The Psychic Battlefield : A History of the Military-Occult Complex by W. Adam Mandelbaum

The Psychic Battlefield : A History of the Military-Occult Complex

by W. Adam Mandelbaum

Hardcover - 336 pages (February 2, 2000)
St Martins Pr (Trade); ISBN: 031220955X

The author, W. ADAM MANDELBAUM , October 15, 1999
The First Entire History of Psychic Spying and Warfare
From the time of ancient Egypt to beyond the CIA coverup of the Stargate Program's realities, this book reveals the history and the future of the use of psychics by armies and spies. It is the book that ripped the cover off of the CIA coverup of the true powers of men's minds! It is the book that unequivocally demonstrates that Mind is the Final Frontier.

Reviews:

A Fascinating Read

Reviewer: A reader from Portland, Maine April 7, 2000

A long time afficionado of the history of the occult and remote viewing, I found Mr. Mandelbaum's perspective on these topics to be refreshing and unique. Mr. Mandelbaum's highlights the use of the occult in warfare throughout history, enlightening the reader to better understand the way in which the history of the occult relates back to us today.

Yes, this topic has been covered before by other writers, but it is Mr. Mandelbaum who draws a connection between the military and the occult in a way that has been ignored in the past. For fans of either topics, The Psychic Battlefield is both entertaining and informative.

THE PSYCHIC BATTLEFIELD

Reviewer: Unverifiable Psuedo-Intellectual jump on the New Age band wagon and publish a book from Florida      April 4, 2000

The author's psuedo-intellectual assertions draws one to question his credentials. The author boasts of unverifiable past involvement with the CIA remote viewing program, and the Intuitive Studies Institute (a search of New York web-sites and businesses yielded no results). A cursory study of the work demonstrates that a few interesting facts can actually be strung together with a voluminous amount of wording. In conclusion, this book is pulp fiction masquerading as fact, it draws the reader to wonder if this is a hoax.

The Best I've Read

Reviewer: A reader from New York      April 1, 2000

From all the remote viewing books I have read, clearly the most informative and entertaining is Psychic Battlefield. The density of information and the occasional wit of the author make this a must read for paranormal fans.

my thoughts

Reviewer: A reader from usa      March 30, 2000

As a coordinate and extended remote viewer trained by Dr. David Morehouse, I looked forward to reading The Psychic Battlefield but was disappointed as I found the book to be filled with inconsistencies. Although the early history is interesting, I question just how much Mr. Mandelbaum understands his topic and subjects.

For example, the author makes reference to Dr. Morehouseís book, Psychic Warrior, and quotes him: ìI felt myself rising into the darkness, I felt blind, lost, helpless and cold.î The author comments ìÖit is similar to what is referred to as extended remote viewing but the majority of the RV work does not involve out of body experiences or any such thing.î Yet just a few pages earlier, the author quotes Mr. Lyn Buchanan as saying, "You can sometimes enter a sort of virtual reality where the things coming from your sub conscious appear to be totally real."

As the author further describes from his conversations with Mr. Mel Riley and Mr. Joseph McMoneagle, "I clearly saw that RV was a rather mundane appearing procedure. It's results were sometimes amazing, but if one was to film somebody sitting in a chair and drawing scribbles on a piece of paper and talking into a tape recorder, you wouldn't get boffo blockbuster box office footage." Quite true. But the author seems to forget the accurately described, by Morehouse and Buchanan, subjective experience of the viewer. I recall targeting an offshore oil rig after my CRV training in which I was immediately flooded with the sensation of panic because there was no 'easy road out of this place.' The author should be aware that some of us do experience the sensations commonly associated with extended remote viewing while using the structure of coordinate remote viewing, and had the author observed me during that session, I'm sure that it would have appeared mundane, but was anything but.

The author further writes, referring to Morehouse, ìThis ìgood remote viewerî had to hire a private investigator when one version of his manuscript for Psychic Warrior was stolen,î and continues, ìÖhe could not find his own manuscript with his psychic powers.î But just a few pages later the author writes, ìÖthe mutual target ignorance of the viewerÖis an important protocol.î Had Dr. Morehouse targeted his own manuscript it would not have met the true remote viewing session protocols as the author claims to be aware. Are these examples from the author inconsistencies of convenience?

If you want to understand the history of remote viewing and can tolerate the inconsistencies, and the often condescending, patronizing tone, read it. If you want to understand remote viewing I would recommend Psychic Warrior and Mind Trek instead.

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THE PSYCHIC BATTLEFIELD
Reviewer: Unverifiable Psuedo-Intellectual jump on the New Age band wagon and publish a book from Florida April 4, 2000
The author's psuedo-intellectual assertions draws one to question his credentials. The author boasts of unverifiable past involvement with the CIA remote viewing program, and the Intuitive Studies Institute (a search of New York web-sites and businesses yielded no results). A cursory study of the work demonstrates that a few interesting facts can actually be strung together with a voluminous amount of wording. In conclusion, this book is pulp fiction masquerading as fact, it draws the reader to wonder if this is a hoax.

The Best I've Read
Reviewer: A reader from New York April 1, 2000
From all the remote viewing books I have read, clearly the most informative and entertaining is Psychic Battlefield. The density of information and the occasional wit of the author make this a must read for paranormal fans.