BackTalk
The Official Journal Of
The Reverse Speech Education And Research Institute (USA)
Revcom – The Society For Reversed Communication Research (Australia)
“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
FROM THE DESK OF THE EDITOR
Gidday to everyone once again. Here we are with another issue of Backtalk out almost on time for a change. There are a few layout and editorial changes again, in keeping with my long term goal of turning this publication into a large international journal as Reverse Speech continues to become more widely known.
For those readers who have been with me since the journal’s inception, back in 1988 as a few photocopied sheets of paper, I would like to thank you for your continued support and trust you approve of the gradua! growth and improvement in quality. And for the new readers who have joined us this year, I would like to welcome you to the world of Reverse Speech and invite your contribution and participation in the form of articles, letters and general ideas. The only way I can know what you want and what you don’t want is if you tell me.
Most of you will be pleased to know that I have scrapped the ” Gossip Column” this issue and replaced it with “Bits and Pieces”. The Gossip Column was an idea that really didn’t take off. I did have a cryptic purpose behind it, but unless you were close to the situation, it would have been lost as it was. It was actually meant to be a “mirror” for a large and destructive gossip mill that was flourishing at the beginning of the year. Between the lines I was actually saying look how silly this is and, I guess, I must have struck a core because the intense backlash of anger that it caused was almost overwhelming.
Oh well, we live and learn. Mirrors can be hard to look into. Most people say they are most willing on the surface to peer within until they actually begin to see. I am still constantly amazed at the personal attacks that continue as people look into the mirror of Reverse Speech and then turn the fright they experience onto the source of Reverse Speech (seen to be me) as a way to escape responsibility for their own actions and inadequacies.
I realize more and more how confronting Reverse Speech actually is. I can remember vividly when Greg (my first research partner) and I first went public with Reverse Speech back in 1987. We expected the world to beat a path to our door. Perhaps we should have invented a better mouse trap. At least that would kill defensive little creatures and keep ourselves out of it. Technology has wonderful way of making our llves easier and causing us to look within ourselves less and less. Reverse Speech reverses the technological trend of complacency and self denial. It is a technology that most people would care to do without. I wonder what the reaction would be if people thought that one could actually hear reversals consciously!
There have been many enquiries lately about the status of the book. I originally wrote the main text back in 1988 and sold the manuscript almost immediately only to discover that the publishing house who bought the contract did not have the capabilities to fulfill the many elaborate promises they made. Then in 1989 two publishers expressed interest in the manuscript, only to later return it saying it was too intellectual and complex for their market. Back to the drawing board.
I subsequently rewrote the manuscript in the middle of this year and have been working with local writer and seminar presenter, Kathleen Hawkins, who is acting as my book agent. So far the book has been rejected by four publishers. The puzzling thing about it, though, is that it is not rejected with the standard rejection slips. One top publishing house in New York expressed great regret that they could not publish it and other publishers have returned the manuscript saying that it is well written, superbly researched and fascinating material. The reason for rejection is always that it does not fit into their lists. My question is whose lists does it fit into? Reverse Speech is a totally new science and there are no categories anywhere for it to fit into. It stands in a class of its own. So, the search continues. If all else fails, we will self publish early next year. Be patient. It will come!
In the meantime, book or no book, Reverse Speech is out there making its mark felt. Media reports surface periodically including one extensive nationwide coverage early in October as a result of a column written in the last issue of Backtalk. We reported on reversals found during Bush’s speeches concerning the Persian Gulf crisis. One reversal in particular, that contained the mysterious word “Sirnone”, made its way to the press and almost overnight newspapers around the country carried the story with headlines like, “What is Reverse Speech”, and “Is The President Hiding Secret Code Words Backwards In His Speeches.” CNN cable news ran it as their top story for two nights. Whilst most of this was just a wave of media interest caused mainly by Associated Press carrying the story on their fax networks, some genuine results were achieved. I was interviewed on a few occasions including one nationally syndicated radio network out of Washington DC.
Locally, I have been doing many lectures around Dallas and another training class has started with 15 fired up students all ready to learn about Reverse Speech. Another class is scheduled for mid November.
Reverse Speech Analyst, Becky Thompson, is only an assignment away from becoming the first Provisional Trainer in the world. She is assisting me in the current class and doing a great job. Becky’s dedication to Reverse Speech is one to be looked up to and modelled. I see great things in store for her as Reverse Speech makes it way further and further into society.
On the academic scene interest is constantly growing and I had a visit from New York psychiatrist, Dr. Rima Laibow, last month who is taking this into the circles that have always been my main goal. Due to her efforts, the Department of Psychology of Kansas City University is planning the first official study into the validity of Reverse Speech commencing sometime in December of this year.
I also had a visit from Reverse Speech Developer Paul Von Stroheim this month on his way back to Australia from Germany. We spent several hours chatting about weird and wonderful topics and, as a result of our talks, Paul has written an article that is printed in this issue. I’m not too sure what to make of it and on Paul’s confession, neither does he, but maybe someone out there will.
I would like to finish this column with an expression of my deepest and sincerest thanks to Dr. Virgil Chrane, founder of the Dallas Alphabiotic Center, who has been a tremendous support for me over the last two months. Rarely have I seen someone grasp the significance and implications of Reverse Speech so profoundly and quickly. Virgil’s feelings concerning Reverse Speech can best be summarized in a prepared statement he made that he has sent out to many of his colleagues across the United States.
“David John Oates has made one of the great discoveries of all time. He has proven that man’s true Self speaks in reverse. He has documented and developed the art, science and philosophy of Reverse Speech. He is a class with Thomas Edison, Nicola Telsa, Albert Einstein and Alexander Graham Bell. David John Oates, like Bell, shortly after he invented the telephone, is confronted by many who are excited about his great discovery but are still asking, “What practical use is it?” I am amazed that anyone would ask such a queshon. My prediction is that Reverse Speech will revolutionize all aspects of human life. Most importantly, it will help us become truly congruent – saying what we mean, and meaning what we say. This is the basis of integrity and real mental health. If anyone deserves world-wide recognition, it’s David John Oates. We owe him an enormous debt of gratitude. ”
(Dr. Virgil Chrane, President, Alphabiotics International, 1990.)
What can I say? Thanks Virgil. Till next issue. Keep the flag flying.
DAVID OATES
“Life can only be understood backwards, but it must be lived forwards.”
