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Greg Kolodziejzyk's 13-Year associative remote viewing experiment results
Abstract
This paper presents results from a 13-year experiment using a unique approach to the associative remote viewing (ARV) protocol which allows a single operator to conduct the full ARV process beginning to end. A total of 5,677 ARV trials were conducted from May 11, 1998, to September 26, 2011. of these, 52.65% were correct in predicting the outcome of their respective future events (whereas only 50% would be expected by chance), yielding a statistically significant score of z = 4.0. These 5,677 trials addressed a total of 285 project questions. Most of these project questions were intended to predict the outcome of a given futures market. of these project questions, 60.3% were answered correctly, resulting in a statistically significant z = 3.49. By increasing the number of trials in a project question, and giving more weight to higher subjective confidence scores reflecting the quality of the match between the remote viewing and one of the two target images, the success rate increased to above 70%. One hundred eighty-one project questions resulted in actual futures trades where capital was risked. Of these, 60% of the trades were profitable, amounting to approximately $146,587.30.
... 2,3 Meta-analyses of experimental studies of remote viewing have found positive results with effect sizes ranging from 0.17 to 0.39. [4][5][6][7] Archaeology is another area where remote viewing has been demonstrated to provide verifiable and repeatable results. [8][9][10] For example, using remote viewing Stephan Schwartz and team discovered the location of a Byzantine structure in the now-buried city of Marea near Alexandria, Egypt. ...
... This exploratory study integrated qualitative and quantitative analyses in a mixed methods approach. 19 This approach is advantageous because it provides methodological flexibility, reflects the participant's point of view (in this case, the seer), 7 and capitalizes on the strengths of both qualitative and quantitative analysis methods. 20 The objective of the mixed methods analyses presented in this paper was to describe the phenomenon of energy medicine sessions for hand or wrist pain according to a seer who observed the sessions. ...
... The major themes present in the data were: (3)(4)(5)(6)(7)(8)(9)(10)(11)(12)(13)(14)(15) listed after a quote denotes the fifteenth participant treated by practitioner number three. ...
Introduction
Some “energy medicine” modalities, such as Reiki, continue to show evidence for efficacy, but the underlying mechanisms of action are still uncertain. To help illuminate possible mechanisms, this exploratory mixed-method study using qualitative and quantitative analyses investigated: 1) How do energy medicine sessions function from the perspective of a seer, i.e., an individual trained in techniques to enable perception of purported subtle energies, and 2) Do any of these observations correlate with changes in participants’ subjective pain?
Method
One seer reported observations during 30-minute energy medicine sessions delivered by 17 practitioners to participants experiencing chronic hand or wrist pain. Data were coded using an inductive approach, followed by thematic and descriptive analyses. Content analysis was used to assign whether each code was mentioned by the seer for each participant, generating 119 binary variables, one for each code. The relationship between these binary variables and change in participant pain scores after the energy medicine session and three weeks later were explored using linear regression models.
Results
The qualitative thematic analysis identified six major themes from the seer's notes: “Experience of the Practitioner,” “Experience of the Participant,” “Space and Other Beings” (referring to the qualities of the physical space the energy medicine session occurred in and ostensible non-physical beings present during session), “Participant-Practitioner Relationship,” “Healing Process,” and “Attributes of Energy.” The energy medicine methods used varied for each participant, according to the practitioners’ perceptions of each individual's needs. The linear regression models yielded significant associations between changes in pain scores and various codes, including energy color, practitioner touch and the presence of ostensible non-physical beings supporting the session, although their significance did not persist after correction for multiple comparisons.
Discussion
Future studies investigating the mechanisms of energy medicine may benefit from including perceptions by seers in their outcome measures.
... Puthoff (1984) successfully conducted twenty-one of thirty trades with the help of seven select remote viewers, yielding profits of $25,000. Kolodziejzyk (2012), acting as a single operator over a 13-year period, utilized a unique computer-based approach to the ARV protocol that combined remote viewing, logic, and knowledge of the stock market, yielding a profit of $146,587.30. More recently, Smith, Laham, and Moddell (2014) conducted a series of only seven ARV trials with university students turned novice remote viewers, earning approximately $16,000 by wagering substantial amounts of $10,000 at a time. ...
... Even so, these investigations include double-blinding procedures and careful protocols, which qualify them as exploratory or informal research projects (Katz & Bulgatz, 2013). While some work independently, as did Kolodziejzyk (2012), the majority operate in groups, which allows for the separation of roles and responsibilities. Also today, most work at a distance with the assistance of web-based communications and delivery technologies (Rosenblatt, Knowles & Poquiz, 2015). ...
