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the Phish-UFO-Mayan Connection
Welcome to the X-Philes, the ongoing archive for my research into what I call the Phish-UFO-Mayan connection. This theory about a cosmic connection between UFOs, the ancient Maya, and the best jamband on Planet Earth was originally formulated based on the circumstances surrounding The Great Went, Phish's 1997 summer tour-closing festival at the Loring Air Force Base in Limestone, Maine on August 16-17, 1997. Additional events have added more fuel to this theory... (Note: This section is geared toward Phish phans. Vistors to Stardog2012.net who are unfamiliar with the band can find basic background info at phan site, Phish.net.)
An additional disclaimer: Throughout these X-Philes, I describe my cosmic experiences at Phish shows, often relating how particular shows and songs seemed to have personal meaning and significance. I make no pretension of suggesting that I am the only one having such experiences. Phish are known for their uncanny ability to tap into the psyche of the individual Phisherman. I know that many other phans have had similar experiences, because I've spoken with many of them about just that. I always enjoy hearing of such experiences from other phans, so by all means, if you have something to share in this regard, please send it in.
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The cosmic circumstances surrounding The Great Went were these:
* the Loring Air Force Base had been the sight of a documented UFO incident in October of 1975 (as documented in a book called "The UFO Coverup", in chapter 2's "Intrusions at Loring".
*August 16-17, 1997 represented the 10-year anniversary of a metaphysical event known as the Mayan Harmonic Convergence. The Mayan calendar is based on galactic cycles and constants, and comes to an end on December 21, 2012. There is much speculation in the metaphysical community about a major transformation for Earth and humanity at that time, a transformation to a new age of near-utopian peace and harmony. I feel that this shift actually began in the 1960s and is ongoing. Available evidence leads me to believe that bands such as the Grateful Dead and Phish are musical prophets of this new age of harmony to come.
Your phriendly, neighborhood Stardog had a very difficult time reconciling the circumstances of The Great Went as a coincidence. I felt that either the band was setting up the shows as an attempt at initiating contact with our hipper ET visitors, or mystical forces from above were manifesting the circumstances for similar purposes.That is the gist of how this research began.
Some key cosmic info I had found in the writings of Jose Arguelles and
Terence McKenna that led to to the foundation for these theories.
Terence McKenna that led to to the foundation for these theories.
One of these items was info from Jose's book, "Surfers of the Zuvuya" which stated that the Mayan calendar is an index which matches Earth's 3D frequency with the universal 4D frequency and that 4D time is recreated or brought into being in the 3rd dimension via the overtones of MUSIC, LIGHT, & COLOR! That really blew my mind because music, light, & color are precisely the formula which the Dead pioneered as leaders of the psychedelic counterculture in the 60s... a counterculture which Phish now finds themselves at the forefront of...
So what happened at the Great Went? Here's the scoop:
The Great Went - Taking place at a very remote air force base with a UFO history on the 10-year anniversary of the Harmonic Convergence. I just could not view that as a coincidence - it seemed to me that it had to be by "Strange Design". so I was passing out a flyer with this info all tour, telling people that I thought "something phishy with UFOs was going to happen @ the Went" ;-) That got me a lot of smiles. I also interviewed numerous phans that had UFO sightings to relate. The number of phans that have had sightings seems to me like further evidence for a Phish/UFO connection.
Now what really adds yet another cosmic flavor to the scenario was the spontaneous band/crowd art project. Phish had arranged a free art tent where fans could paint on pieces of wood. During the second day's show, a tower was built using all of these pieces of art. Then during the monumental 2nd set, the members of the band took turns painting large pieces of wood onstage, while they were playing their funked out version of the 2001 theme. Trey then announced that this was an idea they had been wanting to try - a joint phan/band improvisational piece of art, as they feel that there is always a mutual energy going on at their shows between the band and the crowd (which all phans know is so true - it's this band/crowd energy symbiosis that makes the relationship between the band and its fans so tight, and makes Phish default heirs to the cosmic torch that the Dead carried for 30 years. ) Trey then had the phans pass over the band's pieces of wood to the tower, and they were added on top.
