OUT-OF-BODY EXPERIENCES INITIATED MAN S RESEARCH (CHARLOTTESVILLE DAILY PROGRESS-JAN 17, 1984)

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Please See HEALTH, Page A10 Russia.
Out-Of-Body Experiences
Initiated Man's Research
Progress Photo by Jim Carpenter
Robert Monroe At Control Panel For Sound Equipment
Institute In Nelson County Studies Various Levels Of Conciousness
By KATHY HOKE
of The Progress Staff
NELLYSFORD - In 1958, New York
City radio broadcaster Robert A. Monroe
began to leave his body.
The unexplained experiences of his mind,
via a second body, traveling across the
country and to parts unknown initiated his
studies into human consciousness -,a pur-
suit that eventually drew him from a suc-
cessful broadcasting career to full-time
research at his 800-acre institute along the
Blue Ridge in Nelson County.
Monroe said the response from his 1971
book, Journeys Out of the Body, encour-
aged him to devote more time to his re-
search. More than. 200,000 copies of the
book have been sold in six languages.
Monroe, who wrote the prime-time radio
program "Rocky Gordon "in the early 1940s,
said he began his research when "a strange
series of events started happening to me
some years ago."
The events, his out-of-body experiences,
or "OOBEs" prompted him to explore var-
.4ous levels of consciousness.
"In order to learn to control my own out-
of--body experiences, I had to learn what it
was;" he said. "It was a form of energy. The
greatest use of that energy, is 'conscious-
ness."
Although the studies at the Monroe Insti-
tute of Applied Sciences. have attracted
more than 4,000 people since it was formed
J n 1973, few Nelson residents know much
about it. Some of its neighbors don't want
Please See RESEARCH, Page A10
Serious Crime Decreases In County
By DANIEL W. LEHMAN it reflects a national trend, but crime
of The Progress Staff. dropped a little more here than most
Serious crime in Albemarle County de- places. It was a good year for us.
creased by 9 percent in 1983 - despite a "But everyone will have to try a lot
startling increase in the number of rapes harder to let these people who are .com-
- according to statistics provided by the mitting these rapes know that it won't be
county sheriff's department to Virginia tolerated in Albemarle County."
State Police. Bailey said several of the 16 rapes re-
The yearly statistics showed that hom- ported in the county have been reclassi-
icides dropped 75 percent, robberies were fied as lesser crimes in subsequent court
down 55 percent, aggravated assaults a tion. The stati r~sI oMOM
were off by 52 percent, burglari }61veC1 5 le b~
down 2 percent and larcenies decreased marle-Charlottesville Joint Security
by 8 percent from 1982. Complex, he said,
most common crimes in the county -,to
the addition of five police officers to the
sheriff's department in July.
"I feel sure that we were helped by the
additional personnel," he said. "I'm very
pleased to see that the property crimes
dropped that much." In addition to the
lower rates of burglaries and larcenies,
motor vehicle theft declined by 44 per-
cent.
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Tee thefts at
$636,000, and said it recovered $247,188
worth of property during the investiga-
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.to know, either. " teach visitors how to explore high- Some people actually have to pass through the Monroe lnst;
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ear
different people talk
about how they think there's some
kind of a cult religion over there,
said Betty Ann Duncan, who lives
about three miles from the insti-
tute.
"You never see any. of them
out," she said. "They mind their
own business, whatever their busi-
ness is."
Monroe and his staff admit they
do little to change the institute's
=local image, although they wel-
come visitors.
"You start talking about the
-brain or the mind, and it's cloaked
in all this old-fashioned occult type
'of approach," says Nancy Honey-
'cutt, Monroe's step-daughter and
director of programs at the insti-
itute.
"You wouldn't believe the mis-
conceptions," she said. "It saddens
me that it should be so mystified."
After conducting consciousness
programs and research across the
country, Monroe moved the insti?
Itute jn 1979 from his Afton farm in
Albemarle County to Nellysford
Just west of the institute's three
educational buildings, about 60
families will live in a community
Monroe calls the New Land. Al-
ready, about 20 New Landers have
moved into the energy-efficient
.owes, and five more houses are
under construction.
In seven-day seminars offered
Death Notices
or states of consciousness. found it increases their abty in Lute include actor Eddie Albers
"We don't advertise," Ms. Hon- physical coordination and speed and death-and-dying author Elis
eycutt said. "People find out about and their control over emotions," beth Kubler-Ross, a Highlar
us through word-of-mouth." Ms. Honeycutt said. County resident. Actor Jon Voig
For $860, participants use a se- Monroe says about 25 percent of participated in one of Monroe
ries of tapes and exercises designed the participants have an out-of?. sessions in California.
to explore higher states of con- body experience during the pro- The Gateway program attrac
sciousness. gram, although that is not the in. mostly professional people from i
They begin their days at 6 a.m.
listening to a tape in a paneled
chamber or -alcove called a Con-
trolled Holistic Environmental
Chamber. The CHEC units are fur-
nished with sophisticated stereo
speakers and headphones, air m$-
tresses and lights.'
