THE PSYCHONAUTS
Have you ever thought about someone—randomly—and then they call you? Or felt a sudden wave of emotion, only to find out a loved one was going through something miles away? We often chalk it up to mere coincidence. But what if it isn’t just coincidence? What if there’s something far more mysterious at play—something woven deep into the fabric of reality?
“Coincidence and intention are two sides of a tapestry, my lord. You may find one more agreeable to look at, but you cannot say that one is true and the other is false.”
A fair warning to all who continue reading, depending on your openness to evidence that challenges your worldview, some of what follows may be difficult to accept. I’ve included references so you can decide for yourself what, how, or if to integrate it into your understanding of reality. Personally I have found there is ample evidence (which I have referenced) in the public domain that leads to its credibility. But you will have to decide for yourself. If a certain area is bordering on conjecture due to thin evidence, but is included due to substantial circumstantial evidence, I will point it out. In any case, one should always seek out the truth themselves - I am simply sharing knowledge and I will provide reference sources that I encourage anyone to check out for themselves..
The Psychic Cold War You Knew Nothing About
In 1975, a declassified study from the U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency revealed a startling concern: the Soviets were investing heavily in psychic research. They were conducting controlled experiments in telepathy, psychokinesis, and even attempting mind-control technologies. The U.S., not wanting to fall behind in what some called the “Psychic Arms Race,” launched their own investigations—quietly, and with plausible deniability.
This led to a top secret CIA program originally referred to as Project Grill Flame, SUNSTREAK, SCANATE, until later consolidated and renamed Project Stargate. Stargate was a black-budget program operated out of the Stanford Research Institute (SRI), involving notable figures like physicists Russell Targ and Hal Puthoff (whose name you will hear again popping up later in this post in a seemingly distinct and separate area of study, which adds to the notion of these phenomena having some sort of connectedness). Using highly skilled individuals trained to perceive distant locations psychically, known as Remote Viewers, military and intelligence personnel were successfully able to locate hostages, downed aircraft, and more.
One of the more notable figures that came out of Project Stargate, is a man known as “Remote Viewer #1”, Joe McMoneagle. Joe McMoneagle is known as the best Operational Remote Viewer in the history of the U.S. Army's Special Project. He was the only Remote Viewer who worked one-on-one with the out-of-body pioneer Robert Monroe, and who has achieved intelligence collection results among the very best. His notable achievements include:
He described the interior of a top secret Soviet manufacturing plant and accurately predicted a new class of ship under construction--the previously unknown Typhoon Class submarine.
He sketched the location and described the thoughts and reactions of an American kidnap victim held by the Red Brigade in Northern Italy--U.S. Army General Dozier.
He accurately predicted when Skylab would leave orbit and where it would impact on the Earth's surface--eleven months prior to the actual event.
After conventional reconnaissance failed, he and others were able to locate a downed Soviet bomber that had been carrying nuclear materials.
He achieved these results using scientifically designed and tested double-blind protocols. And in the years since his retirement he has continued to demonstrate these abilities to the public. In 1984, during his years with Project Stargate, he was tasked with remote viewing Mars in the ancient past: 1 million BCE. The transcript is linked below, that is a very interesting read and also an interesting point of interest: that the government would conduct a mission within a top secret, multi-million dollar project by remote viewing another planet that as far as we know never hosted any form of intelligent life.
Now you may have heard of the structures on Mars visible from above, as people have studied the photos sent back from probe and rover missions. Such as the iconic “face on mars”. These are very intriguing but they can be ruled out by a phenomenon known as pareidolia, where the human mind has the tendency to organize randomness and see things that aren’t really there. What can’t be explained, however, is the high levels of an element known as Xenon 114. To date, there are only two ways we’ve been able to detect this element: one is as a result of a supernova explosion and the other is from the detonation of a nuclear weapon. This isotope of Xenon just doesn’t occur any other way. And Mars is definitely not a supernova. In fact, here on earth we monitor the air for traces of this element in certain regions in order to verify if other countries are testing nuclear weapons in secret.
