TRANSFORMATION THE BREAKTHROUGH WHITSLTERYI EBER On February1 0,1 98o7,n eo ft hem osts tar tlinagn dc ontroverbsoioaklos f o urt ime wasp ublishWehdi:t leSyt riebCeorm'msu nionI.n C ommunioWnh,i tleSyt riebdeer scribtehde shatterinogf a nea fsfseacutlst from theu nknown-whaste emetdo b ea n encountweirt hi nteglelnitn onhuman beings. Transformiastt hieco hnr oniocflh ei esff ort tof orma relationwsihtihtp h eu nknown realhieth ya sc omet oc al"tlhev isitors." Afterw ritiCnogm munioWnh,i tleSyt rie berfi rmleyx pecttehda hti esn countweirtsh the" visitwoorusl"de ndT.h eyd idn ot. Atfi rshte w asd esperaantdet errifiHeed . strugglferda ntictaopl ulsyh t hev isitoourts ofh ilsi fteop, r ovteo h imsetlhfa tth ewye re figmentosfh isi maginattihoantt,h ewye re anythibnugta r ealistepya raftreo mh imself. Hew asfi nallfyo rcteoda dmitb,e cauosfe theipre rsistaenndct eh eu ndeniabilnyt elli genstt ructuorfet heiern countweirtshh im, thatth eyh adt ob ea genuinmey sterya,n intelliogfeu nncken own nataunrdoe r igin. Whitlbeeyg atno c hallehnigse foefta rh e visittoort sr,yt oc onfrontth emw itho bjec tiviitnya ,n e ffotrotg airne ailn sight into theiirm pacotn ourl iveTsh.e m oreh ed id thihse,f oundt,h ed eepearn dr ichheirse x perienbceec ame. Do thev isitroerpsr esae fnotr cteh ahta s beewni tmha nkintdh roughhoiustt oHrays? itp layeadn a bsolutceelnyt rraoll ien a lter ingh umanc ulturHea?sa consciofuosr ce (contoinbn auflceakdp ) BookC lubE dition TRANSFO RMATI ON ByWh itlSetyr ieber AsA uthorT:rn afosrmation Communion Wolfo fS hadows Catmagic TheN gihCth ruch BlaMcagki c ThHeu nger ThWeo lfen AsC o-AuthoNrat:ru eE'nsd Warday Whitley Strieber TRANSFORMATION TheB reakthrough BEECHT REEB OOKS WILLIAMM ORROW NewY ork CopyriCgh 1t9 8b8y W ilso&n N eff, Inc. Grateafcukln owledgimsme andte t oI nsVeelr lfaogrp ermisstioro enp rilinnest frotmh e" SecoEnlde gyf,r"o mD uinEol egbiyRe asi nMearr iRai lke. Allr ighrtess ervNeod p.a rotft hibso okm ayb er eproduocrue tdi lized in anyf ormo rb ya nym eanse,l ectroornm iecc haniicnacll,u ding photocopyriencgo,r doirbn yga nyi nformasttioornaa gnedr etrieval systewmi,t hopuetr missiinwo rni tifnrgo mt heP ublisIhneqru.i ries shoubleda ddrestsoPe edr missDieopnasr tmeBnete,cT hr eBeo oksW,i lliam Morrowa ndC ompanyI,n c1.,0 M5a disAovne .N,e w YorkN,. Y.1 0016 Printine tdh eU niteSdt atoefAs m erica BOOKD ESIGNB Y JAYEZI MET The word'bo'ok" isasi dt od erifvrome boka ,orbe ech. The beecht rehe asbe ent hepa tront reofe writseirsncea ncientti mesa nd representthes floweriofng l iteranda tknowledguree. Transforimsda etdiiocntao tt ehdow sheo h avhea dt hceo uratgobe e nameidnt hibso oaks w itnetsosm eyse xperience. BarbaCrlaa gmaEnd,C onroDye,n iDsaen ieSlesl,e Fnoax ,l.A nette GlasscAoncnki,Ge o ttlBireubc,Le e eR,o yL eonaBradrry, Maddock, PhiliMpopreaD ,a viNdi greDlolreRa,u .ffoerJ,a cqueSsa ndulMesacurt,i n SharPpa,t riSciimap soRni,c haSrtdr ieGbielrdS,at rutMza,ry Suea