Miracle Visitors (1978)

by Ian Watson

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John Deacon uses hynosis to research altered states of consciousness. One of his subjects, Michael Peacocke, is unusually susceptible and in their fist session together he recalls a Close Encounter. Deacon is sceptical of UFOs and dismisses the story as an adolescent sexual fantasy. But then inexplicable things happen and Deacon is forced to reconsider. Could UFOs be symbols projected from the collective unconscious? Are they messages from the biomatrix? Does the mind have the ability to project tulpas, objects and people which are physically real yet somehow illusory?… (more)

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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. (

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Author name	Role	Type of author	Work?	Status
Ian Watson	—	primary author	all editions	calculated
Podevin, Jean-François	Cover artist	secondary author	some editions	confirmed
Roberts, Tony	Cover artist	secondary author	some editions	confirmed

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Miracle Visitors

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1978

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Pour Bertrand Meheust, qui m'enthousiasma pour le probleme . . .

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Standing up on the pedals, the schoolboy sprinted his bicycle over the cattle grid.

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John Deacon uses hynosis to research altered states of consciousness. One of his subjects, Michael Peacocke, is unusually susceptible and in their fist session together he recalls a Close Encounter. Deacon is sceptical of UFOs and dismisses the story as an adolescent sexual fantasy. But then inexplicable things happen and Deacon is forced to reconsider. Could UFOs be symbols projected from the collective unconscious? Are they messages from the biomatrix? Does the mind have the ability to project tulpas, objects and people which are physically real yet somehow illusory?

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