Hello Ewen,
General public inquiries don't yield anything that moves us from "highly contested knowledge." RV isn't on the nightly news (at least in the midwest in the US) and all the public sees is old stuff. It's in the civilian sector and it has been in the civilian sector. The research quoted here was done in the military and now we've moved into application.
I couldn't find the date the article was written. The information sourced is dated, meaning researched in the mid-eighties (?) and it doesn't bring you up to speed with what is happening in 2009. The site was updated in February of 2009 but the article doesn't give any clear indication of new info. A TV episode and a magazine article or two were what caught my eye.
So meanwhile, if you know where to look and who to ask, remote viewers have clients and they're working. All the public has to look at are stats from a handful of viewers of twenty-five or thirty years ago.
P>S>I's server is down. I waited, hoping it might come up. When I can show all of you some curriculum info from 2009 I will. Meanwhile, maybe some other schools / trainers will post here so that people following the thread can see what students in the civilian sector today are learning, including retasking and scalar measurements. Whether the student practices to the level of their ability after they are taught is up to them and like anything else, if you don't use it, you lose it.
Thanks for posting,
Teresa
Following through as promised to try to give anyone following the thread a current 2009, post-military snapshot of remote viewing. This is my school and it is the information that I am familiar with and readily available to me. I want to state clearly that I am not disrespecting any other trainers or schools. I hope they post as well. If the public perception of remote viewing continues to be based on thirty-year-old information we'll never get anywhere, so I am bringing to the table and sharing what I have as an example.
These are from Lyn Buchanan's crviewer website. Paul Smith is currently President of IRVA, the tenth anniversary conference in Vegas is in three weeks and he is beyond busy. He posted that IRVA plans to have a page where all trainers can post their information across the board so if anyone is interested they have an idea of location, schedule, fees, etc. As previously stated by other viewers here, some
other trainers and programs besides CRV. Apologies to whom I may miss and they are in no particular order: SRV, TRV, HRVG, Glenn Wheaton, Paul Smith, Stephan Schwartz, Angela Smith, Dick Algire, Courtney Brown, Joni Dourif, Dave Moorehouse, Paul Smith, Simeon Hein, Ed Dames and independent self-starters at sites like TKR supplied by PJ Gaenir.
If you need more there may be more at IRVA. So, if you have the names and sites, those are some examples of remote viewing in 2009 vs a thirty year old search engine hit and general, generic terminology.
Example: 2009 Courses at Controlled Remote Viewing with P>S>I:
1.
Advanced CRV Course (Basic>Intermediate>Advanced)
Scalar Determinations (Degree of/Amount of/Value of/etc.):
Such conceptual aspects as distance in kilometers or miles, value in kopecks, etc., are not natural information structures, and exist only as social constructs. These are difficult aspects of a site to access and report accurately. Methods of reducing the task to small, easily accomplished increments are taught and practiced.
Extremely Detailed Physical Attributes and Relationships:
The student learns new methods for accessing extremely detailed information from the site and ways to combine previously learned techniques to handle seemingly insurmountable tasks.
3-Dimensional Relationships and Characteristics:
Access of physical relationships is enhanced as the student learns how to "perceive in 3-D". Clay modeling and other techniques are used as a working medium as the student learns to access even more detailed information from the site.
Connections (Physical and Non-Physical) in Time and Space:
The most advanced form of relationships are those which exist only in time, very distant locations, or a combination of both. The student learns search methods which identify such "thread" relationships. Once identified, special methods of access and reporting are covered.
Advanced Conceptual Aspects( Implications of / Ramifications of / etc.):
Accessing and describing conceptual aspects of the target site is carried one step further, venturing into possible vs probable futures while keeping the viewing process clean of imagination and/or logical reasoning.
Detailed Drawing and Mapping Techniques:
Methods are taught for using site contact to produce much more detailed drawings and even maps and/or site/construction plans. The student is led through increasing levels of complexity and difficulty, finally reaching a stage of tasking requiring details of components located inside intricate machinery.
2.
Monitor Course
The Monitor's course trains a person to act as an interface between the Controlled Remote Viewer and the "outside world." This training is strongly advised for organization-sponsored students.
The CRV Monitor's Course is for those people who will become professional monitors, as well as those who want to monitor for a friend, spouse, or other viewer(s). It covers the monitoring process in great depth and detail. For those who have already had CRV viewer training through advanced, it acts as a professionalization course. If you will be working with a single viewer, attendance with that viewer is required, either for the monitoring course, or as they take one of the viewer's courses. Corporations or agencies which want a full-time, non-viewing monitor to work with a group of in-house viewers must be willing to send at least one of their viewers with whom the monitor student will train.
