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Reverse Speech
Hidden Messages in Human Communication
by David John Oates
Resources for Creative Personal and Social Change
Knowledge Systems, Inc.
7777 W. Morris Street . Indianapolis, IN 46231 . USA
KNOWLEDGE
SYSTEMS, INC.
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Copyright @ 1991 by David John Oates
All rights reserved. No part of this work may be reprinted in any form
or by any means without permission in writing from the publisher.
Knowledge Systems, Inc., publisher of this book, has done so in order to
place before the reading public what, at this time, appears to be a very
interesting new discovery with respect to oral communications
controlled by the human mind. Of course, functioning solely as publisher,
Knowledge Systems, Inc., is not in a position to and has not sought to
verify any of the author's data or conclusions. It therefore disclaims any
representations herein and does not in any manner warrant the validity
of the same.
Published by Knowledge Systems, Inc., 7777 West Morris Street,
Indianapolis, IN 46231. Phone: (317) 241-0749, fax (317) 248-1503.
Cover design by Ilona Staples.
Reverse Speech™ is the term used to describe the phenomenon of
Glossolanostics: The analysis of reversed unconsciously acquired verbal
messages built into the sounds of human speech. Reverse Speech is a
trademark and service mark owned by David John Oates. For more
information about Reverse Speech, contact Reverse Speech Research,
Inc., P.O. Box 181862, Dallas, TX 75218-9998. Phone: (214) 324-3216,
fax (214)324-1191.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Oates, David John, 1955-
Reverse Speech : Hidden messages in human communication
/ by David John Oates
p.
cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 0-941705-18-8 : $29.95
1. Oral communication-Psychological aspects. 2. Backward
masking. 3. Subliminal perception. I. Title
BF637.C45027
153.6-dc20
1991
91-26525
Dedicated to
Timothy Pascoe
Thank you so very much
for all your help
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Preface
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Introduction
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Author's Note
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Process Notes
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1. The Discovery of Reverse Speech
2. The Initial Research
136
3. The Source of Reverse Speech
231
4. The Communicative Nature of Reverse Speech
39 ..
5. Reverse Speech in Children
6. Reverse Speech Images
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7. The Intricacies of Speech
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8. Sex
121
9. Therapy
499
10. Music
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11. Personalities and Politicians
12. Reverse Speech and the Professions
205m
13. Developing Areas of Research
219%
Conclusion
2339
Footnotes
23や
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Authors' Biographies
Appendix I: Getting Involved with Reverse Speech
243
Appendix II: Reverse Speech Metaphor Dictionary
251
Appendix III: Coincidental Reversals
263
Appendix IV: Listening to the Voice of the Inner Mind
.265
Appendix V: Guidebook for the '90s
267
Index
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Footnotes
CHAPTER 1 The Discovery of Reverse Speech
1. William Poundstone, Big Secrets, Corgi Books, London, 1985, p. 228.
2. Jeff Godwin, The Devil's Disciples, Chick Publications, Chino, CA 1985, p.
147.
3. U.S. Congress House, A Bill to Require that Jackets in which Phonograph Records
Containing Backward Masking Are Packaged Bear a Label Warning Consumers of
such Backward Masking. 97th Cong., 24th sess., 1982. H.R. 6363.
4. Poundstone, op.cit., p. 243, provided almost identical independent
confirmation.
5.
Ibid., p. 237.
6.
Stan Deyo, The Cosmic Conspiracy, W.A.T.T., Perth, 1983, p. 73.
7. Also in Jesus Christ Superstar in the song "The Trial Before Pilate" the
reversals Idiot, Dimwit, and Get Fucked Master exist.
CHAPTER 2 The Research Begins
1. Rock and Roll-A Search for God, Reel to Reel Productions, Washington, D.C.
This video presents a Christian fundamentalist view of the role of rock
music. The author viewed the video in Australia in 1987.
2. To date about 35 of these coincidental reversals have been documented. (See
Appendix III.) "Another One Bites the Dust" by Queen created a great stir
in some circles. 'Another one' is a coincidental phrase that consistently
creates the reversal Marijuana whether spoken or sung.
