UNMENTIONABLES

I was asked to write this blog because of my soon to be published book, Passings; Death, Dying and Unexplained Phenomena. In this blog I will concern myself mostly with unexplained phenomena - "anomalous occurrences" - that do not fit into test tubes, cannot be prepared for the microscope, replicated or proven. Nevertheless they happen every day, around the globe to people of every age, sex, healthy or sick and can be found in the oldest of writings and within the myths of man. (I will use the word "man" or "mankind" meaning "humankind" in my writings as I am a healthy woman who knows who does the birthing and how the "men" got here - besides, I like men.)

Anomalous occurrences are commonly experienced within the arena of death. From near-death experiences to prescient dreams of death, from out of body experiences to fleeting knowings brought to mind via telepathy. There are others and in time we will get to them but what is interesting is the times in which we live. Whereas such experiences often ruled peoples of past, few will speak of such occurrences today no matter how the event affected their lives.

Following a spate of five deaths and numerous phenomena that occurred within a span of three and a half years I began to research the unexplainable. My exploration took me into many realms of science I had never broached before; my main field of inquiry is paleoanthropology - human origins. For twenty-three years I sought answers. Along the way I spoke with many people, including dignitaries, heads of industry, scientists, professors and others of every ilk. Feeling I had nothing more to lose, I told my stories, after which many would say, "I've never told anyone this before, but you'll understand." And I did.

In this scientific age we shun anything that can't be scientifically proven or replicated. This puts us all in a difficult position by asking us to deny things that are a part of being human. Those who quietly told me their stories had held them close because of fear; fear of what others would think of them, and perhaps, rightfully so. People who have never had an anomalous occurrence tend to laugh at those who have. As children on a playground, if they have not seen it or experienced it, it can't happen. At a tender age the daughter of an OBGYN doctor told me and three other girls how people make babies. I told her my Mommy and Daddy would not do such a thing.

So things do go bump in the night and clang around during the day, and, with your permission I will speak on such things.