Miracle Visitors

I remember Watson as a very dark writer and was concerned. But this is hopeful. I was reminded of Colin Wilson’s Mind Matters. But this is very different. A touch of Jonathan Livingston Seagull maybe. The American cop spoke in an English idiom. The Egyptians felt more realistic. Mysticism. In love with words, as though he can talk us into seeing what he sees; this is always a problem for mystics. I ended up liking most everyone in it, even those who were first painted unflatteringly.

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I thought this was a really silly book. Watson presents us with standard aliens out of UFO lore, combined with Jung's theory of UFO's (thus having his cake and eating it) and an Egyptian order of followers of Rūmī, and seems to take it all quite seriously and uncritically. None of the characters does anything remotely interesting, and there is a tremendously poor scene with an American cop. Really one to avoid.

F/SF