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Psychic Warrior: The True Story of America's Foremost Psychic Spy and the Cover-Up of the CIA's Top-Secret Stargate Program
A highly decorated, exemplary Army officer, special operations infantryman, and an elite Airborne Ranger Company Commander describes his role as a member of a U.S. military intelligence agency that delved into the dark world of psychic espionage. Reprint.
310 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1996
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December 21, 2008
Ok.
Though he knows that the Creator is God, he neither acknowledges him nor does he glorify him, instead at the end he turns to the gods of an old Native American Indian medicine man.
What do I think? I think that the book is an honest description of a tragic life - it affected me deeply. He is honest to the point that he gives a not all positive impression of himself.
His story disturbed me for many reasons, but most of all because of its humanness. David Morehouse is a courageous hero, a stubborn man, a man who loves his family, a man who ignores his family, a man who feels sorry for himself, a man who tries to do the right things, a man who is entirely isolated by his experiences, a man who travels a lonely path without companions - save for the angels and demons he encounters. Thinking of him breaks my heart.
David Morehouse I will be thinking of you.
Though he knows that the Creator is God, he neither acknowledges him nor does he glorify him, instead at the end he turns to the gods of an old Native American Indian medicine man.
What do I think? I think that the book is an honest description of a tragic life - it affected me deeply. He is honest to the point that he gives a not all positive impression of himself.
His story disturbed me for many reasons, but most of all because of its humanness. David Morehouse is a courageous hero, a stubborn man, a man who loves his family, a man who ignores his family, a man who feels sorry for himself, a man who tries to do the right things, a man who is entirely isolated by his experiences, a man who travels a lonely path without companions - save for the angels and demons he encounters. Thinking of him breaks my heart.
David Morehouse I will be thinking of you.
January 2, 2011
I couldn't believe what I was reading. Eventually it sent me on quite a journey..and am still traveling 15 books later. Mr.Morehouse's account of CRV (controlled remote viewing) was almost incredible. Because it is buttressed by facts, and he was in the U.S. Army while these experiments were conducted, we have to assume it was true. He exasperated me with his style of writing, but later I realized he is not a writer as such and probably did not get some counsel as to how not to annoy your readers. The "scientific" methods used to "travel" mentally to a locale and "see" actions that can result in valuable intelligence for countries is obviously not new. My son in his early twenties informed me that there was a video game in the early 90's that speaks of this "trainable" skill. Mr.Morehouse informs us that he was Mormon, but he sure cussed a lot! I know better.I also noticed that he was not anchored in the church's teachings, he was kind of naive or immature or something..he had his own demons and this involvement sent him over the edge. He has recovered.It is a beginning....
April 8, 2016
I would have given it four stars if he had made it more about his experiences during remote viewing. Those parts were fascinating.
October 29, 2014
A tell all story by a guy selling Internet courses and instruction books on remote viewing, verifying the authenticity of... remote viewing. Without any sources of course, we should all take his word for it because hes so credible, he dont need no stinking sources.
Reminded me of the "biographical account" Communion: A True Story by sci-fi author Whitley Strieber.
Im more inclined to take Jim Schnabels word for exposing Morehouse as a fraud.
http://www.bibliotecapleyades.net/cie...
Reminded me of the "biographical account" Communion: A True Story by sci-fi author Whitley Strieber.
Im more inclined to take Jim Schnabels word for exposing Morehouse as a fraud.
http://www.bibliotecapleyades.net/cie...
April 20, 2022
You probably won't believe this.
(But as Jack PALANCE says: "Believe it ... or not!" #80sKIDS 😉 👍 )
Some stuff from Gravity's RAINBOW is in here. Like the Tavistock INSTITUTE, and all that stuff ... You're being reborn, and your Government(s) don't want you to know!!! Ha ha ha ha HAAAAAAAAAAA!!!
"I vant to drink your blood!!!"
Ha ha haaaaa!!!
(Ever notice Vlad PUTIN'S first name is Vlad?? Just a thought!!!)
😉
#theIMPALER
👍
(But as Jack PALANCE says: "Believe it ... or not!" #80sKIDS 😉 👍 )
Some stuff from Gravity's RAINBOW is in here. Like the Tavistock INSTITUTE, and all that stuff ... You're being reborn, and your Government(s) don't want you to know!!! Ha ha ha ha HAAAAAAAAAAA!!!
"I vant to drink your blood!!!"
Ha ha haaaaa!!!
(Ever notice Vlad PUTIN'S first name is Vlad?? Just a thought!!!)
