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

Welcome to our new style and format in this issue of Backtalk. I hope you like it. It is indicative of the general up beat direction of Reverse Speech at this current time, and also of my continuing plans to constantly upgrade and improve Backtalk.

We have a new member on our editorial staff – Reverse Speech Trainer and Advanced Analyst, Becky Thompson. Becky will now be making regular contributions to Backtalk both in the form of articles and general editorial comments. She will be giving Backtalk a slightly different flavor and greater versatility – a change that is anticipated with great excitement. To get a feel for Becky’s style, have a look at her comments in this issue’s “Letters To the Editor”. She will now be answering all your letters. But Beware! She has a mischievous pen. Her article on “Setao the Bearded” will show you that.

We also welcome to Backtalk as a regular writer, Reverse Speech Analyst, Jeff Smiley. Jeff is currently training for his Advanced Analyst and Trainer certificates and he has some new ideas about how people find reversals. He will be presenting these ideas in future articles. His first one is in this issue.

And …. wait for it! Australia is making its presence felt in a major way. Reverse Speech Developers, Greg Albrecht from South Australia, and Paul Von Stroheim from Sydney, have both been making regular contributions to Backtalk (see Paul’s article in this issue), however we commented in last issue’s “Bits And Pieces” column that the Queensland Research Institute has been very quiet lately. All that is about to change. In my last trip back to Australia (March 1991), I went to visit the Queenslanders and told them to shape up. So they are. The new frontier in Australia is about to forge ahead again. Reverse Speech Developer, John Suess (head of the Institute in Australia), has an article in this issue, and Australia is going to have a training class going sometime next year (see details on page 19).

Thus, the world of Reverse Speech keeps on evolving.

Talking about Australia, as fate would have it, within a few days of my arrival back onto home soil, American media decided that they wanted Reverse Speech. So I had phone calls running back and forth between the two countries as reporters hustled for information. Consequently, Reverse Speech received some excellent write ups in newspapers across the United States (see in particular Harper’s magazine, May 1991), and I’ve been conducting many radio interviews since my return. The media appearances I had planned in Australia, however, did not come about. Oh well. That’s life.

Onto some REALLY good news – the book is being published!! We have chosen an excellent publisher, Knowledge Systems Inc., in Indianapolis. The official release date is October lst., and they are fully expecting it to be a best seller. Many thanks must go to Reverse Speech Developer, Kathleen Hawkins, who has spent more than a year pulling this book together, turning my manuscript from raw research notes and semi-formed ideas into an easy to read masterpiece!

So, all you people who have been anxiously waiting for the book to come out – you don’t have to wait much longer. In fact, you can place an advance order right now!

All in all, Reverse Speech is going great. We currently have two classes going. One in Dallas, Texas, and the other in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. There are in excess of 30 students in these two classes with some of them flying in monthly from Los Angeles and San Fransisco. I’ve just returned from a trip to Montreal, Canada, and training will begin there in August. Two other possible classes are currently on the planning table for Indianapolis and Los Angeles later on this year.

On a personal note, I am just so very happy to see Reverse Speech (my little baby) starting to grow up and learning to walk. And whilst on the subject of babies, my twin daughters (who aren’t really babies anymore – they’ll be four in July) will be coming over to the states in October for a few months. So, for those of you who live in Dallas, expect to see me doddering around very paternally not too long from now.

Welcome to the MANY new subscribers. I hope you like Backtalk. See you next issue.

David Oates

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THE KENNEDY ASSASSINATION AND REVERSE SPEECH

Ralph Thomas is an investigative specialist and Director of “The National Association Of Investiigative Specialists, Inc.” He publishes their bi-monthly journal, “Connections”. He is currently writing a book on the Kennedy Assassinahon and this article is an edited reprint from one of his book’s chapters. Ralph is a student in the current Analyst class in Dallas. Copyright on this article is owned by Ralph Thomas and is reprinted with his kind permission.

All reversals quoted in this article (and throughout this journal) are indicated by bold type in the line below the forward dialogue, and have been verified to be exact by the staff of Backtalk. (Anyone who has access to these tapes can play them in reverse and verify them.)The precise sechon of forward dialogue in which the reversal occurred is indicated by brackets – [ ]. All reversals have been rated on a Validity scale of 1-6 (6 being the clearest) based on its audible clarity and syntactic structure. Some editorial comments are made periodically throughout this article.

INTRODUCTION

Very little comments made by Oswald have been captured on tape. Although he was interviewed by the Dallas Police Department after his arrest, the official story is that no tape recording was made during the twelve hours of interrogation by Dallas Homicide Detective, Will Fritz.

The reason given by Captain Fritz for not recording the interview is that he did not have access to a tape recorder and that he had requested the purchase of a tape recorder for quite some time. I find this hard to swallow. One of the largest and one of the best police departments in the country in the early 1960’s certainly had to have a tape recorder and I am certain that it’s use would have been considered with an interrogation with the suspect of the crime of the century.

It is a well documented fact that Captain Will Fritz was ordered by the federal government and President Johnson to stop his investigation. Sources reveal that Johnson called Captain Fritz and stated that he had his man and in the interest of national security,”stop your investigation.” Based on my research which would be too lengthy to go into in this article, I believe that Will Fritz likely had made tape recordings but they have either been suppressed or destroyed. I think that it is also important to point out that Will Fritz was known among police circles as one of the best police detectives in the country and what ever took place, Captain Fritz was following orders from his government.

There are some comments made by Oswald after his arrest and before his murder that have been captured on tape. He was permitted a very brief news conference and was recorded by newsmen as he made his way to and from the police interrogation room and his jail cell before he himself was shot down. The following is the transcript with speech reversals of the news conference.

Oswald: “I’ve be accused [of ah, of ah] murdering a policeman.” [I know nothing more than that.]” Lone Wolf. (Validity 4) I’m the lonely Camelot. (Validity 5)

Oswald: “I do request that someone [ to come forward], to give me [ah, legal assistance].” I mustn’t, I mustn’t. (Validity 6) We need more help. (Validity 5)

News Reporter: “Did you kill the President?”

Oswald: “[No I have not been charged with that in fact nobody has said that to me yet]. The first thing I heard about it was when the newspaper reporters in the hall ah [asked me that] question.” Shock Daddy. Got one problem, that’s nasty unknown. (Validity 4) I didn’t scratch. (Validity 4)

That was the end of the news conference. It is apparent from the video of this news conference that the Dallas police cut it off. Oswald appeared frustrated at this point. It’s my feeling based on additional research that the news conference was cut off by the Dallas police because they had not intended for a question and answer session to take place at all.

The news conference was held in the police lineup room. Oswald was first displayed to the news media on the other side of the glass but reporters were complaining. The Dallas officers then escorted Oswald out onto the main floor of the lineup room and the reporters were able to ask the few questions.

One reporter asked him as he was escorted away something about the cut above his eye and Oswald responded that a policeman hit him. But the sound track was of very poor quality for reversals at that point with too many reporters talking in the background.

I was able to locate a few recordings from old news reels as Oswald was moved through the hallways of the police station. Here is one of those comments along with the reversals.

News Reporter: “Did you fire that rifle?”

Oswald: “I don’t know the facts that you people have been given but I [emphatically deny these] charges.” See now I’m the give-up. (Validity 4)

Still another comment was recorded in the hallway when reporters asked Oswald’s involvement.

Oswald: “These people have given me a hearing without legal representation or anything.” That killer was gifted. (Validity 3)

Reporter: “Did you shoot the President?”

Oswald: “I didn’t shoot anybody.” Are they all going to dish it out? (Validity 4)

The only other reversals I have found on Oswald occurred during a short excerpt I have of a news conference he held in New Orleans just prior to the assassination (I am currently waiting for a tape of the entire interview). They are “Oswald angry / Hear them. Wish to kill President.”

These reversals appear to show the same trend as seen in the preceding nine reversals Oswald made after his arrest, and before he was shot down.

In summary they are:

Lone Wolf
I’m the lonely Camelot.
I mustn’t, I mustn’t.
We need more help.
Shock Daddy. Got one probiem
that’s nasty unknown.
I didn’t scratch
Help! See now I’m the give-up.
That killer was gifted.
Are they all going to dish it out?

The reversal that Oswald used where he said forward, “I request sorneone to come forward to provide legal assistance”, that said “We need more help,” is significant in that he used the word “we“. Does this indicate that Oswald was referring to some other party, or parties, other than himself?

The reversal that Oswald used when he said forward, “These people have given me a hearing without legal representation or anything” – “That killer was gifted“, suggests some connection with, and even respect of, the killer. It does, however, suggest that the killer was NOT Oswald.

The reversal that says, “Help! I’m the give-up“, would also seem to indicate that Oswald did not kill the President, but was rather a [Ed: voluntary?] “patsy”. The reversals that say, “Lonely Wolf” and “I’m the lonely Camelot“, are Structural Metaphors indicating behavioral strategies and personality patterns.

It is interesting to note, however, that Camelot is the name of a song that Kennedy listened to over and over again and that news reporters have since coined the Kennedy Presidency as Camelot.

[Ed: Structural metaphors are complex imageries that require in depth knowledge of Reverse Speech theory to understand. In broad terms, in this context they appear to indicate a “quest” of some sort. Wolf is the hunter and protector or “driving force” of behavior and Camelot is the end goal of a quest, the ultimate vision or achievement.

Overall, the general reversal trend is that of a man willingly involved in the assassination plot with an idealistlc, almost “innocent”, drive. I get the “sense” of a 60s rebel teenage character (Shock Daddy) struggling with both his own purpose and that of society. I suggest that there were events transpiring behind the scenes of which he had some knowledge, but not as much as he thought.

Based on this sampling of reversals, there is NO indication that Oswald did the actual killing, but there is STRONG indication that he was involved and willing to take the “fall” for it.]

Several additional news conferences and on the spot interviews were recorded with other officials involved in the investigation of the assassination. Henry Wade was the district attorney in charge of the Oswald case. Jessie Curry was the Dallas Police Chief at the time of the assassination. Most of these can be located on various videos in the form of short new clips. Here are transcriptions of the ones I have located and analyzed:

DISTRICT ATTORNEY WADE

Reporter: “Has he told anybody he killed the President?”

Wade: “He hasn’t admitted killing the President to anyone. I don’t know what he said … he says he didn’t do it. [We’re still working on the evidence. This has] been a joint effort by the Secret Service, The Federal Bureau of Investigation, The Dallas Police Department, The Sheriff’s Office, my office and Detective Will Fritz has been in charge of it.” This is the way … you won’t believe this. (Validity 4)

I believe that it is important to point out that my research shows that Henry Wade had been asked by the federal government to cut off any comments concerning conspiracy theories. My research reveals that Wade had been contacted by high ranking federal government officials (most likely Lyndon Johnson or J. Edgar Hoover) and briefed about this.

The reversal, “This is the way … you won’t believe this“, strongly implies that Wade was attempting to follow the guidelines and instructions he had been given by the federal government. It further implies that he wanted the news reporters to believe that Oswald was the assassin. “You won’t believe this“, implies there is more to the story.

Reporter: ” How would you describe his mood during the questioning?”

Wade: “[Very arrogant]. [Has been all along].” Very ignorant. (Validity 6) More water, sir? (Validity 5)

It is hard to tell what Wade was referring to in his reversal, “Very ignorant.” Was he saying that he felt Oswald was an ignorant person or was he saying Oswald was ignorant when it came to the assassination? My research reveals that Oswald was not an ignorant person and, in fact, he was a well read individual. Maybe it was his own personal perception of the man. “More water, sir“, is a little more difficult. It could be an unconscious thought, flashing back to asking Oswald if he wanted more water during the interrogation. [Ed: Water is also an Operational metaphor indicating nourishment or emotional relief ].

Reporter: “How do you sum him up ah as a man based on you experience with criminal types?”

Wade: “I think he’s a man that ah [planned this] murder [weeks or months ago and]….” Some help (Validity 4) No boy, just had the skill. (Validity 4)

This reversal would seem to imply Wade’s thought that one person could not have had the skill to pull off the assassination of the President of the United States and his thoughts that Oswald had some help.

Wade (Cont.): “…and laid his plans carefully and carried them out [as planned at that time (and) what he was going to tell] the police that are questioning him at present. I would say that without any doubt he’s the killer, the law says [beyond a reasonable doubt] until a moral certainty which I’m, there’s no question that he was the killer of President Kennedy.” Influence make Leo mad that’s going to help you. (Validity 3) There’s a problem here (Validity 4).

The reversal, “There’s a problem here”, implies that Wade thought that the evidence that was collected up until this time had a least one major problem proving Oswald’s guilt.

Reporter: “Will you ask death in the electric chair for Lee Oswald?” Wade: “[Yes, sir]. [We’ll ask the death penalty.]” I think so. (Validity 2) I’d pay to sell him. (Validity 5)

In another news conference, I found this reversal on Wade.

Wade: “Yes, I haven’t gone into that the paraffin tests show that he had ah, recently fired a gun, it was on both hands.”

Reporter: “Both?”

Wade: “Both hands.”

Reporter: ” —(Can not hear question)—”

Wade: “[A gun]” A rifle. (Validity 5)

A paraffin test measures chemical elements on a subject’s hands and face that would be strong evidence concerning the firing of a weapon.Paint is one thing that will produce a positive result with a paraffin test and fresh paint was being used on plywood floors at the Texas School Book Depository Building the day of the assassination. Oswald’ s test results were positive for his hands and negative on his face. A negative result on the face would indicate that a rifle was not fired by the suspect. If Oswald didn’t fire a rifle, he could not have assassinated the President. Wade commented that the results revealed Oswald fired a gun in forward speech. He said, “a rifle“, in reverse. There is a big difference.

POLICE CHIEF CURRY

Reporter: “What was his comments?”

Chief Curry: “He doesn’t give any motive except he denies them both. ”

Reporter: “We understand that no one actually saw this man pull the trigger of the rifle that apparently killed the President. Is that correct?”

Chief Curry: “That is correct up till this time in our investigation.”

Reporter: “What about the ballistics tests, Chief?”

Chief Curry; “On the [ballistics test] we haven’t had a final [report, but] it is, I understand, will be favorable.” The throat (Validity 4) Take me to him. (Validity 5)

Curry’s reversal about the throat is interesting. I assume that Curry is referring to Kennedy’s throat wound and the reversal may indicate he would like to see it. Kennedy’s body had already been removed from Dallas to Washington, D.C. which was actually an unlawful act of itself according to Texas law. The Parkland Hospital doctors who had treated Kennedy had stated in a news conference that the throat wound was an entrance wound. If the throat wound was an entrance wound, then the shot was fired from the front. If it was fired from the front, Oswald could not have fired it as his position at the time of the shooting was behind the President.

Here are reversals from another news conference with Curry:

Reporter: “Was there any surveillance ah, was the police aware of his presence in Dallas?

Chief Curry: “We and the police department here did not know he was in Dallas. [I understand the] FBI did know he was in Dallas.” Pay ransom off. (Validity 4)

This is the first time the word ransom comes up from members of the Dallas Police. This word is documented again towards the end of this study. The specific meaning of this is not clear. Is it possible that the police chief’s thought patterns were centered on the payment of a ransom?

Reporter: “The FBI informed the police?”

Chief Curry: “[Yes]. We did not have knowledge.” Save me! (Validity 6)

The reversal, “Save me“, implies that Curry was concerned about his comment. The FBI did, in fact, know of Oswald, knew that he was in Dallas and had interviewed him several times in the months before the assassination. It is also apparent that the FBI had an ongoing investigative file on Oswald in the Dallas field office.

Reporter: “You were informed?”

Chief Curry: “We had not been informed of this man.”

Reporter: “Chief, do you have any concern for the safety of your prisoner in view of the high feeling among the people of Dallas over the assassination of the President?”

