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<h2 id="biography">Biography</h2> <p>Robert Allan Monroe was born in 1915 in <a href="/facts/Indiana/VRnvjXoQ">Indiana</a> and grew up in <a href="/facts/Lexington,_Kentucky/0FAngGYT">Lexington, Kentucky</a>, and <a href="/facts/Columbus,_Ohio/mREa53Ub">Columbus, Ohio</a>. His mother was a non-practicing medical doctor, <a href="/facts/Cello/IeYEXr96">cellist</a>, and <a href="/facts/Piano/lRI60lQK">piano</a> player. His father was a professor of <a href="/facts/Romance_Languages/TMK4KHI3">Romance Languages</a> who led summer tours to Europe. </p><p>According to his third book <i>Ultimate Journey</i>,<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:8" href="#fn:8"><sup>8</sup></a> he dropped out of <a href="/facts/Ohio_State_University/jfSr6u6u">Ohio State University</a> in his sophomore year due to a hospital stay for a facial burn that caused him to fall behind in his studies. During almost a year away from college, he tried to find work. He returned to Ohio State to graduate after having studied <a href="/facts/Pre-med/f4BIEcxb">pre-med</a>, English, engineering and journalism. </p><p>He married Jeanette, a graduate student and daughter of a lawyer, in 1937, and divorced her in 1938 or 1939. He married Mary Ashworth, a divorcee with a daughter Maria, in 1950 or 1951. They had Bob's only biological child together, daughter Laurie. They divorced in 1968. He then married Nancy Penn Honeycutt, a divorcee with four children. They remained married until her death from breast cancer on August 15, 1992. </p><p>Monroe developed ulcers in young adulthood and so was classified <a href="/facts/Selective_Service_System/9WYn0lmd">4F</a> (unfit for service) during <a href="/facts/World_War_II/2efV5L1U">World War II</a>. He spent the war years working for a manufacturing company that designed a flight-simulator prototype. He wrote for an aviation column in <i><a href="/facts/Argosy_(magazine)/uPP7NaSL">Argosy</a></i> magazine and was given a job with the <a href="/facts/National_Aeronautic_Association/eVYVMkw7">National Aeronautic Association</a> (NAA), for whom he produced a weekly radio show called "Scramble!", the primary purpose of which was to interest youth in aviation. </p><p>In 1953, Monroe formed RAM Enterprises, a corporation that produced network radio programs, as many as 28 programs monthly, principally in dramatic and popular quiz shows. </p><p>In 1956, the firm created a Research and Development division to study the effects of various sound patterns on human consciousness, including the sleep state. Monroe was especially attracted to the concept of <a href="/facts/Sleep-learning/eEe38eC0">sleep-learning</a>. This was a natural direction to take, applying to this new area the audio production methods used in the firm's commercial activity. The purpose was to find more constructive uses for such knowledge than was ordinarily available, and the results of this research have become internationally known. </p> <h2 id="first-out-of-body-experiences">First out-of-body experiences</h2> <p>According to his own account, while experimenting with <a href="/facts/Sleep-learning/eEe38eC0">sleep-learning</a> in 1958, Monroe experienced an unusual phenomenon, which he described as sensations of paralysis and vibration accompanied by a bright light that appeared to be shining on him from a shallow angle. Monroe went on to say that this occurred another nine times over the next six weeks, culminating in his first <a href="/facts/Out-of-body_experience/Pp5uSzUj">out-of-body experience</a> (OBE). Monroe recorded his account in his 1971 book <i>Journeys Out of the Body</i> and went on to become a prominent researcher in the field of human consciousness.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:9" href="#fn:9"><sup>9</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:10" href="#fn:10"><sup>10</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:11" href="#fn:11"><sup>11</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:12" href="#fn:12"><sup>12</sup></a> Monroe later authored two more books on his experiments with OBE, <i>Far Journeys</i> (1985) and <i>Ultimate Journey</i> (1994). </p> <h2 id="the-monroe-institute">The Monroe Institute</h2> <p>In 1962 RAM enterprises moved to Virginia, and a few years later changed the corporate name to Monroe Industries. In this location it became active in radio station ownership, cable television, and later in the production and sale of audio cassettes. These cassettes were practical expressions of the discoveries made in the earlier and ongoing corporate research program. </p><p>In 1985 the company officially changed its