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CE5 AND CED

Rip Parker
4 min readJan 9, 2023

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CED? CLOSE ENCOUNTER WITH DIVINITY

Note, I did not phrase this as CE5 vs. CED. I in no way intend to criticize CE5. Dr. Steven Greer has been a bit of a controversial man. He has been center in the story of UFO/UAP far many years now. His efforts toward disclosure are well know by all familiar with this issue. He is a totally dedicated man.

Originally, I saw Dr. Greer as primarily a self-promoter. Over the years I now have come to see him in a more generous light. I’m tempted to say he has matured. More likely, we both have changed through learning.

His coining of the term “CE5”, and fleshing it out as he has, is a significant contribution to the study of UFO/UAP.

When I speak of CED, which I will elaborate on momentarily, I am not critiquing CE5 in the slightest. I am not saying CED is “ahead” or somehow better than CE5. On the contrary, I hold CE5 in high regard. I’ll not risk attempting to describe CE5 to those unfamiliar with the program, and urge you to go straight to Dr. Greer to gain the best insight.

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What is “CED”? You probably haven’t heard of it because that term just came to mind for me about twenty minutes ago. Yes, I coined it, so far as I know, and I see it to mean “Close Encounters With Divinity”.

I am inspired in this direction by some of Jesus last words before his departure. He said to his friends, “I do not say, ‘Pray to me’, but rather pray to the Father who loves you in your own right”. For me, these are some…

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Rip Parker
Rip Parker

Written by Rip Parker

Geophysicist, lawyer, mediator, student of Jung, phenomenology, semiotics

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