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Mothman: A Synchronicity Trigger?

One characteristic of Mothman seems to be about synchronicities. Doe Mothman trigger synchronicities; is Mothman a catalyst for synchronisitic experiences? It appears so, in my short time with things Mothman I’ve experienced many synchronicities. Andrew Colvin discusses this a lot in his book The Mothman’s Photographer II. And synchronicty of course is a given in paranormal/Fortean phenomena. (including UFOs; which I always include in the former categories.)

“Drawn To The Light”

My husband “George” suggested a title for a Mothman blog: “drawn to the light.” Now he tells me!

Although, that assumes that Mothman is an entity of light, and not ominous, as many believe.

Secrets

I found this poem that I wrote about twenty years ago. I’m not sure why I chose a moth to represent the sadness I had concerning a relative going through depression at the time, but here it is:

secrets

the hairy moth
of musty secrets
is kept feebly alive
by the cold breath of its owner

pulled out late at night
from its dark and airless tunnel
its Amazonian wings thump dully,
large black eyes faceless and heavy
in the bone-white hand
of its keeper

While the poem doesn’t have anything to do with Mothman, and I certainly wasn’t thinking of Mothman when I wrote it, I notice there is a sense of coldness and loneliness that I associate with Mothman, and some parallels, like the “dark airless tunnel.”

Synchronicities and Warnings? - Brad Steiger

It’s to be assumed that, in this field of UFOs, cryptids like Mothman, ghosts, the paranormal, etc. that synchroniciites will occur. Seems almost redundant to say “synchronicities.”

The “warning” isn’t that dire, nothing so dramatic in my case. Maybe more like a gentle reminder to be aware. . .

I had just finished reading a section in Andrew Colvin’s Mothman Photographer’s II, where he talks about being responsible for one’s own enlightenment, as well as the potential danger of getting too close and too deep with all this stuff, as we all know. Some researchers have just gone too far down that rabbit hole, without ever landing. It’s important to be grounded even while chasing after all these things.

I was still thinking about this this morning, when I woke up. For some reason, it was on my mind first thing. Then I log on and see this item and link on The Anomalist, to Brad Stieger’s Dangers And Hazards Of Exploring Shadow World. In this piece, Stieger writes that:

It takes more than watching a couple of specials on a cable channel and reading a few books to become a paranormal or UFO researcher.

It takes years of study and listening to others who have wisdom and insights to share, among other things.

This is an important article. Stieger goes on to relate the experiences of a group of college students who got too close before knowing what they were doing. The theories as to why things got out of control are extremely interesting, and right on, in my opinion.

Keep in mind that at the center, or at least close to, of all this stuff, is the Trickster, or Cosmic Joker, or whatever you want to call it. It plays with us, it messes around, it thinks things are hysterically funny. Problem is, what “it’ considers amusing is often dangerous to us; sometimes fatally dangerous.

Stieger goes on to include other accounts as well.

Maybe that’s what the meaning is behind the superstitions of Christianity and other mainstream religions about attempting to penetrate the mysteries of the Divine, the Creator, God/s. (”God works in mysteries ways; not for us to question why” kind of thing.) It got perverted somewhere along the way, but is it possible the original intent was to warn of getting into something before you’re ready?