Table of Contents
Acknowledgments xi
Introduction 1
1 Understanding Modern Contact Kathleen Marden 11
2 Am I an Abductee? A Contactee? An Experiencer? Kathleen Marden 31
3 How to Investigate Your Contact Experiences Kathleen Marden 55
4 This Is My Reality: What Now? Ann Castle 81
5 What Social Researchers Have Learned About Contact Kathleen Marden 103
6 When You Discover That It May Not Be ET: Ghosts and Paranormal Phenomena Denise Stoner Kathleen Marden Ann Castle 131
7 Angels, Demons, and Parasites: Do These Entities Exist? Denise Stoner Kathleen Marden Ann Castle 153
8 How to Cope with Contact by Nonhuman Entities Madeleine Tobias 171
9 Am I Becoming More Psychic? Ann Castle 197
10 When You Want It to Stop: Coping Strategies and Resistance Techniques Kathleen Marden 219
11 Going Public Kathleen Marden 241
Appendix A Suggested Websites 251
Appendix B Suggested Reading 255
Notes 257
Selected Bibliography 261