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Similarly,
if the hypothesis
of
societal
inhibition against the
use
of psychic functioning
is
correct,
a
group
of adults likely to
have overcome
it
to
some degree would
be
the blind,
since it would
be greatly advantageous
to them
to
have additional
means of gaining
information about their environment.
A remote sensing experiment
has
been conducted with one blind
individual
and he was found to be
an excellent subject.
In addition,
work with
the blind people may provide an
opportunity to observe
underlying parameters of paranormal perception
at
a more primary level,
since individuals
lacking sight may be less
conditioned
by
the
visual
learning modalities characteristics of
our society.
Investigation with
both children and blind subjects would constitute
a valuable addition
to any continuing effort
to screen the population
for high-performance subjects.
{ 2 }
Distance Experiments with
Identical
Twins
Identical
twins have become
an enigma
to modern psychoenergetic
research.
Although
there
is copius anecdotal
material attesting to
the existence of
a
paranormal
rapport between distantly separated
twins,
this alleged linkage
has
resisted laboratory confirmation.
Identical
twins often
express
the opinion that they have a
sensitivity to
the
feelings,
dangers and traumas experienced by
each
other,
and many such
instances
have
been well
documented in the
parapsychological
literature.
However,
it
is
interesting that these
same
twins
tend
to perform
at chance
levels when tested with standard
testing materials,
such
as
cards
and pictures.
Meaningful use can
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"
be made
of
the possible unique psychological
and physiological
relationship existing
between
twins,
by
having
them participate
in
experiments
of the
remote
viewing
type
in which
there
is
a
high
yeild of success
generally.
If an exceptionally high degree of
success with
twins
taking part
in
remote viewing experiments was
forthcoming,
perhaps
new measures
of the
limits of resolution could
be obtained from such
an
effort.
It appears
that
the
lack
of accuracy
in
the
remote viewing
protocol
comes
not
so much
from the
lack of perception by the
receiver,
but rather from his
or her inability
to render the
preconsclous
images without distortion.
It
is possible that twins
share
a common fond of such
images
and image-processing mechanisms,
and
therefore could provide increased resolution and analytic
content,
as
compared with
relative strangers who typically make
up
the
remote viewing
duo.
b
.
Training
(1)
—
—1*2
Tasks Paralleling Ordinary Perception
SRI
in their laboratory carried out
a series of communication
experiments
involving
the transmission,
from one laboratory to
another,
of simple
shapes
(e.g.,
T,
0,
A), which also were of
different colors
for each
shape.
These
tests were initiated in an
effort
to assess
reports of Soviet work
in
this area, which include
the
transmission of decimal
numbers
via
a psychoenergetic channel,
with
a
claimed yield of
105 out of
135
decimal
digits 0-9 (p-10” 77
)
is
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lhe
cor™uni cations
series
was
designed
to determine whether
a
gradient
series
of perception
tasks
that mimic
the
known development
of ordinary perception would
be
useful
in
the development of
paranormal
perception.
The decision
to follow such
a protocol
was
derived from data
indicating
that
the
laws
of paranormal
perception
are congruent with,
rather than
skew
to,
the
laws
that govern ordinary
perception, especially under conditions of subliminal
presentation,
i he particular question examined was whether
a specific perceptual
'
orientation process
known
to hold
in ordinary perception of color,
would
hold
in
the case of paranormal
perception
as well.
The
perceptual
process
of interest was
the well -documented scale of
increasing sensitivity
to color tones.
Cross-cultural
studies of
98 separate linguistic stocks indicate that perception of color
tones
in
the environment begins with discrimination first of black
and white
(dull/bright)
;
then
red
is
identified as
a color; then
yellow followed
by green or green
followed
by yellow;
then blue;
brown;
and finally purple,
pink,
orange,
grey. 16
With
the hypothesis
that
a
similar gradient
is followed in the
development of paranormal
perception,
subjects
were asked to
differentiate among simple remote color card
targets first on
tne
basis
of the dichotomy
dull/bright,
then with regard to shape,
and only finally with
regard
to
color.
Specifically, subjects were
encouraged
to
reject premature mental
discrimination processes based
on
color recognition,
which,
by
the hypothesis under tests,
we would
assume
to be imaginative overlay from the already highly developed
ordinary perceptual
modes.
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Numerous
data were gathered with
two subjects who were experienced
remote viewers.
Analysis
of the data, which shows learning
in both
cases,
provides
initial
support for the hypothesis that progress
in
paranormal
perception can
be made on the basis of training drills
designed from what
is
known about ordinary perception.
The purpose of this
kind of training
is
the development of
excellent and reliable paranormal
perception of analytic and other
alphanumeric
types
of target material.
Two extensions
of this work are proposed:
(1) Novice,
as opposed
to experienced,
subjects
will
be
tested
on
the protocol
established
above
to determine whether
they also
show improvement in remote
perception
skills;
and
(2)
additional
protocols based on factors
known
to
be
important
in ordinary perception will
be designed and
evaluated
by further testing with experienced subjects.
{2)
Training
in Abstract Targeting,
Including Geographical
Coordinates
To date,
two
subjects
have unmistakably demonstrated their ability
to describe distant locations,
given only the map coordinates (latitude
and
longitude)
of
a target site.
Other subjects have attempted similar
tasks with mixed results.
One notable difference
between
the
two groups
is that the
successful
group
ran
through practice training procedures involving
about
100 sites
taken
from an ordinary atlas.
Therefore,
it is proposed
that
a similar procedure
be applied with new subjects to evaluate
whether such
a procedure might result
in
the development of a training
protocol
of general
use.
Should improvement be forthcoming on this
basis,
novice subjects would
also
be tested and evaluated utilizing
the
same
protocols.
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Additional
variations
on
the
theme of abstract targeting would
include targeting
on
the basis
of pictures
or maps of the target
v
site
(with
and without
key elements missing).
The
goal
of
these efforts
is
to evaluate potential
training
protocols of wide
appl icabil ity.
Should such
a program be successful,
it would eliminate dependence
on
a select group of naturally gifted
individuals,
a
group
that
is
inadequate
in number for large-scale
exploration of the
field's
potentialities.
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