Hi, Kaiden et al!
I remember back in 2003, when i was still in the submarine Navy, I was on duty one day. It was after i had read this thread and talked to Kaiden online about his progress with his da Vinci persona.
I wanted to give it a go, and the only book i had was Thomas Harris' "Hannibal". So I PR'd it with the purpose/intent of activating a Lecter persona.
What followed was interesting. About 2 hours later, I was lying down in my bunk, trying to go to sleep. As I drifted into hypnagogia, I heard "Hello, Bill".
Naturally, I woke up quite rapidly :-)
I said "who's that?"
I heard "mentally", "It's me, Bill".
It was, of course, the voice of Anthony Hopkins, not Brian Cox. Although Brian Cox did a fairly decent rendition of Lecter. His was the first performance also.
Over the course of the next few days, I mentally conversed with Dr. Lecter. I call him that, because a couple of times, when i was "calling" him to talk, I said "Hannibal, are you there?"
He would only answer to "Dr. Lecter", strangely enough.
Another day, sitting at home, i was working on a "Cryptogram" puzzle. I go through spurts of working on those until i get bored with it and need a break.
Anyway, I gt stuck on a three-letter combination, that I could not figure out what it was, and make it fit into the rest of the puzzle.
I closed my eyes, and mentally said , "Dr. Lecter, I could really use your help on this one."
I heard "OK".
I opened my eyes, and on the paper, in place of the three-letter combination i had looked at previously, I SAW THE ACTUAL WORD THAT WAS TO BE THERE, DECIPHERED. This only lasted for about half a second, but I wrote it down, and IT WAS RIGHT!
I know...I know... you're thinking, "it's ok as long as you don't let Lecter photoread any cookbooks.", but I haven't "spoken" with that persona in about 2 years now".
It is an interesting proof-of-principle nonetheless.
I've been toying with the idea of doing this again, with someone else this time.
any thoughts!?!?
BILL PERRY
