Stories from the Messengers

A fascinating and enjoyable exploration

I really enjoyed listening to this audio book. There's this mysterious clash between ordinary reality and high strangeness that happens to some people and it's often not talked about by these people. For obvious reasons.

Mike Clelland has had an interesting podcast and youtube videos of conference talks, as well as interviews he has given to other people, so I've often come across his work and experiences as I indulge my interest in UFOs and Consciousness.

Because of his blog and podcasts and talks and interviews, when people have googled to find out more about some strange thing that happened to them - often involving owls - Mike Clelland pops up.

Therefore, he has become a contact hub for many people that have had strange experiences, and who share those experiences with him. Over some years, five? or six?, I've often read or listened to Mike Clelland share some of these stories, and over time his own stories also started to gel.

His first book, The Messengers, was a compilation and connect-the-dots collection of these such stories. Because he is a hub of connection, he sees similarities, synchronicities, and symbols between people who have never met each other, or even people who have, but didn't know they had the same type of experience until both have submitted their stories to Mike.

This second book is a deeper exploration of such experiences and stories. It's a strange juxtaposition of every day life - grocery shopping, commuting - with unusual experiences - hellhounds, large owls, regular owls, deer, orbs, 11:11 or other significant numbers, visions, and of course UFOs.

That's the strange thing. You are just doing your regular thing and WHAM! something weird happens. You google it, or a friend tells you to tell this guy, and Mike Clelland gets your story. And, the weirdness is that he gets another story just like yours, and maybe another. And within the stories are synchronicities.

So, this book unfolds, story after such story of things that happened to people. Some very recently, in 2017. And the connections unfold too.

Well written, it's an exploration with pondering, wonderment, and gentle speculation of a series of events that hint at a much bigger reality that our human minds have yet to grasp. But, it's good to consider what clues we have.

For the nuts-and-bolts UFO researchers, this may be a way to dip your toe into the exploration of consciousness ideas, some high strangeness, and weird happenings. What is most striking is how ordinary our lives are and how these experiences happen to regular people doing regular things.

Well, maybe they aren't regular people after all, or afterwards.

Narration: Enjoyable

8 of 8 people found this review helpful

Captivating!

I binged this. The narration done by the author puts you in the space of hearing these accounts first hand. He has very eloquently painted the picture of what it is to come to the realization that there is high strangeness in your life. It can be a long and winding road of mysterious markers and crumbs designed to wake you up. This collection of accounts paints the picture of what it is to notice the signs and how it changes your life. This is a great read for the curious reader and/or for those seeking and trying to make some sense of their own mysterious happenings. I really enjoyed this book and look forward to more work from the author.

4 of 4 people found this review helpful

Really????

I find it hard to believe anyone much less all these positive reviews would believe this stuff..
I am generally concerned about the masses after reading the reviews of this book which is clearly made up BS
Really????? Ugh

3 of 3 people found this review helpful

Repetitive and a Little cringy.

I like paranormal stuff and weird esoteric things. I wanted more from this book than just a bunch of stories that make me question the credibility and research of the author. I know that the point of this book is personal accounts of this high strangeness but it really just felt like the author just made up all this crap. Ehhhhhh...

2 of 2 people found this review helpful

Fascinating stories

I bought Mike Clelland's first book, The Messengers, and really enjoyed reading it. When I heard that he had an audiobook available of book no. 2 , a deeper look into the stories, I put it on my wish list right away. Mike has a good voice for audio as I know from his podcast series. If you are unfamiliar with his podcast, you should take a listen to the archive. I finally got the book on audible and it took me awhile to finish because it is long and so full of fascinating stories. It was really great for commuting. I highly recommend this book. There are multiple reasons to give it a read or listen. 1. If you are interested in ufos or paranormal. 2. If you can agree with the statement "the world is a much weirder place than it appears to be" and 3. If you have had any odd encounters with owls, you will want to read this book.

1 of 1 people found this review helpful

Complete nonsense and, Imho, intentionally fake.

I'm so disappointed. The original Messengers book was on my want-to-read list for a long time. I wasn't familiar with Clelland's work, but I thought he might have insight on Jungian archetypes of the owl, etc....at least that was the impression I got. Finally this book (which is kinda a part 2) became available in audio format so I snatched it up. OMG....such nonsense. Look, while I can be skeptical, I'm often willing to suspend disbelief for a bit so I can better sync with an author to understand the world from their perspective -- but this book as simply asking too much suspension. In my opinion, it's outright fakery.

The stories told in this book is nothing more than adults playing make-believe. I'm not sure where make-believe ends and author-lying begins. There seems to be very little facts, few few tangibles, and nothing but complete cotton candy fictional fluff.

I'm really disappointed as I had high hopes.

2 of 3 people found this review helpful

A Collection of Anecdotal Stories.

A collection of anecdotal stories about encounters. Half the stories also involve seeing an owl which is supposed to somehow make these stories more meaningful.

There is no substance to any of the stories, and they all offer nothing in the way of helping to explain any part of the UFO phenomenon.

This book is a complete waste of time if you're looking for anything scientific, in-depth, or offering any kind of explanations or meaning. It's simply a collection of anecdotal stories that all roughly sound the same.

Fascinating

Informative, perfectly narrated and overall a joy to listen too. We need more great pieces of content and story like this, thank you and looking forward to more.

Wonderful and familiar stories

For most of my life, owls have punctuated my world in some way or other. From a young boy when going owl spotting with my dad (or so I was told) coming back to a Mum that was upset, as we had been out for so long that night, to healing stories, to weird events, and collecting owls today, all the while my path ever broadening and showing me just how amazing this life can be. This book echoed in many ways, the events, emotions, the ever-mounting questions that no really ever get answered. Instead, more questions, bigger questions fill their spot.

To read this book and have those feelings confirmed in some weird way, was possibly the most brilliant thing about the journey from everyone’s stories. To have a feeling that I am not alone in all of this, is also comforting, though my happenings are more subtle than many of the awesome stories in the book.

I am if anything, a little jelous, but possibly now, a little wiser as to what I should try next for answers.

This is one of the few books that I will restart from the beginning and listen to once more. The biggest thing I have gleaned from all of my years learning and growing, is that this life is a fantastical journey, that most of us completely take for granted. I use the word “magic” a lot in my life, because really, there is no other word that describes it better for me.

So if you are weirdly interested in owls, ufo’s and other weird and cool stuff like this, give this book a a dance. It might help tick some boxes for you. :) x

1 of 2 people found this review helpful

Excellent

Having been a longtime fan of Mike Clelland's podcast, Hidden Experience, I was very much looking forward to hearing him read his latest book in audio format. The book itself is excellent, along with the original Messengers, and listening to Mike present it is a special treat. Would love if he also did The Messengers as an audiobook and even though I've already read it, I would definitely listen to an audiobook version as well. Mike has the perfect kind of voice and way of speaking for presenting this material in a thoughtful and sensitive way, and in the absence of new Hidden Experience episodes, this is a welcome addition to my audio library.