PREFACE

In this book, we hope to pull aside the curtain on some areas of human capability and experience which have too frequently been ignored, denied or unexplored. It has long been known that we use only a small part of the mind's potential. Perhaps the greatest deterrent to making greater use of the untapped power of the mind is the culturally-supported, erroneous belief about what is possible or impossible. How can we be sure unless we try?

In one sense there is "nothing new under the sun." But in many ways mankind has gained insights through experience and experimentation that have broadened horizons and understanding. Many things which were regarded as "science fiction" or "impossible" only a few decades ago are now an accepted part of our day-to-day living. Electronic technology for example, which is now used for such things as airline travel reservations, in meteorology and satellite communications, in data processing, and in audio and video communications, has made possible things which our ancestors could not have imagined.

These things became possible only after one or more minds imagined it might be possible and proceeded to add to previous knowledge, new concepts to construct the first telephone, the first airplane, the first radio, etc. These were followed by the newer and improved inventions and designs and the end is not in sight.

This book deals with phenomena related to the power of the mind over matter. One book could not possibly cover the entire spectrum of phenomena or the range of psychokinesis and the explanations which have been advanced for it. It does present factual first-hand evidence and illustrations, as well as viewpoints of others, to give readers, both new and experienced in this field, additional information that can provide clues or insights into the nature and the power of the mind.

The material presented may well raise more questions than it answers, but that is a natural step in the learning process. We need to look at the evidence before we even make tentative judgements about the validity, significance, and meaning of the words and pictures contained in this book.

• What is the relationship of the mind to the brain?

• What is the role of the subconscious?

• What can hypnosis tell us about the role of the mind?

• Is the mind confined to our physical body or can it go on trips?

• What about such concepts as Jung's "collective unconscious"?

• What about "cosmic consciousness"?

• What evidence is there for an interconnectedness of all life at some seldom or dimly recognized level?

• Is psycho-kinetic ability present to some degree in everyone, but more fully developed in some individuals, just as certain abilities are more pronounced in some artists, musicians and inventors?

• What about the artists and inventors who report a sense of receiving inspiration or help from some force or intelligence outside themselves? (Chester F. Carlson, inventor of the xerox process, felt he owed much to "the other side" and left a generous bequest for the pursuit of psychic research. Artists, authors and composers like Yeats, Shelley, Mozart, Beethoven and Chopin experienced "frenzies of creativity" as they sought to record flashes of full-blown impressions which they felt came from outside themselves.)

• What can be done to help raise the level of consciousness so that humanity will have a better chance of living free from the threat of nuclear annihilation?

• When will heads of state and their military establishments mature to the point where differences and conflicts are resolved in non-military ways? (Chapter XIII)

• If Masuaki Kiyota can return exposed film to an unexposed state "through inverse energy" as postulated by Dr. T. Miyauchi (Chapter XIII), do we not have to modify our concepts of the mind?

• If the 26.7 and 34.5 megahertz frequencies emitted from the left frontal lobe of the two young psychics' brains, as reported by Prof. M. Suzuki and reported by Nippon TV Network, can light a flourescent tube, what else might be possible? (Chapters VI and Xl)

• Was it coincidence, or did the radio frequencies emitted by Yamashita and Kiyota have something to do with an electronically controlled garage door at the Hubbard home in Milwaukee opening "by itself" only on the one night the young men slept there? (Chapter VIII)

These are some of the questions the readers may want to ponder in the perusal of this book. The conditions under which the information and evidence were obtained are clearly stated so there should be no difficulty in distinguishing between first-hand evidence, anecdotal reports, and opinions and judgements.

Walter H. Uphoff

Mary Jo Uphoff

September 1980