Sunday, January 18, 2026

An anomalous bit of remote viewing

This afternoon I was reading  a brief overview of the development of modern remote viewing in Dean Radin's 2018 book Real Magic -- which included this invitation for readers to try some remote viewing of their own on the fly:

One of [Ingo Swann's] earliest techniques, designed to baffle the analytical mind, was called "coordinate remote viewing," because the only information provided about the target was map coordinates. Without thinking about it or looking at a map, what's your impression of what's located at 37.819732° latitude and -122.478762° longitude?

When I read that, I had a momentary but very clear mental image of an off-white stucco building, on the roof of which was a small domed tower, with a smaller drum and cupola on top of that.

I checked Radin's endnote to see what was at those coordinates: "The Golden Gate Bridge, north of San Francisco, California." Total miss.

Or maybe not? The target was not the bridge itself but a set of coordinates. Could there perhaps be a building very close to the Golden Gate Bridge resembling what I had seen? To check this possibility, I ran an image search for golden gate bridge. The first several images in the search results didn't show any buildings, but the seventh image was this:


The building on the left exactly resembles what I saw in my momentary vision. The plot twist is that that's obviously not the Golden Gate Bridge. It turns out to be a miniature replica which could be seen at Disneyland in Anaheim, California, from 2001 to 2011. The photo is from a site called Yesterland, "a theme park on the Web featuring discontinued Disneyland attractions."

So, given the coordinates of the real Golden Gate Bridge, I remote-viewed the information booth that used to be next to a miniature replica of that bridge some 600 km away from the genuine article? How exactly does that work?

My best guess is that it wasn't remote viewing at all but perhaps precognition of what I would later see when I searched for the Golden Gate Bridge online. Or perhaps it was just our ever-present friend synchronicity -- just a striking coincidence, having nothing to do with any form of extrasensory perception. As discussed in my post "Coincidence and magic," there's no obvious way to distinguish between the two.

As far as I can tell, the information booth is not intended to be a replica of any specific building but rather to evoke San Francisco architecture in a general way.

8 comments:

Ra1119bee said...

William,
Golden Gate Bridge??!!
Recall my gazillion comments and prediction about the
two Golden Gates. San Fran and Jerusalem.
Interesting in your 'remote viewing you saw a dome.
Symbolic of The Temple Mount maybe?
A dome is also a womb.

Recall my recent comments about the 2010 movie
Hereafter was directed by Clint Eastwood and co-produced
with Steven Spielberg
which Marshall and I saw Hereafter at the theater in
2010.

Interestingly the Hereafter thumbnail popped up on my youtube
feed so I watched it again last week and lo and behold
I had forgotten it takes place in San Franciso which
of course is on the 40th parallel north. ( actual
37 lat but allow for the law of three).
The Golden Gate is also on the 101, which of course is 11.

There is quite a bit of hidden symbolism that connects
to many of my puzzle pieces in this movie.
One was the protagonist's
name which is George ( played by Matt Damon).
Recall my many comments about the
meaning of the name George, which means the earth tiller.

There is also One Eye symbolism, the color blue- green,
the octagon, Lilies, and at the very end of the movie
2 blue vases, each holding a pink tulip.
I was extremely shocked when I saw the 2 tulips !!!
Keep in mind the last time I saw Hereafter was in 2010.

There are two scenes with white lilies. Both are scenes
with Marie, who has a near death experience while
on vacation with her boyfriend in Thailand.
One of the scenes is in the movie trailer
( link below ) starting abt.marker/frame 0:57
which shows Marie and her boyfriend in a restaurant.
The lilies are on the table.

I was shocked when I saw all of the hidden symbolism in
that movie which I didn't see before.

When I saw the 2 tulips I immediately said to myself;
" what's the odds????!

.

I personally don't believe in coincidences.

Hereafter Trailer (2010)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ze-ZRbafbY

Hereafter---Full Movie
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rMHrEfQS2FA

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hereafter_(film)

Anonymous said...

I saw ocean, which is also close to the bridge so I'm a psychic now.

Speaks-With-Crows said...

"Precognition"

I've come to the same conclusion. Now, if you want to exponentially increase your magic powers, practice fire kasina ( flame gazing). Stare into a candle flame for 8-10 hours daily over the course of 21 days. Around the 5th day you'll enter extraordinary states & the visions arising will appear to be hyper realistic and tangible, as if you have actually physically entered a different place. Sometimes you'll see scenes from the past as if you are actually present. I can't stress enough how profound it all is.

I've heard it compared to the psychedelic experience like this: on psychedelics you are scuba diving, with fire kasina you have become a fish.

You do run a real risk of being driven mad so if you decide to give it a go please do be careful.

Good vibes to you and yours!

Mia said...

Did you see the Palace of Fine Arts perhaps? There are also some Greek churches with domes around SF.

Wm Jas Tychonievich said...

Mia, definitely not the Palace of Fine Arts, which only has one dome. The building I saw had a drum and cupola atop the main dome.

Wm Jas Tychonievich said...

SWC, 8-10 hours daily for 21 days? That's some dedication! Can't be great for your eyes, though.

Ra1119bee said...

Anonymous,
IMHO,
Precognition is a gift and we all have the ability to tap into it.
It's not a joke, it's a powerful resource given to us by our soul
through God. It has saved me physically several times
in my life. A few of those times I've shared on this blog.

Dreams ( especially premonition dreams ), synchronicity ,
telepathy, clairaudience comes to us naturally, not to be forced.
It can be a burden if we don't understand it or if succumb to
others who do not understand it.

Ra1119bee said...

Anonymous,
I forgot to add. We all dream every night regardless if
we remember our dreams or understand the messages or not.
Ask yourself, if dreaming is a silly joke
what else does our body do that's silly? And every night.

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