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Brad Steiger's Shopworn "Mysteries of Time and Space"

3/15/2016

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Beware the Ides of March! Earlier today Shirley MacLaine appeared on the Today show and talked about her past life in Atlantis, and I have to say that the whole thing was an embarrassment. Matt Lauer took MacLaine’s claims about a past life on the imaginary lost continent at face value, and with a straight face asked her to describe life in Atlantis. No wonder so many people hate the media. If the media are happy to conspire with an actress to pretend Atlantis really existed, is it any wonder that they have such a hard time seeing beyond the horserace and the spin in presidential politics? I know MacLaine comes across as a batty but nice old lady, but even a puff piece surely ought to have minimal standards like asking for some kind of evidence or reason to believe any of these goofball ideas are true.
Speaking of minimal standards—Nick Redfern has a piece at Mysterious Universe in which he praises Brad Steiger’s Mysteries of Time and Space (1974), and demonstrates his lack of critical acumen. The book, which primarily explores the UFO phenomenon and its alleged historic and prehistoric antecedents, has been newly rereleased by Anomalist Books, and Steiger calls it his favorite among the 181 (!) books that he has written. I imagine that the lack of critical analysis is due to Redfern’s relationship with Steiger: They wrote a book together, and they are friends. That makes his notice of the reprint free advertising rather than a review.

Redfern recalls the volume as the first ancient mysteries book that he bought with money from his paper route, in 1977, and recounts how it changed his life at the age of twelve by turning him on to UFOs and anomalies. (Previously, he had claimed that a viewing of Close Encounters of the Third Kind in 1978 had sparked his UFO interests.)  “I recall eagerly digesting the pages of Mysteries of Time and Space, and marveling at the enigmas – ancient and modern – that filled the pages of the book. It may sound like a classic cliché, but I really did stay up late in my bedroom reading its packed pages.”

As it happens, I have 1979 U.S. printing of the book, and like all paperback from its era, it smells. The pages have yellowed and are starting to decay, and the book gives off that weird, floral and woody aroma that reminds me a bit of my grandmother’s parlor. I’ve had old paperbacks for so long that I can’t really describe the scent as anything other than “old book,” but that’s not exactly right. My Victorian books’ scent is crisper and cleaner (some hardly have an odor at all, even after 150 years), while the 1960s and 1970s books have a woodsier aroma, almost with notes of pine. It’s all the acid, I guess. But I digress.

To be entirely honest, I can’t remember where I got my copy of Mysteries of Time and Space. There are two places I might have gotten it. In the middle 2000s, the Albany Public Library had a used book store in which they sold donated books for 25 cents. I got a lot of paperbacks there back then, but I don’t think that’s where this one came from. I remember it being on my bookshelf back when I lived at my parents’ house, so that suggests that it came from a different source. In the mid-1990s, I went with my father, an antique dealer, to an auction house where the owner was selling off a lot of thousands of 1960s and 1970s paperbacks for ten cents apiece in the parking lot. (I can’t recall why they were being sold individually other than no one really wanted thousands of old paperbacks.) They stretched seemingly forever in the summer sun, and I recall going through box after box of them and acquiring what to this day is the core of my collection of ancient astronaut books. But for all I know I got it sometime later at one of the book sales held at the local mall. I probably should have written it down somewhere, but I didn’t. As far as I can recall, Mysteries of Time and Space made almost no impression on me.
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Perhaps that’s because the book is filled with so many lies, half-truths, and hoaxes. As I wrote way back in 2011 in regard to a section of the book alleging that a natural formation was an ancient footprint, “Steiger can pack one heck of a lot of false evidence and misinterpretation into the briefest of passages.” I also criticized his acceptance of the so-called Elephant Slabs of New Mexico in 2012. Practically every page has a demonstrable untruth or an unprovable assertion. Perhaps this is because Steiger claimed that his mother was a dweller in two worlds, like her ancestor, Hans Christian Anderson. In chapter 16 he alleges that his mother saw a Jesus-like figure materialize and leave sandal prints, and that she also had prophetic dreams and visions. He says that he himself received frequent visits from something called the Vardogr, which he calls a “spiritual forerunner” of his parents. According to Scandinavian folklore, the vardøger is a vision of a person before he or she is actually present. All of these events suggest fantasy-prone personalities where waking dreams and passing fancies are mistaken for reality.
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“Whether you are twelve (as I was), twenty, thirty, or seventy,” Redfern says, “if you have not read the book you really should. Not just for the material contained within its pages, but also because Brad knows how to write…” A shame he doesn’t know how to research, work with facts, apply critical thinking, or develop solid conclusions. Oh, well; it’s a fringe book, so I guess standards are lower. 
40 Comments
Clete
3/15/2016 02:20:03 pm