Soren Kierkergaard
Research Information
EEG TESTS
The first piece of research information to be reported in this column is some initial results analyzed from further Electroencephalograph testing. The results were obtained from a machine entitled “The Mind Mirror” which is a small EEG machine that measures left/right brain hemispheric functions as well the frequency of mental operation ranging from Beta Waves (19-38 cycles) to Delta Waves (.75 to 2.75 cycles). It should be pointed out, though, that these results cannot be used on an official level as there are some doubts in academic circles concerning the reliability of readings obtained from this machine, but they do give us some interesting food for thought.
For the tests various people were wired up to the machine and played several audio soundtracks forwards. In every instance that a speech reversal occurred it was noted that in the 6 cycle Theta range, left brain hemispheric activity significantly decreased and right brain hemispheric activity noticably increased throughout the time period that a speech reversal was occurring. This reading was also observed as the person being tested was speaking and delivering a speech reversal. This 6 cycle activity is indicative of mental activity below the level of consciousness.
Another interesting observation was made when an incongruent reversal was delivered (a reversal that contradicted the message of the forward dialogue). Right brain hemispheric activity in the 24-38 cycle Beta range (consciousness) increased remarkably during the time period of reversal delivery. Could this explain why some people can often sense consciously when someone is telling an untruth?
Then. an unexpected result. Significant, constant and pronounced right brain hemisphere activity in the Beta area was observed when people being tested were merely listening to tapes run backwards. The results still need to be collated more and this will be reported upon in another issue.
PERSONALITY TRAITS
David Oates has been developing a rather stunning skill over the last few months that has now been verified on a significant enough number of times to be commented on. Simply by working with a person’s reversals, having no knowledge of the forward dialogue and never having met the person, he has been able to accurately identify precise personality traits and behavioral patterns of the individual. In some cases (only a small number) he has even been able to describe the person’s physical appearance wlth amazing accuracy – once again, simply by looking at the speech reversals. David states that there is nothing “psychic” or”clairvoyant” about this. In point of fact he goes to great lengths to explain that this is an acquired skill that anyone can learn by understanding Reverse Speech Archetypes.
David reports that he simply isolates the common metaphors that people are using (everyone has their own peculiar metaphoric pattern) and correlates them with other sessions that he has conducted. For example, a person who uses the word “Whirlwind” frequently in their reversals will tend to operate at a high energy level. Someone who uses the word “Wolf” frequently will tend to have a highly protective nature, and so on. So, by recognizing the common metaphors and comparing them with other sessions he has conducted, he “types” the person.
He uses the same method in describing physical appearance. He flashes back to other people he has known who have exhibited similar Reverse Speech patterns, believing that personality types can be distinguished by certain facial structures. David is currently attempting to teach this skill in the Master Analyst course and is working on ways to simplify the method by devising concise analytical steps.
LOCATION INCONSISTENCIES
It has long been known that people will find different reversals on the same tape. That is, two or three people will independently analyze the same section of tape and find a variety of differing reversals that other people have missed. The difference will decrease, however, the more proficient a person becomes in location skills. In other words, there will always be common core reversals that all people locate. The percentage of common reversals, however, will rarely be greater than 30 percent. That is, in any given 100 reversals found by two trained and proficient Analysts, only about 30 will be identical (or close to identical). However, when the independent Analysts subsequently draw conclusions from their results, the conclusions will always be identical.
Several theories have been put forward for this. The most plausible seems to be that Analysts will simply miss reversals that others locate either due to their own mental filters or differing criteria for determining reversal validity. What one Analyst may decide as being a “dicey’ reversal, another Analyst may decide is it valid enough to document. The explanation for why the overall conclusions drawn are still identical is simple. All reversals that were delivered by any one person will be indicative of the same facts or personality traits being explored. Just because some reversals were missed or decided to be too imprecise by some, yet found by others does not alter the general spirit of the speech reversals being delivered or the personality type being exhibited by the speech reversals.
Adding further complexity to this issue is the fact that if the same tape is listened to by a group of people over loudspeakers, rather than independent analysis, the percentage of common reversals will increase remarkably. Often all people will simultaneously hear exactly the same reversal with no prompting by others, thereby increasing the common factor to in excess of sixty percent. Why is there a higher percentage of common reversals located by people in group dynamics than by people analyzing independently and on their own? It is known that the emotional state of the Analyst at the time of analyzing will influence reversals found compared to those missed. Maybe it has something to do with group dynamics?
Another mystery is now confronting us and the problem to be solved is how do we increase the overall reliability, commonality and quantity of reversal location? Of course, computer speech recognition and analysis will obviously remove all of this problem but that is several million dollars and probably many years away.
David Oates and Becky Thompson are now attempting to find ways to rectify this prob!em as they train the current intake of students. Over the next three months they plan to carefully monitor all students and the reversals they locate. It is hoped that some common factors may be isolated in the students reversal location methods, emotional state and personality structure that may give some clues as to why certain reversals are missed, and thus provide some clues that will help improve the overall number of reversals located by any given Analyst. This will be an involved and extensive process. We will keep you posted.
Reverse Speech
The Third Dimension of Language
The Oral Tradition Theory
In previous issues of BackTalk we have often referred to the Oral Tradition theory of Reverse Speech. Oral Tradition is currently being explored in great detail by Reverse Speech Developer Greg Albrecht. Greg’s work will be featured in the next issue of BackTalk. This article will give a brief overview as a prelude of things to come.
In Carl Jung’s theory of “The Collective Unconscious” (see last issue of BackTalk) he proposes that there exists inside Man a storehouse that contains the entire heritage of mankind. He suggests that this knowledge has been born anew with each individual. In Reverse Speech many words have been noted whose appearance cannot be explained by normal sociological environments but rather stem from a time in humanity’s deep past. In an attempt to explain this, a theory has been formulated entitled “THE ORAL TRADITION PROCESS OF REVERSE SPEECH.”
This theory states that reversed language is handed down from generation to generation. While people are constantly interacting with each other on an unconscious level they are collecting and storing information from family, peer groups and associates. This information is then incorporated into a storage bank deep within, as overall collective knowledge. Then, like a large communications link, it is unconsciously relayed to others. Legends that were once stories told around the campfires of ancestors become a permanent part of the deep self. Reverse Speech continues the handing down process long after conscious knowledge of them has ceased.
Oral Tradition has the potential to explain many of the metaphoric imagery in use today. Here are some observations made that support the theory.
