Preamble: Synopsis of the materialist problem – Wolfgang Pauli “To me it seems the most important and exceedingly difficult task of our time is to work on the construction of a new idea of reality!” It would seem “our reality” isn’t working all that well! Albert Einstein stated that “We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them!”

“Proper knowledge maps or mirrors the actualities of the real world.”  K Gergen When it comes to spiritual and religious beliefs, the only actualities are “people” – not artificial abstractions like the “supernatural” which is defined as outside the scope of science and so and empty and meaningless abstraction, that applies to social consciousness as well – People and society is the actualities that need be considered, not abstractions like Allport’s 1927 false premise, “There is no psychology of groups.” – Or the “materialist model” of consciousness as being solely and entirely a “byproduct of the neurology and biochemistry of the brain.”  “It is not true if the major premise is not true” – Justice Rehnquist (p.765 Logical Fallacies and the Supreme Court….)

As Kenneth Gergen, David Hay and Virgilio Enriquez emphasize that “extreme individualism” is a problem in Western Society. Gergen and Hay both agree that the Enlightenment and Age of Reason via the Social Contract and Rational Individualism which set extreme individualism in motion. Rational Individualism was developed as a political ideal to enable overcoming aristocratic and clerical authority and establishing democracy. That dovetails perfectly into Mannheim’s Paradigm that the political-economic reality shapes social sciences as well as spiritual and religious beliefs. From research into “Free Will” K Vohs and J Schooler state “It seems that when people stop believing they are free agents; they stop seeing themselves as blameworthy for their actions,” There are only 3 references to social consciousness in Wikipedia, the most salient being to Karl Marx – the creator of Marxism – Communism,

In contrast, there is a consensus among scientists that – first and last – human beings are “social animals”, the title should have been “social gene” Roy Baumeister emphasizes, the “Need to Belong” (and connect) as the most powerful need in humanity. As Kenneth Gergen points out, “relations precede and are more fundamental than self” – “because there is no self-outside a system of meaning, it may be said that relations precede and are more fundamental than self. Without relationship there is no language with which to conceptualize the emotions, thoughts, or intentions of the self.” (p.157)

Of course, there is also Iain McGilChrist who stated unequivocally, “An increasingly mechanistic, fragmented, decontextualised world… has come about, reflecting, I believe, the unopposed action of a dysfunctional left hemisphere.”  That dovetails into Christina Maimone who observes in her assessment of Mannheim’s Paradox that “Ideology is a mode of thought that obscures the real condition of society… [groups – including academia – exclude facts] that would undermine their conception of the world.”  It is my argument that “purposelessness” as well as an absence of “pro-social norms-values” is exactly what materialist ideology conveys – primarily through “academic” norms and stereotypes like any other teaching or ideology.

Alfred Rupert Sheldrake is an author, and biochemist at Cambridge University (1967 – 1973). Sheldrake concludes that, “The atheist ideology found a powerful ally in materialist science, which by the end of the nineteenth century, portrayed a purposeless, unconscious, mechanical universe where humans, like all life, had evolved without purpose or guidance. In this godless world [devoid of spirituality], humanity would take charge of its own evolution, bringing economic development, brotherhood, health, and prosperity to all mankind through progress.” (p.157) Sheldrake goes on to say, “The rising influence of mechanistic science accelerated this process from the seventeenth century onward. God was removed from the workings of nature, now seen as inanimate, unconscious, and mechanical, functioning automatically.” (p.155)

An overview of psychoanalytic theory shows it lacks real-world evidence.

There are numerous prominent scholars who critique psychoanalytic theory such as Noam Chomsky, Stephen Jay Gould, Psychologists Hans Eysenck, and John F. Kihlstrom, I cite criticisms of its unscientific basis and nebulous concepts which unmeasurable concepts.   

In contrast, I highlight numerous studies supporting the real-world connection between spirituality and compassion, referencing researchers like Saslow et al. and Sprecher and Fehr.

The base line for comparison

The psychologists, William R. Miller and Carl E. Thoresen, state that

“A philosophical basis for this perspective is materialism, the belief that there is nothing to study because spirituality is intangible and beyond the senses.”

Psychologists and psychiatrists claim they are objective and “knowledgeable” about spirituality. My research and personal experience say otherwise. Baruss and Mossbridge state that “As a result of studying anomalous phenomena or challenging materialism, scientists have been ridiculed for doing their work, been prohibited from supervising student theses, been unable to obtain funding from traditional funding sources, been unable to get papers published in mainstream journals, had their teaching censored, been barred from promotions and been threatened with removal from tenured positions. Students have reported being afraid to be associated with research into anomalous phenomena for fear of jeopardizing their careers. Other students have reported explicit reprisals for questioning materialism and so on. (Baruss, 2014b, P.L. Berger, 1970; H. L. Friedman & Krippner, 2010; Hess, 1992; Rossman & Utts, 2014; Sommer, 2014; cf. Chargaff, 1977; Jahn, 2001) Siler, Lee, & Bero, 2015) (Baruss and Mossbridge Transcendent Mind p.25) After the past seven years of dealing with many academics  I have to agree with that 200% In FB psychology and neuroscience groups here are some fo the comments I get: “religious beliefs are about “Giant Cosmic parrots”, superstitious nonsense, Santa Claus, mental illness, etc.    

The point of the essay is to emphasize the hypocrisy of many academics in allowing psychoanalytic theory to become number eight school of thought in psychology even though is largely unscientific – all the while sidelining and marginalizing spirituality

Real World Context-Evidence –

•           Iain McGilchrist: Iain McGilChrist states “Thinking is always thinking, but philosophical thinking is, upon the whole, at the extreme end of the scale of distance from the active urgency of concrete situations. It is because of this fact that neglect of context is the besetting fallacy of philosophical thought … I should venture to assert that the most pervasive fallacy of philosophic thinking goes back to neglect of context … neglect of context is the greatest single disaster which philosophic thinking can incur.”[1]

•           Immanuel Kant: “If a concept lacks reference to any object of possible experience, Kant argues, it “has no meaning and is completely lacking in content”[2] 

•           Muzafer Sherif: “Sherif emphasizes that real world contexts are important, even if regarded as “messy” compared to controlled lab experiments.”[3]

The Psychoanalytic school of thought is listed among the top 8 schools of thought in psychology!

“Linguist Noam Chomsky has criticized psychoanalysis for lacking a scientific basis.[4] Evolutionary biologist Stephen Jay Gould considered psychoanalysis influenced by pseudoscientific theories such as recapitulation theory.[5] Psychologists Hans Eysenck[6], John F. Kihlstrom, and others have also criticized the field as pseudoscience.”[7]

“Many traditional Freudian approaches to treatment are no longer in favor, but modern psychoanalytic therapy continues to play an important role in psychology today.” “Eysenck (1952) delivered the most damaging indictment of psychoanalysis when he reviewed studies of therapeutic outcomes for neurotic patients. He found that about half recovered within two years. What was so damning for psychoanalysis was that for similar patients who received no treatment at all (waiting list controls), the figure was about two thirds.”[8]

Many psychoanalytic concepts such as “defense mechanisms”, “transference” or “repression” simply are not measurable. On top of that, “In psychoanalysis, narrative explanations of character (personality) or sexual orientation almost always describe how the child solved the Oedipus conflict.”[9]  The Oedipus Complex is unscientific and degrading view of religion and spirituality.

