Communion by Whitley Strieber presents a personal narrative of recurring encounters with non-human entities. The book played a key role in shaping late twentieth-century abduction imagery and sparked widespread public and academic interest.
DSETI tracks this reference because Ring cites Communion when discussing cultural influences on experiencer imagery and the public rise of abduction narratives. The book is also referenced across Rekshan’s historical analyses.
For DSETI, Communion provides cultural and symbolic motifs useful for distinguishing between culturally mediated screen imagery and raw experiential content. It also illustrates how dreamlike and waking states merge in contact reports.