(1) The research into Reverse Speech has documented cases of new metaphors from modern figures. For example the word “Elvis” (Elvis Presley) is a Metaphor that has not been found in any recordings predating the 1980s. It is representative in reverse for a Superstar. It was recently found on United States President, George Bush, as he announced that General Noriega had been captured (Backtalk – April 1990). The reversal said, Made me an Elvis, which indeed it did. His popularity soared after Noriega’s capture. Likewise is the metaphor “Luther” (Martin Luther King). It has been found in instances that refer to racial prejudice.
(2) Groups of friends and peer groups will tend to use similar metaphors. A few months after David Oates had arrived in the United States to live, his friends and associates began to occasionally use Aussie slang in their reversals (mate, bloke, she’ll be right, etc.) In a family with a strong Methodist background reversals were found spanning three generations that used the word “Methodist“.
(3) Isolated incidents have been found in reverse where unconscious knowledge has been passed on. For example in a television interview David once conducted, the reporter challenged him to prove Reverse Speech. He then deliberately lied about his age saying, “I am 32 years of age. I am 32 years of age. I am 32 years of age.” When the recording was analyzed a reversal was found in that section of speech that said, “37, it came up” which was indeed his correct age, having recently had a birthday. Shortly afterwards a reversal was found on David that said, “Now you’re 37.” Yet at the time the recording was made he had no conscious knowledge of this. How did he know? The answer is, he had received it from the reporter’s previous reversal. Note the actual process:
The reporter lies about his age and at the same time he delivers a reversal that reveals his true age. David receives the reversal and unconsciously stores the information. He then releases this information in the form of another speech reversal.
This is the process of Oral Tradition. Many people have experienced occasions when they seemed to know something but had no idea how they got that knowledge. How does this occur? Oral Tradition may explain why.
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Dear David,
Thank you for the informational package on Reverse Speech. I found it interesting and I enjoyed listening to tape one of your tape series. I often have problems explaining Reverse Speech to the skeptical. Even after they hear clear examples they dismiss it as coincidence saying that you can hear anything you like when you play it backwards. How do you explain to people who simply claim that we’re only hearing what we want to hear?
I would like to wish you all the best in what you are doing and all the best from us down under. I trust you have made more discoveries and will make more important discoveries in the future.
Yours Faithfully, M. Marysej (Melbourne, Australia)
Eds note: The questions of coincidence and imagination are often raised. My answer is usually to agree with them. It is possible to see anything you like in backward run Iyrics if no guidelines or research criterion are followed. New researchers will often “project” into gibberish their own belief and value systems. Strict guidelines have been established to ensure the accuracy of reversed Iyrics. These include determining the precise syllable structure of the reversed phrase and ensuring that individual letters, vowels and consonants actually exist. Likewise, there are certain key words and phonetic sounds that will always reverse to say the same thing. The word “another one”, for example, will always reverse to say marijuana. The greatest proof to the skeptic is for a trained analyst to simply record a conversation and run it back on the spot. The reversals located have never yet failed to convince someone.
Dear Mr. Oates
I am an NLP Master Practitioner who has recently been introduced to the technology of Reverse Speech. You may be aware of the fact that an integral part of the “NLP Phobia Cure” is where the client, in a disassociated state, is asked to run backwards an internal “film” of the situation that sets off their phobic reaction. This technique most often leads to a fast cure of their phobia.
Speech, to my mind, is an auditory phenomena, and is therefore only a singular part of any experience and a person’s internal visual representation of an experience is also only another singular part of the complete experience. A complete or whole experience, however, is of course a synesthesia of all of a person’s representational systems. These two particular systems however, when run backwards seem to impact very powerfully on any person re experienclng an experience.
My question to you is, Has your organization done any research at all to establish any interconnections between the various individual parts of a “whole” experience or have you been concentrating running only the auditory portion of experience backwards?
I am particularly fascinated by what you have already established with your research because I have also been experimenting with the phobia cure, running not only the visuals but also the other submodalities of my clients phobic reactions backwards. I have even asked clients to run feelings backwards. Some clients have even been able to do that. But my experiments have had varying success.
Sincerely D. Timm (Laurel Canyon, Califomia).
Eds note: Currently the only research we are doing is in running human speech backwards in a diagnostic fashion. Our research is centered primarily around locating the hidden codes of language that are imbedded backwards in speech. These findings are then used to gain a greater insight into the behavioral prompters of the client. Perhaps we could get together some time when I am out in California and discuss this further. Your work has some interesting possibilities.
To the Editor.
I recently saw a copy of your publication at a friend’s house and this is the first time I have ever heard of Reverse Speech except for backwards messages in music. Is there any connection between what you are doing and what right wing groups are saying about subliminal backward messages in Rock and Roll? Do you have a book about the topic that I could read? If what you are saying is true then I don’t think anyone would ever speak in public again. Is the CIA doing any work with this?
Sincerely Yours,
C. Turner (Chicago, Illinois)
Eds. note: I have written a book on Reverse Speech but it is still doing the rounds of publishers. With regards to your question about backward messages in rock and roll, most of these messages are simply speech reversals in musical form. By the very nature of Reverse Speech, whenever speech is sung or spoken, speech reversals will occur. To call them subliminal is an incorrect term. Subliminal implies intentional insertion and speech reversals are a natural function of the human mind. Subliminal also irnplies some form of “brain washing” and speech reversals are not behavioral manipulative. The same freedom of choice that applies to forward speech also applies to Reverse Speech. To the best of my knowledge, no government agency is doing any work at all with Reverse Speech. Although research work has been going on in Australia for the last six years, it has only been introduced to the United States this year. You are looking at a completely new technology in its very first labor pains of birth.
“The conscious mind is, at best, merely a shadowy reflection of the true self. If Reverse Speech has any role to play in society, it is in letting the shadow see its true self and, if possible, achieve a sense of recognition, acceptance and integration. Mankind will never reach integrity and balance until this happens.”
David Oates – taken from a lecture given in Dallas, October 1990
Stairway To Heaven
For the last three years, I have tried to avoid any mention of reversals in music, or “Backward Masking”, in any of my official publications or media appearances. This is because I have not wanted to confuse the phenomenon of Reverse Speech with the superstitions currently reigning over backward messages in Rock and Roll. However, over the last few months I have been forced to address the issue due to an increase in media interest with reversals in music. This became particularly obvious in a recent radio interview, where both the radio announcer and telephone callers asked me questions about the song “Stairway To Heaven”. Questions about this song have also been asked of me often in recent lectures I have conducted. I have therefore decided to reprint a section of my book manuscript that deals with this issue.
