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ABSTRACT ET Dreams: Part II – Explanations Rosemary Ellen
Guiley is the author of 30 books on such topics as dreams,
intuition, mysticism, metaphysics, paranormal phenomena and spirituality. She has done lay dreamwork facilitation for groups for
more than a decade. She is
president of Visionary Living, Inc., and is a former member of the board
of directors of the ASD. email
reguiley@aol.com.)
Summary of Presentation This paper offers possible explanations for the
phenomenon of ET dreams and places them in historical and folklore context
with dreams involving supernatural entities such as fairies, demons,
angels, etc. Jungian
perspectives also will be discussed. Learning Objectives: 1) To educate the dreaming community about ET dreams 2) To place ET dreams in a broad historical and cultural context; 3) To offer ideas for
constructive dreamwork involving ET dreams.
Abstract
Since the beginning of
modern ufology in 1947, dreams involving encounters with extraterrestrials
have been on the rise, markedly so since the 1980s, when mass media began
featuring stories of abductions and contacts.
Many who have these dreams feel they are more than “ordinary,”
i.e., symbolic dreams, and may involve “real” experiences that take
place during dreaming. Anyone
who works in dreamwork facilitation is likely to encounter subjects who
have these dreams, sometimes on a frequent and repeating basis.
While some experiencers genuinely feel they are ET contactees,
others feel no connection with Ets yet have ET dreams. Still others give a high degree of spiritual import to their
ET dreams. So, how can
dreamworkers approach these dreams to make sense out of them? In
his book Abduction, Harvard psychiatrist John Mack
reports that typical of abductions are “frightening dreams that
seem more real than ordinary nightmares.”
The victim may recall the “dream” upon awakening, or may need
hypnosis to remember. Mack
divides ET dreams into three types: 1) abductions distorted as dream
experiences; 2) dreams that relive abductions; and 3) ordinary dreams that
contain UFO material. Mack
states that our modern concepts of dreams need to be reexamined and even
redefined: When
abductees call their experiences “dreams,” which they often do, close
questioning can elicit that this may be a euphemism to cover what they are
sure cannot be that, namely an event from which there was no awakening
that occurred in another dimension... Allow
for the time being that there is little knowledge about the domain from
which the alien beings derive – perhaps not even language or concepts to
describe it. Yet acknowledge
too that something is going on that cannot be dismissed out of hand. Carol
D. Warner and I have undertaken an examination of ET dreams.
Due to the depth of the material, we are presenting this in two
related papers, Part I which looks at the characteristics of ET dreams and
the views of ET dreamers, and Part II which offers explanations for this
modern dreaming phenomenon. ET
dreams share common ground with humanity’s dreaming history of dream
encounters with otherworldly beings.
Folklorist Thomas Bullard and UFO expert Jacques Vallee were among
the first to compare ET experiences in general to fairy lore; however,
comparisons can be broadened to include a wide range of dreams of demonic
entities, angelic entities and so forth. Are
these dreams solely symbolic, or do they involve an adventure of
consciousness into unknown realms? The answer may be both.
Certainly ET dreams contain symbolic content related to the context
of the dreamer’s life. They
may also be projections of collective stress, as Jung suggested in his
examination of the UFO. Personality
and personal experience may be factors, as Kenneth Ring suggests in his
“encounter-prone personality profile” comparing ET experiencers with
near-death experiencers. But
these ET dreams may also be something more, related to a part of dreaming
we do not yet fully understand. The
aim of my paper is to provide dreamworkers with information and ideas for
consideration. I believe it
is important to approach these types of dreams from different perspectives
in order to honor the full integrity of the experience.
For example, looking at these dreams as only symbolic material may
not address the core experience for the dreamer. My
work for the past 20 years in the paranormal, mystical, metaphysical and
spiritual fields has given me a broad perspective for putting ET dreams
into a meaningful context of human experience.
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