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The PK Man: A True Story of Mind Over Matter Review"The loonies are coming out of the cracks again," said my wife, Caryl, as she handed me this book from our daily pile of mail. My first impression agreed with hers -- until I saw that it was written by Jeffrey Mishlove, whom I personally know and respect. "What's Jeffrey up to this time?" I wondered.
Ted Owens, who called himself "The PK Man" (PK = psychokinesis, mind-over-matter), was a flamboyant, controversial figure in the ufology community, who died back in 1987. During his lifetime, Owens predicted a wide variety of storms, plane crashes, and other disasters. He claimed to do this through mental contact with UFOs and non-corporeal beings that he called "Space Intelligences." Because he wanted Dr. Mishlove to write his biography, Owens regularly sent him copies of the predictions, along with clippings about events that he felt were fulfillments. The result is the worlds's largest collection of material on Ted Owens, which formed the database for this book.
The first manuscript was written back in 1979, but publication was delayed for a number of reasons, not the least of which was Mishlove's worry that the book would affect his own credibility. Had Owens merely predicted these events, there would have been no problem, since studies on precognition are considered legitimate in psi circles. But psychokinesis is another matter. Owens claimed that he actually CAUSED all those hurricanes, floods, snowstorms, plane crashes --- even the eruption of Mt. St. Helens (which, according to Owens, was a mind experiment gone wrong!) A book on a man who claims to control the weather through contact with UFOs sounds more than a little, well, uh -- crazy.
Personally, I don't believe Owens actually controlled the weather. He did however, seem to have had psychic abilities from an early age. It's possible that he was able to sense upcoming weather patterns, which he then exploited for his own ends. Whenever he gave his predictions, he (not the researchers) chose the time and nature of the events, within a rather large time frame -- usually 90 days or, in some cases, as much as a year. In that much time, a lot can happen naturally. However, there does not seem to be any indication of conscious fraud. Owens sincerely believed he had the power and, over the years, there were enough weird coincidences to reinforce that belief.
Let us assume, just for the sake of argument, that Owens WAS causing these events through PK. We are then faced with yet another problem, namely, the moral character of a man who would purposely bring disasters just to prove that he could. Owens seems to have had a very fragile ego, becoming angry and later embittered when the world didn't hail him as a great psychic. Although he sometimes compared himself to Moses and the Ten Plagues, a better analogy would be the sorcerer Balaam, who was hired by King Balak to curse the Jews (see Numbers 22-24.) Moses was seeking to free his people from slavery, not glorify himself. Jewish commentaries agree that, had Pharoah let the Jews go in the beginning, the Plagues would never have happened. Balaam, on the other hand, was a magician-for-hire who would put curses on one's enemies for the right price. Moses served God for a higher purpose, but Balaam went to the highest bidder.
Ted Owens exhibited many Balaam-like behaviors, attempting on several occasions to contract with sports teams to put the hex on their opponents, in return for a hefty fee. When he was turned down, he then cursed the refusing team instead. Similarly, he claimed to have caused a destructive storm in Cleveland in retaliation for people not coming to his lectures there. These are not the motivations of a Moses, but they do fit those of a Balaam. On many occasions, Owens claimed to work disasters for no other reason than personal revenge.
Dr. Mishlove expresses serious concern about Owens' lack of moral responsibity, even calling one chapter "The Dark Side of the Force." But, being a scientist with a certain distrust of organized religion, he is reluctant to make value judgements about "black magic." I have no such qualms. As a Jewish theologian, I don't believe in the Christian forms of "satanism," but I do believe there are negative powers and entities out there. Whether or not Owens actually had the power he claimed, he often set out with specific intent to do harm at the bidding of his UFO entities, and that suggests demonic posssession. Judaism long ago recognized that psychic ability is not synonymous with spirituality, and one should "test every spirit." Even shamanic cultures recognize that a shaman can go bad. This is precisely why mystical disciplines the world over insist that their initiates go through a long period of rigorous training, in order to subjugate the ego to the higher laws of moral responsibility -- a form of training that Owens did not have. Whoever or whatever those "Space Intelligences" might have been, they chose poorly when they picked Owens as their representative. Owens, on the other hand, might have done better to refuse the "gifts" of such capricious entities, who, even if they did come from another dimemsion, seems to have little love for the people of Earth. In the end, Owens became a broken man whom few took seriously, the object of much ridicule and scorn.
I gave this book four stars for being well-written and researched, even though I found much of it to be utterly preposterous. Still, it was a compelling and sometimes chilling read, raising many questions about the sometimes-fuzzy boundaries between mysticism, possession, and mental illness. At the very least, it can serve as a warning, clearly demonstrating what happens to those who choose the Dark Side, whether it be that of the UFOs or their own minds.The PK Man: A True Story of Mind Over Matter OverviewSo begins Jeffrey Mishlove's The PK Man, the true and strange story of Ted Owens, whose claims of powerful psychokinetic abilities given to him by "Space Intelligences" were too bizarre and extreme for many to believe. When these claims were ignored or challenged, he purportedly used his powers to produce earthquakes, civil unrest, UFO sightings, strange weather events, and other powerful phenomena. Owens even threatened to down aircraft to garner attention.Was there any truth to Owens' abilities, or was he a fraud with a knack for picking the times and places of catastrophes? Jeffrey Mishlove, PhD, a respected parapsychologist and host of the popular public television program Thinking Allowed, analyzes correspondence, interviews, newspaper reports, and remarkable life of "the world's greatest psychic," as Owens claimed to be. Whether Owens was a prodigious liar and dangerous con-man, or a true but unbalanced master who used his incredible powers primarily for petty acts of revenge, many questions remain, and the implications for the rest of us are staggering.

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