At the end of World War II the United States and Soviet Union were both in the process of obtaining Nazi Germany's best scientists. As for the United States, these scientists were brought over through a top secret program known a "Operation Paperclip". The biggest coup of this program was the Nazi rocket scientist Wernher Von Braun, without whom, we may never have had the NASA space program. But there were other scientists imported as well and none of them, unbeknownst to President Truman, were required to renounce their loyalty to the Nazi Party. Many of these scientists had been involved in the dispicable experimentation done at the concentration camps to the prisoners. After hearing the tales of brainwashing and torture done to American prisoners during the war by the Japanese, the OSS, soon to morph into the CIA, was very interested in gaining a practical understanding of these brainwashing techniques, not only to gain insight into extracting information from prisoners, but also to discover how to create spys that could carry important information within their subconsious minds, first by implanting the information through hynosis and creating an alternate personality that consciously "knew" the info, then sending them to their destination as their "original self" where they whould then be given a verbal or invironment que that would trigger the emergence of the "alt" personality holding the desired info.
This was just the tip of the iceberg. There was a lot of experimentation with LSD dosing of unsuspecting citizens. At one point a Cadillac was driven around New York City to see if that would be a possible way of delivering drug to unsuspecting passers by. There was a psychiatric hospital in Canada that was run by a Dr. Cammeron where he practiced what he called "psychic driving" where he would place football helmets equiped with head sets opon patients and feed them endless doses of LSD and amphetamines for weeks on end, depriving these poor souls of sleep and filling their ears with demoralizing repeated statements, played over and over. The goal was to see what it would take to completely deprogram a patient and then give them a new personality. One man came to pick up his wife when she was released and she was no longer potty trained and was left a vegetable.
There have been many books written on this subject, most notably ACID DREAMS by Martin A. Lee and Bruce Shlain, OPERATION MIND CONROL by Walter Bowart, and two wonderful books by Jim Keith (who apparently died under mysterious circumstances), MASS CONTROL:ENGINEERING HUMAN CONSCIOUSNESS and MIND CONTROL, WORLD CONTROL. There have also been books written by victims of these experiments, one of the earliest of which wasTHE CONTROL OF CANDY JONES, Candy Jones being the stage name of Jessica Wilcox, wife of New York radio talk show host Long John Nebel. Others followed including TRANCE FORMATION OPF AMERICA: THE TRUE STORY OF A MIND CONTROL SLAVE byCathy O'Brian, THANKS FOR THE MEMORIES...THE TRUTH HAS SET ME FREE! MEMORIES OF BOB HOPE'S AND HENRY KISSINGER'S MIND-CONTROLLED SLAVE by Brice Taylor, and DVDs such as REVELATIONS OF A MOTHER GODDESS where conspiracy writer Davd Icke interviews mind control victim Jenifer Green who claimed to be programed by none other than the "Angel of Death" himself, Joseph Mengele. Though this type of literature is facinating (and quite possibly true), especially when one considers the famous people being implicated in these atrocities, the very nature of this sensational literature makes it suspect to the general public, and as such, ignored as the creations of crackpots.
However with BLOWING THE MIND OF AMERICA we have two authors who can back up their story and have each established sucessful careers and have no need to gain fame and fortune from their revelations, like so many attempt to do in the conspiracy or paranormal fields. Having attended the University of Arkansas in the late 60s and early 70s, their description of college life during that period of hippies and pot and psychedelics brought back fond memories. Some of my most important coming of age experiences that happened at that time still influence me to this day. Most importantly it was the time I began experimenting with LSD and mescaline. Although I'd had an interest in the paranormal since the age of four and had come from a religous family, it was these trips that deepened my understanding of the wonder of life and that there had to be a Creator, a Divine Intelligence behind it all. During these voyages I had my first out of body experiences, my first encounter with telepathy and needless to say, my first seeing with my own eyes (and not through books) of the energetic auras that surround everyone and everything on this
planet. I no longer had to depend upon faith that divinity existed, I had directly encountered it myself.
As I understand it, currently there is a new psychedelic movement happening, very subtle, but there none the less, with reports appearing in the press of micro-dosing in Silicon Valley. That makes this the perfect time for the release of this important tome. History shows that when the time is right, things happen, or as Timothy Leary and Ram Dass were fond of saying, "when it's time to steam engine, it steam engines!" Nothing in this universe happens by chance. These authors waited decades to release their book and what better time. The classics like DOORS OF PERCEPTION never grow old, but it is time to create the "classics" of the future and this book will become one of those classics.
It was touching to read of both Johathan and Paul's sexual coming of age, their awkwardness at asking girls out for dates, at least in Paul's case. John and their buddy Pok were a touch older so they'd already paid those dues add Jonathan was now learning about maintaining a relationship and relating in an honest way with Ann, his new girlfriend. But of course he soon realized that it would never succeed if Bernie Aaronson had his way during his hypnotic sessions with Jonathan. During some of these sessions the students were administered small amounts of LSD to strengthen the effect of the hypnosis.
What Jonathan and Paul went through was nothing compared to Dr. Carrington's unfortunate patients, but what was done to them was still a violation of their psychological sovereignty and goes against everything our country is supposed to stand for. I agree whole heartly with them that psychedelic sacraments are just that, sacred, just as our minds, emotions and bodies are. No human being should ever "control" another, especially through such covert means. But that being said, these substances are incredible healing tools and amazing gasteways to understanding our place in the universe and the intelligence that created it. Not to mention, they're pleasurable and fun as hell! The key is as Timothy Leary stated, "set and setting". If taken in a secure environment, they are safe and can do in hours what could take years of traditional therapy. Lets hope this book opens that doorway.
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