BackTalk
“Backtalk” is an international journal that reports exclusively on the ongoing research into Reverse Speech. It is produced with the joint effort of Reverse Speech researchers in both Australia and the United States Of America.
Publisher: David J. Oates
SPECIAL FIRST EDITION
PRODUCED IN THE UNITED STATES
FROM THE DESK OF THE EDITOR
So I bet you thought you would never see another issue of “RevNews”, did you? Well, you were all wrong. Here it is again, fancied up a bit more (as promised in last issue), with a new title and format.
Welcome back to the world of Reverse Speech.
Now, for all those readers who have been calling me at unearthly hours of the morning requesting their next copy of “RevNews” (Aussies just don’t seem to know that there is somewhat of a time difference between the two countries) – here it is!! Just a little bit late, but in fine form. So don’t call me after midnight again or you’ll get loud, annoying fax tones.
Right! Down to business. The last news you all had was that I was moving to the United States to get Reverse Speech up and running over here. As usual, there have been a few hitch ups in both my business and personal life (hence the delay in this issue) but I am pleased to report that everything is right back on track again and Reverse Speech is stronger than it ever has been before.
I have just completed two Analyst training courses in Dallas, Texas, producing a Reverse Speech Training Manual and a series of training and homework tapes in the process. Congratulations to Becky Thompson who has the honor of becoming the first Reverse Speech Analyst to be certified in the United States under the new improved course structure and tougher examination requirements (equivalent to the old Master Analyst Class B). Twelve other students have qualified for the old styled Analyst certifications and several of those are expected to be issued with the new Analyst certification as soon as they hand in their homework assignments. Where are they, guys?
Meanwhile, several Reverse Speech enthusiasts have been pooling resources and ideas together getting Reverse Speech all ready for national launch. This has included the refinement of theories and research procedures, the redesigning of the book, obtaining endorsements from academics, conducting lectures and seminars and keeping the media at bay until we were all ready.
Currently, the status is; 1/ A research institute is in the process of being formed with several suitably qualified and prominent people on the board: 2/ A major international TV program has commenced to prepare a story on Reverse Speech to be aired in the next couple of months (more on this next issue): 3/ Production has commenced on a 30 minute video documentary on Reverse Speech – Martin Stiles (President of REVCOM in Australia) will be joining me in Dallas shortly to finish this production: 4/ More professional groups are beginning to show interest and I will be lecturing in several states in March to some of these groups. Plus a whole lot more!
Reverse Speech keeps moving forward as additional facts about it are discovered and further applications are found. Several participants in the first classes held in the United States have already used Reverse Speech successfully in their own fields. Dr. Merle McElroy and Ken Solberg have each reported amazing results in therapy situations and Janis Baber has been using it frequently in Police investigations, solving at least one case as a direct result of speech reversals found on the suspect.
Well-known American author and lecturer, Dr. Larry Dossey (Diplomate, American Board Of Internal Medicine) has stated –
“…If it is validated – as I suspect it will be, after examining the evidence thus far – this discovery may prove to be of Nobe1 caliber. It is rare that a truly creative and profoundly important discovery is made in the field of human communication. These events are unusual, only a few in any century… ” (Extract from personal reference)
So, that’s about it from the editor’s desk. Life is hectic in the United States and I’ve learned over the last six months to appreciate the simple things about Australia that most Aussies take for granted – things like Vegemite, “She’ll be right” attitudes, single lane highways, Fosters down the pub with the mates and reversal slip ups from Bob Hawke. I went back to Australia in January for three weeks and actually counted the number of times I heard “Mate” in conversations. I gave up after 23 times in five minutes.
‘Til next issue which will be right on time in the first week of June. See ya later, Mate.
