Breaking through the inhibitions of the field of parapsychology, D. Scott Rogo explores the possibility and examines the evidence that we are actually populating our universe with psychic creations-beings, objects, and other phenomena--that have taken on a physical reality and are now haunting our planet. "At first glance one could dismiss this book as ingenuous, but in fact it is both well-considered and brave. It is a rational discussion of phenomena which, if true, would be considered parapsychological, but which even parapsychologists tend to reject out of hand, even as their critics dismiss phenomena parapsychologists consider legitimate. Rogo treats such taboo topics as teleportation, religious miracles (weeping and bleeding statues, materializations, mysterious lights and apparitions associated with religious figures), psychic phenomena associated with UFOs, the reality of evil, and types of "Forteana" likely to have a psi explanation." - Exceptional Human Experience Network
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This is an extremely open-minded, thoughtful, well-researched book. Enjoy it.
Unlike one of the worst reviews I've ever read on Amazon (the first one here unless it is hopefully been deleted), this book does not give any insights into why the author was killed by a random act of madness. That reviewer says more about herself or himself than the author of this great book.
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This is the only book I have read by Scott Rogo however his research is well done. He gets plenty of mention among those who are familiar with his work and his many contributions to the field of parapsychology. I highly recommend Rogo's work for the bookshelf.
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Rogo Prestidigitates the Facts and Points the Finger Everywhere But at Himself,
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I picked up this book to read because I had recently learned that there is a journalist looking for clues in the murder of D. Scott Rogo and I suggested to her that there might be any clues as to who might have wanted him dead in his writings. Was he writing anything that might be considered threatening to any agency or organization? That was the question in my mind as I began to read.
Rogo starts off telling us how conservative he is and how he has learned how the mind can deceive. Too bad he doesn't apply this principle to himself. But, I will come to that. Rogo writes that, "To date, parapsychologists have only been concerned with the study of two groups of phenomena: extrasensory perception and psychokinesis." As he points out, this is a very limited outlook and one I have encountered myself in my years of research. In fact, it was very much my own attitude. I tell people that, of all the people on the planet who NEVER wanted to know anything about UFOs and alleged aliens, I deserve a place at the head of the line! But when I was finally forced by events to take a look at the UFO phenomenon, I discovered as, apparently, Rogo did before me, that the whole field of UFOs is just churning with unbelievable psychic phenomena that includes apparitions, poltergeists, PK, ESP of various kinds including telepathy, clairaudience, clairvoyance, and so on. The UFO researcher who is not also well-versed in the field of parapsychology is actually only playing with half a deck. (See my own book: The Secret History of the World and How to Get Out Alive) At the same time, there are many paranormal events associated with alleged "religious" phenomena, and there is an intersection there, too, of UFOs!! Rogo points out that only a few writers have ever written about all of these things together and other than rather dry and boring experiments that are repetitious and not very useful, today's respectable parapsychologists would rather jump off a cliff than discuss such things as the Fatima miracles, UFOs, and so on. From an outcast group that has only recently managed to acquire some respectability, parapsychologists have become even more rigid than any other group of academicians. Rogo covers the "multiple realities" ideas in a casual, anecdotal way and presents some interesting cases that raise very important questions about teleportation of both objects and human beings. Of course, his conclusion is that it is all being done by the minds of the victims. I used to entertain such ideas myself (under the influence of parapsychology, I should add.) Rogo tells us quite assertively: "It is my own belief that if these accounts of mysterious transportations of objects and the human body are genuine, they represent some form of poltergeist activity." He then goes on to discuss hyperdimensional realities as a sort of "transportation system". "What I'm suggesting is that all of these oddities represent a transportation system. And like any other system, things are bound to go wrong every once in a while! "The concept of instantly transporting objects and people via teleportation through some sort of "hyper-dimension" is certainly not mere science fiction. Strange disappearances and psychic phenomena indicate the reality of apportation, and it is a concept that has intrigued scientists and world governments alike." Rogo then writes a rather odd paragraph: "There are a number of people who have some acquaintance with our field and who come up with intriguing though totally irrational delusions that our military and government are secretly conducting experiments into the paranormal or are nefariously covering up strange discoveries. I'm not what one would call a paranoid-tripper, but my skepticism did become a little shaky as the result of an encounter reported with relish by Ivan Sanderson. Sanderson