Wargo Ch 2
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Henry Vo
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Wargo Ch 2
In chapter two of
Time Loops
: Precognition, Retrocausation, and the
Unconscious
, Eric Wargo expands upon the concept of precognition by mentioning
the dreams and experiences of Victor Goddard, J.W. Dunne, and Captain Gladstone.
Goddard, the officer in charge of the British air force during Dunkirk, had a
particular experience of precognition that was perhaps a result of reading J. W.
Dunne’s
An Experiment with Time
. His most significant experience derived from
eavesdropping on Gladstone’s explanation of a dream he had in which Goddard’s
plane, containing two males, Goddard, and a female, crashed on an island in Asia
before reaching the United States.
Although Gladstone’s dream foresaw the plane’s
crashing, all passengers survived the incident. Because Goddard’s experiences were
supported by J. W. Dunne’s
An Experiment with Time
, Dunne’s theory of surrealism
and his numerous experiences with precognition are the most alluring. After having
dreams of a stopped clock at 4:30, an exploration of northern Africa, and a volcanic
eruption that decimated an island become reality, Dunne developed a theory of
precognition and time that helped with his struggle in believing God. At a young
age, he abandoned God after becoming overcome with emotion during choir.
However, after he decided to pursue his “evil personality,” and read Dr. Jekyll and
Mr. Hyde, he returned to God with an unwillingness to accept the Gospels. However,
his theory of Serialism expanded the horizons of precognition and human
consciousness. Inspired by the Theory of Relativity, Serialism suggests that the
human consciousness is a part of two minds: an individual mind and a Universal
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mind. While the individual mind includes present thoughts and is restricted to an
individual, all creatures share the immortal Universal Mind that can transcend time.
Because of the Universal Mind, the human consciousness, during a state of
relaxation or sleep, can essentially escape the present to observe future events.
What’s most compelling about Dunne’s theory is its flexibility and relationship to
modern physics that allows Serialism to challenge rational thinking.
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