From Borderland Sciences Research
| Meade Layne | |
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 N. Meade Layne |
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| Born | September 8, 1882 Viroqua, Wisconsin |
| Died | May 12, 1961 (78) San Diego, California |
| Occupation(s) | Researcher, Writer |
| Notable work(s) | The Ether Ship Mystery, The Coming of the Guardians, The Art of Geomancy, The Ether of Space |
| Spouse(s) | Gladys Hosler Layne (1915-) |
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Newton Hathaway Meade Layne, Sr. (September 8, 1882 - May 12, 1961) was a parapsychologist and early pioneer in the field of ufology. His earliest writings on the UFO phenomenon predate the Kenneth Arnold sighting and laid the ground for the interdimensional hypothesis of flying saucers.
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Background
Meade Layne was born on September 8, 1882, to Peres Jasper Layne and his second wife, Alvira Meade.[1] He began his adult life immersed in academia, earning his Bachelors and Masters degrees in the Arts, before serving as a professor at the University of Southern California and several other universities, and as English department head at Illinois Wesleyan University and Florida Southern College.
Layne's public work as a borderland researcher began in 1945 with the publication of a mimeograph journal, the "Round Robin", and shortly thereafter the foundation of the Borderland Sciences Research Associates, tying together strands from psychic research to flying saucers, occult science to radionics. His goal was to liberally study, review and report on the discarded or uncommon strands of science and occultism, often relying on unconventional means and sources of data. The final product of his efforts has been described as an "eclectic mix of Theosophy, Swedenborgianism, Spiritualism, and Fortean events." [2]
Etheria and the Inner Circle
The first and foremost interest of Layne in his research was the emergent study of ufology, and, in particular, his Etherian theory. It was his belief that UFO sightings were not, as commonly believed, the appearances of extraterrestrial intelligences who had crossed the vast distances of space, but the manifestations of terrestrial beings who existed at a differing density in the ether, a belief he asserted that he found confirmation of through the psychic medium Mark Probert and his contacts, the Inner Circle.
Resources
- "Etheria Calling!", perspective on the question of Etheria
- "Mat and Demat: Etheric Aspects of the UFO", a synopsis of Meade's 4-D theory of flying saucers
- "Let's Be Fantastic", a run-thru of topics including aurameters and etheric hypotheses
- "Fly, Lokas, Fly!", an overview of the 1947 UFO wave and early BSRA theories
- "What Are & From Whence Come the FLYING DISCS?", selections from "The Ether Ship Mystery"
- Selected papers and books by Meade Layne