3. Letters have been received claiming techniques for writing songs, forward
and backward. Some examples quoted used phrases that were phonetic
coincidences.
4. David Oates and Greg Albrecht, Beyond Backward Masking: Reverse Speech
and the Voice of the Inner Mind, Jovamhaz Publications, Adelaide, 1987,
presented the earliest research. The Theory of Reverse Speech as presented
here has been dramatically revised and expanded over the last four years.
CHAPTER 3 The Source of Reverse Speech
1. "The NLP Center for Counselling and Training," brochure, Richardson,
Texas, 1990.
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2. Richard Bandler and John Grinder, The Structure of Magic, Science and
Behavior Books, Inc., Palo Alto, 1975, p. 24.
3. John Suess, "Myndslink," NLP training course, Brisbane, Australia.
4. Dr. John Grinder, seminar held in Sydney, Australia, June 1988.
5. Don Holdaway, The Foundations of Literacy, Ashton Scholastic, Sydney,
1975, p. 13.
6. Tony Buzan, Use Both Sides of Your Brain, E.P. Dutton, Inc., New York, 1979,
pp. 16-20.
7. Ibid.
8. Dianne Van Lancker, "Old Familiar Voices," Psychology Today, November
1987, pp. 12-14.
9. Martha M. Evans, Dyslexia, An Annotated Bibliography, Greenwood Press,
London, 1982. p. 84.
10. This is explicit in many of Carl Jung's writing. Further recommended
reading: E.A. Bennett, What Jung Really Said; C.G. Jung, The Archetypes of the
Collective Unconscious, particularly pp. 275-354 .; C.G.Jung, The Structure and
Dynamics of the Psyche.
11. C.G. Jung, The Structure and Dynamics of the Psyche, Princeton University
Press, New York, 1969, pp. 151-152. Also on page 185, Jung says: "The
unconscious depicts an extremely fluid states of affairs: everything of which
I know, but of which I am not at the moment thinking; everything perceived
by my senses, but not noted by my conscious mind; everything which,
involuntarily and without paying attention to it, I feel, think, remember,
want, and do; all the future things that are taking shape in me and will
sometime come to consciousness: all this is the content of the unconscious
mind .... Thus far the unconscious is a fringe of consciousness."
12. Ibid., p. 151. Also on p. 148, Jung says: "Underneath [the unconscious] is an
absolute unconscious which has nothing to do with our personal experience.
This absolute unconscious would then be a psychic activity which goes on
independently of the conscious mind and is not dependent even on the
upper layers of the unconscious, untouched -and perhaps untouchable-
by personal experience. It would be a kind of supra-individual psychic
activity, a collective unconscious, as I have called it, as distinct from a
superficial, relative, or personal unconscious."
CHAPTER 4 The Communicative Nature of Reverse Speech
1. Illustrated Contemporary Dictionary, Encyclopedic Edition, J.G. Ferguson
Publishing Company, Chicago, 1978
2. Mr. John Hampel was a technical pioneer in Australia's early television
days. He's now retired as an amateur radio operator (VK5SJ), designing
antenna systems.
3. This is from personal correspondence with Mr. Hampel. AMPOL is one of
the largest petroleum corporations in Australia. The distinction to be
clarified here is that the direct command to BUY had a significant, measurable
impact on PELACO sales. The less direct subliminal of only the well-known
logo had no discernible impact on sales.
4.
"Subliminal Advertising," Australian Broadcasting Tribunal, Sydney, 1984,
p. 1.
5. Many resources are generally available that detail research on the structure
and use of subliminals. These resources will enable the reader to distinguish
the study of subliminals as a totally separate field of research with little or
no relation to Reverse Speech as it is presented here.
6. Vincent Bugliosi, Helter Skelter: The True Story of the Manson Murders, W.W.
Norton, New York, 1974.
7. Reversals sequentially in these songs: "Touch Too Much," "Shot Down in
Flames," "Get it Hot," "If You Want Blood," "Love Hungry Man."
