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Communion is the story of Whitley Strieber’s attempt to deal with a shattering assault from the unknown. To all appearances, he and his family have had a series of elaborate personal encounters with intelligent nonhuman beings in his isolated cabin in upstate New York.***At first he thought he was losing his mind. Unconcerned with the whole phenomenon of UFOs and extraterrestrials, he viewed them as a false unknown, easily explainable as misperceptions or hallucinations. But the visitors marched right into the middle of the life of this indifferent skeptic.***Who are these visitors? Where do they come from? Do they represent some as-yet-unidentified, almost beyond comprehension, but essentially human —or are they what they seem to be, visitors of unknown origin?***Whitley Strieber describes the stunning effects of his encounter in the most candid terms possible. Frightened but fascinated, he faces the unknown with clear and open curiosity as he struggles to understand these fierce little figures, whose eyes seem to stare into the deepest core of being, seeking the very depths of the soul-seeking communion.

Whitley Strieber

Communion: A True Story

ePub r1.0

XcUiDi 21-04-2021

Original title: Communion: A True Story

Whitley Strieber, 1987

Digital editor: XcUiDi

ePub base r2.1

On December 26, 1985, at a secluded cabin in upstate New York, Whitley Strieber went skiing with his wife and son, ate Christmas dinner leftovers, and went to bed early.

Six hours later, he found himself suddenly awake… and forever changed.

Thus begins the most astonishing true-life odyssey ever recorded-one man's riveting account of his extraordinary experiences with visitors from "elsewhere"…how they found him, where they took him, what They did to him and why…

Believe it. Or don't believe it. But read it — for this gripping story will move you like no other… will fascinate you, terrify you, and alter the way you experience your world.

When you read this incredible story,

do not be too skeptical;

somewhere in your own past

there may be some lost hour

or strange recollection

that means that you also

have had this experience.

This book is about forming a new relationship

with the unknown.

Instead of shunning the darkness,

we can face straight into it with an open mind

When we do that, the unknown changes.

Fearful things become understandable

and a truth is suggested;

the enigmatic presence of the human mind

winks back from the dark.

WHITLEY STRIEBER

To the ones who have slipped into the mirror

And the ones who reflect it in their eyes

To the ones who must hide everything,

And the ones who lose what they hide.

To the ones who cannot be silent,

And the ones who must lie.

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