This double-blind study utilised dreaming instead of remote viewing as a precognitive tool within an Associative Remote Viewing (ARV) protocol. In the spirit of Participatory Action Research, but using a quantitative design, a cohesive group of experienced remote viewers (who varied in experience) designed and participated in a year-long study that included 56 trials in which they attempted to have precognitive dreams that would enable them to produce descriptions and sketches that would match a photograph they would be shown at a future time. Five out of 7 remote viewers/dreamers were able to consistently produce dreams at will. Their 278 transcripts were utilized for the purpose of making predictions and wagers on the outcomes of sporting events. They produced an overall rate of 17 hits out of 28 predictions, which a binomial test showed to be marginally above chance (one-tailed). Nevertheless, the overall monetary gain was a little under 400 percent of the initial stake. Further, one individual dreamer had a 76 percent correct hit rate based on 13 hits and 4 misses with 20 passes, while another had 16 hits and 9 misses. These points are discussed along with the notion that raising the threshold of Confidence Ranking Scores (up to a CR of 6) for dream based ARV predictions may help to improve the overall hit rate.
... PRV has been employed in several non-experimental applications, including predicting the outcomes of sporting events and fluctuations in stock prices (Katz et al., 2019(Katz et al., , 2021Kolodziejzyk, 2013;Smith et al., 2014;Tait, 2019) and answering important research questions about the future of humanity and the planet (Mossbridge & Vivanco, 2022;Schwartz, 2021). Looking towards future PRV applications, artificially intelligent systems could be used to better select participants, transcripts, and targets with the aim of creating a four-dimensional map of the future that would better inform decisions in the present based on additional information about surprising or concerning effects in the future (Mossbridge, 2023b). ...
Objective. To better characterize the relations between accuracy on precognitive remote viewing (PRV) tasks and potentially relevant trait, state, and target parameters, we gathered PRV data in two online experiments and examined accuracy relative to: sex-at-birth, gender, age, anxiety, unconditional love, and target interestingness. Method. In experiment 1 we used a forced-choice, uncontrolled-time, self-judged PRV task for which 682 unpaid participants contributed a total of 5,432 trials. Experiment 2 used a free-response, controlled-time, independently judged PRV task for which 307 paid participants each contributed a single trial. In neither case were the participants pre-screened for precognition ability. Results. In experiment 1 (forced-choice PRV task), there was no significant target precognition and no effect of age on PRV performance, but we found a complex effect of sex-at-birth. We also found that targets most likely to be correctly predicted were also more likely to be judged as interesting compared to targets most likely to be incorrectly predicted; a pre-registered analysis confirmed this effect. In experiment 2 (free-response PRV task) we found significant target precognition, no effect of age on performance, and a weak and indirect effect of gender. Feelings of unconditional love and anxiety were both correlated with higher accuracy in experiment 2. Again, target interestingness was positively related to accuracy. Conclusion. These results suggest that accuracy on PRV tasks is related to the emotional state of participants and target interestingness, and that task characteristics mitigate overall performance. We provide recommendations for future research based on these observations.
... Multiple meta-analyses of public domain and declassified experiments of this type have been conducted, and the results showed highly positive evidence in favor of a genuine phenomenon (Milton, 1997;Dunne and Jahn, 2003;Baptista et al., 2015;Cardeña, 2018). This apparent ability is now used for other practical applications, such as predicting stock market movements (Harary and Targ, 1985;Kolodziejzyk, 2013;Smith et al., 2014), locating missing persons (Mcmoneagle and May, 2004), and finding previously unknown archaeological sites (Schwartz, 2005(Schwartz, , 2019. ...
The nature of consciousness is considered one of science’s most perplexing and persistent mysteries. We all know the subjective experience of consciousness, but where does it arise? What is its purpose? What are its full capacities? The assumption within today’s neuroscience is that all aspects of consciousness arise solely from interactions among neurons in the brain. However, the origin and mechanisms of qualia (i.e., subjective or phenomenological experience) are not understood. David Chalmers coined the term “the hard problem” to describe the difficulties in elucidating the origins of subjectivity from the point of view of reductive materialism. We propose that the hard problem arises because one or more assumptions within a materialistic worldview are either wrong or incomplete. If consciousness entails more than the activity of neurons, then we can contemplate new ways of thinking about the hard problem. This review examines phenomena that apparently contradict the notion that consciousness is exclusively dependent on brain activity, including phenomena where consciousness appears to extend beyond the physical brain and body in both space and time. The mechanisms underlying these “non-local” properties are vaguely suggestive of quantum entanglement in physics, but how such effects might manifest remains highly speculative. The existence of these non-local effects appears to support the proposal that post-materialistic models of consciousness may be required to break the conceptual impasse presented by the hard problem of consciousness.
