Yes, my tongue is firmly planted in cheek. But here's the creepy part. Last week I was out of town at a conference. A good friend from high school lives there, so I thought it would be great to catch up. We headed to the downtown area and had a wonderful sushi lunch. We're talking about old friends, jobs, relationships and so on. Keep in mind that we both went to the same Christian school, so spiritual things were also in the mix. Turns out he's also gay (didn't know it at the time--funny how that happens).This friend knows nothing about my interests in paganism, shamanism or New Age-type pursuits--hadn't broached the topic yet. So imagine my surprise when he just volunteers that his spiritual interests have changed, and he's been reading this book that describes how reptilians control the world!
He was referring to writer David Icke, who believes all world governments, monarchies and secret societies are really full of malevolent reptilian humanoids. I don't really know all the details (nor do I believe it, for the record), but these kind of crazy things come up now and then in those shamanic workshops I've been attending. I posted recently on a parahistory of Earth--not the same thing, exactly, but it requires the same suspension of disbelief.
Whether or not any of this is true, why is it after 15 years we end up talking about reptilian aliens?! WTF? I find this most intriguing. Only last summer, another friend of mine briefly described how he thought aliens were actually living on Earth. What is going on? These ideas are truly entering the mainstream. So what does this say about our collective psyche?
And don't forget those Hulu commercials!
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