Feb 16 2009
Nostradamus Factor
I’ve just read “Your Nostradamus Factor” by Ingo Swann, currently out of print. Reviews of out of print books might not have much practical value, but maybe you will come across a copy of it in some library.
Although Ingo Swann is known as one of the originanl remote viewers, the book is not really about Remote Viewing. Swann is defining or creating the parameters of what he calls Future Seeing which involves cooperation of intellect and intuition. Unlike RV which benefits from or even requires double-blind protocol, Future Seeing is concieved to be equal parts futurology (informed trend analysis) and “NostraFac” (psychic pre-cognition). He recommends graphic diagrams as a bridge between intellect and intuition.
The beginning of the book seeks to establish the near universal experience of psychic cognition in times of need, through many examples and anecdotes. The reader is encouraged to recognize it’s effect on their own lives.
There is quite a bit of text devoted to the ways that expectations and cultural programming can mislead a future seer, similar to the problem of overlays in remote viewing. He calls these ‘anchor-points’ on the intellect side and ‘telepathic-osmosis’ on the intuitive side. A future seer learns to dissolve anchor points and recognize the influence of telepathic osmosis. A future seer also studies economics, politics, ecology, history, astrology, cycles, and culture.
The last half of the book consists of predictions for the “millenial transition” period of 1990 to 2010. He is writing at the beginning of that period and we can now read his predictions with feedback from the end of that period. His description of the economic crisis is very accurate although it may be unfolding a little slower than he thought. I think that in his predictions he under-estimated the power of those who would profit from and work to prolong crises situations, and their ability to convince the public that “everything is under control” (a sometimes ominous concept, as R.A. Wilson was aware). Some of Swann’s predictions are coming about thru an 8 to 10 year delay, while others are in a much earlier state than he thought. One of the biases of Future Seers may be a desire to describe change that doesn’t anticipate inertia quite enough.
The role of drawing and diagramming in the book is to convert the author’s monologue into something that you own and comprehend for yourself, intellectualy and intuitively. The author has invented his own Future Seeing. The readers must each re-invent their own Future Seeing.
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