Topic: Whitley Strieber - Nutjob

[HAL 9000]

Whitley Strieber is a nutjob.

Do I read or listen to any of his bull$hit? NO! However, here is his latest missive in eBook format (epub and mobi)

The Key: A True Encounter by Whitley Strieber

From the bestselling author of Communion comes the mysterious true story of how an unknown visitor barged into Streiber's hotel room late one night--and imparted extraordinary lessons in personal development and man's fate that challenge us to rethink every assumption about the meaning of life.

At two-thirty in the morning of June 6, 1998, Whitley Streiber was awakened by somebody knocking on his hotel room door. A man came in, and everything he said was life-altering.

This is the unsettling and ultimately enlightening narrative of what happened that night. Strieber was never really sure who this strange and knowing visitor was--a "Master of Wisdom"? A figure from a different realm of consciousness? A preternaturally intelligent being? He called him the Master of the Key. The one thing of which Strieber was certain is that both the man and the encounter were real.

The main concern of the Master of the Key is to save each of us from self-imprisonment. "Mankind is trapped," the stranger tells Strieber. "I want to help you spring the trap." In a sweeping exchange between Strieber and the stranger--which takes the form of a classical student- teacher dialogue in pursuit of inner understanding--the unknown man presents a lesson in human potential, esoteric psychology, and man's fate. He illuminates why man has been caught in a cycle of repeat violence and self-destruction--and the slender, but very real, possibility for release.

In its breadth and intimacy, The Key is on par with contemporary metaphysical traditions, such as A Course in Miracles, or even with the dialogues of modern wisdom teachers, such as D.T. Suzuki and Carl Jung.

Download here: http://www.rapidshare.com/files/442197692/Whitley.Strieber.The.Key-A.True.Encounter.rar

[Eddie Coyle]

 
   Whitley and Carl Jung...hmm,I think not.

     When I think about it in retrospect, Christopher Walken was way too normal to play Whitley in "Communion".

[Morgus]

Whitley recently has been telling about a conspiracy involving this small book that originally came out about 10 years ago.
He recently discovered parts were altered/missing after publishing, so he rereleased it recently with the parts restored.
The conspiracy was some powerful secret group must not have wanted the information from the Master of the Key to get out in its original form?

[b_dubb]

I sometimes wonder if most of what Strieber claims is a side effect of not being adequately praised as a child. This could be applied to a lot of the C2C guests

[stevesh]

I've come to look at Strieber (and others like James Van Praagh and Mary Ann Winkowski) as performance artists. Their nonsense is easier to take that way, as you can judge the quality of their performances rather than the veracity (or lack thereof) of what they're saying. Have to give Strieber credit, I think, for sticking to the same story this long.

[livingdead70]

Well you have to consider that Whitley Strieber was a screen writer, working on movies such as Wolfen and The Hunger. After working on several so so performing movies, all of the sudden he was abducted by aliens? Right.
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[onan]

After working on several so so performing movies, all of the sudden he was abducted by aliens? Right.

I remember reading Communion. I thought it was a much earlier writing than mid-80's... ahhh memory.

I think strieber used the vague term visitors... but yeah he was talking et's.

I wanted that story to be true... I guess he is a low rent Carlos Castaneda.

[Scully]

I remember reading Communion. I thought it was a much earlier writing than mid-80's... ahhh memory.

I think strieber used the vague term visitors... but yeah he was talking et's.

I wanted that story to be true... I guess he is a low rent Carlos Castaneda.

I wanted Castaneda's stuff to be true, too. Giving up my blankie has been hard. 

[Agent : Orange]

I remember reading Communion. I thought it was a much earlier writing than mid-80's... ahhh memory.

I think strieber used the vague term visitors... but yeah he was talking et's.

I wanted that story to be true... I guess he is a low rent Carlos Castaneda.

I read Communion and at the time it scared the hell out of me. Not sure how well it holds up but back then it was a great read.