DAVID OATES
“……….Reverse Speech has the task of restoring integrity to people. I believe this is the right work at the right time, considering the need for wholeness, wellness and completeness. Dr. Buckminster Fuller, a modern day thinker, has challenged us with his insights. He saw history as coming in waves. The first wave was agriculture. The second wave was industry. The third wave we are still experiencing. It is the age of information. The fourth has arrived and is in its early stages. It is the age of integrity. It is time to connect. It is time for Reverse Speech. We are the right people at the right time in the right place with the right skills. We come with a fresh approach to facilitate connectedness and integrity to a fragmented society.”
Extract from Analyst essay – Ken Solberg, Pottsboro, Texas.
RESEARCH INFORMATION
This section is a regular feature in every issue of “Backtalk” and reports on all the latest research news and information as it comes to us from Reverse Speech enthusiasts in both Australia and the United States. In this issue, there is much to report. Six months have gone by since the last issue and six months in Reverse Speech research is like a life time. The body of knowledge and information surrounding Reverse Speech has increased so much that it is difficult to know where to start. So let’s look at the latest in Australia and move on from there.
OTHER LANGUAGES
Greg Albrecht, David Oates’ original research partner and co-discoverer of the very first speech reversals ever documented (some of you have already seen Greg in the promo video currently being used) has been coming up with some excellent research material lately. Greg has a fascination for the Australian Aborigines. He speaks a little of the native dialect and is currently the aboriginal resource teacher for a large section of the Australian near-outback. This puts him in contact with many aborigines and with his trusty tape recorder and reversing machine in hand, he has come up with some amazing tapes and new theories concerning “Oral Tradition” and the nature of “Archetypes.” In brief, Greg has found numerous extremely clear reversals (4-5’s) on aborigines that use their own native dialect. He has found these reversals when they have been speaking in both English and their native tongue. In addition, he has found many new archetypal images that stem back to the legends of “The Dreamtime”. In fact, Greg firmly believes that by a detailed analysis of these archetypes, it may be possible to trace back to the roots of the “Dreamtime” and to uncover some of the many mysteries that surround the aborigines’ appearance in the land of the Hot Sun. Greg is currently preparing a research paper on the subject and it will be printed in another issue. For those of you who want to meet Greg and discuss this with him further, he can be contacted via “Backtalk” and is also planning to come to the United States in June or July this year. Details of his trip and public appearances will be documented in later issues. Incidentally, Australian Reverse Speech Analyst, Paul Von Stroheim, who speaks fluent German, has already documented German reversals on German-speaking people. Greg’s work adds even more information to this new and, as yet, virtually unexplored area – reversals in languages other than English. Maybe, we should get Greg to look at the American Indians when he comes over. It has been suggested by a couple of enthusiasts that we should lock him up on an Indian reservation somewhere when he comes over with several cases of Fosters and let him out a few months later. That way he will stay out of trouble and produce some excellent material. What do ya reckon about that, Greg?
CHILDREN
David Oates has been doing more work with his twin girls who are now almost three years old. On his latest trip back to Australia, he collected several hours of tapes from these young girls, who are rapidly becoming famous for their reversals. They are now speaking reasonably fluently forwards and their reversals have become extremely complicated, using complex archetypes and displaying vast amounts of unconscious knowledge and insight that cannot be explained by their environmental and psychological development. David is currently preparing a major paper on the topic and this will be reported upon in a later issue.
TRAINING
MAJOR breakthroughs have been made in the last six months in the methods of training that work the best in teaching new students the art of locating and documenting speech reversals. It has always been known that some people learn far more quickly than others and by observation, several key points have been noted. Firstly, it is essential that the new student be completely relaxed and open before commencing tape analysis. Listening to classical music before doing a tape has improved results, but the biggest breakthrough has been made in documenting a clear learning path that all new Reverse Speech students go through.
This has been broken down into three clear learning stages. The secret lies in recognizing the tonality flow of backwards tapes. The difference between imagination and coincidence can be easily recognizable by a change in the tonality of the reversed dialogue. Those students who are now listening for tonal alterations in their research rather than struggling with locating clear words, have so far proven to be the fastest learners. The new “Staging” and “Tonal” methods were taught in David’s second U.S. class with much success. In fact, Becky Thompson who graduated to become the first U.S. Analyst, used these methods very successfully to change from a moderate student when she first commenced, to becoming a real star and pro in only three short months. Her progress was nothing short of amazing. These detailed techniques will be taught at the next Analyst intake (details of this are contained elsewhere in this issue).
