I apologize for the crummy image of the book, but the scanner has been giving me hassles as of late and I had to trim off the sides of the picture.

What you're looking at is the single most valuable resource in print about PK - a time-honored abbreviation for "psycho-kinesis." Generally when you hear about PK it is sometimes mentioned in what few news reports which make the mainstream media concerning poltergeist phenomena; a family will have been having weird occurances in which solid objects such as ashtrays, dishes and furniture seemingly move of their own accord. While the umbrella of PK does include poltergeists, it covers as well such things as fire-walking, spoon-bending a la Uri Geller and others, teleportation, non-local healing and human levitation. According to mainstream science such things are impossible - of course - and are the product of deception, hallucination, bad observation and other manner of, shall we say, bad reportage. As someone who does not take such claims lightly, I will be the first to point out that much of the material which finds its way into the media is just that - fraud, or something misapprehended. I will give as one example, the Loch Ness Monster; 99% of the photos of Nessie have been determined to be either logs, fish or frauds. The fact that the British Navy invested considerable time in hunting for this long-lost plesiosaur and came up empty-handed says a lot.

However, with PK, there is little room for doubt or such off-the-cuff dismissal of the considerable body of work which has been accumulating since the foundation of the SPR (Society for Psychical Research)(UK) in the 188os. Doctor Heath's comprehensive book covers three broad areas - the anecdotal reports of the various kinds of PK which have been recorded since written records were first made millennia ago; the scientific research, as in, carried out in numerous laboratories worldwide by reputable scientists, of various PK phenomena; and last, a consensus of the experiences of seven present-day practitioners, or "experiencers" of PK. This is a book which mainstream science cannot ignore, although it likely will; pity.

You may have seen Pamela Heath's name if you are interested in this kind of thing. She is an MD and a parapsychologist to boot, and has co-authored a wonderful work with Professor Jon Klimo entitled Suicide: What Really Happens in the Afterlife. Dare you ask, who is Jon Klimo? You shall have my retort that he is the man who wrote THE book on channeling: Channeling: Investigations on Receiving Information from Paranormal Sources. And as I am myself a channeler, I think that I'm competent to judge such things.....let me add an LOL though! This one is definitely five stars.

The PK Zone: A Cross-Cultural Review of Psychokinesis (PK)
Pamela Rae Heath M.D., Psy. D
iUniverse Inc New York Lincoln Shanghai 2003

I owe a very great deal to Jane Roberts and Seth. I began reading her books during the 1980s before I realized that much of the weird material that would pop into my head was actually information coming from people that I couldn't see - but I certainly heard them in my mind's ear; if it makes sense that we see thing's in our mind's eye, it is no great jump to hear them in our mind's ear.

For those of you unacquainted with Jane Roberts and the spirit entity Seth whom she channeled from roughly 1964 until shortly before her death in 1986, she was a prolific author who wrote books of poetry, children's books, books which Seth dictated through her to her husband Robert Butts, two books which she claims (and reasonably so, methinks) she channeled from the late American psychologist William James and the French painter Paul Cezanne, and a number of her own books detailing the fascinating life which unfolded as Seth became a welcome part of their lives together. Ms Roberts was a true pioneer in channeling as we know it today; and while I was deeply saddened to learn of her death, I've often had the thought that she didn't have to be around for the tremendous amount of foolishness which arose as the "New Age" carromed into the 1990s.

The book under consideration today, Seth: Dreams and Projections of Consciousness was written by Jane Roberts during the mid-1960s and had been offered to several publishing houses, each of which rejected it. She had had her first book about ESP published in 1964 and was hoping to somehow weave a contiguous skein between the material in that book and this. The publishing world being what it is, interested editors asked her to combine material from this particular book with some other things she's written about her experiences with Seth. This eventually became The Seth Material and was published by Prentice-Hall in 1970 (as I recall). Some time after her death, her original agent for that which became The Seth Material, a fellow named Tam Mossman, called Robert Butts and asking if he knew if the manuscript for the book reviewed here today could be found. Mr. Butts promised to look and was surprised to find it as a completed typewritten manuscript; their lives with Seth had become so busily intertwined, he had forgotten about it. Fortunately for the rest of the world, Mr. Mossman had not forgotten, and the book was published by Stillpoint Press.

It is a delightful read. I can put this simply. For anyone who is unfamiliar with Jane Roberts, Robert Butts or Seth; for anyone unfamiliar with what channeling is; for anyone seeking some guidance from the unseen realm, that which we here call the "unobstructed universe," (thanks once again to Dr. Marti Barham for the term), start here. There is nothing spooky, arrogant or hidden in this marvelous little book. Definitely gets a high five from me!