“A man is known by the company his mind keeps.” – Thomas Bailey Aldrich
We had great luck photographing the lunar eclipse. No driving or traveling this time. The perfect view was just a matter of stepping outside. Although there were a few clouds earlier in the evening, and some occasional wisps through the night, when 2 AM rolled around – we [Andy’s camera] got our moon shot.
Eclipse – portent of change
Throughout history, eclipses have been seen as cosmic signals—markers of transformation, disruption, and revelation. Many cultures and spiritual traditions associate them with endings and beginnings, the unveiling of hidden truths, and moments when the veil between worlds grows thin.
In astrology, lunar eclipses specifically symbolize culmination points, where something that has been building beneath the surface is revealed, forcing a shift in perspective or direction. Whether personal or collective, they tend to accelerate change, making what was once subtle or slow-moving suddenly unavoidable.
Given the rapid shifts in our world—technological, political, and even metaphysical—the eclipse could certainly be seen as a celestial punctuation mark, reminding us that evolution is underway, whether we’re ready or not.
Astrology: “In 2025, we’ll experience four eclipses that have the potential to usher in transformative revelations and exciting new beginnings. And those born under mutable sun signs — Gemini, Virgo, Sagittarius and Pisces — are likely to feel these lunations most potently.” For more information: Source
Science and other notes
- Andrew Collins via Facebook, 3.19.25: “Okay, this is a big breaking story that, if genuine, changes everything. Extraordinary megastructures have been found beneath Giza’s Second Pyramid!” He cites his source as Greg Reese on substack.
–“The massive underground structure revealed by the recent SAR data shows what appears to be a mechanical or functional system.“
– “And this has been hypothesized in the past. Nikola Tesla believed that the pyramids could harness earth’s natural frequencies. This arguably inspired his experiments in wireless energy transmission and scalar waves.“ - Special delivery. The long awaited release of JFK assassination files confirmed known information and suggested CIA and KGB involvement in investigating Oswald, with details on CIA’s alleged role, Oswald’s ties. No conclusive evidence. However, the information is interesting for what might be inferred. Source
- Pay close attention to this. LLMs and emotion. “Previous research shows that emotion-inducing prompts can elevate “anxiety” in LLMs, affecting behavior and amplifying biases. Here, we found that traumatic narratives increased Chat-GPT-4’s reported anxiety while mindfulness-based exercises reduced it, though not to baseline.” Source
- Peer reviewed. UFOs and Nukes. “The Pattern Recognition Study concluded that intelligent and focused activity was associated with UAP at atomic facilities to a greater degree than conventional non-atomic military facilities.” Source
- The Fourth Turning Is Here: What the Seasons of History Tell Us about How and When This Crisis Will End, by Neil Howe. “The visionary behind the bestselling phenomenon The Fourth Turning looks once again to America’s past to predict our future in this startling and hopeful prophecy for how our present era of civil unrest will resolve over the next ten years—and what our lives will look like once it has.” Source
- According to a 2024 Yougov poll, “60% of Americans believe the U.S. government is concealing information about Unidentified Flying Objects.
-Whether or not alien spacecraft are visiting Earth, most Americans think there is either probably or definitely intelligent life on other planets, somewhere in the universe. This belief is more common among men than women, but equally likely among Americans with and without college degrees. Source - Carolina the giant rat retired as a hero after saving many lives. Last year, African giant pouched rats like Carolina prevented nearly 400,000 new cases of a deadly disease. It’s possible because of their extreme sense of smell. Source
Look up
German artist Hans Glaser created a woodcut engraving that depicted a strange aerial disturbance that people in Nuremberg reported seeing on April 14, 1561.
This mysterious event in Nuremberg, and its depiction in Glaser’s broadsheet, would go largely unmentioned until the twentieth century, when it appeared in Carl Jung’s 1958 work Flying Saucers: A Modern Myth of Things Seen in the Skies. Source
This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published (or registered with the U.S. Copyright Office) before January 1, 1930.
When the Impossible Becomes Personal: Transformative Effects of Anomalous Experiences
Extraordinary encounters—whether near-death experiences (NDEs), UFO contact, or unexplained phenomena—have a way of upending everything we think we know. Those who experience them often emerge with an expanded sense of awareness, a redefined purpose, and a new relationship with reality itself.
