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Acknowledgments
To name individually all who have contributed to this work would require
a separate volume. Each person I have met—critic or ardent supporter—
has been my teacher. I am grateful for the lessons, even those I did not
willingly choose.
I wish to thank those who had faith in an idea that led to the founding
of the Institute of Noetic Sciences: Henry Rolfs (deceased) and Zoe Rolfs,
Richard Davis (deceased), Judith Skutch Whitson, Paul Temple, Phillip
Lukin (deceased), and John White. And those who came a bit later to
carry the idea further: Osmond Crosby, Brendan O’Regan (deceased), Diane
Brown Temple, Willis Harman (deceased), Winston Franklin (deceased),
Barbara McNeill, and the many (and growing) dedicated directors, officers,
and staff.
The institute is now recognized, and its agenda studied in more than
30 nations globally. Those who assumed the leadership to carry the ideas
to Canada, South America, Europe, and Africa are gratefully acknowledged:
in Canada, Diana Cawood; in Brazil, Tamas Makray; in Argentina,
Ana de Campos and Ana Lia Alvarez; in England, Ian and Victoria Watson;
in Norway, Jonathan Learn; in Nigeria, Hafsat Abiola—to name just a few.
Thank you all for your confidence.
Particularly I wish to acknowledge the hard work and dedication of
my friend and close associate, Robert Staretz, who has read, reread, edited,
made suggestions, and otherwise contributed significantly to this work.
Thank you, Bob.