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hardwired to see faces and to recognize other geometrical shapes, so these archetypes come partly from visual cortex structure, and partly from memory. |
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My next target in that series was an object in a shopping bag. I described what looked to me like a "furry stuffed animal, perhaps a teddy bear." I was then asked, "What do you see that makes you say 'teddy bear'?" I took a break to clear my mental slate and ready it for a new image. (A break simply means that I opened my eyes, and took a few deep breaths. Taking a break like this is an essential part of the remote-viewing process.) Then I looked again and saw what seemed to be a bear standing up on two feet, like the "honey bear" of the familiar plastic honey container. I described this, saying also that it reminded me of a ''troll." I was asked if there was anything further to see, and I offered that the doll seemed to be wearing a crown on its head and a smock-like dress. My target was, in actuality, an angel troll with a halo sewn to her hair! |
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The final object in the series was a perfectly smooth spherical silver ball with a bell inside it. I described it as some kind of crystal with sharp edges and facets. It was as though the featureless ball had no hooks or handles to mentally grab on to, even though a ball could be considered an archetype. I believe that seeing a featureless ball had no surprise value for me, so I created something more interesting. |
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It now seems clear that if a target has no distinctive features and cannot be easily described or conceptualized, it is much more difficult to bring into awareness. A target that is an archetype seems to resonate with special brain cells or memories. For example, in electrical engineering one speaks of a matched filter, into which you can put a very noisy signal, but only a prescribed signal can come out. If any of that signal is present in the input noise, you will get a pure distillation of it in the output. I believe the star was a perfect example of that kind. |
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Telepathy experiments from one mind to another are more problematic than remote viewing, because there is an inherent uncertainty as to what the target really is. In one such trial, I was asked to describe the "object" that the interviewer (Jane) had clearly in her mind. I closed my eyes |
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