Summoned: Encounters with Alien Intelligence [Paperback]

Dana Redfield (Author), Linda Moulton Howe (Introduction), Giselle Gautreau (Painter), Grace Pedalino (Designer)

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Redfield, a writer of visionary fiction, offers a personal account of her experience with the beings commonly called aliens. Using fable, allegory, parable, and poetry to discuss her abduction, she acknowledges that her Mormon background may have influenced her perception of extraordinary experiencesAsome UFOlogists believe that Joseph Smith, founder of the Mormon church, was an alien contactee. Redfield is aware of what she calls delusional experiences but after intensive therapy and hypnotic regression feels confident enough to share her story. Some readers will doubtless find it too heavy or fanciful; others will be intrigued by Redfield's provocative statements and questioning of human history, though parts of the text are difficult to follow. She will appeal to those who believe that the media and the scientific world censor alien encounter stories; anyone looking for more than a personal story may be disappointed. Recommended for collections trying to offer all approaches to the question of alien encounters.ALeroy Hommerding, Citrus Cty. Lib. Sys., Inverness, FL
Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Product Details

• Paperback: 272 pages
• Publisher: Hampton Roads Publishing Company (April 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1571741267
• ISBN-13: 978-1571741264
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 6 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,705,488 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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26 of 28 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Courageous and thought-provoking, July 13, 1999

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This review is from: Summoned: Encounters with Alien Intelligence (Paperback)

Dana Redfield's personal account of alien abuduction is so haunting and thought-provoking that this book will have you thinking long after you put it down. Redfield shares not only her story but also transcribed messages received over several years of alien encounters. These messages challenged what I believed (or did not believe) about aliens, but more importantly, what I want to believe about who we are, where we come from, and where we are going.

Regardless of what you choose to believe in the end, Summoned proposes both important questions and some very intriguing answers. It is frightening not so much for what is "alien" but for what is hauntingly familiar.

Kudos to Redfield for having the courage to write this book.

16 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars One of the best, June 1, 2000

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Manuel (Zaragoza, Spain) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Summoned: Encounters with Alien Intelligence (Paperback)

If the previous review has not convinced you, my brief note might do. One of the best UFO related books ever written in my 31 years of reading, both in contents and style, you need it to try to ascertain what is going on, and what is being let known. Instead of other, try this.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Honest, Powerful, Balanced, Valuable, July 27, 2008

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This review is from: Summoned: Encounters with Alien Intelligence (Paperback)

This is one woman's struggle to dig deep and make real lasting meaningful sense of her reality as it was lived and presented to her.
I find her thoughts clearly expressing many of my own, on each page. This PROCESS is the only way I know of walking through the thick forest into clearness. Clearly addressing the individual issues, square on, is the PROCESS. And with candid humor, too. Wow! Good work Dana!!!