If you’re thinking that all of this sounds like science fiction, take a moment to dig into the CIA’s own website. Over 12 million pages of declassified documents reveal years of funding and training in psychic methodologies. The references to these declassified documents are linked below.
“Hell is empty, and all the devils are here.”
-William Shakespeare, The Tempest
MK-Ultra and the Manipulation of Mind
Long before Stranger Things introduced us to Eleven and the mysterious Hawkins Lab, there was MK-Ultra, a real CIA program designed to investigate how human consciousness could be altered—or controlled—through drugs, hypnosis, and sensory deprivation. While most associate MK-Ultra with mind control experiments, some branches of the program delved into extrasensory perception (ESP) and telepathic suggestion.
It wasn’t about proving whether psychic abilities were real—this had already been established. It was about whether they could be weaponized.
It’s within this particular secret program that lies tales of a very dark and nefarious nature. I’ll preface this part of the story by stating that the only corroborating evidence is the word of the individuals involved at the time, so take from it what you will. There is an excellent documentary titled, “The Montauk Chronicles” which I highly recommend as it reveals much of this eyewitness testimony, though a fair warning, it gets very bizarre.
There is some consensus among experts that trauma, especially trauma experienced by children, activates or expands the ability to perceive things that most of us cannot. I suppose it has something to do with dissociation, being shocked or repulsed with situations one is exposed to, that allows them to see into other realms as a reprieve from their reality. Not all, but many psychics and mediums have histories of troubled childhoods. This is the sad preface to the stories of Montauk. The claim is that untold numbers of young people, mostly those who are homeless, runaways, or with abusive caretakers, (and as a result it could be assumed they would not be missed by society) were abducted and brought to a secret military base in Montauk, NY. Here they were abusively and repeatedly exposed to nightmare scenarios in order to induce trauma within them. The goal was to manufacture this psychical ability so that it could be harnessed and exploited. I won’t go into the details here - you can check it out for yourself - but if it’s true, then it’s probably the most repulsive and shameful act of our government to date.
Though the ends definitely do not justify the means in this scenario, the experiments were allegedly successful. There are tales of astral projecting beyond the bounds of time, physical manifestation of thoughts, and coordination with non-human intelligence that was sharing unbelievable technologies. It was, however, the very phenomenon they had created that then turned on them in a very strange tale that abruptly ended the research and shut down the facility which remains off limits and vacant to this day.
There are some who have come forward indicating this type of human trafficking is still occurring. US Marine, Michael Herrera recently came forward to give his account of an encounter with an unmarked military in all black and no visible affiliation with any particular country while he was serving in Western Indonesia. The men he was with were outnumbered by this mystery army and were being held at gunpoint while he stated that they were bringing local citizens, including children, by bus and loading them onto a craft against their will. Later he was informed that these individuals were being used for their apparent psychic abilities. Again this is a witness testimony, but it is important to note that members of the military, and especially the Marines, have a high degree of personal responsibility and have to clear many psychological exams in order to receive their clearances. It would be an extremely reckless thing to come forward with a false story that would only bring ridicule and loss to the individual’s life. It would only make sense to come forward if there was a strong compulsion to share such an encounter if it was of vital importance or to call out government abuses.
“You don’t get the kind of gifts that I have if you lie.”
-Houston from The Telepathy Tapes
The Telepathy Tapes – A Powerfully Positive Confirming Work
If there’s one resource I’d urge you to explore, it’s this. In fact, if you haven’t already listened to this series please stop reading and go do that now! While I was already beginning to grasp the reality of psy phenomena, this series confirmed it with me beyond a shadow of a doubt. If you haven’t yet heard of it, The Telepathy Tapes is a documentary series centering on the connection between non-verbal autistic children and telepathic abilities. The claims are astounding: ALL, not some, but every non-verbal autistic child has the gift of telepathy, full stop! Thorough tests were setup and conducted in ways that would be accepted and recognized by any scientific organization and in test after test of their skill, the accuracy is nearly perfect every time. If a child does give an incorrect answer, it’s usually an error of misunderstanding and every time they get it correct on the second try. That alone is paradigm shattering! But the telepathy is just the tip of the iceberg.
