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    I, Unexplained
    I, Unexplained
    I, Unexplained
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    I, Unexplained

    By Anthony North

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    I've been fascinated by the Unexplained for some 30 years. I think such mysteries exist but don't accept traditional explanation. Hence, in these theoretical essays I look for ideas elsewhere. From Dragons to the Yeti; Bermuda Triangle to UFOs, I cover some 30 mysteries. And I end with my fictional series, Dig It, about an archaeologist who experiences a few mysteries of his own.

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    PublisherAnthony North
    Release dateApr 6, 2013
    ISBN9781301025817
    I, Unexplained
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    Anthony North

    Thinker & Storyteller****7,453 Words to Save the UK and I,Writer are now FREE. Scroll down to find them.*****1955 (Yorkshire, England) – I am born (Damn! Already been done). ‘Twas the best of times ... (Oh well).I was actually born in the year of Einstein's death, close to Scrooge's Counting House. It doesn't mean anything but it sounds good. As for my education, I left school at 15 and have had no formal education since. Hence, I'm self-taught.****From a family of newsagents, at 18 I did a Dick Whittington and went off to London, only to return to pretend to be Charlie and work in a chocolate factory.When I was ten I was asked what I wanted to be. I said soldier, writer and Dad. I never thought of it for years – having too much fun, such as a time as lead guitarist in a local rock band – but I served nine years in the RAF, got married and had seven kids. I realized my words had been precognitive when, at age 27, I came down with M.E. – a condition I’ve suffered ever since – and turned my attention to writing.Indeed, as I realized that no expert could tell me what was wrong with me, I began my quest to find out why. Little did I realize it would last decades and take me through the entire history of knowledge, leaving me with the certainty that our knowledge systems are inadequate.****My non-fiction is based on P-ology, a thought process I devised to work with patterns of knowledge, and designed to be a bedfellow to specialization. A form of Rational Holism, it seeks out areas the specialist may have missed. I work from encyclopaedias and introductory volumes in order to gain a grasp of many subjects and am not an expert in anything, but those patterns keep forming. Hence, I do not deal in truth, but ideas, and cover everything from politics to the paranormal.When reading my work I ask only: do I make sense? Of course, an expert would say: a little knowledge is a dangerous thing. I agree. And an expert has so little knowledge of everything.I also write novels and Flash Fiction in all genres.

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      I, Unexplained - Anthony North

      I, Unexplained

      By Anthony North

      Copyright Anthony North 2013

      Cover image copyright, Yvonne North 2013

      Smashwords Edition

      No part of this book may be reproduced, scanned or distributed in any printed or electronic form without permission

      Other books by Anthony North

      Beginning in 2019 I’m publishing 14 volumes of my fiction, inc 7 novels in most genres, & 21 works of non-fiction covering cults, politics, conspiracies, religion, disasters, science, philosophy, warfare, crime, psychology, new age, green issues & all areas of the unexplained, inc ufology, lost worlds and the paranormal. Hopefully appearing at the rate of one a month, check out the latest launch at my bookstore at http://anthonynorth.com or buy direct from Smashwords for all devices at: https://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/anthonynorth

      In addition to the above, you may like my ‘I’ Series – 8 volumes of flash fiction (horror, sci fi, romance, adventure, crime), 4 volumes of poetry & 5 volumes of short essays from politics to the unexplained. Available from same links as above. Also check out my bookstore for news of my books out in paperback.

      CONTENTS

      Introduction

      The Werewolf

      Bermuda Triangle

      Occult & Individuality

      Pseudoscholars Rule - Or They Should

      The Science Gene

      Sacred Geometry

      How to Explain Atom Smashers

      Dragons

      Genetic Divination

      Consciousness Shifts

      How to Explain the Paranormal

      Nessie & Yeti

      How Grimoires Work

      In Search of the Lost Civilisation

      Healing

      Stonehenge

      The Holy Grail

      Science's Greatest Fear

      What Survives Death?