I don't take a word the guy says seriously but his writing was effective.

[General Johnson Jameson]

Whitley Strieber is a nutjob.

I heard Strieber interviewed by Art once talking about his "alien abduction". He actually said on the air that the aliens shoved an electronic device up his ass in order to stimulate his prostate to give them a semen sample. He  actually said that shit! WTF???
I don't know if he is nuts or something along the lines of a disinformation agent of some sort. No, I do not believe his ufo jiveass psychobabble.
For someone that is insane, he seems to be at least functional and capable of being an author and talkshow guest. Which leads me to believe the latter.
Was Strieber ever connected with "General A"?

[Frys Girl]

Thanks for posting this! I take whatever Whitley Strieber says/writes as fiction. It can be enjoyed so long as you don't take it seriously.

[fysisist]

I also had a man knock on my hotel room door early one morning.  I also found what the man said to me to be life altering.  He said, "Turn around and put your hands behind your back.  You have the right to remain silent...".

[Frys Girl]

I also had a man knock on my hotel room door early one morning.  I also found what the man said to me to be life altering.  He said, "Turn around and put your hands behind your back.  You have the right to remain silent...".

LMAO. Your posts are so funny.

[Treading Water]

I think Whitley writes fiction and sells a lot of books.  Successful marketing, eh?

[HAL 9000]

I think Whitley writes fiction and sells a lot of books.  Successful marketing, eh?

Except that, what he claims are non-fiction, are actually fiction.

Two of Strieber's Audiobooks

Communion: http://www.rapidshare.com/files/3437978456/Strieber.Communion.mp3

Transformation: http://www.rapidshare.com/files/4215559218/Strieber.The.Transformation.mp3

[Hardshell]

I think that Whitley and Hoagland are a celluar gene split as in twins where both overtures are excelled in BS and the other qualities of each are excelled in fantasy which together, they compile the logic of 'fictional, pathalogical, mental, subversive distored reality'...A true mix for popularity fabrication against the masses of the pre and pro delusional...I onced mentioned to him a double contradiction he made on a subject yeilding him future monies through his sensationalisms of it and  the $$$ to be made from that work and he popped a cork on me and the 'litttle kid' anger came out of  him in a heartbeat but he had nothing to stand on in the conversation. He was wrong and he knew it! Then on I have wondered how Whitley would have taken the same situation of exposure to his falsenss. I see them both being disproved totally in the near future---which I would welcome but then it would end the entertainment we receive from Whitleys, "whose gonna be around the next corner waiting for him or even moving into his apt complex & RCH's space war.

[Michael Vandeven]

I onced mentioned to him a double contradiction he made on a subject yeilding him future monies through his sensationalisms of it and  the $$$ to be made from that work and he popped a cork on me and the 'litttle kid' anger came out of  him in a heartbeat but he had nothing to stand on in the conversation. He was wrong and he knew it!

Some further detail about this incident would be interesting to read.

Sent from my DROIDX

[Treading Water]

Some further detail about this incident would be interesting to read.

Ditto.      Big time!     Leave nothing out.   

[noorysmoustache]

Like George, upon discovering C2C, I actually enjoyed Whitley... until I realised that he also likes the smell of his own bullshit.

My particular favourite story is that of the small being that followed him around after his abduction experience... anyone heard that? 

[pabigfoot]

   May I respectively disagree with my Coastgab friends about Whitley. I try to never miss him on coast and I have read a number of his books including Warday, Majestic, Communion, and Transformation. Yes, things get a little *far out* in some cases, but the UFO topic is just that; In some cases-as I believe Whit constantly intimates-we, as humans, cannot grasp that which we have no reference point. BTW, I always wanted to see a feature-length movie done with Warday. Warday is a great novel showing what the U.S. would be like after a limited nuclear exchange. Good day to all !

