Pieces of Eight: Chaos Magic Essays and Enchantments

by Gordon White

The reality of telepathy: Telepathy is not only regularly demonstrated, it is actually on the increase in the modern world as more and more people are using phones. More specifically verified instances of telepathy are on the increase. In previous centuries you would have no way of knowing if someone was writing you a letter at the very moment you thought of them. (Although there are dozens of famous accounts of letter telepathy, such as those experienced by Mark Twain.) Mentally seeing things separated from you by distance and/or time is both possible and commonly achieved. Again, these have been regularly and convincingly demonstrated under laboratory conditions. In the case of remote viewing, accuracy is improved when ‘feedback’ –which is the subsequent confirmation of the viewing target- is received. This needs to be modelled. NDEs and UFO phenomena have some sort of discrete reality: It is no longer worth anyone’s time to debate the ‘reality’ of these phenomena. Buy any would-be detractors a bottle of wine, sit them down in front of the internet and go out for the evening. As far as postulates go, the reality of these phenomena needs to be incorporated into a consciousness model, particularly as those who experience them very often also experience long-term paranormal or psi effects.