name, once again, to Interstate Industries, Inc. This reflected Monroe's analogy of how the use of Hemi-Sync serves as a ramp from the "local road" to the "interstate" in allowing people to go "full steam ahead" in the exploration of consciousness, avoiding all of the stops and starts. </p><p>The research subsidiary was divested and established as an independent non-profit organization, The Monroe Institute, later in 1985. Interstate Industries, Inc. remains a privately held company, now doing business as Monroe Products. His daughter, Laurie Monroe, continued her father's program until her death in 2006. Under the current direction of another of Monroe's daughters, Maria Monroe Whitehead, Monroe's stepson, A. J. Honeycutt, and Teresa West, president of Monroe Products, the company's objective is to continue to expand the Hemi-Sync line of products and their benefits into markets worldwide. </p><p>The Monroe Institute (TMI) is a <a href="/facts/Non-profit_organization/AmXu2c85">nonprofit</a> education and research organization devoted to the exploration of human <a href="/facts/Consciousness/IAxmgt6c">consciousness</a>, based in <a href="/facts/Faber,_Virginia/t8PbWjQ7">Faber, Virginia</a>, United States.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:13" href="#fn:13"><sup>13</sup></a> Upwards of 20,000 people are estimated to have attended TMI's residential Gateway program during its first thirty years.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:14" href="#fn:14"><sup>14</sup></a> TMI claims a policy of no dogma or <a href="/facts/Bias/geuh5KrE">bias</a> with respect to <a href="/facts/Belief_system/HbPvkGT6">belief system</a>, <a href="/facts/Religion/cxntrD0R">religion</a>, <a href="/facts/Political/1gDNy3RP">political</a> or <a href="/facts/Social/twVnad19">social</a> stance. The institute is housed in several buildings on 300 acres (1.2 km2) of land south of <a href="/facts/Charlottesville,_Virginia/nfUlphxe">Charlottesville, Virginia</a>, USA. </p><p>In 1978, the U.S. military evaluated TMI and arranged to send officers there for OBE/OOBE training.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:15" href="#fn:15"><sup>15</sup></a> In 1983, it sent additional officers.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:16" href="#fn:16"><sup>16</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:17" href="#fn:17"><sup>17</sup></a> </p><p>The Institute has an affiliated professional membership, and also publishes scientific papers on a subset of its own studies of <a href="/facts/Altered_states_of_consciousness/97vjsHXF">altered states of consciousness</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:18" href="#fn:18"><sup>18</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="coverage">Coverage</h2> <p>In 1994, a front-page article in <i><a href="/facts/The_Wall_Street_Journal/9Pkf2cYK">The Wall Street Journal</a></i> reported confirmation from the former director of the <a href="/facts/Intelligence_and_Security_Command/CTVakue7">Intelligence and Security Command</a> of the <a href="/facts/U.S._Army/WACWBEK9">U.S. Army</a> sending personnel to the institute. It also stated the opinion of the head of the <a href="/facts/Zen_Buddhist/Fvgltk1w">Zen Buddhist</a> temple in <a href="/facts/Vancouver/rn2AKA1n">Vancouver</a> British Columbia that "Gateway students can reach meditation states in a week that took [me] 30 years of sitting".<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:19" href="#fn:19"><sup>19</sup></a> </p><p>A reporter for <i><a href="/facts/The_Hook_(newspaper)/qRWoVjSc">The Hook</a></i>, weekly newspaper for <a href="/facts/Charlottesville,_Virginia/nfUlphxe">Charlottesville, Virginia</a>, who visited The Monroe Institute said, "...with a few exceptions, the only 'normal' people with whom I could fully identify were the trainers, who seemed remarkably well-grounded for people whose day-to-day experiences include <a href="/facts/Astral_projection/tMsxyHLv">astral projection</a> and disembodied spirits".<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:20" href="#fn:20"><sup>20</sup></a> </p><p>The reporter also concluded that "there is something significant being developed at the Institute. Whether it's just a brilliant <a href="/facts/Guided_meditation/v2rDpbVN">guided meditation</a> complete with trance-inducing stereoscopic sound, or a doorway to a world of spirit entities, I cannot say".