Whether you have a specific religion or UFO-related experience that triggers this idea Excellent filter? Where does your curiosity start?
I have never had any first-hand experience with UFOs. But while it is safe to assume that they do not exist, or at least not strange spacecraft, they are indeed very important in modern landscapes, as they represent a form of modern folk custom. They can be seen as natural evolution of fairy or gnome stories and therefore occupy a very important position in our society. As Jung said, they represent modern archetypes of our collective subconscious.
They also represent the challenges of materialism of our time, which cannot be truly measured or captured unless classic anomalies, while in a rural area of the states, a blurred picture of lucky witnesses. So if these things only survive in our minds, they represent an alternative reality, the reality that lives in the mind, and nonetheless, it can still have as much value as the material world.
The same can be said for religious thoughts or experiences. I am agnostic, but there are many “religious experiences” where I have a deep connection with the world and an elevated consciousness. This can happen during rituals or during certain music.
So to answer your question, there may be some thoughts coming to me, not the other way around. At the beginning, the focus of this book was only on the folk aspect of ufology. But one day, as we were driving on a California highway, I saw a burning car in the driveway. I stopped to take pictures. Later, this will spark the idea of linking the book to environmental crisis and the possibility of human extinction.
In the second case, we stopped at Mono Lake in California. Founded a million years ago, it is one of the oldest lakes in North America. It looks like it comes from another world with TUFA levels and high salt water. I took a picture of a dead bird and just thought it looked creepy and beautiful. In final editing for the book, scientists have just discovered a previously unknown microscopic organism in the lake that provides potential insights into the origins of complex animal life on Earth. This is again related to the theme of my book.
