is to hone critical reading and thinking skills to evaluate these ideas." I strongly urge readers to read other critical opposing viewpoints before making an assessment on the information contained herein. An excellent book is Carl Sagan's THE DEMON-HAUNTED WORLD. In the reading of both books, there is no question that Mr. Sagan's clear argument outweighs Mr. Mack's. We must not be credulous readers! You may or may not agree with Mr. Sagan - but reading both arguments would empower a reader to make a more informed decision, and that is a point I hardly think anyone would contest.
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Summary: Umm, I liked it I guess.....If i read it
Review: Okay, I really havent read this book, but I was looking up my last name on the computer and i found this lady who reviewed it before me and has the same last name. If you know her or you are her please email me @ no1nsyncfan4life@home.com! I had no clue there were any other Themaras'!
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Summary: It is a practical book on facts
Review: The author has his feet on the solid ground on what he wrote. Facts are exposed. Conclusions remain open. He has the caution not to believe literally on every aspect obtained by the investigation, subjective but very significant nevertheless alternative explanations are suggested, remaining to the reader the final opinion. The author is a professional senior psychiatrist teacher. The main method of revealing facts here in this book is back-regression by hypnosis, to the time of the events, with the professional know-how not to induce, but to open individuals forgotten experiences. What for me states the quality of this work, and book, is it was done always with the goal of making the life of the persons studied a better one, not just to extract them material for a book or project. The quest to reveal and to solve the inner live problems of the people involved, and then to inform there is something REAL in the alien abduction subject. The book may deep influence some people lives, if the reader get confronted with similarities with one self or close people cases; 5 star indeed.
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Summary: This is a pratical book
Review: The author has his feet on the solid ground on what he wrote. Facts are exposed. Conclusions remain open. There is caution not to believe literally on every aspect obtained by the author investigation, subjective but very significant nevertheless alternative explanations are suggested, remaining to the reader the final opinion. The author is a professional senior psychiatrist teacher, one of the methods of revealing the facts exposed here in this book is back regression by hypnosis to the events, with the professional know how not to induce, but to open subjects forgotten experiences, and what for me states the most quality of this work, and book, always with the goal of making the life of the subjects a better one, not just to extract them material for alien stuff. It is that quest to reveal and to solve the inner live problems of the people, and then to inform there is something REAL in the alien abduction subject. The book may alter some people lives, if the reader get confronted with similarities on other people cases and dramas. 5 star indeed.
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Summary: It is a practical book on facts
Review: The author has his feet on the solid ground on what he wrote. Facts are exposed. Conclusions remain open. He has the caution not to believe literally on every aspect obtained by the investigation, subjective but very significant nevertheless alternative explanations are suggested, remaining to the reader the final opinion. The author is a professional senior psychiatrist teacher. The main method of revealing facts here in this book is back-regression by hypnosis, to the time of the events, with the professional know-how not to induce, but to open individuals forgotten experiences. What for me states the quality of this work, and book, is it was done always with the goal of making the life of the persons studied a better one, not just to extract them material for a book or project. The quest to reveal and to solve the inner live problems of the people involved, and then to inform there is something REAL in the alien abduction subject. The book may deep influence some people lives, if the reader get confronted with similarities with one self or close people cases; 5 star indeed.
Rating:
Summary: This is a pratical book
Review: The author has his feet on the solid ground on what he wrote. Facts are exposed. Conclusions remain open. There is caution not to believe literally on every aspect obtained by the author investigation, subjective but very significant nevertheless alternative explanations are suggested, remaining to the reader the final opinion. The author is a professional senior psychiatrist teacher, one of the methods of revealing the facts exposed here in this book is back regression by hypnosis to the events, with the professional know how not to induce, but to open subjects forgotten experiences, and what for me states the most quality of this work, and book, always with the goal of making the life of the subjects a better one, not just to extract them material for alien stuff. It is that quest to reveal and to solve the inner live problems of the people, and then to inform there is something REAL in the alien abduction subject. The book may alter some people lives, if the reader get confronted with similarities on other people cases and dramas. 5 star indeed.
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