... It is not yet clear whether personal confidence can be a reliable indicator for trial success. Kolodziejzyk (2012) found a positive correlation between confidence scores and hit rates. However, our data do not support this finding because we did not find a connection between the judge's confidence rating and the hit rate (t = 0.118, p = 0.907). ...
Over the course of n = 48 valid trials we attempted to predict the binary (up vs. down) course of the German stock index DAX with the Associative Remote Viewing (ARV) method. 38 out of 48 predictions were correct which amounts to a highly significant hit rate of 79.16% (p = 2.3 x 10-5 , binomial distribution, B 48 (1/2); z = 3.897; ES = 0.56). A post-hoc analysis indicated that the session quality depended on the volatility of the stock index: The viewer's perceptions were clearer and less ambivalent when the stock index also had a larger point difference at the end of the prediction period. Additionally, we tested the hypothesis whether feedback is a necessary requirement for predictions with ARV. Both conditions (feedback vs. no feedback) were independently significant and did not differ significantly from each other (χ 2 = 0.505, p = 0.477). Therefore, we discuss potential features which might be necessary or limiting for successful predictions with ARV.
... Multiple meta-analyses of public domain and declassified experiments of this type have been conducted, and the results showed highly positive evidence in favor of a genuine phenomenon (Baptista et al., 2015;Cardeña, 2018;Dunne & Jahn, 2003;Milton, 1997). This apparent ability is now used for other practical applications, such as predicting stock market movements (Harary & Targ, 1985;Kolodziejzyk, 2013;Smith et al., 2014), locating missing persons (Mcmoneagle & May, 2004), and finding previously unknown archaeological sites (Schwartz, 2005(Schwartz, , 2019. ...
The nature of consciousness is considered one of the most perplexing and persistent mysteries in science. We all know the subjective experience of consciousness, but where does it arise? What is its purpose? What are its full capacities? The assumption within today’s neuroscience is that all aspects of consciousness arise solely from interactions among neurons in the brain. However, the origin and mechanisms of qualia (i.e., subjective or phenomenological experience) are not understood. David Chalmers coined the term “the hard problem” to describe the difficulties in elucidating the origins of subjectivity from the point of view of reductive materialism. We propose that the hard problem arises because one or more assumptions within a materialistic worldview are either wrong or incomplete. If consciousness entails more than the activity of neurons, then we can contemplate new ways of thinking about the hard problem. This review examines phenomena that apparently contradict the notion that consciousness is exclusively dependent on brain activity, including phenomena where consciousness appears to extend beyond the physical brain and body in both space and time. The mechanisms underlying these “nonlocal” properties are vaguely suggestive of quantum entanglement in physics, but how such effects might manifest remains highly speculative. The existence of these nonlocal effects appears to support the proposal that post-materialistic models of consciousness may be required to break the conceptual impasse presented by the hard problem of consciousness.
... This phenomenon has recently received popular attention because of the Star Gate government project (May and Marwaha, 2018a) and demonstrates some of the most robust and reliable effects of all the noetic experiences (Baptista et al., 2015;Targ, 2019). There are practical applications and examples of this factor, such as predicting the stock market, futures or other financial market information, sports event outcomes, locations of missing persons or criminal cases, and finding unknown archeological sites (Harary and Targ, 1985;Kolodziejzyk, 2013;Schwartz, 2019). ...
Noetic comes from the Greek word noēsis, meaning inner wisdom or direct knowing. Noetic experiences often transcend the perception of our five senses and are ubiquitous worldwide, although no instrument exists to evaluate noetic characteristics both within and between individuals. We developed the Noetic Signature Inventory (NSI) through an iterative qualitative and statistical process as a tool to subjectively assess noetic characteristics. Study 1 developed and evaluated a 175-item NSI using 521 self-selected research participants, resulting in a 46-item NSI with an 11-factor model solution. Study 2 examined the 11-factor solution, construct validity, and test–retest reliability, resulting in a 44-item NSI with a 12-factor model solution. Study 3 confirmed the final 44-item NSI in a diverse population. The 12-factors were: (1) Inner Knowing, (2) Embodied Sensations, (3) Visualizing to Access or Affect, (4) Inner Knowing Through Touch, (5) Healing, (6) Knowing the Future, (7) Physical Sensations from Other People, (8) Knowing Yourself, (9) Knowing Other’s Minds, (10) Apparent Communication with Non-physical Beings, (11) Knowing Through Dreams, and (12) Inner Voice. The NSI demonstrated internal consistency, convergent and divergent content validity, and test–retest reliability. The NSI can be used for the future studies to evaluate intra- and inter-individual variation of noetic experiences.
