“Patterns of Prophecy” by Alan Vaughan

"Patterns of Prophecy" by Alan Vaughan

"From the beginnings of man, there have been men and women who have attempted to see into the future. Some have attempted, with little success, to predict through reason and knowledge of the past; and amazingly, a few individuals have successfully prophesied from mystical insights.

The ability of these individuals has for too long been clouded in superstition. Alan Vaughan—a prophet whose predictions concerning the Apollo missions, the Robert Kennedy assassination, and the Watergate scandal have received nationwide attention—attempts in Patterns of Prophecy to take some of the mystery out of the subject.

Vaughan believes that each individual has an inner or psychic "blueprint" much like the physical RNA-DNA "blueprint" and that prophets have the ability to recognize and read these "blueprints." He has synthesized the concepts of synchronicity and coincidence, archetypal roles, prophetic dreams, and psi fields to formulate a plausible explanation for the amazing phenomenon called prophecy.

By establishing the criterion that all predictions must be recorded beforehand, Vaughan peels away the myth from prophecy to reveal that it operates according to known psychological laws.

In the process, Vaughan recounts his experiences in the development of his own prophetic abilities, and he scrutinizes the prophecies of others, such as Jeane Dixon, Eileen Garrett, Douglas Johnson, Edgar Cayce, Gerard Croiset, and Cheiro (Count Louis Hamon). He critically traces some of the most popular themes of prophecy—such as the rising of Atlantis, California sinking into the sea, and the cataclysm of Armageddon.

Patterns of Prophecy is essential reading for anyone at all interested in the subject of parapsychology. There can no longer be any doubt that psychic perception exists. Alan Vaughan contributes much to the understanding of how this ability occurs and is developed. And, in conclusion, he considers the next—and perhaps most important—questions that must be faced: Can an ability to see into the future be used to alter the future? And, if so, how?"