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The Westminster College Artifact Collection and Exhibits
Humans have a penchant to fixate on the past. They spend many hours investigating their family tree and visiting museums. The former reveals who they are and where they came from. Artifacts housed in the latter reveal how they traveled down history's timeline to the present. Artifacts constitute mankind's unwritten cultural history and as such are the legacy of the past.
A museum is more than a repository of artifacts. Its purpose is to foster learning, arouse curiosity, stimulate intellectual activity and provide opportunities for research. Westminster College's Committee on Cultural Artifacts pursues this mission in several fashions. The curator prepares exhibits, which are free and accessible to the College and larger community. It provides opportunities to schedule guided tours of the exhibit areas. Information about the institution's human mummy and its CT scans is posted on the home page for educational purposes. Items from the collection have been loaned for exhibit and research purposes to organizations like the Whitaker Center for Science and the Arts (Harrisburg), the College of Wooster, the Lawrence County Historical Society, the Berkshire Museum (Pittsfield, MA) and the Washington State Museum (Tacoma). About 150 museum grade ancient Egyptian artifacts are currently on loan to the last of these institutions. The College also facilitates research through its charter membership in the Akhmim Mummy Studies Consortium (AMSC). AMSC is an organization that seeks to foster cooperation between museums and scholars in the study of mummies and other artifacts to learn more about the culture of ancient Akhmim and other areas of Egypt.
Origin, Development and Stewardship of the Collection
Shortly after the founding of the College in 1852, friends and alumni of the College, especially missionaries, began donating artifacts of cultural and educational significance. Some of the earliest were Roman coins and Egyptian antiquities. During the 1860s these items were housed in a newly created "Lyceum" along with a shell collection from the Smithsonian.
The fire of 1927 and many years of neglect eventually resulted in the abandoning of the modern museum in the 1960s. The collection might have been forgotten for many more years if not for the energy of a student, Susan Grandy Graff '85. Grandy discovered the existence of the collection and sought the support of President Allen Splete in taking restoration measures. With his encouragement she spearheaded an effort to identify and catalog the pieces and obtained professional help in their conservation. Her special achievement was the securing of a matching grant from the Hunt Foundation for the restoration of the Egyptian mummy and the purchase of its handsome display case which is housed in the Hoyt Science Resources Center.
In 1991 President Oscar Remick appointed a curator of cultural artifacts with an advisory committee of retired scholars, and assigned them the task of updating the artifacts catalog and managing the collection. The curator was commissioned to arrange for major segments of the collection to be on display across the campus.
From these modest beginnings the collection has dynamically expanded, both in terms of sheer numbers and in the significance of the artifacts. The collection includes some 1,000 coins and currency and approximately 1,800 other artifacts from around the world. They range from stone tools (6000 B.C.) through cuneiform tablets (2000 B.C.), an Egyptian human mummy (300 B.C.), Coptic items (5th century A.D.), Japanese samurai armor (18th century A.D.) to currency bearing the portrait of Saddam Hussein (2003 A.D.).
Guide to Exhibits
The traditional pattern of exhibit design has focused on artifacts of historical significance with only a modicum of ethnographic or contemporary items. The current array of exhibits totally reverses the pattern. Most of the ethnographic items now on exhibit are donations from former missionaries Willis McGill, Ted Pollock and Mary Anna Bode. While many of the items were crafted for the tourist trade they are still indicative of the skills of indigenous artisans and the raw materials available to the culture.
The displays in the Old Main Tower Room, McGill Library stairwell, the samurai and the mummy related exhibits in the Hoyt Science Resources Center should be considered permanent. Other exhibits are changed on a periodic basis.
Old Main Memorial
Tower Room
Exhibit 1 - Old Main Chimes Timing Mechanism
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The Seth Thomas carillon clock that was the controlling mechanism for the Old Main chimes is featured at this venue. It functioned from 1935 until replaced by electronic controls in 1978. Also, the silver plated trowel from Old Main cornerstone laying and various plaques are on exhibit.
McGill Library
First Floor Lobby
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Exhibit 2 - Bronze Sculpture
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Horse and rider sculpted by Evgeniey Aleksandrovich Lansere (1848-1886). Cast by N. Shtange.
North Stairwell, Second Floor, Hung High on the West Wall
Exhibit 3 - Sudanese Spears and Shields
Featured are two spears and two large tribal shields, one of hippopotamus hide, the other of rhinoceros hide.
Second Floor Lobby
Exhibit 4 - Another Gift of the Nile
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On exhibit are figurines crafted from the Nile River mud that illustrate various aspects of life in 20th century Egypt.
Exhibit 5 - Matchlock Rifles
Case 5:
A pair of early Yemeni matchlock rifles are the focus of this display.
Exhibit 6 - Head Coverings
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Hats and other types of head coverings from Europe, Asia, Africa and North America are featured.
Exhibit 7 - Head Modification
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A wig, hairdo and plates to distend the chin, lips and ears are the thrust of this exhibit.
Exhibit 8 - King "Tut"
Case 9:
Replicas of furniture found in King "Tut's" tomb are on display. Read the accompanying descriptor to learn of the Westminster connection to the opening of the tomb.
Exhibit 9 - Things Encountered by a Missionary
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These cases are instructive in terms of the items a missionary might have used or observed in late 20th century East Africa.
