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In the annals of military and espionage history there have been many strange tales to be told, but none can match the saga of psychic espionage-the history of the Military-Occult Complex. With the flavor of fiction, but the foundation of fact, The Psychic Battlefield is the complete history of the use of man's extrasensory powers in search of the information needed to win wars-hot and cold. The Psychic Battlefield spans the five thousand-year history of ESPionage, from the attempted overthrow of the Pharaoh Rameses by magic to the CIA use of military-trained psychics during the Cold War. It is a story as true as it is incredible. This book reveals the story of the sacred Templar skull; the Angelic communications of John Dee, intelligence agent of Queen Elizabeth I; the psychic stranglehold of Rasputin on the Romanovs; and the occult endeavors of the Nazis and the Soviets. The Psychic Battlefield contains the names and rites of the old demons of war, contacted by military strategists in search of supernatural support. It explains and discusses different methods of divination used by armies throughout history, and reveals the various ways of making a soldier into a superman. The cast of characters includes such noteworthy names as sorcerer-poet Aleister Crowley, author Ian Fleming, spoon-bending General Stubblebine, and Psychic Warrior David Morehouse. In addition, the book features an exclusive interview with top psychic spy Joseph McMoneagle. Most remarkable of all is Mandelbaum's fascinating expos of the paranormal research and remote viewing experiments conducted by the CIA, as well as the real effectiveness of the government's Stargate program. Attorney, psychic, former intelligence professional and dark-side investigative reporter W. Adam Mandelbaum clearly demonstrates that the final frontier of future wars and spies is the mind. Stay tuned. The author, W. ADAM MANDELBAUM , April 11, 2000 THE BATTLE LINES ARE DRAWN ON PSYCHIC BATTLEFIELD Seems they either love it or hate it. At least nobody's snoring! The point to remember folks is ESP exists, and in some people it's good enough for government work. Has been for some 5,000 years. Stay tuned! ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Customer Reviews of the Day Disinformation with some truth, March 3, 2000 Reviewer: A reader from Salt Lake City, Utah The only reason I give this book two stars is for the wealth of information it contains. The "cop-out" comes in the form of Mr. Mandlebaum's contention that if a jury didn't convict Lt. Col. Michael Aquino of Satanic ritual abuse of children (something that is "extremely rare"), that he must therefore be innocent. He is also pretty soft on the Freemasons. This is my personal opinion. I hope this doesn't get me killed. A lot of info, but significant drawbacks, March 25, 2000 Reviewer: A reader from Los Altos Wow -- it's impressive that Joseph McMoneagle gives this book 5 stars. Author Mandelbaum has done a lot of research, and presents use of the paranormal by the military in ages past well, with some good discussion of the ethics of using psi, the validity of psi and remote viewing, and some useful comments on how the implications of remote viewing affect our world view. But in my opinion the drawbacks of this book severely limit it. For instance, Mandelbaum lists as "not fact" the story by David Morehouse that Morehouse's army helmet was hit by a machinegun round. Why is it not fact? Because one scientist says that head trauma can't awaken psychic experience. And because McMoneagle had a Near Death Experience (awakening McMoneagle's psychic ability), that means Morehouse couldn't have very separately suffered head trauma. Not only are there a number of people who report that head trauma awakened their psychic talent, but one could also find a number of scientists who would say McMoneagle's NDE couldn't have any relationship to psychic ability. Why the double standard? Does Mandelbaum really confuse McMoneagle's NDE (without head trauma) with Morehouse's head trauma (without NDE)? How illogical to claim that one man's NDE disproves another man's head injury! Morehouse was actually struck by a bullet; by including such pointless attacks, Mandelbaum makes us wonder what other stuff Mandelbaum made up. Mandelbaum also criticizes Morehouse because Morehouse couldn't remote-view the location of a stolen manuscript. Yet McMoneagle, in McMoneagle's own book, says that "Remote viewing is _not_ good for locating [lost] things" (emphasis in original). There's little dispute McMoneagle is the best; yet Mandelbaum criticizes Morehouse for not doing something McMoneagle says can't be done. Mandelbaum's chapter 24 contains repeated sophomoric insults to Ronald and Nancy Reagan. What does that have to do with the book topic? Where was the editor? Some editing out of personal animosity and illogic, and the removal of cutesy and sophomoric comments, would greatly improve this book. For the person interested in remote viewing, I'd recommend, instead, Jim Schnabel's _Remote Viewers_ and Joseph McMoneagle's _Mind Trek_. The Best I've Read, April 1, 2000 Reviewer: A reader from New York >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. All Customer Reviews Avg. Customer Rating: Write an online review and share your thoughts with other shoppers! mandelbaum book a disappointment, December 17, 2000 Reviewer: A reader from Cincinnati, Ohio As a long time researcher and experimenter into supranormal abilities I find this book introductory and a rehash for beginners into this field. Remote viewing is a recent government intelligence term for an ability known throughout history both in the western esoteric tradition and in kundalini yoga where it is one of the siddhis or yogic powers. The people who are best at it while not necessarily noble are unknown and their personality types would not fit the mold of government intelligence. So Stargate never accessed the best but did luck out in getting the late Pat Price and McMoneagle. You can find out for free on the web that the official review of the Stargate program did not use an overall review of accuracy, a point which Mandelbaum tediously drives home. The accuracy fell off because the government did not trust recruiting nonmilitary occult adepts(who