PDF-(BOOS)-Passport to Magonia: From Folklore to Flying Saucers

It is readily acknowledged that our time has surpassed all epochs in history for the accumulation of technical knowledge physical power over our environment and economic might It is less often pointed out however that our age has generated and continues to generate mythical material almost unparalleled in quantity and quality in the rich records of human imagination More precisely people have very frequently reported the observation of wonderful aerial objects variously designated as flying saucers unidentified flying objects UFOs and so on among these narratives descriptions of landings made by these craft are commonplace and that quite a few accounts purport to inform us of the physical characteristics the psychological behaviour and the motivation of their occupants But investigators have neglected to recognize one important perspective of the phenomenon the fact that beliefs identical to those held today have recurred throughout recorded history and under forms best adapted to the believers country race and social regime If we take a wide sample of this historical material we find that it is organized around one central theme visitation by an aerial people from one or more remote legendary countries The names and attributes vary but the main idea clearly does not Magonia heaven hell Elfland all such places have in common one characteristic we are unable to reach them alive except on very special occasions Emissaries from these supernatural abodes come to earth sometimes under human form and sometimes as monsters They perform wonders They serve man or fight him They influence civilizations through mystical revelation They seduce earth women and the few heroes who dare seek their friendship find the girls from Elfland endowed with desires that betray a carnal rather than purely aerial nature These matters are the subject of Passport to Magonia Jacques Vallees seminal masterwork that changed our understanding of the UFO phenomenon An instant classic when first published in 1969 the book remains a musthave resource for anybody interested in the topics of UFOs and alien contact as well as those fascinated by fairy folklore and other paranormal encounters. folkloreeefolklorevol38alembipdf THE ABANYOLE DIRGE ESCORTING THE DEAD WITH SONG AND DANCE Ezekiel Alembi Abstract Song and dance pervades the life and the world of the Abanyole When they are sad they sing when they are happy they sing when a child i www.folklore.ee/folklore/vol21ates is different. Some words are easily remembered and elicited A Pleasant Surprise The doorbell rang three times. My wife came and told me that there was a parson at the door who wanted to speak to me. "What does he want?" I asked apprehensively. I don't know, www.folklore.ee/folklore/vol21The emphasis on the aesthetic value of Siberian nature is particu-larly evident in the narratives of those who live further away fromthe home place, for example in Estoni 130 will be tackled more closely below, while at this point the major application68 Fables. Folklore. The term folklore is generally used to refer to the traditional beliefs, customs, stories, songs, and dances of a culture. . Folklore can include fables, fairy tales, legends, myths, tall tales, and folk tales.. 110 police station. The preserved collection runs to 550 pages and this is probably (Salmi-Niklander 2004).The Enlightener, young unmarried men and women in their lateteens and early twenties, were th www.folklore.ee/folklore/vol24 Ayinla Omo Wura was a traditional musician of Apala music. He died in (1995: MD The overview introduces the centres, scholars and publications of ethnol-ogy, folkloristics and visual anthropology at the Scientific Research Centreof the Slovenian Academy of Sciences. A closer look 129 RELATIONS OF CELESTIAL BODIES AND 20th century. The firmament of Chukchi world view is connected with theirmain source of subsistence Auntie Ann has . been to a jumble sale and bought a . lots of . cups and saucers - she's . having so . many visitors these days and felt that she needed some more. You are staying with her and when she arrives home you help her to unpack the cups and saucers.. No creature has provided man with so much wholesome food as the honey bee. Equally impressive is the number of beliefs and superstitions the industrious insect has inspired. Its honey, which was known to the ancient Greeks as the “food of the Gods,” played an important role in early religious rites and was also mentioned in the folklore of many peoples. Hilda Ransome\'s well-documented and copiously illustrated study of bees focuses on this valuable byproduct of nature and its creator — the sacred bee.Chapters cover the folklore of bees and bee culture — from Egyptian, Babylonian, Chinese, Hittite, and other ancient sources as well as practices in modern England, France, and Central Europe. Thirty-five plates of rare black-and-white illustrations depict bees, hives, and beekeepers as they appear in ancient paintings and sculpture, on coins, jewelry, and Mayan glyphs and carved into African tree trunks. Folk stories from Finland and the bee in America are also described. Hailed by The New York Times as possessing an oddity, beauty, and broad scholarly interest, this unusual book will attract a wide audience — nature lovers and folklore enthusiasts included. More than half a century since Roswell, UFOs have been making headlines once again. On December 17, 2017, the New York Times ran a front-page story about an approximately five-year Pentagon program called the Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program. The article hinted, and its sources clearly said in subsequent television interviews, that some of the ships in question couldn’t be linked to any country. The implication, of course, was that they might be linked to other solar systems.The UFO community—those who had been thinking about, seeing, and analyzing supposed flying saucers (or triangles or chevrons) for years—was surprisingly skeptical of the revelation. Their incredulity and doubt rippled across the internet. Many of the people most invested in UFO reality weren’t really buying it. And as author Sarah Scoles did her own digging, she ventured to dark, conspiracy-filled corners of the internet, to a former paranormal research center in Utah, and to the hallways of the Pentagon.In They Are Already Here we meet the bigwigs, the scrappy upstarts, the field investigators, the rational people, and the unhinged kooks of this sprawling community. How do they interact with each other? How do they interact with “anomalous phenomena”? And how do they (as any group must) reflect the politics and culture of the larger world around them?We will travel along the Extraterrestrial Highway (next to Area 51) and visit the UFO Watchtower, where seeking lights in the sky is more of a spiritual quest than a “gotcha” one. We meet someone who, for a while, believes they may have communicated with aliens. Where do these alleged encounters stem from? What are the emotional effects on the experiencers?By turns funny and compassionate, colorful and thought-provoking-- and told in a way that doesn’t require one to believe--Scoles brings humanity to an often derided and misunderstood community. After all, the truth is out there... The Benefits of Reading Books,Most people read to read and the benefits of reading are surplus. But what are the benefits of reading. Keep reading to find out how reading will help you and may even add years to your life!.The Benefits of Reading Books,What are the benefits of reading you ask? Down below we have listed some of the most common benefits and ones that you will definitely enjoy along with the new adventures provided by the novel you choose to read.,Exercise the Brain by Reading .When you read, your brain gets a workout. You have to remember the various characters, settings, plots and retain that information throughout the book. Your brain is doing a lot of work and you don’t even realize it. 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