Psychoanalytic theory vs Research into Spirituality

In contrast to research into psychoanalytic theory, there are a number of studies which demonstrate the real-world context-evidence of compassion’s correlation with spirituality. I should highlight the fact that compassion is very fruitful and functional.

Studies of Compassion

• Saslow et al: “Our findings argue that spirituality—above and beyond religiosity—may be uniquely associated with greater com- passion and enhanced altruism toward strangers.”[10]  (p. 215)
• Sprecher and Fehr: “Those who were more religious or spiritual experienced more compassionate love than those who were less religious or spiritual. [11](p.629)
• Studies of compassion from Oxford Handbook of Compassion – which demonstrate the importance and relevance of compassion for social well-being
• On top of that there is a ton of sociological evidence such as Mother Teresa and Dr Sweitzer – as well as the thousands of compassionate care givers in the USA alone. 

Empathy

• “Singer found that the women activated the pain distress network in the dorsal anterior cingulate cortex (dACC) and the anterior insula regions of the brain…regardless of who was receiving the painful stimulation.” [12]
• Dr Covin observes that psychologists have come to realize how “closely intertwined” the systems for physical pain and social pain are.[13]

• Spirituality is an emerging field of research

Commentary: While psychoanalytic theory appears to have no basis in real-world context-evidence, the research into the spirituality of compassion has numerous studies that demonstrate real-world context-evidence for the spirituality of compassion

The Psychoanalytic school of thought is listed among the top 8 schools of thought in psychology. Yet, Frankl’s logotherapy, Jungian collective consciousness and archetypes, as well as William James classic work The Varieties of Religious Experience are largely excluded from mainstream academia. 

For perspective in the Jesuit Loyola College in Maryland I could find no courses on Viktor Frankl, Carl Jung, or anything about spirituality. “Spirituality” was not a specialty of any of the professors or associate professors in Loyola. The same was true of the other five Maryland Universities I checked out. I didn’t see anything about existential – positive psychology either.

A more complete analysis of the correlation between Compassion and spirituality can be found in the article “Compassion vs. extreme individualism: Dawkin’s “selfish gene” theory – “genetic selfishness will generally give rise to selfishness w/ limited form of altruism falls short vs. compassion: studies: Saslow, Sprecher-Fehr, & Baumeister’s Model + Saslow: kin selection theories fall short

As William James observed: “Pragmatism asks its usual question. “Grant an idea or belief to be true, it says, what concrete difference will its being true make in anyone’s actual life? How will the truth be realized? What experiences will be different from those which would obtain if the belief were false? What, in short, is the truth’s cash-value in experiential terms”?  (James & Perry, 1943, p. 97).

When logic and proportion Have fallen sloppy dead and the White Knight is talking backwards!” Fallacies are “Wrong Thinking” in Justice Rehnquist’s terms; but more important, Fallacies are delusions 

The Materialist Problem: Peer Reviewed 2018 Critique of Materialist Methods Endorsed by Dr Harold Koenig, Dr Paul Wong, Dr Stephen Farra, Stefan Schindler

1. Dr. Paul Wong, Professor Emeritus of Trent University edited two large volumes of The Human Quest for Meaning & keynote speaker at an international conference on logotherapy “Your letter to a congressman needs to be published somewhere.!”

2. Dr. Harold Koenig, a medical doctor-psychiatrist, a well published and very well-known author and researcher stated about this article: “Charlie – makes perfect sense to me,

3. Dr. Stephen Farra: Columbia International University Emeritus “Definist Fallacy (leading to a closed Materialism) is spiritual poison, and has hurt us all!”

4. Stefan Schindler, an award-winning author, and retired psychology-philosophy professor

The Materialist Delusion: “spirituality is intangible and beyond the senses.”

William R. Miller and Carl E. Thoresen state, “A philosophical basis for this perspective is materialism, the belief that there is nothing to study because spirituality is intangible and beyond the senses.” “Definist Fallacies” occur when someone unfairly defines a term so that a controversial position is made easier to defend – like defining spirituality as “intangible” – which is a “loaded term.” The Definist Falalcy is the same as the same as the “Persuasive Definition.” (Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy)

When Death becomes a Figment of your imagination!

Not all that long ago, I happened to be talking with a Filipina college student at a street restaurant in General Santos, Philippines. I went over the materialist argument as explained by Miller & Thompson in the NIH article as “the belief that there is nothing to study because spirituality is intangible and beyond the senses.” Since Filipinas have a reputation for being spiritual, I was a bit surprised when the Filipina college student/graduate agreed with the argument that spirituality is unreal because it is “intangible’.

So, I asked her to consider – for a moment – the concept of “death!” I emphasized that out that – of all things – “death” is “intangible and beyond the senses” and way beyond quantification. Then I pointed out that if you then follow the logic and reasoning of the materialist argument, “Death – then – becomes a “figment of her imagination and superstitious nonsense.” She paused for a second, then agreed with my reasoning – which was a major success for me.

Of course, the idea of death being a “figment of your imagination and unreal” is totally absurd. But then again, the statement that “all spirituality is unreal” is equally absurd and wrong on several levels. First it is a fallacy – a “delusion”! Secondly there are a number of very “tangible” types of spirituality: Spirituality of Compassion, Musical Spirituality, Spiritual Experiences and Healing in Grieving, Children’s Spirituality, Artistic Spirituality, Poetry and Prophecy, Dream Weaving/Creative Transcendence, Spirituality in nature as a living force, and Autistic spirituality

Spiritual Poison: Academic Maladaptive Stereotype: On the subject of the materialist Definist – maladaptive stereotype “All spirituality is unreal”! Dr Stephen Farra, wrote: “Charles, I strongly agree that the Definist Fallacy (leading to a closed Materialism) is spiritual poison, and has hurt us all! Frankl writes about how a closed Naturalism leads to a suffocating Reductionism, which leads to a mental and emotional Nihilism and the kind of Moral Corruption he experienced in Auschwitz and Dachau……”

Iain McGilchrist sums up the problem with the materialist model: “An increasingly mechanistic, fragmented, decontextualised world… has come about, reflecting, I believe, the unopposed action of a dysfunctional left hemisphere.”  

“Materialist Spirituality” is Based on a Fiction Functional Spirituality vs the Supernatural Maladaptive Stereotype

Brian D Josephson, a Nobel-prize winning quantum physicist – the only Welshman to earn the Nobel peace prize – observes, “With religion, focusing on the factuality or otherwise of religious belief similarly misses the point: the significant questions in this context relate to the functions and fruitfulness of religious beliefs.”  That is, scientists are fixated on the “supernatural.” Briefly I would add that the “supernatural”, by definition, is ‘beyond the scope of scientific inquiry’ makes the “supernatural concept” a “loaded” term and thus a Definist fallacy.