Topics Covered
Theory and Structure of the CRV Process:
In-session events provide opportunities for information collection by the monitor which will almost inevitably be missed by the viewer working alone. The monitor is trained to recognize and use these opportunities to further the information-gathering process.
Micromovements:</STRONG>
As the Remote Viewer works, he/she will evidence certain "micromovements" during the course of a session. Many of these are involuntary expressions of the Autonomic Nervous System indicating inner conflict, relief, or other signals of internal processes. The Monitor is trained to pick these micromovements out from general restlessness or other random movements, and understand what they mean. In this way, it becomes possible for the Monitor to watch for micromovements which indicate strong (or weak) contact with the target site, and to thereby perform in-session evaluation of the validity of the Viewer's individual perceptions.
Conduct and Standardized Procedures of the CRV Session:
The monitor student is trained in methods to "keep the viewer and the session on track." Incorrect monitor conduct can damage a viewer's ability to perform at peak efficiency. The monitor must know how to structure, guide and manipulate the session without adversely affecting the viewer, the process, or the information. After every practice session, the monitor's conduct and strategies are reviewed and critiqued to give immediate feedback.
Proper Tasking - What to Accept and Not to Accept:
The CRV process is most effective when the viewer is kept isolated from the tasking information. The monitor must be aware of what kinds of tasking will harm the product, as well as how to handle situations where such problems occur.
What To Do When Things Go Wrong:
Possible problems and how to handle and document them are covered in depth. A problem hot-line to PSI is provided.
How to Handle Session Visitors / Onlookers:
Any visitor to a session must be properly briefed before the session and controlled during it. This is especially so in such cases where the onlooker is a distraught parent or other individual personally involved in the tasking. Proper handling of non-viewing persons in the RV session, while at the same time, meeting the viewer's needs, can attain the status of an art-form.
The Monitor's Responsibilities for Proper Reporting:
Corruption of otherwise valid information during the reporting process has negated the benefits of many a session. Such corruption can be quite subtle in nature. Mastery of proper reporting techniques is an absolute requirement for the monitor.
3.
Analyst Course
The Analyst's course trains a person to better read and understand the information gained during the remote viewing process. It also includes reporting procedures. The CRV Analyst's course is generally limited to people who have already taken the CRV Monitor's course. If the Analyst course student has not taken the Monitor's course, this course is necessarily lengthened to cover the features of the Monitor's course.
Topics Covered
Controlled Remote Viewing's structure:
The Analyst is made intimately familiar with the structure used in Controlled Remote Viewing sessions. The detection and meaning of the various "out of structure" conditions is stressed.
Data separation and reorganization:
It is the nature of the remote viewing session that information about any one aspect of the site will appear in bits and pieces, interspersed with information about other target aspects. The Analyst is taught to separate the data from a session transcript and then reassemble it into a more meaningful structure for proper analysis.
Analogy and imagery transference - Its meaning and interpretation:
The normal remote viewing session is rife with situations where a viewer has either used allegory, analogy or fantasy to attach correct descriptions to incorrect objects. The Analyst is trained to recognize these conditions and to pull the correct information away from the incorrect setting.
Database usage:
A properly run Controlled Remote Viewing program maintains detailed information on a Viewer's strengths and weaknesses. The Analyst is trained in the method of quickly and efficiently accessing the Viewer's data to help in the analysis and reporting processes.
Tasker/Viewer interface:
There are times when the Analyst must consult with the tasker for interpretations. The Analyst is trained to do so in a controlled methodology which will not contaminate reporting and/or future sessions. Proper documentation of such transactions is also taught.
Reporting:
The task of generating the final report usually falls to the Analyst. Even if another person acts as the report writer, the analyst formats the information in such a way that it is prepared for the report. The analyst also acts as consultant to the report writer. The report, most often, will be formatted in such a way that the customer will be able to present it as one of the company's normal reports, with information gained via normal means. The Analyst is trained in this course on proper reporting procedures to include format, content, presentation and style.
Each student for the CRV Analyst's course is required to have completed the Viewer's training. Experience has shown that an analyst cannot fully understand the process until having experienced it. It is most desirable that the student for this course bring along as much work as possible from those viewers for whom he/she will be performing analysis.
4.
Project Management
The CRV Project Manager's course covers those tasks and duties a person needs in order to sucessfully manage the remote viewers, monitors, analysts, and report writers. Since the Project Manager is quite often required to interface with the customer, customer-relation tools are also covered.
Topics Covered
Management's Responsibilities: Management of a CRV effort is different from normal management in a myriad of ways. Conduct and handling of these specialized personnel and the information they produce can be a minefield from which the unwary and untrained manager may never return. Differences, pitfalls, preventive measures, special techniques and moral, legal, social and corporate responsibilities are covered in great detail.