Go Through the Double Doors, Turn Right
Exhibit 10 - Samurai
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The "knights" of feudal Japan were its samurai. This 18th century ceremonial suit of armor is much lighter then that worn by their European counterparts.
Exhibit 11 - Japanese Woodblock Printing
Cases 13 & 14:
Featured are two classical Japanese art forms, calligraphy and woodblock printing.
Be sure to note the Chinese calligraphy to the right of case 14.
McKelvey Campus Center
Enter via the doors facing the south, go up the stairs and take the hallway to the right. Exhibits are at the end of the hallway.
Exhibit 12 - Releasing the Image
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Examples of ivory and African hardwood carving are emphasized.
Exhibit 13 - Islamic Artistry
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The typical geometric and floral patterns of the Islamic world are illustrated on wood, metal, fabric and other surfaces.
Hoyt Science Resources Center
Enter through the main door, make an immediate left turn and follow the hallway.
Exhibit 14 - The Mummy and Mummy Forensics
Case 17:
Featured is a bust of the Mummy Pesed crafted from CT - scans by a forensic sculptor.
Case 18:
The piece de resistance of the collection is this Ptolemaic era human female mummy whose name is Pesed.
Case 19:
An opportunity to view the skeleton and infirmities of the mummy is provided by this display.
Wiley Alumni House
Exhibit 15 - Westminster College Artifacts
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Artifacts, documents and photographs illuminate various eras and facets of Westminster's history.
The College has been the recipient of gift artifacts from about 80 donors who are alumni and friends. The vast majority of the museum quality artifacts are from former missionaries. The College owes a debt of gratitude to these individuals and encourages others to emulate them. Parenthetically, it should be noted that the value of a donated item is tax deductible.
Committee on Cultural Artifacts
Dr. H. Dewey DeWitt, Professor of Chemistry Emeritus
Mrs. Jill O. Haines, Executive Secretary
Dr. Delber L. McKee, Professor of History Emeritus
Dr. Samuel A. Farmerie, Professor of Education Emeritus
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My 20 year old daughter is currently in the hospital for an enlarged liver and spleen, as well as anemia and unexplained bleeding. She has a repaired heart defect and takes medication for congestive heart failure. All the tests indicate the right side of her heart is enlarged and her tricuspid valve is leaking, but for some reason her cardiology team is convinced that there's some other explanation. They hospitalized her two weeks ago for the enlarged spleen and liver as well as fainting and throwing up. After a few days they discharged her with a prescription for iron and no real explanation of what was wrong. Ten days later she was back, with unexplained bleeding as well as all the original issues. She has had numerous tests and today had to receive a blood transfusion as her anemia has continued to worsen. I recently received a promotion at work and am having a hard time balancing work, taking care of our pets and home and being with my daughter at the hospital. A lot of the time she is bored and lonely. Please say a prayer for God's guidance for her medical team and for healing.
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Tuesday, April 26, 2011
Soul Blossoms on my design wall ...
Anyway, I'm trying to do something with it and I'm not sure if it's a hot mama or a hot mess. Up close it's hard to tell.
Opinions welcome. (Keep in mind the white sashing will be wider and more uniform - my wall is too small to really spread it out. That should help.)
It's snowing here. Boo.
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I agree with previous commenters about the little blue squares - something solid would help calm the loud patterns of the big squares a little bit, I think. The shade of blue doesn't seem right, either. I like the idea of blue there, though, since the main fabrics have lots of warm colors in them.
ReplyDeleteI DO like the quilt you are making. I think the white helps it and I think the cornerstones all from the same (calm) fabric helps, too. Put anything on point and it looks better, too. I agree w/ your assessment...I never buy prints like this for a quilt. It's very girly and flamboyant and I am just not..plus so many large scale prints together scares me. I think you did a great job making it more appealing to folks who might come to your shop.
ReplyDeleteI love it with the blue polka dot intersections. I can see that the polka dot color appears to be the same as the green/teal color in the other fabrics, thus bringing it out a bit.
While for me personally it's not my go-to color palette I can definitely see how it would appeal to others. My guess is my teenage nieces would squeal over it!definitely hot mama. The scale of AB prints is sometimes overwhelming, but your use of white sashing with uniform blue squares (LOVE that blue) gives the design a grounding that it requires to hold the large prints from exhausting the eye.
HoT MaMa!!!!!
I'm interested to see your binding choices--keep us informed!!I agree with the others - The cornerstones seem a little...much? Perhaps a dark solid cornerstone? A jewel tone, maybe?
Otherwise, I think the white sashing will break it up nicely! Soul Blossoms has been the stuff of angst for me. I can put bits and pieces of it in a quilt, but I've never done the whole sha-bang.
So far, I'm liking it!
Happy Quilting!I think it is just right. I really like the polka dot blue, I think it gives the right amount of pop. I agree with your reasoning for the slow moving fabric, I myself have stopped myself from buying some, because I just didn't know what I would do with it. But now seeing your quilt I wish I had bought it!!
ReplyDeleteAs a beginner with know technical knowledge or fancy schmancy fabric knowing I think the cornerstones really brings out a 3-dimension quality in this quilt and I actually think it is the lighter blue dots that does it. I would keep them just as they are. If you lean back and squinch your eyes you see more the effect. I would stay with quite narrow sashing. Slightly wider but not to much. Let it work as thin frames. Well, I am afan of imperfect perfection and I think this is just the way I like these vivid prints and colors. Curious to see if you will make any changes and in that case what...