When I asked my partner, who is a Filipina Catholic, if “God is supernatural?” She replied, “Yes.” I pointed out that from my research Jesus Christ never once used the word “supernatural” in the gospels and the concept of the holy Spirit in no way matches the materialist concept of the “Supernatural” – for example, Spirit and Truth – John 4:23-24; Spirit is Truth – John 5:6; or guidance – Luke 1:27. Then there are gifts of the Holy Spirit. In Catholic tradition, the seven gifts are wisdom, understanding, counsel, fortitude, knowledge, piety, and fear of the Lord. Lastly, he fruits of the Holy Spirit are nine virtues that are believed to be the result of the Holy Spirit’s presence in a believer’s life, as described in Galatians 5:22-23. These fruits are love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control.

Even worst, the supernatural comes with baggage – such as powers, superstitious nonsense, magic, mental illness. Dr Koenig highlights the fact that historically psychiatry at times views transcendental spiritual experiences as “psychosis!” I felt good that my partner strongly agrees with my point – plus several of my other spiritual and Christian connections definitely agree that is a valid point.

Real World Context-Evidence – There is a Consensus that Real-World context-evidence is an absolute requirement for a valid scientific theory.

• Immanuel Kant: “If a concept lacks reference to any object of possible experience, Kant argues, it “has no meaning and is completely lacking in content”  (CR, A 239/B 298). (P.15 KANT’S THEORY OF SYMBOLISM JOHN D.  GLENN, JR.)
• It is because of this fact that neglect of context is the besetting fallacy of philosophical thought … I should venture to assert that the most pervasive fallacy of philosophic thinking goes back to neglect of context … neglect of context is the greatest single disaster which philosophic thinking can incur.”
• Muzafer Sherif: “Sherif emphasizes that real world contexts are important, even if regarded as “messy” compared to controlled lab experiments.”  “A psychological construct—if it is to prove valid and adequate—must be as valid and adequate in handling the stuff of ordinary human affairs as in handling the controlled variables of the laboratory experiment.”

The Materialist Maxim and the Supernatural Concept have ZERO Reak-World Context.

Kant, Iain McGilChrist and Muzafer Sherif agree that “real-world context-evidence” is a prerequisite for any valid scientific theory! By definition, the “supernatural” concept has ZERO real world context-evidence – NONE! Yet, that is how materialists successfully managed to peg and equate all spirituality as unreal and superstitious nonsense! I have always said that Spiritual people are people!” and that spirituality has gotten entangled abstractions. From a scientific perspective, “people” are the only possible source of “real-world context-evidence” The “supernatural” is an abstraction – an empty distorted abstraction at that.

Selective Attention Factor

David DiSalvo states, “Selective attention,” also called “selectivity bias”—the tendency to orient oneself toward and process information from only one part of our environment to the exclusion of other parts, no matter how obvious those parts may be.” There is a consensus that “selective attention” is absolutely pivotal in human consciousness. Without doubt the supernatural maladaptive stereotype has distorted the thinking of millions of people. That maladaptive stereotype is prevalent in Western culture and academia and is found in many defi9nitions of prophecy and myths – despite being meaningless and unscientific. It is readily apparent that the materialist maladaptive stereotype has successfully redirected the “attention” of millions of people and focused their attention to a meaningless, empty abstraction – a major and very destructive maladaptive stereotype! 

Commentary

The Supernatural concept is just a derivative of the underlying materialist argument that “spirituality is intangible and beyond the senses” – which besides being a fallacy is also untrue because there are a number of tangible types of spirituality

Spirituality – an emerging field of study; The answer to spirituality is “People” NOT the “supernatural” – spirituality has got entangled in abstractions.

1. Consistently studies show that somewhere between 1/3 to half of people have spiritual–psychic experiences of one kind or another. That means in America there are minimally 110 million people they know nothing about – that psychiatry knows little or nothing about.
2. “Psychological research on spirituality and religion has grown exponentially in recent years (Paloutzian & Park, 2013)[14]. In the diversity of new research, “spirituality” has proven to be a complex and dynamic term that is challenging to define.”[15]  – Tomlinson et al
3. William R. Miller and Carl E. Thoresen in “Spirituality, religion and health: an emerging field of research” state that “The study of spirituality and health is a true frontier for psychology and one with high public interest.”[16]
4. Edgar Online [Edgar Cayce] “The findings of the research brought forward an interesting theme of spirituality as an emerging discipline. MSR deserves a place among the radical approaches.”.
5.  “Perhaps prompted by the approach of a new millennium, a new discourse about spirituality began to emerge in the 1990s….”  Diarmuid Ó Murchu observes that “This new upsurge of spirituality is itself one manifestation of a world undergoing global transformation on a scale not known to humanity for many millennia!”[17]
6. “The past three decades have witnessed a surge in research on spirituality and health. This growing body of literature has linked different aspects of spirituality as well as religion to both positive and negative indices of human health and functioning. However, most studies in this area have investigated questions at a descriptive level…. and thus cannot explain mechanisms by which spirituality and health may be interrelated.
7. Kenneth J Pargament and Annette Mahoney, emphasize that, “Researchers [psychologists] have tended to study spirituality “from a distance,” relying on surveys that contain global distal measures, such as whether the individual believes in God, how often he or she goes to religious services, how often he or she prays, and his or her self-rated religiousness and spirituality……”[18] (p. 616)
8. J E Kennedy: “Very little research has been aimed at investigating the overall effects”[19] on people Furthermore, Dr Visuri observes that “There is a difference between analyzing experiences and researching people.”[20]
9. Furthermore, as Dr Stacey Neal of Kaiser Permanente (JHU) stated: ‘she (and psychiatrists) has no education or training in “people” who have spiritual-psychic experiences.
10. “Anomalies” – a tern frequently used in the American Psychological Association – is another fallacy-delusion. In Park & Paloutzian chapter “Mystical, Spiritual, and Religious Experiences”- synopsis as short list of APA “anomalous experiences, hallucinations, near death, past life, mystical, and paranormal experiences!” In reviewing the chapter, I found nothing on “people” / nothing on “people” who have experiences[21].