[noorysmoustache]

   May I respectively disagree with my Coastgab friends about Whitley. I try to never miss him on coast and I have read a number of his books including Warday, Majestic, Communion, and Transformation. Yes, things get a little *far out* in some cases, but the UFO topic is just that; In some cases-as I believe Whit constantly intimates-we, as humans, cannot grasp that which we have no reference point. BTW, I always wanted to see a feature-length movie done with Warday. Warday is a great novel showing what the U.S. would be like after a limited nuclear exchange. Good day to all !

I do admit, I still feel compelled to listen to hear him when he's on. He's interesting and articulate at the very least, but he does like himself a *bit* too much for me...

[McPhallus]

Was that the midget who smoked like a maniac and hung out in the woods?

Gotta admit, the guy knows how to tell an interesting story.

Like George, upon discovering C2C, I actually enjoyed Whitley... until I realised that he also likes the smell of his own bullshit.

My particular favourite story is that of the small being that followed him around after his abduction experience... anyone heard that? 

[noorysmoustache]

Was that the midget who smoked like a maniac and hung out in the woods?

Gotta admit, the guy knows how to tell an interesting story.

Hahaha, yes, that's the one! Brilliant!

[Treading Water]

Warday is a great novel

I enjoyed that novel.  But a movie might be too much like Ellison's "A Boy and His Dog".  That dog's voice just ruined what was a really good story.  Although I did think Don Johnson did a good job.  But that was very long ago and my memory might be failing me. 

You never know, one can only hope.   

[Flaxen Hegemony]

I enjoyed that novel.  But a movie might be too much like Ellison's "A Boy and His Dog".  That dog's voice just ruined what was a really good story.  Although I did think Don Johnson did a good job.  But that was very long ago and my memory might be failing me. 

Did you just mention "A Boy and His Dog"?  Yep, looks like you did.  I rarely see that movie mentioned anymore, and it was one of the funniest and strangest movies I have ever seen.  Those of you who haven't seen it, give it a watch sometime.  Great stuff.

 

[b_dubb]

... too much like Ellison's "A Boy and His Dog" ...

i LOVE that movie.  and here's an interesting piece of trivia: the dog in that film is the same dog that appeared in the last few seasons of the Brady Bunch.  that dog could really act. 

[HAL 9000]

But a movie might be too much like Ellison's "A Boy and His Dog".  That dog's voice just ruined what was a really good story.  Although I did think Don Johnson did a good job.  But that was very long ago and my memory might be failing me. 

Did you just mention "A Boy and His Dog"?  Yep, looks like you did.  I rarely see that movie mentioned anymore, and it was one of the funniest and strangest movies I have ever seen.  Those of you who haven't seen it, give it a watch sometime.  Great stuff.

i LOVE that movie.  and here's an interesting piece of trivia: the dog in that film is the same dog that appeared in the last few seasons of the Brady Bunch.  that dog could really act.

Here is the movie "A Boy and His Dog" :

http://www.rapidshare.com/files/1577168139/A.Boy.and.His.Dog.avi

[fabucat]

Thanks for posting this! I take whatever Whitley Strieber says/writes as fiction. It can be enjoyed so long as you don't take it seriously.

I agree....and he's entertaining as hell.  If I wanted mainstream and boring, I'd watch The View or Wolf Blitzer....I mean one of the virtues of this board is that I don't think any one here takes any one associated with C2C very seriously, except maybe Art Bell.  I mean, Hoaxland makes me scream with laughter. 

[DangerousBlossom]

I agree....and he's entertaining as hell.  If I wanted mainstream and boring, I'd watch The View or Wolf Blitzer

In my opinion he is semi-boring; he tells the same stories over, and over, and over, and then over again.  I will grant you that he is better than Wolf Biltzer however.

[coaster]

I'm a fan of Whitleys. Hes a nut, but hes entertaining. Hal 9000, thanks for the links to the audio books. I havent read his books in awhile, so Ill enjoy listening to them.