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well as kinesthetic sensations. Stage two experiences contain basic emotional and aesthetic sensations of the target, such as fear, beauty, or loneliness.
Dimensional descriptions, such as "large," "heavy," or "thin," define the transition to stage three. At this point viewers often get strong urges to make unconscious free-form sketches whose meaning may not be apparent to them. Viewers in this stage frequently are tempted to make analytic guesses about the name or function of the target. Swann calls these labels analytical overlay, or AOL, and he encourages viewers to develop an awareness of this mental noise, and avoid such intellectualization. Information that actually describes the target's function or purpose forms the basis of stage four, during which Swann teaches his viewers to write detailed lists of their perceptions. The last bits of physical and functional descriptors are combined in a final sketch that can allow the target to be identified.
The above formulation was described by Jim Schnabel, a recent student of Swann's, and the author of a book entitled Remote Viewers: The Secret History of America's Psychic Spies. 9 We believe that anyone who takes the time to follow the exercises described in the next section below can learn to successfully pass through each of these stages of remote viewing, and has the opportunity to include these abilities in his or her daily life.
How You Can Do Remote Viewing
The mystery has been revealed, and, with a friend, you should now be able to practice remote viewing and learn to come into contact with the part of yourself that is psychic. The easiest way to practice remote viewing is to have a friend choose some interesting object from around the house, and put it into a bag on a table in another room. This will be your target object. The object should be bigger than a matchbox and smaller than a bread box. It should be visually interesting, and have describable parts rather than being compact. For instance, a Raggedy Ann doll is easier to describe than an ivory Buddha figurine. A pineapple is easier to describe than a peach. A hairbrush is better than a nail file. A remote-viewing object should be attractive and worth describing: no lumps of coal or ordinary pencils;

 
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