Most serious field investigators who have spent years documenting UFO, Fortean and paranormal phenomena sooner or later come to a point where they start asking themselves the basic question: what are the implications of all these phenomena? There are of course ufologists and Forteans who gather cases like stamp collectors, without bothering about paradigm issues or the scientific and philosophical challenges implied by the phenomena. But for investigators with a scholarly or intellectual approach the various phenomena are usually the starting point of a life long search for the deeper existential questions.
Field investigators who from personal experience have discovered that the orthodox reductionist-materialist paradigm is untenable when confronted with UFOs and paranormal phenomena find themselves facing a dilemma. How to find a world view or paradigm that can be used as a reasonable working hypothesis to account for all the unexplained phenomena? Entering the field of alternative world views is for many a mission impossible with the hundreds of conflicting teachings from different groups and cults. Like entering a djungle full of snakes and swamps. Still, a pathfinder force attitude to this problem is necessary.
The critical and scientifically minded student will eventually, if persistent, in this djungle of conflicting messages and teachers, discover that there is a philosophy and tradition of a quality vastly different from the popular new age channelings. It is referred to as The Esoteric Tradition, Ancient Wisdom or Science of the Multiverse and can be regarded as the third intellectual force or pillar in cultural history alongside religion and science.
For those non-conformist and heretical ufologists who wish to open the door to Forbidden Science this guide in using Esotericism as a paradigm or working hypothesis can be a starting point and inspiration. From a philosophical or bird´s-eye view ufology is very much more than just simple identification of lights in the sky. It may take many years of field investigation and study but eventually you will probably arrive at the same conclusion as pioneer ufologist Jacques Vallee:
”…the history of ufology should be placed
within an esoteric context. Throughout history there has been a tradition of
higher knowledge, and the claim that it was accessible to us, if only we agreed
to be tested, to work through certain spiritual problems… That´s the meaning of
the hermetic schools. The UFO problem, the question of parapsychology, are central
to this business. Looking for the solution isn´t just a scientific project;
it´s a quest, an initiation, an enigma like that of the Sphinx…”.
(Jacques Vallee, Forbidden Science II, p. 211).
Esotericism –
Elementary
https://ufoarchives.blogspot.com/2013/04/handbook-of-theosophical-current.html
https://ufoarchives.blogspot.com/2013/04/position-statement.html
https://ufoarchives.blogspot.com/2014/01/gordon-creighton-and-fsr-archives.html
https://ufoarchives.blogspot.com/2014/02/traditionalism-and-ufos.html
https://ufoarchives.blogspot.com/2014/03/kristina-queen-of-sweden-and-esotericism.html
https://ufoarchives.blogspot.com/2014/08/where-have-all-lodges-gone.html
https://ufoarchives.blogspot.com/2015/10/what-i-have-been-trying-to-say.html
https://ufoarchives.blogspot.com/2017/03/esotericism-for-dummies.html
Alice Bailey
https://ufoarchives.blogspot.com/2013/06/alice-bailey-and-extraterrestrial.html
https://ufoarchives.blogspot.com/2016/03/guides-and-mentors-alice-bailey.html
https://ufoarchives.blogspot.com/2019/05/alice-bailey-unlikely-occultist.html
Borderland Sciences
Research Foundation (BSRF)
https://ufoarchives.blogspot.com/2014/03/round-robin-and-contactee-history.html
https://ufoarchives.blogspot.com/2014/04/riley-crabb-ufos-and-theosophy.html
https://ufoarchives.blogspot.com/2016/08/the-bsrf-archive.html
https://ufoarchives.blogspot.com/2017/09/the-journal-of-borderland-research.html
https://ufoarchives.blogspot.com/2017/10/kerstin-bafverstedt-pioneer-of-swedish.html
https://ufoarchives.blogspot.com/2017/11/the-meade-layne-roger-p-graham.html
https://ufoarchives.blogspot.com/2017/12/the-meade-layne-desmond-leslie.html
https://ufoarchives.blogspot.com/2018/05/the-riley-crabb-correspondence.html
https://ufoarchives.blogspot.com/2018/05/gerald-light-and-etherians.html