Frankl’s disconnect further complicates and muddies the waters:

The creator of logotherapy-psychoanalysis, Viktor Frankl (1905 – 1997) observed, “The pictures by which the individual sciences depict reality have become so disparate, so different from each other, that it has become more and more difficult to obtain a fusion of the different pictures.” [22](p. 7 will) That is, the different disciplines and schools of thought in science, and especially in psychology, it would seem, effectively become, for all practical purposes, completely separate and disconnected units or entities! Muzafer Sherif, a founder of social psychology, in his critique of methods in social psychology emphasized that schools of thought in psychology have become “self-contained sandcastle”

Introduction: Freud demonized the unconscious processes (and thinking) by portraying the unconscious as a netherworld of dark, twisted urges

The prominent unconscious psychologist, John Bargh (PhD), in his book, “Before You Know It,” observes that, “while his [Freud’s] emphasis on unconscious drives was without a question a ground shaking insight, in effect Freud demonized the unconscious operations of the normal mind, claiming that each of us harbored a separate unconscious netherworld of dark, twisted urges that we could exorcise only through psychotherapy…..,.In his extensive and detailed theorizing, Freud presented the unconscious mind as a seething cauldron of maladaptive complexes bent on causing trouble and grief, which could only be overcome through the intervention of our conscious mind.”[23] (p.11-12)

The Oedipus Complex

In The Interpretation of Dreams, Freud makes it clear that the “primordial urges and fears” that are his concern and the basis of the Oedipal complex are inherent in the myths the play by Sophocles is based on, not primarily in the play itself, which Freud refers to as a “further modification of the legend” that originates in a “misconceived secondary revision of the material, which has sought to exploit it for theological purposes” That is, Freud argues that the Greeks hijacked the Oedipus story for religious purposes, when any objective view indicates Freud is the one that hijacked and twisted the Oedipus Myth to vent his own subjective views of religion and religious beliefs. However, as most any psychologist will tell you, people would have a tendency for not being able to distinguish what Freud says about the Oedipus Complex and what the true, actual “narrative” of the story actually is. The medium is the message, as it were.[24]

A brief summary of In the Oedipus Rex tale of Sophocles tells the story of a person, as a baby, who was abandoned for the reason that a “prophecy” that this baby would grow up and kill his father. The abandoned baby is raised by another king of a neighboring territory, grows up and meets his biological father by accident on a road, and kills him in perhaps the first recorded instance of road rage. Then Oedipus travels on to Thebes which is terrorized by the Sphinx monster, who asks visitors riddles and then when they do not answer correctly devours them.

Oedipus solves the immortal Riddle of the Sphinx, which asks, “What walks on four legs in infancy, walks on two legs as an adult, and finally walks on three legs in old age?” The answer, of course is “man” who crawls on all fours as a baby, walks on two feet as an adult and walk with a cane in old age. By answering the Sphinx’s riddle Oedipus frees Thebes from the terror of the Sphinx which had been killing travelers. The queen of Thebes is, in truth, his biological mother and in gratitude the queen marries Oedipus making him king.

So, based on the actual Oedipus Myth, on the “face of it,” what the “Oedipus Complex” would seem to symbolize, according to Freud, is a man who becomes “possessed” a basic instinctual “drive” to overthrow or kill his father in order to fornicate with his mother. Even taken as a pathological state historically, to my knowledge, there is not a single case of a man killing his father in order to fornicate with his mother has ever occurred. Further, if Freud had actually thought over Sophocles’ Athenian tragedy Oedipus Rex, upon which Freud had based his Oedipus Complex, Freud would have realized that the central plot revolved around the “Prophecy” that Oedipus would grow up to kill his royal father King Laius and Oedipus’ abandonment to avoid that fate.

That is, Greek’s had a strong sense that each person had their own destiny and the plot tells the story of all the perverse kind of things that can happen to you if you try to avoid your fate. Freud detested religion and I would argue that the Oedipal Complex was, in part, an underhanded ‘attack’ on prophecy and religion. Also, Freud was quite literally a cocaine addict at one point. Any kind of objectivity toward the Oedipus Myth, would, in reality, likely grasp Freud’s Oedipus Complex – “Demonizing” as Bargh put it – or perhaps better described as “sick” for putting “maladaptive” ideas and ‘archetypes’ into human consciousness.

Analyses of Freud

In his 1907 book, “Obsessive Actions and Religious Practices” Freud compares faith to neurotic obsession and so defines faith and religious beliefs as neurotic obsession – as a mental illness that is. Later Freud argued that religious beliefs were a form of psychological “consolation,” and also, he argued that religious beliefs could act as wish fulfillment[25]. In the later work, Moses and Monotheism (1937) portrayed Moses as a tribal father figure killed by the Jews and also described the Christian rite of Holy Communion as cultural evidence of the killing and devouring of the sacred father – very parallel to the Oedipal Complex.[26] 

However, it should be said that the Jews did not kill Moses and Freud ignores the self-sacrifice nature of the crucifixion as well as the fact that it was the Christians who brought the ‘eating flesh and drinking blood’ symbolism up. I might mention, in passing, that my personal sense of the Last Supper, would be it was that Christ did quite literally know he was going to be crucified which would put an end to his preaching, so he psychologically ‘hammered’ his disciples to make absolutely certain his message would be unforgettable, and also to set them in motion, as it were.

In general, one of Freud’s consistent themes was the view of the concept of God as an embodiment of a (tribal) father figure which was an illusion based upon the infantile emotional need for a strong father figure. He believed religion was necessary in the early stages of human and social development as an impediment to violence. Kenneth Gergen, a psychologist and author of The Saturated Self, summarized Freud’s view of religion: “Indeed, for not only was religion a form of collective neurosis but the superego (the seat of moral inclination) functioned primarily as an irrational defense against the unconscious and amoral forces of eros.”[27] (p.167 SS) Not even a word about compassion which is a mainstay of every major religion in the world, not to mention justice or even truth!

In contrast, Emile Durkheim, a founding father of sociology, in contrast, argued that “it makes no sense that systems of ideas like religion, which have held such a major place in history and from which people have always draw the energy needed to live, are merely tissues of illusion. Today we understand that law, morality, and scientific thought itself are born from religion, have long been confused with it, and remain imbued with its spirit.”[28] (p62 el) E. O. Wilson, a prominent biologist and the founding father of sociology, speaks about a powerful spiritual-religious experience he had as a young teenager. He spoke of spiritual and religious experiences as a “perpetual fountainhead of human emotion. It cannot be compartmentalized as the manifestation of some separate world.”[29] (p. 45, Nat) I should highlight that Freud, in one of his saner moments, did argue that the only scientific approach to the analysis of religion is to address what function(s) that religion and spirituality have.

Self-fulfilling Psychologies as Realities

Self-fulfilling ideas-prophecies are realities – and should be considered in context of psychology theories – especially materialism and reductionism. As Buddha observed long ago, “We become what we think!”[30] That would also be true of the materialism ideology with its fixation on quantification[31] (McGilChrist) and laboratory experiments (Kay Deaux)[32].

Iain McGilchrist states: “An increasingly mechanistic, fragmented, decontextualised world, marked by unwarranted optimism mixed with paranoia and a feeling of emptiness, has come about, reflecting, I believe, the unopposed action of a dysfunctional left hemisphere.”[33]

Self-Fulfilling Psychologies

A. Impression Formation C.N. Macrae, S. Quadflieg,

The term self-fulfilling prophecies refers to the observation that sometimes our beliefs about others can lead us to treat them in such a way that they subsequently become what we expect them to be. Originally, the effect was demonstrated in the classroom and called the ‘Pygmalion effect.’ In a seminal study, teachers were told at the beginning of a school year that certain of their students were potential late bloomers, who would be expected to excel during the school year under proper guidance.

