Joey Madia, New Mystics Reviews

   (Kempton, IL: Adventures Unlimited Press, 2022). ISBN: 978-1-948803-50-2 A few months ago, I had the opportunity to review Constance Victoria Briggs’s Encyclopedia of Moon Mysteries: Secrets, Conspiracy Theories, Anomalies, Extraterrestrials and More and to have her as a guest on my weekly podcast. The author of several other encyclopedias, Briggs specializes in the mysteries of the Moon, as well as angels and the survival of consciousness after death. Her research is exhaustive and, even when dealing with controversial and fringe subjects and theories, her reporting is largely impartial, especially in her encyclopedias. During this time of the UAP Disclosure debate and launching of the Artemis 1 mission by NASA, which recently took video of the Moon and broke the record for most miles traveled (at least officially) by a human ship, more researchers than ever are considering the origins, composition of, and presence of possible structures on this anomalous satellite or...

   (Kempton, IL: Adventures Unlimited Press, 2019). ISBN: 978-1-948803-10-6 In the world of ufology, as well as in the even murkier world of fringe and conspiracy theories, there are few subjects as complex and controversial as those concerning our Moon. From its age, to its origins; from its composition (is it hollow?) to its mysterious “Dark Side”; from rumors of astronaut encounters and scrubbed NASA photos; and perhaps most intriguing and likely to get you punched in the mouth by Buzz Aldrin is the accusation that the United States faked the historic moon landing because of Cold War pressures. There is at least one interview with the enigmatic filmmaker Stanley Kubrick where he comes tantalizingly close to admitting he shot the phony footage, even saying that Neil Armstrong’s famous “One small step for man…” line was not as Kubrick had delivered it (more on this video later). The investigative team I cofounded in early 2021, the Red Thread Collective, did an episode of...