If there was a Top 40 of backmasked songs, then “Stairway To Heaven” by Led Zeppelin would have to be at the top of the chart. It has been quoted, misquoted, and dissected repeatedly by fundamentalist proponents of backward masking for years as being one of the most occultic or satanic songs to have ever been released.
According to Stephen Davis, author of the Zeppelin Saga, “Hammer Of The Gods”, the controversy began in 1982 when a prominent Baptist from the South used his radio pulpit to preach that Stairway To Heaven carried subliminal backward messages. Then in April 1982 the California state assembly played a backward tape of the song in public session. Some members of the committee claimed they heard the words, “I live for Satan”. Led Zeppelin members were duly denounced as agents of Satan, luring millions of teenagers into damnation as unwitting disciples of the Antichrist. Eddie Kramer, the producer and engineer who worked on four Led Zeppelin albums, says that these charges are “totally and utterly ridiculous. Why would they want to spend so much studio time doing something so dumb.” 1
Stairway To Heaven was written in one afternoon by Jimmy Page, lead guitarist of Led Zeppelin and avid devotee of early twentieth century occultist, Aleister Crowley. It (the song) has been reported to employ a technique of encoded words and double meanings similar to that used in Negro Spirituals where some songs were used as maps, and other lyrics served to alert plantation slaves of an impending break for freedom. 2
Up until approximately 1985 Page owned and lived in Crowley’s former house, “Boleskine”, sometimes called the “Toolhouse”, a sprawling farmhouse on the shores of Loch Ness. Boleskine was originally purchased in 1900 by Crowley, for almost twice its normal value, because it met with certain requirements of the “Books Of Sacred Magic” of “Abra-Melin the Mage”. These requirements included windows and a door opening northwards to a secluded structure that was to serve as an oratory. It is commonly assumed that a small outbuilding at the back of Boleskine was the oratory. 3
Crowley stated in his diary that “shadowy shapes” used to escape the oratory and enter the house. It has been reported that during subsequent rituals these “shadowy shapes” were unleashed with dire effects on visitors, staff and a few hapless visitors from nearby Foyers. 4 In the rock magazine “Roadrunner”, Jimmy Page cites further cases of madness and mayhem adding that on the Boleskine site was once “a church that burned to the ground with the congregation in it.
This small historical background gives tremendous insights into the profoundly significant metaphors contained in both the forward and reversed lyrics of “Stairway To Heaven.” Sung forward, the song is basically a story of a woman who is searching for the path to heaven. Here are some portions of the forward lyrics….
“There’s a sign on the wall but she wants to be sure cos you know sometimes [words have two meanings] / In the tree by the brook there ‘s a song bird who sings sometimes all of [our thoughts are misgiven] / In my thoughts I have [seen] brings a smoke through the trees and the voices of those who stand looking.”
Note the references to words having two meanings, thoughts that are misgiven and the use of visual predicates (seen, looking). All of these symbolisms describe with great accuracy the nature and function of Reverse Speech. The visual nature of Reverse Speech has been explored in previous issues of Backtalk. The “voices of those who stand looking” appears to have connection with another verse that says: “And a new day will dawn for those who stand long and the forests will echo with laughter.”
Many meanings have been given to these lyrics by other writers. In my opinion, greater significance can be obtained when they are viewed from the perspective of Reverse Speech. When the complementary nature of the song is considered to its fullest extent it appears to be, partially, a song of hope for those who once suffered at Boleskine. It also appears to be a message from the unconscious mind detailing its own communicative process. In the very process of writing the song the way he did, Jimmy Page unknowingly established the complementary criteria for speech reversals to occur that spoke of their own existence.
“Words have two meanings, and “thoughts are misgiven” appear at the start of the song. Note the complementarity with the last reversal on the song. It says as soon as the song is reversed, “Pl-a-a-a-a-a-y backward. Hear words sung.” This is not an intentional backmasked message but rather a genuine speech reversal. It almost seems the unconscious mind is calling out and saying “Hey listen to me. I can communicate.”
The forward Iyrics of “If there’s a bustle in your hedgerow don’t be alone there”, contains a reversal that says: “There was a little toolshed where he made us suffer, sad Satan.” An interesting hypothesis to consider is that unconsciously Page used the word “toolshed” to refer to the small outbuilding that was the oratory (Boleskine itself was the Toolhouse). The reported “shadowy figures” may be the “voices of those who stand looking.” Yet: “a new day will dawn for those who stand long,” because “There are two paths you can go by but in the long run there’s still time to change the road you’re on.” This last quoted stanza contains the reversal, “It’s my sweet Satan, the one whose little path would make me sad, whose power is fake.”
Considering that Boleskine is a typical Scottish mansion, the references to path, forest, hedgerow are intriguing. The word Satan may be a metaphor for the suffering and pain that occurred in and around Boleskine. The parallels of these imageries and the legends surrounding Boleskine are compelling. I find it amazing that the sadness of Satan’s path and the “fakeness” of his power could be considered as Satanic glorification by the many fundamentalists who have damned and burned copies of nStairway To Heaven” and thus actually increased the sales of this product which they were telling people not to listen to.
As a final note, a reversal appears on a live version of the song sung in 1976 that says: “Forgive rne Lord, forgive me Lord, forgive rne Lord.” 5 How this could be considered as Satanic is beyond me. Who is asking for forgiveness and why? Since when does the reported nature of Satan, metaphoric or factual, include forgiveness?
Is the song a Stairway To Heaven or a Stairway To Hell or maybe something totally different? Stephen Davis writes a good description.
“It expressed an ineffable yearning for spiritual transformation deep in the heart of the generation for which it was intended.” 6
Bibliography
(1) Stephen Davis, “The Hammer Of The Gods” (New York, William Morrow And Company Inc., 1985), p.335
(2) Private letter; Raymond B. MacPherson, Melbourne, Vic.
(3) C.R. Cammell, “Aleister Crowleyn, (London, New English Library, 1969)
(4) Ibid.
(5) Led Zeppelin, “The Song Remains The Same ” (Recorded Live At Madison Square Garden, Swan Song, 1976)
(6) Stephen Davis. op.cit. p. 146
A Healing Message From
The Unconscious Mind
Every now and then when I am conducting Reverse Speech sessions with people, I come across a real gem. Such is the case with a session I recently conducted with a young woman who was concerned about a weight problem she had. She struck me as a happy, talented woman who could not be considered as being excessively overweight and I was surprised to hear her speak during our session of a low self image and her frustration over not having a regular relationship since her marriage broke up. She also spoke of a possible molestation experience (of which she had no memory) from her father as a young child which she thought may have affected her adversely in her emotional life, contributing to weight gain. Printed below are selected portions of the session we conducted.
