Euphomet From The Noise | The Signal
Nov 26, 2025
Russell Targ, a pioneering physicist and parapsychology researcher, explores the fascinating world of remote viewing and ESP. He shares compelling stories from his childhood that hint at psychic abilities and discusses laboratory evidence for perceiving future events. Targ highlights his transition from a career in lasers to studying ESP at SRI, detailing how early experiments with notable psychics like Pat Price laid the groundwork for remote viewing. He proposes that future events can influence present experiences, challenging our understanding of time and consciousness.
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From Magic Tricks To Genuine Impressions
- Russell Targ recounts learning magic as a child and using tricks to fool adults while noticing genuine psychic impressions.
- These early experiences introduced him to the idea that he might have some real psychic functioning.
14-Year-Old Magician Wins Painting
- Russell Targ describes performing as a teenage magician at an art opening where he unexpectedly won a painting.
- He later connects such moments to early instances of experiences that looked like magic.
Psychic Descriptions Preceded Scientific Concepts
- Targ links Theosophical descriptions of subatomic structure to later scientific concepts like quarks.
- He uses this to argue that nontraditional awareness can access valid knowledge ahead of mainstream science.