FUTURE TENSE
A fascinating new field of study of the potential future applications of Reverse Speech has only recently been started. These are “Future Tense” reversals. For many years, it has been noted that speech reversals using future tense will occasionally appear in Reverse Speech. These speak of events or emotions that are yet to occur. Going back over old session transcripts, it has been noticed that every time a future tense reversal occurred, the event that it predicted subsequently occurred, if no corrective actions had been undertaken to alter the outcome.
Is this an example of human intuition at play or maybe just the incredible computing power of the mind predicting future events based upon the personality makeup of people as received and processed through speech reversals? Either way, the implications of Future Tense reversals are vast in the extreme. Using the knowledge of Future Tense reversals, some Analysts have been able to alter the outcome as predicted by the Future Tense. David recently experimented with Future Tense reversals in a tape he analyzed for two people contemplating going into business together. In the discussion forwards, they talked about their business plans. Future Tense reversals occurred that predicted the future of the business and the interpersonal relationships between the two people. Using this knowledge, the potential business partners are now taking appropriate action to correct negative outcomes that were predicted. More on this in other issues.
METAPHORS – SEX
Tremendous progress has been made in isolating and classifying the common metaphors used in Reverse Speech. A “Reverse Speech” dictionary has been compiled containing over 250 common metaphoric words.
More than 150 extra metaphors have been found in American society so far. By far the most common additional metaphor found in the U.S. is the word “Sex”. Its appearance in American reversals is prolific -appearing in almost every tape analyzed so far compared to its appearance in less than 10% of all sessions conducted in Australia.
So are Americans really sex hungry – or is there something deeper to the reversed metaphor of “Sex”? As with all metaphors, there is something far deeper behind its occurrence. In reverse, it appears in connection with power, drive, personal fulfillment and empathy with others. Simply, “Sex” in reverse appears to refer to union or connection – either physical, emotional or spiritual, depending on the level of speech reversal in which it appears.
Most people are looking for “Sex”. Sex gives us personal power and energy. It gives us purpose. It gives us that unique connection with others. Someone crying out for sex in reverse is not seeking physical sexual gratification, but is rather seeking for a connection or Union and rapport with someone -or some strong purpose and drive in life.
So why so many more references to Sex in the United States compared to Australia? Any clues from anyone?
Incidentally, how do you know when one finds a genuine sexual reversal in reverse speech as opposed to the metaphoric reference? They are pretty obvious. Genuine sexual reversals are very phallic in nature using words like “shaft, box, wet” – plus others that cannot be printed. They get pretty explicit!. A sexual reversal was found only recently as a Reverse Speech enthusiast taped a conversation with his girlfriend. It said: “I am the Lord of cum”. How’s that for a third level phallic reversal?
HYPNOSIS
In previous issues, we have reported on experimental hypnotherapy work that Martin Stiles and David Oates had been doing. Unfortunately, due to David’s move to the United States, ongoing research in this area has been limited over the last six months. However, we do have some progress to report. David has been doing some private experimentation with “reversal control”. Current thinking revolves around the fact that since Reverse Speech reflects the state of the inner mind, then it should be possible to alter the state of the inner mind so that direct and conscious control over reversal occurrence can be achieved. Initial experimentation has centered around using NLP anchoring techniques under trance whilst directly accessing that part of the mind responsible for the formation of speech reversals using a unique trance process developed by Martin and David. Change techniques are performed and the unconscious mind is requested to alter the speech reversals accordingly. Only minimal success has so far been achieved. The major problem occurs in the very nature of Reverse Speech itself. Reverse Speech is a reflection of the unconscious mind. So to change speech reversals, the unconscious mind must also be changed. This is not an easy task. It is doubtful whether this technique can be developed to the extent of altering the reporting via reversals of actual events that have occurred to the individual. But some hope is held out for an alteration of reversal reporting of the general emotional state. On one occasion, we managed to “turn reversals off” – in other words, the rate of reversal delivery was extremely low. On another occasion the reversals being delivered after the procedure was performed were so strong, the initial anchors had to be reset. However, so far the “reversal control” effect appears to be temporary, lasting only 1 or 2 days. We’ll keep you posted.