probably would not be recruited anyway) and absurdly assumed these gifts could be taught. People are out there now trying to make money teaching what many believe cannot be taught, but only enhanced. The late Paramahansa Yogananda writes about a man who claimed he had this ability. Yogananda knowing that the man did not display characterictics of awakened kundalini powers demonstrated in real time what was occuring at a restaurant down the street,and proved to observers that the man's attempt was imaginary. Jim Schnabel's excellent Remote Viewers book tells the pathetic downfall of the program which ultimately failed due to lack of talent and clout. Mandelbaum's gushy overstatement of Joe McMoneagles' ability seems allied to his latter revelation that he has gone into business with McMoneagle, forming Intuitive Studies Institute. Last but not least Mandelbaum's credibility is strained when he unconvincingly worries about the C.I.A. taking an interest in him after Mel Riley confided that the government monitors people who demonstrate an interest in psychic spying. Afterall, Mandelbaum reveals he was a U.S. intelligence operative which according to public sources on the web was the C.I.A. .McMoneagle is heavily involved with the Monroe Institute which according to published accounts has acted in the past as a recruitment vehicle for government psychic programs. Mandelbaum does not give necessary information on the fate of the other psychic programs such as the NSA program Schnabel mentions in his book. Perhaps this was the program that was trying to monitor thought transmissions from the former Soviet Union and did its recruitment from the American Society of Dowsers (no kidding folks).The late Christopher Bird who was intimately involved with the dowsers was an acknowleged ex-CIA agent.This book gives a basic overview of the field but appears purposely vague and aimed toward finding clients for his new business. Nonetheless remote viewing does deserve a wider audience and this book hopefully will both set the record straight that RV does work and why shouldn't someone make money off a rare talent? Was this review helpful to you? 1 of 1 people found the following review helpful: Interesting but Unprofessional, November 13, 2000 Reviewer: A reader from APO, AE USA The author presents a lot of interesting information and gives the reader a lot of food for thought. For the uninitiated, (like myself) I think this book is a good overview of things that you may want to later find out more about. But the book was far from definitive. Most of his information was vague and hinted at things more than anything else. What he does state he repeats again and again, as if the reader can't follow these concepts. Additionally, the author doesn't make much effort to conceal his own bias for or against much of what he tries to documents. His juvenile attacks on Ronald Reagan make me seriously question the maturity of the writer and doubt even more the veracity of his "historical account". Again, interesting, and a good springboard for further study, but not objective, definitive, or professional. ===== Psychic Battlefields and Remote Viewing, September 20, 2000 Reviewer: A reader from Kirwan, QLD Australia Having been a keen observer of paranormal psychology for decades, I must say that I found the level of information in "The Psychic Battlefield" somewhat facile, but it none-the-less provides a valuable accumulation of data that would otherwise have to acquired from a range of sources. I fear that Mr Mandelbaum has on occasion let his prejudices run away with his otherwise good sense, in that on occasion he has been willing to demonstrate a distinct bias against the work of those whom he deems inimical to the interests of his former employers (the CIA). All in all an interesting but superficial book. Was this review helpful to you? 1 of 2 people found the following review helpful: Interested in the Paranormal? Then read this book!, July 18, 2000 Reviewer: Melinda Leslie from Newport Beach, CA USA I'm a researcher of various paranormal and conspiracy related subjects. Hats off to Madelbaum for an incredible weaving together of these seemingly diverse topics and for making their long interconnected history make perfect sense. He truly "gets it" and I recomend you get it... his book that is. Was this review helpful to you? 3 of 5 people found the following review helpful: Poorly Rehashed Old Information, July 4, 2000 Reviewer: rudolph_x (see more about me) from Paterson, NJ USA This extremely prejudiced author has a sickening sense of humor. He takes a lot of cheap shots at most of the people he mentions in his book. His treatment of the topics covered - extremely shallow. I read half of the book and finally go to the point where I threw it into the garbage. Was this review helpful to you? 5 of 8 people found the following review helpful: A Fascinating Read, April 7, 2000 Reviewer: A reader from Portland, Maine 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. Was this review helpful to you? 4 of 11 people found the following review helpful: THE PSYCHIC BATTLEFIELD, April 4, 2000 Reviewer: Unverifiable Psuedo-Intellectual jump on the New Age band wagon and publish a book from Florida 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. Was this review helpful to you? 5 of 8 people found the following review helpful: The Best I've Read, April 1, 2000 Reviewer: A reader from New York >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. Was this review helpful to you? 12 of 18 people found the following review helpful: my thoughts, March 30, 2000 Reviewer: A reader from usa 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. Morehouse's book, Psychic Warrior, and quotes him: "I felt myself rising into the darkness, I felt blind, lost, helpless and cold." The author comments "...it 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." 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 re <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/">www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance—not soap-boxing—please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'—with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds—is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. 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