Purpose of session: to discover psychological cause of weight and explore ways of enhancing the love relationship area of life.
Reversals are indicated in bold type at the end of each section of forward dialogue. Its “Validity Factor” (audible clarity, grammatical structure, significance) is determined using standard Reverse Speech analysis procedures, and is shown on a scale of 1-5, with “5” being the perfect reversal and ” 1 ” being vague and imprecise. The average speech reversal is rated as 3, and this constitutes most reversals found in any given example of conversational speech.
The presice section of forward dialogue responsible for the reversal is indicated with brackets – [ ]. This section, and the sentence in which it appears, should be analyzed with the speech reversal.
Transcript:
Woman: “There’s something about eating. [When you bring it into your body], you know, there’s comfort there.” REVERSAL The lover is me. Validity Factor 3
Woman: “I wanted to lose weight because my husband did not [want a fat wife].” REVERSAL I am second. Validity Factor 2
Woman: “I felt bad [because he had told] me that he’d rather live alone that live with a fat wife.” REVERSAL It must be second. Validity Factor 3
Woman: “[I have gotten fat] right after we got married then I lost it.” REVERSAL I have an ugly hut. Validity Factor 3
Woman: “[My father saw me one] day coming from the [bathroom] into my bedroom.” REVERSAL Now we must love him / No man loves me. Validity Factor 2,2
Woman: “If my father can’t [accept the way I am then nobody can].” REVERSAL One with my eye with him. Validity Factor 3
Woman: “I think it stems back to [father].” REVERSAL The love. Validity Factor 5
David: ” And [is that intricately related] to your acceptance of men?” REVERSAL You shall reveal with me. Validity Factor 3
Woman: ” [He’s pretty much told me] I’m not good enough physically.” REVERSAL I’m not out of him. Validity Factor 2
Woman: “I told you the [sexual abuse] that came out in (counseling) the last few months.” REVERSAL I make the sea. Validity Factor 3
Woman: “[I was told several years] ago that there was a possibility that was sexually abused.” REVERSAL I can see your mess. Validity Factor 2
Woman: “[So doing the breathing] exercises I started thinking, you know my father played with me.” REVERSAL He held me nude. Validity Factor 3
Woman: “I was living [in Houston when I] was raised and I don’t remember moving.” REVERSAL I wallow in it. Validity Factor 3
David: “[We can probe that a bit further]?” REVERSAL Must have her loving him. Validity Factor 3
Woman: “[Er, ar] [It may be an abnormal thing for a woman to want to do] it or have those feelings [towards her father ‘cos he’s the first man] in her life.” REVERSAL I need him / I wish Momma would care for my Daddy. I’m angry / I am surf with his love results. Validity Factor 3,2,3
Woman: “[The eating pushes down the emotions].” REVERSAL They show me ways to shoot. Validity Factor 4
Woman: “[They’re not] necessarily tied to Daddy. But it’s anything that happened during the day.” REVERSAL You’ll erase the sin. Validity Factor 4
Woman: “You eat to suppress them [and then you throw them up and its a cleansing process]. [After you throw up] you feel completely calm.” REVERSAL There’s milk in it. I’m waltzing in it / I won’t be your fat. Validity Factor 2
Woman: “I mean [I remember the first day] I told him I was bulimic.” REVERSAL The lost eye suffered. Validity Factor 3
Woman: “I won’t allow that deep vulnerability, [‘cos I’m afraid].” REVERSAL Feel for mother. Validity Factor 2
Woman: “I think it’d be healthy if I gave it all up and [the thought of being with anybody] just really got into me.” REVERSAL I will need, need the love. Validity Factor 3
Woman: “My mother was a very [self sacrificing woman]. [My father was not a good provider].” REVERSAL My Mum. You suffer / Her love with big answer. Validity Factor 2,3
Woman: “My mother used to stay home and provide the stability as opposed to going out to work [and providing the stability].” REVERSAL He delivered some love. Validity Factor 4
Woman: “I’m an [extremely loving and happy person].” REVERSAL The fats sin, sing the muck. Validity Factor 3
David: “If l had a magic wand to make it happen, what spell would I have to chant?” NO REVERSAL
Woman: “I know that [deep down inside], I’m good and I’m smart and I’m intelligent.” REVERSAL Nuding my love. Validity Factor 3
Woman: “I am finally [understanding that the poor man], You know. Look at his upbringing. [It had nothing to do with me].” REVERSAL I am old with him / The wisdom. The fun. Validity Factor 3.2
Woman: “[It keeps me from really] [blossoming totally]. I feel [like I’m pretty blossomed], but the real, what [l really want to express is not being expressed].” REVERSAL Heal them if you speak it / You’ll work near the soul / Involving the soul / You’ll develop real with them. Validity Factor 2,3,2
Woman: ” l know I’d be OK if I really [let myself come out].” REVERSAL I am a person. Validity Factor 4
Woman: ” I want to develop the ability [to affect people in a positive way].” REVERSAL And I will beat that fat. Validity Factor 3
Woman: “I’m [so sick of this new age fucking bullshit].” REVERSAL They showed me not invincible lover. Validity Factor 2
Woman: ” [I was a workshop junkie].” REVERSAL I need to beat this rush. Validity Factor 2
My overall conclusions after conducting this session were two fold. First, I saw no evidence in reverse that a molestation from her father had occurred. I had conducted many sessions with people who had been molested and reversals had always appeared that gave quite explicit descriptions of this. No such reversals occurred in this session. What I did see, however, was an attachment to a perceived lack of love and affection from her father which hypothesized had been transposed into a molestation so she could have something concrete to hang onto. I also saw this same attachment to negative statements that had been told to her by other people.
Second, I saw a woman who was very much together within herself and displayed many talents and abilities. I saw a desire to overcome her weight problems and I saw a woman with great talent for dealing with people and their problems. This was particularly obvious in the section that is reprinted below.
David: “If I had a magic wand to make it happen, what spell would I have to chant?”
Reversals from woman immediately following ……
Nuding my love
I am old with him.
The wisdom. The fun.
Heal them if you speak it.
You’ll work near the soul.
Involving the soul.
You’ll develop real with them.
I am a person.
And I will beat that fat.
Here is a possible normal usage English translation of the above reversals, using standard analysis procedures, and incorporating personality structure and reversal trend seen in the entire session.
