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In article <1992Nov9.154329.18488@sq.sq.com> donald@sq.sq.com
	(Donald Teed) writes:

> ...This does not coorespond to what I have understood about hyponosis -
> that it is a way of accessing the subconscious, to reveal what
> was recorded by the brain but is too difficult to access by
> normal recall...

> I also think the story is flawed.  Since when have out of
> body trips been able to exactly locate a geographical location
> and street address better than NASA and the pizza chain of your choice?

> ...Is there really a 'Main' street
> in Niles?  Sort of a 'standard' name.  Is there a 555 address?...

> I really think we are looking at a tall tale.

I took the 555 Main Street to be a deliberately fabricated bit of
information used to tell the story - not as a literal piece of Carey's
father's account - it was probably just used as a generic address.
Therefore, I don't think we should be critical about that point.
Also, hypnosis may generally be used for some particular function,
but I don't see why that fact should exclude other unusual things
being possible in a state of hypnosis, when the mind is operating
in a very unusual mode.

Gary
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    Gary S. Trujillo                             gst@gnosys.svle.ma.us
Somerville, Massachusetts               {wjh12,bu.edu,spdcc,ima,cdp}!gnosys!gst