Called the Gateway Program,
the seminars use Monroe's paten-
ted sound process called hem!-syn-
chronization, or "hemi-sync." The
technique involves sending audio
pulses to create electrical signals in
tent of the program.
"We're dealing with a simple
thing called sound," Monroe said.
"We do not use any chemicals
they either distort or dull con-
sciousness."
Monroe, who founded Jefferson
Cable in Charlottesville in 1962 but
sold his interest in it in 1976, said
his research has been "infiltrating
the main stream -seeping is a bet-
ter word."
In an interview last week,, he
said that somewhere in the world,
the brain. Monroe says the process at least two executives are using
enhances communication in both his "Catnapper" tape to help them
halves of the brain. / avoid jetlag. The 30-minute tape
"Ideally, at the very least, the id nis to 1~slP them create a bi-
ly without any kind of help," Me.
Honeycutt said. "Eventually, they
don't use the tapes anymore.
"Beyond that, the person learns
to achieve and control various lev-
els of consciousness, or you could
say expanded states. of aware-
ness," she said.
Some participants increase abili?
ties in creative problem-solving,
concentration or pain control.. 0th
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CLARENCE R. FARRAR Kirby of Florence, S.C.; one sister,
Clarence Russell Farrar of 702 Mrs. Bessie G. Peregory' of Char
lottesv
:ouch 1st. St. died Jan. 13, 1984, lottesville; one granddaughter,
McGuire e Veterans Hospital, two great (Deborah) Grady and
n mond great grandchildren, John
ich
and Robert Matthew
He is surviVa. ved by three- sisters, Grady.
dies Grace Farrar, Mrs. Ida Wha- Funeral service will be 11 a.m.
By and Mrs. Annie Lockley and Wednesday at Cherry Avenue
me brother, Thomas Farrar. Christian Church, Mr. Ralph S.
Funeral service will be held at 1 Carter will officiate, interment will
m. Thursday in Mt. Zion Baptist . be in Monticello Memory Gardena.
=hurch, the Rev. Alivn Edwards Those who wish may make con-
wood Ificiating.
Cemetery; Burial will be in Oak- tributions to Charlottesville - Al-
rood
Arrangements are by Fergw bemarle Rescue Squad or
an's Funeral Hogue. Coronary Can Unit U.Va. Hoapi-
tal.
Th The family will receive friends
LILLIIE K. MOON, tonight from 7 to 8 p.m. at the Hill
Lillie Kirby (Tillie) Moon, 73, of and Wood, Funeral Home.
32 Altavista Ave., died Jan. 16, REMONA
384 in a local hospital.
She`was born. Fob. 3, 1910, approved R OMML09/10
elson County, daughter of the Mrs. Remona Farish McNeil of
As Lewis Calvin Kirby and Irene' Charlottesville died Jan. 16, 1984
said.
,Me also.hopes. to begin commer-
cial marketing his "Sound Sleeper"
tape, which is now available only
through the institute. Monroe says
the tape helps insomniacs to sleep
by using the hemi-sync process to
the brWn in developing the nec-
,rose the country and oversee
says Ms. Honeycutt, with relater
.ly few from Virginia participatii
in the program. Many of the p chologists, medical doctors, ac
demics, teachers and professo
who attend later apply their expe
ences to their work, she said.
The institute's research, for e
ample, has enabled first-grade pt
lic school students in Tacon
Wash., to master reading skills
most a year earlier than they wa
without listening to Monro
hemi-sync process while they lea
according to a philosphy profess
at Tacoma Community Colle
who has participated in Monro
programs.
Monroe's ideas have also be
used to control pain in illness a
surgery, help stroke victims reci
or, and tennis and golf players p better. Those who wish to imprc
their concentration and memc
can buy a "super learning pal
age" of two tapes for $22 from t
institute.
ANSWER TO PREVIOUS PUZZLE:
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Obituai R'ia
MCNEIL - Remona Farish
McNeil, of Charlottesville, died
Monday in a Staunton hospital.
Teague and Hawkins Funeral
Home, Ivy Road, is in charge of
arrangements..
MOON - Lillie Kirby "Tillie"
Moon, 73, of Charlottesville, died
Monday in a local hospital. Hill
and Wood Funeral Home is in
charge of arrangements.
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