Chief Curry: “No, because his, [ah, necessary precautions will be] taken of course. ” His sentence. That’s because he’s hostage. (Validity 4) The two reversals, “His sentence“, and “That’s because he’s hostage“, are interesting. It is my opinion that Curry was referring to Oswald’s court sentence which would be death in the electric chair for the assassination. If he was referring to his sentence which was carried out by Jack Ruby, the same result of Oswald’s death and silence becomes the issue. The reversal concerning Oswald being a hostage is also interesting. Hostage is defined in the Funk & Wagnall’s International Dictionary as: “A person held as a pledge for the performance of some stipulation.” [Ed: Curry’s reversal may also imply that he knew, at least on an unconscious level, that Ruby was going to shoot Oswald.]

Reporter: “Chief, we understand you have the results of the paraffin tests which were made to determine whether or not Oswald fired a weapon. ”

Curry: “I understand it was, I understand it was positive. ” Reporter: “But what does that mean? It only means that he fired a gun.” Although I didn’t find any reversals in Curry’s response, his forward speech implies that Oswald didn’t fire a rifle, only a gun. Again, if Oswald didn’t fire a rifle, he didn’t kill the President. I also believe that it is significant to point out that neither Curry or Wade ever directly pointed out the test was negative on the face which indicates Oswald did not fire a rifle. They left that part of the test out. Here are some comments made by Curry, after Oswald was shot.

Curry: “[The suspect’s name is Jack] Rubinstein, I believe. [He goes by the name of Jack] Ruby.” That’s the man that does it. (Validity 4) That’s the man and a druggy. (Validity 4)

My research indicates that Ruby was an underworld figure and a major contact for drug traffic.

“That’s the man that does it“, and “That’s the man and a druggy“, may imply that Curry knew of Ruby’s involvement both in drugs and the assassination of Oswald.

DISTRICT ATTORNEY WADE

Reporter: “Did you know Ruby before this?”

Wade: “[No, sir. Saw him in this very same] room Friday night when we had the defendant up here. If some of you [will recall he asked a question] from out here, ah, it was an answer to a question … He was standing right back here and I didn’t know who he was. I thought he was a member of the press and he told me as I walked out of here that he was a night club operator.” Yes, sir! Send me Dallas night clubs. (Validity 4) Help me! Said he knew Oswald.(Validity 2)

The first reversal indicates that Wade did know Ruby. My research of Ruby’ s employees at his night club indicates that Wade had been a guest at Ruby’s club in the past. The second reversal above, “Help me! Said he knew Oswald”, indicates that Ruby had a relationship with Oswald. My research of several witnesses clearly support the fact that Oswald and Ruby did know each other before the assassination.

Reporter: “What question did he ask you?”

Wade: “[What]?” No (Validity 4)

Reporter: “What question did he ask?”

Wade: “I don’t remember but he, [he, ah maybe it was an answer, but] I don’t remember.” That’s him. Him forget about it. (Validity 3)

In my opinion, this reversal indicates that Wade wanted to get off this question.

JIM LOVELL INTERVIEW

Jim Lovell was the police officer who was handcuffed to Oswald when Oswald was shot by Ruby.

Reporter: Can you tell us what happened, ah, were you handcuffed to him?”

Lovell: “I was handcuffed to him and also had a hold of the waistband of his trousers. I saw this man come from the crowd and at the time he emerged from this crowd of these people he was not more than six [or seven feet from us], from me.” Mafia restaurant. (Validity 5)

Reporter: “Did you see the gun his hand as he came?”

Lovell: “I saw the gun in his hand as he emerged from the crowd but [being such a short distance from me] ah, I had no time to say anything. ” He’s a mobster. This bullshit. Let’s hit him. (Validity 4)

Reporter: “Ah, when Oswald fell to the ground was he unconscious at that point?”

Lovell: “[I would say if he was not he was ?????? ah nearly so.]” What’s he doing, ah, Ransom, ransom, he paid us off. (Validity 5)

Reporter: “Did you recognize him when he came through?”

Lovell: “Yes, I have known Jack Ruby for a number of years and I recognized him just as soon as he emerged from the crowd.”

The three reversals I found are:

Mafia restaurant
He’s a mobster. This bullshit.
Let’s hit him.
What’s he doing, ah, Ransom,
ransom he paid us off.

The first two reversals appear to reflect Lovell’s belief that Ruby was a member of organized crime. My research into Ruby’s background points in this direction. For the second time, I found the word ransom again by a member of the Dallas Police. When considering the forward dialogue, does it imply that Lovell is referring to the fact that Ruby paid someone off?

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YALP S’DNIM

Reverse Speech Developer, John Suess, heads up the Australian affiliated branch of the Reverse Speech Education And Research Institute. He is the founder and current President of the Queensland Hypnosis Society in Brisbane, Australia, as well as owner and founder of Myndslink. He is a certified hypnotist (#4), with over 16 years of clinical experience, as well as being a Trainer for Neuro Linguistic Programming.

John brings a wealth of knowledge and experience to Reverse Speech and this article is the first of many he has planned for Backtalk.

I recall that particular evening, some years ago, when the President of the Queensland Hypnosis Society brought along a presenter with a novel concept.

This chap arrived with boxes of cassette tapes and a couple of tape recorders. He had long black hair and a black beard which somehow reminded me of the lead in a movie about pirates I had recently seen. He told us about how he had spent the last few years playing tapes backward and listening to the statements that occur between the gibberish which appeared to contribute more information to the flow of communication between the people speaking on the tape. I think as the presentation continued David was surprised since the members of the QHS readily accepted and understood this remarkable discovery. David, it seemed, was usually confronted with disbelief and argument about the validity of this phenomena.

Since that meeting with David, like many others, have observed him with curiosity about how has he developed the skill to hear reversals and what is the strategy he used. To those observations, I might add a few of mine.

David presents as a person with a predominance of the Auditory sense with the general build of an Auditory, and giving out a number of accessing cues in support of that sensory preference. Further, David reports a sense of comfort in working with the auditory mediums of tapes and radio as opposed to a nervousnesses when confronted with visual media like TV. David, of course, is deceptive in that when he speaks of finding reversals, he uses visual predicates and descriptions.

It seems to me that David uses visual as a check or test of what is heard, using synesthesia. Synesthesia is suggested by David’s report, where the person tends to report the second sensory step first and with priority. Also David is strongly associated and “In Time”, which means that he puts his past behind him and focuses straight ahead to the future in front of him.

Interestingly David typically has difficulty planning immediate future, but plans medium future with relative ease. “I know what I’ll be doing 6 months from now, but I’m unsure of what I’ll be doing next week.” —- “I prefer ‘Now’ to be unplanned and spontaneous, for example while in Australia I prefer to just decide what I want to do and go and do it.” [This possibly suggests an associated now, but a dissociated future. .]

Also David has a negative motivation strategy which is evident when he is about to lecture or teach when he shows signs of stress, which is also evident when he is preparing to analyze tapes, again indicating a need to build stress before thresholding into tape analysis mode. This is of course deceptive because David shows strong positive motivation when he is about to have involvement with other people.

Additionally in my observed observations, when David is with me and talking about himself, or actually analyzing tapes in my presence, he is strongly aware of detail from which he constructs the larger picture. Also David has a self frame of reference which means he relies on his own opinion rather than the opinions of others to validate his findings.

Clearly to the trainee working to learn Reverse Speech and who may choose to model David to acquire these skills, these kinds of issues may be useful. Of course, more observation, analysis and data may be required. Just as the comments I make here may be of little use to a particular trainee.

NLP GLOSSARY OF TERMS

PREDOMINANCE OF THE AUDITORY SENSE -NLP categorizes people to one of the three main sensory input systems – Visual, Auditory, and Kinesthetic. This phrase means that David is exhibiting many indicators of paying primary attention to sounds. Thus David is Auditory. GENERAL BUILD OF AN AUDITORY – People who predominantly pay attention to the auditory channel have a similar body build. An auditory body build is best described as saxophone shaped.

ACCESSING CUES – These are the signals that David is mainly paying attention to the Auditory channel. Signals include tilting the head, gestures, eye movements, etc.

VISUAL PREDICATES, and DESCRIPTIONS -Most predicates (verbs and adverbs) fit into the three channels ~ Visual, Auditory, Kinesthetic. Although David is auditory while listening to reversals, he speaks about it in a Visual mode – “They look like”, “I see them”, etc., instead of, “I hear them”, “They sound like”.

SYNESTHESIA – Two channels are used simultaneously and may appear to be only one. David hears reversals and then immediately sees them written in the air. It happens so quickly, and possibly out of his awareness, that David sometimes misleads by acting as if it is only one process.

IN TIME – This is part of Time Line Therapy. Another way to categorize people in NLP is “in time” and “through time”. In time people are in the moment and tend to arrive late. They become so into what they are doing right now that they don’t think about what’s next. “Through time” people tend to be more organized and arrive early to appointments.

PUTS THE PAST BEHIND HIM AND FOCUSES STRAIGHT AHEAD TO THE FUTURE IN FRONT OF HIM – Time Line Therapy also suggests that people organize the events of their life in a “line”. In time people’s time line runs through them in some direction. John is suggesting that David’s line runs from behind him – his past events, and his future is in a line in front of him.

ASSOCIATED/DISSOCIATED – A person is “associated” if he is inside of memories – seeing through his own eyes, hearing through his own ears, feeling the feelings of the event as if it were happening now. This suggests that David’s feelings are more concerned with the now, rather than being associated in the past or associated in the future.

DISSOCIATED – The feelings are more distant in these memories. It’s as if you can picture yourself experiencing the events, but you are not feeling the feelings. David sees his future in an unemotional sort of way.

NEGATIVE MOTIVATION STRATEGY – What motivates an individual. A negative motivation is that you move away from negative emotions, situations and stress. This suggests David gives off negative symptoms prior to something he wants to do.

THRESHOLDING – Going over threshold means he creates enough stress that builds up to a threshold then it motivates him to act – analyze tapes.

POSITIVE MOTIVATION STRATEGY – positive motivates him when he knows he will work with people.

RESEARCH INFORMATION

BI LINGUAL

In previous issues of this column we have reported on Reverse Speech and other languages. Mostly we have been speculating based on minimal research, but now we have more data upon which to propose some form of hypothesis.

Training is beginning in Montreal, Canada, (the French quarter) in August of this year. David Oates recently made his first trip to Montreal to establish the class. During this trip David made recordings with the Canadian Reverse Speech coordinator, Michel Belanger, who is bi-lingual (French and English).

In one recording, David conducted a session in the normal manner, except Michel answered his questions in both French and English. The first observation noted was that when Michel spoke in English, nearly all of his reversals were in English, irregardless of the context. When Michel spoke in French a marked difference was noted. His INTERNAL DIALOGUE reversals were all in French, that is, issues that related to him. A simulated example: “Why aren’t I working as well as I should / because my drive for money is too low.” BUT, when the reversal was EXTERNAL DIALOGUE, that is directed to David, the reversal was in English, even though he was speaking AND thinking in French at the time. A simulated example: “I didn’t hear that question / Tell me again David.” On one occasion, however, an INTERNAL DIALOGUE reversal was heard in English, while Michel spoke French, but Michel remembers that occasion well and was actually thinking in English for the split second that the English reversal was delivered.

In another experiment, David and Michel carried on a casual conversation about Reverse Speech where David spoke in English and Michel spoke solely in French. David reports it as an unusual experience. For the first 2-3 minutes, forward communication flow was very difficult but as rapport between the two built up, and Michel began to use hand signals along with his French, effective communication was established even though two different languages were being spoken.

The reversals found were amazing. Basically an entire reversed conversation transpired IN ENGLISH from both David AND Michel, that directly related to the forward discussion. For example: David, I must serve my mission. Michel, I will help your mission. David, My baby [Reverse Speech] will grow. Michel, The Whirlwind will make the baby grow. etc. etc.

Finally, Michel made a tape recording of his 18 month old son. In one part of the section analyzed, he was dressing his son and speaking to him in French. His son gave off both French and English reversals that were both internal and external dialogue. For example, “Heavy shoes” and “Je vu” (French for “I want”). The language spoken at home is French and the child is learning to speak forwards in French. So why the English reversals? The son has much contact with English. He watches Sesame Street, over hears English conversations etc. So the assumption is made that on an unconscious level he is learning both languages. It would be interesting to see how quickly he incorporates English into his forward speech.

The overall conclusions are still a little hazy but based on these initial results, it would appear that what has often been thought (if they think in English then the reversals will be in English) would indeed be true. Yet, the EXTERNAL DIALOGUE English reversals found in French spoken forwards, complicates the situation somewhat. Does the unconscious mind choose the language that is understood by the listener when delivering reversals that relate directly to them? In this case it would appear so.

No doubt the training class in Canada will yield a wealth of information about bi-lingual persons and languages other than English. Incidentally, several of the common English metaphors were found in Michel’s FRENCH reversals – “wolf, naked” etc. A can of worms? No. A wonderful opportunity to learn. Stay tuned to this column for all the updates.

SOME DANGERS

In the last issue of Backtalk we published an article by David Oates that reported on a new experimental technique for changing behavior, entitled Metaphor Restructuring. For the most part this has been of tremendous success, but some complications have arisen.

In one case, David was working with a client who had a club foot as a young child (with very similar symptoms to polio). His client had successfully overcome this problem in his early teens. However, in working with this client’s metaphors to change some current behavioral difficulties, all the past symptoms of the client’s club foot returned. Over a period of 1-2 weeks, it increased in its severity until the client was barely able to walk. Rapid trance work was done by both David and Becky in an attempt to remedy the problem. In a couple of days the symptoms of the club foot disappeared again, but the symptoms of the original behavioral problem, which the Reverse Speech session was supposed to correct, remained.

Another case also caused some concern. David was working with a client on a particular problem using the Metaphor Restructuring techniques. He was unsuccessful in restructuring one particular metaphor pattern so, against his better judgement, he altered his trance technique in mid stream to bypass the client’s objections. Three weeks after the trance, the client was in hospital suffering from a major nervous collapse – one of the main problems David had been trying to prevent. The client subsequently went into an extended behavioral pattern that eventually resulted in the nervous collapse, and several other problems discussed in the Reverse Speech session, being effectively resolved. What should have been a simple procedure turned into a painful and potentially dangerous experience. It is believed that the mistake was made when David bypassed the objections raised by the metaphor group that he was working on in trance at the time.

Herein lies some of the dangers of Metaphor Restructuring. The warning is – it is a POWERFUL technique that has the potential to change both emotions and physiology. Much more work with it is needed before it can be safely used and taught.

CONCLUSION ACCURACY

One of the statements that David Oates makes about Reverse Speech is that if two trained analysts document accurate reversals and interpret those reversals accurately, then the session overview and overall conclusions of the two analysts will be the same even if few or none of the reversals they documented were the same. To test this theory, Becky Thompson decided to run an experiment on this contention. This is an edited version of her results. Becky’s experiment began when a student in the last class did a session about the lack of money in her life. When David discussed the results of the student’s session, the student did not agree with David’ s interpretation. So, was David’s interpretation wrong? Were the reversals he found wrong? Did David’s beliefs about money and/or this student blind him to the truth, and thus his own belief systems caused him to “taint” his analysis? OR, was the student in reversal denial and not able to face the truth??????

Reverse Speech Analyst, Jeff Smiley, had just finished the analyst training, and Becky and Jeff were discussing these questions. Jeff mentioned that he had done the reversals on the tape in question. He felt that the reversals he found were different than David’ s (a common occurrence) but wasn’t sure if the overall conclusions were the same.

This is when Becky decided to do the reversals herself and test the contention by having David do the interpretation of both Jeff and Becky’s transcripts, but without knowing who and what the session was about. Thus the test was conducted “blind” with David totally unaware of the purpose of the analysis. David had taped his original interpretation of his reversals, so Becky had a point of comparison to judge the other two transcripts. She prepared her transcript of just the reversals and disguised the analyst and woman’s name. She then had Jeff do the same. Then she presented David with the two transcripts and taped his interpretation.

By and large, David was saying the exact same thing with different words. Because the reversals were different, his description was just a difference in word choice. For instance, one of David’s original conclusions was that the woman was running a program that caused her to sabotage her own wants and desires. When he discussed Jeff’s transcript he said, she was playing games, and she was creating her own trouble. With Becky’ s transcript David said that she was living a fantasy and was short circuiting herself. Each of these “metaphors” were describing the same behavior patterning.