<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:21" href="#fn:21"><sup>21</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="hemi-sync">Hemi-Sync</h2> <p>In 1975, Monroe registered the first of several patents<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:22" href="#fn:22"><sup>22</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:23" href="#fn:23"><sup>23</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:24" href="#fn:24"><sup>24</sup></a> concerning audio techniques designed to stimulate brain functions until the left and right hemispheres became synchronized. Monroe held that this state, dubbed Hemi-Sync (hemispherical synchronization), could be used to promote mental well-being or to trigger an <a href="/facts/Altered_state_of_consciousness/97vjsHXF">altered state of consciousness</a>. Monroe's concept was based on an earlier hypothesis known as <a href="/facts/Binaural_beats/zKhaKnMy">binaural beats</a> and has since been expanded upon a commercial basis by the self-help industry.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:25" href="#fn:25"><sup>25</sup></a> </p><p><i>Hemi-Sync</i> is short for <i>Hemispheric Synchronization</i>, also known as <i><a href="/facts/Brainwave_synchronization/k17RzNSv">brainwave synchronization</a></i>. Monroe indicated that the technique synchronizes the two hemispheres of one's brain, thereby creating a 'frequency-following response' designed to evoke certain effects. Hemi-Sync has been used for many purposes, including relaxation and <a href="/facts/Sleep_induction/YhAWmTIV">sleep induction</a>, learning and memory aids, helping those with physical and mental difficulties, and reaching <a href="/facts/Altered_states_of_consciousness/97vjsHXF">altered states of consciousness</a> through the use of sound. </p><p>The technique involves using sound waves to entrain brain waves. Wearing headphones, Monroe claimed that brains respond by producing a third sound (called <a href="/facts/Binaural_beats/zKhaKnMy">binaural beats</a>) that encouraged various brainwave activity changes.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:26" href="#fn:26"><sup>26</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:27" href="#fn:27"><sup>27</sup></a> In 2002, a University of Virginia presentation at the Society for Psychophysiologial Research examined Monroe's claim. The presentation demonstrated that <a href="/facts/Electroencephalography/XGvpcBl5">EEG</a> changes did not occur when the standard electromagnetic headphones of Monroe's setup were replaced by air conduction headphones, which were connected to a remote transducer by rubber tubes. This suggests that the basis for the entrainment effects is electromagnetic rather than acoustical.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:28" href="#fn:28"><sup>28</sup></a> </p><p>Replicated, double-blind, randomized trials on anesthetized patients have found Hemi-Sync effective as a partial replacement for <a href="/facts/Fentanyl/MMD9GdD3">fentanyl</a> during surgery.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:29" href="#fn:29"><sup>29</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:30" href="#fn:30"><sup>30</sup></a> A similar study found it ineffective at replacing <a href="/facts/Propofol/t34FW3fL">propofol</a>, however.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:31" href="#fn:31"><sup>31</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="bibliography">Bibliography</h2> <ul><li>Monroe, Robert (1971). <a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=YgTyylRNV4oC"><i>Journeys Out of the Body</i></a> (1st ed.). Garden City, New York: <a href="/facts/Doubleday_(publisher)/QIy49hM9">Doubleday</a>. p. 297. <a href="/facts/ISBN_(identifier)/15AdSPa9">ISBN</a> 978-0385008617. <a href="/facts/OCLC_(identifier)/Yqad8waq">OCLC</a> <a href="https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/207277">207277</a>.</li> <li>Monroe, Robert (1985). <a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=d47W_tX7_AoC"><i>Far Journeys</i></a> (1st ed.). Garden City, New York: <a href="/facts/Doubleday_(publisher)/QIy49hM9">Doubleday</a>. p. 290. <a href="/facts/ISBN_(identifier)/15AdSPa9">ISBN</a> 978-0385231824. <a href="/facts/OCLC_(identifier)/Yqad8waq">OCLC</a> <a href="https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/11755227">11755227</a>.</li> <li>Monroe, Robert (1994). <a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=o6LTgFBS_z4C"><i>Ultimate Journey</i></a> (1st ed.). Garden City, New York: <a href="/facts/Doubleday_(publisher)/QIy49hM9">Doubleday</a>. p. 303. <a href="/facts/ISBN_(identifier)/15AdSPa9">ISBN</a> 978-0385472081. <a href="/facts/OCLC_(identifier)/Yqad8waq">OCLC</a> <a href="https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/28721578">28721578</a>.