John E. Mack

John E. Mack, who has conducted research on people claiming to have been abducted by alien beings, is a professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School and the founding director of the Program for Extraordinary Experience. In the following viewpoint, excerpted from his book, Passport to the Cosmos, Mack contends that the phenomenon of alien visitation is real. He claims that aliens may be entities from another dimension or spiritual realm that have come to Earth as part of a divine plan to bring about a spiritual awakening and a profound change in human consciousness. This awakening could foster a new sense of responsibility for the future of the Earth and reunite humans with their “Divine Source,” he concludes.

As you read, consider the following questions:

1. In Mack’s opinion, why are the...