Thus Becky has concluded that, based on this test, David is indeed correct about the conclusions drawn from different reversals on the same transcript. If the reversals found by different Analysts on the same tape are accurately documented, even though each reversal transcript may be different, then the overall conclusions drawn will be identical and the same behavioral patterns will appear. What one analyst may decide to document, another analyst may decide to reject (or simply miss it). Hence the differing transcripts with identical conclusions.

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SETAO THE BEARDED

INTRODUCTION

In October of 1989 I embarked on a course of study which was to irrevocably alter the focus of my life and which I believed had the potential to ultimately impact on the very structure of civilization as we know it. THE CITY IS DALLAS. MY NAME IS BECKY. I CARRY A REVERSING MACHINE (dum da dum dum.)

My experiences as a Reverse Speech trainee have been recounted at length by David Oates and the Reverse Speech Institute and have become part of Reverse Speech mythology which has been told and retold to each matriculating class of trainees, ad infinitum, ad nauseam. But, the TRUE UNTOLD STORY of my struggle and survival as a loyal advocate of Reverse Speech is better represented by this fairy tale detailing my training experiences. [Carolyn Rozeboom deserves to be credited with (or blamed for) the original idea and help in the creation of this fine piece of literature.]

SETAO, THE BEARDED

Once upon a time in afar off land there lived a man called SETAO, THE BEARDED. And the Great Wizard appeared to SETAO and honored him by giving unto him the blueprints for constructing the Golden Temple of Enlightenment. The Great Wizard promised SETAO that upon completion of the temple the Wizard himself would reside therein and bring enlightenment to all the people of the land.

SETAO labored for many months, and his arms grew weary in trying to erect the temple alone. And so he sent out a call for other special workers for help. Many answered the call. The work was laborious, so many became discouraged, falling by the wayside.

SETAO noticed as he worked along side a man called NOTLAW, that he worked quickly and well. “I will make you my second in command,” said SETAO. But, NOTLAW was only interested in collecting bent golden nails from which to make a crown so he could become king. And when the crown was complete, he came rarely to the site of construction.

SETAO grieved at NOTLAW’s lack of vision.

A dispute arose between SETAO and the remaining chosen few over the placement of the tiles in the great hall of the temple. SETAO became enraged and cast NOTLAW and the disputers out of the temple.

And the work continued with only a handful of devoted followers. Time passed. SETAO noticed that a small red-haired dwarf continued to work diligently beside him. While the dwarf worked more slowly than NOTLAW she was very careful in placing the golden nails. SETAO and CEB, the dwarf discussed their vision for the temple, and their hopes and drearns were similar.

Having seen the fate of others CEB wasted very little time arguing with SETAO over the best method for erecting the Golden Temple of Enlightenment.

And the Great Wizard smiled on the effort of the unlikely duo. And when the temple was complete, the people came to the temple and received enlightenment. And the names of SETAO and CEB were known for good across the land.

TO BE CONTINUED……

It occurred to me if I submitted “SETAO” for publication as a children’s book that this would help David launch Reverse Speech, so I quickly sent off a copy. My manuscript was rejected by every known publisher in the free world. But, following those rejections, my head was bloody but unbowed, and I sought a new market. From the purity and innocence inherent in children’ s literature, I shifted my sights in the opposite direction toward the worldly, gold digging realm of Hollywood.

I sent off a rewritten manuscript with an outline for a wonderful movie, and received a quick rejection from Tinsel Town. But, months later I grew suspicious when a film with a similar theme won honors and high acclaim for one Kevin Costner. Was this the result of tapping into the collective unconscious or is there a black market script ring in Hollywood?????????????? Here’ s my version, you be the judge:

Once there was an Aussie by the name of David Oates who decided he wanted to experience civilization before it was completely extinct. He set out on a journey to America and although he had great difficulty learning the language, he finally broke through the communication barrier between the natives and himself by pointing to his tape recorder and saying “REVERSE MACHINE!”

After dwelling among the natives for a time, he acquired at least a few of the trappings of civilization, including a native wife called, “ADDS WITH A CALCULATOR AND UNDER-STANDS COMPUTERS” Finally after many months, he was even given a civilized name of his own and was known henceforth and forever as “HEARS VOICES BACKWARDS”.

Shattered and disillusioned by the dishonesty of Tinsel Town, I called a friend from New York City who consoled me in my times of need, and he let it slip that a remake of the classic “Wizard of Oz” was being considered. My mind raced in reverse as I mentally revised my manuscript into a musical comedy score.

This time my story would begin in Australia where a cyclone hit a toilet and sucked David Oates and his ever-present Walkman backwards into an adventure. In mid-rewrite one of the original songs (“Lions and Tigers and Bears”) was rewritten and re- choreographed when my roommate (the aforementioned Carolyn Rozeboom) attempted to wade through the Reverse Speech paraphernalia cluttering my office, and stumbled around shrieking repeatedly, “Wires and tapes and papers, oh my! Wires and tapes and papers, oh no!”

I quickly recorded her version of the tune, and later when I reversed it, I discovered a perfect rating six, stage three reversal, which clearly stated, “Gee, David I don’t think we’re in Australia, anymore!”

As I sat there anticipating the arrival of a contract from Broadway, my mind raced and my gestalt brain formulated a more grandiose idea. I decided to create a leading female-type murder mystery for a weekly TV show (preferably for Sunday nights) entitled “REVERSALS SHE HEARD”. I solved weekly murders of my closest friends by listening to tapes in reverse. Anytime I needed to go undercover my code name was “Triple 0 One“. (The number on all of my Reverse Speech certificates.) I only wrote one script, because I ran out of friends. I even toyed with ideas for “Star Trek” episodes, which included: “The Search for Metaphors, ” “The Trouble with Tape Recorders,” “Reverse Time,” and “The Wrath of Oates.” I’ve even managed to schedule an interview on “60 Minutes” with Andy Rooney. I can hear him now — “Have you ever wondered why the phrase ‘my wife’ always reverses to firearm?” …… THE END

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Dear Dave,

It was really nice to have spent time with you in Brisbane … I got very excited with the possibility of exploring how Gestalt methods could be a way of working out the metaphor restructuring. I do this in my groups all the time. I wish I had the reversals to tell how to be more precise … I look forward to new developments.

Yaro Starak (Queensland University, Brisbane Australia)

Eds Note: It’s good to see Australia making its presence felt again.

Dear David,

Those of us who see Reverse Speech analysis as the wonderful tool that it is for reaching into man’s mind and bringing up the truth, will be shocked at how quickly the lawyers rally to curtail its use … Worse, they will attack the Reverse Speech Analysts on all fronts. Regardless that the analysis process is so thorough as to eliminate individual bias in its interpretation, we can expect analysts to come under fire, both professionally and personally.

Jenine Alexander, Studio City, California

Eds Note: An interesting opinion about the possible impact of Reverse Speech on the legal community.

Dear David Oates,

All I can say is, Reverse Speech is absolutely remarkable and credible. I am a practicing Neuro Linguistic Programmer as well as an Ericksonian Hypnotherapist. Reverse Speech goes in a perfect path with both of them. Since I reviewed your tapes, I would like to offer an in-good-faith critique of the presentation of your system thus far.

Here goes: I feel like you need to have someone teach that is a natural teacher who teaches in a high level academic style that is also cognizant of the personal growth group teaching technology since EST. This person should be assisted at all times by monitors whose job it is to see that learning and creativity are really happening for the clients.

I think you are trying to do too much. Your speech impediment makes it difficult to take the material in smoothly and quickly. I imagine that your highest and best use is in the one-on-ones with the individuals who want you to analyze their reversals.

Your personal image could use a good make-over. You have grown out of your image! I am assuming that what you want to do is sell your workshops. I am speaking to you of administrative matters as well as about matters of PR. I think Dallas is an awkward place for you to try and get your vehicle off the ground … I guess what I am saying is, that I would love to train your material … If you have any interest in training me as a presenter for your material please let me know.

Beverly Cadbury, Eugene Oregon

Eds Note: We are always pleased when people who have impressive academic credentials show an interest in Reverse Speech. However in any endeavor of merit it is necessary to complete a rigorous and specialized course of study. As for David’s manner of speech, we have found that one’s level of frustration in dealing with David’s stutter (which is now almost nonexistent) has an almost perfect negative correlation with one’s success in Reverse Speech analyst training.

While David’s personal demeanor has always been unpretentious, he is exhibiting a somewhat more conservative appearance these days. I am a little puzzled about your comments regarding David’s presentation and teaching style. It has been constantly praised by many students. Personally, I can think of no better person to teach and train others in a new technique than the discoverer, founder and developer of that technique. Can you?

Dear David,

The more educated a person is, or let us say, the more “academically sophisticated,” then the more there will be sudden immediate dismissal of the Reverse Speech phenomenon followed by its denial into the same dust-bin oblivion as astrology, ESP, UFO’s, or whatever does not fit into the left-brain pot of intellectual knowledge …. It is only when we are willing to doubt our own left brain doubting, or become skeptical of our own skepticism that we can begin to perceive what the right brain is telling us in Reverse Speech.”

Tom Mellett, Austin, Texas

Eds Note: Yes! ! !

Dear David Oates,

About one month ago, I attended your lecture on Reverse Speech at the University of Texas … I was at first, very skeptical. One of the first things I did was contact the police department in Australia to verify that they had used Reverse Speech in one of its investigations which you revealed in your lecture. After making several telephone calls getting to the right person, I did verify that a murder weapon was located in the basement of a suspect using the Reverse Speech process.

With that verified, I obtained one of your Reverse Speech modified tape recorders to test some of your examples on my own as I thought that some of this stuff could have been some kind of technological trick. I went to a video store and obtained a documentary video tape of our space program and located the sound track on the video. I then tape recorded the sound track of, “that’s one small step for man” and then played it backwards. Sure enough I found that when I played the tape recording backwards, the sentence, “Man will space walk,” was found.

I had proved to myself that your Reverse Speech examples were not some sort of technological trick that involved doctored sounds tracks. I also did this with several other examples you presented in your lecture and all proved that your sound tracks had not been doctored.

My next thoughts ran along the lines that this thing might just be some sort of coincidence. I talked with several language experts and statistical mathematicians at the local university proposing “what if” type questions and asking them if such coincidences could occur. Their basic answer was that speech spoken forward may produce a random audible word now and then, when played in reverse, but the idea that reversed speech could make complete sentences or phrases, that related directly to what was being said forward, was a statistical improbability.

I tested the “one small step for man” further by recording these words into a tape recorder myself and having several other people do it, thinking that I might come up with the same sentence in reverse. Not only did I not hear “Man will space walk”, when I played these tracks in reverse, I heard a completely different sentence with some individuals. On my own voice I recorded over and over again, I finally heard (after several hours of listening), “Maybe this is valid.” On another person who had somewhat of an idea of what I was doing, I heard, “Ralph’s flipped out.”

Ralph Thomas, Investigative Specialist, Austin Texas

Eds Note: Welcome to the world of Reverse Speech! As President of the Reverse Speech Research Institute, I invite you to submit your study to the institute in order for it to become part of the formal record of research done on the topic of Reverse Speech.

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REVERSAL RECOGNITION PROCESS

As President of the Reverse Speech Research Institute, I would like to begin compiling research articles like this article submitted by Reverse Speech Analyst Jeff Smiley. This is an edited version of Jeffs article, and the original full length artlcle can be obtained from the institute (Becky Thompson)

Bring up the subject of hearing reversals to a group of Reverse Speech students, and the moaning and theorizing begins. “I can’t hear them,” says one. “Maybe I should try visualizing them through the top of my head.” “No, no,” says another. “I think you have to go into a right brain trance by listening to music,” “That’s not it,” says a third student, “NLP’s the answer. We need to precisely model David’s posture, attitude, breathing, and ancestral heritage.”

Almost everybody entering into Reverse Speech tries – almost desperately – to find the “secret” or “trick” to hearing reversals. On the surface, Reverse Speech looks pretty easy. Well, guess what! Learning to find speech reversals is hard! You are attempting to learn a technique that you have absolutely no practical training with, or experience, whatsoever.

When we listen to reversals, at least four distinct processes occur almost simultaneously. First, a “mental quieting” is needed. Clearly, when our mind is in an uproar, the subtle mental processes we need to utilize for recognizing reversals will not function properly. You need a way to take the mind from its agitated, subjective state to a calmer, more clear and objective style of functioning.

There are many techniques available that will help you turn your attention inward and achieve a deeply relaxed yet alert status. Part of David’s technique, if I may speculate, is that he listens to reversals about 20% slower than anyone else I’ve witnessed.

Next, is the ability of our nervous system to take in auditory sensory input and transmit it to more subtle processing centers. We are a society of visualizers, not listeners, but our survival in Reverse Speech training is dependent on listening.

Some simple suggestions: Close your eyes when listening to reversals. Some people keep them open and just defocus, but shutting your eyes, at least at first, is easier. Also to improve your hearing depth, stop all activity and listen to music with your eyes closed. Allow yourself to focus more on background sounds and harmony.

When you are struggling to hear reversals, you need to focus your intellect and assign a phonetic vowel or consonant sound to every single syllable that you hear, including everything you consider to be gibberish. Each time that you do this, you create a simple phonetic lock (SPL). The syllable is now heard only one way. It is “locked” into your brain as a specific “bit” of sound that is similar to the same bit locked into someone else’s brain. Because of this, SPL’s are the basic building blocks of reversal recognition.

SPL’s have four important characteristics:

1. They are smallest “bits” of speech that we can recognize.
2. They provide an initial point of focus for our intellect – they keep us from “spacing out”.
3. All forward and Reverse Speech structure is based on them.
4. They are repeatable. Almost everyone hears them exactly the same way.

If SPL’s are truly objective in nature, then everyone that can hear SPL’s should, in theory, be able to hear reversals. No exceptions. To prove this, I found a student who claimed he couldn’t hear reversals and did a test.

We started off by picking a word at the end of a forward sentence. At that point, we reversed the machine and listened to the first two or three syllables. I asked him what vowel or consonant sounds he heard, and asked him to say them out loud. He said what he thought they were, and we now had our first SPL’S. We started to add on more, thereby creating a “string”. As we continued to add more, each time going back to the confidence. Soon a reversal came up, and he got it! The whole process took about ten minutes. During the next half hour, we constructed more strings, and he found more reversals in the same manner. The results he achieved were entirely appropriate considering his learning stage.

Thus, when training students to listen for reversals, it is important to assign a phonetic component to the reverse syllables.

The process and techniques I have just described are not only applied when hunting for reversals, they also are used every time we assign validity factors to reversals. The intellect “listens” to the vowel and consonant sounds of each word, and uses a sliding scale to determine their clarity.

Short and robotic reversals are heard mostly at the level of Simple Phonetic Locks. Longer and more holistic melodious-type reversals are found when we recognize something familiar about a chain of SPL’s. If the chain sounds familiar, a combination of rhythm, tonality, and meaning are constructed. We lock this new construction into our memory much in the same manner as we did SPL’s only now it’s a Complex Phonetic Lock [CPL].

As with SPL’ s, it will now be difficult to hear the CPL/reversal any other way. We identify with it – it’s ours. It becomes part of the stable framework which we use to maintain our mental balance. It’s unsettling if someone else comes along and says that they “can’t hear it”. That causes us to briefly question our own validity.

The idea of identifying with a reversal is kind of disturbing, because it also means that something new creeps into the reversal recognition process when we reach more abstract levels: emotional response. Up to now we’ve been dealing with more or less spontaneous processes that only need activation to a greater or lesser degree, and have inherently neutral/on-off type characteristics. With the introduction of emotional responses, however, and all the subjectivity inherent within it, we can suddenly see a potentially big problem that may affect the credibility of Reverse Speech.

One such problem is familiar to everyone. A student stops hearing reversals, and can’t figure out why. A likely reason is that the student experiences emotional pain that in some way is connected to a reversal. EG: being told that the reversals you find are lousy, incorrect, or not valid, or personal issues surfacing when faced with hearing your own reversals.

