The Science of Stephen King

Most upsetting is that in the decades following MK-Ultra experiments, it has become clear that the participants were inextricably harmed. Nineteen-year-old Phyllis Goldberg, barely older than the kids in The Institute, was a bright nursing student when she sought help for depression. She was soon pulled into the research of Dr. Donald Ewen Cameron, the president of both the American and Canadian Psychiatric Associations, who unbeknownst to his patients, was an MK-Ultra contributor. The CIA had begun to pay him to further his work on psychic driving, in which he believed he could manipulate the mind to forget memories and recircuit new pathways. The CIA hoped this potential breakthrough would assist in placing pressure on spies.

Clairaudience is defined as an intuitive voice from a spiritual plane or higher being that is heard by only a select few.

In Dr. Cameron’s pursuit, Phyllis and fellow patients suffered a barrage of drugging, shock therapy, induced comas, and more indignities. This led to horrific consequences. They “would suffer extreme personality changes, incontinence, amnesia, and in many cases, revert them to a state of child-like dependency.”4 As Phyllis’s niece, Marlene Levenson, recounted for CTV, her aunt Phyllis was never the same. “When she would be with us, on weekends and so on, she didn’t communicate. She laughed for no reason. Her gait was very different. She couldn’t dress herself—she couldn’t do anything for herself.” This led to Phyllis spending the last twenty years of her life in a vegetative state. Not unsurprisingly, Phyllis’s story is not unique, and has led her family and other victims to seek justice with a class action lawsuit.

It is important to note that in the documents given to the public, there is no proof that the life-altering experiments conducted by Dr. Cameron on his subjects led to success for spy interrogations in the CIA.

MK-Ultra is not the American government’s last attempt to capture the power of psychics. Uri Gellar, a popular television purveyor of ESP ability in the 1970s, caught the attention of the CIA. He, and others like him, were asked to be a part of a top-secret project in which they would be used, not unlike the children in The Institute, to find defectors. One notable difference, as far as what is known, is they were all adults who were asked, not forced, to cooperate. Annie Jacobson, author of Phenomena: The Secret History of the U.S. Government’s Investigations into Extrasensory Perception and Psychokinesis (2017), explained the merit the government sought in people with supposed ESP. “This is where it got very interesting, because scientists would consider, ‘wait a minute, maybe we can read the minds of other government officials; maybe we can see inside a nuclear facility in Russia.’” As she continued in her interview with Erin Moriarity on CBS Sunday Morning, Jacobson said that despite the government’s open mind, “There’s instances of unusual situations, but there is no proof. It does not pass scientific muster.”

Scientist Dean Radin, author of Real Magic: Ancient Wisdom, Modern Science, and a Guide to the Secret Power of the Universe (2018), disagreed with Jacobson in the piece for CBS, stating “What we’re talking about is something like a talent, similar to musical talent or sports talent. So, there will be some people who are at the Olympic level; most of us aren’t there.”5

To get to the bottom of this fascinating topic, we spoke to clairvoyant Bonnie Macleod about her experiences as an empath.

Meg:“How would you classify your psychic/medium ability? Is it something you have control over, or more of a sudden sense or feeling?”

Bonnie Macleod: “I consider myself a clairvoyant empath more than anything. I also have clairaudient experiences though they are rare for me. I always describe my experience as a ‘knowing.’ I get flashes of items, people, and places in my mind that are accompanied by physical experiences (pain, joy, sadness, etc.) and a general ‘knowing,’ much like when a person talks to themselves in their own head (think-speak). I do have control over things should they become overwhelming (physical pain, or graphic images, or just plain inconvenience). I will say that I cannot do it at will. I can’t force anything to cooperate or happen and won’t pretend to either. I don’t guess at things, if I’m getting nothing I just get nothing. It doesn’t happen often, but it does happen. I don’t put on a show. I’m not a trick pony.”