😉
#theIMPALER
👍
December 12, 2023
Cringe memoir from one of the "remote viewers" of the U.S. military's psychic warfare program, itself very cringe. There are two major problems with the narrative:
1) Morehouse wants us to believe that, on the one hand, remote viewing is the only paranormal ability that has rigorous protocols and serious operators, but on the other hand, that remote viewing reveals time travel, astral projection, spirit beings, etc. It's an unfortunately typical New Age kitchen-sink ontology and it's a big fraught mess, as proposed. Makes me doubt the rigor and seriousness if locating narcotics shipments is on par with visiting the inhabited Mars of 1 million years BCE.
2) When Morehouse does make detailed, checkable claims of his remote viewing results, we have the following timeline problem. He claims, in this book published in 1996, to have done an RV session in 198X or 1990, of an event the details of which were made public sometime after that date but before the book came out. Worse, sometimes the public record conflicts with his serious rigorous psychic viewing.
This latter bit is troublesome, because it fits into the conspiratorial, THREE DAYS OF THE CONDOR style plotline that emerges in the back half of the book. Any dissonant *official* account is likely a disinformation operation, you see; but then the only thing we have to go on is David Morehouse's say-so about psychic shenanigans.
But because this stuff never ever goes away, you can be assured that Morehouse (who now does remote viewing classes on YouTube and stuff) runs in the same circles as David Grusch and the latest UFO promoters.
1.5 stars, rounded down. Sad!
HUNDRED BOOK CHALLENGE
1) Morehouse wants us to believe that, on the one hand, remote viewing is the only paranormal ability that has rigorous protocols and serious operators, but on the other hand, that remote viewing reveals time travel, astral projection, spirit beings, etc. It's an unfortunately typical New Age kitchen-sink ontology and it's a big fraught mess, as proposed. Makes me doubt the rigor and seriousness if locating narcotics shipments is on par with visiting the inhabited Mars of 1 million years BCE.
2) When Morehouse does make detailed, checkable claims of his remote viewing results, we have the following timeline problem. He claims, in this book published in 1996, to have done an RV session in 198X or 1990, of an event the details of which were made public sometime after that date but before the book came out. Worse, sometimes the public record conflicts with his serious rigorous psychic viewing.
This latter bit is troublesome, because it fits into the conspiratorial, THREE DAYS OF THE CONDOR style plotline that emerges in the back half of the book. Any dissonant *official* account is likely a disinformation operation, you see; but then the only thing we have to go on is David Morehouse's say-so about psychic shenanigans.
But because this stuff never ever goes away, you can be assured that Morehouse (who now does remote viewing classes on YouTube and stuff) runs in the same circles as David Grusch and the latest UFO promoters.
1.5 stars, rounded down. Sad!
HUNDRED BOOK CHALLENGE
August 5, 2017
A great read! While this book's primary purpose is to give Col. Moorehouse an outlet to not only tell the story of his life and involvement with the government's top secret Sun Streak program, it also does so much more! Psychic Spy has a little bit of everything for your reading enjoyment: biography, military history, religion, sci fi (although, in this case it's more like sci nonfi)- it's all in here. As if you need any other reasons to read, it will also change your view of the world around you and make you question everything you already know. Or, perhaps, even confirm everything you already know!
December 5, 2020
This book goes hand in hand with Tracks in the Psychic Wilderness. They are both about the CIA project that used remote viewing as a spy tool.
Yet Psychic Warrior feels a lot more serious than the other. But it is from someone who was a remote viewer and yet they do not give any techniques to help you do this yourself.
But the other does.
All in all, it was an interesting read and a well told story.
If your looking for something different, you've found it in this book.
Enjoy.
Yet Psychic Warrior feels a lot more serious than the other. But it is from someone who was a remote viewer and yet they do not give any techniques to help you do this yourself.
But the other does.
All in all, it was an interesting read and a well told story.
If your looking for something different, you've found it in this book.
Enjoy.
May 1, 2021
Excellent true story, easy to read, easy to believe if reader at all inclined to believe this sort of subject matter in the first place. If not, then probably a waste of time. For readers into the subject, even for many decades, new information will be gleaned from this little book that is packed with information about the United State government programs for developing psychic abilities, the kind of people in the programs and what happened in the 20th century in the use of them.
April 8, 2019
Remote Viewing
Though it is not the easiest read-emotionally-and the author is not a gifted writer, it is from the heart. Morehouse portrays a discipline that has been in existence, in many countries and empires, for centuries. I find it unfortunate that there are those who seek to keep it secret as the the knowledge gained could be used to greatly benefit society at large.