The second emotional effect is more subtle and sneaky, and harder to detect. It relates to the attitude and expectations of the Analyst towards the client. When an Analyst finds exactly the type of reversals he expects to find, it seems reasonable to suspect that the tone of the reversals will tell you as much about the Analyst as it does the client. Emotional subjectivity is clearly a potentially powerful and undesirable intruder in the reversal recognition process. A goal of the Analyst should be to totally neutralize emotions – both positive and negative – that can block hearing and cloud up everything else.

The logical question to ask before panic sets in is: Can we reduce this emotional influence? The answer is, of course, we can. Emotional upsets are caused by stress. Therefore, any good stress reduction technique will help. And for emotion-related problems, like not being able to hear reversals, we have already discussed possible solutions.

Now that we’ve looked at the reversal recognition process in detail, it seems appropriate to conclude by speculating on possible “unplanned side effects” that we might experience from constantly hearing speech reversals. After all, Reverse Speech in an unusual activity. It almost seems logical that something weird MUST occur.

When we examine the mind and all of its major processes, we find a common sub-process continually at work: comparison. We learn, grow, and make sense of the world by comparing new things to things we already know. In the process of reversal recognition, we input hundreds of bits of audio information every few seconds and quickly compare each bit to all of our various memory systems, from simple to abstract.

But there is another, much slower, almost unintentional type of comparison we make when listening for reversals. Each time that we replay a section of tape when verifying a reversal, we are also listening to the forward dialogue and unconsciously comparing the two. This comparison, if done often enough over a long period of time, may result in the Analyst developing the ability to hear reversals

There is yet another unintentional benefit that may be derived by listening to reversals. It may turn out that brain synchrony is a by-product of listening to speech reversals. When we focus inward, and abstractly synthesize different audio components to recognize reversals, we use the right side of our brain. At virtually the same time, our left brain function is assigning specific phonetic bits to audio, and sequencing that information into logical, linear, patterns. The result is a rapidly fluctuation, deep interconnection of brain activity that could, if experienced often enough, create a phase transition into a new, holistic style of functioning.

Wouldn’t it be interesting if it turned out that the process of recognizing reversals was an even more powerful transformational tool than the process of analyzing them for meaning?

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WHY METAPHORS?

During his recent visit to Sydney I asked David Oates if there had been any reaction to my article in Backtalk about “Backwards Reality”. David said “Yes, I have had a few calls from people who just did not understand what the article was about!”

Last year I was in Heidelberg, Germany and discovered in one university bookshop a whole window full of books written by the German Philosopher Martin Heidegger. I am fascinated by Heidegger’ s thought model so went in and bought six books. The bookshop assistant said “Obviously you like Heidegger?” “I don’t know, I don’t understand him!” I answered. “Why do you buy his books then?” she asked. “Well! ” I answered, “If I could understand him there would be no reason for me to read his works!” That story leads me into the question, WHY METAPHORS?

There has heen a lot written in Backtalk lately about metaphors and their uses in Reverse Speech. There has also been some very good books written about metaphors. “Therapeutic Metaphors” by David Gordon, (META Publications, Cupertino, CA 95014) is worth reading if the desire grabs you. In this article I want to get off the beaten track a bit, explore other metaphors. Metaphors in the form of symbols, word symbols. In this article and in this context, I am referring to the Archetypal words picked up as reversals on tapes. [Ed: Structural metaphors]

Symbols obviously take many forms, they can be Human, eg. Martin Luther King, Superman, Einstein. Symbols can be of the inert kind such as, the Christian Cross, the swastika, any flag. They can also take the form of pictures or music or words, often smells and so on. And because I am writing this article for people researching Reverse Speech, I will write about “symbolism in words” and how to utilize them!

“Understanding” is a strange phenomenon. Some of us believe if we do not “understand” something, it can not have validity. Some NLP Trainers even teach how to understand understanding. There is also an understanding that “just evades” us. A person may know how to ride a bike well, yet not really “understand” balance so that they can talk with authority about it.

Symbols are a bit like that. We know certain things are very symbolic to us, but exactly WHY that particular object is symbolic and the object next to it is not, is elusive. That “knowing” “just evades” us. Symbols are most often “synesthesias”, that means they are an integrated mixture of sights, sounds, feelings, tastes, ideas, meanings and beliefs, with a certain magnetism thrown in. Therein lies some of the mystery of a personal symbol. We recognize the symbolism, and yet we do not fully understand the magnetism that gives the symbol so much power to affect us the way it does.

If you were given paper and time, how much could you write about the word “WHIRLWIND”? You could describe it scientifically as a natural phenomenon, you could write your thoughts, feelings, opinions, beliefs, statistics about whirlwinds, page after page. So that single word has a huge amount of general and personal meaning attached to it. And should you ever experience a whirlwind it would then mean a lot of different things to you, than someone who has only seen a whirlwind on TV.

So what is a whirlwind really? A whirlwind is anything it wants to be (goes the joke) and that’s almost true. It’s everything everybody ever thought about it, is what it is!! If someone says “A Whirlwind is a pain in the ass!” Well that’s what it is for them.

But WHY metaphors in therapy? Why not just “‘lay it on the line” “say it as it is?” With some people you can. Some people can handle the truth, but what if neither person really knows the truth?

One of my personal axioms of therapy states: “I never ever know what others really mean when they speak, others never ever know what I mean, when I speak.”

Many years of studying human behavior has shown me that humans rarely heed advice, even when it’s good advice, and most of us, don’t even follow our own good advice. Most of us have invested a lot of time and energy into becoming “individuals”, staying masters of our own minds and we are proud of our well formed and thought out opinions. We will fight against being “dominated” by someone else’s ideas or opinions, and many of us will even avoid the implied domination of being “helped” by another person.

We resist the domination of being “helped” because “help” suggests, that the person helping, has greater control over the other person’s circumstances than the person being helped. Another way we have of getting around being “dominated” by another’s suggestions, thoughts, ideas, and opinions is to just ignore or resist them!!! A lot of people think that if they’re smart enough to get themselves into trouble, they are smart enough to get themselves out of it again!!

The power of some symbols is enormous. Millions of people die in the name of a symbol. Millions of others fall on their knees five times a day and worship them. Those millions of people dying for a symbol are doing so in order for the SYMBOL to survive! ! ! !

Will you imagine for a moment how much power is associated with some of these symbols. The longer a symbol has survived on this planet, the more people who have accepted, believed supported and loved the symbol, the more power the symbol represents. How many levels of the mind are infected by a symbol that our grandparents and their grandparents have given power to for thousands of years.That’s why Metaphors!!!!

So what do we do with the word symbols we are presented with in Reverse Speech? I know David has offered a number of descriptions of what a lot of these “word-symbols” generally mean. Please remember these explanations are guidelines only and each person you are dealing with has their very own “meanings” attached to these Archetypal word-symbols.

We give power to the symbol, and by utilizing the symbol and the meanings each of us give that symbol, we can tap into that power and use it for healing. One simple method of creating a therapeutic metaphor out of word symbols, is to note down the word-symbols contained in the reversals on your tapes and then ask the client to write a creative fairy story. This fairy story should fulfill the following criteria…..

1. Have all the word-symbols that you give them, woven into it.
2. Should be about the existing problem but have a fictitious person, animal or bird suffering from their problem.
3. The story must contain the necessary steps, the fictitious hero needs to lead to a happy end.

Another alternative is to offer the client a metaphor and weave their word-symbols into a story. Offer one or two solutions to their problem as you go. You can also utilize these metaphors by showing the client a list of word-symbols from the reversals. Ask them to mark the words that best symbolizes their most powerful resource state. Then see who can come up with the best story of how the resource symbol can overcome the problem symbol. Allow the client to come up with the best story. These are useful techniques, but how about allowing your mind to come up with a few of you own. Use your own symbols of knowledge, wisdom and personal power to evoke your own creativity.

One definition Of a metaphor: “A way of speaking in which one thing is expressed in terms of another, whereby this bringing together throws new light on the character of what is being described.” Another definition of a metaphor: “Any real or fictional story, recurring therne or character type that appeals to a consciousness of a person in such a way as to assist with the obtaining of an ecologically sound solution or rnethod of behaving, in a given situation. THE END

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STIB DNA SECEIP

STUDENT’S FIRST CONTACT

Reverse Speech Student, Darcy Roberts, had a fast introduction to Reverse Speech late last year, when David Oates asked her if she had ever been married. She laughed and replied, “Er, ar, um, no.” Played backwards, a clear reversal was heard that said, “Well, I won the batde.” Darcy claims this reversal accurately summed up her relief that she had not succumbed to her last boyfriend’s pressure to tie the knot. She immediately enrolled for the next analyst class. Fending off marriage proposals is a battle??! ! We wonder what her reversals would say about a more recent relationship breakup.

REVERSE SPEECH TELLS ALL

A press release with the above headline was sent out March 28, 1991 by “Wireless Flash” (No. L108) to syndicated radio networks across the United States.

“Maybe Mr. Ed was a satanic horse and all those metal bands really are sending occult messages. That’s according to an Australian man who studies Reverse Speech and claims truth comes out in reverse … Oates says that the President slipped and talked about Operation Desert Storm last September -fve months before that code name was used. He says last September a word sounding like “simone” kept popping up in tapes of George Bush and Dick Cheney. In Arabic, the word means dust storm in the desert – or desert storm.” Mr. Ed was a Satanic horse???!!!

And on the subject of Desert Storm, the weather man on CNN, discussing conditions in Saudi Arabia, stated on February 18, 1991 at 11:54 am: “we’re about a month away from the sand storms, the real desert storms that rip through the area.”

RUN THAT BY ME AGAIN

Radio WGN, out of Chicago, has a nationally syndicated talk program (320 stations) with a rather skeptical host – Rush Leinbaum. Earlier this year, he went to great lengths to say howridiculous Reverse Speech was. Then, to prove his point, he played a recording backwards live on the air from a section of the program where he had just been talking about “LA Law” character, Michael Cusak. He, and many of his listeners, heard a very clear reversal that said “Cusak sucks.” Somewhat stunned, he replayed the tape and heard it again. His next comment was: “That’s exactly what I was thinking about Cusak. For the first time in twenty years of radio I may have to eat my words. Maybe there is something to all of this.” We had at least two students enroll for the current analyst class after listening to his program.

BACKWARDS BABY

Australian Reverse Speech Developer, John Suess, sure has an upside down life. His new daughter, Hayley, took her first steps recently, BACKWARDS!

While we are talking about John Suess. He has cheated us all! Back in the September 1990 issue of Backtalk we reprinted a congratulatory telegram that he sent David and Kathy for their wedding in April 1990. This telegram supposedly contained a backward message. Finally, after months of frustration and torture experienced by Analysts in the United states trying to find this message, he has revealed the secret. There is no hidden backward message!! The message is forwards and it is supposed to be a pun on couples celebrating before their married life begins. It says: “…the celebration party is held before the couple begins their marriage. Sure seems backwards to me!” Boo! Hiss!

IMPOSSIBLE! IMPOSSIBLE!

Reverse Speech Developer, Greg Albrecht, recently found a little gem concerning initial academic experiments with Thomas Edison’s “Talking Machine.” The phonograph was critically examined by a member of the French Academy Of Sciences who wrote: “I have examined Mr. Edison’s phonograph and can assure you that the effect is accomplish by ventriloquism.”

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DADDY COMES HOME

David Oates recently returned from a four week trip to Australia. During this time he recorded many conversations with his children. The latest tapes of David’s children are one of the assignments for the current training class. While I was working with the tapes and compiling David’s reversals with mine, a few trends seemed to leap off the transcript. I am writing my thoughts and speculations knowing that they are just that, and much more research is needed to verify or disprove these ideas. I have a included a copy of just the reversals with this paper.

The twins, Jaye and Symone, are playing a make-believe game. The forward dialogue is about their naming ” sticks” and creating a “stick” family. The sticks are broken into different sizes, so they are talking about “little ones” and “big ones”. Toward the end of the session that was used for the homework assignment, Jaye is playing with her stick family and says (forwards): “We don’t have a Daddy.” David, listening and watching the game intently, interrupts and says (forwards) “But I’m your Daddy.”

Immediately, Jaye gives off three very reassuring reversals showing that she knows that he is her Daddy and that she loves her Daddy (“We love Daddy“; “I love you“; “Hark with my Daddy“).

The tape I transcribed ended shortly after that exchange, but David explained that Jaye continued to reassure her Daddy metaphorically (forward) by having her ” stick family” get a Daddy. This seems to exemplify Jaye’s sensitivity to others emotional states. In fact, Jaye refers to David eight times in reverse; four times as “Dad” or “Daddy“, and “He” and “Him” two times each. This seems to be a perfectly reasonable reaction for a child who hasn’t seen Daddy in months. Jaye wants to “please” her Dad, she “loves” him, and she “milks” him (metaphor for drawing strength or nourishment).

These are in sharp contrast to Symone’s three mentions of Dad (“I miss him“). Her emotions are much more subdued and more matter of fact, which exemplifies Symone’s characterization as independent. Also, Symone’s reversal “I missed him” is immediately responded to by Jaye in reverse, “Have fun we’ve missed“. She seems to be in some way making up for lost time, now that David’s home.

This exchange made me take a look at the pronouns that the twins were using. Jaye uses the plural pronoun four times ( “We miss him“; “Our mom’s really far“; “We love Daddy” “We milk him“). Symone uses only the singular pronouns. My inclination would be to think she means Symone and herself as the “we“. So, it’s as if Jaye is the one responsible for emotions, and she is including Symone in those emotions. Symone’s matter of fact reversals tend to make me think she is more left brained analytic compared to Jaye’s emotional right brained outlook. This is also present in the number of times Symone uses the word “know” in reverse. Symone uses “know” seven times to Jaye’s four times.

I think it would be interesting to compare this to a four year old that is raised alone. Is Symone’s left brain approach rubbing off on Jaye? And is Jaye’s right brain approach rubbing off on Symone? Symone uses the word “love” four times, as compared to Jaye’s seven times. Or is “know” and “learn” the next step in the development of all children? The last set of reversals that I was curious about was the reversals on Jaye, which included the word “live“. Jaye repeats “Will she live” twice. And then in a cluster of reversals about Dad she states “He lives“, followed by “Love. He live. Love Daddy.”

I was curious about the “live” reversals immediately. I wasn’t sure, at least in the context of their mother, whether Jaye was commenting on some unknown hurt (“My mom’s hurting“). But, when the reversal also came up in the context of David, I was wondering if this has something to do with Jaye’s perception about life and death. David had been gone for over a year and now here he was with them again and alive! But, now Mum is not present. Will she live? Will she be back?

Then I started to remember some of my studies into the development of children. There is a very important stage of early development which is called “object permanence”, which is when children begin to understand that things in their world are permanent, and this stage of development is supposed to be completed by about two years old. Could this reversal be telling us that in Jaye’s development she missed an important ingredient in learning permanence? These were some of my thoughts about this session, and I would be interested in any thoughts from others on this session.

Here are the reversals found on Jaye and Symone (documented by both David and myself) in order…

Symone: I Know. I Know

Jaye: I know. Learn you. Real naked. I love. Please my Dad. Love him. Hush. Momma eat with the wolf.

Symone: No good.

Jaye: Mum.

Symone: I love you every, every…

Jaye: See my Mum. My Mummy.

Syrnone: Loving must call Mum.

Jaye: My forgotten part.

Symone: Here we are. Yeah, I know. I know I’m the one.

Jaye: Will she live.

Symone: My Mum’s sent home.

Jaye: My Mum’s hurting. Will she live.I know.

Symone: Have no one. I know. I know.

Jaye: There is Mona (Symone). Needing your love.

Symone: I’ve missed Dad.

Jaye: Have fun we’ve missed.

Symone: Own the war.

Jaye: He believes it. Our Mum’s really far. He lives. He live. Love Daddy.

Symone: I know.

Jaye: Where’s your name.