Jason, agree with your article except for the last sentence. I don't think fringe writers have any standards at all.

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Nick Redfern
3/15/2016 02:38:33 pm

77/78 - either way, it was close to 40 years ago! I don't actually make notes of dates of everything that goes on in my life. I was a kid, it was late 70s, that's close enough! Jesus...

Being friends has nothing to do with it. I once wrote a book with a friend in the UK, Andy Roberts, titled "Strange Secrets." But, I disagree significantly with Andy's views on UFOs (for the most part). If I had any real concern about saying the right thing etc, I would hardly have written an anti-UFO book on Roswell, etc.

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Jason Colavito link
3/15/2016 02:59:41 pm

So, you're saying that you didn't purposely soft-pedal "Mysteries of Time and Space," but rather either don't know or don't care how much in it is wrong?

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Nick Redfern
3/15/2016 03:12:04 pm

It's none of those. The review is written in a very different fashion to how I usually write reviews. Go back and see my words:

"Brad’s book was among the first titles on the domain of the unknown on which I spent my pocket-money, as well as my earnings from delivering newspapers around town."

"I recall eagerly digesting the pages of Mysteries of Time and Space, and marveling at the enigmas – ancient and modern – that filled the pages of the book."

"Brad’s book was one of the very first I read that focused significant pages to the MIB puzzle."

"I really did stay up late in my bedroom reading its packed pages."

If the book had been a new one, I would have done a standard review.

That it's a decades-old book which had a big impact on me, led me to write the review in a different way - on how and why it was important to me - as a kid - getting into weird shit.

It's not actually written as a regular review at all: No big mystery, no ass-kissing; just someone reminiscing on how a book (newly re-released) had an effect on a kid.

Jason Colavito link
3/15/2016 03:49:37 pm

You told your audience to read it, which suggests you feel it is worthy of being read. If you don't think it's correct, you should say so. I can recommend my audience read "Chariots of the Gods," but I do so by explaining that the book is both important and wrong.

Nick Redfern
3/15/2016 04:01:00 pm

But, I chose to write it from the perspective of what it meant to me as a kid; that was what I wanted to do: show the audience what it meant to a young boy to read the book in the late 70s, when it was published. In that sense, it wasn't - as I note above in an earlier comment - a regular review. It was a series of observations and memories - from a far more innocent time - prompted by the re-release of the book. And that's all.

Jason Colavito link
3/15/2016 04:10:32 pm

I understand where you're coming from, Nick, but you also said:

"...if you have not read the book you really should. Not just for the material contained within its pages..."

You praised the material, and you let Steiger explain why he thought the book was swell. Again, a caveat or two would have helped if you agree that the book is wrong.

Nick Redfern
3/15/2016 04:14:18 pm

Fair enough, and I get what you say, but I just felt like doing something a bit different in terms of how I structured/themed the review.

DaveR
3/15/2016 02:55:26 pm

I'm sure Matt Lauer was instructed to not laugh and not press Shirley on her Atlantian heritage. So much of the fringe stuff has been around for so long, something that's read as a child can be remembered, cause dreams, get internalized, and then decades later resurfaces as a recovered memory.

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Shane Sullivan
3/15/2016 03:07:48 pm

"He says that he himself received frequent visits from something called the Vardogr, which he calls a “spiritual forerunner” of his parents."

Are you sure it was "Vordogr", and not "Borgnar"?

Danger Zone!

Hehe...heh...ehhh...

...What, no Archer fans?

