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Phil also mentioned that at the end of the book a group was talk- ing about their experiences. And it was brought up that several of them thought they weren't supposed to remember for a certain timeframe. As though they were programmed not to remember. It seemed to him that this might have been what happened to him. As he analyzed it, ifthe dream had been a real encounter, maybe he wasn't supposed to remember it, because it would have influenced whatever he had experienced in his life since that time. He couldn't a 14a wile a wo. 8 have put the later events in perspective, they would have been out of context. It would have been very disturbing at that time to try to assimilate that type ofexperience. There was also the feeling that if this was true, that the time had arrived when it would be all right to remember it. Strieber's group also reported that several of them seemed to have developed heightened psychic abilities after the encounters. Phil was aware that this had happened to him. His psychic awareness had increased dramatically after his suicide attempt in California. If these abductions were being concealed in our subconscious in the form ofdreams, it shows how efficient the aliens may be in mask- ing real experiences. It demonstrates how well they understand our psyche, so much better than we ourselves understand it. But appar- ently they don't fully understand that we can get at the information through hypnosis. Some ofthe books I've read said they were sur- prised that we did have the ability to find the information ifwe knew something was there, and knew what to look for. They didn't real- ize we could uncover it that t way, and this bothered them. I have 1 yar ae ee Oe wena ee heard that in some cases where people had sightings or encounters, the aliens tried other methods to make sure that it couldn't be unearthed through hypnosis. It is only speculation as to how effec- tive these methods may be. . tar. 1 1 teow Iturned the tape recorder on and we prepared for the session. I would concentrate on trying to get Phil back to that time and see if there was anything to the unsettling memory of the nightmare. Even though we had not worked together or had any sessions in two years the keyword worked perfectly, as though there had been no cessation. He went immediately into a deep trance and we were once again back on familiar ground, except that this time we would be exploring an event in Phil's present lifetime instead ofthe past This can be very touchy. Ifwe were to trespass onto what the subconscious might consider dangerous ground, it would simply refuse entry and 212 The Keepers of the Garden