by Martin S. Kotttmeyer What, I wonder, is the desired reaction of an author who asks a question like, “Was Jehovah perhaps a praying mantis being?” The ufologist asking this question is one Joe Lewels and to all appearances he is not kidding. He frames his question in a context of mysteries about why God would not reveal his countenance to his chosen ones like Moses. Answer yes and the Israelites would have been horrified. He points out that a sect called the Mandaeans believed that the physical world was created and ruled over by a Lord of Darkness variously known as Snake, Dragon, Monster, and Giant. In April 1996, Lewels met a lady he calls Rebecca Grant who developed a relationship with a mantis […] Read More