A statement from Self: “The attachment to my father’s perceived actions and lack of affection is inhibiting my freedom. It is weighing me down with unnecessary baggage.”
A statement from the unconscious mind: “Remember your wisdom. Remember the fun and freedom of life. You can overcome this baggage, and heal, touch and transform others by remembering, acting out and telling them of this truth. With these tools you will work with people at a deep level, touching and healing their soul, their inner self, the real person behind the mask. By doing this, you will heal yourself, explore, discover and develop your true potential, as will those who come in contact with you.”
A conclusion from Self: “I am important, worthy and strong. By remembering this fact, the wisdom and the fun, I will overcome and gain control of my weight and everything attached to the metaphor that the weight represents.”
These reversals were a tremendous relief to the woman and she found herself coming into contact with the loving, genuine part of herself in a very real way. Although it is too early at this stage to see whether this knowledge will indeed help her weight, the woman reports to me that as a result of the session she is feeling more contented with herself than she has felt for a long time and is now approaching life in a far more positive manner.
This session, rather than show behavioral sabotages, showed the woman’s true self worth and allowed her to see that she really was an OK person with many talents and abilities. This had been told to her by many people but this time she allowed herself to see through her own reversals and finally saw it to be true.
The weight of unnecessarily carried burdens can be most destructive. Reverse Speech allowed her to let go of the load she had been carrying. Maybe this will be reflected in future weight loss and freedom in relationships.
Some Complex Legal Questions
The following article has been compiled based on a lecture given to the Reverse Speech Education And Research Institute by Dallas, attorney, Mr. Paul Stewart.
For the legal and investigative community, Reverse Speech poses many interesting questions. For example, in criminal investigations, once a person has given up the right to remain silent, can the content of their speech reversals be admissible as evidence in a court of law? The question then arises concerning the actual meaning of the reversals. Are they metaphoric references or should they be treated as fact? If they are metaphoric, then what does the metaphor mean? Who decides? These are extremely complex issues but ones which must be addressed once wide acceptance of the phenomenon is achieved.
Can they be considered as subliminal under current legislation? To outlaw its use or bring litigation would seem to be a pointless exercise, for they are beyond conscious control. What happens therefore, when someone has, what might be considered to be, an undesirable reversal? Can someone be sued for defamation because of something they said in reverse? Should rock and roll groups be brought before the courts because of reversals that their songs contain?
Law firms make major use of depositions in preparing their cases and deciding which witnesses they will use and which ones they won’t. Many of them tape these depositions. Can speech reversals help them make their decision as to whether a witness is believable or not? Or could it be considered as an invasion of privacy? The U. S . constitution makes strong provisions that protect the rights of citizens and part of these rights are privacy rights. Could the use of Reverse Speech be considered as the most ultimate invasion of privacy yet to hit society?
Who owns the speech reversals on a tape recording? Could it be considered as a derivative work and therefore protected under copyright law? Communication is an integral aspect of the law. How will the existence of Reverse Speech affect current legislation and this basic premise of the legal system?
Does the existence of Reverse Speech pose a threat to national security? If the President, for example, knows that his speech is going to be recorded and speech reversals analyzed, then might he not be a little more reluctant to make public statements concerning international events? Then if he does decide not to talk, is this then denying the citizens of their right to know? Politicians may become more reluctant to make speeches and give press conferences. What do they then do on the election campaign trail? Can their speech reversals affect their chances of re-election?
Could it lead to the increased use of wire tapping by investigative authorities and therefore jeopardize the rights of citizens? Is it the dawning of George Orwell’s “Big Brother” society? Its occurrence in speech was originally discovered in 1984.
Reverse Speech is the ultimate lie detector in the truest sense of the word. In fact it goes far above and beyond anything that has ever possibly been conceived. Police currently tape record, and in some cases video tape, many investigative sessions with suspects of crimes. Speech reversals could be reasonably expected to reveal details of past and future activities. This would provide an invaluable tool, taking much of the guess work out of investigations. Ultimately, it will lead to speedy investigative work and crime prevention.
However police are traditionally very cautious, having to work rigidly within current guidelines and legal restrictions that protect the rights of citizens. If they plan to use speech reversals, do they then have to include in their statements to a suspect that anything said, both forward and backward, can be used against them?
Once Reverse Speech gains wide acceptance and credibility then special legislations would have to be passed governing its use. The legal issues are interesting to say the least!! The next years will indeed be interesting as Reverse Speech makes major inroads into society.
“As in water face answered to face, so the heart of man to man.” Proverbs 27:9
“I want to tell you about Texas radio and the big beat. It comes out of Virginia swamps, cool and clear, with perfect precision and the back beat hard and narrow to master. Some call it heavenly in its brilliance, others fiend and rueful of the Western dream.” Jim Morrison
Guilty Or Innocent?
The following are small amended extracts of an interview investigators conducted with a man whose business partner had been shot the night before. He later died in hospital. Situational forward dialogue has been altered, but the trend and topics discussed are preserved. Reversed dialogue is printed exactly as it occurred and is printed without editorial comment. Was this man guilty? Was he telling the truth? Did he have a motive? Can Reverse Speech be helpful in investigative situations? Can the lie detector do a better job? We will leave that for you to decide.