The children all keep referencing a meeting place in a non-physical realm, identified simply as "The Hill," and described as a sort of town square or meeting place where these children can meet up and talk to one another, learn from one another, and communicate with each other despite physically being miles, states, even nations apart! Some kids have best friends whom they met on “the hill” but whom they’ve never met in their physical body. The evidence is in the wealth of knowledge they have about this other individual which could not be ascertained by any other means. This aspect of the phenomena correlates and appears to give some insight into the means by which savant skills may be acquired.
The gift of telepathy is something we are all born with, even animals actively possess this skill. The reason the majority of us don’t seem to understand it is due to us learning spoken and written communication skills. It allows us to express ourselves in a physical manner. The thought process is that we are born telepathic, but the children who are non-verbal, understanding that there is a deep desire within all of us to communicate, retain this skill and it never leaves them.
The best part of these stories are these children who despite being ridiculed, mocked, told they are “stupid” or “not all there”, they all express such deep unconditional love for others that is so moving. The kids emphasize that it’s through love, transparency, and positive intentions that these skills are allowed to perpetuate. One of the quotes I’ll never forget from one of these kids is him explaining to his mom, “mama, you don’t get the kinds of gift that I do if you lie,” It’s made abundantly clear after finishing this series that there’s no doubt about all - telepathy is real. And once you accept that, the door flies wide open to many other wonders waiting to be explored in the realm of psy abilities.
It turns out that we’ve never been alone.
In recent years, the U.S. government has taken a more transparent stance regarding Unidentified Aerial Phenomena (UAPs). Through the brave efforts of individuals such as Lou Elizando who blew the whistle and released information on the topic, along with the 2021 ODNI Preliminary Assessment and subsequent congressional hearings, including testimony from decorated figures such as David Grusch, Ryan Graves, and Commander David Fravor, we now have not just sightings but sworn statements about non-human craft and retrieved “biologics.” Even legislation has been proposed demanding disclosure of hidden UAP programs and technologies, which will be referenced below for a mind-blowing read through.
One name that keeps surfacing in these discussions is Hal Puthoff, the same physicist who worked on Project Stargate and later became a key figure in the Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program (AATIP). His involvement across both psychic research and UAP study suggests a deeper link between consciousness and these unexplained aerial phenomena.
What many overlook in these encounters is the consistent presence of telepathic elements. Contactees frequently describe receiving sudden “downloads” of information, experiencing shared visions, or communicating with entities without words. These phenomena are not fringe outliers—they are documented patterns. From Whitley Strieber’s Communion to Ingo Swann’s psychic journey to the Moon (documented in Penetration), telepathic contact seems to be the preferred method for these intelligences. There have even been numerous statements of the craft being controlled solely by mental telekinesis.
Are these beings using a technology we don’t understand? Or are they interfacing with us through the same latent psychic abilities we’re just beginning to rediscover?
There is also an incredible connection between this phenomenon and the history of religion. Diane Pasulka, a professor of religious studies and author of the book, “American Cosmic” was allowed access to parts of the Vatican archives during the time she was studying the history of encounters with angels and demons from the Bible. It became clear to her that there was a direct correlation with accounts of human interactions with angelic (or sometimes demonic) entities depicted in the Bible and the modern accounts of interactions with UAP and non-human intelligent beings. A classic example is with the Stigmata of St. Francis of Assisi. If this encounter happened today, it would be a case of radiation burns. Her work is extremely interesting and thought provoking.
“Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one.”
