tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2019724693487670016.post7105339221483924594..comments2024-03-24T20:16:30.097-07:00Comments on The Big Study: SUMMA FAERYOLOGICA, part elevenThe Professorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07811807639219365621noreply@blogger.comBlogger27125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2019724693487670016.post-32973530354444089982023-07-15T09:47:24.525-07:002023-07-15T09:47:24.525-07:00I'm nearly 83 now, and my energy is much reduc...I'm nearly 83 now, and my energy is much reduced --- and the proper research FOR EACH BLOG ENTRY should never be trivial, and I never allowed myself to slack in the preparation task. (I was not perfectly accurate but it was not for lack of trying.) My window of research energy each day tends to be the afternoon hours, post mild exercise and pre dinner meal. That's not a lot of time for real work. <br /><br />I have been introduced to a large mostly-virgin site of Irish Folklore reports, and mining that resource is a giant time commitment --- but exciting enough as discovery is concerned. When I am occasionally ready, I'll write things for Dr Simon Young's Fairy Investigation Newsletter and he will publish them there. Ultimately there will be a book on whether there is credible evidence for objective fairy entity existence. <br /><br />For those of you craving the UFO side of things, CUFOS is undergoing a revitalization of its entire holdings and the results of that will manifest gradually on its website. People are asking me to ultimately do some short documentary type things for the site. That will probably also happen in time. The Professorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07811807639219365621noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2019724693487670016.post-22493738085444203402023-07-11T17:10:05.602-07:002023-07-11T17:10:05.602-07:00I am also interested in your book. And I miss yo...I am also interested in your book. And I miss your blog/essays.Bill Frankebenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2019724693487670016.post-17913613732874002482023-05-11T16:44:18.173-07:002023-05-11T16:44:18.173-07:00The book still isn't published. Eddie Bullard ...The book still isn't published. Eddie Bullard is heroically trying to push it over the line. The Professorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07811807639219365621noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2019724693487670016.post-12290116193872186272023-05-09T06:13:09.583-07:002023-05-09T06:13:09.583-07:00Dear Dr. Swords,
I hope you're well. I'm ...Dear Dr. Swords,<br /><br />I hope you're well. I'm really curious about the state of your UFO phenomenology book. I've been looking forward to it for years, ever since I saw it listed on Anomalist Books, but it's not there anymore and I can't find any updates anywhere.Ron Ayersnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2019724693487670016.post-75028780676870576782023-03-26T14:03:25.212-07:002023-03-26T14:03:25.212-07:00I don't think that anything associated with UF...I don't think that anything associated with UFOs attains the level of concern from any large group of citizens to be Overton Window Shift material. "Politicians" certainly don't even care (really), so in that sense there is no conscious "Window" to sift. If any analogous shift ever occurs, it will be relatively silently via case releases which drag some public "truth-speakers" (not politicians) to make strong sympathetic statements about the phenomenon and its possible meanings. Even if a guy like Avi Loeb would discover something, he would have to have the guts to make a really big thing about it publicly, and then drag some others along with him. I believe that it's not likely any of that will happen. The Professorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07811807639219365621noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2019724693487670016.post-17140506769045976582023-03-22T15:01:01.978-07:002023-03-22T15:01:01.978-07:00Hello Dr. Swords, how goes things? Just checking i...Hello Dr. Swords, how goes things? Just checking in to say hello! The Overton window seems to be shifting in terms of the UFO/UAP Phenomenon, especially in terms of government transparency, not that I have my hopes up. You been working on anything recently? I hope you are well! Derfam/Ders2212noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2019724693487670016.post-57373316451847606732022-09-27T10:02:04.914-07:002022-09-27T10:02:04.914-07:00Hello. Sorry that I don't recognize the addres...Hello. Sorry that I don't recognize the address "Ders".<br /> <br />Although I'm (obviously) not publishing on the blog anymore, I am still trying to explore these things.<br />At age 82, and in a retirement community, time and energy are "different." So "progress" is slower than in <br />the old days when I could create a pretty respectable research posting in a day. I've felt that my answers <br />to almost all the mysteries (for my satisfaction, not anyone else's I realize) are comfortable for me except <br />for one last Out Proctor Quixotian Quest: The World of Fairie Encounters. <br /><br />This is a tough one requiring a ufologist's credibility assessment of cases almost entirely out of reach in time.