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Noah-I, was driven from Mars. With his creations,
he flew back to Earth in a spaceship
(Noah’s Ark) and populated the Earth.
According to Trench, all human conflict
stems from mankind’s dual nature. Only if we
achieve “total consciousness”—in which both
the superior Serpent heritage and the Animal
nature are integrated—can we claim our place
as wise, peaceful citizens of the galaxy.
Further Reading
Trench, Brinsley le Poer, 1960. The Sky People. London:
Neville Spearman.
Smead’s Martians
A century ago pioneering psychical researcher
James Hyslop investigated a case in which an
American woman received psychic messages
from Mars. The Martians, however, were not
natives of the planet but deceased relatives
who were now living on the Red Planet.
The woman, whom Hyslop identifies only
as Mrs. Smead, was married to a clergyman.
All her life she had had psychic experiences,
many of them involving spirit communications
through automatic writing. Then in
1895 a different set of messages started to
come through. They were from her three dead
children and her deceased brother-in-law.
One of the daughters, Maude, provided a description
of her new home, which she said was
crisscrossed with canals, reflecting a belief to
that effect (since conclusively debunked)
promulgated by astronomer Percival Lowell.
The communications ceased, then resumed
again five years later as if there had been no
interruption. Invited to assess them, Hyslop
deduced that they came out of a “secondary
personality”—what now would be called the
unconscious mind—of Mrs. Smead’s. He
wrote,
We find in such cases evidence that we need
not attribute fraud to the normal consciousness,
and we discover automatic processes of
mentation that may be equally acquitted of
fraudulent intent; while we are also free from
the obligation to accept the phenomena at
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their assumed value. Their most extraordinary
characteristic is the extent to which they imitate
the organizing principle intelligence of a
normal mind, and the perfection of their impersonation
of spirits, always betraying their
limitations, however, just at the point where we
have the right to expect veridical testimony to
their claims. (Hyslop, 1908)
See Also: Aliens and the dead; Allingham’s Martian;
Aurora Martian; Brown’s Martians; Dentons’s
Martians and Venusians; Hopkins’s Martians;
Khauga; Martian bees; Mince-Pie Martians;
Monka; Muller’s Martians; Shaw’s Martians;
Wilcox’s Martians
Further Reading
Hyslop, James H., 1908. Psychical Research and the
Resurrection. London: Fisher Unwin.
Smith
During a wave of sightings of mysterious,
never-explained “airships” (UFOs in modern
terminology) in the spring of 1897, a Rockland,
Texas, man named John Barclay claimed
an encounter with a close-lipped pilot who
gave only his last name. The Houston Daily
Post of April 25 reported the incident.
Around 11 P.M., as Barclay told the story,
he heard his dogs barking frantically. Glancing
out his window, he was startled to see an
oblong-shaped object with wings circling just
above his pasture. Moments later the ship
landed. Winchester rifle in hand, the witness
stepped outside where he spotted a stranger.
The stranger identified himself only as
“Smith.” He would not allow Barclay to get
closer to the ship. “We cannot allow you to
get any closer, but do as we request [and] your
kindness will be appreciated,” Smith said,
“and we will call on you some future day and
reciprocate your kindness by taking you on a
trip.” He handed Barclay ten dollars and
asked him to purchase lubricating oil, two
cold chisels, and bluestone from a nearby saw
mill and railroad depot. On his return Barclay
asked the aeronaut where he was from. “Anywhere,”
Smith replied, then added, “We will
be in Greece day after tomorrow.” He entered
the ship and was gone.