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Merging Dimensions: The Opening Portals of Sedona

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There are five books on the subject of "high strangeness" which are MUST reading. And this book is one of them.

In no particular order they are:

1. Operation Trojan Horse - A classic by the author of The Mothman Prophecies - the first book I read from this perspective - what I refer to as 'the unified field theory' of the paranormal.

2. Mysterious Valley - Now sadly out-of-print but you can still get new copies.

3. Hunt For The Skinwalker - The most scientific effort to date to quantify that which defies all efforts at quantification.

4. Merging Dimensions - A great read. It has much in common with 'Mysterious Valley' and 'Hunt For The Skinwalker'.

5. Messengers of Deception - Dr. Jacques Vallee was one of the first to propose this hypothesis and this is his seminal work on the subject.

Do NOT read these books if:

1. You are convinced that UFO's are 'nuts and bolts' spacecraft from a distant planet. You WILL be disappointed.

2. You are unwilling to explore the connectedness between UFO's and other paranormal phenomena.

3. You are turned off by any suggestion of a metaphysical or ultraterrestrial explanation for the above.

I first read one of Tom Dongo's books in 2000. I was visiting a friend in Sedona, AZ, when I saw his book, Mysterious Sedona, on the shelf. I was a little interested in the ET/UFO subject at the time. I didn't expect to read anything special when I bought it, just the usual ET/UFO book. As soon as I started reading the book, I knew it wasn't your usual UFO book. I finished the book in about 2 days. Subsequently, I bought all of Tom Dongo's books, and overall, I thought Merging Dimensions was the best. Now I'm hooked on the subject. Tom Dongo delves deeper into the subject than most other contemporary authors writing on the subject. I would highly suggest this book to anyone even remotely interested in the subject of ET/UFO/Paranormal activity and research.

This is one of those books that is a must read for anyone interested in high strangeness phenomena. I doubt that there is another book like it. It is entirely centered in the Sedona, Arizona area.Some of the material is really weird in a strangeness sense but you are impressed by the honesty of the authors and its easy to see that they themselves were grappling with a way to present and explain their experiences and findings.

It's impossible to put this book down. I've spent dozens of hours reading about the topics of Ufology, psi, cryptozoology, etc., enough to know that these are much, much more than : imagination, hoax, alien encounter(s). I've seen three UFOs myself and I know I wasn't imagining them but I don't really understand what they 'are'. I've had psi related experiences my entire lifetime. (I've never seen a bigfoot or a mothman, but boy would I like to lol). "The Trickster and the Paranormal", George Hansen, discusses in depth what these phenomena are (and are not); "Merging Dimensions" gives the reader as close to a first-hand look as possible without actually being there. I found that I did NOT have to suspend belief one bit since I actually have educated myself regarding the nature of these phenomena. Some of the photographs are hard to decipher but WOW that "portal" is amazing. It reminded me of a screen against a wall in a dark room, the sort projectors used to view slides (back in the good old days before digital photography).

That part of the book written by Tom Dongo presented his conjectures (at the time the book was written, 16 years ago) regarding the nature of these phenomena. I don't agree with some of what he says and there are explanations for other of his statements. Since we now know that consciousness can effect result in measurement on the quantum level, we can postulate that the same effect is seen on other levels. On page 104, Mr. Dongo says "However, the incredible light retreated quickly away from the group when one of the six people became hysterical with fear. Fear drives these lights, or life forms, away." Fear disengages cognition, and it's contagious: if the man next to me becomes hysterical, I will react without control (it's a fight/flight mechanism, can't be reasoned away instantly) and, when that happens (when the other people's autonomic reactions kick in as a response to the hysterical man), cognition "flies out the window" and if our consciousness is in any way related to the phenomenon, without cognition it is rendered moot.

One thing I do agree with is his following statement, "Reading and listening to everything of pertinence is the only way we can build a database for the internal guidance system to decide what is relevant and what isn't. Because of ignorance or a lack of information, some of the world's most entrenched beliefs and institutions were created thousands ofyears ago by a few who had in mind only power and profit. It's been proven that many of these beliefs have no verifiable historic record outside of the original document or decree itself. many of these dictums survive basically intact, even now." Accurate analysis of so many strongly held belief systems; people seem incapable (and unwilling) to let go of them. This is pure fear, of the unknown, and of stepping away from the herd mentality.

I don't fool easily and I AM no fool. This hint at REALITY (rather than what we construe as such) is fascinating and Linda Bradshaw's advice regarding spiritual authority is spot on. I'm doing more research immediately; I'm going to see what's happened in the last sixteen years. I hope I don't find myself wearing chocolate shoes but, honestly, I'm so far out on a limb already that they might just provide me a much needed snack. :o/

I've read through this book a number of times. It is full of many interesting morsels of information -- and, of course, it is poorly researched. So many of the claims and stories in this book need to be researched by the authors themselves (I've actually had to do some of the research myself). But give Dongo credit for getting this information into the public realm.

It's a New Age-metaphysical type of book, so be warned.