grey matters
The Old Grey Silly One
I recently read a book called "Mutant Message Downunder" by Marlo Morgan. It may as well have been called "Doing LSD Downunder" because it was really weird. The woman is a bit flakey. I found it in the anthropology sub section of the science section in a bookstore. It is supposed to be non fiction but if this is true then there is a lot about the universe that I am not aware of. Or I haven't been doing enough LSD.
The Author went on a 4 month walkabout with an Austrailian aboriginee tribe. Weird things happened, like miraculous healing and telepathic communication, but beside the weird things there are other things she writes about that, in my opinion, discredits her. Like how she manipulates the recollection of her experiences to somewhat subtially express political opinions. I googled her name and found other things to discredit her. My goal in reading the book was to learn more about the aboriginees. Though it turned out to be fiction (or at least mostly fiction, I believe there is fact in the story) I finished the book because it was a good read and I had paid good money for it. My question about this book is this:
To make the story believeable she appears to put in a fair ammount of fact. This being said I can't distinguish between the things that appear to be fact and which are made up (except for the obvious bullshit) because I know little about aboriginee culture. Does anyone know a good FACTUAL book about the aboriginees so I can figure this out for myself? Some of what she writes appear to come from Native American culture but without anything to compare it to, how would I know?
The book was published in the very early 90's. From what I understand it caused quite a stink in Austrailia. Does anyone know anything about this? Just curious.
The Author went on a 4 month walkabout with an Austrailian aboriginee tribe. Weird things happened, like miraculous healing and telepathic communication, but beside the weird things there are other things she writes about that, in my opinion, discredits her. Like how she manipulates the recollection of her experiences to somewhat subtially express political opinions. I googled her name and found other things to discredit her. My goal in reading the book was to learn more about the aboriginees. Though it turned out to be fiction (or at least mostly fiction, I believe there is fact in the story) I finished the book because it was a good read and I had paid good money for it. My question about this book is this:
To make the story believeable she appears to put in a fair ammount of fact. This being said I can't distinguish between the things that appear to be fact and which are made up (except for the obvious bullshit) because I know little about aboriginee culture. Does anyone know a good FACTUAL book about the aboriginees so I can figure this out for myself? Some of what she writes appear to come from Native American culture but without anything to compare it to, how would I know?
The book was published in the very early 90's. From what I understand it caused quite a stink in Austrailia. Does anyone know anything about this? Just curious.
