There are several areas on which Kerner and Lash agree. They are both the scourge of organised religion. Kerner's indictment of the Christian Churches, particularly the Roman Catholic Church is powerful and plausible. I believe they each do the world a great service in warning us of the perils of organised belief. They both stress the power of individual behests in finding the truth. But there is no need to throw the baby out with the bath water and sadly that is what Lash seems to want to do. Kerner on the other hand, finds it preferable to hang on to the baby, and points out that the fallibilities of the flock should not indict the shepherd. He conveys to the reader a profound respect for the authors of the various master ethics and a profound disgust for the organised religious faculties that followed them I must say I find Lash's dismissal of the Guru ethic flawed and somewhat immature simply because it is incomplete. There is a memorable quote from one of the Nag Hammadi texts in which Jesus is encouraging his disciples to be better than him, to go further than him. This is not the kind of request that a 'Guru' seeking iconization would make neither is it the kind of request that the church would wish to put in the mouth of its 'confabulated' Messiah to procure absolute control over its flock. Why is guidance and advice such anathema to Lash? Surely there are instances in which we can learn from each other? Anyway let's not stray too far from the topic of this article. I would like now to compare Kerner's and Lash's interpretation of the Gnostic view of 'alien intrusion.'

Here is a quote from Lash taken from an article on his website about alien intrusion:

"As far as I know, apart from myself, only one writer on the ET/UFO issue has directly identified the Gnostic Archons with contemporary ETs. This is Nigel Kerner, whose book, The Song of the Greys, is a strange, singular and little-known contribution to the debate. Kerner cites the Nag Hammadi texts just in passing, and does not elaborate on Gnostic teachings about the Archons. He makes a strong case for alien interference with the human genome, but this claim does not stand up against Gnostic analysis. Gnostic texts use mythological language to describe actual events in prehistory as well as long-term developments in the human psyche. According to the ancient seers, Archons cannot access our genetic makeup but they can fake an intervention. Considering the confusion of humanity in modern times, a faked intervention would be as good as real. This typifies the Archon tactic of getting us to imagine and believe things that are not true, and to accept simulation for reality. In this way, Gnostics taught, these alien cousins can deviate the human species from its true and proper course of evolution."

http://metahistory.org/AlienIntrusion.php

I have some serious issues to raise here about Lash's interpretation both of the Gnostic texts and of Nigel Kerner's thesis. First, it is entirely Lash's own subjective opinion that all Gnostic texts are 'mythological' and not, in some cases literal reports of the actual words spoken by Christ and his disciples. Yes a great deal of Gnostic literature is mythological but there are certain texts that may well, for all we know, be accurate records of actual conversations. Second, I don't know if the "ancient seers" he is referring to are the Gnostics themselves, but there is no definitive statement in any Gnostic text to say that the Archons cannot "access our genetic makeup"! In fact, with respect, Lash is making a ludicrous statement when he says there is no mention of genetic interception. Two thousand years ago when the texts were written there was no knowledge of genetics so any reference to genetic interception in the Gnostic texts would have been impossible! On the website for Kerner's book www.songofthegreys.com, Kerner offers evidence from the recently translated "Gospel of Judas" that may well include the closest reference that could have been made at that time to alien genetic interception when Judas asks Jesus:

"Could it be that my seed is under the control of the rulers?"

I will quote here the short but remarkable article that Kerner has written about this intriguing newly released Gospel. It is entitled "The Gospel of Judas": Was Judas an Abductee?" The article starts with a quote from the Gospel recording an event which to all intents and purposes appears to describe Judas's own alien abduction:

"Lift up your eyes and look at the cloud and the light within it and the stars surrounding it. The star that leads the way is your star. Judas lifted up his eyes and saw the luminous cloud, and he entered it".

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