r/HighStrangeness • u/UpperImpression3620 • 3d ago
Discussion High Strangeness Reading List
I am looking to buy another Audiobook on Audible. Currently reading the Mothman Prophesies. I've already read Ross Coulthart's, Elizondo's books and everything by Jacques Vallee...
What are some that you can recommend?
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u/7secretcrows 3d ago
Nothing In This Book Is True... But It's Exactly How Things Are by Bob Frisell
The Holographic Universe by Michael Talbot
I've enjoyed everything I've read by Nick Redfern
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u/starstufft 3d ago
Read The Holographic Universe in highschool. Still resonates with me to this day.
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u/Suspicious_Essay9196 3d ago
The rest of John Keels works, specifically The Eighth Tower, Operation Trojan Horse and Disneyland of the Gods. The Goblin Universe by Ted Holiday and Colin Wilson also.
One book I havent read but is on my to read list that I may as well add anyways because it dovetails well into the trickster nature of the phenomena is The Siren Call of Hungry Ghosts by Joe Fisher.
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u/WorriedAd7596 3d ago
Thanks for mentioning Colin Wilson, one of the original masters. All of his books are riveting. And his ufo book, Alien Dawn, is very good too. It contains lots of things no-one else mentions. And he also introduced me to The Goblin Universe. :)
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u/YJeezy 3d ago
Stalking the Wild Pendulum -Itzhak Bentov
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u/TheBuddha777 3d ago
The most boring book I've ever tried to read. I have the audio version but I couldn't get through it.
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u/Skinny-on-the-Inside 3d ago edited 3d ago
Read Narnia
Not a joke. CS Lewis knew… stuff.
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u/John_Michael_Greer 2d ago
I'd recommend instead his adult trilogy, Out of the Silent Planet, Perelandra, and (especially!) That Hideous Strength. I'm astonished the last of those hasn't gotten more attention these days.
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u/Skinny-on-the-Inside 2d ago
Point stands. CS Lewis knew things!!!
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u/John_Michael_Greer 2d ago
No argument there. His good friend Owen Barfield was one of the most interesting original thinkers of the time -- and then there was another friend of his, Charles Williams, who was a Golden Dawn initiate. Lewis's Christian fans these days have no clue...
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u/Gyirin 3d ago
could you elaborate?
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u/Skinny-on-the-Inside 2d ago
I will not. Just because it’s a lot. A lot of references. It’s remarkable. Just read the book. You’ll know when you see it.
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u/iolpiolp10 3d ago
It's pretty damn heavy reading, but The 8th Tower by John Keel is a fantastic read if you're into the interdimensional phenomena. I don't think anyone person has it all right, but he really sets forth a good foundation for what he's saying.
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u/HeartsBeMerry 3d ago
His Mother Man book is also superb. I keep rereading it because I love the way he writes. Nothing like the movie. 👍
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u/frankwhitesexappeal 2d ago
What book is this? I searched his name and Mother Man but didn’t find anything (aside from a song)
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u/HeartsBeMerry 2d ago
Man, I screwed up! It’s the Mothman Prophecies, not Mothrr Man. Geez. Sorry!
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u/WorriedAd7596 3d ago
Books by experiencers - Terry Lovelace, Mike Clelland, Grant Cameron, Whitley Strieber.
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u/Hampool 3d ago
Jay Stratton's new book just released yesterday, Out of the Shadows
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u/UpperImpression3620 2d ago
I’m halfway through it. I bought it exactly after reading your post. Thank you for the suggestion.
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u/CastTrunnionsSuck 3d ago
If it’s anything like elizondos slop i will hard pass on it
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u/UpperImpression3620 2d ago
Actually, he is probably the top gun of all whistleblowers as he has actually seen. The aliens and the craft and in the book key relates how Gary Nolan got involved, helping his family.
He is involved with a lot of people from Skinwalker Ranch, including Robert Bigelow
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u/ed_is_dead 2d ago
Robert Monroe- journeys out of the body
Michael Harner - way of the shaman
Iztahk Bentov - stalking the wild pendulum
Robert Anton Wilson - cosmic trigger
+1 for Holographic Universe
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u/SimonHJohansen 2h ago
"The Owlman and Others" by Jonathan Downes, pretty much the UK equivalent to "the Mothman Prophecies"
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u/UpperImpression3620 2d ago
I read that one and now, and October 7 see that his prophecy completely fell flat on its face
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u/heyjaney1 3d ago
Along similar lines of weird and conspiracy stuff, I really enjoyed listening to The Secret History of the World by Mark Booth.
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u/towniediva 3d ago
I asked gpt for an annotated bibliography for high quality nhi/uap/ufo stuff. It gave me the highlights of the usual suspects.
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u/Mad_Like_Mankey 3d ago
Gotta recommend Communion Letters by Whitley Strieber. It's essentially a collection of "fan mail" of other folk who had experiences and encounters.
It's often wild and weird, but i have found going through experiencers accounts have been more enlightening.