... A 13 year experiment by Kolodziejzyk (2012), utilizing a unique approach to associative remote viewing (ARV) with a total of 5,677 ARV trials, yielded a statistically significant score. Most of the project questions utilized focused on predicting the outcome of a given futures market, making this a remote viewing/precognitive experimental design. ...
The Classification and Statistical Manual of Extrasensory Experiences (CSM-EE) is a classification of extrasensory experiences (i.e. telepathy, clairvoyance, mediumship, precognition, synchronistic events, etc.) with associated criteria designed to facilitate more reliable classification. CSM-EE assists in identifying like experiences that are similar in phenomenology, but otherwise widely differ in narrative due to culture, language, and religious/spiritual belief.
Whereby, the CSM-EE can assist in accurate classification and is therefore a valuable resource for clinicians and students, and a valuable reference for researchers, dealing with extrasensory experiences in a wide diversity of context.
The criteria and associated phenomenological features and specifiers serve in part as a textbook for students who require a well-structured method to understand and classify extrasensory experiences as well as for experienced professionals encountering these experiences for the first time.
... A 13 year experiment by Kolodziejzyk (2012), utilizing a unique approach to associative remote viewing (ARV) with a total of 5,677 ARV trials, yielded a statistically significant score. Most of the project questions utilized focused on predicting the outcome of a given futures market, making this a remote viewing/precognitive experimental design. ...
Clinical Parapsychology: Extrasensory Exceptional Experiences, 1st Edition is a graduate-level textbook designed to facilitate more reliable diagnosis, classification, treatment, and research. It is designed for clinicians, educators, and researchers challenged with investigating into the nature of distressing extrasensory (psychic) exceptional experiences.
This textbook assists in interpreting extrasensory experiences reported in a wide diversity of context that are often viewed as religious, spiritual, anomalous, or transpersonal, and that vary greatly in subjective experience. This textbook is a valuable resource for both students and experienced professionals and is designed to be utilized by both individuals and educational institutions.
... 6,7 Some of these extended perceptions can also be reliably observed in laboratory and real-world settings: psychokinesis or mind-matter interactions, 8,9 distant healing intention effects, [10][11][12] remote viewing, 13 and precognition (the ability to know something that has not yet happened). [14][15][16] The subjective experience of interconnectedness may involve the awareness of a previously unknown aspect of physical reality, leading to extended perception that is not limited by conventional notions of space and time. ...
Introduction: Personal development workshops are increasingly popular. This study evaluated the relationships between the measures of well-being, interconnectedness, and extended perception in various workshops and explored which kinds of workshops and individual characteristics predicted changes in these outcomes. Materials and Methods: In a prospective, uncontrolled, within-participant design study, adult participants completed questionnaires and online tasks before and after personal development workshops. Three analyses were conducted: (1) examining the relationships between measures by using only pre-workshop measures using Spearman correlations; (2) exploring change scores pre- to post-workshop and workshop using Wilcoxon signed-rank test; (3) assessing workshop format and content, and individual characteristics as predictors of those change scores multivariate nonparametric regression. The following outcomes were collected: Well-being-Arizona Integrative Outcomes Scale, positive and negative affect, Dispositional Positive Emotions Scale-Compassion subscale, Sleep Quality Scale, Numeric Pain Rating Scale; Interconnectedness-Cloninger Self-Transcendence Scale, Inclusion of Nature in Self and Inclusion of the Other in Self; and Extended perception tasks-Intuition Jar, Quick Remote Viewing, Psychokinesis Bubble, and Time Estimation. The following potential predictor variables were collected: demographic, mental health, psychiatric and meditation history, Single General Self-Rated Health Question, Brief Five-Factor Inventory-10, and the Noetic Experience and Belief Scale. Workshop leaders also selected which format and content characteristics applied to their workshop. Results: Interconnectedness measures were significantly and positively correlated with well-being (ρ: 0.27 to 0.33), positive affect (ρ: 0.20 to 0.27), and compassion (ρ: 0.21 to 0.32), and they were negatively correlated with sleep disturbance (ρ: -0.13 to -0.16) and pain (ρ: -0.11 to -0.16). Extended perception task performance was not correlated with interconnectedness or well-being. General personal development workshops improved subjective interconnectedness, well-being, positive emotion, and compassion, and they reduced sleep disturbances, negative emotion, and pain (all p's < 0.00005). The lecture (p = 0.03), small groups (p = 0.001), pairs (p = 0.01), and discussion (p = 0.03) workshop formats were significant predictors of well-being outcomes. The workshop content categories of meditation (p = 0.0002) and technology tools (p = 0.01) were also predictive of well-being outcomes, with meditation being the most consistent predictor of positive well-being changes. Conscientiousness was the only significant individual characteristic predictor (p = 0.002), although it was associated with increases in some well-being measures and decreases in others. Conclusions: This study provides preliminary evidence for the positive relationship between the subjective sense of interconnectedness and multiple well-being measures and the beneficial effects of some personal development workshops.
