Tracks in the Psychic Wilderness: An Exploration of Remote Viewing, ESP, Precognitive Dreaming, and Synchronicity [Hardcover]

Dale E. Graff (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 1998

Everyone possesses the potential to tap into powerful psychic resources such as ESP, remote viewing, precognitive dreaming, and synchronicity. Now, Dale Graff, who was, for 17 years, the leading researcher and expert in the Defense Department in the area of parapsychological phenomenon, provides a fascinating account of his personal experiences and his years of research and development with the STARGATE program Media appearances .

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Given his scientific and military background, Graff takes a surprisingly personal approach to the topic of psychic experiences. In 1975, Graff was assigned to work with scientists from the Stanford Research Institute on the possible applications of "remote viewing" (the accessing of information without using the physical senses) for the U.S. Air Force. For 20 years, he directed remote viewing experiments in everything from espionage to drug enforcement, under the once-classified project he named "Stargate." Skeptical at first, Graff witnessed firsthand and then personally experienced remote viewing with the help of SRI scientists, eventually expanding his research to include intuition, telepathy, "precognitive" dreams and synchronicity ("meaningful coincidences"). Incidents abound: in one chapter, a student in a "Psychic Realm" course Graff taught apparently makes eggs appear in Graff's dream; in another, Graff is seated on a flight next to someone he has been trying to get in touch with for weeks. He focuses throughout on the potential of psi to aid in search-and-rescue missions, police work and healing, and he concludes with clear, simple steps anyone can take allegedly to discover and develop his or her own psychic abilities. Graff is a compelling storyteller and a convincing proponent of the continued expansion of psychic research.
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About the Author

Dale E. Graff is currently on the Advisory Board of the Institute of Noetic Sciences--an organization founded by former astronaut Edgar Mitchell. Founder and former director of STARGATE, Graff continues to lecture on the program and parapsychological phenomena. He is also the author of River Dreams, published by Element. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 209 pages
• Publisher: Element Books Ltd; 1st edition (March 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1862042039
• ISBN-13: 978-1862042032
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.2 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (19 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,200,541 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Interesting but no suprises, July 1, 1999

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This review is from: Tracks in the Psychic Wilderness: An Exploration of Remote Viewing, ESP, Precognitive Dreaming, and Synchronicity (Hardcover)

When I read this book I found that there were times that the writing made it difficult to read -- it was somewhat choppy and disconnected. The subject matter would be interesting for the reader who is just getting into the area of remote viewing, psi and synchronicity. However, anyone who has read much in this area would find this book to be disappointing. (by the way, I now live in the house where Mr. Graff did some of his first remote viewing experiements -- THAT I found VERY interesting!)

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Forthright and fascinating, July 22, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Tracks in the Psychic Wilderness: An Exploration of Remote Viewing, ESP, Precognitive Dreaming, and Synchronicity (Hardcover)

How rare to read a book on such a subject without the writer trying to "wow" the reader like some sort of circus hawker. Here is an individual who directed high level research, both witnessed and experienced "psi" phenomena, and yet retains -- at least on the page (I don't know him personally) -- a very feet-on-the-ground attitude. I was left wondering how much he did NOT tell us -- after all, he was doing highly classified research for the government... Above all, I gained a better understanding of synchronicity -- I've experienced synchronicities often, as I think we all do, without paying them the attention they deserve.

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent...balanced...and "on track", March 30, 2005

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This review is from: Tracks in the Psychic Wilderness: An Exploration of Remote Viewing, ESP, Precognitive Dreaming, and Synchronicity (Hardcover)

Of all the books on "Psi" (a term I do not particularly like) this is the most 'true to the spirit' book to date. It is a reassuring and refreshing read. Frankly, if one is looking for "X-files" type of information about Project STARGATE (one would be missing the point in my opinion), then by all means pick up the books by Marrs ("just the facts, ma'am"), McMoneagle (the Pope Lives!), Mandelbaum (I, Me, Mine), et. al. Some of the reviews here are fascinating to me. This book is not, nor does it claim to be, "the Truth about Project STARGATE". In fact, STARGATE is really a tertiary and peripheral aspect of this book. Mr. Graff goes out of his way to make it so. He is a man focused on the most righteous aspects of "Psi"; This book covers much more territory than just "remote viewing". in fact, the sections on Precognitive Dreaming, and Sychronicity are, to me, way more fascinating. Mr. Graff drops some real gems "between the lines" in the "Dreaming" section also, quickly mentioning the possibility of genetic memory and perhaps postulating the actuality of "Many Worlds" theory being responsible for precognitive impulse (if I "read" him correctly). The experimental "remote viewing" of the Kennedy assassination and the life of Jesus may fascinate a lot of people and sell a lot of books, but what does it bring to one's own inner self and one's knowledge of the interconnectedness of all things with the Universe? These are the "practical" applications which Mr. Graff focuses upon, assuring all who will listen that these are not the 'gifts' of a chosen few but our human birthright. If you want the "skinny" on STARGATE, pass this up. If you are truly interested in the philosophy - both in physic and metaphysic - of the "paranormal" then you have found a real pioneer.