Ptolemy Tompkins: In addition to Bernie and Marsha, without whose enthusiasm and hospitality this book would never have been, I’d like to thank my longtime mentor and friend Stephan Schwartz for introducing Bernie and me, Jonathan Merkh at Howard Books, our stupendous editor Beth Adams, my agents Art Klebanoff and Jen Gates (along with everyone else at Aevitas Creative). Thanks to Rick Willett, for his fine copyediting, and Chris Milea, for his production editing. Thanks to Kate Farrell, Bill Manning, all the Trains (especially Maria Teresa and Francie, Sue Townsend, Karl Taro Greenfeld, Mara Lieber, Elliott Goldkind, Mary Belton, Oliver Ray, Jean Lenihan, Isreal Segal, Richard Ryan, Terrence Patrick McGovern, Jerry Smith, Greg Mirhej, Christie Ray Robb, Leeza Mangaldas, the brilliant Steve Sittenreich, Alix Thorne, Arch and Linda Gillies, Richard Smoley, Mitch Horowitz, Mark Booth, Gary Lachman, Christina Johnstone, the ever-patient Samantha Manning, Colleen Hughes, Lulu Scherman, Evie Scherman, and last but very much not least, my sister, Robin.
Bernard Haisch: I acknowledge the collegial support of Prof. Alfonso Rueda, Dr. Hal Puthoff, Prof. Garret Model, Prof. Peter Sturrock, Prof. Robert Jahn, Brenda Dunne, Dr. Larry Dossey, the late Prof. Ian Stevenson, Russell Targ. Prof. Rudy Schild, Prof. Eric Priest, Prof. Peter Ulmschneider, Prof. Owen Gingerich, Prof. Arnold Benz, Prof. Richard Henry, and Prof. Stephen Post. I also recognize the Society for Scientific Exploration for its support of frontier science. I wish to thank the monks of the Bhaktivedanta Institute in Calcutta, India, for inviting me to speak and share perspectives on these topics.
Thanks to Stephan Schwartz for introducing me to my coauthor, Ptolemy Tompkins.
I owe special thanks to Dr. Tom Campbell, author of My Big TOE (Theory of Everything) for introducing me to the concept of evolving digital consciousness in virtual realities. He is on the right path.
Finally, major thanks go to our editor, Beth Adams.