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Clint Knapp
3/16/2016 01:48:15 am

Who, Archer? You mean that lovably ignorant, irrepressibly alcoholic spy who still manages to be more coherent and poignant than anything Nick Redfern has ever written? That Archer?

Yeah, I know that guy.

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Time Machine
3/16/2016 03:25:00 am

You're a pseudo-sceptic yourself, Clint.

Shane Sullivan
3/16/2016 02:02:22 pm

In Redfern's defense, Sterling Archer has a formidable (if inconsistent) patchwork of knowledge to draw from, as evidenced by his snobbish but accurate analysis of Animal Farm.

Denise
3/17/2016 04:39:45 pm

My favorite Archer quote:

Cyril: Why are you so scared of crocodiles?
Archer: Gee, I don't know, Cyril. Maybe deep down I'm afraid of any apex predator that lived through the K-T extinction. Physically unchanged for a hundred million years, because it's the perfect killing machine. A half ton of cold-blooded fury, the bite force of 20,000 Newtons, and stomach acid so strong it can dissolve bones and hoofs.

DaveR
3/16/2016 07:53:20 am

Are you talking about Admiral Archer from Star Trek?

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Time Machine
3/16/2016 09:38:54 am

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3411630/

Only Me
3/15/2016 05:50:28 pm

I always noticed that peculiar smell from old paperbacks, too. I thought it was weird, because it depended on the book.

I wonder if younger generations will have the same strong memories tied to their first exposure to the fringe, what with it being concentrated in cable programming.

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Jason Colavito link
3/15/2016 05:59:31 pm

Smell is one of our most powerful sense memories, and that smell always recalls for me the first old paperback I read as a kid, an omnibus of Edgar Allan Poe, which I know I did get at that auction house book sale for ten cents. Clearly, I cared much more about that book then Steiger's! To this day, that smell always recalls to me Poe stories for that reason. Visual sense is a close second, and I can easily recall the layout and design of favorite books from long ago. It also helps me in recalling their contents. I shudder to think of the future when books are no longer tied to sense memories of scent and even visual design because they're all just customizable pixels.

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crainey
3/15/2016 05:56:56 pm

Before the mid-nineteenth century most paper was made from old linen or cotton rags; longer fibers and much better quality. The yellowing old paperback books I have had since childhood were printed on wood pulp. Big difference!

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Clete
3/15/2016 06:00:15 pm

Jason, just another thought. I really admire the way you can play Nick Redfern. Even the most casual of mentions of him will gain you a response to this blog. It is liking poking a dog with a stick, you will get a response and it is usually what you expect. If he had even an half ounce of intelligence, he would realize that, but luckily for you he is really too stupid to realize what you are doing.

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Nick Redfern
3/15/2016 06:41:18 pm

Clete, fuck you.

Sometimes, at Jason's posts, I don't even bother commenting because there's no need. For example, check out this recent one from Jason, where I'm mentioned several times, and prominently.

http://www.jasoncolavito.com/blog/lather-rinse-and-repeat-recycled-claims-about-star-myths-king-arthur-and-more

Did I reply? Nope. Because there was no need. In other words, I wasn't criticized, so why reply? I read Jason's blog every day, but I only comment where I'm mentioned if I feel like it and it's warranted. Check out all the others I didn't comment on.

Do I think Jason enjoys goading? Yes, of course I do. But that doesn't bother me as I enjoy a good online fight. Plus, I enjoy hitting back at pricks like you, so it's not like he plays me. Ranting can be a lot of fun.

Its very unfortunate though that most of the blogs I comment on won't allow my expletive rants because the comments are moderated and they block them before they even appear. That Jason doesn't moderate means I get to have a good online fight with wankers who have issues about using their real names.

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DaveR
3/16/2016 09:00:47 am

Nick,

I understand you must get tired of the pubescent name calling, but I fail to see how swearing in your responses bolsters your case.

Nick Redfern
3/16/2016 09:52:06 am

Dave, LOL pissed! But here's the issue: I have problems remaining civil. I blow up very quickly. Some people might see that as a character flaw. I just see it as my character - period.

At the end of the day though, it scarcely matters much as we're talking about UFOs and weird phenomena, which are hardly important to most people on the planet.