Symone: Believe me. I’m easy. I’m nearly. I need good men. Lost our man. Here’s licking it. My Mum said love.

Jaye: We milk him.

David: Hey, they don’t want your child(ren). Did they know what to sell.

Jaye: We love Daddy. I love you. Run naked with hair. Hark with my Daddy. I knew. I knew.

Symone: Dad’s lost. Did I fuck. I was hurt in a nasty dream. Now we smack nasty girl.

Jaye: Mummy, look at me.

Symone: We make loving.

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A General Significance Of Some Metaphors Quoted In This Issue Of Backtalk

CAMELOT – From the legend of King Arthur, a fortress, an ultimate goal of life’s quest.

LICK – To connect with someone, to explore a relationship.

MEN/MAN – Men is a general description, whereas Man is a male figure of great significance.

MILK – To nurture, receive or give emotional nourishment.

NAKED – To be open and free with no inhibitions.

NAME – The representation of the real or “deep” Self.

SELL – To persuade, to give with the expectation of return.

WAR – Inner turmoil, conflict.

WATER – nourishment.

WOLF – The prime motivator of behavior, the hunter and protector of Self.

 

 

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

I am sitting here at my desk at half past two in the morning wondering what on earth I’m doing up at such an ungodly hour starting to write Backtalk. Maybe I’m being melancholy. Maybe it’s inspiration – after all I had been in a real deep sleep prior to this and suddenly woke up with a burning desire to write the editorial. But if the truth be known, I guess it’s another bout of insomnia that has been plaguing me for the last few months. I’m sure that some people would love to read more into that than what meets the eye!

I’m feeling like being a little more personal in this editorial than I normally am. This still is a small publication newsletter and I have the right! After all its my magazine, my business also, come to think about it (well, on caretaker loan from God, or the Universe, or whatever other name you care to ascribe to it/she/he).

Let me see, I think I feel like writing about the trappings and downfalls of success. For years I’ve been working and struggling hard trying to get Reverse Speech off the ground – going without food, sometimes no place to sleep, often no money to pay bills, and mostly with just one person (me) endeavoring to tell the world about Reverse Speech while the many others stand on the sidelines cheering me on, sometimes with suggestions but mostly with just criticisms.

I can remember a time only a few weeks ago when I was getting ready for a lecture. I had arrived late and was endeavoring to make it up the stairs struggling with one very large and very heavy suitcase, two small suitcases, three cassette boxes and some other miscellaneous items – in just one trip! Several people (not carrying anything) joined me in my walk and began talking about Reverse Speech, saying what a wonderful job I was doing and how hard I must have worked and how much they also wanted to be involved in this new technology. I’m not too sure what I said, but I guess it must not have been very polite because they walked on past me real quick and headed straight to the lecture hall.

Quite frankly I really wasn’t in the mood to be polite. I was struggling and sweating with at least 150 pounds of luggage (oh why, oh why, did I pick a career that needs so much equipment!!) and they didn’t even bother to offer me help!! And thus ends an excellent lesson on human behavior and one of the main reasons why Reverse Speech remains, and will probably always remain, such a specialized and exclusive career to follow.

It’s bloody hard work, mate! Not much glory and a helluva lot of sweat.

I’ve been told that I’m blocking success – mind you these criticisms have been getting more intense the more successful it becomes, and just last weekend, which was one of the best weekends we’ve ever had, the criticisms were the worst. My wife just laughed as I gave her the application forms for training plus other miscellaneous non-successful items (checks!), saying: “Just keep on blocking it, David!”

Then there’s my stutter. No-one with a stutter like mine should be making a career in public speaking. I know, I’m told every time I lecture! In fact the more my stutter vanishes, the greater the criticisms fly (sound familiar?) I’ve been doing a lot of work on my stutter – self control, knowing my vocal patterns, hypnosis etc. etc. and I’m proud to report that it is almost under control. In fact, last lecture I don’t even remember stuttering. It’s been one of my greatest personal victories the last few months.

So to all those wonderful people out there who mean very well, please don’t come up to me with the latest “you beaut” cure for stuttering and expect me to drop everything to make a personal appointment with just you to have it magically cured. I’m sick of it! ! ! Every lecture, every seminar, every training, someone has the magic answer. Now if it just stopped there I wouldn’t mind so much, but it doesn’t! Some of these people don’t take no for an answer and get very offended and look with disbelief when I stand firm and inform them that I am working on it, thank you very much, I don’t want to change my current program that is working very well, if you think I’m bad now you should have heard me a year ago, and please don’t bother me with your latest cure.

Try this one on for a lesson in human nature. One person I work with has the belief that my stutter is part of my pattern for blocking success (groan!) and that the pills I take for reducing stutter before each lecture actually make it worse. Now really, if they made it worse do you think I would still be taking them? Anyway, during the break this person was so excited I wasn’t stuttering, that he/she ran up to an assistant exclaiming: “He’s not stuttering, he’s not stuttering. That’s because he didn’t take his pills.” The assistant promptly informed them that I had taken my pills an hour before the lecture started. This person did an immediate back flip and said, in virtually the same breath, “Oh. That’s why he’s stuttering so much!” Need I comment? We all hang onto our own belief systems so strongly that if they are dare threatened, our whole behavior can become erratic and irrational.

It’s often been said to me by those who know me well, that I’m a well balanced and congruent person – a comment I do like because I’m working on that one very hard with speech reversals. But one must wonder how true it really is as the success I’m blocking fights me all the time, and I lecture more and more frequently. With each lecture the criticisms increase. In fact we recently made up a list of all my faults as reported to me by well wishers – ego centric, attitude to women, deep seated anger, money hungry (???), martyr complex, prophet complex, very impatient, massive incongruency, stopping people from hearing reversals, low self esteem, too selective in the people I work with (now that one is rapidly becoming true!), too nice, too naive (the FBI is going to get me!?) etc. etc. etc.

With problems like all of these, it’s a wonder I even functionl! Maybe it just means I’m a Scorpio? Who knows? Actually my birthday is October 30, 1955, and I was born at 10:30 pm in a small Australian town called Booleroo Center about 250 miles north of Adelaide, the capital city of South Australia. (Mother’s maiden name supplied on request.) Boy! I’m glad I’ve finally gotten that published – now I won’t have to answer the question again for the dozens of people who want to get deep insight into my being by doing my charts (and yes, I’ve had my numerology done before).

Finally, here’s an incident that, without knowing it, actually touched a sore point. Apparantly some of my hand movements had been disturbing some people. I rub my nose and touch the corners of my eyes in a peculiar motion – a sure sign of Iying and incongruency so I was told. I watched a video of an offending lecture and to my shock, the suspect hand movements were actually quick, unconscious signals, wiping tears away from my eyes. They occurred as I lectured on reversals found on my children (I miss them terribly, they live in Australia), and also as I spoke of key elements of Reverse Speech history. Some of these occurred in a painful period in the past. The “suspect” signals did not occur as I discussed current events.

So, it sometimes hurts. But generally, I’m learning to laugh at it and I’m puzzled that my real issues are rarely mentioned. I wonder, do other seminar leaders have the same trouble or is it an attitude that only rears its ugly head with Reverse Speech? Personally, I suspect it’s a bit of both. People are great at pulling others down at the best of times and Reverse Speech only seems to make it worse. Sometimes even the very mention of the name “Reverse Speech” sparks off startling reactions.

So much for all mv woes. On the main front, it looks like a great year for Reverse Speech. So far, four training classes have been scheduled. One in Dallas, Houston, Louisiana and Montreal, Canada. I’ve been swamped with requests for tape analysis, so much so that I’ve started to contract the work out to other analysts.

We have two publishers interested in the book and expect to start contract negotiations soon with one of them. So, the book is just around the corner. Stay tuned to this column for further developments.

Reverse Speech analyst, Becky Thompson, is blazing the road by getting her Provisional Trainer Certificate and Developer certificate all in one month! And congratulations to Kathleen Hawkins who was also awarded a Developer certificate. The current training classes are about to finish with nine students in the final graduation class. Most of those have indicated that they want to go onto Master Analyst training in the fall. Watch out America, potential trainers are on the move.

So that’s about all for my column but there is a lot more inside.

Till next issue,

DAVID J. OATES

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Research Information

PROMPTING

Some work has been done over the last few months in improving reversal prompting techniques. While reversals can always be located in any given section of tape, it has long be known that the type, frequency and clarity of reversals can be directly influenced by the type of conversation. Only a few unclear reversals occur in public speaking, whereas in normal, relaxed conversations they will be quite frequent and of varying clarity.

The task in conducting Reverse Speech sessions has always been, therefore, to keep the conversation flowing smoothly, with little pre-thought. Now this margin has been narrowed even further. An extra “control” factor has recently been observed. That is, rapport between the individuals speaking.

In situations of high rapport between two people, speech reversals are extremely clear and precise, no matter what the emotional situation. High emotions will increase the frequency of reversal occurrence but not necessarily their clarity. Reversal clarity has now been shown to be directly related to the amount of rapport existing in the conversation. This rapport MUST be genuine – not manufactured. Merely matching sensory systems etc. will not necessarily create the genuine rapport needed for reversal clarity.

Rapport appears the most when people are no longer worrying about it. It just is or is not. It does not necessarily mean agreement. It can exist in situations of intense disagreement where both parties are flowing together in the midst of their disagreement. The secret is in free flowing conversation and becoming one with the speaker.

Having now isolated this common denominator for high reversal clarity, the research will now concern itself with establishing precise methods to create this high rapport in all situations necessary.

LOCATING REVERSALS

In the last issue we reported on different reversals being located by different people. Much progress has since been made on this problem. It all revolves around the tonal nature of the reversal and the beat or rhythm of the reversal. Backwards run speech is literally riddled with speech reversals of varying clarity, tonal construction and coincidental sounds. The hard thing is to recognize the TONALITY and BEAT of the reversal. Reversals that have a distinct melody and constant beat are the clearest and most pleasant to the ear ONCE located and isolated. They also contain the most information and are considered to be the most powerful. BUT they are also the most difficult of all reversals for the newcomer to locate, since their sound is totally foreign to anything we are used to. Commonalities of transcript increase in direct proportion to these reversals being documented.

Students who document differing reversals are locating disjointed reversals with inconsistent beat which can vary considerably depending on the section of tape and conversation being checked at the time. Any one student chosen at random will often be documenting reversals of a similar beat that may vary from reversals documented by another student who may document Students who have been actively studying transcripts and learning to recognize reversals with a constant beat and smooth tonality have the greatest success and learning rate, turning in homework that is more consistent with a greater degree of commonality. The skill to master, therefore, is in recognizing the tonality and this is the task that the Reverse Speech trainer now faces.

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Letter From A Satisfied Client

I am constantly amazed by the success stories that filter back to me as a result of someone having a Reverse Speech session. In fact I cannot remember an incident where at least some positive results were obtained and in many cases major brealk-throughs in therapeutic treatment made. It is very common to see someone completely released from an issue that had been plaguing them for years after just one or two Reverse Speech sessions. Some of these people report that even after years of therapy they were no closer to solving the problem and Reverse Speech lifted the lid after a mere half an hour. Such is the case with a woman I recently conducted two sessions with. Her letter to me speaks for itself.

Dear David,

Thought I would take a few minutes to fulfill my promise to you and to let you know some of the experiences I have encountered since our reverse speech work. The effects have been many and marvellous.

From the moment I left your place, after the hypnosis session using the reverse speech metaphors, I began noticing differences within myself. There was more acceptance and peace within me and less fear. I felt free of much of the heaviness and pain within myself by the following day. I had to work daily to hold onto the new feelings for there seemed to be a conflict going on within me between the old and the new and basically I managed to hold onto and expand the new. I now know that the conflict involved the wolf and my struggle to understand it. The resolution came to me during a conversation with a friend just a couple of days ago. I can now see the wolf beside me and sometimes will either talk to the wolf or stroke its head. Sounds funny yet it helps.

One of the nice things I have encountered is that friends noticed a change within me. A couple, who knew I was working with you, stated to me on my visit with them only three days after our hypnosis session that my entire analog had changed. They were amazed and I was greatly pleased. Another friend stated that I was different and there no longer was fear in my eyes. My doctor confirmed this observation and was extremely interested to learn more about this reverse speech technology. Another bit of feedback that I received was from my boss. He stated that my work had improved and that it seemed like all of a sudden a light bulb went on. He and I are communicating better, which pleases me.

Other observations that have been passed along to me or I have noticed follow. I smile more. I appear and feel more at ease with myself and others. I cry almost never now. I seem to be able to think more clearly, be more creative and process data faster. I feel more grown up. I find myself calibrating others with objectivity and clarity. I feel less fearful. I spend much more time in my visual channel instead of getting stuck in Kinesthetic which is a great improvement. I feel strong, energetic and powerful. I am less critical of myself. I find people are reacting differently with me than in the past. I seem to be able to be more objective thereby gaining the ability to stay out of other peoples stuff and gaining a new and more productive outlook for myself. And finally, my time line changed almost immediately, to the point that I put the past behind me and begin living almost totally in the immediate present.

I must add that I have experienced a slight setback during and after my visit with my family at Christmas. I came home feeling off balance and disassociated … upon reflection I contacted Becky Thompson. She and I did two sessions together in which we worked to get me back to feeling centered. We also modified my new time line to make it more workable for me. I want to take this time to thank you for recommending Becky to me. I believe you are right about my having never worked with a really good NLP practitioner. Becky is the best I have encountered to date. She is very smooth and innovative in her approach.

Due to my success with reverse speech I am very much interested in learning more. I believe that it is a very powerful and valuable tool. I also believe that this tool should be used with extreme care and precision. Recognizing these facts and being such a person who would treat the knowledge with the utmost of care and respect I would like to receive training in Reverse Speech technology.

I conclude with my heart felt thanks to you, to Reverse Speech and to me for my courage to experiment with Reverse Speech. I now have the answers I so fervently needed to move forward.

Thank you,

Linda Gooding 2/8/91

Thanks so very much Linda. It’s letters and comments like these that give me a tremendous feeling of satisfaction in my work. You are welcomed to receive training with open arms. You display all the skills, respect and insight that makes good Analysts. All the best,

David Oates

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NOTHING IS SECRET
THE LEGACY OF SIMONE

There has been much controversy and mis-information floating around over the last few months about “Simone” and President Bush’s speeches. Just to set the record straight here is an article that accurately documents the series of events that led to this story breaking national press.

In the September 1990 issue of Backtalk we published a series of session transcripts from key players in the Persian Gulf crisis recorded during the first two weeks of Operation Desert Shield. Among these transcripts a mysterious word was heard that had never been heard before in Reverse Speech. The word was Simone. In fact this word appeared not once, but many times on key American speakers, in each instance as they were talking forwards about the Iraqi war machine or U.S. operations in the Persian Gulf. President Bush had a reversal that said: “Simone, Simone in the sands” *; Secretary Baker had a reversal that said “Simone won’t shine“*; Defense Secretary Cheney had a reversal that said “Simone goes in“.* (*** See notes at end of article.)

It seemed apparent to many Reverse Speech researchers that there may be some special significance to this word for it to suddenly appear in Reverse Speech only during the Persian Gulf crisis. It had never been documented before. Was it a code word? Or perhaps a personal metaphor, doing the rounds with Oral Tradition, that described the current situation in the Persian Gulf?

Curious to know an answer to this, I made some discrete inquiries with an acquaintance of mine in Washington DC – Special assistant, Scott Jones, who worked for Rhode Island Senator Claibourne Pell, the chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. Scott Jones is a former naval Intelligence officer who works for Senator Pell in the role of an adviser, investigating new technologies and paranormal phenomenon. Jones had visited me in Dallas in July 1990 to look into Reverse Speech. He had been sufficiently impressed with the technology to travel back to Washington DC and arrange private briefings for me with the FBI and key politicians on Capitol Hill. These briefings were due to take place in November 1990 and he had already sent me my airplane ticket. The “Simone” incident was just a little sideline in an already developing relationship.

Scott Jones then wrote a confidential letter to his long time friend, Dick Cheney, telling him of Reverse Speech and “Simone.” One line in his letter sparked attention: “I mention this situation in case it is a code word that it would not be in the national interests to reveal.”

