Unfurling The Myth: Narrative As Interface Between Psyche & The Field

Aug 21, 2025

A recent workshop at the University of Exeter explored the intriguing idea that plasma might underlie non-biological intelligence. Discussing UFOs as relational events, the conversation highlighted how narratives shape our understanding of these phenomena. Myth and curiosity serve as catalysts for personal transformation, reshaping belief systems through encounters with the unexplained. The Hero's Journey emerges as a powerful metaphor, revealing how unanswerable questions can awaken profound shifts in perspective and promote spiritual growth.

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ANECDOTE

Exeter Workshop Experience

Kelly attended an Exeter workshop on process philosophy, plasma cosmology, and transpersonal psychology.
She presented a paper and met researchers like Robert Temple and Jeffrey Kripal, inspiring long-term reflection.

INSIGHT

UFO As Reality-Remaking Event

The UFO functions as an ontological rupture that destabilizes reality and demands new meanings.
Narrative is the interface by which the psyche co-creates a new reality in response to the anomaly.

INSIGHT

Communication Beyond Human Frames

Traditional frames (extraterrestrial, interdimensional, etc.) assume human-like visitors and tech, which may mislead.
Plasma-based or radically different intelligences likely communicate via symbolic narrative structures, not literal language.

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In this episode, Kelly shares her recent paper Unfurling the Myth, presented at the University of Exeter during a workshop on Process Philosophy, Plasma Cosmology, and Transpersonal Psychology. This gathering brought together scientists, philosophers, and researchers—including Robert Temple, Jeffrey Kripal, Bernard Carr, Massimo Teodorani, and Nick Cook—to explore the possibility that plasma, the fourth state of matter, could serve as a substrate for non-biological intelligence.

Kelly’s paper argues that the UFO phenomenon is not just an anomaly in the sky but a relational event—an encounter that engages the psyche through the deep structures of narrative. Rather than delivering answers, the phenomenon generates mystery, catalyzing transformation on both personal and cultural levels.

Drawing on thinkers like Robert Temple, Jacques Vallée, and Eric Davis, as well as research in narrative cognition and the psychology of curiosity, Kelly explores how UFOs may function as mythic initiators: destabilizing our categories of knowledge, activating curiosity, and compelling us to tell new stories. These stories are not just interpretations but mechanisms of reality-making—reshaping our understanding of self, world, and cosmos.

Plasma cosmology and the possibility of plasma-based intelligence
The UFO as relational event, not just object or craft
Narrative as a generative interface between psyche and field
How curiosity and myth catalyze transformation
The “Call to Adventure” in experiencer narratives
Cultural and personal shifts documented in experiencer research
The UFO as evolutionary function, seeding new myths and meanings

Whether you’re new to these ideas or steeped in the mysteries of UFOs, this episode invites you to consider the phenomenon not as something to solve, but as something to participate in—a story in which we are all co-creators.

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