Looks like this one could be interesting. Some excerpts from his review:
http://mysteriousuniverse.org/2015/05/a-trojan-feast-reviewed/
http://mysteriousuniverse.org/2015/05/a-trojan-feast-reviewed/
Now and again, a book is published that is destined to become a classic. Granted, it doesn’t happen too often nowadays in Ufology, but when it does, it’s well worth the wait. There is one that falls into that exact category ... This is not some simplistic study of why Bigfoot likes to eat apples or aliens from Zeta Reticuli have a particular taste for strawberry ice-cream. No, this is a book that delves deep into the long and notable history of food-based interaction between us, the human race, and magical and supernatural entities from…well, somewhere.
Cutchin has clearly studied his subject-matter deeply and at length. And, in doing so, he notes that offerings from the others almost always come in several, and clearly delineated, kinds: food (often bland), liquid (very often of a bitter-tasting nature), and pills. Sometimes, it’s a combination. The “food,” however, may not be exactly what it appears to be – which is a thought-provoking issue that the author returns to throughout the pages of his book.
And it’s not just a case of “the aliens” feeding us because they are feeling generous or think we need to pack on a bit more muscle. Nothing quite that simple: the act (and “act” may be a very appropriate word to use) of presenting us with food appears to help and dictate how the encounter both commences and, more often than not, concludes.
Jacques Vallee’s Passport to Magonia did a fine job of noting the parallels between today’s alien encounters and centuries-old interaction with the faeries, the “wee folk” of times long gone. Cutchin, however, takes things to a whole new level as he notes the incredible similarities that exist between food offerings then and now – and provided to us by entities that many might assume have no connection, but which so obviously do.
The usually bland nature of the food provided by today’s extraterrestrials has its parallels in the food of the faeries, which was made to appear and taste enriching and delicious – but, in reality, was nothing of the sort: it was all a ruse. As for why such theatrical games are played, this gets to the heart of the puzzle.
Cutchin suggests that food offerings become a part of the experience because the phenomenon – which is so strange and alien and to the point of being almost beyond comprehension – “prefers symbolism and mythology as the currency of conversation.” This is a very important statement that is absolutely central to the overall story.
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Sleep paralysis comes into play in Cutchin’s quest for the truth, too: he notes that an imbalance of electrolytes in the human body may provoke such night-time terrors. As Cutchin also notes, one of the most common such electrolytes in our diet is sodium. The less salt, the less the body is plunged into a fear-filled state of paralysis. He asks: “Could the folklore of salt repelling faeries be grounded in a much more pragmatic solution for avoiding sleep paralysis?” Indeed, it’s an important question, as salt is something that crops up on a number of occasions in A Trojan Feast.
Cutchin also speculates – but in a logical and well-reasoned fashion – on how these things might really dine: possibly on the “foyson,” or the energy of food. The possibility that absorption through the skin plays a significant role in the ingestion and digestion of food by seemingly magical entities is also discussed at length. Absorption and foyson are also issues that have a bearing on the controversial issue of what Bigfoot eats – or, maybe, doesn’t eat.
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So-called entity foods, Cutchin suggests, may be nothing less than entheogens – hallucinogenic substances that provoke profound, vision-like experiences in rituals of a shamanic variety. This all leads seamlessly into matters relative to DMT, ayahuasca, and how what many might assume are simply vivid hallucinations are actually glimpses of other realities. Quite possibly, they are realities in which our many and varied visitors of the non-human type originate. Such foods may also provoke changes in consciousness, purely as a result of the power of suggestion – very much like the placebo effect.