Obviously someone down the line thought that it was in the national interests because a copy of the letter found its way to the press and almost overnight “Simone” made it to national news desks across the country.

CNN cable news ran the story implying that Reverse Speech was some new secret technology that the Pentagon was being very tight lipped about. Of course if the truth be known they probably had no idea what Reverse Speech was. Other newspapers across the country ran the story with headlines like: “Is The President Hiding Secret Code Words Backwards In His Speech”, and “What is Reverse Speech?”

From a political point of view, the story could not have broken at a worse time. Senator Pell was up for re-election and with the story for the most part being ridiculed, Scott Jones’ assertions seemed to portray a credibility gap. One reporter said to me: “The man’s crazy. Playing tapes backwards to hear voices. Now if that don’t beat all.” No-one ever bothered to state that it wasn’t Scott Jones’ analysis. He hadn’t played the tapes backwards and found the reversals. I had. He was merely doing exactly what his job called him to do. Look into new technologies and report back.

As a result of the incident, my trip to Washington DC was cancelled indefinitely. Reverse Speech was now a political mine field. Scott Jones requested that I drop tbe incident and keep a low profile until it all blew over. I reluctantly agreed but privately I was still curious. What did Simone mean?

Then, in a radio interview I conducted shortly afterwards, someone informed me that “Simone” was actually an Arabic word, spelled “Simoon, that meant a “Dust Storm In The Desert.” Further research revealed that it was an Arabic word that had since been adopted in English. The official Contemporary dictionary definition is: “A hot, dry, dust laden, exhausting wind of the African and Arabian deserts.” The Oxford dictionary goes one step further and calls it “violent. ”

I found this translation, and its significance with the current operations in the Persian Gulf to be more than fascinating, especially considering that it was both an Arabic AND English word. My original thinking was that it described the way the Iraqis had stormed Kuwait in a violent fashion in the sands of the Arabian deserts. I theorized that it may have been adopted as a personal metaphor for the Gulf operations. I subsequently wrote an article on Simone for the November issue of Backtalk but was requested that I not print it. Not wishing to cause unnecessary complications I agreed, and just before Backtalk went to print in November, I pulled the article. Now, in light of recent events I wish I had not. The article was actually quite prophetic in its implications. Here are a few selected short lines from it…

“While we may never know what Simone actually means, there are some interesting possibilities. It may be a code word for an operation in the gulf or a personal metaphor of some description … on a recent radio talk show a caller told me that it is the Arabic word for Dust Storm. The caller cited as his source The Dictionary Of Geographical Terms. Other possible translations are “Desert Wind” or “DESERT STORM.” (my emphasis in this reprint) … ultimately Simone is just another mystery in this new technology of Reverse Speech that may one day be explained.”

Other than that one radio interview and an article in The Rhode Island Providence Journal, I was never mentioned in any of the press reports. I mentioned it briefly in some public lectures for the next two or three weeks and then slowly forgot about it until … The war broke. Chills traveled up and down my spine as it was announced that operation Desert Storm had begun. “Simone!” I exclaimed out loud. I rang some of my students and they had seen it as well. Suddenly excitement in the Reverse Speech community was intense.

Here we had the code name for the current operation in the Gulf being announced in national press THREE months prior to its official announcement. What better proof could we have for the existence and profound importance of Reverse Speech?

During the following week, as watched with interest all the press reports coming out of the Gulf, it slowly dawned on me that not only was Simone a cryptic Reverse Speech code name for Operation Desert Storm but it was also a metaphor that graphically described the way the operations in the Gulf were being conducted. Around the clock, relentless, fast and effective. (Dictionary definitions: exhausting wind, hot, dry, dust laden.)

Then, when the first American POW’s were interviewed, I heard Simone in reverse for the very first time on an Iraqi (see transcript elsewhere in this issue). Shortly afterwards, during Iraq’s short occupation of the Saudi Arabian border town of Kafji, Iraq made an announcement calling Kafji: ” The beginning of a thunderous storm rolling across the desert.” Simone was to be seen everywhere.

Thus we have Simone, a profound lesson in the true nature of Reverse Speech. Simone, the code name for the U.S. operations in the Gulf relayed in national press three months prior to its official announcement. Simone, a metaphor that graphically depicts the whole spirit and feel of the war in the Gulf, both from the American and Iraqi viewpoint. And finally – Simone, the name of my first born twin daughter on whom the first reversal on children was found at four months of age – “Mummy”.

May it live forever in Reverse Speech history!

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THE MAYANS REVERSED

Did you know that some ancient Mayan words were designed to be read or spoken both forwards and backwards? This information was passed on to us by a student in the Houston Analyst training class, Anna Gault. She cites as her source “Secrets Of Mayan Science/Religion” by Hunbatz Men (Bear & Company, Santa Fe, 1990). On page 134 of the book some common Mayan words for speech are quoted: Than – to speak, common or popular speech; pach than – to speak in reverse; ca pach than – to speak twice in reverse. The book then states that new revelations can be uncovered by studying Mayan through pach than, or in reverse.

MIND TRANSFER

Speaking of Houston, an excellent example of the Oral Tradition process in action was discovered in a weekend seminar that was recently held there. Two participants (who had never met before) were talking to each other while recording their conversation. Five minutes into the conversation one of them delivered a reversal that said “New York“. The other person immediately followed with a forward comment of, “I come from Brooklyn.”

Here we see two processes in action. First, an example of unconscious knowledge. The first person had no conscious knowledge that the other came from Brooklyn, yet she delivered a speech reversal that acknowledged this. How did she know that? The answer probably is that the woman from Brooklyn had said it in reverse sometime during the weekend. It has been passed on through Oral Tradition and released by the unconscious mind at the appropriate time. Second, we see a lead reversal that communicates and prompts conversation. New York is delivered in reverse, the other person receives it and immediately responds. Note the actual process.

1st person: “Are you a gypsy?” REVERSE New York (information transmitted)

2nd person: “I come from Brooklyn.” (information received and response)

OUCH

David Oates always seems to get away with publishing other people’s reversals. But what about his? It is said he has an attitude to women. Do his reversals confirm this? Not run now. Man giving the fig; Hey woman! Are you sourced?; I am man. I feel a woman. Interesting. David claims it is his Australian and religious upbringing. Man is the provider, etc. Oh really?!

On the same theme. Here’s some we found in old transcripts back in his single days. Apparently he used to tape some of his dates. I am Lancelot. I’ll be your sweat; Sex is war. Serve this wolf. The wolf thrusts; I will never buy, little one. David claims that the first two are the result of a reversal control experiment that went haywire. But we want to know what was he doing trying to control reversals on a date? Did the woman know what he was doing and what controls did he put in?

Here’s some that his students should be warned about! These were found in the current training classes. You’re not my friends, not in my surf; You are an asshole; I curse this, your busted whirlwind. David claims that he was concerned about these so he worked on them. You went too far David! ! These are some of the latest. I am an asshole; I am a fool. Mmmm!

IS DOWN UNDER DEAD

Things have been very quiet in Australia lately. No news from Brisbane, no articles, no phone calls. So what’s happened to the Reverse Speechers down under? Greg Albrecht from South Australia still reverses hard away with some great stuff (liked your article, Greg) but what about John Suess and Paul Von Stroheim and the rest of the gang. Maybe the recent visit to Texas by Australian institute member, Glenys McKay, scared them all off. What did you tell them, Glenys?

However, there is hope on the horizon. We have one Australian who is going to take the Texas training in April. So we’ll just have to bring all the Aussies over to cowboy land, won’t we!

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Aboriginal Reverse Speech And The
Process Of Oral Tradition

Greg Albrecht, 36 years of age and a bachelor, is one of the pioneering fathers of Reverse Speech. In 1987 he co-founded its first official research project, developed the initial principal of complementarity, co-authored “Beyond Backward Masking” and developed the initial theories for Archtypes and Oral Tradition. He currently works as an English and Aboriginal studies teacher for the High School district of Berri in South Australia.

For the past two years he has spent all his spare time researching Oral Tradition and reversals in Australian Aborigines. As a result he has written a book on the topic and is now preparing a tape series. The first article of a three part series is an extensively edited version of his script for the tape series. All reversals have been verified to be correct.

INTRODUCTION

In this series of articles I will report on findings I have documented during my previous two years of research into the Reverse Speech patterns, metaphors and archetypes of Australian Aboriginal people. I believe some of the evidence gathered gives additional support to the theory of Oral Tradition, which I originally postulated in early 1988. To commence this discussion it will be useful to give a brief history of Aboriginal migration to Australia.

HISTORY OF MIGRATION

Many white fellas assume that Aboriginal people are all the same. This is not true. When Captain Cook first came to this country, there were many and varied groups of Aboriginal people across Australia much like the Europe of Cook’s day. I use the word group rather than tribe because traditional Aboriginal society had a clan rather than a tribal structure. Leadership was through elders rather than chiefs. Each Aboriginal group had its own language. To appreciate this distinctiveness, the Aboriginal group that lived where the present day Sydney Opera house is located, on the shore of Sydney Harbour, did not have the same language as the group that lived on the opposite shore.

Many thousands of years ago there were land bridges which were formed by the last ice age. One connected America to Asia, another did likewise for Australia. The first Indians to enter America walked over a land bridge over 20,000 years ago and filtered down North America as the glaciers thawed. Aboriginal people were in Australia long before this. Archaeological evidence suggests that they were here over 60,000 years ago. Today it is believed that the first people came to Australia from Indonesia or Java and East Asia. Others later migrated from Northern Asia and India.

As a broad overview, two distinctive types of prehistoric people lived in Australia. One was robust in appearance, the other was gracile or delicate and slim in appearance. It has been theorised that these two somehow fused into one to form a human being with modern characteristics. The present day Aboriginal person. T his theory is relatively recent and is based upon the discoveries of skeletal remains found in several ancient burial sites since 1967. As the respected Australian Archaeologist, Josephine Flood, says: “In Australia, pre history is still in its infancy.”

The picture that seems to be emerging from Archaeological evidence is that Australia was settled by two main migrations of people. Some theories state that one migration of Aborigines may have also had some roots in the ancient North Indian Dravidian culture. Josephine Flood, for example, notes links with the Dravidian languages and some Aboriginal dialects. In the 1910 edition Encyclopaedia of Britannica an article noted that Dravidians and Australian Aborigines both used boomerangs and bark canoes. In 1965 Anthropologist, Roland Roberston claimed that Australian Aborigines and Dravidian people had similar themes in their mythologies. After living with Australian Aborigines in the North of Australia, he said…

“How, in this continent which has been isolated for thousands of years, did their Aborigines come to have in their mythologies basic themes which we fnd in the oldest known sources of Central Asia?”

SHIVA – BASE ARCHETYPE

In Aboriginal Reverse Speech we find similar themes. This is evident, in part, by a complex metaphor and archetypal structure that is vastly different from those found in normal Westem culture. It contains, in part, many Archetypes that have their roots in Indian culture. One of the main words that we hear is “Shiva.” Shiva is one of the gods of the Hindu Trinity along with Brahma and Vishnu. He is also portrayed as the creator and destroyer. Shiva is also portrayed in Hindu culture as a cosmic dancer with multiple arms and legs, moving in clockwise in a whirling motion. This motion symbolises the eternal energy that flows through the world and universe. Some examples of Shiva are:

(1) I worship you, Lord Shiva. (From an Australian Aboriginal band.)

(2) Shiva is our Lord. (An Aboriginal boy from the “Daro People” talking during his initiation into manhood.)

(3) I’m Shiva’s nigger. (A chairperson from a South Australian Aboriginal community talking about how his community uses the River Murray for fishing. “Nigger” is a neutral word in Aboriginal reversals, used as a metaphor for themselves. It can be positive or negative depending on the context.)

(4) I love Shiva. (A group of Aborigines having a discussion.)

(5) They’re with Shiva. (A white radio announcer covering the early 1950s first contact with civilization of the isolated Pitjantjatjara people.)

(6) Need him Shiva. (An Aboriginal protesting against mining being conducted on sacred Aboriginal sites.)

The constant appearance of this archetype in its many situations would seem to suggest that it is as basic to Aboriginal reversals as is “The Wolf” and “Whirlwind” in Western Reverse Speech archetypes. In a tape recording of singing I analyzed from an Aboriginal gospel rally, I found an interesting reversal that illustrates the power of this reversal in the Aboriginal mind. Forwards they were singing about the blood saving power of Christ. The reversal said: “He who is Shiva.” (Expansive reversal, third level, connecting “He” and Christ.)

To take this one step further, here are some reversals found on Australian Archaeologist, Josephine Flood. She is talking about how she has been working with elderly Aboriginal people in an Archaeological dig. She expressed her concern that as these people die, vital elements of Aboriginal history and culture may be lost. The reversals, “Poor people. Shiva ill” and “Most frail people, Shiva“, suggests that Shiva is basic to the whole psychology of Aboriginal culture. Here it is used as a direct reference to Aborigines.

Of a similar nature are these reversals. First, one on a white woman, describing how she is helping an Aboriginal community develop a vegetable garden. “Its all for Shiva“. Second, a female reporter questioning a public official about the controversy of substantial Aboriginal deaths in police custody. “I used to shit on Shiva.” (Note use of past tense.)

KRISHNA

The word Krishna, a Hindu God, also a common archetype found on Australian Aborigines. Here are some examples…

(1) I was in love with you, Krishna. (A abused aboriginal woman discussing her experience.)

(2) Get fucked Krishna. (An Aboriginal man in an argument.)

(3) Hail Krishna (Myself teaching a Aborigine class.)

(4) Krishna’s a good fella. (An Aboriginal person speaking forwards in his native dialect.)

(5) You will find me with no respect. You fancy Krishna? He will die. (A white man aggressively speaking out against rights for Aborigines. Forwards he is saying: “They (Aborigines) contribute nothing! Absolutely nothing! The white man has built this country!”)

Hindu legend states that Vishnu, one of the deities of the Hindu Trinity, plucked out two of Shiva’s hairs. One was black, the other white. He placed these hairs respectively in the wombs of two women. The white hair became a God called “Balamar” and the black hair became “Krishna”. Krishna in Sanskrit literally means “The Dark One”.

FINAL

In this first article I have documented two of the key Aboriginal archetypes and discussed some of their connections with Asian culture. In the next issue of Backtalk I will further explore other metaphors and archetypes of the Australian Aborigines and offer some possible explanations for their significance and existence.

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Reverse Speech Archetypes
The Building Blocks Of The Mind

BRIDGING THE GENERATION GAP

Here are selected portions of a Reverse Speech session conducted with a Father and Daughter talking about their relationship. Emotions were running rampant during the interaction as each person wrestled with the other. In the midst of the turmoil, Daughter was calling out for Father’s love and Father was wrestling with conflicts of his own concerning his current life’s direction and what he used to do as a teenager.

Ultimately, the session was of tremendous help to them, in particular to the Father. It allowed them to understand the exact nature of dynamics between them and take appropriate action to improve their relationship. It is an excellent transcript to study in detail, as it graphically displays many aspects of Reverse Speech; unconscious dialogue, behavioral prompters,internal strategies etc.

Reversed dialogue, in bold type, is printed exactly as it occurred. Some sections of the forward dialogue have been altered to preserve the general spirit of the conversation. It is documented in the following manner to facilitate its understanding. . .

(1) The precise words of forward dialogue where the reversals occurred is shown by brackets: [ ] Examine the reversed dialogue with the forward dialogue and note the ebbs and flows of conscious and unconscious processes.

(2) All reversals have been rated with their respective clarity from 1 to 5. (Marked in text as “R”. 5 is the clearest and 1 is the least clear.) The strength of their clarity is an indication of the strength of the expression.

(3) The Levels of reversal are shown (marked in text as “L”.) Level 1 reversals are conscious thoughts or perceptions. Level 2 reversals are unconscious perceptions, not recognized on a conscious level, that have a direct influence on attitude and emotional response. Level 1-2 reversals have elements of both – the unconscious filtering down to be detectable on a conscious level, usually as a flash of thought or sensation of “vibes.” Level 3 reversals are archetypes, or base behavior motivators and strategy drivers from the deepest part of “Self” or “The Collective Unconscious”.

