Ed Dames was one of the first five who were trained by Ingo Swann in the Coordinate Remote Viewing protocols. Ed Dames was very surprised and enthused at the possibilities of the technology but he felt that the military would not embrace and contribute to the evolution of Remote Viewing. It turns out that he was correct because with the continuous turn over of administrators in the DoD, the RV program fell into chaos. Ed Dames was instrumental in taking the remote viewing technology out of military secrecy by forming the private corporation known as Psi Tech in 1989. The presiding INSCOM General and a special Forces Colonel sat on the Board of Directors of Psi Tech to ensure its safe entree into the civilian sector. It is reported that PSi Tech was using the professional remote viewers to continue to provide adjunct Intel to government agencies. Mr. Dames retired as a major from the Army in 1991.
Soon afterwards, he became a controversial guest on an all night talk radio show by prophesying doom and gloom using his own remote viewing ability. His self claimed RV abilities have garnered more bad press to the field of remote viewing then any others. He has made countless claims that never come to pass. (Look here for more examples of these claims. http://www.ufowatchdog.com/rvdames4.html ) People speculate that he uses RV as a vehicle for his talk show entertainment more then for the alleged operations which he expounds on. He peddles a trivial parlor trick game and purports that it contains all the collected knowledge of RV.
It is rumored that Dames had difficulty adjusting to civilian life. His ex-wives report that he had a serious problem with anger and jealousy.
Dames' former company Psi Tech is now under the leadership of
Joni
Dourif. People who have worked with Dames say that he operated as a one man show and that
he was highly competitive and critical of his own team members. It appears
that his arrogant and judgmental character made him a target of hatred and ridicule. Dames failed to succeed fostering a productive image for himself
and he eventually fell into a reclusive life in Hawaii. His former colleagues praise him for ushering RV out of secrecy but they also say that
his faulty predictions have hurt the public image of remote viewing.
Dames speaks eloquently and sounds impressive but investigative reports indicate that, in reality, he bases his facts on his volatile emotions of
the moment. In keeping with his history of hypocrisy, Dames openly slanders his former partner, Joni Dourif. When he was at PSI TECH he publicly
praised her "as one of the worlds best remote viewers." Now, he uses his talk show forum to try to denigrate her and her RV skills.
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