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From Elsewhere: Being E.T. in America
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288 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published January 1, 1996
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Scott Mandelker
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Born April 22, 1962 in New York City, Scott Mandelker completed his doctorate in East West Psychology from the California Institute of Integral Studies (CIIS) in San Francisco in 1992. His Ph.D. combines eclectic Western psychology with intensive study of Eastern religions, and followed upon years of formal training in US and Asian Buddhist temples (in Japanese Zen and Thai Theravadan traditions).
After leaving monastic life, Scott earned a B.A. in Buddhist Studies from Naropa Institute in Boulder, Colorado in 1987. After receiving an M.A. in Counseling in 1990, he began a private practice in spiritual counseling, which he maintains in San Francisco and upon his travels. He has published over a dozen essays on metaphysics, Eastern religions, and the spiritual meaning of ET contact and the UFO presence.
His interest in the phenomenon of ET identity developed from years of meditation, personal experience, and extensive study of New Age material. Focusing on the reality of cosmic contact and human life at the turn of the millennium, his first book, From Elsewhere: Being ET in America, focuses on those who have uncovered their cosmic roots. His second book, Universal Vision: Soul Evolution and the Cosmic Plan, integrates Buddhist and Eastern wisdom with the metaphysics of ET contact, UFO agendas, and global transformation. It includes extensive discussion of self-healing, meditation, and the principles of body-mind-spirit transformation.
Scott Mandelker was editor and publisher of the bi-monthly ET Journal from 1995-1999, and has presented at numerous New Age conferences, including Whole Life Expos, Rocky Mountain and Gulf Breeze Expos, and Star Knowledge gatherings. He has appeared on over 70 radio shows including Art Bell and Laura Lee, plus network TV shows such as Hard Copy, Strange Universe, The Other Side, and Mysteries, Magic and Miracles. His first book was translated into Japanese, Polish and Romanian, and his second, Universal Vision, was released in July 2000 by UV Way. Scott is based in San Francisco and offers regular teaching and counseling throughout the US and Japan.
Born April 22, 1962 in New York City, Scott Mandelker completed his doctorate in East West Psychology from the California Institute of Integral Studies (CIIS) in San Francisco in 1992. His Ph.D. combines eclectic Western psychology with intensive study of Eastern religions, and followed upon years of formal training in US and Asian Buddhist temples (in Japanese Zen and Thai Theravadan traditions).
After leaving monastic life, Scott earned a B.A. in Buddhist Studies from Naropa Institute in Boulder, Colorado in 1987. After receiving an M.A. in Counseling in 1990, he began a private practice in spiritual counseling, which he maintains in San Francisco and upon his travels. He has published over a dozen essays on metaphysics, Eastern religions, and the spiritual meaning of ET contact and the UFO presence.
His interest in the phenomenon of ET identity developed from years of meditation, personal experience, and extensive study of New Age material. Focusing on the reality of cosmic contact and human life at the turn of the millennium, his first book, From Elsewhere: Being ET in America, focuses on those who have uncovered their cosmic roots. His second book, Universal Vision: Soul Evolution and the Cosmic Plan, integrates Buddhist and Eastern wisdom with the metaphysics of ET contact, UFO agendas, and global transformation. It includes extensive discussion of self-healing, meditation, and the principles of body-mind-spirit transformation.
Scott Mandelker was editor and publisher of the bi-monthly ET Journal from 1995-1999, and has presented at numerous New Age conferences, including Whole Life Expos, Rocky Mountain and Gulf Breeze Expos, and Star Knowledge gatherings. He has appeared on over 70 radio shows including Art Bell and Laura Lee, plus network TV shows such as Hard Copy, Strange Universe, The Other Side, and Mysteries, Magic and Miracles. His first book was translated into Japanese, Polish and Romanian, and his second, Universal Vision, was released in July 2000 by UV Way. Scott is based in San Francisco and offers regular teaching and counseling throughout the US and Japan.
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August 20, 2012
When I got this book what I found interesting was that the cover and some of the pages in the beginning promised a study on people who think that they are (or are, whatever) aliens and how it affects their life. In the beginning the author actually promises that he won't try to convince the readers of the fact that what these people think is for real.
Unfortunately this promise isn't kept. How could he, apparently he is an ET as well He keeps on telling the readers that one should be open-minded, look at the world from a different perspective and blah, blah blah. Yes, Just a lot of blah blah blah, some of which I want to address in my review. And yes, I finished the book, I hate stop reading books no matter how much pain it makes me go through.
First of all, I am open-minded when it comes to this. I actually HOPE that there are aliens even though recent research said that there may be no intelligent life in the universe, but this kind of book doesn't work on me, it actually makes me believe less. What Scott Mandelker doesn't seem to understand is that being open minded doesn't mean to accept every crazy thing told to you, just because somebody is so sure about it. Yes, people had to open their mind in order to accept some of the greatest discoveries that made a change in the world, but none of them came without a proof. Nobody for example accepted evolution just because Darwin said so.
