God Hypothesis (New Millenium Library)
Roswell may well have captured the public imagination; but here is an interesting UFO book of a completely different color. Not only is it the only one written by a Mexican American author (with a doctorate in mass communications), but it addresses themes in ufology that are rarely aired in mainstream books and television documentaries. Lewels is a proponent of what he calls the God Hypothesis--that UFO entities are guardian spirits who have watched over and manipulated humanity since ancient times, perhaps as part of a divine plan. The serpent gods of the Sumerians, the Watchers of the Books of Enoch, the cloud pillar of Moses, and the angels of the New Testament represent interventions in the past. Modern UFO abductions are attempts by these beings to generate shifts in human consciousness toward a new spirituality, or evolutionary step. Although this sounds akin to Heaven's Gate^-style cultism, Lewels takes a scholarly and progressive Christian approach and tries to reconcile the God Hypothesis with science, religion, and history. The result is speculative but sober.George Eberhart--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.