Though it is not the easiest read-emotionally-and the author is not a gifted writer, it is from the heart. Morehouse portrays a discipline that has been in existence, in many countries and empires, for centuries. I find it unfortunate that there are those who seek to keep it secret as the the knowledge gained could be used to greatly benefit society at large.
not-interested
January 15, 2012Took a look.
Remote viewing is another word for psychic and both are synonyms for bullshit. Not going to waste my time on it.
Remote viewing is another word for psychic and both are synonyms for bullshit. Not going to waste my time on it.
July 14, 2017
I thought this book was just truly awful fiction. Nope, it's even more terribly written lies.
November 21, 2023
Dipping back into the fringey paranormal stuff. This was pretty well aligned, though in far more detail both operationally and personally, with a number of other people who have talked openly about the government's remote viewing programs over the years.
Is it a coincidence that Morehouse was raised a Mormon? A religion whose origin is based on an encounter with an apparently angelic being? The book blurred the line between scientific intelligence-gathering and the supernatural -- a line that only exists as a useful fiction. The truth is that there is abundant evidence that multiple governments have been interested in and involved with paranormal, occult, supernatural phenomena and entities for the purpose of advancing their interests. The people who find themselves in these programs end up having to shift their worldviews to account for what they experience. Morehouse, from his own testimony, shifts into a generally new-age / indigenous spiritual worldview that accounts for the existence of the beings and realities he has experienced.
But as a Christian, it sounds for all the world to me like he comes out of that program demonically oppressed. And no wonder... part of that unit was explicitly using channeling and tarot cards to gather intel, not that remote viewing is any better, no matter how abstractly you try to frame it as a scientific endeavour.
For all the talk about spirits, beings, shadows, entities, and angels... Jesus is noticeably absent from this entire worldview. And yet, he is Lord of this and every realm. Personally I think remote viewing is real and forbidden by Scripture, where God forbids the activities of mediums, sorcerers, etc. You can dress up a pig in lipstick and heels, but it's still a pig. Separating your spirit from your body to go poke around in the ether is an old practice; doing it in a bland room as part of a secret program on an army base using manila envelopes and tape recorders doesn't change what it is at its core.
I know new agers and spiritual-but-not-religious types have a hard time with this, but it's the truth.
Is it a coincidence that Morehouse was raised a Mormon? A religion whose origin is based on an encounter with an apparently angelic being? The book blurred the line between scientific intelligence-gathering and the supernatural -- a line that only exists as a useful fiction. The truth is that there is abundant evidence that multiple governments have been interested in and involved with paranormal, occult, supernatural phenomena and entities for the purpose of advancing their interests. The people who find themselves in these programs end up having to shift their worldviews to account for what they experience. Morehouse, from his own testimony, shifts into a generally new-age / indigenous spiritual worldview that accounts for the existence of the beings and realities he has experienced.
But as a Christian, it sounds for all the world to me like he comes out of that program demonically oppressed. And no wonder... part of that unit was explicitly using channeling and tarot cards to gather intel, not that remote viewing is any better, no matter how abstractly you try to frame it as a scientific endeavour.
For all the talk about spirits, beings, shadows, entities, and angels... Jesus is noticeably absent from this entire worldview. And yet, he is Lord of this and every realm. Personally I think remote viewing is real and forbidden by Scripture, where God forbids the activities of mediums, sorcerers, etc. You can dress up a pig in lipstick and heels, but it's still a pig. Separating your spirit from your body to go poke around in the ether is an old practice; doing it in a bland room as part of a secret program on an army base using manila envelopes and tape recorders doesn't change what it is at its core.
I know new agers and spiritual-but-not-religious types have a hard time with this, but it's the truth.
February 23, 2022
I want to believe. That's what it boils down to. If you treat this as a work of fiction, it's a compelling and well-written story. If it's non-fiction, then everything you know about science and reality is wrong. And this is supposedly an autobiography.
We know for a fact that the army unit Morehouse describes existed, and that he belonged to it. At least one other member of the unit has publicly vouched for the accuracy of Morehouse's account (Lyn Buchanan, in his book). But the stuff they claim to have done is flat-out impossible.
So who are you going to believe? Like I said, I want to believe. But I just can't. Extraordinary claims require extraordinary proof, and I haven't seen any proof - just unsubstantiated claims. That means I have to treat this as a well-done thriller, not the story of a psychic who was almost murdered because he decided to become a whistleblower.