</li></ul> <h2 id="see-also">See also</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Astral_projection/tMsxyHLv">Astral projection</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Altered_state_of_consciousness/97vjsHXF">Altered state of consciousness</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Binaural_beats/zKhaKnMy">Binaural beats</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Brainwave_entrainment/k17RzNSv">Brainwave entrainment</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Brainwave_synchronization/k17RzNSv">Brainwave synchronization</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Dissociation_(psychology)/MX81IGk3">Dissociation</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Electroencephalography/XGvpcBl5">Electroencephalography</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Event-related_potential/B9N1eaMG">Event-related potential</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Evoked_potential/JdTNIo8h">Evoked potential</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Human_enhancement/2b0Kpvdd">Human enhancement</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Induced_activity/knHbTaxg">Induced activity</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Institut_suisse_des_sciences_no%C3%A9tiques/Qu5UzjYv">Institut suisse des sciences noétiques</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Intelligence_amplification/QwLKWk9v">Intelligence amplification</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Lucid_dreaming/gBM42ISY">Lucid dreaming</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Mind_machine/VzPg50KN">Mind machine</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Neural_oscillations/knHbTaxg">Neural oscillations</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Neurofeedback/ymHxLEsS">Neurofeedback</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Ongoing_brain_activity/knHbTaxg">Ongoing brain activity</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Out-of-body_experience/Pp5uSzUj">Out-of-body experience</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Parapsychology/0cTMNMfD">Parapsychology</a></li></ul> <h2 id="external-links">External links</h2> <ul><li><a href="http://www.hemi-sync.com/">Hemi-Sync Website and other Monroe Products</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.monroeinstitute.org/">The Monroe Institute</a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20030317081656/http://www.mindcontrolforums.com/hambone/beyond-the-body-bio.html">Monroe biography</a>[usurped]</li> <li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/user/MonroeInstitute">The Monroe Institute Official YouTube Channel</a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120514151712/http://www.explorations-in-consciousness.com/focus10.html">Focus 10: Mind Awake/Body Asleep</a></li> <li>TMI's <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yoRbumsJVu4"><i>Exploration 27 and the Healing/Regeneration Center Chapter 4</i></a></li> <li><a href="http://www.monroeinstitute.org/research/">Monroe Institute Research Papers</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.brain-waves-technology.com">Similar and/or related technologies</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.allthingspsychic.com/Binaural%20Beats.html">Binaural Beat and Hemi-Sync Brainwave Entrainment</a></li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>Russell, Ronald (2007). "1". The Journey of Robert Monroe: From Out-of-Body Explorer to Consciousness Pioneer (Hardcover). Hampton Roads Publishing Company. p. 3. ISBN 9781571745330. <a href="9781571745330" target="_blank">9781571745330</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>Monroe, Robert A (1977) "Journeys Out of the Body", Anchor Press, ISBN 0-385-00861-9 <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" target="_blank">/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>Russell Ronald (2007) "The Journey of Robert Monroe: From Out-Of-Body Explorer to Consciousness Pioneer", Hampton Roads Publishing, ISBN 1-57174-533-5 <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" target="_blank">/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>Stockton Bayard (1989) "Catapult: The Biography of Robert A. Monroe", Donning Co.,ISBN 0-89865-756-3 <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" target="_blank">/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:5"><p>Mayer, Robert A. (2007) "The Intrigue of the Possible", AuthorHouse, ISBN 1-4343-0829-4 <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" target="_blank">/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:6"><p>Randolph Keith (1983) "The Truth about Astral Projection", Llewellyn Worldwide, ISBN 0-87542-350-7 <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" target="_blank">/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)</a> <a