-Albert Einstein
Simulation Theory, The Holographic Universe & Consciousness as the Core
Imagine reality not as a solid, objective landscape, but as a kind of interactive simulation—where consciousness is not the product of the brain, but the medium through which all experience is rendered.
Many well-known and respected physicists have been discussing Simulation theory as a serious and plausible explanation for the world around us. Our conditioned minds, having been educated our whole lives in a materialist worldview, have trouble accepting such a hypothesis but it would appear that the science is revealing that consciousness is not an emergent property of the physical world, but the other way around: consciousness is fundamental and the building blocks upon which physical reality is structured. Indeed, many problems presented by classical physics are resolved when viewed from this perspective.
A notable figure in this area of study is Donald Hoffman, a cognitive psychologist, and author of the book, “The Case Against Reality”. To help grasp the concept, he suggests thinking of it in terms of your computer. For example, right now I am typing this out on my computer, which is a user interface produced by the computer that gives it meaning and order. At the core of my computer, however, is simply a series of switches, on and off, one or zero, yes or no commands. Now, technically I could produce this written work by manually toggling these binary switches if I knew how to do so, but this would be cumbersome and it would lose the value or the meaning of what it is I was trying to produce. It’s only through the user interface (i.e., the windows program, the internet browser, the keyboard, the screen) which are all made up from this binary coding that provide any real meaningful use. Hoffman asserts that we have evolved to NOT see reality as it actually is because we have, over time, shed the aspects of ourselves that observe and navigate the world around us that were not useful in survival. There is no value in observing the binary switches, only in operating the user interface do we derive useful meaning. The binary code is there still, but we have evolved technologically to not needing access to that base level, thereby expanding our technological possibilities in a useful way. So likewise, he suggests, reality is merely the user interface or our personal headset from which we navigate the world around us. There exists a base “program” running, but we do not see it because it does not benefit us from an evolutionary standpoint.
You might be surprised to learn that the inventor of the microprocessor and touch screen, an Italian-American physicist named Frederico Faggin, has theories that parallel this line of thinking. Like most in his field, he was a strict materialist for years of his life. Until an experience beyond explanation instantly flipped his worldview on its head. He now devotes his time and attention to educating others on the deep connections between quantum physics and consciousness. He states, “Consciousness is the capacity of one to know itself. And it is in this concept of one wanting to know itself that there is a joining of physics and spirituality.” In his book, Irreducible, “he elaborates on an idealist model of reality, produced after years of careful thought and direct experience, according to which nature's most fundamental level is that of consciousness as a quantum phenomenon, while the classical physical world consists merely of evocative symbols of a deeper reality.”
The Holographic Universe Theory, championed by David Bohm and expanded by Michael Talbot, suggests that each part of the universe contains the whole—just like a hologram. This idea also dovetails with Simulation Theory, as advanced by figures like Nick Bostrom and referenced by public thinkers including Elon Musk, who posits there's a high probability we are living in a simulated reality. As Elon Musk has been known for saying, “If you assume any rate of improvement at all, games will eventually be indistinguishable from reality,” Musk said before concluding, “We’re most likely in a simulation.” There is a much higher likelihood that we are not living in base reality.
Honestly, the mind-bending implications that have been proposed recently deserve its own post, which I will cover more thoroughly in the future. But this proposed explanation of our reality also has many correlations with ancient mythologies and unexplainable archaeological artifacts. To be honest, while some of these correlations seem to click into place and fit perfectly into these modern discoveries, I will admit that they are extremely bizarre and if true, could create an existential crisis with many. So I will leave it at that for now and revisit this topic at a later time.
Under either framework, telepathy ceases to be paranormal and becomes instead a function of non-local consciousness. Much like quantum entanglement shows particles can remain instantaneously connected across vast distances, human minds might be similarly entangled—able to share information outside the bounds of time and space.
These theories are no longer relegated to the realm of science fiction. Physicists, neuroscientists, and philosophers alike are now exploring the possibility that reality itself is consciousness-based.
“The act of observation is an act of fact creation.”