This is clearly a deeply personal story. If any of it (particularly the stuff about his family life and mental health) is true, or if Morehouse believes it to be true, then I hope he doesn't read this review. I don't know what would be more hurtful - my disbelief, or my treatment of his suffering as entertainment.
We know for a fact that the army unit Morehouse describes existed, and that he belonged to it. At least one other member of the unit has publicly vouched for the accuracy of Morehouse's account (Lyn Buchanan, in his book). But the stuff they claim to have done is flat-out impossible.
So who are you going to believe? Like I said, I want to believe. But I just can't. Extraordinary claims require extraordinary proof, and I haven't seen any proof - just unsubstantiated claims. That means I have to treat this as a well-done thriller, not the story of a psychic who was almost murdered because he decided to become a whistleblower.
This is clearly a deeply personal story. If any of it (particularly the stuff about his family life and mental health) is true, or if Morehouse believes it to be true, then I hope he doesn't read this review. I don't know what would be more hurtful - my disbelief, or my treatment of his suffering as entertainment.
October 3, 2018
Noble decent paid killer with perfect family life from a Doris Day movie gets bang on head and loses touch with perfect American Pie life. Then Bad People are Mean to him and don't help him with his "disorder". They use him and then "discredit" him. Poor fellow! Right, I've read enough at this point (about 60 pages.)
Why do people write books like this? It's so hammed up, glammed up, distorted and plain manipulated I smelled a rat from the first few pages. A fiction designed for a twisted purpose I couldn't quite discern. I couldn't sort the true material from the (awful) Hollywood screenplay in development. I don't think he wants to discredit CRV or psychic experiences per se, as he seemingly makes a living selling RV training to the public these days. Tell you what, I just wouldn't give him money, whatever he said.
Maybe he's made quite a bit from this pot-boiler. If you are seriously interested in CRV material and discoveries along the lines of greater spiritual realities you might feel as I did reading this - slightly queasy and tainted. Was too put off to actually finish it.
Why do people write books like this? It's so hammed up, glammed up, distorted and plain manipulated I smelled a rat from the first few pages. A fiction designed for a twisted purpose I couldn't quite discern. I couldn't sort the true material from the (awful) Hollywood screenplay in development. I don't think he wants to discredit CRV or psychic experiences per se, as he seemingly makes a living selling RV training to the public these days. Tell you what, I just wouldn't give him money, whatever he said.
Maybe he's made quite a bit from this pot-boiler. If you are seriously interested in CRV material and discoveries along the lines of greater spiritual realities you might feel as I did reading this - slightly queasy and tainted. Was too put off to actually finish it.
December 16, 2021
This book reads like a 10 year old’s first attempt at writing a story. It is not worth the time. Anyone that’s had any history of out of body experiences and remote viewing will end up throwing the book across the room. This book needs to be categorized as fiction. It’s unbelievable that this got published. It is no different than any other new age book out there written by someone who has little to no experience on the subject matter. Keep in mind that no actual secret government program would authorize an ex employee to reveal anything like the truth. If you want a CIA biography, there a plenty of legitimate biographies on the market. This book is full of fantasy fiction and it is written for someone as gullible as a fifth grader. Thank goodness I got it on loan from my university and didn’t spend money on it. If anything it’s meant as a psy-op project to deter anyone who would actually want to know the truth about OBE mechanics. It’s meant to deceive, not to inform. I feel dumber having read 70% of it. I couldn’t justify giving any more of time to it, even after skimming through the remaining chapters.
October 25, 2022
This is an interesting account by one person of the Stargate (remote viewing) program.
I guess my issue with the book is that it doesn't reveal a lot about the program beyond what was already known... so it serves as a secondary confirmation that it existed, and the basic pattern of skullduggery tracks, eg, Russel Targ's accounts.
At the same time the constant editorializing by the author is a tad annoying. He got shot in the head, saw visions, went crazy, spoke to angels, got fired, got divorced, and wrote a book. Haven't we all been there?
I particularly found the comments about his LDS faith to be puzzling. In the mind of most serious conspiracy researchers [see a document known as the CES Letter], the LDS is a cult requiring belief in everything from a magic hat to a magic stone to disappearing magic plates, five thousand years of alternate history and an undocumented crossing from the middle east to south america that mentions no landmarks. That he's a member very much cuts against the credibility of the author as someone vulnerable to conspiracies and brainwashing.
I guess my issue with the book is that it doesn't reveal a lot about the program beyond what was already known... so it serves as a secondary confirmation that it existed, and the basic pattern of skullduggery tracks, eg, Russel Targ's accounts.