How to Manage for Best Return and Maximum Efficiency:
The manager student learns the proper methods for maximizing the product of the CRV effort.
How to Deal With Taskers:
Special problems arise when taskers are not aware of the information's source, or have erroneous understandings of the CRV process and what it can/cannot do. Problems and techniques for handling taskers and the tasking they provide is covered in detail. The "garbage in - garbage out" principle is most important.
How to Interface the CRV Effort with the Public / Press / Chain of Command:
Many problems can be prevented through a properly conducted effort of aggressive intervention. Potential problems, their causes and cures are covered.
How to Select CRV Personnel:
This is perhaps the most important and the most surprising portion of the Manager's course.
How to Maintain CRV Personnel Proficiency:
This is normally another surprising aspect of the Manager's course, since normal procedures used for other types of employee proficiency are usually inadequate for the maintenance of CRV proficiency. Methods, principles involved, and maintenance programs are covered.
Job Performance Evaluation:
Job performance evaluations for viewers and monitors is one of the Project Manager's largest headaches. It is sometimes impossible to evaluate a Controlled Remote Viewer's results until years after a session takes place. Evaluation cannot be made on the basis of results. Yet, managers who base their evaluations on strictly personal and subjective factors almost inevitably wind up destroying the CRV effort. Special problems and techniques are covered in detail.
5.
In-House Corporate Team Training
Businesses often have the need to gain insight into possible challenges in contract negotiations, new product development and many other daily business operations. Because this information is often proprietary, the company would prefer not to outsource the task of investigating.
P>S>I is fully equipped to develop a complete in-house remote viewing team using the company's, corporate's, agency's or department's own personnel. This in-house team becomes the equivalent of the U.S. government's remote viewing unit, and in fact, also incorporates improvements learned through the years of that program's operations.
A project team consists of more than just excellent viewers. Properly trained Project Managers, Monitors and Analysts are essential to the successful execution of a "real-world" project. Training for in-house projects begins with corporate education in operations security, to include security issues for having and using the project team as well as its information. Corporate or "chain of command" managers are trained in the proper selection of personnel, and the proper use of this resource, as well as its security issues.
P>S>I's director, Lyn Buchanan, was one of the trainer's for the U.S. government's remote viewing program. He has a background which gives him the unique ability of training all aspects of a remote viewing operation.
For more information, or if you would like to discuss this possibility in greater detail, please contact us by contacting our
Project Coordinator .
All contact information and items discussed are treated according to the strictest security measures.
6.
Report Writing: Geared toward the specific needs, language and terminology of the specific business or customer:
One of the most important parts of the remote viewing process is the presentation of the information to those who need/can use it. The number of times when good information has been ignored or thrown into the trash because of the wrong presentation, is countless.
This is an in-depth course in the presentation of remote viewing material in such a way that it will be considered and used, rather than being considered as "crazy psychic stuff" and tossed.
More than for consideration, though, this course teaches the report writer how to present the information in a way that is so professional that it will meet the needs of any business, scientific organization, or any other professional, governmental or other customer.
Topics Covered
Reporting formats
The format of a remote viewing report must meet the needs of the customer. Therefore, the report writer must be able to find out and follow the customer's individual formats.
Reporting terminology
The information also needs to be presented in the customer's language, and the report writer is therefore required to be able to write the report to be readable by the customer. The report writer is trained in ways to work with the customer in order to access and use the customer's particular jargon correctly.
The use of necessary equipment:
As obvious as it may sound, report writing requires the use of such equipment as a word processor, printer, fax, internet file transfer, graphics programming, a scanner, an optical character reader, and other programs and equipment as necessary. This course includes instruction in the use of such programs and equipment.
Most writers do not use spell checkers, grammar checkers, or other means to make their final product as professional as possible. This course therefore includes full instruction on the use of these tools.
Working with the other members of the remote viewing team:
A report writer cannot just write up the information according to personal interpretation of what is given to him/her. A full understanding of its meanings and intricacies is necessary in order to make the report coherent and correct. The report writer student is taught to consult with the other members of a remote viewing team in order to fully understand the material.
The proper use of graphics:
Graphics are an integral part of the remote viewing process and will require the proper presentation. In addition, other graphical material will often be used to make the report suitable to the customer, such as company logos, the presentation of background information, cover pages, etc. An untrained person will often over- or under-do graphics, will place graphics incorrectly, and can easily make a report non-informative or unpleasant in the process. The proper and constructive use of graphics is covered in this course.
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So there is a bit bigger overview of remote viewing and nonlocality. All content for above courses obtained from Lyn Buchanan and P>S>I at
www.crviewer.com.
Hope it helps,
Teresa
Perhaps this is the same unverifiable report you heard him speak about in 2005? 