A Review of Intersections: A True Story of Extraterrestrial Contact, by Wes Roberts and Lesley Mitchell-Clarke

 

 (Prometea Press, 2018). ISBN: 9781073391103

Longtime followers of my book reviews might be noticing an emerging pattern: in the past three years I have reviewed nearly a dozen books exploring the abduction/contactee/experiencer phenomena. I have endeavored to review works from a wide range of perspectives, from firsthand accounts to case studies written by authors with advanced degrees, to books that center on the scientific. During this time I have also reviewed another half a dozen books (and read many more) that explore near death experiences, psi ability, out of body experiences, and contact from those beyond the veil.

During this time I have also undergone hypnotic regression to retrieve memories from missing time during an experience with an interdimensional being in 2009 and learned a great deal from my wife, a gifted psychic medium who holds certifications in hypnosis, past life regression, and soul contact.

I have also interviewed dozens of experiencers for my books and weekly podcast.

Given this immersion into the subject matter, I was excited to delve into this collaboration between a lifelong experiencer and a hypnotherapist with whom he had thirty sessions spanning five years, all of which were recorded (as was mine) and a few of which were professionally transcribed. Given that most people, if they have any experience of hypnotic regression connected to ET contact at all, have it through movies like Communion, The Fourth Kind, and The Betty and Barney Hill Story or the absolutely wrong-headed and dangerous attempt to implant an encounter in the Netflix series Hellier, books like this are important.  Lesley Mitchell-Clarke, a Certified Clinical Hypnotherapist, Master Hypnotist, and Neurolinguistic Programming practitioner, does an excellent job of explaining how efficacious hypnotic regression can be when done professionally and correctly. The reader benefits from reading verbatim transcriptions as well, which give us an opportunity to judge for ourselves if Mitchell-Clarke is “leading” the subject or implanting ideas through subtle suggestions.

I found no evidence of either. And I was really looking.

Both authors are articulate, writing in a straightforward manner without dressing any occurrence up in the trappings of click-bait sensationalism. They honestly have no need. Roberts’s experiences, which began when he was a child, are profound. Having had similar ones (when it comes to the psychological experiment and contrived environment aspects of these contacts), I can vouch for the veracity of the substance.

Roberts, by profession a teacher and by nature a deep thinker, explored the paranormal in his teens, engaging in séances, attending a Spiritualist church, and serving as a subject for a parapsychological research institute. He also worked with MUFON—the Mutual UFO Network. He knew these experiences were happening (some were consciously recalled) and he was on a mission to find out why. He rightfully felt intruded on and manipulated and these experiences were interfering with his relationships and mental health.

The culmination of his early search for answers was undergoing hypnotic regression with Mitchell-Clarke.

The book is a carefully crafted mix of session transcripts, explanatory text, and commentaries by both authors. It is easy to see that their years of working together under these intimate circumstances have bred a fluidity and camaraderie that makes the transitions between these sections seamless. There is powerful synergy at work. The text is also enhanced with sketches by the author and excerpts photocopied from his journals.

Unavoidable when considering the abductee/contactee/experiencer phenomena is the difficult truth that many experiencers, Roberts included, were subjected to various ploys and admittedly cruel procedures to extract their sperm or eggs for hybridization. Also like Roberts, many have been taken into ships to see their children, which never fails to bring a lump to my throat. This is complex stuff, and the more we have articulate experiencers and hypnotherapists sharing these stories, the more likely we may be to understand the abductors’ motives (which are varied and complex). For instance, as Roberts repeatedly points out, the beings will change appearance or otherwise make adjustments to increase the comfort level of the experiencer. This is far from abject cruelty and is an essential part of the conversation. Roberts says straight out that 95% of his experiences have been benevolent. This is the exact figure I use regarding benevolent versus demonic or dark hauntings in my thirteen years of field experience. He sometimes doesn’t know if a being is human, alien, or a hybrid. In the field, we are also sometimes unaware just what it is that’s communicating with us through telepathy, mediumship, or a spirit box. The trickster factor is real and often in play.   

In the chapter “Counsels, Emotions, and Integrations,” Mitchell-Clarke examines the work Dr. Benjamin Simon undertook with Betty and Barney Hill. By ending each session with the hypnotic suggestion that they remember nothing of the sessions, Simon may have caused the illness and early death of Barney, who was not as resilient and capable of processing what had happened during their abduction as was Betty. This echoes a maxim from the Gospel of St. Thomas: “If you bring forth what is within you, what you bring forth will save you. If you do not bring forth what is within you, what you do not bring forth will destroy you.”

The idea of councils, and Roberts’s experiences with them, is also important. He and Mitchell-Clarke talk about these in terms of soul contracts and reincarnation/choosing your parents. I’ve heard much about these ideas through personal interviews and research into these subjects, but this is the first time I have seen them integrated with experiencer data. It makes sense, given that these experiences run in families and there may be genetic markers for them, same as with a predisposition to elevated psi ability.

After a certain point in their sessions, the beings would anticipate and answer questions directly through Roberts, especially a companion he had known since his youth, which he calls his Twin. Again we are seeing overlaps with the work of psychic mediums when communicating with spirits and ghosts. We must allow for the possibility that, in certain cases, perhaps it is interdimensional higher intelligences and not the voices of previously living humans from Earth that we are hearing.

Perhaps the central question that experiencers ask is why it happened to them. Roberts’s psi abilities (including a gift for remote viewing and astral travel) could point to part of the answer. Then again, are his enhanced psi abilities due to his childhood experiences with these beings? These are the questions that we may never fully answer, although books such as this one contribute crucial data.

Given that Roberts includes some of the experiences of his partners during these experiences—or their reactions to them—I especially recommend this book to couples having difficulty because one partner is have experiences and the other is not. Understanding, comfort, and cohesion are essential, making Intersections essential reading for this prevalent subgroup of experiencers.     

I am currently reading (and enjoying) Roberts’s solo follow-up, An Experiencer’s Garden, which I will also review.