nd PatriWceka theYresn,s oTofoni a,n di nm emoryo fJSoh arp. I wouladl sloi kteot hanDkr. J ohnG liedmwahno,s oep emni nadn d resolute shkaevplete tidoc s ioms amn ye ssential insights. BetAhn dreasRsaoynm,o nCdo wleSyta,n toFnr iedmLaeno,n aKreda ve, BrucMea ccabDere.J, e ssMea rceDlr,.J acques VaanldWl ielel,i am Moorlee nmte c ounasnedla dviwchei,c wha sm ucnhe edaendda ppreci ated. Mosotf a lIl w oulldi kteot hanAkn neS triewbheors,oe b jectaindv ity courahgaevs eu stamien,ea dn dA ndreSwt. enbewrh,o scea lamc ceptance hasb eeann i nspirtaomt ei.o n Contents INTRODUCTI9O N PARTO NE SecJroeutyrn se1 3 ONE The LosBto y 15 TWO TheG oldeCni ty2 7 THREEE xtreSmter ange3n3es s FOUR TheS torGma ther4s3 FIVEL ightni5n2g SIX TheWh ite Ang7e0l SEVENT ransfigNuirgehdt7 8 EIGHTL ong-Ago Sum9m0e rs PARTT WO Lifti nt hDea rk10 5 NINE TheL osLta nd1 07 TEN SecrKento wled1g1e5 ELEVENT heT erroorft heR eal1 23 TWELVEF iroeft hQeu esti1o3n4 THIRTEENT hej olotf thTeru e 141 FOURTEEDNi staWnitt nes1s4 7 PARTT HREE BeyotnhDdea rk15 5 FIFTEEN The Woods1 57 SIXTEEPNa ssaignetD oe ath1 63 SEVENTEEFNu ry 175 EIGHTEEAN Soulj'osu rney1 86 NINETEEDNe cemb2e3r1, 9 862 03 TWENTY TheR azorE'dsg e2 12 TWENTY-oNTE heV isitEomresr g2e2 1 TWENTY-TWOB eyonNdi ghtma2r3e9 APPENDOINXE Healt2h4 5 APPENDTIWXO Truth 249 APPENDTIXH REEG aeli2c5 1 AFTERWORD2 53 Const ent 8 Intcrtoidoun Ih avbee en deep into ftohuen eddx atrrka oarndtidhn ianrgys there. Thev isitdoirdns o tg oa wayw hen fIm ishCedo mmu ni.oO nn thec ontratrhye,y craumseh iinngt moy lifaen d woulndo ts topM.y experiheancsceo met oi nclutdoeom any witnesfsoerms e toc onsitdheari tti si nterntaolm y mind. Ib elietvheat th ev iviadn ds tartnlaitnugor fea n umber oft hew itnesesxepse'r ienacnedts h,ec rediboiflt ihtewy i t nesseaslb,lu tp rovemsy contenttihoatnth ev isitaorreas genuiunnek nowann dn ota no utcomoefh allucinoart ion mentaill lneEsvse.nt hem osts keptiacnadvl o ciferoofu s my crithiacsps u bliacdlmyi tttehdaI ta m notl yinSgh.o rt ofa ctupahly,s iecvaild enIct eh,i ntkh aIth avgeo nea sf ar asp ossitbold ee monstrtahtere e aloiftt yh ev isitIoftr hse.y represseonmtes' o rotfe ssentnioanlplhyy sfiocramtl h awte don ot yuentd ersttahnedpn,h ysipcraolo mfa yn evecro me. This dnooetms e an tthhaetsy h oulbdei gnored. arThee y already haa svtianggg erbiuntlg a rgely hiddeonn impact ours ocieatnydt, h epirre sesnhcoeu lbdet akewni tthh eu t mosts eriousness. Id on ott hintkh awte ared ealiwnigt hs omethiansg straightfaosrt whaear rdr iovfaa l s cienttiefiacmf roma n otheprl antehta itsh erteo s tuduys .N eithaerrwe e d ealing withha llucinaTthiioisnsa ss .u btcloem,p legxr ouopf p he nomenac,a usienxgp erieanttc heev erlyi miotfps e rception andu nderstanIdtsi unggg.e tsotm se thatth ermea yb eq uite ar eawlo rltdh aetx isbtest wetehni nagn dt houghmto,v ing easiflryo mo net o theo ther-emergionnge m oment asa full-spchaylsei rceaall aintdys lipptihneng e xitn ttoh e shadows.