Joey Madia, New Mystics Reviews

   (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 m...

   (Brentwood, TN: CamCat Books, 2021). ISBN: 9780744304947 Every so often—and it is, as it should be, very rare—I read a book for review and think, “If only there were six stars in the rating system, instead of five…” So imagine my surprise when I realized that this is the author’s debut novel. It is admittedly a perfect storm for me, as a reader, paranormal researcher and experiencer, and a creative. It combines the gumshoe detective genre of the 1940s with the birth of Las Vegas and UFOs. Those are some rich ingredients for a novel, and Holmes combines them like a master pastry chef into a true guilty pleasure. The novel opens in June 1947, at the time of the fabled Roswell, New Mexico UFO incident. As that craft is (crash) landing, a livestock agent/special ranger named Jefferson Sharp witnesses a similar event in Texas. This is a multilayered inciting incident, not only kicking off the central narrative of the mystery of the UFO sightings, but delivering a trip...

   (Acme, Nadir, Fulcrum, and Pivot, 2021). ISBN: 978-0-578-96331-0 Earlier this year, I reviewed a new book called Convergence: The Interconnection of Extraordinary Experience by Barbara Mango, PhD and Lynn Miller, MS. Mango and Miller were also guests on my weekly livestream and we belong to an informal research group. The subject matter centers on near-death experiences, out-of-body experiences, contact/unidentified aerial phenomena experience, and past life regression/recall. I am experiencer with three of the four. I have never had a near death experience. In all of these phenomena, there is one word that experiencers use in almost every case: transformative . Having been interested in Reverend Carter’s work for many years, I was excited by the opportunity to read and review his new book, Initiation . You will notice that “Transformation” appears in the title, as it focuses on contactee/abduction cases. A second subtitle reads, “A Guide for Contact Experiencers.” ...