https://ufoarchives.blogspot.com/2018/09/notes-from-riley-crabb-file.html
https://ufoarchives.blogspot.com/2019/06/ralph-holland-and-venusians.html
https://ufoarchives.blogspot.com/2019/11/a-study-of-inner-circle-teachings.html
Channeling
https://ufoarchives.blogspot.com/2016/03/guides-and-mentors-sture-and-turid.html
https://ufoarchives.blogspot.com/2017/07/the-spiritual-quest-of-george-hunt.html
https://ufoarchives.blogspot.com/2018/03/ufos-in-sture-johansson-channeling.html
https://ufoarchives.blogspot.com/2018/11/contactees-and-channeling.html
https://ufoarchives.blogspot.com/2019/04/edith-nicolaisen-and-doomsday-prophecies.html
https://ufoarchives.blogspot.com/2019/11/a-study-of-inner-circle-teachings.html
Contactees and Esotericism
https://ufoarchives.blogspot.com/2013/04/millen-cooke-ufos-and-esoteric-tradition.html
https://ufoarchives.blogspot.com/2013/08/daniel-fry-and-esoteric-intervention.html
https://ufoarchives.blogspot.com/2013/09/the-change-comes-from-space.html
https://ufoarchives.blogspot.com/2013/11/return-of-gods-ufos-and-esoteric.html
https://ufoarchives.blogspot.com/2013/12/who-was-paul-m-vest.html
https://ufoarchives.blogspot.com/2014/12/the-howard-menger-enigma.html
https://ufoarchives.blogspot.com/2015/02/daniel-fry-biography.html
https://ufoarchives.blogspot.com/2015/05/some-further-notes-on-paul-m-vest.html
https://ufoarchives.blogspot.com/2016/05/howard-menger-and-esotericism.html
https://ufoarchives.blogspot.com/2017/01/the-ufo-contactee-no-one-investigated.html
https://ufoarchives.blogspot.com/2017/04/kelvin-rowe-and-esoteric-tradition.html
https://ufoarchives.blogspot.com/2017/07/the-spiritual-quest-of-george-hunt.html
https://ufoarchives.blogspot.com/2017/08/otto-viking-bishop-and-ufologist.html
https://ufoarchives.blogspot.com/2017/12/some-further-notes-on-we-are-here.html
https://ufoarchives.blogspot.com/2018/03/dorris-van-tassel-contactee-in.html
https://ufoarchives.blogspot.com/2018/04/from-outer-space-to-you.html
https://ufoarchives.blogspot.com/2018/12/the-ufo-contacts-of-trevor-james.html
https://ufoarchives.blogspot.com/2018/12/suzies-sudden-saucer.html
https://ufoarchives.blogspot.com/2019/05/george-adamskis-lost-debut-recovered.html
https://ufoarchives.blogspot.com/2019/12/the-dark-vision-of-don-worley.html
https://ufoarchives.blogspot.com/2019/12/orfeo-angelucci-and-esoteric-tradition.html
Cyril Scott
https://ufoarchives.blogspot.com/2016/04/cyril-scott-as-esotericist.html
Desmond Leslie
https://ufoarchives.blogspot.com/2015/03/desmond-leslie-as-esotericist.html
https://ufoarchives.blogspot.com/2017/12/the-meade-layne-desmond-leslie.html
Devas and Elementals
https://ufoarchives.blogspot.com/2013/08/leprechauns-humanoids-and-dark-plasma.html
https://ufoarchives.blogspot.com/2013/12/an-interesting-letter.html
https://ufoarchives.blogspot.com/2014/03/stranger-in-strange-land.html
https://ufoarchives.blogspot.com/2014/08/seeing-fairies.html
https://ufoarchives.blogspot.com/2015/04/the-future-of-phenomena-investigation.html
https://ufoarchives.blogspot.com/2017/06/creatures-from-twilight-zone.html
https://ufoarchives.blogspot.com/2017/09/ted-owens-pk-man.html
https://ufoarchives.blogspot.com/2018/01/mothman-and-spirits-of-air.html
https://ufoarchives.blogspot.com/2019/08/the-cultural-impact-of-contactee.html
https://ufoarchives.blogspot.com/2020/07/visitors-from-multiverse.html
https://ufoarchives.blogspot.com/2019/09/satellite-and-elementals.html
Edith Nicolaisen
https://ufoarchives.blogspot.com/2013/05/theosophy-and-swedish-ufo-movement.html
https://ufoarchives.blogspot.com/2016/08/edith-nicolaisen-and-esoteric-tradition.html
https://ufoarchives.blogspot.com/2019/04/edith-nicolaisen-and-doomsday-prophecies.html
Esoteric Intervention
Theory
https://ufoarchives.blogspot.com/2013/06/talbot-mundy-and-esoteric-intervention.html
https://ufoarchives.blogspot.com/2013/06/alice-bailey-and-extraterrestrial.html
https://ufoarchives.blogspot.com/2013/08/daniel-fry-and-esoteric-intervention.html
https://ufoarchives.blogspot.com/2013/12/who-was-paul-m-vest.html
https://ufoarchives.blogspot.com/2016/08/eti-and-esoteric-tradition.html
https://ufoarchives.blogspot.com/2017/02/planetary-and-interplanetary-guardians.html
https://ufoarchives.blogspot.com/2019/01/a-benevolent-conspiracy.html
https://ufoarchives.blogspot.com/2019/02/the-esoteric-intervention-theory-updated.html
