History of Aliens? Pray you find out (part 1 of 2)

Podcast: Journey to the Fringe · Journey to the Fringe

Opublikowano: 2026-07-31

We explore the eerie overlap between alien abduction lore and psychedelic experience — focusing on the mysterious “Mantis” beings. From 1980s abduction research to modern DMT entity studies, the episode traces how insectoid overseers became fixtures of both UFO narratives and altered states. Are they cosmic caretakers, hallucinations, or archetypes of consciousness itself? In this episode, Journey to the Fringe dives deep into one of the strangest intersections of ufology and psychedelia: the rise of the Mantis (or mantid) Alien archetype. These towering, insect‑like figures first appeared in 1980s abduction literature, described by researchers like Budd Hop...