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The father of American psychology, William James, had famously said: In order to disprove the assertion that all crows are black, one white crow is sufficient. As Katherine described in her manuscript, an entire flock of white crows had now been flushed out…by noetic science, by quantum physics, and by the work of an impressive cadre of academics who were vocal advocates of nonlocal consciousness. Respected minds like Harold Puthoff, Russell Targ, Edwin May, Dean Radin, Brenda Dunne, Robert Morris, Julia Mossbridge, Robert Jahn, and many others had made astounding findings in diverse fields like plasma physics, nonlinear mathematics, and consciousness anthropology, all of which supported the notion of nonlocal consciousness. Their popular books bore titles like Limitless Mind, Remote Perceptions, The Seventh Sense, Anomalous Cognition, and Real Magic. Katherine had not heard about any of these other titles getting pushback from the CIA. And why would they? The notion of “mind separated from body” was not nearly as exotic as most imagined. The millions of people who practiced meditation were in fact already flirting with the peripheries of this world, focusing their minds until their physical bodies seemed to evaporate and they perceived themselves as only mind—a consciousness no longer located inside the body. From there, a small percentage of skilled meditators achieved “projection,” a state in which consciousness was perceived as moving away from one’s physical location. This was the same detached sensation described by many epileptics and survivors of near-death experiences. The closest Katherine had ever come to projecting was the occasional “lucid dream”—a bizarre experience wherein she “woke up” inside her dream, realized she was dreaming, and was able to do whatever she wanted within her dream.
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