      A Universal Artist

      A Black Hole in Big Bang

      Ufology

      Texting Reality

      Decoding Genesis

      Two Trick Paranormal

      How to Explain Prayer

      Criminology of Knowledge

      DIG IT

      Fevered Minds

      As Above, So Below

      Dem Bones

      An Emotive War

      The Warrior on the Hill

      An Arthurian Tale

      About the Author

      Connect With Anthony

      INTRODUCTION

      I've been fascinated by the Unexplained for some 30 years. I think such mysteries exist but don't accept traditional explanation. Hence, in these theoretical essays I look for ideas elsewhere. From Dragons to the Yeti; Bermuda Triangle to UFOs, I cover some 30 mysteries. And I end with my fictional series, Dig It, about an archaeologist who experiences a few mysteries of his own.

      Try, also, the sister volume, I, Paranormal: https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/237339

      THE WEREWOLF

      A werewolf is said to be a person who, at times, turns into a wolf-like beast. Often occurring during the full moon, the term ‘lunacy’ is closely associated with the state. But is there a reality to the werewolf?

      We actually know a great deal about them. This is because there have been many trials of werewolves in the past, usually executed for attacks on young children or lonely travellers in the forests.

      Misidentification is an obvious possibility here.

      Wolves used to roam our forests, and it would be easy, in superstitious times, to come to the conclusion that real wolf attacks were carried out by some person, particularly if he was socially excluded.

      There is also a cultural inheritance to the werewolf. From prehistoric cave art we know of the chimera – a half man, half beast image. The shaman was thought to go on quests in the spirit world as an animal-form, and various hunting cults are thought to have dressed as the animal they hunted. The witch’s familiar is an obvious extension of this.

      But there are other possibilities.

      I find it interesting that most executed ‘werewolves’ were loners, poor, and on the fringes of society. Indeed, their psychology is very similar to what we would call a serial killer today.

      Another important theme of werewolfery is the inclusion of a salve or potion taken, usually given to the ‘werewolf’ by a strange black-clad horseman. If we take away the ‘culture’ of such episodes, do we see signs of a drug user and his pusher?

      The werewolf suggests, to me, crime.

      Are we simply dealing with criminal mentalities that are obvious today, but possibly having a deep influence in our historical past? But if so, why invent such ‘supernatural’ tales around them?

      Perhaps the answer is that in a predominantly Christian society it was not believed that the human soul could be evil and depraved. The authorities simply could not accept such behaviour from a human being. Hence, it had to be the beast that did such things.

      Of course, this isn’t the whole story.

      Whilst I think it accounts for most cases of the werewolf, we have the condition known as lycanthropy, where the person seems to ape the characteristics of the wolf.

      As yet, no lycanthrope has ever been accredited as having actually changed into a wolf, so the best answer to this is a form of psychology. One possibility is that such actions are a throwback to past evolutionary behaviour, when we were more animal-like. However, there is another possibility.

      We are told that behaviour is encoded in our DNA. In deciding just what is responsible for human action, we talk of nature or nurture, the first our genetic inheritance, the latter our upbringing, environment, etc.

      I’ve always thought, however, that there must be a third behavioural influence. This is ‘culture’. Basically, if a culture produces a specific type of behaviour that is repeated over several generations, could it become similarly encoded in our DNA?

      If so, then the above definitions of criminal behaviour would, over time, become an actual part of our behaviour; which suggests that what we think of will, at some point in the future, become real – at a psychological level, at least.

      BERMUDA TRIANGLE

      The Bermuda Triangle is a triangular area of water going north, up the US eastern seaboard, south west into the Caribbean and east as far as the Azores. It is alleged that ships and planes disappear mysteriously in this area.

      It was first mentioned in articles in the early 1950s, with Fate Magazine joining in. It became world famous following books by Vincent Gaddis and Charles Berlitz.

      The area is the busiest shipping area in the world.

      So is it expected that 1,000+ ships and planes could disappear? Lawrence David Kusche argued, in 1975, that disappearances are not greater, the numbers exaggerated by sloppy research.

      Well publicised disappearances – such as Flight 19, where a training wing of fighters disappeared in Dec 1945, followed by the plane sent to find them – added to the mystery. The USS Cyclops disappeared in 1918, taking 300 crew with her.

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