https://thirdmanfactor.igloocommunities.com/forums/thirdmanexpersonalexThe Third Man Factorhttps://thirdmanfactor.igloocommunities.com/forums/thirdmanexpersonalex/not_a_felt_presence_or_audible_directives_but_written_message<div><p>Five or six years ago I read <em>The Third Man Factor.</em>  I found it fascinating and terrifying, but at its conclusion I couldn't help thinking of this quote from a children's book (<em>The Voyage of the Dawn Treader)</em>: "'In our world,' said Eustace, 'a star is a huge ball of flaming gas.'  'Even in your world, my son, that is not what a star is but only…</p></div>Sarah B.Mon, 14 Jun 2021 20:45:58 -0400https://thirdmanfactor.igloocommunities.com/forums/thirdmanexpersonalex/not_a_felt_presence_or_audible_directives_but_written_messagehttps://thirdmanfactor.igloocommunities.com/forums/thirdmanexpersonalex/brief_angel_encounter<div><p>Thought I'd share this experience with an "Angel" or being....</p> <p>Fall of 2003 was going through a existential crises event involving a lot of agitation, anxiety and fear.</p> <p>The day of Oct. 29 2003 was an exceptionally emotional one.  I guess the full implications of  "anything is possible" were very real and overwhelming to the ego self that day, …</p></div>Tom S.Wed, 15 Apr 2015 16:23:23 -0400https://thirdmanfactor.igloocommunities.com/forums/thirdmanexpersonalex/brief_angel_encounterhttps://thirdmanfactor.igloocommunities.com/forums/thirdmanexpersonalex/angel_encounter<div><p>This occurred forty-odd years ago while my late wife and I were camped on the deserted site of a gold mine at Chancellor just south of the Pasaytan Wilderness border in Washington's North Cascade Mountains.</p> <p>Pat and I had explored the site's ruins and were returning to our campsite along a dirt road bounded on our left by Slate Creek and on our…</p></div>Robert BoxbergerMon, 16 Jun 2014 16:39:04 -0400https://thirdmanfactor.igloocommunities.com/forums/thirdmanexpersonalex/angel_encounterhttps://thirdmanfactor.igloocommunities.com/forums/thirdmanexpersonalex/angel_encounter~1<div><p>Two years ago my grandfather passed away. I live 3 hours away from my home town and didn't get home much to visit over the past 15 years however I did stop in and visited with my grand father and grandmother when we did return home several times a year. I work in a retail store and just after my grandfather passed away I was feeling a lot of…</p></div>Jason MacdonaldSat, 15 Mar 2014 15:07:04 -0400https://thirdmanfactor.igloocommunities.com/forums/thirdmanexpersonalex/angel_encounter~1https://thirdmanfactor.igloocommunities.com/forums/thirdmanexpersonalex/near_miss<div class="ig-email"><div><br> I wanted to share another story with you and you have my consent to use it in any way you wish, should you desire to. My story takes place in February 1987. I used to work for an airline called PSA, I had a co-worker named Jo-Ellen. I was in college and working part time. I just moved into a new apartment with a friend of mine. Sadly, he died in…</div></div>Tim MaddoxTue, 07 Jan 2014 00:26:54 -0500https://thirdmanfactor.igloocommunities.com/forums/thirdmanexpersonalex/near_misshttps://thirdmanfactor.igloocommunities.com/forums/thirdmanexpersonalex/buried_alive_we_are_not_alone<div><p><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p014q87h" unsafe.mce_href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p014q87h">http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p014q87h</a>  The BBC in London interviewed me last February regarding my landslide burial accident here in Canada in 2003.  My segment starts at 09:00 in the show title: Inside Lebanon's Civil War.  I am a bit disappointed they removed all of my spiritual references, but they cited time restraints. </p> <p>I had an entire…</p></div>Laurel AmbroseMon, 06 Jan 2014 02:45:08 -0500https://thirdmanfactor.igloocommunities.com/forums/thirdmanexpersonalex/buried_alive_we_are_not_alonehttps://thirdmanfactor.igloocommunities.com/forums/thirdmanexpersonalex/i_gave_birth_to_my_first_child_with_herbal_medication<div><p>I would like to share my story with anyone who could consider my experience useful! The story starts in 2005 when I was diagnosed with cervical carcinoma. As you understand I have no chances to give birth to my baby. After long long consultations with my psychologist, me and my husband were told that the best (and I think the only) way to have a…</p></div>Nikki ColeTue, 22 Oct 2013 15:54:47 -0400https://thirdmanfactor.igloocommunities.com/forums/thirdmanexpersonalex/i_gave_birth_to_my_first_child_with_herbal_medicationhttps://thirdmanfactor.igloocommunities.com/forums/thirdmanexpersonalex/myownexperience<div><p>I've experienced this phenomenon once in my life and thought it interesting, but never gave it much consideration until I read about Shackletons "third man" experience and the factor as a whole.  My wife and I were driving from Los Angeles to North Pole, Alaska, a trip that we did in just over 72 hours, as we were driving virtually non-stop, other…</p></div>Joe LFri, 04 Jan 2013 15:12:55 -0500https://thirdmanfactor.igloocommunities.com/forums/thirdmanexpersonalex/myownexperiencehttps://thirdmanfactor.igloocommunities.com/forums/thirdmanexpersonalex/personal-guidance<div><p>I was burned with boiling water as a kid.  I have obvious gruesome scars to my neck and shoulder.  My sisters wedding was fast approaching and as the Maid of honor I knew I had to find something to wear that looked nice and that I also felt comfortable in, in front of a lot of people.  Today I was stressed would be an understatement.  I had been…</p></div>Jane BrownFri, 08 Jun 2012 17:24:20 -0400https://thirdmanfactor.igloocommunities.com/forums/thirdmanexpersonalex/personal-guidancehttps://thirdmanfactor.igloocommunities.com/forums/thirdmanexpersonalex/how-panic-doomed-air-france-flight-447<div><p><span style="font-size: small;">I just read with interest Jeff Wise's piece entitled, "How Panic Doomed Air France Flight 447."  Jeff Wise spent time studying the tragic scenario and suggests the inability to mentally function in panic helped cause the crash.  The piece immediately connected me to my own experience outlined in the post "horrific fire as a child" and the…</span></p></div>David JanssenFri, 09 Dec 2011 17:19:03 -0500https://thirdmanfactor.igloocommunities.com/forums/thirdmanexpersonalex/how-panic-doomed-air-france-flight-447