At the same time the constant editorializing by the author is a tad annoying. He got shot in the head, saw visions, went crazy, spoke to angels, got fired, got divorced, and wrote a book. Haven't we all been there?
I particularly found the comments about his LDS faith to be puzzling. In the mind of most serious conspiracy researchers [see a document known as the CES Letter], the LDS is a cult requiring belief in everything from a magic hat to a magic stone to disappearing magic plates, five thousand years of alternate history and an undocumented crossing from the middle east to south america that mentions no landmarks. That he's a member very much cuts against the credibility of the author as someone vulnerable to conspiracies and brainwashing.
June 30, 2025
Absolutely terrible. The writing is a vacuous drone of childish Hollywood blockbuster screenplay mush. But childish as if an actual child wrote it... The sheer amount of banal back and forth "conversations" included were clearly (and poorly! ) fabricated. I'm on a run of books right now that come across like someone just dictated themselves improv-ing dialog for a screenplay and called it a day.
Remote viewing actually does have an interesting history in the CIA. For the author to have supposedly had a first hand account to share ... he sure says a whole lot of NOTHIN' about it !
What WAS this
Remote viewing actually does have an interesting history in the CIA. For the author to have supposedly had a first hand account to share ... he sure says a whole lot of NOTHIN' about it !
What WAS this
January 29, 2019
BELIEVE THE AUTHOR
Been there
Done that.
Have the coffee mug.
Forewarned is forarmed.
Don't make the same mistakes that David Morehouse did.
I now live under the Witness Protection Program of the Lord Jesus Christ. God alone can guide each of us in making the correct decisions in our walk on this earth. Even Jesus had to die and be resurrected to pay for the sins of the world. Glory to the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. Thanks also to God's angels who help us every day of our lives.
Been there
Done that.
Have the coffee mug.
Forewarned is forarmed.
Don't make the same mistakes that David Morehouse did.
I now live under the Witness Protection Program of the Lord Jesus Christ. God alone can guide each of us in making the correct decisions in our walk on this earth. Even Jesus had to die and be resurrected to pay for the sins of the world. Glory to the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. Thanks also to God's angels who help us every day of our lives.
October 17, 2024
I read the original copy which had z reference to a Jewish man visiting the hand of God via remote viewing but all new editions don't have that story. I tried it myself without RV training and it worked. I saw a green laser light pinwheel on wall and desired the experience and a serpentine probiscus came out of the vortex and clamped onto my face like in the Alien series and I was pulled out of my body and I went to the planet of the hand of God. It said Go Back!
I was then hurdled down thru clouds and landed in my body thru house roof not thru vortex. It felt like pure ecstasy like heaven.
I was then hurdled down thru clouds and landed in my body thru house roof not thru vortex. It felt like pure ecstasy like heaven.
November 6, 2025
Good account of some of the activities in a US Government Top Secret program involving psychics and their training/employment in the program. What starts out as the author becoming an integral part of the program and ends with his disillusionment and persecution by the government makes for some very interesting situations. The book was too short in my opinion and was just enough to whet my appetite. I will be looking for more books by and on this author and this subject.
October 1, 2018
This book kick started an interest in remote viewing for me and refines what can be viewed as 'fringe' ideas into more understandable concepts. It's a little over-dramatic in places, but it's solid and a good starting point for anyone with an interest in the subject matter.
November 1, 2025
Very Honest Account
I thought this was an excellent book. All David went through and came out of are quite a testament to his character. I'm glad he's doing well with his family now.
I thought this was an excellent book. All David went through and came out of are quite a testament to his character. I'm glad he's doing well with his family now.
October 17, 2018
omfg!!
January 3, 2019
Presented as a true story, but in researching it afterward, it's obviously been dramatized to make a good novel. Treat it as such. It's a good story.
November 8, 2019
Not sure if I believe this is factual but it was entertaining.
May 16, 2022
Excellent story. Everyone needs understand David's storey and believe it's all the same for us.
April 13, 2023
fast paced, well written, just a bit too violent for me.
September 1, 2024
Captivating
The more I got into the story the more I wanted to read. Not easy to put down and I enjoyed every part of the book. I’m excited to learn more about remote viewing.
The more I got into the story the more I wanted to read. Not easy to put down and I enjoyed every part of the book. I’m excited to learn more about remote viewing.
October 30, 2024
This was so intriguing, I wish there was more information and he explained a bit more about his experience.
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