Cosmic Voyage: The Scientific Discovery of Extraterrestrials Visiting Earth

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Summary: Interesting reading
Review: After meditating daily for twenty years I found the Monroe institutes programs and discovered how easily levels of conscienceness can change. There are many doorways yet unopened untill someone points us toward a key. Here we find another brother on the quest pointing toward an opening in the fabric of our exsistance. The option to walk through it or turn away is, of course, ours.

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Summary: Interesting approach to proving alien existence
Review: Although I enjoyed reading this controversial book, I am still somewhat skeptical as to the methods the author undertakes to prove alien existence. Brown does not support many of his claims with hard scientific evidence. As a scientist myself, I simply cannot accept conclusions without the appropriate data to support the claims made. However, I do feel that there is more going on in this physical world than the common man perceives and I thank Brown for his opinions on this matter. In conclusion, I recommend this book to anyone interested in alien phenomena. There is no saying that you can't be abducted next!

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Summary: Cosmic Voyage or Cosmic Fiction
Review: I actually should have rated this book higher than 6 because it really was fascinating to read while PRETENDING that it is true. I actually read the book twice. The second time was a mistake; I had forgotten that I had already read the hardback copy. While reading the paperback, I kept saying to myself, "Hey, this stuff validates everything I read or heard elsewhere." Then I realized by about page 100 that this was because I had heard it all from Brown himself. It's extremely hard to swallow that Brown was right on the money with every single target. Heck, if his remote viewing skills are that good, he could make millions for our country. As fiction, this is very fascinating. That's how any reader should approach it.

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Summary: Book is very interesting
Review: I found the book interesting for the following powerful ideas 1-People who claim to not believe in psychic connections,supernatural phenominon and UFO type ideas regularly attend religious functions whos basic premise is communication with a higher phenominon. 2-The concept of multiple Alien species makes sense.Think about what was facing the Native Americans in 1491? The Spanish,English and French. 3-The concept that the human race cannot be an effective galactic entity without an effective World Government.

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Summary: mind opener to things beyond "the credible world"
Review: I found this book one of the best on the subject of life outside our every day affairs. The author puts into perspective all of the diffrent ideas and/or facts that have been written on the UFO / Abduction literature, that so far have been dificult to classify and categorize due to the nature of the subject. To me, this book is a must for any one intrested on some of the aspects the future will bring to all of us as a race and no doubt some very important ones.
One defect the book has for me is the unanswered questions that the author himself knows there are and that he could have found the answer with the technics and abilities he has.
Worth to read with an open mind!

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Summary: A excerpt from an email I sent to Brown.
Review: I have some concerns about your conclusions and the results from you Scientific Remote Viewing experiences. On the jacket of your book it states "Cosmic Voyage not only reveals vital new data about alien visitors, but also offers the first demonstrable proof of the existence of the human soul." Well, if your conclusion is that the human soul and alien civilizations exists, your logic seems to be: 1) TM, the Gateway Experience, and SRV are ways to develop a completely accurate intelligence gathering capability. 2) I have practiced these techniques and offer the following reports on Alien Civilizations. 3) Therefore, these reports on Alien Civilizations are accurate. As an educated man, I cannot accept your conclusion because you have failed to support your major premise in your book. The logical fallacy I encountered in reading you book is that you have begged the question of whether or not your techniques are accurate intelligence gathering capabilities and already assume it to be true without supporting it. The only thing that comes close to support on this major premise is "One must remember that most remote-viewing using Earth-based targets can be independently confirmed, and this has been done exhaustively in the development of these protocols." (p. 27) OK, where's the proof? There are no citations for this statement. What are the studies, where can I go to look at them? Perhaps you felt that this would be beyond the scope of your book, but I feel it is absolutely necessary if your conclusions are to be taken seriously. I am interested in corroborating some of your information by taking the training that you took so I can reach my on experiential conclusions. However, I have a problem with the first element of training, Transcendental Meditation. There are many good schools of meditation, however this one disturbs me because of the controversy surrounding it. TM is an indoctrination into the Hindu religion. I cannot pray to a minor deity in a polytheistic religion. It deeply conflicts with my own spiritual beliefs.