Even though there was nothing in actual fact that set those students apart from their colleagues, several months later their schoolwork had improved considerably. Since this initial observation, numerous similar investigations have testified to the robustness of the effect with regard to both, positive and negative expectations. Follow-up studies also demonstrated that perceivers sometimes unintentionally transmit their expectations through nonverbal signals.

In a mock interview situation, for instance, it has been shown that when an interviewer’s negative expectation about another person was reflected in his or her nonverbal behavior (i.e., keeping more physical distance), the interviewee actually performed more poorly[34] (Impression Formation C.N. Macrae, S. Quadflieg, in Encyclopedia of Human Behavior (Second Edition), 2012)

B. Self-Fulfilling Prophecy R. Rosenthal,

Self-fulfilling prophecy, also known as interpersonal expectancy effect, refers to the phenomenon whereby a person’s or a group’s expectation for the behavior of another person or group serves actually to bring about the prophesied or expected behavior. The history and diversity of this area of inquiry shows that the expectations of psychological researchers, classroom teachers, judges in the courtroom, business executives, and health care providers can unintentionally affect the responses of their research participants, pupils, jurors, employees, and patients. Meta-analytic procedures are used to evaluate the social importance of the magnitudes of the obtained effects. [35](Self-Fulfilling Prophecy R. Rosenthal, in Encyclopedia of Human Behavior (Second Edition), 2012)

“Proper knowledge maps or mirrors the actualities of the real world.”[36] K Gergen A map without a proper concept-theory of social consciousness and spirituality is an unhealthy distorted model. 

Commentary & Reflections

Human consciousness is not a toy: Overview of Freud

Many psychologists still quote Freud as a genius. However, one should keep in mind where Freud started: with dreams. Obviously, dreams are not “conscious” – so all Freud did was to add that since dreams are not conscious must, then, be “UN”- conscious – which is not exactly a “theoretical” scientific leap of any true magnitude. Paul Tillich, the famous Christian theologian observed, “The concept [of the unconscious] itself goes back to Schelling, not directly, but by way of Schopenhauer, the volunteeristic philosopher and critic of Hegel, and by way of Eduard von Hartmann who wrote a whole book on the philosophy of the unconscious. And it is possible to show that this book was known to Freud.”[37] (history p.442)

Brian Morris, in Anthropological Studies of Religion, states that “the positivist tradition” have naturally pronounced psychoanalysis to be unscientific and “mentalist.”[38] (p. 154) That is, most all of the processes Freud talks about like ego, id, superego, sublimination, and transference are supported only by anecdotal information which is usually accomplished by a very liberal interpretation of the facts – ironically very similar to the interpretation used by believers in Nostradamus and the Oracles of Delphi whose rather creative interpretations according to scientists distort the facts. Viktor Frankl, a brilliant psychoanalyst and fellow Jew whose central theme of his theory was man’s powerful Will to Meaning, offered a rather muted criticism of a thousand-page psychoanalysis – of an artist – by a Freudian psychoanalyst. The general gist of his comment was that the thousand pages didn’t amount to anything substantial. That is, in common talk, the psychoanalysis was a lot of nonsense. Later, Brian Morris goes on to say about Freud, that “Sartre …denounced …. Freudian theory as …. presenting a dehumanization of the human personality (1943: 50-4)”[39] (p. 154)

Also, Viktor Frankl in Man’s Search for Meaning did state: “Sigmund Freud once asserted, “Let one attempt to expose a number of the most diverse people uniformly to hunger. With the increase of the imperative urge of hunger all individual differences will blur, and in their stead will appear the uniform expression of the one unstilled urge.” Thank heaven, Sigmund Freud was spared knowing the concentration camps from the inside. His subjects lay on a couch designed in the plush style of Victorian culture, not in the filth of Auschwitz. There, the “individual differences” did not “blur” but, on the contrary, people became more different; people unmasked themselves, both the swine and the saints.”[40]

Point of Order: Freud is often seen as a liberator of humanity from the ultra-repressive psychological norms and social conventions about sexuality. In view of the contemporary totally unrestricted sexuality, Freud, no doubt would be rolling in his grave. The high rates of child sexual abuse could possibly be induced by the total absence of any restrictions on sex or sexuality apparently available in contemporary society. It is crystal clear that some psychologists used their ‘theories’ as weapons to destroy religion and religious beliefs they personally didn’t like. It is clear Freud’s theory was designed to undermine and damage religion and religious beliefs simply because Freud did not like religion – and somewhat successfully, too. For instance, in David Wulff’s textbook Psychology of Religion, there are eight references to Freud who saw religion as completely an expression of “wish fulfillment,” with the concept of “compassion” which is prevalent in all major religions getting but a few more references than the number of references to Freud.[41]

In light of Jung’s statement that the theories of psychologists are, in essence, “subjective confessions,” as well as the fact that much of the “science of psychology” is beyond any absolute scientific measurement or quantification, “we” should remember that in human consciousness much is in truth a matter of judgment. The bottom line is that, Human consciousness deserves to be treated with respect. Many psychologists and psychiatrists treat the human mind like Freud seem to treat human consciousness as their personal play-thing, disregarding any responsibility, true objectivity, or truth. Freud was such a man!

Comparative analysis Freud compared to Frankl, Jung and William James Synthesis-Consensus: Spirit-Spiritual processes Create Meaning & a Sense of Reality

The concept of the Synthesis-Consensus of Viktor Frankl, William James, and Carl Jung, that spirit and spiritual processes create meaning is actually very simple. William James, in his classic work, the Varieties of Religious Experiences, convincingly demonstrated that “spiritual experiences create a “sense of reality.” It is rather self-evident that when you compare James’ descriptions of peoples’ experiences then see James’ descriptions of the peoples’ religious-spiritual beliefs – or sense of reality. Furthermore, there are some existential studies which show that do support the idea that spiritual beliefs – in certain circumstances, situations and with certain people – do create meaning[42].

Carl Jung’s views and ideas parallels the observations of William James. William James statement that spiritual experiences create a sense of reality – created from meaning derived from the spiritual experiences of course. This is consistent with Jung’s strongly expressed belief that experiences are a primary influence on a person’s beliefs. Carl Jung states unequivocally that “Spirit gives meaning to his [man’s] life”[43] (CW8:643)! Carl Jung elaborated on that, in the Collected Works (CW8: 648 -1968 revised), when he stated that “Life and spirit are two powers or necessities between which man is placed. Spirit gives meaning to his life, and the possibility of its greatest development. But life is essential to spirit, since its truth is nothing if it cannot live.”[44]

Paul Wong explains in some detail Viktor Frankl’s views regarding the nature and characteristics of spiritual or noetic (from nous)processes in the mind “in the following quotation: “The noetic (spiritual, specifically human) dimension contains such qualities as our will to meaning [Frankl’s central concept of the human being’s primary drive] our goal orientation, ideas and ideals, creativity, imagination, faith, love that goes beyond the physical, a conscience beyond the superego, self-transcendence, commitments, responsibility, a sense of humor, and the freedom of choice making. The human dimension is the medicine chest of the logotherapist. Patients are made aware that they have these rich resources of health within.”[45] (Fabry 1994 pp.18-19) (p.156)