Now remember the art tower as you read this next info. This comes from a book called "Preparing for Contact" in which author and channel Lyssa Royal asks a
Pleiadian being about what would be a good way to try and initiate contact w/ ETs (my take on the channeling phenomenon is the same as on UFOs - there are hoaxes and misinterpretations, but there is also something real going on). You can
view an excerpt from the book here. Then check out my favorite passage:
Pleiadian being about what would be a good way to try and initiate contact w/ ETs (my take on the channeling phenomenon is the same as on UFOs - there are hoaxes and misinterpretations, but there is also something real going on). You can
view an excerpt from the book here. Then check out my favorite passage:
Question:You mentioned that ETs will act upon the human group's spontaneous readiness for contact when our conscious, subconscious, and
unconscious minds momentarily align in a common vibration. You have also stated the importance of creating an exciting, expansive atmosphere surrounding the contact experience. Could you suggest an activity for the group to do at the contact site in order to bring about this alignment?
unconscious minds momentarily align in a common vibration. You have also stated the importance of creating an exciting, expansive atmosphere surrounding the contact experience. Could you suggest an activity for the group to do at the contact site in order to bring about this alignment?
Answer: ...One example of a joint activity would be something artistic, like spontaneously creating a mural or a sculpture live in the moment...This is an example of being in the moment, following your excitement, and playing... If those criteria were met, hypothetically, and ETs were in the vicinity, we would key into your excitement and playful energy. If it were within our path to interact w/ your playful energy, we would simply find ourselves moved to be there w/ you to enjoy that energy.
THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED AT THE GREAT WENT!!!!!!!!!! We had the spontaneous creative event of the art project and it was done in the context of another spontaneous creative event (the concert) that already met those criteria. I didn't come across this until October of '97, and it really blew my mind when I read it. To me, it confirms my theory - I think the Went was staged and planned as an attempt to initiate contact, by holding it in the optimum location, on the optimum date, and with the optimum activity to summon our ET phriends. (UFO activity at concerts is not unprecedented in rock history - just witness Jimi Hendrix.) Since music is the universal language that transcends nationality, I find it only logical that our hipper ET visitors would be interested in our music. And with the vibrant nature of the Phish-Nation, it figures that they would be interested in the phans too.
I do believe I saw an ET craft during 8/17/97's 2nd set- but it was hanging back in a subtle manner, so if you weren't looking for it, you would not have seen it. It had a green light on one side, red on the other, and was hovering around in very strange ways - at one point it appeared to be bouncing back and forth in the sky, almost as if it were "sharing in the groove"! It was definitely not a plane and a phriend I was with saw it also. In fact, it was uncannily similar to the anomalous craft I saw on my second visit to Sedona earlier that summer. (See the Secret Origin of Agent Stardog - Part 2 for details on that sighting.)
As if all this weren't cosmic enough, there was another historic moment that took place later in the set. After the art tower had been completed, the band launched into "Harry Hood" and Trey had lighting director Chris Kuroda dim the lights so that only the moon lit up the scene. (It is also notable that Chris Kuroda's birthday is the Yucatec Mayan New Year - July 26! But I didn't discover that until I met Chris backstage at the Gorge in 1998. See the X-Philes 98 section for more on that.)
As the band was about to go into the outro jam section of the song, phans started spontaneously tossing glowsticks into the air. The glowsticks were repeatedly thrown up in the air, creating a most psychedelic atmospheric effect that has gone on to become a staple of large Phish shows. The Great Went's "Harry Hood" was the original spontaneous glowstick combustion. In light of everything else going on there, it is indeed hard to view this as a coincidence either. It would seem only logical to draw the conclusion that the extra-energy on the scene from the presence of our hipper ET visitors spurred the collective unconsciousness of the crowd to initiate the spontaneous glowtick combustion! (Another combustion took place at the end of the show when the band set the art tower on fire, ala Burning Man.)
What does it all mean? I feel that the San Francisco socio-cultural revolution of the 1960s (of which the Dead were a Sirius part) was a key step in humanity's evolution - society in general got a sorely needed kick in the pants of consciousness. The Dead had to keep it going until another band was ready to carry the cosmic torch. I'm not sure exactly how, but my research indicates that first the Dead and now Phish are tied into the cosmic evolution of the planet that is scheduled to take place on 12/21/2012, by the way they go around and recreate that 4th dimensional overtone and bring people together under a harmonious vibe, and the way that the crowd forms a sort of collective consciousness - "one nation under a groove". This is of course aided by the fans' affinity for "self-shamanism", a concert activity which was popularized back in the 60s. Developing a collective consciousness is what we need to evolve to a more harmonious paradigm - a group mind connection where greed and corruption will be out the window because if you hurt someone else you'd only be hurting yourself. This does not mean we will lose our individuality, for that wouldn't really be evolving... But we're talking about a whole new paradigm... one which was first hinted at back in the 1960s... and which we as a species are steadily evolving toward...
In the course of my research, I have actually stumbled across some evidence that would suggest there is a positive faction within the U.S. intelligence community that helped foster the psychedelic counterculture for this precise purpose. This includes information suggesting that an associate from the intelligence community helped foster the Grateful Dead in its embryonic state... and a Jerry Garcia/FBI connection...??? I haven't drawn any definitive conclusions, but believe this information is worth looking at - examine the evidence here.