ReplyDeleteI have to say - I like August Fields by Amy Butler - but the soul blossoms haven't been my favorite as a collection. But I'm v. impressed w/that quilt layout - as others have said, I like the white sashing. When i see this quilt - i see summer!!
as far as the cornerstones - I'd prob. go w/that tealish color it is in many of the blocks.
~LauraI like it. I think you've done a really smart thing with the fabrics here, because they are such "talkative" prints, they grab attention which may be why shoppers are having a hard time figuring out what to do with them. That said, by making them a feature you're kind of basking in their vibrant, loud nature, instead of trying to suppress it.
GREAT! :)Oh Me OH My!!!! I love the narrow sashing. I love the blue dot as the corner stones. The beauty of Amy's soul blossom line is the vibrant spectacular nature of it. It is LOUD and IN YOUR FACE! I think highlighting that is beautiful! I love what you have done! I would keep it just like it is!
Thank you so much for your comments - they make my day! I try to respond to as many as my 'mommy' time allows, but life sometimes gets in the way. Please know how much I appreciate each of them.
I apologize for the current comment settings that require a registered user account. They are the only way that I don't get tons of gross spam. I'm hoping Blogger will make a way where people who are not registered users, but would like to leave a comment can do so. Please, Blogger! In the mean time, thanks for your patience.
I also love to respond to questions. If you are a no-reply blogger, please leave an email address so I can get back to you. Or you can email me directly: amy @ diaryofaquilter.com. Thanks!


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quote:I missed that.. I was thinking Leblancs grocery ground seasonings was what he was referring to. There is a Jambalaya seasoning mix they make in a can?
quote:Hmm not sure if I have seen it.. You probably already have the white pepper then. couldnt find anything on the web about her stuff.
quote:Poche, is Dee Gautreau still in business in Gonzales, or still cooking competetively?
quote:Can you buy LeBlanc's seasoning anywhere in Baton Rouge?
quote:Kim makes boudin, crawfish boudin and sausage. Also has a new line of fish fry and shrimp vegetable fry mixes. Tried all and I use them regularly.
quote:Jambalaya - Gonzales Style with pics. pochejp, after looking at the pics. I decided I wanted to cook a mini-pot jam last Sat night. It had been a while and I needed a refresher. I basically tried it like you cooked your and it came out awesome. Only problem was I drank too much and my family ate it all before I decided to fix me some before bed. Had some blue runner red beans to go with it. Broke my heart. Regardless, good stuff and Thanks.


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The College News Volume V. No. 8 BRYN MAWR, PA., NOVEMBER 21, 1918 Price 5 Cents ROLLER SKATING REVIVED BY VOTE OF ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION Schedule for Winter Exercise Roller skating, after a lapse of popu- larity dating since 1913. has been revived as a general form of exercise. Definite action to re-introduce it was taken at a meeting of the Athletic Association last Thursday. One hour of rolling skating, under the rules of the Gymnasium De- partment, counts as one hour of required exercise. Conscripted drill, like conscripted war work, is to be abolished. Required gymnastic classes will begin after Thanksgiving. During the winter four periods of some form of physical training, which will include outdoor drills, dancing, apparatus, folk dancing, fencing, or organized sports, and one period of other exercise will be required. This fifth period may be taken in a shortened period of quick walking. It is planned to have a college drill on Wednesdays at 4.15 and company or squad drills on other days at this time. PIRATE CREW KIDNAPS 1922 FOR SOPHOMORE DANCE Skull and Cross-bones Over Gym At the Sign of the Scarlet Moth, where brown ale flowed from copper casks among a gory pirate crew, the Freshmen founu Irt Satuiiias that .hey hud been kidnapped and were many salt leagues from twentieth century Bryn Mawr. The Sophomore dance, more elaborately and ingeniously staged than by previous classes, proved as colourful a spectacle to 1922 as Banner Show itself. Pewter glittered from the lon*c bar at one end of the gym, where apples were piled, bright cups clinked, and many a mariner stopped to broach a cask and Jest with the graceful bar-maid, M. K. Southall. At the other end logs blazed with red paper in a huge stone chimney- piece, lighted by red lanterns, and ringed with settles, made from gym tables turned end-wise. Black skins were deep underfoot around the hearth. The Skull and Cross-bones, quartered with ramping lions and galleons sailing on the Spanish Main, lined the walls. Through the small panes of the Swedish ladder hung against the wall could be seen a distant castle over the blue. Pirate Passion Wins Applause In the midst of the revelry, four roister- ing blades rolled up to the bar and de- manded, "Come, wench, we want a drink; we come ashore through a fearful gale." With brimming cups they leaned over the tables, intent on their cards and dice. Rivalling to express their devotion in ap- propriate phrases from countless college songs, M. P. Klrkland and B. Ferguson be- sought the bar-maid to be theirs. M. FooL the cynic, stroked drooping mus- tachloe, and stretching back in his chair, commented as M. P. Pirkland, snarling in disappointed rage, cursed, "Hlreusousai sol deine!" After a mad Jig by P. Ostroff, urged on by hoarse shouts and clapping, the pi rail* bade farewell to the Freshmen In a really memorable song by H. Hill, ending, "You've seen our