I’ve been on vacation the past week, soaking up some rays with my mom in Florida. Before leaving for the trip, I purchased the book The Ultimate Time Machine by Joseph McMoneagle. By the end of the trip, I had finished the book (and actually started on another one which I’m now half-way through).

Well… I hate to be a nay-sayer… but the book is pretty terrible.

It starts off with McMoneagle’s history in remote viewing, and his work with the STARGATE program. No problems so far - I had already known McMoneagle to be a reliable and accurate remote viewer from my past research. From what I can tell, McMoneagle can accurately use remote viewing to psychically receive information on military targets. So, with that knowledge, you might think the rest of the book would be a great read… Well. No.

The book first starts to go sour with McMoneagle’s understanding of “time”. First he asserts that there is no past, and that we create the past in the present with our beliefs. But then he asserts that there is an objective past, that we can access using remote viewing. Well - does the past exist, or doesn’t it? Clearly the answer is that there is an objective past, and there is also society’s current understanding of that past. While society might be wrong, that doesn’t actually alter the objective past. McMoneagle struggles with this simple concept for some reason, and he constantly confuses society’s current understanding of the past, with the actual objective past.

But whatever… maybe I just don’t get what he’s trying to say. Ok, fair enough. I kept reading.

The second half of the book is dedicated solely to McMoneagle’s predictions for the future. The book was written in 1998, so I was especially curious if McMoneagle would talk about any terrorist attacks on 9/11, the Iraq war, or global warming. At one point he does mention a war in the Middle East, but he predicts the war will be a result of Hussein invading Iran.

Here are some other predictions:

1. In 2005, temporary tattoos (made with a special kind of dye) will be the new fad.

2. In 2002, male pattern baldness will be fully eradicated, via some magic pill.

3. Fully automated, or computer controlled highways, will be tested by 2005.

4. Before 2001, a country in the Middle East will suffer a biological warfare accident, resulting in the death of nearly 100,000 people, and permanent abandonment of a large city.

5. In 2008, the standard RAM in a computer will be 128 MB.

6. Between 2005-2008, a new form of clothing style, consisting of a jumpsuit with colors on the shoulders, will be ushered in.

7. By the year 2010, the SATs will “go the way of the dinosaurs.” (p.146)

8. By the year 2019, the average student will be scoring the max on the SATs, and they won’t matter anymore. (p.239)

Er wait…

Yes that’s right. McMoneagle contradicts his own predictions. First the SATs will disappear, then 9 years later they will be getting maxed out.

The majority of McMoneagle’s predictions happen decades in the future. But judging by his accuracy so far, I honestly won’t be holding my breath.

I feel conflicted, because part of me really respects McMoneagle’s remote viewing training and talent. However, I really can’t let this book slide. His predictions are… terrible. Don’t bother reading this book. Sorry.

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