<br />Still, I'm finding cases --- more than I thought that I would. Writing the book is slow. I'm 5 chapters in, however,<br />and think I'll probably finish in perhaps twenty more. There's enough richness here that this story needs to be <br />told again from the pure encounters perspective, not the fairytale one. I think that I'll finish. Then it will be a <br />matter of getting help with manuscript to be publisher-ready (which I cannot do, but somehow it will happen.) The Professorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07811807639219365621noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2019724693487670016.post-60293870831634592572022-09-22T16:24:29.788-07:002022-09-22T16:24:29.788-07:00Dr. Swords! How goes things? I think about you oft...Dr. Swords! How goes things? I think about you often and I wish you well. Just checking up. I continue to search for the truth, and I often come back to this blog for things. I am so glad you went on this endeavor. The fringe needed people like you, I tread just as you have. Would love to hear from you, best wishes. Ders2212noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2019724693487670016.post-11617510369921321652021-12-14T13:55:45.406-08:002021-12-14T13:55:45.406-08:00Hello again, Tim. Glad to hear that life is well. ...Hello again, Tim. Glad to hear that life is well. I'm 81 now and living fairly healthily in a retirement community, but have stopped galavanting around the country doing talks et al. I and my friends have completed another huge UFO book on the phenomenology, but are stuck on the editing for print stage --- so it's not ready for the public yet. Still reading lots of case files and occasionally turning over a fertile piece of peat for the fire. Have a blessed holiday season. The Professorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07811807639219365621noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2019724693487670016.post-26791389682393760512021-12-11T11:04:07.350-08:002021-12-11T11:04:07.350-08:00Good afternoon and well met Dr. Swords,
I just wa...Good afternoon and well met Dr. Swords,<br /><br />I just wanted to check in, and send my regards, after so many years. I do hope you are well, first and foremost, and also wanted to thank you for so many years (decades, really) of inspiration and early tutelage back at WMU. I have, of course, kept abreast of your work and publications over the years. I am getting into my 50s now, growing a family (3 girls!), and have maintained a strong interest in the subject of UFOs. I am somewhat active over at the subreddit r/UFOs, if you know what that is. At any rate, thank you again and best to you and yours. May the road always rise to meet you, good sir!Tim M.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2019724693487670016.post-29235274966332491292021-08-29T08:18:16.542-07:002021-08-29T08:18:16.542-07:00You are welcome, Kevin. Hope your own research and...You are welcome, Kevin. Hope your own research and life goes well. I was happy to play a small part. The Professorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07811807639219365621noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2019724693487670016.post-555273664261485672021-08-27T19:08:43.882-07:002021-08-27T19:08:43.882-07:00Thank you for all the great content you've pub...Thank you for all the great content you've published here over the years. Wishing you continued good health and well-being!Kevin J. Guhlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04083029903958433797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2019724693487670016.post-43527594342194247002021-05-31T08:08:03.866-07:002021-05-31T08:08:03.866-07:00Thank you. I am in a retirement community and am b...Thank you. I am in a retirement community and am busy with health-upkeeping and lots of down-to-Earth practical things. Age 80 now. I still write when I can squeeze things in. This blog, however, will no longer allow me to insert things from my desktop into a post, and merely writing on it is more of a hassle, so even if I'm tempted (and I have a piece on where the Druids came from) posting here just won't be happening. Which is a bit sad as I've enjoyed the wanderings. <br /><br />Best to you (and all the former readers.) The Professorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07811807639219365621noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2019724693487670016.post-5532767134970225412021-05-29T07:25:50.759-07:002021-05-29T07:25:50.759-07:00Hope you are doing well Professor! I think about t...Hope you are doing well Professor! I think about this blog often, just wanted to check in to say hello. Any new insight on the world alongside that you've thought about potentially writing about since your