canvas reflecting the moon. But called It whltecapa. it vanished so So now you'll know us, though moon- down calls each wandering shade. And to oblivion our black hulled galloon then must fade." ALUMNA SUFFER DEFEAT BY VARSITY, 3-0 Eight of Their Eleven Former Varsity Players Having failed to score at all in the first half Varsity pulled up in the escond and beat the Alumnae 3-0 in their annual hockey game last Wednesday. The play- ing throughout was clean and fairly speedy, but it was not until the second half that Varsity showed Its true fighting mettle. P. Branson '16, former Varsity hockey captain and president of the Athletic As- sociation, captained the Alumnae team. Other old Varsity players were M. Bacon 18, who captained the team last year through an undefeated season, J. Katzen- steln '06, A. Hawkins '07, M. Kirk "10, H. Kirk '14, A. W. Vorys '16, and M. Wlllard '17. Miss Katzenstein, who plays on Lanadowne's team, and Miss Hawkins, a member of the Germantown eleven, have played for several years on All-Philadel- phia. No Score in First Half During the first half the ball was swept continually back and forth between the '.wo circles. Varsity's forward line, play- ing well together and usually on the of- fensive, made two goals, neither of which could be counted because of technical fouls made Just before they were shot. Mrs. Vorys '16, A. Hawkins '07, and L. Wlndle '07 proved a strong defense for the Alumnae, stopping and hitting out many shots by Varsity. Varsity Begins to Fight The second half started well for Var- sity with a goal by A. Stiles '19, shot after M. Tyler '19 had dribbled up the alley. Again the ball traveled up toward the Alumnae goal, carried by G. Hearne '19, but no score was made. After an Alum- nae spurt by M. Wlllard '17 and J. Katzen- tein '06, stopped by E. Donohue '22. Miss Hearne took the ball down the field again, and her shot across the circle was shoved Into the goal by Captain Tyler. A period of uneven fighting followed, during which Mrs. Vorys made one especially difficult stop. Then, after a long dribble by Miss Katzenstein, Varsity took possession of the ball once more and scored another goal, made by D. Rogers '20. Time was called shortly after, with the ball in Varsity's hands In the enemy territory. Line-up: Varsity Alumnae M. Tyler '19 (c.)�. L. W. .J. Katzenstein '06 M. Tyler "22....... L. I. .. .H. Schwartx '18 D. Rogers "20�.... C. F........M. Kirk'10 A. Stiles '19�.....R. I.....M. Wlllard "17 G. Hearne '19.... R. W........H. Kirk'14 E. Biddle '19.....L. H. .. .A. Hawkins '07 M.Carey'20..... C. H......M. Bacon '18 B. Weaver '20..... R. H.....P. Branson '16 K. Cauldwell'20.. L. F......L. Wlndle'07 E. Donohue '22.... R. F. .E. Corstvet, Grad D. Clark '20....... G..... A. M. Vorys '16 Referee�Miss Applebee. Time of halves�20 min. VARSITY DRAMATICS POSTPONED The date of Varsity dramatics has been indefinitely postponed on account of com- plications In the choice of plays. The Shoes That Danced and Three Pills In a Bottlt have been given up. and no substi- tutes selected as yet. Rehearsals for The Merry Death have started The cast of the play has been chosen, but not yet continued by the office. FOUNDER OF "COLLEGE NEWS" GETS OUT PEACE EXTRA IN 16 MINUTES Had Papers on Street by 3.08 A. M. Just 16 minutes after she had received the "Flash" telegram, "Armistice signed," at 2.52 o'clock. Monday morning, Isabel Foster '15, telegraph editor of the Water- bury Republican, had an "extra" for sale on the streets. This was at 3.08 A. M., twenty-three minutes after the news was announced by the State Department at Washington. Miss Foster is the rounder and first managing editor of the College News. After graduating from Bryn Mawr she at- tended the Columbia School of Journal- Ism and later took a position on the Re- porter, Berlin, N. H. She has been on the Waterbury Republican since last spring. Miss Foster's home Is in Ports- mouth. N. H. HON. P. W. WILSON SPEAKS ON AMERICA AS LEADER IN YEARS OF RECONSTRUCTION Friendship Between Great Britain and The United States Necessary "The next few years are to decide how long the United States and the British Empire are to be friends," said Mr. P. W. Wilson, correspondent of The London Daily News and Member of Parliament, who spoke in Taylor last Friday night, instead of Colonel Evans, who was de- tained in New York. The heritage of mistress of the seas and first world power, according to Mr. Wilson, seems to have passed from Great Britain to the United States, who is richer now than before the war, while England has spent between one-half and one-third of her total wealth in this war, raising forty billion dollars and paying one out of every three dollars for taxes. The financial center of the world has passed from London to New York. Added to this expenditure, England has supplied ninety million tons of coal and ninety-six million tons of explosives and has felt the tremendous industrial strug- gle accompanying such an output; she has lost two thousand merchant vessels, she has lost one million men and has had two and three-quarters million casualties; she has suffered from the pressure of the food shortage and has still sheltered five hundred thousand Belgian and French refugees. "If England takes these matters with a cheerful countenance, she hopes to have the reward of a spiritual friendship with the United States, which Is needed to es- tablish the common standard of civiliza- tion," Mr. Wilson said. Mr. Wilson's own home was under air raids twenty or thirty times, during which he and his wife put the two young- est children under the dining-room table while they "tried to be as funny as pos- sible." Charles Dickens founded the London Daily News, on which Mr. Wilson Is cor- respondent. SERVICE CORPS PLEDGES LEAVE LARGE PROPORTION OF CLASS QUOTAS STILL TO BE RAISED The results of the Service Corps pi- own out last week in relation to the cla*B quotas are: To Be Quota. Pledged. Raised. Graduates .... $500 $139.00 $361.00 1919 1.36 10*8.00 488.O0 1920....... 