I get mad easily, but I also keep it in perspective by realizing that what we do and what we discuss is not actually earth-shaking.

I'm far more focusing on hoping that Bernie Sanders becomes president, although realistically I don't think it will happen. The bigger, world issues such as the looming election are FAR more important than my rants - but I'll still rant.

DaveR
3/16/2016 10:11:34 am

Nick,

I agree, when discussing UFOs, ghosts, or anything paranormal the issues are virtually unprovable and everybody has opinions they hold dear. True enough, in the grand scheme of the world, these issues boarder right on the edge of being completely meaningless and inconsequential.

Clete
3/16/2016 03:28:29 pm

Mister Redfern...loved your response, you really are thin-skinned, aren't you and not nearly as tough as you like to believe you are.

Nick Redfern
3/16/2016 03:35:03 pm

Clete, all I am is someone who replies in the 100 percent correct way to people who piss me off. Nothing more and nothing less. You piss me off, so you get the reply I think you deserve.

anon
3/16/2016 06:03:04 pm

I nearly dropped my crochet needles!

Ysne58
3/20/2016 10:15:45 pm

Anon -- that is crochet hook, knitting needles. You are horribly confuzzled!

Nick Redfern
3/16/2016 09:17:47 am

Dave R:

Look, that's how I talk normally when I get mad and pissed off at people. I'm English, we swear a lot, big deal. Swearing DOESN'T help bolster my case at all, but I enjoy a good online fight. I hit back with what I want. People get personal with me, then I get personal back.

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DaveR
3/16/2016 09:34:40 am

Nick,

I get that, I was in the Army and swear words are a major part of my vocabulary. You should hear me when I smash a finger or thumb with a hammer. When I'm posting I refrain because I'm working to keep the conversation civil, not that you aren't because I've read your posts and you're explaining yourself and your actions. I don't know, it's just my point of view. I thought when you guys got pissed it was from drinking too much? Wink, wink, nudge, nudge.

Bob Jase
3/15/2016 10:57:18 pm

Brad Steiger - the pseudo-intellectual's Frank Edwards.

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Time Machine
3/16/2016 03:20:20 am

Frank Edwards was a dork

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Eddie
3/16/2016 01:34:30 pm

I note that Jason is highly critical of Nick's review of the book in question, while Jason's own review consists in the main of silly comments about the smell of old paperbacks, with precious little mention of the substance of the book or of Steiger's long history of publishing in this field.

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Bob Jase
3/16/2016 01:56:27 pm

That's because the smell of the book is more substantial than any of its contents.

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expat link
3/16/2016 02:50:35 pm

Nick... as long as you're reading... Here's the definitive debunk of the "chevron" in Belyayev crater:

https://www.metabunk.org/debunked-alien-base-on-the-moon-triangle-of-dots-photo-artifact.t2965/

As you will surely recall, you stated on Robert Kiviat's appalling false documentary that this was a "man-made" feature.

You were dead wrong, Nick.Admit it.

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Nick Redfern
3/16/2016 03:32:21 pm

Yep, that's good enough for me, everyone makes mistakes. And, having seen this, I was wrong. Sometimes shit happens and sometimes it doesn't. This time it did.

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expat
3/16/2016 04:59:35 pm

Well what a gent you turned out to be!! That Staffordshire accent is deceptive. Bravo, laddie.

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Nick Redfern
3/16/2016 05:16:59 pm

Here's the way I look at it: if I believe I am right on something I will say so, and I will defend my position all the way.

But, if someone presents evidence on something that clearly pushes things in a different direction, then of course I will go with that.

To do otherwise would be very stupid.

We only have to look at how certain people in the "Roswell Slides" fiasco are STILL supporting them, because they can't face the alternative of admitting they fucked up.

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anon
3/16/2016 06:09:01 pm

I thought the aliens were here to bring world peace and stop mankind destroying itself with nuclear war.

How are they going to do that with Redfern acting like it's Saturday night in Aldershot ? Can't they give him a zap with their Pleiadian consciousness ray, or at least use some warm lube on when they probe his arse.

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Chris
3/23/2016 12:51:38 am

Jason, for a moment I thought you started this article with "Beware the ideas of March"!

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