... In another project, Greg Kolodziejzyk (2015), acting as a single operator over a 13-year period, used a unique computer-based approach to the ARV protocol. His project combined remote viewing, logic, and knowledge of the stock market, and yielded a profit of $146,587.30. ...
Associative Remote Viewing (ARV) is a psi-based methodology used by individuals and for-profit organizations to predict such things as sporting-event outcomes, stock market moves, and for research purposes. Documented studies have shown the successful application of psi using ARV to predict future events, leading to profits, and unsuccessful applications, leading to losses. To better understand the contributing factors, 86 completed ARV trials, which included 220 remote viewing transcripts for individual sporting or financial events, were collected. Three teams of judges operating under blind conditions-some working independently, some working as teams-repeated the process of judging, scoring, and predicting, while keeping all other variables stable. To gauge inter-rater reliability, the new scores and predictions were compared to the original scores and predictions, as well as to each other. Rating variance was clearly demonstrated. Judges were in 100% agreement in only six (6.9%) of 86 trials. In seventeen trials (19.7%), eight of nine judges agreed with each other. Original judges did better than all new judges, and judges with more experience obtained statistically significant higher hit rates than less experienced judges. The results were virtually the same for the two ranking scales used. This project points to a variety of factors in need of further testing, both in future ARV projects and in parapsychology projects that involve independent judging of tasks and photosets.
... This distinction is relevant for the question of whether the RV-induced Psi effect is completely independent of time (effect present = effect future ) or if there is a dependence on temporal characteristics (effect present ≠ effect future ). The possibility of predicting the future has been investigated in a series of studies (Harary & Targ, 1985;Kolodziejzyk, 2012;Müller et al., 2019;Puthoff, 1984;Smith, 2009;Smith et al., 2014;Targ et al., 1995). In these studies, the observed hit rate, i.e. whether a prediction is correct or wrong, for binary events 2 was significantly higher than the expected value under the null hypothesis. ...
In this process-oriented study, we examined the influence of the time dimension on Psi effects in two experimental conditions (present vs. future). For data collection, selected viewers with experience in the remote viewing method gathered information about targets that were distant in space (the present) and time (the future). The present condition was composed of binary truth statements consisting of two possible options related to current world knowledge. The future condition consisted of two options that were not yet determined at the time of viewing, but depended on the outcome of future mixed martial arts fights. According to the associative remote viewing (ARV) method, the binary outcomes of the present and future options were each associated with a photo, which had to be described by the viewers. An independent judge analyzed the viewers’ qualitative reports through binary correspondence ratings amounting to a hit (1) or no hit (0) per trial. Independently of the time condition, a Psi effect could be observed. The hit rates of the judge (0.88 and 0.62 for the present and future, respectively) were significantly higher than the expected value (0.5) under the null hypothesis (present: p < 0.001, ESP = 0.73; future: p = 0.027, ESF = 0.22; binomial distribution). In addition, the hit rates in the two time conditions differed significantly from each other (χ2 = 9.01; df = 1, p < 0.003). The results confirm the hypothesis that Psi is not completely independent of the time dimension and that the hit rate is influenced by a priori target probabilities. With regard to the Informational Psi (IΨ) theory, we will discuss the implications of a probabilistic future for the understanding of Psi effects.
... This distinction is relevant for the question of whether the RV-induced Psi effect is completely independent of time (effect present = effect future ) or if there is a dependence on temporal characteristics (effect present ≠ effect future ). The possibility of predicting the future has been investigated in a series of studies (Harary & Targ, 1985;Kolodziejzyk, 2012;Müller et al., 2019;Puthoff, 1984;Smith, 2009;Smith et al., 2014;Targ et al., 1995). In these studies, the observed hit rate, i.e. whether a prediction is correct or wrong, for binary events 2 was significantly higher than the expected value under the null hypothesis. ...
Journal of Scientific Exploration, Volume 35, Issue 3, Fall 2021
... Inner vision, or what some people call remote viewing, has been formally evaluated in multiple studies and meta-analyses (Baptista et al., 2015;Cardeña, 2018;Dunne & Jahn, 2003;Milton, 1997). Inner vision has also demonstrated verifiable and practical applications, including the famous military Star Gate program run from 1973 -1995 (May & Marwaha, 2018a, predicting the stock market, futures or other financial market information, sport event outcomes, locations of missing persons or criminal cases, and finding unknown archaeological sites (Schwartz, De Mattei, & Smith, 2019;Schwartz, 2019;Kolodziejzyk, 2013). ...