Comparison to Durkheim

In contrast, Emile Durkheim, a founding father of sociology, in contrast, argued that “it makes no sense that systems of ideas like religion, which have held such a major place in history and from which people have always draw the energy needed to live, are merely tissues of illusion. Today we understand that law, morality, and scientific thought itself are born from religion, have long been confused with it, and remain imbued with its spirit.”[46] (p62 el) E. O. Wilson, a prominent biologist and the founding father of sociology, speaks about a powerful spiritual-religious experience he had as a young teenager. He spoke of spiritual and religious experiences as a “perpetual fountainhead of human emotion. It cannot be compartmentalized as the manifestation of some separate world.”[47] (p. 45, Nat) I should highlight that Freud, in one of his saner moments, did argue that the only scientific approach to the analysis of religion is to address what function(s) that religion and spirituality have

Addendum II. Personal Spiritual Experiences

: “I believe that we can ‘sense’ the future. We just haven’t yet established the mechanism allowing it to happen!”   – Welsh Nobel Prize Winner Brian Josephson

1. As Jean MacPhail, author and scholar, observed my spiritual-psychic

 experiences are unique – in part because the experiences – some conscious, some in dreams – related to events outside myself, in part because many are documented and in part they consistently are ‘perceptions of threats to the group. From my research, my 1981 warning to the FBI is a remarkably detailed and accurate prediction-warning comparatively speaking.

After 40 years I would point out that it is easier to say what spiritual experiences are Not than to explain what they are. They are Not “powers”, “make-believe”, “supernatural”, “unreal-intangible”, “superstitious nonsense,” etc. After 40 years, I sat down and reviewed my experiences. In 40 years there are perhaps two or three illustrations which could be labeled “precognitive.” In a struct sense. There was a consistent pattern of experiences in which “alienated” people were central.

One should consider that in all other neuroscience phenomena (such as morals or music), numerous processes were involved and there is a consensus that the human brain is incredibly complex and interconnected- and the “supernatural is a gross over-simplification – besides being a fiction

• Synopsis of 40 years of personal spiritual-psychic experiences

Highlights of six dreams, most documented by emails – all with consistent and reasonable interpretations:

1. a dream centered on Pakistan and nuclear war – a month later India launched an attack against Islamic Jihadists in 
   1. A Hybrid Dream-Perception: Precognitive “Tag” (a central action with one or two details) of the “incel” terrorist in Canada in late April, 2018.
   1. Dream about Libya (2-26-2019), A month later the U.S. forces left Libya
   1. Synchronicity with Muslim lone terrorist attack in Strasburg, France attack – dream (9-19-20)
   1. Dudayev (Chechen leader) Dream – dream had several details matching the death of Dudayev the Chechen leader
   1. Fredericksburg bomb (civilian) Several details of a dream matched the death of a woman by a bomb

Highlights from forty years of conscious perceptions

1. my recent 10-30-20 email to FBI agent McElwee warned of a “domestic terrorist” threat referring to a “bomb” as the weapon. which is related – of course – to the Nashville bombing on Christmas day 2020
   1. My very detailed, specific, and notarized warning to the FBI on October 18, 1981 of an impending attack by the then active Weathermen terrorist group. Some [accurate] details are: group, fabricating bombs, money, women, 22 put together, New York, death, as well as the terrorist weathermen’s manifesto.
   1. A very brief (phoned in) warning to the FBI before the assassination attempt on president Reagan
   1. I called the CIA before 9/11
   1. miscellaneous: foresight of the fight in intelligence over the CIA whistleblower

•           The focus here are the ‘warning’ letters I sent to the allies’ embassies

French, Canadian, British, German) in February-March 2017. In the warning there is no precognition whatsoever. That was pure political-historical situational sense. As Ortega Gasset, the Spanish philosopher said “I am I plus my circumstances!” As Ingela Visuri and Jean MacPhail observe, “distress” or stress can be a factor in triggering spiritual experiences. Of course there is grieving as well.

Commentary:

Spirituality can enrich a person’s awareness as well as connectivity and lead to greater creativity and productivity. Historically, “divine inspiration” has proved a very creative motivation for some scientific insights – such as Isaac Newton and Faraday. 

When National Death Threatens: Old Testament Prophecy

The prophets dealt with man, not as an atom, but as a part of a social organism, a living member of a living body. To heal this body when diseased (Isa. I:6), to warn it against coming dissolution, and to bring it back to the paths which lead to perfection in God, was their great and only mission (Jer. 6: 6). Hence, they were always the more numerous when national death threatened. Just before the fall of Samaria and the fall of Jerusalem we find them working in the greatest number and with the greatest energy. (The Old Testament Prophets As Social Reformers, Rev. Geo. Stibitz)

D. When National Death Threatens & The 1981 “What a nightmare” Warning to the FBI – Mustard Seed Epiphany

Preface: 9/11 Tragedy – Historically Unprecedented Precognition of Terrorism: a change in human consciousness

Richard S. Broughton observes “The tragic events of 9/11 brought a flurry of cases to the attention of parapsychology labs. The cases ranged from dramatic dreams of airplanes crashing or exploding to the more frequent examples of unusual departures from normal routines that ended up saving someone’s life.”  (Encounters at the Frontiers of Time: Questions Raised by Anomalous Human Experiences Richard S. Broughton) Dean Radin also noted a number of experiences people related to him. I have had a few people report to me experiences of their own or their family.

1981 warning – what a nightmare is a very detailed warning to the FBI of impending Weathermen terrorist attack is historically unprecedented – so worth reviewing, in my view.  Point of order: would be that nearly all of my experiences would easily fit into a category parallel to the alarm calls of animals.   

Miracles are a matter of perspective. I walked into the Toledo, Ohio with a wild – and even wacky – stream of consciousness that at first glance [second glance as well] appears like the utter ravings of a madman. It was a stream of consciousness and some of the lines were “monkey screams,” “snake hiss,” “exorcism,” “Fight Hard Die Well!” So, in a sense, the miracle – for me – was that I walked into an FBI office with what appeared to be the utter “ravings of a madman”………… and walked out without the FBI throwing a net over me and hauling me off to the nearest asylum.

A synopsis–analysis – Removing the fluff-chaff which was not-straightforward and qualified (such as “comes to mind”), leaving these sentences from the 1981 “What a Nightmare” Warning”           

Psychic Prediction: “What a nightmare” October 18, 1981

1.        A group with money fabricates a terrible bomb;

2.       In a nightmare it came to me that 22 were

3.       assembled against me, I being America,

4.       I have no time!” [the timing was “soon” – a few days]

5.       Like a bat out of hell from the future I flew!

6.       Security bonds – money – a woman – keys to the whole thing.

7.       Near Miss, you said – where? – might be New York or Miami.

8.       Time is at hand! Time is at hand and angel spoke [for perspective & allowing for symbolic interpretation – two policemen were killed]

9.       Fight Hard; Die Well – a prophet spoke [for perspective & allowing for symbolic interpretation – the armed guard of the Brink’s truck was killed]

10.      the Faith – the Mustard Seed

11.      It almost seemed that Christ was there.

The summary above leaves out lines that were not statements such as lines with “comes to mind” From a certain perspective, precognitive details, for me are trivial compared to the miracle of being able to walk out of the office after presenting to them what appears to be the ravings of a madman – and walked out in one piece, so to speak. Below is the “original” which has a FOIPA Stamp as well as a notary stamp and comments like “no action necessary”. It is handwritten and the writing is rather small. Historically, comparatively speaking, from my research, it is by far the longest written warning-prediction.

