{"product_id":"stars-that-pause-yi-izzy-yu-9781953124050","title":"Stars That Pause: 2,000 Years of Asian UFO Encounters \u0026 Lore","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReality-warping Asian science fiction that just happens to be nonfiction.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 11th-century China, pilgrims would journey to Pishe Lake to witness objects that flew up nightly, shot out dazzling beams of light, then vanished at impossible speeds.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the 18th century, a high-ranking Chinese official was led by two luminous orbs away from the mountains, where female beings transported him inside one-beginning an odyssey that maps precisely onto modern alien abduction accounts.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn December 1994, twenty-five witnesses near Taiwan's Presidential Office observed five UFOs: a luminous saucer accompanied by four oval objects that looked like they were made of black iron.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThese are not isolated incidents.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor 2,000 years, Asia has preserved accounts of glowing egg shapes, armored wheels, and Uzumaki-style spirals zigzagging across the sky, emerging from lakes, and hovering over cities. In the testimonies of ancient witnesses, we find the same details that Pentagon whistleblowers report today: objects emitting powerful lights, maneuvering in ways that defy physics, accounts of missing time, sudden silences, and encounters that transform or destroy those who experience them.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDrawing on declassified documents, imperial archives, classical texts, and contemporary cross-disciplinary research, award-winning writers and translators Yi Izzy Yu and John Yu Branscum expand UAP research beyond Western frameworks and open new pathways for understanding humanity's long relationship with unexplained phenomena.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSTARS THAT PAUSE delivers: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- New translations of ancient Chinese encounters\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- Modern cases proving the phenomenon never left Asia\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- Striking connections between Eastern philosophy and current UAP conversations\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- 19 provocative deep dives into related subjects, including: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e*\u003c\/strong\u003eChinese UFO theories rooted in qi and yin-yang dynamics\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e*\u003c\/strong\u003eA cross-cultural history of sexual encounters with non-human entities, from ancient Asian immortals to modern aliens and spirits\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e *\u003c\/strong\u003eThe influence of Taoism on Carl Jung's psychology and his UFO hypothesis\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e*\u003c\/strong\u003eThe twinned histories of Asian shamanism and UAP encounters\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e *\u003c\/strong\u003eProfound similarities between Asian \"strange lands\" tales and today's theories about portals and parallel dimensions\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e *\u003c\/strong\u003eCross-cultural connections between Asian immortals, Western fairies, and modern alien and ultraterrestrial reports\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e *How Eastern philosophy, from Buddhism to Taoism, anticipated modern insights into consciousness, the nature of reality, and simulation theory\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e *Global cosmic egg mythology and its reflection in modern encounter reports\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e *Related explorations in narrative psychology, symbolic thought, and mythological engineering\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEssential reading for anyone fascinated by UAPs, Asian culture, or global mysteries. Stars That Pause is a must for fans of Cixin Liu, Ted Chiang, \u003cem\u003ePassport to Magonia\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eAmerican Cosmic\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eHunt for the Skinwalker\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eThe Mothman Prophecies\u003c\/em\u003e. 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