Suspect: “We were out that night waiting for “Victim” to arrive. We went [out and had a couple of drinks], then we were going to look for women.” REVERSAL I wanna listen to murder / Woman – Validity factor 2-3
Investigator: “We need to know what he had planned to do that night. [That’d give] us something to look for.” REVERSAL He did it – Validity factor 4
Suspect: “I was buying a new computer that day. [But when he bought anything] he had his secretary organize it.” We sure argue – Validity factor 2
Police: “But the bill goes to.. ” NO REVERSAL
Suspect: ” [The bill]…. ” REVERSAL I killed him – Validity factor 4
Police: “….to “Victim’s” office.” NO REVERSAL
Suspect: “The other night he was telling me he’s making so much bloody money, [it’s just pitiful].” REVERSAL I’m just an asshole with him – Validity factor 4
Suspect: ” [Money? Do I have any problems]? Was that your question?” REVERSAL I rubbed him out, him – Validity factor 4
Suspect: “It all depends on whether you’re [talking about my books] or his books.” REVERSAL I’m gonna lose the farm – Validity factor 3
Suspect: “Anyway, [I was going to have, originally I was going to get together with all the lads from the office last night].” REVERSAL I lost a deal with eight hundred. What happened – Validity 2
Suspect: “He hadn’t turned up yet so [I talked to his wife] and, er he wasn’t there.” REVERSAL I need a gun – Validity factor 3
Suspect: “I tried calling his car phone. [He’s not in his car phone].” REVERSAL I’ll catch him that evening – Validity factor 2-3
Suspect: “This is a little after eleven o’clock. [OK].” REVERSAL Be careful – Validity factor 4-5
Suspect: “[I was on the phone with him 5 minutes]. Well you know 5 minutes [ain’t going to get you to King’s Cross].” REVERSAL I’ll phone and set him up/ I’ll phone the signal – Validity factor 2
Suspect: “He still hadn’t turned up. [The bloody fuckhead had stayed] at the pub drinking.” REVERSAL Gave them my signal – Validity factor 2
Suspect: “I called back [and I said er], is “Victim” there?” REVERSAL I did panic – Validity factor 3-4
Suspect: “I said to my mates. I can’t find him. [I said lets go] and have a couple of drinks.” REVERSAL I’ll set this up – Validity factor 1-2
Suspect: “The pub closed, [they closed] at 2, so we left [probably at 2], right after 2 o’clock or whatever.” REVERSAL It’s all bullshit / Of course I’m fed up – Validity factor 1-2
Suspect: “[You know. I left at 2] [and, um, he said] “Victim’s” not here.” REVERSAL I’m fed up / I’m nervous, money – Validity factor 4
Suspect: “[So I said, I’ve got some car problems] that need taken care of” REVERSAL Rotten fellow, that person – Validity factor 2-3
Suspect: “I can’t remember what the bloke said. Like you say, maybe something [about a bar] but I can’t tell you any more than that.” REVERSAL They shot him – Validity factor 3
Investigator: ” [I think he’ll pull through].” REVERSAL He won’t recover – Validity factor 2-3
Suspect: “He didn’t have that information. [And, um, I was shocked and sick] and, er, I said, will you answer the question.” REVERSAL I cursed, I shot, snapped, money – Validity factor 3
Suspect: “I can’t tell you because I did not communicate with him until later last night. [OK but then I say when I] communicated, I finally got him at the pub.” REVERSAL Power was the lover there. I’m sorry – Validity factor 2-3
Suspect: “I tried on his car phone. I couldn’t get him on the car phone. [And er, its my first stop once he stayed] down there drinking.” REVERSAL I now seize the lover from him – Validity factor 3
Suspect: “I [must have got to] the house before 11 o’clock.” REVERSAL It’s time to shoot – Validity factor 3
Suspect: “[I called “Victim’s” office] at ten past eleven.” REVERSAL Time to set up this fuzzy war – Validity factor 1-2
Suspect: “[He was in the office for a while] with me.” REVERSAL I worked so hard. Nothing in it – Validity factor 2- 3
Suspect: ” [I can’t tell you], I wasn’t watching my watch.” REVERSAL l left the gun – Validity factor 2-3
Suspect: “Thats why I [ended up going to Bondi]. I didn’t know that [there was an] IBM dealer there.” REVERSAL Up the coast for now from memory / The gun’s there – Validity factor 2
Suspect: “When I bought the computer the bloke who [did the paper work] was, he’s a business manager.” REVERSAL Someone saw the weapon – Validity factor 3
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I magine for yourself an absolute and total sllence. Not only a silence where nothing is said, but a silence where absolutely no language exists at all!!
In a domain without language everything else would cease to exist. There would be no rocks, no grass, no trees, no people, no cities, no forests. NOTHING at all. The world would cease to exist. Our most popular belief about reality of the world is there is some “stuff” out there and we put labels on that stuff. But what is a rock where there is no language? A friend of mine, asked this question, said, “But the entity would still be there!” Well entity is just another word instead of rock. But, he said, “You can still see the rock, or feel it!”
There would be no “observations.” We don’t “see” with our eyes, we see with our minds. And an observation is an interpretation about labelling. An interpretation is the mind just making “distinctions in language.” There would be no human feelings, feelings exist as perceived differences in internal or external states. These states exist in the domain of distinctions which translate as “knowing.”
“Knowing” is a form of thinking. Thinking is one part of the mind speaking, and one part of the mind listening. Even listening is a form of language. Listening is a passive form of a conversation. There would be no feelings, because there would not be any humans. Without language AND the distinctions in language, what is a human? It would be same as a rock?
If everything would cease to exist if there were no language, it must be language (not as in speaking) which creates the reality we live in? “In the beginning there was the word” is not just a sentence at the beginning of the Bible. It is a natural law! Making distinctions in language is what creates the so called “reality” we live in. Everything we perceive, is an interpretation in our minds.
Every position we take in life automatically creates its own opposite. “UP” presupposes “DOWN”, “GOOD” presupposes “BAD”, “FORWARD” creates “BACKWARD”, and so on. We live in a constant dichotomy. “As above, so below!” If we did not have backward speaking, we could not have forward speech. And if our forward speaking, through the distinctions we make in our speaking, creates the world we live in … what function does backward speech have? For one, it completes the circle. It creates the other half of the world, the half that exists in another dimension. It also brings new distinctions into these other domains, domains that mirror our dimension. And if you are not too sure what that means, think about Black Holes in the Solar system. These turn matter into anti-matter.
Well, what is anti-matter if it’s not another distinction in language? We’ve just made it distinct from matter. If language creates the world we live in, choose your words carefully.
Sai Ram! With thanks to Werner Erhard
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It is said that we all create our own reality. What we think eventually comes to pass and so forth. So why is it then that since BackTalk decided to rename its gossip column to “Bits and Pieces”, there’s been very little gossip floating around. Probably because the mental attitude has changed, gossip has become irrelevant, and now there’s just the ocassional gossip from only a few!
A recent episode of “Star Trek The Next Generation” had an excellent. story that illustrates this. In an experiment to improve Warp Drive efficiency, Ensign Wesley Crusher accidently created a”warp bubble” that captured his mother, Doctor Beverly Crusher, and she was hurled into another dimension of her own created reality. At the moment she was caught, she was thinking about how sad it was that people you become close to eventually disappear from your life either through death or new life directions. Her thoughts became reality and she found herself on an Enterprise where the crew slowly disappeared and only she was left. It wasn’t until the very end that she realized this was a disaster of her own making. She was then able to return to her own dimension and everything was as it was before. An excellent lesson for new researchers.
