! 1 Approved For Release 2003/09/10 : CIA-RDP96-00788R001700210010-1 would sometimes lat from his bed at night, Soaring out of ht body and slipping into the ‘Seine nue Rocky Mounaie were ‘would fellow the vein of metal ore through the {ound until they emerged on the mountain ‘A. childhood fantasy? Perhaps, But ‘consider the many todey, 4 foating only {his time atthe direction of Stanford Research Intitate in Menlo Park. ‘Swann calls it ou-of-body-enperince of aE. a ‘Swan's OOBE began in the most ‘common manner, « stros situation. The cassie ‘OOBE™ happens spontancosely” during. an ‘cident or aurgcal operation. The individual, ‘Benerally after being terefed by the prospect (Of death, le amazed to find hirecf hovering Stove hia body watching. the surrounding sedvty with a new detachment, ‘Ingo Swann experienced this phenome fon when he. was three years old ‘during. lctomy. Gliding up above his smal by, id "watched. with fascination x the cabinet, “Wen {awakened from the anesthetis, began tory because my throat hed been eu though T couldn't possbly fel ty everything was numb. ‘The doctor couldn't understand how I knew. Thea asked him for my tonal A, souvenir wes the very least he could do, t ‘thought, but he inaated that he'd chown ther, sway. 1 wouldn't let him get away with that No, you dda’t” I contrasted hi, “You pul thera ‘ove there bebind thove thinga™ ‘From this point 09, out-of-body rambles I chi he = By Antoinette May Prococded to skéich what he bad seen. “The experiment over, ho aa unplugged from the machine. A ladder was brought and the large taken down from the platform ‘These wore then compared tothe sketches, ‘Later both ‘targets and drawings were submited 10. an indeponde ‘Correctly matched each copy with its or ‘Ava eri of eight such teas conducted bythe J—-Ammericam Society of Paychical Research In ‘New York all wore easly matched. Statiteal- |y, tha could happen by chance once in 40,000 co id success spoil Ingo Swann? No, butt bored him "One day,” be says, ‘le at SRE reached an sper of boredom. ‘Swann was tired of earthly target. Hed had ‘enough of objects on platforms or in adjoining Ibs or even ouside the building. le wanted & ‘target that vas literally out of thie worl, ‘twas March 1973, ane months prior to the schoduled bypess of NASA's Pioneer 10, “The classic OOBE happens * sseccisitwin pier Seuonsecses oon ; {Pand atvrve the pave for hcl Hines Spontaneously during an ‘accident or operation.” sed dazaling dimeniion Sanna, He OOBE probe took place on ie crelagat Apr "eat taduated (rom Wetmisater 27, 1993. Sherman “tok, iF fem hie College ia Salt Lake Chey with degrees In art iow, Arkansas home at elght pi stemy, Central Standard Time, Swann probe som: fined rat Ten, pened dpm. Paci Stamced time, ‘thiry years after his intial experience, Swann SRI The simultaneous journeys were cecor volunizered as a subject for a serie of by Dr. Harold Puthof and Ruvacll Targ, who controlled experiments demonstrating hs recorded ‘the data and then relayed I to ‘nique ability to view remote object. This was siontifc colleagues around the country. the procedure: "The ‘Swann would sit or He quietly ina cubicle ion booth, Several slectrades connect: 'BEG were secured to Ns head. Tho machine would be disconnected If he moved his ‘head more than minimally providing proot of ‘\oorbound body. Far above Swann, a tmall Dlatform was suspended. On the platform, out Of igh, were the targets, ‘Swan's task was t9 “float up out of his body’* and observa the object. Aer examin- the planet Mercury. Despite the prevliag ‘ing these targeus from a point some ten'feet theory that the planet would have neither an above his body, Swann floated down and ,stmospherw nor « magnetic fol, both subjects ‘continued oF tal ‘Each spoke of glterig lee crystals, ‘of ‘eric veloat ime the target wes Approved For Release 2003/09/10": CIA-RDP96-00788R0017002100 10-4, 0g eveamani. Approved For Release 2003/09/10 : CIA-RDP96-00788R001700210010-1 f "BeRaVIOr cnanee lnsisted otherwise, Sclontiet evaluating ihe daca obtained by”‘Marina 10 on March 25, 1974—ninetoon days after the Swann-Sber® ‘mau probe — discorered both ‘What can Ingo Swann pouibly do for an ‘encore? "the problem les in nding place that. ‘an’ be accused of reading wp ony that 1 seam ail beverified by eomeone credibie.* he explain, “There is loose on this planet an ancpaychio attitude, 1 breeds jealousy. People aay, “Why ‘docs he have and don"? 1s carer for tht kindof min to simply decide that I don’ have ‘ay than to deal withthe whys Involved" ‘At the opposite extreme aro those who do beliove inthe OBE, which they are ape to cal “antral “travel” Many” of these contder ‘Swann’s pychic tripping dangerous. "What If someone wants to take over your body?” they ‘k. “What if you don't come back?