Mind-Reach: Scientists Look at Psychic Abilities (Studies in Consciousness)

This book is so enlightening. What I like about it is that people go into this stating the obvious which is just because we don’t understand things doesn’t mean they don’t exist. This book did exactly what the title said, brought my mind reach to a different level. It’s a wonderful read, addictive. Easy to understand and fun also. It helps you realize that there is so much more in this world that we don’t understand or comprehend.

I am so happy that I read this book! Puthoff and Targ really packed an incredible amount of in-depth, tantalizing information in this short read. At only about 225 pages, it is amazing how many different topics they cover, from Ingo Swan and Remote Viewing (which Mr. Swann and they basically pioneered), to their work with Uri Geller, and on to various other dimensions of this fascinating world of science and the "paranormal." Makes for very entertaining and intelligent reading. What a blessing it's back in print!

Fascinating. Details of The actual science behind the phenomenon an outline of the controlled experiments to measure it by a physicist.

Russel Targ, and Harold Puthoff, PhD Physicists, (Targ was former chief scientist at Lockheed) has some things to tell you that will change your world like it did his...and hundreds of thousands of other people. If you show respect to what he has to say in this book, you will eventually arrive at a point where I am now....not just a believer, but a DOER of incredible things. What is that? Go find out for yourself! It is the most amazing reality you can ever discover! They started a revolution in mind science that staggers the ability to perceive.

Although the material in this book is old, it’s well worth reading. It reminds us of the narrow view science holds as truth. It also reminds us the power of the mind is enormous, that consciousness is the matrix of all things and we are free to explore anything we choose to.

This is the classic early exposition of the groundbreaking research of two highly credentialed laser scientists into the phenomenon of directed psychic access to information remote in time and space. Great book, great work, great authors, all of which helped spawn the modern remote viewing "movement." Great condition & great price too!

Amazing detailed descriptions and examples on research for human possibilities and abilities.

I was very excited to receive and begin reading this book after I watched "The Men Who Stare At Goats" and became interested in why the Government funded remote viewing research for 20+ years. This book is an interesting account of how experiments in remote viewing and psychic phenomenon were carried out in the early to mid 70's @ Stanford. However, after having read the book it strikes me that the way the experiments were conducted would not be considered a tightly controlled experiment by today's scientific standards. Reading copies of the actual transcripts I did find what I would consider to be leading questions and cues. And in one part of the book Targ (one of the researchers) talks about how they were so impressed by Swann's abilities (he was the first subject) that they took him out for a steak dinner to celebrate. Clearly this could lead one to believe that the experimenters liked Swann and wanted him to succeed, even if subconsciously and thus may have inadvertently presented clues to him. In today's views on science, it would be considered highly inappropriate to take your subject out to dinner! Even more surprising perhaps was the selection of another subject Hella Hammid whom Targ had known for more than a dozen years, and this was a subject they had selected in order to see if they could take an "ordinary" person and train them for lack of better terminology to have psi abilities. Obviously it's not wise to choose your pal of 10+ years for your research subject. And perhaps worst of all, they conclude (the book and their studies it seems) by "observing" Uri Geller who even his supporters now concede that he was simply little more than a magician. I used "observing" in quotes there because that is essentially what the experimenters at Stanford were doing, observing him rather than having him perform under tightly controlled conditions, and I dare say they allowed him to trick them. This was perhaps the biggest problem for me in the book and in my mind this along with the other aforementioned items destroys their credibility as researchers, at least in this realm. However, regarding psi abilities, I still believe that there is likely some aspect of our cognitive abilities that we are simply not fully tapping into. I don't think of it as paranormal but rather a cognitive ability that is something that is not readily controlled by the subject. In other words there are good days and bad days. Some images come through clearly while others do not. It's usually described as a channel of information - often garbled with other unrelated images or noise. The trick apparently is to know what to filter out and what is relevant. If this is true, it would account for why it is not always statistically significant or reproducible.

I watched 'Third Eye Spies' on Amazon Prime with some scepticism. I had heard about 'remote viewing' in the 90s, that the CIA had ploughed millions into trying to train humans to 'see' remote places with their minds, and successfully revealing Russian Cold War secrets using it, but what happened to it? Just like the science of cold fusion, there was a sustained media campaign to discredit it. But as scientists say, if you can produce something and get a positive result, even one time out of ten, this must mean there is something going on that warrants further analysis to uncover what it 'is' that creates it. So perhaps they didn't want ordinary people 'seeing' through the eyes of the President? Either way, it is claimed roughly 80% of people can do this and whilst I am apparently not very good, we can all make ourselves better at it. With science (physics) now starting to awaken to the idea of panpsychism (that even atoms have a small amount of consciousness), and melding that with Eastern cultures understanding that consciousness is 'one', perhaps it isn't so far fetched to consider that perhaps there is more to consciousness than meets the third eye?! A brilliant read, one I strongly recommend.

For studies in consciousness this is a must read.

Una incursión en los problemas aún no resueltos por la ciencia, para el futuro de la humanidad. Lo expuesto hasta aquí es importante, porque en este libro se hacen frecuentes referencias en los límites de la ciencia. Se dice que nadie enseña nada a nadie, porque lo que todos hacemos es simplemente intercambiarnos información. Pues bien, precisamente eso es lo que se intenta con este libro: DAR INFORMACIÓN. Se dice que nadie convence a nadie, porque cada cual se convence a sí mismo según su personal esfuerzo. A todos ellos debe aplicarse el procedimiento antes señalado para entender mejor lo que aquí se dice. Para nosotros la [email protected] Era y es una prioridad absoluta de profundizar en el excelente trabajo de Russell Targ y Harold E. Puthoff. Sus investigaciones son vitales en el correcto progreso evolutivo científico y tecnológico en el que no existen límites, pero sí competidores, y en una situación muy grave que encuentra la humana en la actualidad. Y no le queda otra posibilidad que tiene que esforzarse hasta los límites, en una competición evolutivo y muy muy tecnológico. El tiempo es fundamental y está dificultando el desarrollo nuestra filosofía es totalmente inadaptada a nuestra época porque el intelectual se resiste a penetrar en los conocimientos de la ciencia, no por miedo al esfuerzo, sino porque presiente que traería consigo un cambio en los modelos de pensamiento y de expresión de los valores ya oficialmente admitidos. La experiencia confirma que, por cada hombre con anhelos legítimos de progreso y auto superación, hay miles que desean vivir y vegetar en la ignorancia. ¿Qué es el ser humano? ¿Es sólo un cuerpo físico animal que con la muerte se aniquila para siempre? ¿Qué es el origen de la vida y el destino de la humanidad? Pero en la tan compleja civilización actual, todas las religiones, la filosofía y la ciencia se siguen preguntando: ¿Qué es el principio? ¿Qué es el fin?

While the scientific research is now a little dated (1970s) this book has been a very valuable read for me. It has answered numerous questions, confirmed to me a number of things that I thought that I already knew, and offered me many things to think about. I honestly believe that this book will have proven itself to have been a springboard for me, when I reflect back in a few years time. Some people will not be able to feel comfortable with its contents, others will no doubt deny what these scientists have done, while others will get "ah-ha" moments. Whether you are a mainstream scientist who is willing to critically consider the work of fellow mainstream scientists who have dared to explore the boundaries, or someone who things that they are "psychic", read the book, carefully. It could help you take a positive forwards step in life.