JOSÉ SILVA’S EVERYDAY ESP MASTER COURSE

Silva, with co-author Bernd, presents a guidebook aimed at readers who hope to successfully practice extra-sensory perception.

The author, who teaches branded Silva UltraMind ESP Systems courses, notes that this guidebook is intended to teach all levels of students how to develop their psychic ability. Silva states a belief that all people have untapped psychic faculties, but that 90% of the population only uses the physical senses impressed on the left side of the brain. The psychic senses of the brain’s right hemisphere, he says, can be used to access information in other people’s neurons. Developing this skill, he asserts, will expand one’s consciousness and lead to personal success. The book contains practical training with exercises intended to allow one to mentally project oneself into various objects, including metals, plant life, and animal life. Students are urged to listen to these exercises—as read by another person aloud, or on a recording—to reach the “alpha brain wave,” or prime state for ESP activities. Most intriguing is Silva’s “Laws of Programming,” a moral code for users of ESP, which include the golden rule and a promise to make the world a better place, among other laws. Although the author writes that very few scientists study ESP, the lack of scientific backing in this book may sow doubt among readers who might otherwise be curious about ESP. The entirety of proof for the efficacy of such perception is offered in anecdotes from the author’s former students, all of which are success stories, which results in an imbalanced discussion. Silva’s method also combines aspects of spirituality with ESP, which may alienate some newcomers as well. Finally, the subsections within chapters are short and sequenced in a haphazard fashion.

A book that may appeal to readers who already believe in the power of ESP, but one that won’t convince skeptics.