On the subject of trance work, experimentation has also been undertaken with “reversal feedback” under trance – using trance inductions that use the client’s actual reversals as found in previous sessions. This has so far proven to be an extremely powerful and effective method of trance induction. Also experimented with under trance is “parts work”. Which directly addresses those parts of the mind that have exhibited themselves in Archetypal reversals (“Wolf”, “Garden Of Eden”, Lancelot” etc.) Once access has been gained, negotiations have been undertaken with that “part” in an attempt to achieve outcome that is more desirable to the client.
It is too early at this stage to make any great assessments, but by monitoring the ongoing progress of speech reversals, certain attitudinal changes have been noticed, as well as a change in the general spirit of reversals.
FINAL
That’s about all the research news for this issue. If you have developed a new procedure or have additional ideas, please contact us and we will include it in this section.
FEATURE ARTICLE
The following article is an edited version of an essay submitted by Becky Thompson as a partial consideration for her Analyst certificate. Becky is 38 years of age, a certified NLP Practitioner and registered Hypnotist. She holds two Masters degrees, one in Education and one in Counseling. She is a partner in “Change work” and works at a private alternative school in the role of student counselor and teacher. Becky also serves on the Board of the Reverse Speech Institute and has the great honor of becoming the first certified Reverse Speech Analyst in the United States. This essay was one of the finest submitted.
In 1984 David Oates, armed with a walkman rigged to play backwards, began a project to study Backward Masking, a term used to describe the insertion of backward messages on musical recordings. His intent was to discover how pervasive the use of Backward Masking was, as well as to quiet the religious leaders who were calling Rock and Roll with its hidden backward messages “Satanic”. The research began with the Beatles music from the late sixties; specifically when The Beatles hid several clues on album covers and in backward messages hinting that Paul McCartney had died, as part of a gimmick to sell albums. The backward masking CD caught on with many groups following The Beatles’ lead and experimenting with Backward Masking.
David was later joined by Greg Albrecht and together they discovered that not only were there backward messages on rock and roll tunes but also in rhythm and blues songs, children songs and commercials. Apparently these were not placed intentionally. From there it was not too long before tapes of conversations were found to have reversals that directly related to the forward speech, and it was determined that reversals stemmed from the process of speech itself. So the theory of Reverse Speech was born.
The theory of Reverse Speech is based on the premise that as people speak, at least two complementary messages are simultaneously being delivered; one message is presented forward and the other in reverse. The forward message, the words heard and reacted to, are constructed by the analytical brain where language skill is developed. The reverse speech is constructed by the gestalt brain, usually in the right hemisphere, where emotional and creative tendencies are present. The forward speech conveys conscious level communication, while the reversals simultaneously convey communications from the unconscious mind, which includes the storehouse of memories from birth. Together the dual levels are each dependent upon the other to express the exact meaning of the speaker. Through the study of his own twin daughters, David Oates found that they were speaking one-word reversals as early as four months of age. This complexity increased to 2-3 word reversals at seven months of age and entire reversed sentences at 13 months of age. This suggests that Reverse Speech is learned first before forward speech. Also, studies of tests of individual EEGs showed that the brain not only constructs but also receives and processes both messages. Thus, while the conscious mind is processing the forward language, the unconscious mind is processing the reverse.