The term “noetic” comes from the Greek word noēsis/noētikos that means inner wisdom, direct knowing, intuition, or implicit understanding. Strong cultural taboos exist about sharing these experiences. Thus, many may not feel comfortable transparently discussing or researching these topics, despite growing evidence that these experiences may be real. The study’s objective was to qualitatively evaluate first-hand accounts of noetic experiences. 521 English-speaking adults from around the world completed an online survey that collected demographic data and four open-ended questions about noetic experiences. Thematic analysis was used to characterize the data. The ten most used codes were expressing to or sharing with others, impacting decision-making, intuition/”just knowing,” meditation/hypnosis, inner visions, setting intentions/getting into the “state,” healing others, writing for self, and inner voice. There were five main themes identified: 1. Ways of Engagement; 2. Ways of Knowing; 3. Types of Information; 4. Ways of Affecting; and 5. Ways of Expressing. Subthemes. Future research will include investigating the nuances of these themes and also establishing standardized methods for evaluating them. This would also then inform curricula and therapies to support people in these experiences.
... Inner vision, or what some people call remote viewing, has been formally evaluated in multiple studies and meta-analyses (Baptista, Derakhshani, and Tressoldi 2015;Cardeña 2018b;Dunne and Jahn 2003;Milton 1997). Inner vision has also demonstrated verifiable and practical applications, including the famous military Star Gate program run from 1973-1995(May and Marwaha 2018a, 2018b, predicting the stock market, futures or other financial market information, sport event outcomes, locations of missing persons or criminal cases, and finding unknown archaeological sites (Schwartz, De Mattei, and Smith 2019;Schwartz 2019;Kolodziejzyk 2013). ...
... 6,7 Some of these extended perceptions can also be reliably observed in laboratory and real-world settings: psychokinesis or mind-matter interactions, 8,9 distant healing intention effects, [10][11][12] remote viewing, 13 and precognition (the ability to know something that has not yet happened). [14][15][16] The subjective experience of interconnectedness may involve the perception of an aspect of physical reality, and that such perception leads to extended perception not limited by conventional notions of space and time. ...
Introduction: Personal development workshops are increasingly popular. This study evaluated the relationships between measures of well-being, interconnectedness, and extended perception in a variety of these workshops, and it explored which kinds of workshops and individual characteristics predicted changes in these outcomes.
Materials and Methods: In a prospective, uncontrolled, within-participant design study, adult participants completed questionnaires and online tasks before and after personal development workshops. Two sets of analyses were completed, 1) examining the relationships between measures using only pre-workshop measures using Spearman correlations and 2) exploring change scores pre- to post-workshop and workshop and individual characteristics as predictors of those change scores using Wilcoxon signed-rank tests and multivariate nonparametric methods.
Results: The subjective sense of interconnectedness and well-being were intercorrelated, but extended perception task performance was not correlated with those factors. General personal development workshops improved subjective interconnectedness, well-being, positive emotion, compassion, and reduced sleep disturbances, negative emotion, and pain. The workshop formats of lecture, small groups, pairs, and discussion were significant predictors of well-being outcomes. The workshop content categories of meditation and technology tools were also predictive of well-being outcomes, with meditation being the most consistent predictor of positive well-being changes. Conscientiousness was the only significant individual characteristic predictor, although it was associated with increases in some well-being measures and decreases in others.
Conclusions: This study provides evidence for the positive relationship between the subjective sense of interconnectedness and multiple well-being measures and the beneficial effects of personal development workshops.
... Schwartz's experiment on the remote viewing of Saddam Hussein's location suggests the odd idea of the possibility of retrieving information from the future. Other studies suggest a significant albeit small increase in correct predictions with respect to chance, (Kolodziejzyk, 2013;Smith, Laham, & Moddel, 2014), while others fail to show any positive result (Katz, Grgć, & Fendley, 2018). Remote viewing has also been used in police investigations, of which the most outstanding fact is the kidnap of American Brig. ...
... Remote viewing has also been used in archaeology, such as in the recovery of the American brig Leander, sunk in 1834 while en route from the island of Cuba to Boston, Massachusetts (Schwartz & De Mattei, 2000). Other studies suggest the possibility to predict stock market fluctuations above chance, (Kolodziejzyk, 2013;Smith, Laham, & Moddel, 2014), while others fail to show any positive result (Katz, Grgć, & Fendley, 2018). ...
