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From: phaedrus@eneevax.UUCP
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Subject: Regarding walking on hot coals; phoney baloney or what?
Message-ID: <145@eneevax.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 10-Jul-84 08:26:23 EDT
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Posted: Tue Jul 10 08:26:23 1984
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Last night I happened to walk downstairs and saw people walking on hot
coals on the boob toob.  Since I had read something about this fad, I
decided to stick around and see what was up.  Would you believe this
folks -- There was a guy (on Merv Griffin no less) claiming that he could
alter peoples belief systems so that they can perform biochemical changes
in their bodies.  He claims he has done this for a lot of people in Calif.
Merv claimed that the coals were at around 1200-2000 deg. (Fahrenheit?),
and there's this group of about 8 people breathing hard, murmuring,"cool
moss, cool moss, cool moss....," looking into the air and walking on coals.
Is this guy for real? Did anybody else see the show or heard of this guy?
His name by the way is Tony Robbins (I think).

I would have been more impressed if Russell Targ, the famous (or the infamous)
para-psychology type person had not come on the same show.  He also had an
interesting claim -- He claimed that for 9 weeks one of his buddies (who was
on with Targ) predicted what the state of the silver market would be on
Monday the previous Thursday. They claim (listen to this) they were never
wrong, and they made over 100,000 big ones for their client.

I am highly skeptical but curious.  Does anyone have any opinions or thoughts
on the matter.  (Are you out there Martin Gardener?  If so give us your
thoughts)

-- 



Without hallucinogens, life itself would be impossible.

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