1164 716 50 467.50 1921 1871 1U9.09 1919 1618 1039.88 608.11 MR. NICHOLS TO INTERPRET YOUNGER BRITISH POETS One of Oxford Elizabethans fcj "One of the Three Musketeers" is the name given in a recent article In the Literary Digest to Mr. Robert Nichols, the young British war poet, who will speak here tomorrow evening. Though Mr. Nichols had been at col- lege less than a year when the war broke out, he was already among the "young Oxford Elizabethans," a group of poets of the younger generation. It is because he comes as an interpreter of these� many of whom have fallen In battle�that Mr. Nichols sometimes alludes to him- self as an "Ambassador of the Dead." The Impression he creates, according to the New York Evening Post, is that of "a strangely aged boy, walking slowly and with a cane, referring to notes lest his memory go back on him, and with that peculiar shell-shocked look on his face with which most of us are not yet ac- quainted." Since wounds and shell-shock removed Mr. Nichols from active service, he has been working for the British Government on light duty. He is at present writing a brief history of the sappers as the result of a visit to the Ypres salient. � � � � � The lecture will be In Taylor at eight o'clock. The English Club, under whose auspices Mr. Nichols Is speakln? will charge admission for the benefit if the Service Corps, 50 cents and 75 cents for members of the College, 75 cents and one dollar for outsiders. 1909's "SUNNY JIM," JUST RETURNED FROM FRANCE, SPEAKS IN CHAPEL Task Was to Get News of Missing 18 RETURNING WITH F. BROWNE '09, NEW SERVICE CORPS MEMBER Speaking in chapel last Thursday. Shir- ley Putnam '09, one of the first Red Cross searchers, told of the overseas work of the Red Cross Casualty Bureau. Miss Putnam came from France In Au- gust, and returns this month with more searchers, recruited during her stay. 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DIss0n80r wrote:Why shouldn't gay people be able to get married?
event_horizon wrote:DIss0n80r wrote:Why shouldn't gay people be able to get married?
Because Santa Claus doesn't like it.
DIss0n80r wrote:I'm talking about equality under THE LAW, which should apply fairly to EVERYONE. So outlaw sodomy and oral sex for EVERYONE, and make marriage about producing children again, not for nonsense like love, companionship, financial security. Pursuit of happiness can't conflict with THE LAW, and the law must be clear that marriage is for a penis to inseminate a vagina, nothing more.
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Tuesday, October 19, 2010
Wednesday Weirdness: More Hybrids
As I did with the Satanic Nephilim hybrids of Pastor Doug Riggs, I'm giving you another big chunk of weirdness in lieu of the Wednesday Weirdness Roundup... this time involving alien-human hybrids, hypnosis, and deeply disturbing allegations about the professional conduct of Dr. David M. Jacobs of Temple University.
Dr. Jacobs is an associate professor of history at Temple, but since the '70s he has been far better-known as an investigator of UFO sightings and alien abduction accounts. His second book on the subject, Secret Life: Firsthand Accounts of UFO Abductions, was an examination of data provided by about 60 alien abductees Jacobs had hypnotized. He concluded that alien abductions were very structured, typically consisting of the same procedures conducted in the same order. After floating their captives into a UFO, the small gray-skinned aliens place the person on a metal table that seems designed specifically for humans, then perform a strange physical exam that usually involves skimming their fingers over the person's body and taking a tissue sample from behind the knee. Sometimes an "implant" roughly the size of a BB is inserted into the person's nose, or an implant is removed. (Over time, Jacobs came to believe these implants allowed the aliens to access abductees' memories.)
Examination is followed by what Jacobs refers to as "Mindscan"; an alien entity slightly taller than the others approaches the abductee and stares fixedly at him/her with its enormous black eyes. Though Mindscan often elicits strong emotional responses, Jacob explains, its exact purpose remains unknown.
After Mindscan, the most important procedure of all is performed. Using odd suction devices, the aliens remove sperm or eggs from the abductee and presumably squirrel away the samples for an arcane breeding project. This, in Jacobs' opinion, is the point of all the abductions. The aliens have little to no interest in the affairs of earthlings; they just want our genetic material, and they're using it to create alien-human hybrids that will eventually take over the planet. He shares this view with his friend and associate Budd Hopkins, a New York author and artist who also conducts hypnosis sessions with abductees. Hopkins was the first abduction researcher to suggest the alien breeding hypothesis, in his 1987 book Intruders (an examination of the Debbie Jordan-Kauble case).
The aliens seem to have more on their agenda than mere genetic engineering, however. The abductions described by Jacobs and Hopkins occur throughout the abductees' lifetimes, as though the people are being monitored.
This was certainly the case with "Emma Woods", a middle-aged woman who contacted Jacobs in 2002, after reading Secret Life. She suspected that anomalous events she had experienced since her childhood in the '60s could have something to do with aliens.
Jacobs offered to conduct hypnosis sessions with her over the phone, beginning in late 2004.