8. Compiled from various media reports in Australia, 1987, and the United
States, 1990.
9. Reversals sequentially in these songs: "Exciter," "White Heat, Red Hot,"
"Better by You, Better Than Me," "Stained Class," "Savage," "Beyond the
Realms of Death," "Heroes End."
CHAPTER 6 Reverse Speech Images
1. Paul Von Stroheim, personal correspondence, 1988: "Reversals may be
coming from those parts of the mind that are being ignored or overlooked
by other louder parts. For example, most people would have experienced
times in their lives when they faced conflicts and two contradictory elements
within them were fighting for control (e.g. you want to buy an ice cream but
you know you shouldn't because you'll ruin your diet). If some part of the
being is being ignored or 'gone-over-the-head-of' then that part may
revenge itself in some way on the psyche. Speech reversals may provide a
safety valve for those parts."
2. E.A. Bennett, What Jung Really Said, Schoken Books, New York, 1983, p. xii.
3. Jung, The Structure and Dynamics of the Psyche, op.cit. pp. 145-149.
Ibid.
5. Ibid.
6. This and all references to or quotes from The Holy Bible are taken from the
King James Version, World Publishing Company, Cleveland, OH.
7. Jung, loc. cit.
8. C.G. Jung, The Archetypes of the Collective Unconscious, Princeton University
Press, New York, 1969, p.51. (Also recounted with additional details in, The
Structure and Dynamics of the Psyche.)
9. The book was titled Eine Mithrasliturgie.
10. Jung, Archetypes,. loc. cit. (Taken from Eine Mithrasliturgie, p. 6ff.)
11. See also editor's note in Archetypes: "As the author (Jung) later learned, the
1910 edition was actually the second, there had been a first edition in 1903.
The patient had, however, been committed some years before 1903."
12. Jung, Structure and Dynamics, op.cit. p. 151.
13. Jung, Archetypes, op.cit., p.52.
14. Bennet, op.cit., p. xii.
15. Jung, Archetypes,. op.cit., pp. 23, 30.
16. Contemporary Dictionary, op.cit.
17. King James Version, op.cit.
18. Chu Yuan, Songs of the South: An Ancient Chinese Anthology, Trans. David
Hawkes, Penguin Books, New York, 1985.
19. Juan Mascsaro, The Upanishads, Penguin Books, Middlesex, 1965, p. 53.
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20. Encyclopedia of Mythology of All Races, Marshall Jones Company, Boston,
1932, Vol. IV, pp. 9, 83, 179, 181, 182, 286; Vol. VI, pp. 233, 236; Vol. VII, pp.
81, 247; Vol. VIII, pp. 67, 70; Vol. IX, p. 274; Vol. XI, p. 323.
21. William James, "Frederick Myers' Service to Psychology," Proceedings of the
Society for Psychical Research, London, 1903, p. 13.
22. The Enchanted World, The Fall of Camelot, Time Life Books Inc., Amsterdam,
1986.
23. This theory was initially developed by Greg Albrecht in an unpublished
manuscript.
24. "Luther" was discovered by Greg Albrecht, who is currently conducting
major research into oral tradition, structural metaphors, and their source.
He claims to have located the exact conversation where Luther was first
adopted as an structural metaphor.
CHAPTER 7 Intricacies of Speech
1. This category, first noted by Greg Albrecht, was the first of many common
connections between the forward and reversed dialogue discovered. It
eventually led to the formation of Reverse Speech categories.
CHAPTER 8 Sex
1. As heard through the headphone in my ear while being interviewed. Also
confirmed during the commercial break by the commentator.
2. In this session, Elvis was frequently found on the reverse of the forward
word "subliminal." It was initially thought to be a phonetic coincidence. It
didn't occur every time she said "subliminal," however, nor did it occur
when other speakers said "subliminal." To research this further, I conducted
a quick test by saying the word "subliminal" into a tape and reversed it.