Together, both modes of speech attempt to communicate the total psyche of the person by correcting the shortcomings of forward speech. The conscious mind chooses words that maintain the limited focus and awareness of consciousness. These words are spoken to express the individual’s perception of reality at a given moment in time. The words spoken are half truths and misperceptions, but are understood and processed by the listener as direct, logical ana1ysis of that individual’s reality. Reverse Speech attempts to correct these half truths and misperceptions.
Because Reverse Speech is constructed in the gestalt brain and from the unconscious mind, the language of Reverse Speech is different from ordinary forward speech. The language is similar to the images of dreams and imagination, with its use of metaphors and archetypes to convey messages of the unconscious mind. Metaphors, although present in forward speech as well, are words that have specific meanings to an individual, a group, a nation, or humans in general.
The language of a reversal denotes which level of consciousness is communicating at any given moment. Using psychiatrist Carl Jung’s levels of consciousness as a guide, a first level reversal using normal language is a conscious expression. A second level reversal, using metaphors is from the personal unconscious which consists of thoughts, emotions and experiences below the level of awareness. The third level of consciousness as defined by Carl Jung is the collective unconscious which is referred to as the core or soul-or higher self. Reversals from this area of the mind, or third level reversals, include metaphoric or archetypal words that have specific spiritual and cultural meanings related to the individual’s national and cultural heritage.
The unconscious mind communicates in exact concise words which it chooses for specific reasons. The words may show hidden thoughts, emotions, motives or hidden agendas of the speaker. In an attempt to convey the thoughts of the unconscious, the reversal may actually contradict the forward dialogue. In a case where the conscious mind is blocking some aspect of a personality and the forward speech is a defense mechanism that protects the self image, a reversal could contradict the forward words and express the exact truth of the matter. On the other hand, a reversal could also reinforce the forward speech when there is conscious and unconscious agreement.
Many reversals are expansive reversals that allow the unconscious to add more in-depth information to the forward words. There are also reversals that express conversations with different parts of the personality. Communicative reversals are also common. They are usually directed to another person and can be instructive in nature or transmit information of some description.
The fact that information is passed from one unconscious to another unconscious through the medium of speech reversals could also explain other phenomena as well. First of all, as people are talking to each other, the listener may perceive that what is said is not the truth. This may be one of the ways people receive intuition.
The fact that groups of peers or friends tend to use similar reversed metaphors and that children will use the reversed metaphors of the parents, helps to illustrate the fact that reversed language is handed down from individual to individual, group to group and down from generation to generation. This is called the “Oral Tradition” theory of Reverse Speech and may give further insights into Carl Jung’s theory of the collective unconscious. As people interact on a conscious level, they collect and store information and then later pass the information on to the next person with whom they interact through the medium of speech reversals.
So as people communicate with each other, they are not just talking about their own personal experiences, but they are also expressing the metaphors of their ancestors stored in the core of their being. This includes the knowledge and experiences of mankind from the beginning of time.
The discovery of the Reverse Speech phenomena is a major contribution that will change the way people think about the ways in which they relate to one another. Anticipating the effects of Reverse Speech on society at its present embryonic phase of study could be compared to predicting the patterns of ripples in a pond caused by dropping a pebble into it. There is no doubt that Reverse Speech, like the pebble, will create monumental ripples, but the exact nature of the ripples is hard to predict.
Some interesting possibilities that cross my mind at this time include the study of hearing impaired to determine if they have reversals, since they have been taught the conscious mind forward speech and are unable to hear the unconscious levels (Eds. note: Maybe they do it through reversed lip reading. We already know that backward lip movements mirror the reversed dialogue.) It would also be quite interesting to record people with epilepsy who have had their corpus callosum severed to control their seizures. If the hemispheres of the brain are severed, are the reversals different or are they similar?
Also, as people become aware of the dual nature of communication, it could become very important to groups of people, such as clergy, educators and people in sales to have their forward speech analyzed in order to determine if they are delivering congruent reversals. Politicians and diplomats would also want to have their words analyzed, and soon a movement to learn to control reversals in certain situations might begin.
