IRVA

Welcome to the International Remote Viewing Association

IRVA 2011

IRVA is a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting the responsible use and development of remote viewing. We are an independently formed member organization of scientists, remote viewing professionals, students, and other interested persons. For more information, read the Letter of Invitation from Russell Targ, President Emeritus of IRVA.

Remote viewing is a novel perceptual discipline for gaining information not available to the ordinary physical senses. Used extensively by so-called "psychic spies" during the Cold War for classified military projects, it has a long history both as an intelligence gathering tool and as the subject of research and applications in the civilian world. Remote viewing has now taken a long step into the public domain with the formation of a professional association to educate, research, propose standards, test performance, and promote public awareness of this unique human mental capacity.


IRVA News

IRVA Concludes a Successful 2010 Conference

On behalf of the Board of Directors of the International Remote Viewing Association, we would like to express our appreciation to each conference attendee, speaker and volunteer for helping to make the 2010 Conference a success. Our attendees and speakers came from many cities and countries, and their participation in the sessions, workshops and events contributed to making the conference a fun and educational experience.

Based on our 2010 conference survey everyone loved the Green Valley Ranch Resort, and we are pleased to announce that the next IRVA conference will be held at the same hotel, June 17-19, 2011.

IRVA's Board Elects Stahler and Hopton

The IRVA board would like to announce that Paul H. Smith is stepping aside after serving four years as President. John P. Stahler is the newly elected President, and Cheryle L. Hopton, IRVA's current Secretary, was elected Vice President. Sandy Ray was re-elected as Treasurer.

John has served as IRVA Vice President and Secretary. He studied controlled remote viewing with IRVA directors Paul H. Smith, Ph.D. and Lyn Buchanan, and with Ed Dames and David Morehouse. Formerly the president of a San Diego electronic design and manufacturing firm specializing in digital video-processing devices, he has been awarded several domestic and international patents. His designs have flown as experiments in NASA's Space Shuttle Program.

Cheryle has served as IRVA Secretary, moderator for the IRVA members forum, and the conference coordinator for several of IRVA's past conferences. She studied controlled remote viewing with IRVA director Lyn Buchanan and was the webmaster for the on-line Newsletter of the Hawaii Remote Viewers' Guild (HRVG). She has been a self employed graphic artist and webmaster since 1995, after having worked in the securities industry for many years in various management positions, and also as a consultant for James McClatchy and McClatchy Newspapers in the San Francisco Bay Area

Free ESP Trainer for iPod, iPhone, and iPad Now Available

ESP Trainer

The ESP trainer was developed under a NASA program by IRVA Board Member and President Emeritus, Russell Targ, while at Stanford Research Institute. The trainer is designed to help improve your ability to recognize your intuitive impressions. It has now been adapted for the for iPod, iPhone, and iPad and be found in our "Online PSI" section.