last post? <br /><br />Not sure if you still check the comments here but regardless, best wishes to you and your family! Derfamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00188239271925260556noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2019724693487670016.post-2982358364796441422020-09-30T07:54:01.414-07:002020-09-30T07:54:01.414-07:00When I was active in the Society for Scientific Ex...When I was active in the Society for Scientific Exploration i spoke with Hal quite a bit. I consider Hal a friend and I believe that the feeling is mutual. As to "getting much closer to the Truth:" The Truth is quite difficult to ascertain in any of these mysteries. Were it easier, we'd have known a long time ago. And a bunch of this is social in nature --- we have so screwed up the social and intellectual elements important to researching most of these mysteries, that we ourselves have formed substantial barriers to clear-seeing any of them. The Professorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07811807639219365621noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2019724693487670016.post-66598335669971542482020-09-30T07:00:23.306-07:002020-09-30T07:00:23.306-07:00Interesting. Do you speak with Hal Puthoff ever on...Interesting. Do you speak with Hal Puthoff ever on occasion or been well acquainted with him beyond your academic work? His involvement at TTSA is interesting to say the least, I can’t imagine someone like him with high security clearances and academic influence to go their whole lives without getting much closer to the “truth” than your normal everyday citizen.<br /><br />I purchased your Grassroots UFO book recently by the way I am excited to give it a read! <br /> Derfamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00188239271925260556noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2019724693487670016.post-2093520203236845132020-09-23T07:28:53.895-07:002020-09-23T07:28:53.895-07:00As to reading Swann's book and discussing: no....As to reading Swann's book and discussing: no. I have no time for that.<br /><br />As to Swann himself: don't have a read on his character, but anyone who keeps pushing claim after claim out there without any attached research and book after book, bothers me. Hal Puthoff had Swann as one of his three hoped-for stars in the SRI MINDREACH experiments (so I suppose that Swann was in the CIA tests as well.) Hal did not think that Swann was as good at it as Pat Price or Hella Hamid. The Professorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07811807639219365621noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2019724693487670016.post-33037183871539564112020-09-22T15:03:10.835-07:002020-09-22T15:03:10.835-07:00Hey there. I don’t know how else to contact you an...Hey there. I don’t know how else to contact you and hopefully you see this, I hope you’ve been well. <br /><br />I was wondering sir of your opinion of Ingo Swann and his book Penetration: A Question Of Extraterrestrial and Human Telepathy.<br /><br />Have you ever dealt with the works of Ingo? Have you read his book or would you considering reading it and discussing it with me? I value your insight so very much sir, you have no idea. Derfamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08547240947461587688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2019724693487670016.post-12153927726707549442020-08-22T06:05:03.272-07:002020-08-22T06:05:03.272-07:00No. I'll not watch that through. It's two ...No. I'll not watch that through. It's two hours of emotional and fairly incoherent struggling by the speaker to try to get his experience across (from the little i watched and commentary about it elsewhere.) This fellow reminds me VERY much of an abductee --- and I would not be boggled to ultimately learn that he has had an entirely different experience in the woods which has traumatized him, and the resultant PTSD has created this weird but strangely aggrandizing cover fantasy. But as I will not dig into this (an honest inquiry would take a huge effort) I have not earned an opinion, and will simply say that it is a strange story. The Professorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07811807639219365621noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2019724693487670016.post-63466535339892174462020-08-21T22:47:09.505-07:002020-08-21T22:47:09.505-07:00Was wondering if you would watch this video (https...Was wondering if you would watch this video (https://youtu.be/yhohCWLJQIo) of Mark Barton speaking of a recent experience he had with an entity in the forest in February earlier this year. The man seems to have severe PTSD from the incident and I do not at all find him to be deceiving, was wondering if someone like yourself could possibly take a look at this and give your thoughts. The video is quite long and I understand if you don’t have time to watch it, but it seems to tie deeply into the entire phenomenon. It disturbed