™ Ingo Swann believes both possiblities to be unlikely. “Why would anyone. want my: body?” he Taughs, but admis, “perhaps some ‘could attract such dangers to themecives by thle owe paranoia, ‘body isthe iden of having to be born again and {8010 grade school another time. Tean't think of Any eealty worse than that! “=Now" Swann replics In anticipation of the incvitable question, “haven't mot God yot, ‘but Te fou to take up with him when Fda.” One who shiskatho mosting bighty nlkely “Dr.John Palmer, a research paychologs atthe University of California at Basis Though Pale bes «fore afar ging ‘ith the COBE—having devoted sx years to i stady—bo docs not te anything mystica ‘bout the phenomenon . ‘The OOBE should not bo regarded as proof of soul survival ‘ay not be epltcuat, an sould be decided by something other than the ‘utof-bodines of epoca ‘Appronching the OOBE from the point view ‘of the experimental peychologht und Derapsychologit Palmer's tntade fone of ‘etachment: "One mist coneier the peychal= ‘sical set ofthe person having the OODLES” be ~~ “Where ithe coming from? What 4? of ‘experince was he having Just before his OOBET OOBEs' often occur ina death situation, There thi common iden that dying ‘means. leaving the body. So what do you ‘Suppose that peron hat in the back of ha {ulndT Maybe something like, Gos, 'm dying! ‘What's going to happen next? goto heaven at Ieant I hope I go to heaven'So the person Brimed for a mysueal experience or OOBE. Perhaps his unconaclous mand oblighngly comes ‘Whether ot not an OOBE bas an through with one: “eal. Bs objective reality oF is merely « creation ofthe inngination en yet to be etablrhed seo : one thing Pee i ari. There otbing rare about the experonce or spacial stout the individual having me He t udertken with a cclleague in Vepinte Soven hundred question: faire’ were tent lo” adult resigns of Sharierie, Vegale, and to 200 University it Vegi we your phyatcal body; that tthe Tecling that your ‘consciousness, mind, ot center “Of the 341 townspeople (49 percent) who. ‘etumod the questionnaire and aanwered the item, fertyceight (or 4. percent) answered affirmatively. OF the students queried, 266 (89 Percent) aaswered the Heat sad sixiyals of hese (25 peroeod) affirmatively. "in an effort to stimulate an OBE in « laboratory seting, Palmer tested some 180 Shdergraduate students, All" were. unpaid ‘oluntecrs and no effort was made to select People with previous OOBE history. The ‘abject! Included seventy-eight men and 102 ote, etna Sn eto elon techniques were e to nduco an altered sate of consciousness. At In the case of Tago ‘Swann, biddon targets were employed. ‘When tbe serles of experimonts was ‘competed, $0 percent of the subjects reported having OBER. Erdence of ESP was often Brevalent among those reporting OOBEs, but hat does not. constiute.proet thet thelr ‘OOBEs wore teal Palmers opinion. Bot ‘OOBES ‘and ESP are. by-products of the hypnogogic state, he believes, a borderline condition between sleep and waketulness that ‘can be induced ‘by relaxation ad’ sensory: cantante fat a a ease i ie Blinc ab eae det ee os Wows ne: joaing tno dation ote OBR rte may ae sone thee ifr ears emetning oes aden ourano a Se thao oe eon expanse ais ip ce ern The MOOD progam admired by th owen inna See c's ‘charge Scr Chr ee te teed Kar Nero oe pte stony iene Me Oued bag te evo wernt, Forehead enon changed feet way en ears tg when be Sacro sel nes Sees cere tn te ak ‘atom Say et war he (oath anor an .. “‘T haven't met God yet, but I’ve lots to take up with him when I do.” terrified reaction. Desperate: ly he wwooped down to his body and dove ia, ‘Then, Teling the bed below and the covers sbove, he cautiously opened his eyes and same ‘he oom from « more familiar perspective. “This was the beginning of many such ‘experiences as ‘Monroe, dlscovered that he ould eave bia body at will The M5000 rogram is an outgrowth of the experimente that followed. I Involves « weekend workshop ‘where participants spend mast oftheir time in sleeping bags, stereo headphones clamped to + te ea = “The stated purpose of the program is to ‘enable each participant to become aware ofthe threabold sate between wakefuines and sleepy then to suablize this threshold to" euch an ‘extent that betomes a gateway tonew meant (of thought and perception, Quite often th {kes the form of an outof-body experience, “The workshop begins Fridey evening and ° ‘gantinues through Sunday aooa. A minima {f cleven forty-five minute tapes are heard, [Bach is deigned 1 develop perceptual abilities | by careful coordination of instructions from ' Monroe, combined with varying frequencies of ‘fedio pulsing Deiween taper there's a break for Aiscistion of experience Most attend. the rogram hoping for am OBE but this it _Benerally ja the begianing. Some participants eport talks with long dead loved ones: others tell of selé-bealing of telepathic communica tion. But greater than any of these wonder tals a sense of guldance and perspective from am apparently heightened contciotanete rrkahop bring not oaly pillows {and blankets (o keep the body comfortable on the floor while the spit soar) but questions ‘and problema for which outidebelp i Sealed, Ingo Swann might say the anawers come from the cormos. John Palmer would suggest the individual's subconscious mind, Lene frankly etnotinow where tbcaneerscore ro la engugh for hin that they laverably come. “We like to make” those. distinctions, neatly labeling everything that comes our way {no “elther/or ‘catogorea” he points o¥t “Maybe tha s more & mater of Both/and.= "Aa enthusastc “graduate” i poyehi twist Bllsabeth Kubler-Rous, author’ of On Death and Dying, who referred tothe training sesion one Year later as. 4 wonderful and Sonsistent method ‘of exploring and under- Manding one's total sell. “It haa helped ‘broaden my understanding aot oly of Ue bere, but ofthat existence beyond what we call death” ahe sald.) “Approved For Release 2003/09/10 : ClA-RDP96-00788R001 7002 TUTE Ttaateertmnwt cme