was once talking to Pentagon officials about UFOs, as part of a regular briefing session. Although the conversation was not top secret, it was obviously confidential. Sanderson, who was always a gutsy sort of person, decided to stretch the conversation as far as he could and asked the officials if he could talk to any scientists experimenting with "teleportation." Why e thought such experiments were going on is somewhat of a mystery itself, but even he was shocked at the response; all hell broke loose. One top official screamed, "We don't mention that subject." He asserted that he didn't know anything about it, yet another official paradoxically concluded, "Anyhow, we don't call it teleportation anymore; we call it ITF." For the uninitiated, ITF stand for Instantaneous TransFerence. So obviously something was up!" Too bad Rogo didn't follow that line of thinking - or, conversely, maybe he unfortunately did follow it later and that's why he was killed. In any event, most of the rest of this book is his attempt to "paranormalize" just about anything strange that ever happens on the planet... it's all about ESP and PK to one extent or another. There is, to his mind, no phenomenon that cannot be explained in these terms. And boy, does he do some backflips to do it! His next subject is so called "Forteana" such as mysterious falls of different objects and objects found in "impossible places." As he points out (and again, I've experienced this myself), those interested in Fortean phenomena do not seem to be very knowledgeable about psychic phenomena just as those that research UFOs are similarly ignorant of psychic phenomena and the religious phenomena connection to UFOs and vice versa and so on. And again, his solution for the problem of strange rains of frogs, blood, flesh, metal, cylinders, peas, beans, "angel hair," and whatever else is... poltergeist activity. (Keep in mind that his definition of "poltergeist" is basically PK that is being uncontrollably manifested by some human in the vicinity.) Regarding OOPARTS (out of place artifacts), Rogo quotes Ivan Sanderson's three possible explanations: 1) ancient, advanced civilization; 2) teleportation; 3) ancient ET visits left them there. Rogo smugly tells us that Sanderson easily disposed of hypothesis #1 "on the basis of inherent improbability" (!) and Rogo doesn't like the "ancient ET visitors" theory, but doesn't give us any rationale for dismissing it, and turns instead to hypothesis #2 and expands it to... you guessed it, "poltergeist type activity." Rogo then begins to cover religious "miracles" as poltergeist activity, (manifested by groups, also, such as the Fatima miracles). Now, as it happens, I agree with Rogo on his explanations for quite a few of the examples he uses: "Bleeding religious objects are in themselves not miraculous. They are not caused by the will of God superseding physical laws. Instead we can better understand them as psychic effects. [...] Additional evidence that what we call miracles are actually collective psychic projections can be witness by anyone willing to travel to Naples to see 'the Miracle of St. Januarius. [...] The miracle was first reported in the fourteenth century, and it is hard to believe that it could have been perpetrated by so many different clergymen over a period of 500 years! ... Some psychic field is affecting the blood which regulates when it liquefies and when it hardens. On the other hand, another likely explanation could be that the act of veneration and celebration by the crowds of the devout projects a collective psychic force that acts on the vial [of blood]." Rogo takes us through a few more fascinating cases and generally does a pretty good job of explaining them, and then marches on to UFOs that have often been associated with religious mania. This is where the weakness in his arguments begin to show. Because, certainly the hyperdimensional explanation is the correct one, but it is not that everything is "created" by the minds (PK) of the humans involved, but rather that their emotional energies may be being used by "something on the other side of that curtain" as a portal by which to enter this reality. Rogo writes: "People in an emotional and religious frame of mind are likely to create almost anything. There seems to be a definite relationship between these lights and crowd activities." This proposal fails because it is clear that it is not the crowd that is creating, but rather the crowd is being used. Why do I say this? "Don't forget the power of prayer," we are told by our religious leaders, or "positive thinking," as the New Age gurus tell us. The only problem is, prayers and positive thinking do not seem to have improved the world very much on the occasions when it is certain that nearly every human being was praying for a certain outcome. Jesus promised: "If any two of you shall agree and ask... it shall be done." (Matt 18:19) That's a promise. What do you want or need? Just ask! But it doesn't work and we see it! Over sixty million people died because God didn't do what everybody thought he should do. C.S. Lewis struggled with this issue in the latter part of his life. He saw clearly that, before World War II, practically every human being on the planet was praying--to Jesus, God the Father, the Virgin Mary, Allah, Buddha and whoever else you can name or mention, so all the bases were covered--that this terrible thing would not happen. The memory of the previous "Great War" was still fresh in the mind of mankind. They remembered the horrible carnage and vowed, never again! In the end, after the mightiest cry of prayer in human memory, rising from the earth, almost... Read more ›
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