The Past is Prologue
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Chapter 2 The Past Is Prologue Answers began to come to Morehouse with his acceptance into the remote viewing unit. Once his training began, Morehouse found that remote viewing apparently has been with us throughout history. It simply has gone by different names. From the earliest writings there have been accounts of visions, prophesy, soothsaying, and divination. And careful study shows clearly that the same phenomenon appears to be working in each of these activities. In the Vedas, the most ancient written record of man, there are references to supernatural powers called “siddhis.” According to the venerable Hindu scriptures, these were unwanted paranormal side effects of meditation that tended to distract the meditator.1 Dr. Richard Broughton, director of research at the Institute for Parapsychology in Durham, North Carolina, has quoted 43