The aim of this essay is to describe several ostensibly odd experiences considered implausible, illusory or hallucinatory phenomena, largely considered to be disorders of the neurological or psychological functioning from the ruling mechanist-reductionist perspective of neurosciences. A rigorous but open-minded neurophenomenological approach is required to properly investigate and understand such Non-Ordinary Mental Expressions (NOMEs). Individuals who experience NOMEs should not feel like they are outsiders or abnormal and should feel free to talk about their uncommon experiences, and professionals should listen to them with an open-minded, non-prejudicial and non-judgmental approach. NOMEs challenges the ruling stance of medical and psychological science and suggest intriguing properties of human consciousness, which are likely to be incompatible with the accepted axioms and theories, showing the inescapable epistemological implications of their proper investigation and understanding.
... Other studies suggest the possibility to predict stock market fluctuations above chance, (Kolodziejzyk, 2013;Smith et al., 2014), while others fail to show any positive result (Katz et al., 2018). ...
A review of the Non-Ordinary-Experiences of Consciousness
... Given that non-local properties of our minds also allow acquisition of information of future events, unsurprisingly some have tried to see if it was possible to make money, for example, predicting financial trends or lottery numbers. Obviously not all results of these experiences have been released, but the literature cites some positive outcomes (Kolodziejzyk, 2013;Smith, Laham, & Moddel, 2014) and some negative ones (Katz, Grgic, & Fendley, 2018). There is online training for this type of experience: https://www. ...
... Given that non-local properties of our minds also allow acquisition of information of future events, unsurprisingly some have tried to see if it was possible to make money, for example, predicting financial trends or lottery numbers. Obviously not all results of these experiences have been released, but the literature cites some positive outcomes (Kolodziejzyk, 2013;Smith, Laham, & Moddel, 2014) and some negative ones (Katz, Grgic, & Fendley, 2018). There is online training for this type of experience: https://www. ...
The purpose of this work is to present an updated review of the potential applications of the mind’s non-local characteristics.
By non-local characteristics we mean the ability to acquire information and interact at a distance, in other words, beyond the scope of our senses and of our bodies, without any direct contact with the information source or the biological/physical targets.
... Given that non-local properties of our minds also allow acquisition of information of future events, unsurprisingly some have tried to see if it was possible to make money, for example, predicting financial trends or lottery numbers. Obviously not all results of these experiences have been released, but the literature cites some positive outcomes (Kolodziejzyk, 2013;Smith, Laham, & Moddel, 2014) and some negative ones (Katz, Grgic, & Fendley, 2018). There is online training for this type of experience: https://www.appliedprecog.com/mission. ...
Even though it is still difficult for many to accept that our minds have the ability to influence and acquire information at a distance, that is to say, by unconventional means, there have already been several attempts to apply these abilities. This paper provides a review of state-of-the-art practical applications of our mind’s ability to obtain information at a distance, even from the future, and its ability to influence, always distantly and unconventionally, the behaviour, emotions, and physiology of human beings and biological and physical targets. Within the rich variety of these applications, some are already common outside the sphere of pure scientific research because their efficacy has by now been validated, while others’ applicability still require fine-tuning so that they too, in a not too distant future, become real mental technologies.
... Although one attempt to replicate this failed, two other forms of replication apparently succeeded (Targ, Katra, Brown, & Wiegand, 1995). Moreover, the recent paper by Kolodziejzyk (2013) reports the results of a lengthy experiment using associative remote viewing to predict the future outcome of trading. By this method 60% of the actual trades were profitable, giving a net profit of $146,587.30. ...
A review of the literature makes a strong case for successful experimenters using their own psi to produce positive results either directly or in concert with that of their participants. The personal histories of well-known experimenters suggest that in some cases this capacity existed prior to their success as experimenters, and for others it seems to have occurred or reached awareness through experimentation. Examples are given of the successful performance of psi-conducive researchers when they were participants in experiments. Some hitherto unpublished aspects of the Gothenburg ganzfeld studies are presented that support these conclusions. Theoretical backgrounds in terms of current observational theory and current views of consciousness are briefly reviewed. Some ways of "forensically" or otherwise revealing the influence of experimenter psi are also presented. Experimenter psi is seen as having far-reaching implications for both psychology and parapsychology.