Actually the chapter on proof is painful. At some point he actually says that "Empirical proof is impossible because it would never be accepted.". Hmm, well, why don't you try buddy? And then try again and again until you convince people with some solid facts and not just by telling us what some ex junkie thinks of himself? This is how people with other discoveries managed to get their ideas accepted. The answer is that you just don't have any. In one thing I agree with the author: it is not different than a religion. Reading this was just as frustrating as listening to some dimwit trying to say that creationism is at least on the same level of credibility as evolution if not even more likely. Never mind that there is no proof for it while enough for the other, one just "knows" it.
It is also very surprising that something like this comes from someone who studied psychology. first of all he tells us that people that he interviewed didn't look or seem crazy. Well, mental problems are not necessarily visible, people who have them are not all necessarily running around with scissors and drooling. Family and close friends of people who for example have schizophrenia often don't realize it until something abnormal (like for example telling everyone that they are an alien) happens. Speaking of abnormal, again it surprised me to see that when he was talking about a research of some psychiatrist to see if there is something abnormal about the brains of people who claim to be ETs to explain their abnormal behavior, he actually said that he doesn't like the word "abnormal". Why? Abnormal doesn't mean bad or good, it just means that it is out of norm. And even if one believes that these people are aliens, this fact makes them out of norm of the general Earth population. He doesn't seem to like that psychiatrists try to find some other explanations after the abnormality in the brain research didn't bring the results they expected. Again, why? This is how things are done, people look at different explanations and test them to eliminate explanations and find the right one. If its impossible to prove an ET soul for him, he should at least be happy that the explanations he doesn't like are tested and proven wrong. I guess the problem he has is that he likes this idea too much to even look at other possibilities.
Which is amazing because in all those people he interviewed I saw a much better explanation. Sure none of them had the same kind of life but they all seemed to have had issues in life for which they would need something to help them cope with. Abuse in childhood, near death experiences, drug addictions, some two roommates both realized they are ETs after attending one of those therapies (how convenient and obviously they did have issues since they attended a therapy) another guy found it out when he was told it, etc. etc. etc. Honestly, I actually had an uncomfortable feeling when reading the questions to see if you are one of the ETs. It was obviously fishing for some people who are vulnerable because of feeling out of place in the society, trying to find themselves etc. Very much like cults and religions (which are just cults with status) do. I don't think that the author had any ill intentions, he thinks he is one of the aliens. Apparently the "break" the shrinks he saw in the past warned him about really did happen, and he is just spreading the word. The whole mission of the ETs seems to be stupid as well, they all talk about bringing truth and help us spiritually. Again, very cult like. I wouldn't care that there are people who really believe that they are ETs. Whatever helps them to cope with their issues, they can believe they are aliens, that they see Jesus or that they are butterflies, doesn't matter. Only this seems to actually cause more problem to them by drifting them from the society and their loved ones.
I am sure that people who already believe that they are aliens will love this book. but the rest, don't waste your time. If you are just interested in aliens I am sure there are better books than this pseudoscience garbage that tries to act credible by having an author with a PhD and using the word "study" to address the interviews
Unfortunately this promise isn't kept. How could he, apparently he is an ET as well He keeps on telling the readers that one should be open-minded, look at the world from a different perspective and blah, blah blah. Yes, Just a lot of blah blah blah, some of which I want to address in my review. And yes, I finished the book, I hate stop reading books no matter how much pain it makes me go through.
First of all, I am open-minded when it comes to this. I actually HOPE that there are aliens even though recent research said that there may be no intelligent life in the universe, but this kind of book doesn't work on me, it actually makes me believe less. What Scott Mandelker doesn't seem to understand is that being open minded doesn't mean to accept every crazy thing told to you, just because somebody is so sure about it. Yes, people had to open their mind in order to accept some of the greatest discoveries that made a change in the world, but none of them came without a proof. Nobody for example accepted evolution just because Darwin said so.
Actually the chapter on proof is painful. At some point he actually says that "Empirical proof is impossible because it would never be accepted.". Hmm, well, why don't you try buddy? And then try again and again until you convince people with some solid facts and not just by telling us what some ex junkie thinks of himself? This is how people with other discoveries managed to get their ideas accepted. The answer is that you just don't have any. In one thing I agree with the author: it is not different than a religion. Reading this was just as frustrating as listening to some dimwit trying to say that creationism is at least on the same level of credibility as evolution if not even more likely. Never mind that there is no proof for it while enough for the other, one just "knows" it.
It is also very surprising that something like this comes from someone who studied psychology. first of all he tells us that people that he interviewed didn't look or seem crazy. Well, mental problems are not necessarily visible, people who have them are not all necessarily running around with scissors and drooling. Family and close friends of people who for example have schizophrenia often don't realize it until something abnormal (like for example telling everyone that they are an alien) happens. Speaking of abnormal, again it surprised me to see that when he was talking about a research of some psychiatrist to see if there is something abnormal about the brains of people who claim to be ETs to explain their abnormal behavior, he actually said that he doesn't like the word "abnormal". Why? Abnormal doesn't mean bad or good, it just means that it is out of norm. And even if one believes that these people are aliens, this fact makes them out of norm of the general Earth population. He doesn't seem to like that psychiatrists try to find some other explanations after the abnormality in the brain research didn't bring the results they expected. Again, why? This is how things are done, people look at different explanations and test them to eliminate explanations and find the right one. If its impossible to prove an ET soul for him, he should at least be happy that the explanations he doesn't like are tested and proven wrong. I guess the problem he has is that he likes this idea too much to even look at other possibilities.