https://ufoarchives.blogspot.com/2019/03/dane-rudhyar-and-esoteric-intervention.html
https://ufoarchives.blogspot.com/2019/08/the-cultural-impact-of-contactee.html
Esoteric Novels
https://ufoarchives.blogspot.com/2013/06/talbot-mundy-and-esoteric-intervention.html
https://ufoarchives.blogspot.com/2013/10/mattias-fyhr-and-supernatural-horror.html
https://ufoarchives.blogspot.com/2013/11/doris-lessing-ufos-and-sufism.html
https://ufoarchives.blogspot.com/2013/12/colin-wilson-1931-2013.html
https://ufoarchives.blogspot.com/2015/08/varmland-and-esoteric-tradition.html
https://ufoarchives.blogspot.com/2016/04/selma-lagerlof-and-esoteric-tradition.html
https://ufoarchives.blogspot.com/2016/06/robert-heinlein-and-esotericism.html
https://ufoarchives.blogspot.com/2018/06/gustaf-froding-and-esotericism.html
https://ufoarchives.blogspot.com/2019/06/gems-from-esoterica-shelf.html
Esotericism and
Politics
https://ufoarchives.blogspot.com/2013/06/holiday-artists-and-theosophy.html
Esotericism as
Paradigm and Working Hypothesis
https://ufoarchives.blogspot.com/2013/08/esotericism-ufology-and-academy.html
https://ufoarchives.blogspot.com/2013/12/paradigms-and-intellectual-integrity.html
https://ufoarchives.blogspot.com/2014/04/paranormal-phenomena-and-esoteric.html
https://ufoarchives.blogspot.com/2014/08/esotericism-and-intellectual-humanist.html
https://ufoarchives.blogspot.com/2015/05/humanism-skepticism-esotericism.html
https://ufoarchives.blogspot.com/2016/02/esotericism-and-intellectual-integrity.html
https://ufoarchives.blogspot.com/2016/04/paranormal-phenomena-and-academic.html
https://ufoarchives.blogspot.com/2016/09/parnormal-phenomena-and-paradigm-problem.html
https://ufoarchives.blogspot.com/2016/09/gerard-aartsen-ufos-and-esotericism.html
https://ufoarchives.blogspot.com/2017/04/t-bryon-edmond-ufologist-and-esotericist.html
https://ufoarchives.blogspot.com/2017/05/the-problems-in-introducing-esotericism.html
https://ufoarchives.blogspot.com/2017/06/research-projects-and-paradigms.html
https://ufoarchives.blogspot.com/2017/08/a-crack-in-materialist-wall.html
https://ufoarchives.blogspot.com/2018/08/esotericism-and-critical-ufo.html
Geoffrey Hodson
https://ufoarchives.blogspot.com/2020/01/geoffrey-hodson-retreats-and-ufo-bases.html
Etheric Versus
Physical Visitors
https://ufoarchives.blogspot.com/2020/04/space-people-physical-versus-etheric.html
Henry T. Laurency
https://ufoarchives.blogspot.com/2014/01/the-henry-t-laurency-legacy.html
https://ufoarchives.blogspot.com/2016/04/guides-and-mentors-henry-t-laurency.html
Jacques Vallee
https://ufoarchives.blogspot.com/2014/03/heretic-among-heretics.html
https://ufoarchives.blogspot.com/2016/07/forbidden-science-versus-dark-science.html
https://ufoarchives.blogspot.com/2019/06/forbidden-science-volume-four.html
John Keel
https://ufoarchives.blogspot.com/2013/09/from-phenomena-to-philosophy.html
https://ufoarchives.blogspot.com/2013/10/jadoo-and-esoterica.html
https://ufoarchives.blogspot.com/2016/03/guides-and-mentors-john-keel.html
Materialization
https://ufoarchives.blogspot.com/2013/08/henry-olcott-and-phenomena.html
https://ufoarchives.blogspot.com/2020/07/visitors-from-multiverse.html
https://ufoarchives.blogspot.com/2020/07/invisibility-and-materialization.html
Paul Foster Case
https://ufoarchives.blogspot.com/2016/09/paul-foster-case-and-esoteric-tradition.html
Quarantined Planet
(The Alcatraz Theory)
https://ufoarchives.blogspot.com/2013/05/welcome-to-alcatraz.html
https://ufoarchives.blogspot.com/2018/03/guardians-and-invaders-in-esoteric.html
https://ufoarchives.blogspot.com/2020/05/the-quarantined-planet.html
Retreats and UFO
Bases
https://ufoarchives.blogspot.com/2015/03/esoteric-archives.html
https://ufoarchives.blogspot.com/2015/06/richard-kieninger-ufos-and-esoteric.html
https://ufoarchives.blogspot.com/2020/01/geoffrey-hodson-retreats-and-ufo-bases.html
Tibet
https://ufoarchives.blogspot.com/2013/07/rudolf-von-linauer-and-tibetan-mystery.html
https://ufoarchives.blogspot.com/2013/09/new-data-on-rudolf-von-linauer.html
https://ufoarchives.blogspot.com/2013/10/rudolf-von-linauer-and-tibet.html
https://ufoarchives.blogspot.com/2016/02/theodore-illion-as-esotericist.html
Viola Petitt Neal and
Shafica Karagulla
https://ufoarchives.blogspot.com/2017/04/through-curtain.html