My Library

Well, I had no answer as to why I could "do it," much less why others couldn’t. But I sensed, or thought I did, a trace of jealousy or envy -- and was shocked at this tip of a hidden iceberg. I mention this here not to discredit Osis in any way. For by now I thought he was a genius at conceiving and designing the OOB experiment, and which conception and design had achieved full ASPR Board approval BEFORE it had started up. Rather, I mention it here because it was the first time I experienced even a possible hint of envy -- and bigger and better examples of which I was to experience in the years ahead, both in subtle ways and in ways no one bothered to conceal. And some of those who didn’t bother to conceal their envy/rage, or whatever it was, were some noted parapsychologists themselves. And the whole of this envy constituted discrimination and persecution of noted psychics, even if subtly deployed behind the scenes. Osis and Mitchell went ahead and immediately submitted the draft of the physiological correlates paper to the ASPR publishing committee, indicating that the shorter paper would quickly follow. No trouble was expected here, because it was standard procedure for the papers to be published in the ASPR’s JOURNAL, and because the OOB experiments had been preapproved by the Board. Whether the papers reported on success or failure, the JOURNAL was obliged to publish them.