Dean Radin - The Noetic Universe

The publication of Dan Browns latest international bestseller, The Lost Symbol, introduced the world to a fascinating concept: noetics. Now, in this rigorously reasoned manifesto, Dean Radin, Senior Scientist at the Institute for Noetic Sciences, explains the science of noetics and how this exciting field of research is set to change the way we view the world forever.

The Noetic Universe provides astonishing answers to universal questions by unveiling persuasive empirical evidence for the existence of psychic phenomena - from telepathy and clairvoyance to jinxes and prayer. Dean Radin shatters the myths that surround parapsychology, revealing the extent to which corporations, governments and academia have embraced it, and exploring what the effects will be when - inevitably - mainstream science and society embrace it as well.

Dean Radin is senior scientist at the Institute of Noetic Sciences (IONS) and founder of the Consciousness Research Laboratory at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. He has held appointments at Princeton University, the University of Edinburgh, and several Silicon Valley think tanks, and has produced cutting-edge parapsychological research for AT&T, Contel, SRI International, and the US government.

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THE NOETIC UNIVERSE
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Originally published in the United States of America as The Conscious Universe in 1997 by HarperCollins Publishers

First publication in Great Britain
Corgi edition published 2009

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To my parents, Jerome Radin and Hilda Radin,
and to my brother, Len Radin

I am indebted to numerous friends and colleagues who encouraged me to follow my instincts and take the road less traveled. David Waltz and Klaus Witz supported my interests in graduate school. Later, I was inspired by the words and deeds of Stanley Krippner, Charles Tart, Helmut Schmidt, and William Braud. Hal Puthoff and Edwin May were my role models at SRI International. Robert Jahn and Brenda Dunne helped make Princeton University a thrilling place to work. Robert Morris and Deborah Delanoy were good friends and colleagues at the University of Edinburgh, Scotland. And Alan Salisbury and Stuart Brodsky were visionary leaders at Contel Technology Center. I sincerely thank them all.

I also thank Jessica Utts, Roger Nelson, Jerry Solfvin, Marilyn Schlitz, and Dick Bierman for many stimulating discussions that helped shape the tone and content of this book; Donald Baepler, for his unwavering support of my lab at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas; Robert Bigelow, for his vision and support of scientific exploration; and Jannine Rebman and the students at UNLV who made valuable contributions to our research.

I gratefully acknowledge the organizations and foundations that have provided funding to sustain our research. We have received grants from the Bigelow Foundation (Las Vegas, Nevada), the Parapsychology Foundation (New York City), the Institut fur Grenzgebiete der Psychologieund Psychohygiene (Freiburg, Germany), the Society for Psychical Research (London, England), and the Fundacao Bial (Porto, Portugal).

I thank my literary agent, Sandra Martin, and my editor, Eamon Dolan, for their expertise in shepherding these words through the maze of the publishing world. Finally, I thank my good friend Susie and my little poodle dog, Holly, for forcing me occasionally to do something other than work.

N onsense! barked the man in the pin-striped suit. There isnt a shred of evidence for psychic phenomena! The clacking sound of the rails punctuated his blunt dismissal.

His companion, a young woman with luminous eyes and an immense halo of hair, was unimpressed. Harry, she said, glaring at him, the evidence is staring you in the face.

When I had boarded the commuter train a few minutes earlier, I was looking forward to an uneventful trip. But as the train started to move, two latecomers rushed in and took the seats next to me. Their argument had clearly been percolating for some time.

Harry was an advertisement for Brooks Brothers, complete with attach case and Wall Street Journal tucked under one arm. She was dressed in saffron and carried a well-worn book bag.

In my meditation last night, she said, pouting, I received a message from Zeron.

Harry rolled his eyes and, voice dripping with sarcasm, said, Would that be the Zeron from the planet Pluto or the Zeron from Atlantis?

Oh, the one from Atlantis, of course. You know the Plutonians arent telepathic! We communed mentally through his dolphin friends. He said my psychic abilities would improve if I got my aura cleaned.

Harrys smirk at lifes stupidity had permanently creased his forehead with an angry gash, but this last remark caused a vein to leap forward. Exasperated, he caught my eye, leaned over, and said in a stage whisper, Shirleys gone off the deep end with all that New Age crap. I uttered a noncommittal grunt, not wishing to get sucked into what appeared to be a long-standing disagreement.

But I did not have the luxury of remaining neutral, for Shirley overheard the remark and righteously replied, If you just listened to Zeron for once, you wouldnt be such a skeptic. His words are pure truth!

More like pure bull, he grumbled. There isnt a shred of evidence for ESP, telepathy, or any of that hokum. Not one shred.

She protested: If you feel it, thats proof enough. You just live in your head too much.

Sensing a concession, Harry bellowed, Your belief about ESP doesnt mean its true! It just says that you believe its true. If science hasnt proved it, then it isnt true! Its just superstitious, mythological, folkloric, mumbo-jumbo, mystical crap .

I couldnt stand this anymore, so I said, Excuse me, but I couldnt help but overhear your conversation. Actually there is quite a bit of scientific evidence for psychic phenomena. They really do exist.

Shirley smiled beatifically, pressed her palms together, and said Bless you with a bow. At the same time, Harrys expression snapped into such a stupendous grimace, with one eye squeezed tight and the other twitching like a guppy out of water, that I was a little concerned that his head might explode. I quickly added, On the other hand, regardless of how persuasive your personal psychic experiences may be, science has shown time and again that personal beliefs are often mistaken.