me.Derfamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00188239271925260556noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2019724693487670016.post-202113458476338652020-08-18T10:00:37.952-07:002020-08-18T10:00:37.952-07:00I discovered your blog in my browser bookmarks, wi...I discovered your blog in my browser bookmarks, without ever having visited it before (as far as i can remember).I am fascinated by your research on the "OZ Factor", and hope you will continue to publish. I am into this topic for many years, but have never found anything like what you have posted here.Michaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11802080361646624306noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2019724693487670016.post-58591753223398470142020-08-08T07:11:24.916-07:002020-08-08T07:11:24.916-07:00Well, thanks. My only goal has been to open up peo...Well, thanks. My only goal has been to open up people's willingness to consider the much wider world than textbook academia allows. I do this mostly by trying to give information in a form that makes it easy to imagine that it could be truly openly presented. That means fully sharing as much as possible, to get the base information out there in a non-personal way, and as far beyond believe-it-or-not as we can. Some people cannot relate to this objective concern for whatever the truth would turn out to be, and I sort of get that, but fully sharing the whole is the only chance we have to get a glimpse of the truth. <br /><br />An example of this came in my own UFO sighting. Just before going down the hall to look out our house's side window to see if I could see the "light" that someone was describing on the radio, I thought that I heard a voice in my head which said "Hurry", and my hair on my neck stood up. I hurried and upon throwing up the blinds, there the UFO was just as if entering a stage. I felt uncomfortable adding this to my report for many years. The sighting was VERY concrete, but was this just subjective irrelevance? If so, why add it? If not? What extreme strangeness did it put into the case, and would that in some scary way ruin it? Ultimately I matured and was willing to tell the whole story even though I don't understand that part of it.<br /><br />I try to look at these things as would a scientific explorer. Objectively. Questioning. Trying to separate fact from personality. Not everyone on the "Convinced" side likes that approach (again I understand) but it's the only way we have a chance to see more clearly. So that's what the Big Study has always been about: "Big" in that it does not close doors before the work even begins; "Study" in that it tries to find the facts as it can, rather than the good feeling regardless of the things we discover along the way. The Professorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07811807639219365621noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2019724693487670016.post-75283487452815046402020-08-07T18:24:49.027-07:002020-08-07T18:24:49.027-07:00I have 10+ years to go back on and enjoy thanks to...I have 10+ years to go back on and enjoy thanks to you sir (just discovered blog this last week). Seems I’ve started with the Summa Faeryologica and will move backwards. You are an inspiration to say the least, and your candor in approaching this subject really helped draw me closer to this “fringe” subject in its entirety. <br /><br />Please, please consider writing here or elsewhere, you have said so much and it means a lot. Thank you so much Derfamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00188239271925260556noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2019724693487670016.post-24808835635429894392020-08-07T07:38:52.049-07:002020-08-07T07:38:52.049-07:00Thank you. I usually don't let site referrals ...Thank you. I usually don't let site referrals stay up in the comments (and put them in spam) but this is not spam and is doubtless of interest to many readers. I am skeptical of the Paulides materials, but have not done a proper dive into the subject as he presents it to have earned an opinion, so I'll leave that part of the issue with that. The Professorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07811807639219365621noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2019724693487670016.post-80808186939235411182020-08-07T02:36:48.224-07:002020-08-07T02:36:48.224-07:00Thanks for the blog! You will be missed. PS. Missi...Thanks for the blog! You will be missed. PS. Missing 411/David Paulides includes several accounts of individuals who vanished while walking with a group. No one noticed at the time. They simply go missing. I spoke with a woman who was a tour guide in Sedona, AZ - who said she was walking with friends on a trail when she stepped into an area where she could still see her friends but they could not see or hear her. She retraced her steps to get back to their position and they asked where she had gone. (That interview is with Jocelyn Buckner posted in my podcast archives.) Wendy's Coffeehousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14732401264016333183noreply@blogger.com