Reverse speech could have a major impact on police work, as has been demonstrated by its use in cases in Australia. The therapeutic applications of relating directly to the unconscious are countless and may move the field into the twenty-first century. Now, having a clue to the dark recesses of the unconscious could lead the world one step closer to using the vast power of the unconscious mind, bringing down barriers between individuals, groups, nations and the human race as a whole. Once harnessed, this power could lead to the spiritual evolution of our species.
“Ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free” (St. John).
By: Becky Thompson (Copyright 1990)
BACKING UP ON BUSH
In every issue of this journal, we feature a section that details speech reversals found on famous public figures. As a well known Australian politician once said, “Keep the bastards honest.” (Senator Don Chipp -Founder and former leader of “The Australian Democrats”). This journal follows the same philosophy. It has been said by many that Reverse Speech could be used by the government in the form of “Big Brother” monitoring and that it may lead to the most ultimate invasion of privacy that we have ever seen. We see it the other way round. We see Reverse Speech to be the first real tool that the general public has at its disposal to monitor the real intentions and motivation of our leaders.
So, in the spirit of “Keep the bastards honest” here is a listing of reversals found on President Bush as he announced that General Noriega had surrendered himself to U.S. authorities.
(Reversed dialogue is listed in bold type. Those reversals separated by the marks ” / / ” occurred together in a cluster and are related to each other. This transcript does not give interpretations concerning the meaning of reversals, except for the explanation of Reverse Speech theory and possible meanings of archetypal and metaphoric language. When reading this transcript, the reader should bear in mind that reversals usually relate directly to the forward dialogue and may contradict, confirm or add additional information to the content of the forward either in the form of information or emotional motivations behind what was said forwards. All reversed dialogue has been determined by following the commonly accepted research procedures as detailed in “The Reverse Speech Process”. However, accuracy cannot be guaranteed and this publication accepts no responsibility for incorrect transcriptions.)
TRANSCRIPT
Bush: “We went to Panama with four objectives …. to protect the integrity of the Panama canal treaties and to bring General Noriega to justice. ” See this man come.
Bush: “General Noriega turned himself in to U.S. authorities in Panama with the full knowledge of the Panamanian government.” They forced me (“They” in this instance is a non-specified reference – it is not clear who “they” are.)
Bush: “I want to thank the Vatican and the Papal Nuncio in Panama.” Nicaragua’s mouth
Bush: “This should send a clear signal that the United States is serious in its determination that those charged with the distribution of drugs cannot escape.” The Sandanista’s in it.
Bush: “The return of General Noriega marks a significant milestone in operation Just Cause.” Noriega / This is scum / A slime
Bush: “The U.S. used its resources in manner consistent with political, diplomatic and moral principals.” And I’m not good
Bush: “The first U.S. combat troops have already been withdrawn from Panama. Others will follow as quickly as the local situation will permit.” Made me an Elvis / the show’s in this (“Elvis” in this instance is most likely a personal Metaphor, representing “Superstar“)
Bush: “Deputy Secretary Treasurer Robson is just returning from Panama. A team of experts has remained on hand.” You must look sexy / Disturb Sandanista (“Sexy” in this instance most likely means appealing or likable. “You” is most likely a reference to himself, or an “Internal Dialogue” reversal.)
Bush: “The armed forces of the United States have performed their mission courageously and effectively.” Deal with mission
Bush: “A free and prosperous Panama will be an enduring tribute.” Listen, we owed them evil
A BRIEF HISTORY OF REVERSE SPEECH
For those readers who are new to this entire Reverse Speech phenomenon, here is a brief history of its discovery and growth over the years.
Like all new discoveries in the history of humanity, the growth and realization of Reverse Speech has been a gradual process. It first began back in the late sixties when The Beatles placed hidden backward messages onto some of their albums hinting that Paul McCartney had died, and teenagers around the world began to play records backwards to find these messages. Before too long, other backward messages were found that had not been placed deliberately, but occurred as a result of a reversal of the sounds of speech.
