Robert Allan Monroe
<p>radio broadcasting executive</p>
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<p >"The earliest account I have found of Monroe's experiences is in <a href="http://www.bibliotecapleyades.net/sociopolitica/hambone_info/people1.html#Andrija_Puharich"> Andrijah Puharich</a>'s book <a target="blank" href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0330245031/002-3638949-0096008?v=glance&n=283155&s=books&v=glance"> Beyond Telepathy</a> (Dartman, Longman & Todd, 1962). According to this account, Monroe (under the name Bob Rame) triggered his out-of-body experiences by huffing cans of cement containing ether (pg 67-78). Later accounts exclude this detail, but the rest of the story is essentially the same (see <b>Blackmore, Susan</b>, <a target="blank" href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0897333446/002-3638949-0096008?v=glance&n=283155&s=books&v=glance"> Beyond the Body</a>, Granada Publishing, 1982, pg 40-44, <a target="_blank" href="http://www.mindcontrolforums.com/hambone/beyond-the-body-bio.html"> excerpt</a>)</p>
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<p >Note: I have heard that James Monroe is the father of Robert Monroe, but I have been unable to confirm it. The two seemed to be too close in age, and Monroe's father is described as a University professor. But here is some info anyway:
<b>James Monroe</b> studied North Korean brainwashing victims for the Air Force. Later, he became Executive Director of the <i>Human Ecology Society</i>, which was a primary funding conduit for the <a target="_blank" href="http://www.bibliotecapleyades.net/sociopolitica/esp_sociopol_mindcon02.htm">CIAs MK-ULTRA mind control program</a>, and received 90% of its funds from the agency. James Monroe personally supervised the work of Dr. Ewen Cameron, whose psychic driving and coma "therapy" techniques were among the worst of MK-ULTRA's legacy.
(<b>Marks, John</b>, <a target="_blank" href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0393307948/002-3638949-0096008?v=glance&n=283155&s=books&v=glance">The Search for the Manchurian Candidate</a>, Times Books, 1979, pg 155)"
source: <a href="http://www.bibliotecapleyades.net/sociopolitica/hambone_info/people1.html#pandolphi">http://www.bibliotecapleyades.net/sociopolitica/hambone_info/people1.html#pandolphi</a></p>