It is possible to project your own thoughts into gibberish, and hear reversals that aren’t there. The more pronounced, fixed and inflexible the belief system, the greater will be the projection. This is particularly noticeable with Fundamentalist Christians who will “hear” reversals from Satan everywhere. We hear what we want to hear. Did President Bush say “No new taxes” or “No nude Texans?” One of the hardest lessons for new students to learn is to get their own “stuff” out of research and approach it from a purely objective perspective. The quality of reversals documented. improve as students slowly learn to do this. Follow strict research guidelines, question yourself constantly and you will begin to locate what is there and NOT what you want to be there. There is no doubt over genuine reversals. Everyone can hear them! Projected interpretations will create arguments in class, because others will not be able to hear them. They do not exist, simply because you want them to exist. That is one of the reasons why researchers are instructed NOT to listen to their tapes forwards. Find the reversals first, so the forward dialogue does not cloud your objectivity. Make sure the vowels, consonants and syllable structure are correct and try and ignore emotional sensations!
A student in the current class, when a reversal he found was questioned, exclaimed: “But its complementary! It relates to the forward dialogue.” Ensure that the reversal is there first. Then, and only then, look at the forward dialogue. Follow the research guidelines and listen to the advice of years of experience. New students frequently make the same mistakes. The research rules have been established because they work! They are designed to correct mistakes that are common ones. When you have been through the whole course and have your Analyst Certificate, then question methods. Wait until you have the research experience.
On the topic of the current training class. Many students have reported weird and wonderful things happening to them since they started listening to tapes backwards. This is a phenomenon that has been noticed before with new training and, thankfully, passes in a short period of time. Some students have reported disorientation and strange dreams. One student even reports that she has begun sleep walking. Backward run tapes certainly do strange things to people.
Moving right along. Mr. Reversing Machine Man, Brian Vickery, has finally taken the plunge and gotten married. Congratulations to Brian and Shelley. May your thoughts create the reality of your life. Keep your thoughts on success and happiness and it will be so. May your children be born forwards and the reversing machines you create continue to be backwards!
The backwards man himself, David Oates, is frustrated. In last issue’s gossip column he printed a telegram from John Suess, congratulating him on his recent marriage, that contained a backward message. David cannot find it nor can anyone else in America. John says that David has been in the states too long and has forgotten his Australian heritage. Australians can find it, he says. Living backwards, down under, makes you smarter, John says. John won’t tell him what the message is. Comes on, American researchers, we have a point to prove here. Check last issue again and find this message.
And for Mr. John Suess. Find the message in this issue’s Bits and Pieces column. We wish you complementary luck with this one.
REVERSE SPEECH QUIZ
1/ How many Reverse Speech categones have currently been documented? At the time of writing this, there were thirteen different categories. For example: Congruent reversals, Contradictory reversals, Expansive reversals etc. since this time however, it has been decided that some categories were confusing and the list has been shortened to eight categories with the surplus being re named as structural formations. For example: Sentence Building reversals (those reversals that will combine with the forward dialogue to form a complete sentence), Mirror Image reversals (those reversals that will use the same words as the forward dialogue) plus six more structural observations.
2/ Who was the Australian psychologist who conducted the first EEG tests with Reverse Speech? It was Doctor Marcus Tomlian of Adelaide, South Australia. Doctor Tomlian had personally developed a computer program that analyzed EEG results, isolating precise areas of the brain that were being stimulated. He used this program extensively with advertising agencies to measure the effectiveness of their advertisements per milli second, that is the precise mental stimuli caused by the advertisement on the listener. In the EEG tests he conducted for Reverse Speech, independant subjects were played forwards ten, thirty second sections of soundtracks, six of which were known to contain speech reversals. His analysis showed activity between the left and brain hemispheres and mental stimulation in individual areas of the mind during the delivery of a speech reversal. For example, if the reversals were about sex, there would be sexual stimulation and so forth.
3/ Which Beatles’ song contained the hldden message, “I buried Paul?” It was Strawberry Fields. It was a faint forwards message located at the very end of the song. It was this message that sparked the “Is Paul Dead?” controversy in the late sixties.
4/ Who said in reverse “My mum will love her. I love Beatrice?” It was Prince Andrew as he walked from the hospital after his baby daughter was born. The reversal occurred a week before he officially announced the baby’s name. Gambling was rife amongst British Commonwealth countries at the time, with avid punters betting on the name of the child. It has been reported that the odds on the child being named Beatrice were set at 500 to 1 by some bookies.
5/ What is a personal metaphor? A personal metaphor is a reversed word that has been drawn from.a person’s own life experience to explain current emotions being felt at the time. For example, an Australian Reverse Speech student once used the word “Hilda” to describe his conscience or a sense of guilt. “Hilda” was a woman who lived next door to him when he was a young child. She used to watch him, from her house, playing in the back yard and when he did something wrong she would go and tell his parents. The man’s unconscious mind had therefore adopted this word as a description for similar emotions.
6/ Who was the publisher for “Beyond Backward Masklng?” This book, written by David Oates and Greg Albrecht, was the first book ever to be released on Reverse Speech. It was self published in Australia in 1987 by David Oates, after being rejected by several publishers. David named the publishing company “Jovamhaz Publishers.” Jovamhaz was a derivation of his immediate family’s initials and, when read backwards, was a cryptic phrase meaning “Ethiopians are starving” derived from a unique conmbination of words in the Contemporary Dictionary. It took him three days to come up with the correct combination. “Beyond Backward Masking” sold over 2,500 copies in less than six months in Australia, most of which were in David’s home state of South Australia. Considering best sellers will sell anywhere between 5,000-10,000 copies in Australia through major distribution chains, this was an excellent sales figure. The book has since sold out and there are now less than 50 copies left which David stores for posterity’s sake.
7/ What are fourth level speech reversals? It has long been known that Reverse Speech is just one of many layers of hidden communication imbedded into the sounds of speech. Fourth Level speech reversals is the tentative name given to another one of these layers. They are high speed speech messages, occurring both forwards and backwards, of anywhere up to ten words in any given second of speech. They can only be heard consciously if speech is slowed right down to a virtual crawl. Conventional playback equipment is most inadequate in locating fourth level reversals and they can only be effectively analyzed using digital samplers and other forms of computer processing. Very little research has been conducted into fourth level reversals.
8/ What is the last reversal to occur in “Stairway To Heaven?” The last reversal is “Play backward. Hear words sung.” See article earlier in this issue.
9/ How old were David Oates’ twins when their first reversal was found? They were four months old. The reversal was the single word “Mummy” and it occurred as the Twins were crying for their mother’s attention.
