Subject: Re: The White Lodge in another context
From: swsh@ellis.uchicago.edu (Janet M. Swisher)
Date: 1991-01-25, 15:31
Newsgroups: alt.tv.twin-peaks

In article <jms.2408@vanth.UUCP> jms@vanth.UUCP (Jim Shaffer) writes:

> >In January 1988, a paper titled "A Situation Report On Our Acquisition of
> >Advanced Technology and Interaction With Alien Cultures" was circulated
> >among the UFO research community.  It eventually was digitized and posted
> >on various BBSs, sometimes more as a curiosity than anything else.  Written
> >under the pseudonym "O. H. Krill" (an inside joke in some circles), it
> >contains a bizarre account of all aspects of the modern UFO phenomenon and
> >the alleged truth behind them.

> >Part of the paper mentions the White Lodge and attempts to put it into an
> >extraterrestrial or ultradimensional context.  I've reproduced this portion
> >below for Twin Peaks fans.

> >-----

> >Secret
> >societies believe that there is a Great White Lodge on earth. They
> >call it Shamballa -- and consider it to be the spiritual center of
> >the world. [...]
> >     The entrance to Shamballa on earth is usually placed in the
> >trans-Himalayan region. Some assert it is in the heart of the Gobi
> >Desert (where there have been allegations of crashed disks 

Crashed disks? So that's what I'll users here from now on -- it wasn't
dust or worn out heads that made your disk crash, it was UFOs!  I
wonder if Symantec Utilities is holding me back from greater
enlightenment.

(Apply smileys liberally.  Repeat as necessary.)

(Seriously, that was a great article, Jim.)




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