Friday, October 27, 2006

The Grays


UFOs being one of my favorite subjects, I enjoyed reading Whiteley Strieber's The Grays. His book Communion and the film based on that book, are purported to be a faithful account of his experience with Aliens. In this new book, he uses fiction to try to explain his experience. In his website, Unknown Country, Strieber describes this book as “fact-based fiction.”

His goal is to explain his experience, to “communicate subtle, hidden things [through] fiction.” In his new book he tells about how Grays work in “triads” and how they can disappear while actually being in our midst. Whether it’s true or not, I found his explanation, based on movement and vision, quite original.

In the beginning, the Grays sound almost evil, but Strieber succeeds in gradually showing them as capable of human-like feelings and interested in the survival of humanity. However, in agreement with many other books and conspiracy theories, he presents the evil forces within the shadow government fighting earnestly and viciously against them. A final battle ensues which sounded a little bit more like “Night Of The Living Dead” to me. However, I did enjoy the end.

I would recommend this book to anyone interested in UFOs.

Thursday, October 05, 2006

I See No Stranger


Last September I went to the vernissage for an exhibit on early Sikh art at the Rubin Museum. Its opening was a total success. The museum’s personnel were friendly, the live music was wonderful and the food was plenty and delicious. The place was packed, and everybody was visibly having fun.

That evening friendly and knowledgeable Sikhs served as guides to the exhibit. Sikhs are a prominent group in New York, so although to some it may seem a religion from a far away land in Northern India, nowadays it is closer to American shores.

Sikhism is a religion that takes elements from both Hinduism and Islam. Their founder, Nanak (1469) was originally a Hindu. Upon deep meditation, Nanak considered that there should be no discrimination based on “faith, caste, gender and station in life.” Most religions diversify into sects, not always in friendly terms. The Hindalis are described as a “heretic” sect by the Sikhs.

This and many other interesting facts about this religion are well explained in the exhibit’s book guide “I See No Stranger” which was available at the opening. The exhibit lasts through January 29, 2007.
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