Description of meeting with FBI agent on October18, 1981: I walked into the FBI office, in Toledo, Ohio. I rang the doorbell at a window then sat down with an agent in a small cubicle, briefly. I pointed out a couple of lines to the FBI agent in the tiny cubicle. Actually, there are only three straight forward line in the entire stream of consciousness. When I got to the line of “New York” or “Miami,” I asked the FBI agent who was seated across from me at a small table, which he thought it would be – New York or Miami – instantly the FBI agent retorted angrily, “How the Hell would I know! It is your dream!” I hastily pointed out “New York”

My guess is that the FBI agent wasn’t a believer in psychic phenomena – but he played the role of an FBI agent and asked several questions – like about the timing. I told him that my birthday came to mind – October 23 – which turned out to be just a couple days off. Quite a lot of telephone telepathy seems to work via the process of association (“birthday” was produced by association with my own framework of reference.” Anyway, even though I consciously did not believe in psychic, spirt, prophecy or anything remotely spiritual at the time, there I was – sitting down and pointing out the only three lines in the “What a nightmare” that made any sense, to the FBI agent. I went over it calmly with the FBI agent – walking out without them throwing a net over you – and then it turns out to be the longest written-documented warning-prediction in history (written documents are like hens’ teeth – Nostradamus only had 4-line quatrains) stream of consciousness, and the only one at the time (prior to 9/11) about terrorism. For the record, in documented history, there are only 7 or 8 documented warnings about assassination.

Analysis

Comparatively speaking the 1981 warning to the FBI , which happened on October 18, 1981 is an exceptionally detailed spiritual precognitive warning. There are eight details in the “What a nightmare” warning to the FBI, which turned out to be accurate: group, fabricating bombs, money, woman, 22 were assembled, New York, death, weathermen terrorist manifesto.

Two days after I talked to the FBI agent in Toledo, Ohio, Katherine Boudin, a former leader of the notorious Weathermen terrorist group (now called Weather Underground), was arrested after a shootout with the Nyack, New York police force which had 22 officers. The shootout resulted after a chase which started with the botched robbery of a Brink’s armored truck. Bomb making materials and plans were found in the terrorists’ apartment. “Fabricating bombs” was an incredibly precise description since none had been made but it looked like they were working on them. The New York Times quoted the Weathermen manifesto: “We are the incubation of your mothers’ worst nightmares.” The “What a nightmare” warning stated “Time is at hand! Time is at hand, and Angels said. “Fight Hard, Die Well! A prophet spoke.” It could be argued that the “Time is at hand” stated twice symbolizes the two policeman who were killed, while the prophet’s statement symbolizes the one Brink’s guard who was killed.

Besides these explicit details, as with much of historical prophecies, there appears to be some symbolic and metaphorical synchronicities in the “Mustard Seed” precognitive stream of consciousness. The statements, “Time is at hand! Time is at hand, Angels said.” – and – “Fight Hard, Die Well! A prophet spoke!” match the deaths of the two policemen (“Time is at hand” – twice by an angel) and the death of one Brink’s guard (“Fight Hard, Die Well” a prophet spoke). Of course, angels could be said to outrank prophets same as policemen outrank Armored car guards. That kind of precise detail of identifying – albeit metaphorically – specific people or types of people who would be prominent in the event is quite literally “unheard of” in the long centuries of documented historical precognitive warnings-predictions. 

Besides referring to angels, prophets, nuns, at the end I concluded with a statement about the “Mustard Seed.” In the Gospel of Matthew, the parable of the Mustard Seed says, “The Kingdom of Heaven is like a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and sowed in his field; which indeed is smaller than all seeds. But when it is grown, it is greater than the herbs, and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the air come and lodge in its branches.”  (Matthew 13:31–32) I must confess, I have never been able to completely grasp and fully comprehend the Mustard Seed Parable. I’m not sure exactly how Christ meant the Mustard Seed Parable and the concept of Kingdom of Heaven – as a state of mind, as a spiritual truth, or as a transcendental reality – or all three.

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For perspective: Dream “foretelling” the ‘Pakistan-India International conflict after an Indian air raid on an Islamic Jihad group in Pakistan. Creating Reality

R C Henry, a renowned professor of physics and astronomy, in a 2005 essay concludes, “A fundamental conclusion of the new physics also acknowledges that the observer creates the reality. As observers, we are personally involved with the creation of our own reality. Physicists are being forced to admit that the universe is a “mental” construction.”

Eugene Wigner, a theoretical physicist and mathematician, stated unequivocally stated that “It was not possible to formulate the laws of quantum mechanics in a fully consistent way without reference to consciousness.” In a sense, since the most essential characteristic of human consciousness would be “intelligence” it would stand to reason that viewing the universe and the world as embodying intelligence would only be natural (and healthy).

The Dream of ‘Pakistan and ‘Nuclear War’ from 1-18-2019 deserves some special attention, and there is some new “news” about that situation in an article by former Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo. The email (of 1-22-2019) said “In the past few months for some reason, I have had several dreams about foreign countries which seemed a bit precognitive. In a rather strange dream from the night of 1-18-2019 to 1-20-2019 (which I emailed to k…. on 1-22) I had a somewhat vivid dream about Pakistan in which ‘nuclear war was an aspect. Of course, one can’t take dreams literally. On top of that spiritual experiences and particularly dreams do have symbolic aspect to them. That particular dream was different and a bit strange because it “dualistic” or “split world” characteristic. In the dream, I was in the U.S. with my son, yet – in the dream – simultaneously in Pakistan at the same time. That in itself is interestign since I have two spiritual “Indian friends” and I have no salient connections in Pakistan.  