The scene was set. A fad started and it wasn’t too long before many other people claimed to be finding reversed messages (or Backward Masking) in recordings. These included TV technicians, sound men AND religious fundamentalists. With no explanation for these messages, most wrote it off as either imagination or too “weird” to spend any time on it. But not the fundamentalists. They claimed it was the work of the devil possessing the musicians and manipulating their voices so that subliminal messages could be placed onto rock and roll records. Then youth of our society would be “programmed” into the devil’s way of thinking.
They had a field day for a while, conducting crusades against the devil’s music together with record burning parties and hate books against the entire rock and roll industry. In 1982, their cries reached the US Senate and The United States House Of Representatives. The House passed “House Resolution 6363”, a bill introduced by Robert K. Dornan that called for all records suspected of containing Backward Masking to have a warning placed on the front cover of the album.
Then in November, 1983, some bloke from Australia dropped a tape player in a toilet bowl. This useless piece of machinery, which now played only backwards was promptly thrown in a junk box and forgotten about.
A few months later this bloke (David Oates) was running a halfway house for street kids when one of the youth asked him what he thought about “all these Satanic messages” on rock and roll. Being somewhat of an electronics buff with a keen interest in the unknown, David retrieved his broken down tape player and began experimenting. It wasn’t too long that he realized that there really was something there. He ran numerous electronic tests and discovered that the messages did actually exist and it could be proven electronically that they did. His curiosity was aroused and over the next two years playing tape recordings backwards became intense activity for him. He found numerous reversed messages across a wide cross section of recordings, ranging from songs to advertisements to political speeches to normal conversations.
In 1987, he was joined by his life long-friend Greg Albrecht and for the first few months of ’87 they worked furiously to try and unravel this mystery. They came up with the theory of “Reverse Speech” and isolated many common patterns to this strange new phenomenon, at the same time compiling a book “Beyond Backward Masking”. Then in November, ’87, their book all ready, they officially announced to the Australian public that they had discovered another form of human communication or “The Seventh Sense. Media interest was intense and their work was featured on numerous current affair TV programs, magazines and radio broadcasts.
But it was not all an easy road. They were either met with ridicule or “Who cares?” attitudes. It became obvious to both of them that if Reverse Speech were ever going to be accepted, then a lot of hard work was in front of them. At that stage, Greg Albrecht pulled out of the research, his own career beginning to suffer, and David continued alone with a fervent zeal to understand Reverse Speech more and to have their findings accepted and recognized.
Things moved fairly rapidly from there. EEG testing indicated that the brain responded to, and understood, reversed messages. Reverse Speech was used successfully by the Australian police force to solve a crime. Well-known American linguist and co-founder of the Neuro-Linguistic-Programming techniques, Dr. John Grinder, endorsed the findings at a conference in Sydney. Afterwards, David was offered a job in Brisbane to use Reverse Speech in a therapeutic situation. He accepted this and began to experiment with Reverse Speech even more, refining procedures and theories, and collecting massive amounts of information that supported the hypothesis of Reverse Speech.
In 1989, the first official research institute for Reverse Speech was formed in association with Martin Stiles and John Suess. David was approved for a research grant and the train kept on moving. He began to lecture on the topic extensively across Australia, conducting training and instigating further research programs.
In June 1989, he applied for trademarks, patents and intellectual property rights for Reverse Speech and traveled to the United States to lecture on Reverse Speech. The reception he received was overwhelming and, as a result, he moved to Dallas, Texas in August, 1989 to conduct training, lectures and prepare Reverse Speech for its launch onto the world scene. Now, in March, 1990, after many frustrating months, Reverse Speech is prepared and all ready to go. David has established an international organization for the public dissemination of information and has set strict research standards for its location and analysis.
Reverse Speech is on the launching pad, the countdown has started, the spectators are in position and the world waits. What will happen? History will tell the tale.
Reverse speech is about to see life!