Harold Morrow Sherman (1898-1987) was world renowned in the field of psychic research, and conducted experiments with such prominent persons as well-known Arctic explorer Sir Hubert Wilkins, ESP pioneer Dr. J.B. Rhine of Duke University, astronaut Edgar Mitchell, and many others. Apart from his research into mental telepathy and the mysteries of the mind, Sherman's lifelong writing career encompassed best-selling books on a variety of subjects ranging from sports stories for boys to books on self-help and the afterlife. He also wrote plays, several of which were produced on Broadway, and co-wrote the screenplay for several Hollywood films. For decades Sherman was a popular New Thought lecturer, and in later years hosted annual ESP workshops that drew such guests as Uri Geller, Arthur Ford, Gloria Swanson and many other big names. Not among the least of his accomplishments were his activities for the betterment of Stone County in Arkansas, his adopted state.
To think that this book was written in 1968, and many of these experiences and studies took place before; in the 1920s, 1930s and and 1940s and 1950s… is kind of both comforting and incredible. It’s so nice to know that there have been humans who have noticed and wondered about and researched these phenomena for a long time, and at the same time I wonder why it, now a century later hasn’t been more widely studies and accepted by the masses and different research faculties? How come this isn’t at the forefront of MANY interrelated research fields? One wonders… and I have my own reasoning as to why that is, that I won’t state all of here. But one of them I think has to do that (wo)man hasn’t really emancipated their minds yet and become sovereign. Just as Sherman points out back then and many others has done since… man must become the ruler of his own mind… or he will ruled, nothing more of a passive receiver, a robot, programmed by other influences than his own authentic or higher self, not even realizing it is so. So… if you want to know more of extra sensory perception and the faculties of your own mind this book certainly is worth the read.