href="#fnref:6" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:7"><p>Barling, Stephen (2003-02-13) "Cosmic degrees: Out of body at the Monroe Institute", The Hook (Charlottesville), Issue 206 <a href="http://www.readthehook.com/93054/cover-story-cosmic-degrees-out-body-monroe-institute" target="_blank">http://www.readthehook.com/93054/cover-story-cosmic-degrees-out-body-monroe-institute</a> <a href="#fnref:7" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:8"><p>Ultimate Journey, published 1994 by Doubleday <a href="#fnref:8" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:9"><p>Monroe, Robert A (1977) "Journeys Out of the Body", Anchor Press, ISBN 0-385-00861-9 <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" target="_blank">/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)</a> <a href="#fnref:9" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:10"><p>Russell Ronald (2007) "The Journey of Robert Monroe: From Out-Of-Body Explorer to Consciousness Pioneer", Hampton Roads Publishing, ISBN 1-57174-533-5 <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" target="_blank">/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)</a> <a href="#fnref:10" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:11"><p>Stockton Bayard (1989) "Catapult: The Biography of Robert A. Monroe", Donning Co.,ISBN 0-89865-756-3 <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" target="_blank">/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)</a> <a href="#fnref:11" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:12"><p>Mayer, Robert A. (2007) "The Intrigue of the Possible", AuthorHouse, ISBN 1-4343-0829-4 <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" target="_blank">/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)</a> <a href="#fnref:12" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:13"><p>The Monroe Institute <a href="http://www.monroeinstitute.org" target="_blank">http://www.monroeinstitute.org</a> <a href="#fnref:13" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:14"><p>R. Russell, Journey of Robert Monroe: From Out of Body Explorer to Consciousness Pioneer, Deep Books, July 2007, p105. ISBN 978-1-57174-533-0 <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" target="_blank">/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)</a> <a href="#fnref:14" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:15"><p>Gondola Wish Assessment Report, 902d Military Intelligence Group, 25 August 1978. <a href="http://www.remoteviewed.com/files/stargate/14.8.05/1978%20Gondola%20Wish%20Assesment%20report.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.remoteviewed.com/files/stargate/14.8.05/1978%20Gondola%20Wish%20Assesment%20report.pdf</a> <a href="#fnref:15" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:16"><p>Remote Viewers: The Secret History of America's Psychic Spies, Jim Schnabel, 1997, p292-3. ISBN 978-0-440-61405-0 <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" target="_blank">/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)</a> <a href="#fnref:16" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:17"><p>INSCOM log for August 1983 to January 1984 <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20101128143321/http://starpod.org/SPECIAL/STAR_GATE/rapt.htm" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20101128143321/http://starpod.org/SPECIAL/STAR_GATE/rapt.htm</a> <a href="#fnref:17" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:18"><p>"Accessing Anomalous States of Consciousness with a Binaural Beat Technology", F Holmes Atwater, Journal of Scientific Exploration, Vol 1, No 3, 1997, p263-274[unreliable source?] <a href="http://www.allthingspsychic.com/AccessingAnomalousStates.html" target="_blank">http://www.allthingspsychic.com/AccessingAnomalousStates.html</a> <a href="#fnref:18" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:19"><p>Bob Ortega, "Research institute shows people a way out of their bodies", The Wall Street Journal, September 20, 1994, pp. A1, A8. <a href="#fnref:19" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:20"><p>Stephen Barling, "Cosmic degrees: Out of body at the Monroe Institute". The Hook. February 13, 2003. <a href="http://www.readthehook.com/stories/2003/02/13/coverStoryCosmicDegreesOut.html" target="_blank">http://www.readthehook.com/stories/2003/02/13/coverStoryCosmicDegreesOut.html</a> <a href="#fnref:20" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:21"><p>Stephen Barling, "Cosmic degrees: Out of body at the Monroe Institute". The Hook. 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