TRANSCRIPT

Daughter: “Oh no. I don’t want people to be like me, [then we’d all] be like me and we’d be [messed up] .” I need you (R 3. L 2). We felt fear. (R 4. L 2.)

She is emotional forwards. Backwards she calls for Father.
Father: “Life works in certain ways. [You don’t believe it now but you will believe it someday. That’s what good manners are for]. That’s why we have certain customs and laws … [You have to have a certain amount of privacy] …” Need your sin closer. I must reveal who you are. Reveal Daddy. (R 4. L2-) I’m a go slow Daddy. (R 2. L 2.)

Father talks to Daughter forwards. Backwards there is internal chatter. He recognizes his need to know Daughter and even connect with her “weaknesses”. He pleads for this and, at the same time, calls to know himself. “Self” answers. Note “need” on both Daughter and Father.
Daughter: “Here I was, hurt at school. And you go like, it’s like, [Oh it’s no big deal], you’re not bleeding that bad…” You shit! I need you. (R 2. L 1.)

Daughter is angry forwards at Father. Backwards she repeats previous demands.
Father: “I got there as fast as I could. I’m never going [to be any better either], you know, you expect me, oh yeah, [if you get hurt or anything], you’ll just have to lie there and bleed to death”. Do you love me. (R 3. L 1-2.) I feel her love. I grieve it. (R 2. L I -2.)

In the midst of heated exchanges forwards, backwards Father reaches for Daughter.
Daughter: “I used to like it when we went away. Its like now, [but I mean], we don’t really do anything … like the camp ground, we went to that place and you found that big turtle … [mumbles] … that was fun … Then there was the time I got sea sick [on that thing], on that boat [we were on].” I need that love. (R 4. L 1-2.) I miss that love. (R 5. L 1-2.) I know with love. (R 3. L 1-2.) I want that love. (R 3. L 1-2.)

Forwards Daughter remembers good times they had together. Backwards she continues pleas and begins to connect.
Father: “[It’d be fun to do it again].” I grow to love you. (R 5. L 1.)

Daughter: “I don’t want [to be alive by the time I’m twenty].” He knows I must love. (R 3. L 1-2.)

Daughter knows she has been heard.
Father: “I know I used to do all that (peace demonstrations etc.) as a teenager but I’ve decided I want to be different now. [I want to accumulate things] … [I want to be comfortable]. I want to have a retirement some day.” Will we make the power. (R 3. L 2.) Whirl will fuck the power. (R 2. L 2.)

Forwards Father discusses his teenage years noting how his current life direction is different. Backwards, he questions if this is the way to go. His unconscious mind gives a warning. “Whirl” in this instance is connection to the desire to accumulate etc.

Father: “You say you don’t want to conform but you are conforming with your own peer group. [I mean, you listen to the same kind of music].” You see my cousin. Serving him. (R 3. L 2.)

A complex and powerful metaphor connecting similar emotions to a time in the past. Forwards Father is struggling with his daughter. Backwards, he flashes back to his teenage years, remembers and connects. “Cousin” is a personal metaphor for this man. As a teenager, he used to spend a lot of time with his cousin doing similar things to what his daughter now is. An unconscious reminder – he used to be the same.
Daughter: “We do good things. Someone’s got to say something about where the world is heading. You can’t understand. [You don’t have to], I guess. [I don’t expect you to understand it] … We do it for the good of mankind [and other people but] its not like we’re violent or anything.” You’re holding it, law. (R 2. L 2.) You’re nicer. Now it helps the wine. (R 3. L 2.) There will be love. (R 2. L 2.)

Forwards Daughter talks about her views. Backwards she works through the relationship. Father is rigid (law) but the connection made and it will work.

Father: “I don’t believe that you think everything is bad in the world. [I think you’re Iying] … I think you’re not showing your [emotion, shutting off ].. I just want to know [you’re going to find something] and say this is neat.” I would never hurt. (R 4. L 1-2.) I will get my youth. (R 4. L 2.) Now for the magician. (R 4. L 3.)

Father reassures daughter, decides his course of action and accesses a behavioral changing archetype.

Daughter: “I don’t know whether that can happen but I didn’t say [you said I couldn’t. I said I cannot do that].” I’m a Goddess. I’m the Goddess. (R4. L3.)

Daughter responds to the third level reversal with her own archetype, acknowledging she has the resources. Thus the progression finishes. From pleas for love, to self questioning by Father, to a connection being made and ultimately accessing archetypes for change.

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Dear Mr. Oates,

Recently, I had the opportunity to read your Backtalk journal of November 1990. I was very impressed by your work. It appeared to me that this is the beginning of a new era.

I am a chiropractor and NLP consultant. I did get interested by NLP because I do believe that you cannot disassociate mind and body and that many sorts of interference can affect the body state of health, from what chiropractors call a vertebral subluxation to an improper congruency between to subconscious mind and the conscious one. I really believe that the reverse speech is the missing link between the left and right brain congruency.

From what I understand, the reverse talk will probably appear in the mother tongue and I don’t know if you speak French but over here in Quebec most of my patients mother tongue is French. If I am wrong and the mother tongue has nothing to do with reverse talk analysis then fine. But, if I am right, tell me how we could work this out. Because I honestly believe that this technique of yours is too valuable to keep it from those whose mother tongue isn’t English. I would be interested in establishing a working relationship with you and perhaps we could help each other.

M. Belanger (Montreal, Canada.)

Eds Note: Reverse Speech does appear primarily in the mother tongue. We have not as yet trained anyone who is bi-lingual so this is still a largely untapped area. At this stage, though, it would appear that reversals will be in English if the person is “thinking” in English rather than translating. Perhaps we could start some training up in Canada? I will contact you separately.

For David Oates

I attended one of your lectures in Houston last month and I was very impressed with your work. It was one of the most interesting presentations I have ever attended. However, if I may, let me make a suggestion for you. I could not help but notice that you have a speech stutter. I did not find it disturbing but others might. Have you ever considered having someone fix it for you? There are many wonderful ways that this can cured. I can put you in touch with a person I know who teaches deep breathing exercises. This has helped many people in the past.

C. Trapp (Houston, Texas)

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Working With Reverse Speech Archetypes
To Change Behavior

One of the original challenges to arise, as I became increasingly confident with using Reverse Speech in therapeutic situations, was: “OK. What now? We know the problem, the source and the cause. What do we now do with it?” Herein lies what has often been a perplexing question for me in my work with Reverse Speech.

There is no discipline more exciting, thorough and direct in revealing behavioral strategies than Reverse Speech. It is all too painfully effective and there have been many occasions when I am left with a client, who has just had the rug pulled out from underneath them, wondering what on earth they can do to fix it. Simply knowing the source of the problem is, in many cases, insufficient to effect change. Unfortunately we were not issued with blueprints for the mind when we were born and the webs and connecting patterns are complex to say the least.

Behavioral strategies can be deeply ingrained and very hard to shake. Many times, people’s operational Metaphors and Archetypes have been carefully etched into the psyche from early childhood. As the child adopts the parents’ Archetypes and creates ones of their own, the building blocks of the mind can become so complex that sometimes it seems that the only solution is to destroy the house and start all over again.

Take for example someone who has difficulties with relationships (based on a compilation of case studies). They may run a sabotage program whereby they fall rapidly in love and then suddenly become scared. Before too long, arguments begin, emotions are electric and the developing relationship collapses with an intensity that is frightening. The person may have run pattern for years.

Reverse Speech analysis may reveal that they have a highly active “Wolf (the part of the mind that is the primordial and instinctive hunter and protector.) At some time in the past the person may have been deeply hurt by a close relationship (albeit parents, friends or lovers). The Wolf, whose job it is to protect the psyche, then becomes constantly on the hunt for similar situations that would also hurt. Recognizing a developing relationship situation, the Wolf may then switch off deep emotions and replace them with surface ones thus causing the person to fall rapidly into a surface love. The person would not know that it is only surface because the wolf has switched off deeper emotions as a protection measure. The Wolf may then begin to test the new partner (remember all of this is most likely on an unconscious level) to see whether the person is worthy, through a variety of subtle (sometimes not so subtle) methods. In the process of testing, the other person’s Wolf is activated (for what ever reasons and patterns of its own) and a self protection game begins between the two parties. War has begun. The Wolf gets hurt. Warning bells ring and the relationship is terminated. But the Wolf knows that the person needs love because other operational Archetypes are also crying out for attention so it begins the process again. Thus the cycle is set.

This is a very simple example. In practice it is never that easy as operational Archetypes and Metaphors become deeply entwined with each other. Behavior becomes extremely complex as each part of the being attempts to be satisfied.

Unraveling it can become a major task. The first step is in understanding what each Archetype is endeavoring to communicate.

There is absolutely no doubt in my mind that Reverse Speech Metaphors and Archetypes are a verbal description of some mental function or part of the mind. (*** see notes at end of this article.) Nor is there any doubt over the Universal significance, or meaning, of each Archetype. I see them occurring time and time again in Reverse Speech in identical situations. While the methods and strategies they each use may be different, their basic purpose is the same.

Take for example, The Wolf. We know that it is the hunter. Individual patterns that each Wolf uses may be different but its basic purpose is still the same. The Archetype “Garden Of Eden” (sometimes appearing in the shortened version of “garden “) refers to our spiritual center, or source of knowledge and wisdom. The Archetype “Satan” refers to the part of us that delivers intense, over bearing emotions that can be destructive. The “Goddess” is the healer, the part of beauty, the part that can be great. Each part works together to create the whole. The Goddess without the Wolf lacks strength and becomes weak and insipid. T he Garden without Satan becomes unprotected – with too much Satan it becomes warped and perverted. And so the list goes on.

So far, more than 50 operational Archetypes and 300 operational Metaphors have been documented in Reverse Speech. And this is just the tip of the iceberg. Every part of the being, with its own unique purpose, has an Archetype or Metaphor in Reverse Speech which is a descriptor, or reflection, of its function. The web of interconnecting parts within the mind becomes even greater still.

So knowing all of this, what can be done to instigate change?

Over the years I have experimented with several different methods, including traditional counseling, NLP, hypnosis, alternative therapies, etc. All the time I was searching for something unique. Something that was tailor made for everything that Reverse Speech was all about. It was a constant and endless search, yet this is the way I have developed the entire Reverse Speech technology. Trial and Error. Scratch and see. Being open to recognizing mistakes and moving on to the next possibility.

Throughout this process a very exciting method of instigating behavioral change has slowly been emerging. To call it unique is not correct because it is a combination of everything. What is unique is the way the information is obtained, coupled with a differing approach to its significance and meaning.

I call the technique “Metaphor Restructuring.” Its basic premise states that the Metaphors and Archetypes of Reverse Speech are constant universal parameters. They have been adopted through the process of Oral Tradition as verbal descriptors of complex images within the unconscious mind. These images come together in a variety of differing ways to create, or reflect, the whole individual.

To explain this further, let us suppose that in the previous example of the person sabotaging relationships, a reversal occurred describing her pattern that said: “My wolf works with Satan.” (Satan being the strong, destructive emotion that the wolf uses to protect her.) The basic principal of Metaphor Restructuring states that if the picture is inappropriate to achieve desired outcomes, then let us change the picture that the Metaphor is describing. Maybe in the process of changing the picture the unwanted behavioral pattern may also change.

This may seem to be a wide and sweeping statement but it was the premise that I followed in developing this technique. We are, in effect, going in the back door. Rather than attempting to change the pattern and monitoring the effectiveness of the change through the changing pictures (speech reversals), we are changing the pictures and watching the patterns change as a result. Amazingly, it works – and it works VERY rapidly and effectively. In fact, the success rate has been far beyond my wildest expectations.

It is a simple and highly effective method. The way I achieve it is simple. First, I conduct a Reverse Speech session with the person and locate the patterns with speech reversals. Then I place the person under a light hypnotic trance and quite literally tell them to create a picture of the reversal. Thus the person whose “Wolf works with Satan,” might create an imaginary picture of a wolf working with an image of Satan. I then change the picture using other reversals. Suppose, for example, the person had stated elsewhere in the session that the “Wolf has no sword to find the garden” (sword meaning personal strength), then I would tell the person to create a picture of a sword, give the sword to the wolf, and let the wolf go on “walkabout” (Aussie slang) to find the garden. Satan would be dealt with in some other manner, depending what had transpired in the speech reversals.

The technique sounds simple enough but the steps needed to reach this final outcome are immense. The reversals located must be accurate (you don’t want to work with pictures that don’t exist), the reversal interpretation must be accurate and the patterns must be recognized precisely. It is not a technique for the Reverse Speech novice to use because by doing this, you are accessing the basic building blocks of the unconscious mind. In point of fact, I go into the process with great care and precision. I build into my trance inductions many safety commands. I would rather nothing happen than have the wrong thing happen.

However all the work is worth it. I have people report back to me that they have had Shamanic experiences whilst doing the process. Others have said that it is the most powerful trance they have ever experienced (logical enough if we are indeed working with the basic building blocks of the mind). Many people report immediate and powerful changes in their life (see letter on page 4) and I have seen some people set completely free from burdens they have been carrying around for years.

Thus we have a new and exciting process that I have entitled “Metaphor Restructuring.” It is the latest new arm of research with Reverse Speech still in its early developmental stages but evolved sufficiently enough for me to write this article. It uses people’s own reversals and Archetypes to effect change. The technique is powerful and effective yet still riddled with potential dangers. Nevertheless the possibilities are exciting.

I have not intended to describe it in detail in this article, just give a broad overview. However for those people who don’t know what to do with their reversals, or those who have been working on an issue for years – there is light at the end of tunnel. Change can be effected.

This is the continually evolving world of Reverse Speech.

*** (It is important to note that the approach taken to understand the purpose and significance of Reverse Speech Archetypes is vastly different to the approach traditonally adopted by society’s general perception of Archetypes. Do not get the two confused!

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OPERATION DESERT STORM

We had planned to present many significant reversals from operation Desert storm in this issue, but due to a heavy work load it was not possible to prepare the transcripts. We have, however, published a collection of reversals from the first thirty minutes of the war with CNN reporters, and another section where the first American POWs were seen on Iraqi television. All reversals have been reprinted as they occurred without comment.

The research institute has just begun a major research project into Operation Desert storm (for details see page 7) and the initial results of this will be published in the next issue of BackTalk.

THE WAR BEGINS

Peter: “Now we’re seeing a lot of activity in the area of .this refinery. One thing after another. [One bomb, apparantly], coming down in the area…” You must alert the bomb

Peter: “Oops! Now there’s [something on fire]. That was an explosion fairly near our location at, er, [near a mosk in downtown]. We could sort of feel the report [from that].” I’ve known it. I’m lonely. I’m worried. Damn them!

John: “Tonight, [every bomb we have seen] land [seems to have hit something]. They hit the refinery correctly…” Now nuclear war. They are not visible.

John: “They seem to, they have [these, er, laser directed], they, the, the, the guided [bombs systems] now.” They kill with hardly a word. Is this Simone?

Peter: “[Well the anti air craft] fire has died down and it seems to me that there’s been [at least three waves] of aircraft here so far.” Fucking Arab. We fucked Arab.

Peter: “[But as I said, further out] in the city, on the outskirts of the city there seems to be [more explosions taking place, multiple explosions]! ” Hey listen! Fire love. Shell with the bomb. Help me get results.

Peter: ” [Indeed. Its quiet over] there too. But I think its probably just a lull as President Bush follows] through his threat in an attempt to prove to Saddam Hussein that he should leave Kuwait.” They ousted Eden. Don’t shoot them. Nuke them.

Charles Jaco: “[The war With Iraq] began early Tuesday morning as a squadron of U.S. [fighter bombers took off from] the largest U.S. air base in central Saudi Arabia.” Now with the whirlwind. Don’t want to fuck with you.