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Summary: A excerpt from an email I sent to Brown.
Review: I have some concerns about your conclusions and the results from you Scientific Remote Viewing experiences. On the jacket of your book it states "Cosmic Voyage not only reveals vital new data about alien visitors, but also offers the first demonstrable proof of the existence of the human soul." Well, if your conclusion is that the human soul and alien civilizations exists, your logic seems to be: 1) TM, the Gateway Experience, and SRV are ways to develop a completely accurate intelligence gathering capability. 2) I have practiced these techniques and offer the following reports on Alien Civilizations. 3) Therefore, these reports on Alien Civilizations are accurate. As an educated man, I cannot accept your conclusion because you have failed to support your major premise in your book. The logical fallacy I encountered in reading you book is that you have begged the question of whether or not your techniques are accurate intelligence gathering capabilities and already assume it to be true without supporting it. The only thing that comes close to support on this major premise is "One must remember that most remote-viewing using Earth-based targets can be independently confirmed, and this has been done exhaustively in the development of these protocols." (p. 27) OK, where's the proof? There are no citations for this statement. What are the studies, where can I go to look at them? Perhaps you felt that this would be beyond the scope of your book, but I feel it is absolutely necessary if your conclusions are to be taken seriously. I am interested in corroborating some of your information by taking the training that you took so I can reach my on experiential conclusions. However, I have a problem with the first element of training, Transcendental Meditation. There are many good schools of meditation, however this one disturbs me because of the controversy surrounding it. TM is an indoctrination into the Hindu religion. I cannot pray to a minor deity in a polytheistic religion. It deeply conflicts with my own spiritual beliefs.

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Summary: wow ...
Review: I started Courtney Brown's book "Cosmic Voyage" with a great deal of enthusiasm. His introductory remarks on the scientific principle of repeatability and his general tone of rationality were admirable -- at last a serious look at Remote Viewing as a tool for the study of alien visitations -- or so I thought. Unfortunately Professor Brown did nothing to confirm he adhered to these principles. This book is a series of personal accounts of his experiences with Remote Viewing. Even the monitor he used is kept secret -- strange for a supposedly scientific examination. Ultimately, the book turned out to be a validation of his own belief systems by way of his experiences in a highly controversial subject -- the last place you would expect that would be appropriate. Pathetically, his own accounts repeatedly contradict what he would have us to believe. He insists on giving aliens labels such as "Jesus" and "Buddha", even when the alleged aliens protest that this is useless or makes no sense. Most damaging is his bizarre use of Star Trek terminology as applied to real phenomenon. As a political scientist, Professor Brown should be aware that modern physics is no stranger to unfamiliar concepts like time travel and hyper-dimensional descriptions of space. His use of terms from the science fiction pop-culture made it extremely hard to remember this was supposed to be a work of non-fiction. Finally, I find it very hard to believe the central concept of the book: the future is known exactly by beings with the right mental or physical capabilities. Even other books on Remote Viewing don't go along with this. It's very hard to see how a universe could exist with the physical paradoxes that would result if this were possible

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Summary: How conveniently the truth confirms all the authors beliefs
Review: I started Courtney Brown's book "Cosmic Voyage" with a great deal of enthusiasm. His introductory remarks on the scientific principle of repeatability and his general tone of rationality were admirable -- at last a serious look at Remote Viewing as a tool for the study of alien visitations -- or so I thought. Unfortunately Professor Brown did nothing to confirm he adhered to these principles. This book is a series of personal accounts of his experiences with Remote Viewing. Even the monitor he used is kept secret -- strange for a supposedly scientific examination. Ultimately, the book turned out to be a validation of his own belief systems by way of his experiences in a highly controversial subject -- the last place you would expect that would be appropriate. Pathetically, his own accounts repeatedly contradict what he would have us to believe. He insists on giving aliens labels such as "Jesus" and "Buddha", even when the alleged aliens protest that this is useless or makes no sense. Most damaging is his bizarre use of Star Trek terminology as applied to real phenomenon. As a political scientist, Professor Brown should be aware that modern physics is no stranger to unfamiliar concepts like time travel and hyper-dimensional descriptions of space. His use of terms from the science fiction pop-culture made it extremely hard to remember this was supposed to be a work of non-fiction. Finally, I find it very hard to believe the central concept of the book: the future is known exactly by beings with the right mental or physical capabilities. Even other books on Remote Viewing don't go along with this. It's very hard to see how a universe could exist with the physical paradoxes that would result if this were possible

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Summary: Disappointing, unscientific, uncorroborated
Review: I've checked this book out of the library twice, the second time to be certain my first impressions were supported by a second perspective: as someone who is interested in extra-normal experiences I want to believe the story this book is pushing, as someone who respects science and RATIONAL free thinking I cannot. The claims made are unsubstantiated by footnotes or any other kind of research worthy information, with constant reminders scattered through the first chapters that the process Professor Brown went through to indoctrinate himself in the belief system which resulted in this book is a very costly and time consuming one which, presumably, the average reader will not have the resources to undertake. Prof. Brown's constant references to "Star Trek" are very trying, I might add.