This story of the journey of Robert Monroe would have been impossible without the assistance and cooperation of members of his family. I am happy to acknowledge the more than generous help of Laurie Monroe, Nancy (Scooter) McMoneagle and Joe McMoneagle, Penny Holmes, A. J. (Terry) Honeycutt, Lucinda Honeycutt, Emmett and Alice Monroe, Robert Monroe, and Maria Whitehead.
Others who gave most freely of their time and memories were Skip Atwater, Mark Certo, George Durrette, Leslie France, Melissa Jager, Stefano Siciliano, and Rita Warren. I am indebted to Tom Campbell and Rosie McKnight for permission to quote from their published works, and to Jim Beal, Gail Blanchette, Shirley Bliley, Marie Coble, Dr. Al Dahlberg, Ria Erickson, Mike George, Helene Guttman, Ron Harris, Dr. Fowler Jones, Franceen King, Paul King, David Lambert, Chris Lenz, Karen Malik, Darlene Miller, Dr. Suzanne Morris, Justine Owens, PhD, Joseph Chilton Pearce, Ed Pearson, Dr. Rupert Sheldrake, Rev. Shay St. John, Ray Waldkoetter, and Teresa West for their help and information.
I am grateful to Skip Atwater for permission to reprint his authoritative paper on the Hemi-Sync technology, and to Dave Mulvey for his simplified version of the process, to Alan Alger, the Munro/Monroe clan genealogist in the United States, and to Nancy Dorman (and cats) for wonderful hospitality. Professor Joe Felser sharpened my insight into Bob Monroe's philosophy. Three dear friends who in their time contributed in different ways so much to the success of the work of the Institute, Dave Wallis, Martin Warren, and Ruth Domin, are remembered with much affection. I am also greatly indebted to the late Bayard Stockton, who kindly gave me permission to make use of Catapult, his biography of Robert Monroe, published by Donning in 1989.
I have been very fortunate in my editor, Frank DeMarco, and my agent, Barbara Bowen, and am happy to acknowledge their help. My thanks also to Tania Seymour and her colleagues at Hampton Roads Publishing.
Professor Charles Tart was a friend of Bob Monroe for thirty years. This book would not have been complete without his perceptive and informative—and very generous—foreword, for which I am most grateful.
It is to Jill that I owe my greatest debt. Had it not been for her insistence I would never have been to the Institute, never have taken the Gateway or any other program, and never have met Bob and Nancy Monroe. Her patience and perception have guided this book from the very beginning. And her memory is a lot sharper than mine!