Charles Jaco: “Colonel Ray Davies said, This is history in the making. [He said, er watched a group of sombre] pilots board their aircrafts, [taxy down the runway] and takeoff.” You must remove the soul. We are at mercy. You all know of my disgust.

Charles Jaco: “The military here in Saudi Arabia has [no further information]. They say all briefings will probably come from Riyadh.” War is here. Ashamed of me.

CNN Front Desk: “The liberation of Kuwait, in the words of the White House, has begun with operation [Desert Storm].” I know you monsters.

Peter: “We have yet to see the bombs fall but its the same pattern of the previous, [at least three raids], that we have witnessed.” We’re stupid. Get used to it.

John: “The anti aircraft [fire is now going toward the South]. We’re looking [out to the west] and we [see the tracer bullets going].” To hell with it. The bastards don’t know Fonzi. Don’t tell ’em it’s yesterday.

John: “The flames might be high [but the tracer bullets are still going] up into the sky.” I know I’d waste it. Bomb Jerusalem.

John: ” [We’ve seen these bombs come down before].” Bomb them often. I must love in Hebrew.

John: “We don’t have any indication [at all that these] anti-aircraft guns are much success.” They use the Lord.

John: “I’ll give another moment to [catch your breath].” I’ll respect it.

AMERICAN POW’S

POW: “..leutenant [Jefferey Morton Zaun], United States Navy… Want my home. You hurt.

POW: ” . . . [I am from attack squadron 35] in the U.S. Saratoga…” They don’t have love there.

POW: “…my mission was to attack H3 airfield in [south western Iraq]…” Error, you still trust me.

POW: “…[I think our leaders] and our people have wrongly attacked the peaceful people of Iraq…” Do you know this hell?

POW: “…I would like to [tell my mother and my father] and my sister that [I am well treated]…” You know now my trouble. Hurts to done it.

POW: “…and that [they should pray] for peace…” Ashamed in it.

Iraq: ” ?????? ” Simone ?????

POW: “…[for the children, please study hard at school]…” Bush robbed your faith, Bush did.

 

 

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

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“Life can only be understood backwards, but it must be lived forwards.”
Soren Kierkergaard

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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.

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Reverse Speech

The Third Dimension of Language

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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.

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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.

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“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

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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

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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.

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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.

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“As in water face answered to face, so the heart of man to man.” Proverbs 27:9

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“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

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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.

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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.

 

 

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

FROM THE DESK OF THE EDITOR

Late, late, late again. No matter how hard I try, Backtalk always seems to come out late. There’s just so much to do and so little time to do it all in. The journal is meant to be bi-monthly. I think I achieved that goal in 1988/89 but went downhill from there. For those readers who have paid yearly subscriptions, don’t worry. If you don’t get your six issues in a year, you won’t get your next invoice until you have received six issues.

Well, it has been an exciting and action packed few months in the world of Reverse Speech, but there is some sad news to report.

One of the original founders and pioneers of Reverse Speech has passed away. It is with deep regret that I report the death of Mr. Peter Thomas after a bout of bowel cancer. Peter was involved at the very beginning of research with Greg Albrecht and myself. He supplied Greg and me with technical back-up and taped recordings from his vast collection of radio broadcasts collected over 40 years. He also made valuable inputs to the initial theoretical development of Reverse Speech. I can remember many occasions when I had electrical problems with research equipment and jumped in the car, tearing over to Peter’s home for help. He will be sadly missed and remembered always with fond memories. Peter has been awarded posthumously with a Developer Certificate for his initial contributions to Reverse Speech. Thanks, Peter, for everything. Your pioneering spirit and vision is such that makes history and new breakthroughs in the development of humanity.

Also awarded a Developer certificate is Paul Von Stroheim. Paul was the past President of the Australian NLP Society and has contributed many valuable ideas for the use of Reverse Speech in NLP and Ericksonian hypnosis. He has been, and still is, a valuable support and personal mentor for me. Some of Paul’s ideas with Reverse Speech are featured in this issue.

The month of August, 1990 saw backward messages being fought in the legal system for the first time with an historic case. The case centered around the heavy metal rock group, Judas Priest, and their album “Stained Class”. A lawsuit lodged in Reno, Nevada, in 1986 was seeking unspecified damages against CBS records and Judas Priest, claiming that two youths, James Vance and Ray Belknap, were driven to shoot themselves in a suicide pact after repeated listening to tbis album while smoking marijuana and drinking alcohol. Belknap died, and Vance severely disfigured himself in the attempt and died three years later. Lawyers for Vance and Belknap’s relatives told Nevada Judge, Jerry Whitehead, that the band’s music had a “hypnotic” quality and its records contained subliminal messages. They particularly focused on the words “Do it” which they claimed was subliminally inserted in the song “Better By You, Better By Me”, and also the phrase “Fuck The Lord“, which they claimed promoted anti-Christian mentality.

The court hearing took one month and on August 24, 1990, Judge Jerry Wbitehead handed down his verdict. He concluded that the backward phrases did exist but no evidence had been put forward to suggest that they were caused by anything other than coincidence of sound, and that no convincing evidence was put forward to indicate that they could be subliminally suggestive. The 6.2 million dollar law suit was rejected, but Judge Whitehead wrote that after hearing all the evidence he believed “that the position taken by the plaintiffs in this action was an arguable one.”

I originally contacted the Judge as the trial commenced and he referred me to the respective attorneys. After deliberations, both attorneys decided not to use Reverse Speech as they believed it to be of no benefit to either side. The plaintiff claimed that Judas Priest had intentionally placed them on the album whereas the defense claimed they did not exist. Reverse Speech states, of course, that the backward messages were the result of naturally occurring speech reversals. Personally, I was amazed that the plaintiff decided not to use Reverse Speech as we have quite clear evidence that speech reversals can be decoded by the mind. Plus, some of the reversals found by Reverse Speech Analyst, Becky Thompson, could have been quite damaging: God is evil / Give us the truth / You silly fuck / I took my life / Take me out / We died for glory / We died sad.

Nevertheless, Reverse Speech has become a little more known to the American public as a result of the case. I traveled to Washington D.C. and appeared on CNN’s “The Larry King Show” as an independent expert. The decision is to beappealed. Therefore, the legal debate concerning hidden messages is far from over. Similar cases are currently pending, including one in Georgia against the rock singer, Ozzy Ozborne.

Well, that’s about all from the Editor’s desk. ‘Til next issue,

SHALOM

DAVID OATES

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“Life can only be understood backwards, but it must be lived forwards.”
Soren Kierkergaard

“Why is it, that everything on this Earth we do not understand, we are pushed onto our knees to worship or to damn? Those are the rules of Religion. Those are the laws of the land. That’s how the forces of darkness have suppressed the spirit of man.”
The The. “Mind Bomb” (1989 CBS Records)

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RESEARCH INFORMATION

There is only a small research section this issue. Most of the work over the last few months has been in public relations rather than research; but there are, as always, some interesting pieces of information.

OTHER LANGUAGES UPDATE

Reverse Speech developer, Paul Von Stroheim, comments on the section in last issue’s Research Information regarding reversals in other languages. He reports that he has found many German phrases on tapes exclusively spoken in English AND spoken by people who do not know German. This is an observation that other researchers have also noted. In previous letters, Paul has even proposed the hypothesis that with the process of Oral Tradition transpiring, one might even find other languages in Reverse Speech, all the way back to Sanskrit. Any takers on researching this hypothesis?

LOCATING REVERSALS: UPDATE

Paul also reports on experimentation with different methods of listening for reversals. He has found that by using stereo headphones and only listening with the left ear he is having slightly better results than with listening with both ears. Paul has likewise noted that people listening for reversals will tend to set themselves up (bodily) in such a way as to present a dominant ear to the loudspeakers. He points out that if we use our usual way of listening, we will hear the usual things. With Reverse Speech, we need to listen for the unusual and Paul may develop a new technology of listening!!

REVERSAL FREQUENCY

Many years back, when research into Reverse Speech first cornmenced, reversals were noted about once every 2 to 3 rninutes of normal conversation. As time went on and listening skills improved, this observation has gradually increased to about one reversal every 15 seconds of conversation. This has remained fairly constant over the last year.

Another alteration needs to be made with regards to reversal occurrence in media interactions. It has been stated that reversal occurrence in this medium has been about one reversal every 2 to 3 minutes. Now it appears to be about once every 30 to 45 seconds. This is, of course, due to improved listening and reversal detection skills. Who knows? Maybe they’re occurring all the time, everywhere, and we just have not learned to recognize them yet. Time and experience will tell.

“Whoever looks into the mirror of the water will see first of all his own face. Whoever goes to himself risks a confrontation with himself. The mirror does not flatter; it faithfully shows whatever looks into it; namely the face we never show to the world because we cover it with the persona, the mask of the actor. But the mirror lies behind the mask and shows the true face. This confrontation is the first test of courage on the inner way, a test sufficient to frighten off most people. ”
Carl Jung – “The Archetypes and The Collective Unconscious”

REVERSE SPEECH AND DISEASE

I was recently approached by the parents of a fourteen-year-old teenager desperate to do something about their child. For the previous six weeks, he had been experiencing intense chest pains, so severe, in fact, that at times he could barely walk. The teenager had become extremely despondent and, at times, suicidal. Heart troubles were suspected, yet despite extensive medical tests, no cause for the pains could be located. At the time he saw me, the latest theory was that he may have a cyst on his kidney.

At the time, I was somewhat perplexed concerning the help I could offer. I dealt with the mind, not the body. However, the parents were hoping that some psychological reason may be causing these pains and that Reverse Speech may help uncover this. The teenager seemed normal for his age, yet was somewhat withdrawn. I decided to conduct the session in my normal manner, focusing on the times that the pains first occurred and his general life circumstances. Printed below are selected portions of that session conducted.

The transcript is written exactly as it was found on the original tape recording. All reversals are quoted EXACTLY as they appeared during the interview. All reversed dialogue is found in bold print. Some reversals may be spasmodic in context. In these cases, I’ve separated them in the text with a slash mark (/). The forward dialogue that is responsible for the reversals is indicated by backets [ ].

David: “Tell me initially about what your reaction is to the cyst on the kidney. How, [how do, do you feel about]?” REVERSAL I will look in there. (First Level, Internal Dialogue.)

Youth: “I guess confused. Not knowing what to think. It’s kinda scary and kinda neat having something [wrong with you] and stuff like that.” REVERSAL It hurts me. (First Level, Expansive.)

David: “When did you first start noticing all these pains and stuff?”

Youth: “It was the [the second] of April.” REVERSAL Like acid. (Second Level, Internal Dialogue.)

David (following long discussion about family relationships): “How do you feel about your half-brother?”

Youth: “Well, he lives with his mum and dad, and I kinda wish I could [live with my mum and my dad] at the same time.” REVERSAL Mess with Dad and my Mum. (Second Level, Internal Dialogue.)

David (asking about his feelings of wanting to be with both of his natural parents at the same time.) “So, is this feeling getting better or worse as you’re getting older?”

Youth: “[Ah, er, worse.” REVERSAL Show me love. (First Level, External Dialogue.)

David: “And what, er, is there a tension inside in it?”

Youth: “[Well, in a way], yeah.” REVERSAL Hell. Want a home. (Second Level, Expansive.)

David: “Do you look forward to the visits with your real father?”

Youth: “[A whole lot].” REVERSAL A war. (Third Level, expansive.)

David (questioning troubles Youth was receiving at school): “Like what? Picking, [fighting, teasing]?” REVERSAL Diseased love. (Second Level, Expansive.)

Youth: “[Yeah. All of it].” REVERSAL Feel a war. (Third Level, Internal Dialogue.)

David: “Now what? [You first noticed the pain] when you were swinging a stick around. Any sign of it beforehand?” REVERSAL I’m surfing over it. (Second Level, Internal Dialogue.)

Youth: “Let’s see. [It had always] been there when I ran real hard,but [that Sunday night I’d taken] a hard run.” REVERSALS I wanted it / I will get that hurt/ I need this bad. (Second Level, Internal Dialogue.)

Youth: “I didn’t know if it was something to be really scared about [or just blow it off].” REVERSAL My father would. (First Level, Internal Dialogue.)

David: “What have they done to you?”

Youth: “[Well, they’ve done an Electrocardiogram], [a CAT-scan], a bone scan.” REVERSAL We love worse telling/ They love real war / They expect it. (Third Level, Expansive.)

Youth: (after asking him to picture colors that described his feelings and then being questioned about his choices): “[I think that one was the first one] that popped into my mind.” REVERSAL Will suffer, so I give up. (Third Level, Expansive.)

David: “Talk to me in general. Tell me what you like to do.”

Youth: “I like to play some board games. [I like to play Nintendo].” REVERSAL I miss Nanny. (First Level, Expansive.)

David: “Have you talked to him (the natural father) much about what’s been going on with you?”

Youth: “Well, I’ve called my grandmother, but [I haven’t got ahold of him yet.]” They made the war and I never have. (Third level expansive.)

David: “Does your Dad want to see you?”

Youth: “Mmmmmm.”

David: “So, what’s the problem?”

Youth: “[What do you mean?]” REVERSAL Me evil. (Second Level, Expansive. Note how the reversal answers my previous question.)

David: “How come you don’t see him more often?”

Youth: “[Well, ‘cause,] the main reason is he lives in Brisbane. [I live in Sydney.]” REVERSAL Suck Mum. (Second Level, Internal Dialogue.)

David: “Do you get resentful that he doesn’t drive up and see you more often?”

Youth: “No. ‘Cause I know it would be a whole [lot just to come all the way] from there to here. REVERSALS Feel I want it. That cyst. (Third Level, Expansive.)

David: (discussing areas where possible improvements could be made) Would you like to change schools? Would that solve part of the problem?”

Youth: “If [nobody knew me at all]. I could start off with a whole new beginning.” REVERSALS Father. He ruined me. (First Level, Comparative.)

David: “Why do you think the pain’s there?”

Youth: “[I can’t think] of any, [I don’t know why.] REVERSALS Evil get the helm./ Where’s the cyst? (Second Level, Expansive and Strategic.)

David: (at the end of long session of visualization exercises) “Close your eyes and [in your head, merge the two colors] together. [The black and the] light blue.” REVERSALS Assault this scum in there. / I will help, look. (First Level, External Communicative Dialogue, Command.)

The reversals indicated that the boy had low self-esteem and an intense desire to be helped. The youth felt immense pain, emotional and physical. He resented the fact that he couldn’t live with both his biological parents and he acted out his resentment in the family setting (Mess with Dad and Mum.) He desperately wanted love and a feeling of belonging (Show me love. Want a home.) This conflict created a metaphoric war inside him and produced his unconscious pain physically (I wanted it. I will get that hurt. I need this bad.) This was the only way he could get the attention he needed. (They love real war. They expect it.) His internal war had become tangible.

I concluded that the reversal, cyst, had become a personal metaphor for the physical manifestation of the internal conflict. Armed with this hypothesis, I called a family meeting that included the youth, the mother and the step-father.

The youth relished the transcript. All the reversals described exactly what he’d been feeling, in particular the unsatisfactory relationship with his natural father. The reversal, I miss Nanny, was intensely significant to him, because he used to go to his grandmother’s, whom he called “Nanny,” to play Nintendo. Only a month before our session, his mother, thinking that he’d been spending too much time at his grandmother’s house, had limited his visits. The complementarity was astounding. “I like to play Nintendo.” I miss Nanny.

Results Achieved

The discussion achieved many positive results. First, it was the first time the youth had ever been able to talk about his feelings and it was a great relief for him. Second, his parents allowed him to go to his Nanny’s house more often again. Third, his parents resolved to make a serious effort to help him re-establish contact with his biological father.

Within two days of discussing this session, the youth’s chest pains completely disappeared and haven’t returned. The doctors did confirm a cyst on his kidney. It was very small and couldn’t have caused all the pain he’d been experiencing. The pain was a physical manifestation of a larger, emotional problem. When that problem was handled, the pain disappeared.

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The Differing Reactions To Reverse Speech

 

 

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

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“……….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.

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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.

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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)

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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

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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!