[[Brendan O'Regan]
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"Sarfatti gave seminars at Esalen, serving as a guiding influence behind [[Fritjoff Capra]], [[Gary Zukav]] and other proponents of the 1970s “New Physics” movement, which explored links between quantum physics and Eastern mysticism. Sarfatti brought Zukav to the Esalen Institute, where he conducted the research for his bestselling The Dancing Wu Li Masters (New York: Morrow, 1979), a book which captured worldwide attention. Sarfatti ghost-wrote major parts of the book, but a bitter feud eventuated when Zukav reneged on promised royalty payments. A notable ‘paraphysicist’ (physicists who investigate ESP phenomena), Sarfatti co-authored the lurid paperback Space-Time & Beyond with [[Bob Toben]] and [[Fred Wolf]], later withdrawing his name from the updated edition. Sarfatti also contributed material to futurist [[Robert Anton Wilson]]’s Cosmic Trigger I: Final Secret of the Illuminati (Berkeley: And/Or Press, 1977), and [[Jeffrey Mishlove]]’s The Roots of Consciousness: The Classic Encyclopedia of Consciousness Studies (Council Oak Distribution, 1993). Current editions of both Zukav and Mishlove’s books have deleted much of the original material, which he wrote for the first editions. “Not a very smart move on the part of the authors!” replies Sarfatti...
"Sarfatti gave seminars at Esalen, serving as a guiding influence behind [[Fritjoff Capra]], [[Gary Zukav]] and other proponents of the 1970s “New Physics” movement, which explored links between quantum physics and Eastern mysticism. Sarfatti brought Zukav to the Esalen Institute, where he conducted the research for his bestselling The Dancing Wu Li Masters (New York: Morrow, 1979), a book which captured worldwide attention. Sarfatti ghost-wrote major parts of the book, but a bitter feud eventuated when Zukav reneged on promised royalty payments. A notable ‘paraphysicist’ (physicists who investigate ESP phenomena), Sarfatti co-authored the lurid paperback Space-Time & Beyond with [[Bob Toben]] and [[Fred Wolf]], later withdrawing his name from the updated edition. Sarfatti also contributed material to futurist [[Robert Anton Wilson]]’s Cosmic Trigger I: Final Secret of the Illuminati (Berkeley: And/Or Press, 1977), and [[Jeffrey Mishlove]]’s The Roots of Consciousness: The Classic Encyclopedia of Consciousness Studies (Council Oak Distribution, 1993). Current editions of both Zukav and Mishlove’s books have deleted much of the original material, which he wrote for the first editions. “Not a very smart move on the part of the authors!” replies Sarfatti...
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"Stanford Research Institute’s Electronics & Bioengineering Laboratories were assigned to the project under the direction of [[Russell Targ]], parodied in the film Ghostbusters (1984)... Sarfatti initially supported Geller’s claims of psychic ability after Geller’s famous Birkbeck test, attended by [[Arthur Koestler]], [[Arthur C. Clarke]] and [[David Bohm]] (engineered by Brendan
O’Regan
). He later labeled Geller a fraud after discussions with magician James Randi. Martin Gardner has captured this strange period in his book Science: Good, Bad & Bogus (Buffalo: Prometheus Books, 1979). With the publication of [[Journal of Scientific Exploration]] (Vol. 10, No. 1), and new papers by researchers [[Edwin May]], [[James Spottiswoode]] and [[Jessica Utts]], Sarfatti no longer dismisses much of the research as “pseudo-science.”
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"Stanford Research Institute’s Electronics & Bioengineering Laboratories were assigned to the project under the direction of [[Russell Targ]], parodied in the film Ghostbusters (1984)... Sarfatti initially supported Geller’s claims of psychic ability after Geller’s famous Birkbeck test, attended by [[Arthur Koestler]], [[Arthur C. Clarke]] and [[David Bohm]] (engineered by
[[
Brendan
O'Regan]]
). He later labeled Geller a fraud after discussions with magician James Randi. Martin Gardner has captured this strange period in his book Science: Good, Bad & Bogus (Buffalo: Prometheus Books, 1979). With the publication of [[Journal of Scientific Exploration]] (Vol. 10, No. 1), and new papers by researchers [[Edwin May]], [[James Spottiswoode]] and [[Jessica Utts]], Sarfatti no longer dismisses much of the research as “pseudo-science.”
"Increasingly disturbed by Werner Erhard’s authoritarian tactics and his 1984esque ‘psychobabble,’ Sarfatti warned of “KGB spies within the New Age movement.” The disagreement with Erhard alienated him from many New Age devotees. It was after Erhard ended funding for the Physics Consciousness Research Group, replacing Sarfatti with his assistant Saul Sirag, that Sarfatti exiled himself to the Caffe Trieste, where he lectured on time-travel techniques and consciousness research.
"Increasingly disturbed by Werner Erhard’s authoritarian tactics and his 1984esque ‘psychobabble,’ Sarfatti warned of “KGB spies within the New Age movement.” The disagreement with Erhard alienated him from many New Age devotees. It was after Erhard ended funding for the Physics Consciousness Research Group, replacing Sarfatti with his assistant Saul Sirag, that Sarfatti exiled himself to the Caffe Trieste, where he lectured on time-travel techniques and consciousness research.