In this Skool call @Chevalier Michael Adam van Reyk Zoupa KTJ and I caught up, partly to test out skool calls, partly to catch up socially as we do because it's been a minute. It was kinda Joe Rogan show esque, mostly we chatted occult, esoterica, aliens, ancient civilisations and personal growth. We had fun and I think we may do it again! Thanks again Michael! 🫶

Every so often, I go trawling through the CIA FOIA Reading Room, which is a giant public archive of declassified documents. And yes, naturally, I gravitate straight toward the metaphysical, occult, consciousness-expanding, “what on earth were they doing?” corner of the library. One of the most fascinating rabbit holes in there is the CIA’s material on The Monroe Institute’s Gateway Program. Gateway is a structured system of audio-guided exercises designed to help people access altered states of consciousness. Deep body relaxation, alert mind, expanded awareness, out-of-body exploration, non-physical perception, that sort of thing. This was during the Cold War and the CIA took it very seriously. Not necessarily because everyone suddenly became a mystic, but because they were concerned that the Soviets might be ahead in psychic research and creating psychic soldiers and spies via remote viewing and consciousness-based intelligence work. Which I find… very 𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑟𝑖𝑔𝑢𝑖𝑛𝑔. What I love about these files is that they sit in that strange overlap between the practical and the mind-bending. On one hand, there are actual exercises: breath, focus, energy containment, altered states, preparation for out-of-body work. On the other hand, there are theories about holographic reality, quantum physics, brain hemisphere synchronisation and the nature of consciousness itself. So whether you are completely new to this and just curious about meditation, binaural beats and brainwave states, or you are already deep in the world of OBEs, subtle energy and non-physical realms, these documents are worth a look. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐞𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐆𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐟𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐈’𝐯𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐫𝐞: 𝟏. 𝐀𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐲𝐬𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐀𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐆𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬, 𝟏𝟗𝟖𝟑 This is the big one. A 30-page report by Lt. Col. Wayne M. McDonnell analysing the Gateway Experience. It looks at Hemi-Sync audio technology, binaural beats, altered states, out-of-body experiences, holographic reality, quantum physics and potential applications like enhanced intuition and remote perception.

I had planned and scheduled to try a Skool call at 2:30pm today, Melbourne time, however it looks like Skool will be down for maintenance from 2-4pm Melbourne time. If I can swing a spontaneous call today, I will, otherwise I’ll try to schedule one again, in the near future.