This is the first meta-analysis of all studies related to remote-viewing tasks conducted up to December 2022. After applying our inclusion criteria, we selected 36 studies with a total of 40 effect sizes. Both frequentist and Bayesian meta-analyses revealed a strong average effect size of .34; 95% confidence interval: .22 -.45, after the exclusion of outliers, without signs of publication bias and a minimal decline effect. In terms of raw scores, these average results correspond to a difference in hits score of 19.3%; 95% confidence intervals:13.6%–25%, above the expected chance. Among the meta-analyses of moderators, a small nonstatistical difference emerged between the precognitive and clairvoyance tasks, particularly for those with an outbound agent. A comparison among meta-analyses results observed with other experimental protocols testing extrasensory perception showed the clear superiority of remote viewing. After more than 50 years of investigation into extrasensory perception, remote-viewing experimental protocols appear to be the most efficient for both experimental and practical applications.
This is the first meta-analysis of all studies related to remote viewing tasks conducted up to December 2022.
After applying our inclusion criteria, we selected 36 studies with a total of 40 effect sizes.
Both frequentist and Bayesian meta-analyzes revealed a strong average effect size of a minimum of .34; 95% confidence intervals.22 -.45, after the exclusion of outliers, without signs of publication bias and a tiny decline effect. In raw scores, these average results correspond to a difference in hits score of 19.3%; 95% confidence intervals:13.6%–25%, above the expected chance.
Among the meta-analyses of moderators, a small non-statistical difference emerged between the precognitive and clairvoyance tasks, particularly for those with an outbound agent.
A comparison with meta-analytical results observed with other experimental protocols testing extrasensory perception shows the clear superiority of remote viewing.
After more than 50 years of investigation of extrasensory perception, remote-viewing experimental protocols appear to be the most efficient for both experimental and practical applications.
The term “noetic” comes from the Greek word noēsis/noētikos that means inner wisdom, direct knowing, intuition, or implicit understanding. Strong cultural taboos exist about sharing these experiences. Thus, many may not feel comfortable transparently discussing or researching these topics, despite growing evidence that these experiences may be real. The study’s objective was to qualitatively evaluate first-hand accounts of noetic experiences. 521 English-speaking adults from around the world completed an online survey that collected demographic data and four open-ended questions about noetic experiences. Thematic analysis was used to characterize the data. The ten most used codes were expressing to or sharing with others, impacting decision-making, intuition/”just knowing,” meditation/hypnosis, inner visions, setting intentions/getting into the “state,” healing others, writing for self, and inner voice. There were five main themes identified: 1. Ways of Engagement; 2. Ways of Knowing; 3. Types of Information; 4. Ways of Affecting; and 5. Ways of Expressing. Subthemes. Future research will include investigating the nuances of these themes and also establishing standardized methods for evaluating them. This would also then inform curricula and therapies to support people in these experiences.
The term “noetic” comes from the Greek word noēsis/noētikos that means inner wisdom, direct knowing, intuition, or implicit understanding. Strong cultural taboos exist about sharing these experiences. Thus, many may not feel comfortable transparently discussing or researching these topics, despite growing evidence that these experiences may be real. The study’s objective was to qualitatively evaluate first-hand accounts of noetic experiences. 521 English-speaking adults from around the world completed an online survey that collected demographic data and four open-ended questions about noetic experiences. Thematic analysis was used to characterize the data. The ten most used codes were expressing to or sharing with others, impacting decision-making, intuition/”just knowing,” meditation/hypnosis, inner visions, setting intentions/getting into the “state,” healing others, writing for self, and inner voice. There were five main themes identified: 1. Ways of Engagement; 2. Ways of Knowing; 3. Types of Information; 4. Ways of Affecting; and 5. Ways of Expressing. Subthemes. Future research will include investigating the nuances of these themes and also establishing standardized methods for evaluating them. This would also then inform curricula and therapies to support people in these experiences.
This paper describes a precognition experiment in which two re- searchers took the part of viewers, and worked with two judges to design and implement an experiment in associative remote viewing. We used a redun- dant protocol to eliminate some of the problems experienced by many of us who have tried to harness psi for real world applications. We carried out nine weeks of remote viewing trials, in which the viewer was to describe the target that he or she would be shown two days in the future. At each trial the view- ers had their own target pools of two targets about which they knew nothing. A total of 18 viewings were carried out at the rate of one per person per week. Targets were randomly assigned "up" or "down" status by the judges previ- ous to the viewing. If the viewers both accurately described targets of dis- crepant directions, then the trial was considered a pass. Additionally, if a viewer's target description failed to be awarded a rating of 4 or more on a 0-7 point rating scale, his or her call was declared a pass. Of the 12 viewings that were not rated pass by the judges, 11 correctly described the object that the viewer was shown at a later time @ = 0.003). The objects shown to each viewer corresponded to the direction of the one-day change in the price of May Silver futures. Of the nine trials carried out, two were passed for various reasons, and seven were recorded as traded in the market, although no pur- chases were actually made. Six of the seven trade forecasts were correct.