Full conscious recollection of alien abduction is rare. According to Jacobs and other researchers, the aliens have some means of artificially suppressing memories of abduction events, and these can only be retrieved through hypnotic regression. This is a controversial practice even within the UFO/abduction field, yet it has been used on most of the famous abductees: Betty and Barney Hill, Herb Schirmer, Betty Andreasson-Luca, Debra Jordan-Kauble, Linda Napolitano. Some of these people were hypnotized by hypnotherapists, but many abductees have been hypnotized by Budd Hopkins, David Jacobs, and other UFO researchers who haven't actually been trained in the use of hypnosis. As you probably know, and as Jacobs himself realizes, hypnotic regression can lead to confabulation.
The following information comes from Emma's website, ufoalienabductee.com, on which she has extensively documented her dealings with Jacobs and another abductee known as "Elizabeth Smith". She has posted audio clips of some of her phone conversations with Jacobs, but obviously I can't vouch for the veracity or accuracy of anything on her website. I encourage you to review her materials and decide for yourself.
Prior to hypnosis, Jacobs had Emma sign a Temple University research consent form. (It's unclear, at this point, if Temple has any official connection to his abduction research.) He also suggested that someone be with her during the sessions, but Emma assured him she felt comfortable proceeding alone. Over the next 3 years, Jacobs carried out 37 hypnosis sessions with Emma, averaging 5 hours in length. They all included hypnotic regressions, to help Emma recover details of her experiences, from childhood to the present (she had only fragmentary conscious memories of the "anomalous experiences"). For example, Emma consciously recalled feeling an urge to sleep in her backyard one night in 1967, when she was five years old. She did so, and was awakened by a bright overhead light. That's all she could remember. Under hypnosis, however, she described herself and a friend who was spending the night being herded along a corridor by five gray aliens. She was examined on a table, then taken to a room to stare at a black screen (similar to the Mindscan and Imaging described by Jacobs). Afterward, she and her friend were introduced to a roomful of human-looking children that Jacobs identified as alien-human hybrids.
Emma now suspects that her memories could be the product of hypnosis and Jacobs' leading questions. He had warned her that some memories can be confabulated under hypnosis. But that's only one disturbing aspect of her interactions with Dr. Jacobs. In 2006, "Elizabeth Smith" (who was not only a research subject, but Jacobs' webmaster) began receiving emails and instant messages from alien-human hybrids, and these same hybrids sent messages to Jacobs from her computer. One message warned Jacobs to stop working with Emma, as a group of hybrids believed her sessions were compromising "security". Jacobs shared these communications with Emma. Naturally, she thought they were written by Elizabeth herself, but Jacobs professed to believe they were really from hybrids. The communications continued for the next two years, growing more sinister and complex.
In 2007 Emma began to share her experiences online, on her own website. Jacobs became "overwrought". He told Emma this would render him vulnerable to criticism by debunkers (BINGO), and in violation of the Temple University research agreement, he even threatened to publicize Emma's name and "paint a horrible picture" of her if she went public. He later retracted these threats, but the hybrids took over where he left off. They warned Jacobs and Elizabeth that they and/or their families would be killed if they went public with their stories. By this time, Elizabeth had entered into a sexual relationship with a hybrid she called "Jay" or "J", who actually rented an apartment near her home and passed as human.
As batsh** crazy as all this sounds, it's perfectly in keeping with Jacobs' views on the abduction phenomenon. He contends that abductees are helping hybrids adjust to life on Earth so they can successfully pass as human and effect a global takeover.
Disturbingly, Jacobs shared details of Elizabeth's experiences with Emma and vice versa, apparently without either woman's permission. The two women were also in contact with one another via email. This sort of cross-contamination and lack of professionalism would cast serious doubt on Jacobs' research results, but if Emma's allegations are true, that ship sailed a long time ago.
Jacobs told Emma that Elizabeth had twice confessed to writing the hybrid messages herself, but he refused to accept this explanation and concluded that hybrids had forced her to write the confession emails while she was in an altered state, or perhaps took over her consciousness for brief periods. He claimed the hybrids were manipulating Elizabeth's actions through a system of threats and punishments. In one email sent to Emma he wrote, "The aliens have decided that Elizabeth should come down and visit me. I do not want that and neither does she. They are obviously trying to locate me. Paranoia runs rampant as I realize I am definitely a target for them." In August 2006, he told Emma he was "on the run" from aliens who opposed his work, viewing him as a threat to their "program". He entered into a tense negotiation with the aliens, and kept Emma apprised of developments via email. By late September, he had reached an agreement whereby the aliens would not put an implant in his body if he kept quiet about Jay's apartment.
Weirdly, Jacobs received hybrid emails from Emma's computer, as well. She came to believe she wrote them in her sleep. They were similar to Elizabeth's.
When the hybrids warned Dr. Jacobs that it was dangerous for him to work with Emma, she decided it was time to end her cooperation with his research. (Note, please, that since Emma began spilling the beans in 2007, no harm has come to Dr. Jacobs.)
Jacobs told Emma that in order to protect them all from hybrid retaliation, he needed to pretend he was interacting with Elizabeth and Emma for some reason unrelated to alien abduction. You see, Jacobs is something of an expert on alien/hybrid telepathy, and he feared the hybrids would read their minds. So he suggested to Emma, while she was under hypnosis, that she had Multiple Personality Disorder (Dissociative Identity Disorder), on the pretext that if he posed as an MPD researcher, this would fool the hybrids.