Recently I came across this update posted “Former US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has claimed that he was awakened to speak to his then Indian counterpart Sushma Swaraj who told him that Pakistan was preparing for a nuclear attack in the wake of the Balakot surgical strike in February 2019 [Indian airstrike on a Pakistani target was in retaliation for a Islamic Jihad attack on Hindus in India] and India is preparing its own escalatory response. “How Close…”: Ex US Secretary Of State On India-Pak Nuke Threat After Balakot. In his book “Never Give an Inch: Fighting for the America I Love”, Mike Pompeo says the incident took place when he was in Hanoi for the US-North Korea Summit on February 27-28, 2019 NDTV 1-24-23

A.       psychic experiences as perception – not Powers

St. Gregory of Nyssa stated, “According to the true words of the Lord [Mt 5.8, the pure in heart will see God. They will receive as much as their minds can comprehend. However, the unbounded incomprehensible divinity remains beyond all understanding.” (SoS J.246 & M.941, p.161)

1.    Scientific Perspective – Time Travel: Stephen Hawking Time travel used to

be thought of as just science fiction, but Einstein’s general theory of relativity allows for the possibility that we could warp space-time so much that you could go off in a rocket and return before you set out. The future caused the past. Professor Truscott Professor Truscott concluded that the experiment showed that; “A future event causes the photon to decide its past.” (Experiment confirms quantum theory weirdness Science Daily, May 27, 2015 Australian National University)

Quantum entanglement: Quantum entanglement is the reality that in an “entangled pair” of subatomic particles the spin of one subatomic particle will react directly and immediately – at speeds faster than the speed of light – to the spin of the other subatomic particle even though separated by arbitrarily large distances. A conclusion from experiments in quantum entanglement is that the reactions in a quantum entangled pair of particles occur at a speed faster than light – which to Einstein was impossible according to his own theory. In fact, Albert Einstein called quantum entanglement, “Spukhafte Fernwirkung” – which means, in German, “spooky action at a distance.” To Einstein quantum entanglement was an impossibility – something which just couldn’t happen. Quantum entanglement was a complete and baffling mystery.

It used to be academics could say precognition just isn’t possible – but that si just no longer true.

2.    Early on I also grappled with the question as to the purpose of prophecy.

I had been told that I should write down predictions. That was a Big Deal in 1981 – and it is a question brought up in the first line of my notarized warning to the FBI on October 18,1981. The question I asked is – does making predictions to make predictions make any sense biologically, psychologically, or even spiritually? The conclusion I came to is that purpose and motivation is pivotal.  

That is, “purpose” is pivotal to prophecy – and spirituality – especially in light of “Spirit is Truth” (John 5:6)

The importance of motivation is very consistent with the spiritual beliefs of people I have engaged. When “spiritual people” are questioned – in many, spiritual beliefs are not just a motivation but a very profound source of inspiration. Historically, after tens of thousands of years of spiritual and religious beliefs – though incredibly it is not in academia – spirituality and religiosity would clearly be a powerful drive and motivation.

Highlights from forty years of spiritual/psychic experiences and dreams! – point of information

Dreams – Documented through emails

1. Pakistan-India Dream: For example, the documented precognitive dream from 1-18-2019 that (partly) took place in Pakistan and centered on the issue of Nuclear War has a very reasonable interpretation that came true in the sense that on 2- 28-2019, an article appeared: “Opinion: India, Pakistan, and the distant but real threat of nuclear war.” It must be emphasized that – historically – “psychic” is really “perception” and not “Truth”.

2. Dream about Libya (2-26-2019), and while the dream is not directly connected to any international events. which seems to be mostly about “intelligence:” Just in time for the Pakistan-India dream, an article appeared a month later: US troops temporarily leave Libya as security worsens Haley Britzky April 07, 2019 “The U.S. forces in Libya temporarily withdrew as the security situation on the ground grew “increasingly complex and unpredictable.” It turned out that they were permanently withdrawn – and the situation worsened thereafter.

3. Synchronicity with Strasburg, France attack – dream 9-(19-20)-18Dream: On Sep 10, 2018, at 6:55 AM my dream contained some important symbols and ‘information.’ The dream clearly spoke of an “Islamic secret society” as opposed to I Sis. This comes from a NY Times article on 12-12-2018 that states “Gunman killed at least two people and wounded 12 in Tuesday night’s shooting at the famous Christmas market in Strasbourg, a city which is more than a quarter-million on the northeastern border of France and Germany. …… the gunman was first seen before 8 p.m. on the Rue des Orfèvres, in the middle of the Christmas market. He then moved to several streets, attacking with a gun and knife as he walks.” I have never heard of a terrorist carrying a knife. In my view, it is significant that the dream is highlighted and emphasized “a huge knife.” In any case, it is said that “consistency” is a key in science – and in my view there is consistency.

4. A Hybrid Dream-Perception: Precognitive “Tag” (a tag that I describe as a central action plus one or two details) of an “incel” terrorist in Canada in late April, 2018. In an email to a friend, I sent a dream at 2AM that involved Canada and the CIA and Canada. The email (dated April 18, 2018) said “just thinking – 2AM …. woke up from a strange dream – the Holy Spirit seems to be divided into different parts and people are trying to understand that.” Just woke up from a dream about: Canada and the CIA (personally, I connect the CIA with terrorism).” About a week later an article said: “Police identified Alek Minassian, 25, as the suspect who is accused of killing 10 people and injuring 15 with a rental van on Monday (April 24) in Toronto. Minassian appeared to identify as an “incel,” or “involuntary celibate,” Again there is consistency in being a perception of a threat to the group.

Dreams Without Documents

5. When I lived in Fredericksburg before 9/11, I had a dream where there were apartment-style buildings built in the architectural style of the Southwest region of the United States in a dream! At the very end of the dream there was a bag left next to a car that “looked heavy with money” – but it wasn’t. Believing it to be a precognitive dream, I faxed it to the Fredericksburg FBI where I used to live. About a week later a woman was killed by a bomb when she was picking up a bag next to her car. It happened in a city located southwest of Fredericksburg. I think it’s also a tag because it has the main action of “bag next to the car” and the dream also talks about a “devastating explosion” but it’s a little lacking in the details of who involved.

6. Dudayev Dream: In a rather vivid dream. Before the Chechen leader Dudayev was killed, I dreamed about Russia. In the dream, I was in a bombed-out city of “rubble” near some mountains. I was in a room with two men. There is a stack of eight-sided coins and six-sided dice. Follow the dream, there is a runway for an airplane. The dream ended abruptly in a field. About a week later, Dudayev was killed by a Russian warplane in a village. About a week later, on April 21, 1996, Dudayev was killed by two laser-guided missiles that zoned in on his satellite phone signal, after a Russian reconnaissance aircraft had pinpointed his location. He was killed in the village of Gekhi-Chu. There are six specific pieces of information in the dream that match.

Overview: All these dreams – all with a reasonable interpretation – can easily be viewed and understood as “perceptions of threats” in the group parallel to animal alarm calls and responses to real stimuli.

Highlights of Waking perceptions

1. my recent 10-30-21 email to FBI agent McElwee warned of a “domestic terrorist” threat referring to a “bomb” as the weapon. which is related – of course – to the Nashville bombing on Christmas day 2020

2. My very detailed, specific, and notarized warning to the FBI on October 18, 1981 of an impending attack by the then active Weathermen terrorist group. Some [accurate] details are: group, homemade bombs, money, women, 22 put together, New York, death, as well as the terrorist weathermen’s manifesto. For the record – besides being notarized the document has a FOIPA stamp on it.

3. My (very brief) warning to the FBI before the assassination attempt on president Reagan

4. I called the CIA before 9/11\ plus called the DC FBI headquarters and filed a complaint in Richmond district court which – coincidentally brought the question of 911 calls to the fore (compared to 9/11 – thought process association, so to speak)

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