It was also during the summer 97 tour that I had the realization that Phish's "Down With Disease" is pointing to the 2012 ascension. I know that Tom Marshall wrote the song's lyrics at a time when he was ill, and was thinking on a more microcosmic level. But I feel the muses took the opportunity to channel some vibes through Tom that reflects on the macrocosmic picture - when humanity obtains the higher consciousness to use advanced medical technology for the common good of the masses instead of the private profit of a small elite, all disease will be eradicated. This is going to happen in the post-2012 era. Hence the lines, "Waiting for the time when I can finally say that this has all been wonderful and now I'm on my way."
12/30/97 - Trey Ups the Cosmic Ante
Before we move on to the X-Philes '98 material, there is one more show from 1997 to which I must draw attention, the 12/30/97 blowout at Madison Square Garden.The band opened the 2nd set with a rare Gamehendge doubleshot of "AC/DC Bag>McGrupp", and then Trey treated the crowd to one of the most intriguing "Harpua" stories of all time.
Trey said that he wanted to tell an important story from his childhood, of a "profound experience" that changed his life forever. The tale related to 1974, when Trey was 10 years old and his favorite TV show was "Lost in Space" (a Stardog favorite as well, naturally). Trey said that he was watching the show one Saturday, and playing with a rubber udder ball toy, when he noticed that Will Robinson and the Robot had entered a clearing on an alien planet that looked exactly like the clearing behind Trey's school where he would go during recess. Trey then noticed that at the Robot's foot was an udder ball toy just like the one he had in his hand. He then found himself receiving a telepathic message from the Robot!
The Robot's message was that Trey should collect food items from the dinner table for the next week and bring them to school with him. So Trey did this, collecting items such as a fried egg, piece of steak, olive loaf, carton of milk, slim jim... On the next Friday, "a profound feeling" led Trey to a place in the clearing behind his school where there was a pentagram burned into the grass! Trey "knew what he had to do" and began placing the food items on the points of the pentagram... and he knew that the udder ball toy went in the center... "Strange things" then began to happen - the wind rose up and swirled around, a big fog rolled in, the wind was spinning, trees began to disappear... a "mini-tornado" then emanated from the udder ball and everything went dark. Trey realized he was "having a moment" where he could see into his future - he could see bits of the band in the cone of the tornado, but of course didn't recognize the other guys.
"A strange being" then appeared, and sang "a heavenly song, like the music of the spheres"... It was an "angelic man", who in singing the song, told Trey what his life would become. It wasn't until years later that Trey realized that it was his good friend and band lyricist, Tom Marshall... who had come into the past to describe Trey's future and set the course. Tom Marshall then walked out onstage of course to join the band for a satirical rendition of "500 Miles" by The Proclaimers.
Now Phish has long been known as a bunch of pranksters, and Trey certainly appeared to have tongue partly in cheek. But it is here that I must emphasize the "partly". While I do not submit that the story necessarily took place exactly as described, I would suggest that there is at least a kernel of truth in there, and perhaps more. Trey doesn't tell these kind of stories too often anymore, and this one was particularly long and detailed. In addition, I find the fact that the story took place when Trey was 10 years old to be of notable significance. This is because there is another Phish song where Trey refers to a strange incident that occurred when he was 10 - I speak of the song "Guyute"... a song which happened to appear later on during 12/30/97's 2nd set...
In the early part of 1998, I engaged in discussion of this matter on the rec.music.phish newsgroup and there were several phans who insisted that I was crazy to believe any of the story. I well knew I would receive such criticism from some, and they are entitled to their opinion. But I was most pleased when more evidence for my theory appeared later in the year when the band published their biographical coffeetable tome, "The Phish Book", in which appeared an extremely intriguing commentary on this story by noneother than Trey's father, Ernie Anastasio. See page 178:
"Somebody asked me if the 'Harpua' story was true," says Anastasio's father, Ernie, of his son's story involving the Lost in Space TV show, purloined family meals, and a schoolyard pentagram. "I said it happened in Trey's head the same way a lot of things happen there. Which is to say every element of the story was true except one: We never ate steak."
Now Trey's pranksterish nature may be a chip off the old block, but nevertheless, I feel there is enough evidence here to indicate that Trey did experience something very strange - involving some type of paranormal phenomena - when he was 10 years old. It quite possibly could have involved some type of extra-terrestrial contact/close encounter, as it would not be unusual for a 10 year old child to reformat such an experience into a less shocking memory.
Next : X-Philes '98 - The Saga Continues
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