This part of Emma's story, at least, has some truth to it. In March of this year, some audio clips of the phone calls between Jacobs and Emma were featured on the Paratopia podcast hosted by Jeremy Vaeni and Jeff Ritzman, bringing attention to Emma's allegations. Jacobs responded to Emma's allegations on his website, and in that response he admitted to the MPD ruse.
In his version of the story, Jacobs alleges that "Alice" may have Borderline Personality Disorder, though this conclusion was reached solely through informal consultations with mental health professionals who have never met Emma and relied solely on Jacobs' interpretation of her behaviour. How very ethical.
According to Jacobs, it was Emma - not Elizabeth or himself - who claimed to be menaced by hybrids. Not knowing if this was the case or not (!), and knowing that hybrids may be telepathic (!!), he arranged with "Alice" to discuss MPD during their hypnosis sessions so that the hybrids wouldn't know what was really going on. But wouldn't the hybrids learn of this scheme by reading their minds? If Jacobs is trying to convince us that he's a sane and rational guy, then FAIL.
Emma now believes that Jacobs never really bought into the hybrid threats, but used them to intimidate and guilt her into silence.
The only firm conclusion I can reach after reviewing the allegations and counter-allegations in this case is that both Emma Woods and David Jacobs experienced a serious disconnect with reality. At best, the three people involved fed off each other's fantasies to create a delusional belief system that undermined their mental and emotional well-being. At worst, Jacobs used bizarre alien psychodrama to psychologically abuse and gaslight an already vulnerable woman, in a vain effort to protect his reputation as an "academic historian". Either way, Jacobs is not currently fit to work with emotionally troubled people in any sort of quasi-therapeutic manner. If it is affiliated with Jacobs' "research", Temple University has a responsibility to investigate his methods.
Other sources:
- Close Encounters of the Fourth Kind: Alien Abduction, UFOs, and the Conference at M.I.T. by C.D.B. Bryan (Alfred A. Knopf, 1995)
Hopkins and Jacobs were presenters at the 1992 alien abduction conference co-chaired by M.I.T. physicist David E. Pritchard and the late Harvard psychiatrist John Mack. In addition to summarizing Jacobs' "common abduction scenario matrix", which some attendees criticized as imposing a pattern on what many see as a highly unpredictable phenomenon, Bryan's book extensively documents Budd Hopkins' use of hypnosis in questioning abductees Anna Jamerson and Beth Collings ("Alice" and "Carol").
- Hopkins explains and defends his use of hypnosis in his essay "Hypnosis and the Investigation of UFO Abduction Accounts", published in the book UFOs and Abductions: Challenging the Borders of Knowledge (University Press of Kansas, 2000), edited by David Jacobs.
- Many of Jacobs' conference lectures and radio interviews have been posted to YouTube. Together with Jacobs' website, they give a fair overview of his positions on the abduction phenomenon and confirm that he does, indeed, believe human-alien hybrids are infiltrating our society.
15 comments:
- Eugene said...
Oh what a tangled web we weave...
Crazy, convoluted tales like these convince large numbers of people how exactly? Anyone can be conned but the fact that someone can read this story and not immediately go "Pardan my Swahili but this shit is bananas!" makes me fear for the future of the human race! - 2:17 AM
- S.M. Elliott said...
I'm most astonished by the fact that Jacobs actually thinks he's salvaging his reputation by admitting that he believes telepathic chimeric creatures could be interfering with his research subjects, and that he really thought it was a good idea to confuse these creatures by implanting symptoms of hysteria in one of those subjects via hypnotic suggestion. And he wants us to believe the subject is mentally ill?! Wow. Just wow. I don't understand how someone can stray so far from reality and still function at all. You have to wonder how many other UFO/abduction researchers are like this, but passing as sane.
- bob said...
"You have to wonder how many other UFO/abduction researchers are like this, but passing as sane".
Or academics in other fields of paranoia? Hal Pepinsky has publicly confessed that hanging out with alleged SRA victims caused him to suffer "paranoid psychotic episodes", for example.
I sent you an email about Blaine Blaine yesterday. - 5:51 AM
- Emma said...
Thank you for addressing my situation with Dr. David Jacobs in your blog post. The events that took place were complicated, and occurred over several years. I thought that I should clarify a few points.
My pseudonym is Emma Woods, not Emma Smith.
I have not made public the country that I live in, in order to try to salvage whatever protection I have left, for my family's sake as well as my own.
My former therapist contacted Dr. Jacobs. He did this in order to ask Dr. Jacobs' advice in dealing with my case, as Dr. Jacobs presents himself publicly as an expert academic researcher in the area.
Elizabeth Smith chose her own pseudonym.
Temple University told me that the Temple University Research Consent forms that Dr. Jacobs had me sign were "unauthorized" by them. They said that they have told him that he is not to use the words "Temple University" or "research" in his future work with people. In my opinion, they have done this to try to avoid liability for his misconduct with his research subjects.
Continued in next comment ... - 9:11 AM
- Emma said...
Dr. Jacobs conducted hypnosis with me over a two year period.
Elizabeth claimed that "hybrids" had written the emails and instant messaging communications from her computer, and that they had sent them directly to Dr. Jacobs themselves.
Dr. Jacobs started receiving instant messages from Elizabeth's alleged "hybrids" in June 2006.
Dr. Jacobs asked me if he could publish my research on his website in early 2006. I agreed to this.
I chose to end my work with Dr. Jacobs after he told me that he had received a warning from an alleged "hybrid" on instant messenger saying that it was dangerous for him to work with me as there were "hybrids" around me who were very concerned about "security".
