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Introduction 

Don Elkins: This book is an exact transcript from tape recordings of twenty-six  sessions of an experiment designed to communicate with an extraterrestrial  being. We started the experiment in 1962 and refined the process for nineteen  years. In 1981 the experimental results of our efforts changed profoundly in  quality and precision. This book is simply a report of the beginning of this  latter phase of our work.  Since our experimental work began, and even before we officially formed a  research group, there was considerable confusion about the nature of our  research. I would like to state that I consider my point of view to be purely  scientific. Many readers of this material have used as a basis for its  evaluation a previously assumed philosophical bias which has ranged from  what I would call objectively scientific to subjectively theological. It is not  the purpose of our research group to attempt to do anything other than  make experimental data available. Each reader will undoubtedly reach his own unique conclusion about the meaning of this body of data.

In recent years there has been much controversy about phenomena that  were apparently incompatible with accepted methods of scientific research.  This included such things as UFOs, mental metal-bending, psychic surgery,  and many other seemingly miraculous happenings.  To prove or disprove any of these alleged phenomena is certainly not  properly the task of the casual observer. However, most of the public  opinion that has been generated with respect to these events seems to be the  product of quick and superficial investigation. After almost thirty years of  research and experimentation in the area of so-called paranormal  phenomena, I must recommend extreme caution in reaching a conclusion.  If it is possible to make money, gain notoriety, or have fun from  perpetrating a hoax, then someone usually does it.

Consequently,  paranormal or psychic areas are prime targets for the trickster, and the  careful researcher usually has to observe copious amounts of “garbage” data  in order to find a possible imbedded gem of truth. This is especially true of  Philippine psychic surgery and the large area of spirit communication in  general.  It seems to me that the presently accepted scientific paradigm is less than  adequate. It is my opinion that our present natural philosophy is a very  special case of a much more general case yet to be unveiled. It is my hope  that our research is in the direction of this discovery. After assimilating  several million words of alleged extraterrestrial communication, it is also my  opinion that this book and the subsequent volumes of the Ra material contain the most useful information that I have discovered. As a result of all  of this delving into the rather confusing subjects of UFOlogy and  parapsychology, I, of course, have formed my current opinion of how things  “really are.” This opinion may change at any time as I become aware of  future information. This book is not intended to be a treatise of my  opinion, so I will not attempt to defend its validity. The following is the  best guess I can make about what we think we are doing. Only time will tell  as to the accuracy of this guess.

Our research group uses what I prefer to call “tuned trance telepathy” to  communicate with an extraterrestrial race called Ra. We use the English  language because it is known by Ra. In fact, Ra knows more of it than I do.

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