"Elvis" did not occur in the reversed phonetics. With further testing
involving numerous other subjects, this coincidental reversal proved to be
peculiar to certain individuals only.
CHAPTER 10 Music
1. Jacob Aranza, Backward Masking Unmasked, Huntington House, Inc.,
Shreveport, 1984, p. 1.
2.
Ibid., p. 12.
3. Jacob Aranza, More Rock, Country and Backward Masking Unmasked,
Huntington House, Inc., Shreveport, 1985, p. 9.
4. Aleister Crowley, Magick, Samuel Weiser, Inc., York Beach, 1973, p. 482.
5. Aranza, Backward Masking Unmasked, op.cit., p. 4.
6. King James Version, op.cit.
7. Godwin, op.cit., p. 1.
8. Ibid., p. 158.
9. Stephen Davis, The Hammer of the Gods, William Morrow and Company Inc.,
New York, 1985, p. 335.
10. Raymond B. MacPherson, private letter, Melbourne, 1988.
11. C.R. Cammell, Aleister Crowley, New English Library, London, 1969.
12. Ibid.
13. Davis, op.cit.
14. Davis, op.cit. p. 146.
15. Godwin, op.cit. p. 152.
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16. Much of the following section (music from the 1920's to the 1970's) was
researched jointly with Greg Albrecht and myself and is documented in our
initial, self-published book, Beyond Backward Masking.
17. A reference to Luke 22:42.
CHAPTER 11 Personalities and Politicians
1. Gail Buchalter, "It's Love That's Serious," Parade Magazine, April 1991, pp.
8-9. The interviewer notes in the article: "Most of those films have been
comedies, but Martin is trying to change that. . .. Martin's point of view
seems to include a profound discomfort with the recognition that goes with
celebrity."
CHAPTER 12 Reverse Speech and the Professions
1. Ian Thurnwald, "The Chamberlain Case: The Anthropology of Social
Dramas and Myths," dissertation, The Adelaide University, Adelaide,
Australia, 1988, p. 10.
2. Paul Stewart, attorney. Partially compiled from a lecture given to the
Reverse Speech Education and Research Institute, Dallas, TX, August 1990.
CHAPTER 13 Developing Areas of Research
1. My quest for reversal accuracy is intense. I'm approximately 80% accurate
the first time I analyze a transcript and 95% accurate the second time
through. My initial tapes, when I began my research, have been estimated
to be 50% accurate, which increased as time progressed to my current level.
This has been determined by checking old research tapes with other trained
analysts. New students begin with approximately 60% accuracy (second
analysis) to 80% accuracy after six months of intense study (second analysis).
Figures are based on the monitoring of 50% of students over a two-year
period.
2. Paul Von Stroheim has been involved with Reverse Speech since 1988. He
regularly makes suggestions, conducts research and develops new concepts.
He communicates through frequent correspondence.
3. Renee Tait, personal correspondence. Published in "Letters to the Editor,"
Backtalk, May 1990.
NOTE:
All otherwise unattributed initial chapter quotes have been taken from The
Illustrated Contemporary Dcitionary, Encyclopedic Edition, J.G. Ferguson
Publishing Co., Chicago, 1978.
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Appendixg
Getting Involved
with Reverse Speech
If you want to know more about Reverse Speech, and there
is much more to know, we invite you to contact:
Reverse Speech Research, Inc.
P.O. Box 181862
Dallas, Texas 75218-9998
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Reverse Speech Research is looking for enthusiastic people
to become involved in further planning and development. We
offer many services including tape analysis, informational
brochures, training courses, lectures, and seminars.
If you want to use Reverse Speech yourself, you MUST
receive professional training. This book only mentions, but does
not detail, some of the many techniques that you need to locate
reversals and interpret your findings. Reverse Speech Research
in Dallas, Texas, is currently the only authorized training center
in the world.
Training and Certification Programs
One of our highest aims is to ensure the integrity and the
accuracy of the technology. Reverse Speech, by its very nature, is
highly susceptible to abuse and misinterpretation. Consequently,
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