-Christopher Fuchs, Quantum Physicist
Abracadabra (Hebrew origin ‘abreg ad hābreg’), meaning, “I create as I speak”
The Scientific Edge – Experiments That Defy Skepticism
Despite the fringe label slapped on parapsychology, a number of researchers have brought scientific rigor to the table. Dean Radin, Chief Scientist at the Institute of Noetic Sciences, has spent decades compiling statistical data showing significant, repeatable psychic effects across a variety of experiments. His book "Real Magic" posits that the so-called paranormal may simply be a set of natural laws we don’t yet understand. I’ve read his books and they are a fascinating read.
The connections between psychic phenomena and quantum physics become quite strong in this area. Understanding concepts such as quantum entanglement, or “spooky action at a distance” as Einstein referred to it, as well as the observation paradox of the double-slit experiment, leads one naturally to consider how consciousness may be the key to understanding these fascinating, but confounding concepts. Check out my post, “As Above, So Below” where I go into more detail on the double slit experiment and the incredible implications that arise from it.
Among the most famous parapsychology studies is the Ganzfeld Experiment, which isolates a subject in a state of sensory deprivation to determine if they can receive mental images “sent” by another person. Repeated studies have shown results far beyond chance expectation.
I plan to personally conduct a Ganzfeld experiment assuming playing both sender and receiver across several trials. I’ll be reporting my full findings in a future post—but the feedback from those who have participated in these experiments report some amazing things. Here I will advise that the following is intriguing and worth mentioning, but that also lacks any scientific study but a man by the name of Danny Goler reported that during controlled DMT experiences, observing the light beam projected onto a wall or other surface, reveals an underlying “code” of unknown symbols that are clearly not random. It’s described not as some transitory phenomenon, as if it were some hallucination, but rather a fixed and unmoving symbology woven into the fabric of the object it’s projected onto. Take from this what you will and until scientific studies are conducted there’s no real corroboration here, but the experiment has been 100% reproducible with hundreds of participants who all report the exact same results and in cases of multiple participants they are each observing the same exact symbology.
The convergence of many unexplainable phenomenon and the connection to consciousness.
Seeing Beyond the Shadows
One of philosophy’s greatest minds in history was the Greek Philosopher, Plato. In his work, “The Republic”, Plato tells the allegory of the cave. In this tale, he likened us to prisoners who are chained to the wall of a cave only able to see mere shadows, the reflections of real objects that are being moved about for us and intensely controlling what and how we see the world. Having known nothing else, we mistake the shadows for reality. One brave member of the group begins to suspect that there is more to it than what he sees and hatches a plan of escape. The rest of them call him crazy until one day they look over and he has gone. While they were absorbed in the shadows, he is able to get around the wall to see those who cast the projections, then to climb out of the cave, and finally to be amazed at the sight of the sun, the grass, the trees, the vibrant colors.
The newly enlightened captive eagerly returns to his fellow men and excitedly explains to them all of the wonders he has just witnessed. Finding his claims to be so foreign and entirely too fantastical to them, they refuse to believe him and choose to live out their lives in the illusion.
Visual representation of Plato’s Cave.
“Nobody is going to pour truth into your brain. It’s something you have to find out for yourself.”
It is vital, if we want to get closer to the truth, that we remain open skeptics. Through discernment, and our own intuitions, we can sift through the noise to slowly make our way out of the cave of shadows and into the light of truth. This post is not meant to convince anyone of anything, we should always beware of those who claim to have absolute knowledge of the truth because quite often it’s a method to keep us in chains, content with our shadows of reality so that we do not look further. Instead, we all must seek out for ourselves what is real and what is shadow play.
Sometimes the truth is stranger than fiction. And stranger things are still to come.
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→ Scientific exploration into non-verbal autistic children and telepathic phenomena.
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→ https://www.dni.gov/files/ODNI/documents/assessments/Prelimary-Assessment-UAP-2021.pdf
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