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Acknowledgments
The authors wish to acknowledge and thank the following people, without whose contributions and support this book would not have been possible:
Most especially, and with deep gratitude, to Dean Brown for his profound scholarship, willingness to share his wisdom, and unflagging devotion through the years it took to write this book; and to William Braud for his inspirational and pioneering work in direct mental interaction with living systems, and great encouragement to us in the early days of this project.
Willis Harman, George Pezdirtz, Edgar Mitchell, and the Institute for Noetic Sciences, who all played essential parts in creating a home for this work at Stanford Research Institute; Judy Skutch Whitson for bringing us the miracles that were necessary for our collaboration on this book; Nicholas Targ for hours of loving persistence in dealing with the CIA maze to free the once SECRET data, and Allan Ebert for leading us through the arcane avenues of the Freedom of Information laws.
Harold Puthoff for fending off the many internal and external assaults on the SRI program, and making it possible for work to continue; Ingo Swann, who insisted that our psi abilities were not limited, but could span all of time and space; Gary Langford, who shared his extraordinary gifts of

 
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