Later, after I had ended my work with Dr. Jacobs, I set up my own website. It was then that he threatened to reveal my identity in public if I talked about the content of the warning that he received from the alleged "hybrid".
Continued in next comment ... - 9:13 AM
- Emma said...
Elizabeth and I only communicated by email, not by telephone.
A week after the start of the alleged "hybrid" instant messaging, Dr. Jacobs conducted a hypnosis session with me. He told me that he had pretended to the "hybrid" on the IM that Elizabeth had Multiple Personality Disorder. At the end of my hypnosis session, he implanted hypnotic suggestions in my mind that I had MPD. I have an audio clip on my website of him doing this to me.
My former and current therapists both consider that I am psychologically normal, and that I do no suffer from any personality disorders. Dr. Jacobs' attempt to convince people that I do is a cynical attempt by him to try to discredit me personally, so that what I have made public about his misconduct it not listened to.
No competent mental health professional would ever condone Dr. Jacobs' conduct towards me as his research subject, including his implanting hypnotic suggestions my mind that I had MPD. My current therapist is supporting me in the actions that I am taking in making Dr. Jacobs' abuse public.
Continued in next comment ... - 9:15 AM
- Emma said...
UFO magazine has published an article by Jeremy Vaeni that provides a detailed examination of the events that took place:
Gary Haden has published a two part analysis of the hypnosis sessions that Dr. Jacobs conducted with me, which includes audio from the sessions:
I think that you are absolutely right that Temple University has a responsibility to investigate Dr. Jacobs' work, which was done in their name. - 9:16 AM
As some people have observed already, this is a completely mad situation but this article still portrays Emma as having "lost touch with reality". I believe this is far from the case since if it wasn't for Emma being in touch with reality in the first place, then we wouldn't have heard of the case in the first place, would have still believed that Dr Jacobs was an ethical researcher, and everything would carry on as normal.
However thankfully this isn't the case. Emma even through the haze of hypnosis and in a vulnerable state of mind still noticed that something was amiss, and with great determination managed to pull herself from Dr Jacobs evil (?) clutches.
But of course, there are still people who claim that Emma is stalking him, or is psychologically unwell. Jesus, if anyone had gone through what she and others have been through with Dr Jacobs then they're not going to come out of his clutches 100% well anyway.
And well if showing the world how deluded and abusive Dr Jacobs may have been for many years is stalking, well I say more power to her.
Luckily, Emma has already posted some links for further reading. But all one has to do really is give a listen to some of her audio clips, and see for yourself how manipulative, deluded and thoroughly out of touch of reality and probably sanity, Dr Jacobs really is. Do not blame the messenger.
Best wishes
HPrice - 9:03 PM
- S.M. Elliott said...
Thanks very much for commenting, Ms. Woods. I'll make corrections to this post.
I do believe Temple has a responsibility to rein in Dr. Jacobs (who by his own admission is engaging in some highly unorthodox and unethical research methods), particularly if he's misrepresenting his research as being university-affiliated. Temple receives a great deal of public funding, and this could be very damaging if it isn't dealt with immediately.
To HPrice: In writing that Ms. Woods has experienced a disconnect with reality, I'm referring to the period when she was still working with Jacobs and accepting, to some degree, his interpretations of her memories (which in my opinion are highly biased; that's a problem I've always had with Jacobs' work - he finds what he wants to find). At the present time, Jacobs appears to be the one divorced from reality. - 12:54 AM
Thank you for clarifying that, S.M.Elliot. I agree that at the time you talk about Emma was in a frail state of mind and bought into the whole nonsense. She would probably agree with that.
But thankfully she managed to see through the craziness and start to speak out about it which I think took a hell of a lot of bravely considering the fact that it may be that Jacobs has been up to his dirty tricks for years, and has (seemingly fairly easily up til now) easily squashed any criticism or protest from his "research subjects".
Unfortunately there are those still in the ufo field that may have known about Jacobs' abuses for years and have let him get on with them without dissent. Quite appalling, and it says a lot about the so called ufo elite.
Anyway, thank you for raising the subject on your blog. This case really deserves more widespread coverage. The more you read about it the more disturbing it becomes.
Now ... I'm off to read about Doug Riggs and his madness. Not a fan of the Byte Show are you??? ;D
Best wishes
HPrice (aka paraschtick) - 12:46 PM
- Emma said...
Thank you S.M. Elliott. I am glad that you raised this issue in your blog post. I think that the more that people know about it, the more likely it is that steps will be taken to ensure that it does happen to anyone else.
- Emma said...
Thank you HPrice. I appreciate it.
- S.M. Elliott said...
I think this is too important to be restricted to UFO/abduction-related outlets. Because abduction research is a "fringe" area, its means and methods go largely unexamined by the public, leaving too much room for abuses. Whether or not Dr. Jacobs was intentionally manipulative, his research methods seem deeply flawed and need immediate correction. His standing in the UFO community indicates to me that he might be the tip of a very big iceberg; if a respected, well-known abduction researcher is engaging in questionable practices, what of the countless unknown researchers who operate in complete secrecy? What example can they follow without being led astray?
I have been keenly following the "Emma Woods" case for years and in my opinion there is no doubt that Temple University is heavily implied and responsible for the catastrophic abuse their History Professor made of their reputation. Had I some, I certainly wouldn't send my children to study at that place!
FrancK - 10:18 AM