Scientific Vortex Information, By Pete A Sanders, Jr.

A Book Review by Dan Shaw

A quick, easy, useful introduction to working with vortex energies to develop psychic abilities. First published in 1981, this book recently came to my attention thanks to a facebook friend. The author is the founder of a non-profit mind-body education program in Sedona, Arizona, that teaches people how to "be their own teachers," in part by entering into a trance state, as far as I can tell from reading Pete's book, aptly subtitled, "The Free Soul Method, How to Easily Understand, Find, and Tap Vortex Energy in Sedona and Wherever You Travel."

Some authors have described vortexes as "electric," "magnetic," and "electromagnetic," but Pete says these terms are not descriptive or helpful. (He cites Page Bryant and Dick Sutphen as sources of this naming system.) Pete, who has the ability to see auras, instead prefers classifying vortexes according to the flow of their energies, primarily "upflow" and "inflow." These labels, Pete says, help you to identify what is going on at the site, and therefore, help you to tap into the vortex. Upflow vortexes are best for certain psychic skills, such as connecting with your guides, while inflow vortexes are better for going inward, for example, exploring past-life memories. Pete expands on this two-fold labeling system somewhat, describing areas that are combinations, either "inflow with a mini-upflow" or "upflow with a mini-inflow." He also adds in the element of "lateral flow," which he says can be used for "future scanning" the "river of time."

Importantly, Pete provides a simple and quick technique he developed, called the Soul-shift, to rapidly move into the “extradimensional soul” by moving your attention inward and upward through the body to a point above the head. The Soul-shift technique will doubtless help a lot of people “get out of their heads” and out of the way. Pete clarifies why “trying” doesn't work (“the overtrying trap”), and supports the reader to allow rather than force the process.

In my opinion, his reasoning is sound so far as it goes, but, his upflow / inflow / lateral perspective on vortexes is very “two-dimensional.” A three-dimensional spiral looks like a two-dimensional sine-wave when we see it from a certain limited perspective. All energy, whether a fluid like water or air, or an energy like plasma, tends to flow in spirals. Locally, we may experience the vortex spinning in a certain direction, clockwise, counter-clockwise, or perhaps, vertically. But our perception takes place in the three-dimensional (plus!) turbulent sea of electromagnetic energies, and other energies. As The Vortex Detective, my current understanding is that we're all “riding” on some part of one (or more?) toroid(s), a circular ring or “donut” of circulating energy.

Worth reading, especially if you don't already have a sense of the movement of energy at vortexes and a reliable technique for getting into the right headspace, or should I say, soulspace.

The book is available directly from the author's non-profit: https://freesoul.net/