The Essential Guide to Remote Viewing

by Paul H. Smith

An easy-to-read guide to the secret military remote perception skill anyone can learn.

Genres: Psychology

289 pages, Paperback

Published October 1, 2015

Reviews

[Anne Beardsley · Rating 4 out of 5]

An interesting, no-nonsense, no-bluster explanation of remote viewing.
(I'm not a remote viewer, and have to real intention of starting; the topic just aroused my curiosity.)

I liked the way he described the (severe) limitations this "low bandwidth connection" operates under, the ease of getting things wrong, the things remote viewing isn't very helpful about...as well as the places it can give information that no other method of information gathering can. There was no mysticism, no promises of spiritual peace and fulfillment, just a simple explanation of methodologies and results. To get better he recommend good instruction and lots and lots of patient practice.

Paul Smith describes the history, development, and track record of remote viewing - with the perspective only a member of the classified programs could have. He spends a good portion of the book talking numbers: the evidence in favor of the existence of this phenomena we still can't really explain. He also describes how the process works, and how it is best used.

It was a fascinating book.

[Sara · Rating 4 out of 5]

Met the author at a book signing at Main Street Books in Cedar City, UT and was intrigued by this book. All I've ever known about remote viewing comes from listening to Coast to Coast AM. This book clears up misperceptions and gives good instructions. A book that should be read with an open mind!

[Iona Stewart]

Remote viewing is “a form of remote perception” which one carries out, occasionally after having been provided with latitude and longitude coordinates.

Unknown to the public, remote viewing has been used successfully by US Intelligence for years.

One of the targets which was successfully remote-viewed in 1980 or thereafter was a new Soviet ”super” submarine, the Typhoon, which US intelligence was extremely interested in investigating. These huge new submarines constituted an enormous threat to the Americans.

The book includes drawings of the targets drawn by the remote viewers as compared to the actual targets.

The author, Paul H. Smith, was himself one of those remote viewers.

Unfortunately, I found the book extremely boring, since it mostly consisted of dry descriptions and innumerable photos of various remote viewers.

Only near the end of the book did I find a couple of pages purporting to tell the reader how he or she himself/herself could remote-view.

I never learnt how to do so. Perhaps one could find some instructions or courses on-line by which the skill could be learnt. I absolutely can’t recommend the book. I would imagine that the techniques used are similar to those learnt in Silva Mind.

The author states that remote viewing is something we all can learn. From what I can make out, one simply tunes into the given target. jots down one’s impressions and draws what one sees.

I would advise that you give this book a miss. It is certainly not an essential guide to remote viewing.

[MrHundredand11 · Rating 4 out of 5]

A little too light on practical instruction to be called an “Essential Guide” but nonetheless it is good history and theory and scope and lists of further resources. It’s a great book to help build the internal framework necessary for later practice.

[Matthew C. · Rating 5 out of 5]

I knew going into this book that it would be light on the "how to" and that it would focus mainly on the history and theory of remote viewing. I thus enjoyed the book and read the entire volume in a single day. I look forward to taking classes with Paul later this month.

[Yvonne Haas · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book provides a great overview of the history and theories of remote viewing, but not too much instruction on how to do it. Even after taking the accompanying course on the subject, the instructions for remote viewing are basically relax, focus on your target identifier, and capture adjectives as they float in and out of your thoughts; practice.