Take Anita Moorjani, for example. Her NDE during a coma led her to an undeniable truth: consciousness transcends the physical body. She returned with a profound sense of purpose—she had a second chance to live fully, without fear. Her experience reinforced the idea that our thoughts and energy shape reality in ways beyond conventional understanding.
Similarly, Whitley Strieber’s alien abduction left him with more questions than answers, but also with an expanded perception of consciousness and non-human intelligence. His experience forced him to question the nature of reality, time, and human potential. Despite ridicule, he followed the breadcrumbs, ultimately shifting his focus toward deeper explorations of the unknown.
Then there’s Dr. Garry Nolan, whose childhood encounter with a mysterious presence opened the door to a lifelong fascination with high-level consciousness and the biological effects of anomalous experiences. His work in immunology and research into the brains of experiencers suggests that exposure to the unexplained may literally rewire the mind, altering cognition and perception in ways science is only beginning to understand.
This interview with Dr. Garry Nolan is hosted by Gita Wirjawan, an Indonesian educator, entrepreneur, and current visiting scholar at the Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center (APARC) at Stanford University.
Dr. Garry Nolan challenges the conventional “alien” label, urging a shift in perspective. In this second interview, he delves into his own personal encounters and emphasizes the importance of redefining the terminology. Rather than assuming these intelligences are extraterrestrial, he suggests considering them as non-human or even non-present-day human—hinting at possibilities beyond our current understanding of time, evolution, and consciousness. Link
What connects all these individuals is not just the strangeness of their experiences, but the transformation that followed. Each emerged with heightened intuition, a broader awareness of non-physical realms, and a deepened sense of purpose. Their stories highlight a key truth: encounters with the unknown, no matter how unsettling, often serve as catalysts for profound personal and professional evolution.
Ultimately, these experiences challenge us to ask: What happens when reality expands beyond what we’ve been taught to believe? And more importantly, who do we become once we stop ignoring the impossible?
High Strangeness: Paranormal Encounters and Otherworldly Anomalies
This is the second of two conversations I posted with Tom Dongo. Author of eight books, Tom is a leading expert on UFOs, paranormal phenomena, and the mysteries of Sedona, Arizona.
His research spans decades, documenting strange flying craft, otherworldly beings, and unexplained energy anomalies, including over 100 compelling photographs. Available on Amazon sponsored link
Tom is featured in this History Channel series: Beyond Skinwalker Ranch. “Investigators Andy Bustamante and Paul Beban explore Bradshaw Ranch in Sedona, Ariz., and encounter dangerous radiation levels, a strange temperature anomaly and a UAP [Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena].” Link
Science will carry us forward
“In order to more fully understand this reality, we must take into account other dimensions of a broader reality.” – John Archibald Wheeler
Via Maria Popova’s The Marginalian: “Wheeler posited that, at the fundamental level, reality is made of two things only: binary choices and a chooser. “All things physical are information-theoretic in origin and this is a participatory universe,” he wrote in his brilliant and brilliantly titled It from Bit theory.” Source
In another It from Bit interview with John Wheeler from Science Writer John Horgan, he notes that Wheeler was almost 80 at the time of this interview.
“Wheeler is also renowned for his physical energy. When we leave his third-floor office to get some lunch, he spurns the elevator, declaring that “elevators are hazardous to your health,” and charges down the stairs. He hooked an arm inside the banister and pivots at each landing, letting centrifugal force whirl him around the hairpin and down the next flight.” Link
Despite his sunny disposition, he carried with him a secret sadness. “He was devoted to the memory of his younger brother, Joe, a Ph.D. in American history with wife and child, who was killed in the bitter fighting against the Germans in northern Italy,” said Letitia Wheeler Ufford, his oldest child. “His brother’s last words to him were ‘Hurry up, John,’ as he sensed that his older brother was working on weaponry to end the war. As he got older, our father wept often over this brother.” Source.
On the desk
I haven’t decided whether my tornado dream last Saturday was a premonition or anxiety due to the daily chaos. I woke myself up, out of breath, as I was running to some house I’ve never seen, feeling responsible for a woman who had joined me for a walk… knowing it was safe in the basement and the twister was taking a circuitous route.
Woke up before we got there — but the tornado was classic! Perfect Kansas Wizard of Oz twister. Fortunately – no witch. There’s that. And the writing continues…
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