Which is amazing because in all those people he interviewed I saw a much better explanation. Sure none of them had the same kind of life but they all seemed to have had issues in life for which they would need something to help them cope with. Abuse in childhood, near death experiences, drug addictions, some two roommates both realized they are ETs after attending one of those therapies (how convenient and obviously they did have issues since they attended a therapy) another guy found it out when he was told it, etc. etc. etc. Honestly, I actually had an uncomfortable feeling when reading the questions to see if you are one of the ETs. It was obviously fishing for some people who are vulnerable because of feeling out of place in the society, trying to find themselves etc. Very much like cults and religions (which are just cults with status) do. I don't think that the author had any ill intentions, he thinks he is one of the aliens. Apparently the "break" the shrinks he saw in the past warned him about really did happen, and he is just spreading the word. The whole mission of the ETs seems to be stupid as well, they all talk about bringing truth and help us spiritually. Again, very cult like. I wouldn't care that there are people who really believe that they are ETs. Whatever helps them to cope with their issues, they can believe they are aliens, that they see Jesus or that they are butterflies, doesn't matter. Only this seems to actually cause more problem to them by drifting them from the society and their loved ones.
I am sure that people who already believe that they are aliens will love this book. but the rest, don't waste your time. If you are just interested in aliens I am sure there are better books than this pseudoscience garbage that tries to act credible by having an author with a PhD and using the word "study" to address the interviews
July 14, 2014
This book is well researched, but the author does repeat a lot of information. I enjoyed reading the first few chapters, but after that it was not really worth reading.
August 27, 2024
Full of non-sense can’t finish it.
November 8, 2023
Aby poszerzyć horyzonty, czytaj to, co nie jest wygodne mówili...
October 5, 2017
I loved this book! Scott Mandelker explains that the source of the term Wanderer was from the Law of One Material (channeled ET information collected in the 1980’s by L&L Research. Carla L. Rueckert was the channel.)
As explained in the Law of One, Earth is going to go through a Major Ascension event and the people of earth who have lived here for 100’s of lives are burdened by their Karma from their "not so nice" past (think of the Inquisition, burning witches, Roman Empire, Hitler & WWII), so a call was put out for "fresh souls" to incarnate here on Earth to help raise the mass consciousness. About 100 million souls volunteered and are incarnate now. Unfortunately, these souls find it hard to adjust to a human society with its violence and materialism and, of course, these souls have had to go through the "forgetting" process so they don’t remember who they are or what their purpose on Earth is. (Also see The Wanderers Handbook, Carla L. Rueckert).
In this book the author, after explaining the origin and source of the term Wanderer goes about systematically interviewing over a dozen people who have self-identified as either Wanderers or Walk-Ins. Near the end of the book, the author also identifies himself as a Wanderer.
Scott Mandelker has a P.h.D. and teaches comparative religious philosophy. He has recorded an entire study guide to the Law of One and it is available on his YouTube channel.
If you are someone who feels out of place in human society you might want to take the "Wanderer Quiz" (Appendix 1).
Dolores Cannon (died 2014) has collected some of this same information from hundreds of her clients who have undergone regressive hypnotherapy. She has documented this in her book "The Three Waves of Volunteers and the New Earth".
As explained in the Law of One, Earth is going to go through a Major Ascension event and the people of earth who have lived here for 100’s of lives are burdened by their Karma from their "not so nice" past (think of the Inquisition, burning witches, Roman Empire, Hitler & WWII), so a call was put out for "fresh souls" to incarnate here on Earth to help raise the mass consciousness. About 100 million souls volunteered and are incarnate now. Unfortunately, these souls find it hard to adjust to a human society with its violence and materialism and, of course, these souls have had to go through the "forgetting" process so they don’t remember who they are or what their purpose on Earth is. (Also see The Wanderers Handbook, Carla L. Rueckert).
In this book the author, after explaining the origin and source of the term Wanderer goes about systematically interviewing over a dozen people who have self-identified as either Wanderers or Walk-Ins. Near the end of the book, the author also identifies himself as a Wanderer.
Scott Mandelker has a P.h.D. and teaches comparative religious philosophy. He has recorded an entire study guide to the Law of One and it is available on his YouTube channel.
If you are someone who feels out of place in human society you might want to take the "Wanderer Quiz" (Appendix 1).
Dolores Cannon (died 2014) has collected some of this same information from hundreds of her clients who have undergone regressive hypnotherapy. She has documented this in her book "The Three Waves of Volunteers and the New Earth".
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