Book · 1993 · Body, Mind & Spirit
Passport to Magonia
On UFOs, Folklore, and Parallel Worlds
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I don't know what it is but when I read like jacqu fet for example I I love the hypothesis that these things you know fit better into mythology and folklore than they do into into science and Engineering journals ... passport to Magonia is a really cool book that talks about the interaction of you know what these could.
The best things said about it
So one of the first books I read when I made the turn to study U.F.O. beliefs and practices was Jack’s "Passport to Magonia," which is a great book, one of the many great titles of books in the U.F.O. literature.
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Why people recommend it
Passport to Magonia by Jacques Vallee is a 1969 work exploring the striking parallels between modern unidentified flying object sightings and historical mythology, folklore, and fairytales. Brian Muraresku recommended the book on The Joe Rogan Experience, noting his appreciation for the hypothesis that these phenomena align better with ancient folklore than with traditional science and engineering frameworks. Diana Walsh Pasulka also brought up the title on Interesting Times, explaining that it was one of the foundational texts she turned to when beginning her academic study of UFO beliefs and their connection to folklore. Additionally, David Grusch referenced Vallee's scholarship multiple times across episodes of The Joe Rogan Experience to illustrate how the strange aerial phenomenon has historically masqueraded in various shapes over the decades, echoing the themes outlined in the text. Joe Rogan similarly mentioned the book while discussing related works on the podcast, acknowledging its long-standing influence within the field of anomaly research. Listeners and guests frequently return to Vallee's perspective to understand why unidentified objects seem deeply rooted in human history rather than purely originating as extraterrestrial technology visiting in contemporary times.
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Brian Muraresku I don't know what it is but when I read like jacqu fet for example I I love the hypothesis that these thing… 1
“I don't know what it is but when I read like jacqu fet for example I I love the hypothesis that these things you know fit better into mythology and folklore than they do into into science and Engineering journals ... passport to Magonia is a really cool book that talks about the interaction of you know what these could”
David Grusch You know Jacques Valet's scholarship on that passport meonia that. 2
“You know Jacques Valet's scholarship on that passport meonia that.”
“or is the phenomenon this is like jacqu Val's book passport to mag Magnolia Magnolia I can never pronounce it right 19 1969 where he talks about the phenomenon seems to like masquerade itself as different stuff over the years”
Diana Walsh Pasulka So one of the first books I read when I made the turn to study U.F.O. beliefs and practices was Jack’s "Pas… 1
“So one of the first books I read when I made the turn to study U.F.O. beliefs and practices was Jack’s "Passport to Magonia," which is a great book, one of the many great titles of books in the U.F.O. literature.”
Joe Rogan yeah well his book passport to the cosmos is a an homage to passport to magonya which was my book of many y… 1
“yeah well his book passport to the cosmos is a an homage to passport to magonya which was my book of many years ago”
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“You have angels and demons, you know, that's kind of the passport to Meonia, Dina, American cosmic thesis. Like this stuff has been going on forever.”