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Swann, Ingo, 1933-2013

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Personal name headingSwann, Ingo, 1933-2013
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See alsoFor works of this author written under other names, search also under: Eakens, Defence; Haubold, Hero
Eakens, Defence
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Haubold, Hero
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Birth date1933-09-14
Death date2013-01-31
Place of birthTelluride (Colo.)
Field of activityRemote viewing (Parapsychology) Cosmology in art Extrasensory perception
AffiliationWestminster College (Salt Lake City, Utah : 1902-1983)
Stanford Research Institute
SRI International
Profession or occupationAuthors Painters Psychics
Found inAuthor's To kiss earth good-bye, 1975.
Book contract for Golden Balls, July 22, 1970: [first page] (Agreement made this 22nd day of July 1970, between Hero Haubold (Ingo Swann) (hereinafter called the Author)
Email from Swann's niece, Elly Flippen, October 14, 2015: (I have those party books for you if you want them, two (Honeymoon Perversion and Bigger than Life) under the name of Defence Eakens and one (Golden Balls) under Hero Haubold.)
Verbal confirmation from Swann's niece, Elly Flippen, October 13, 2015: (Defence Eakens and Hero Haubold are pen names that Ingo Swann has used)
Ingo Swann papers, 1908-2003: biographical/historical note (Ingo Swann was born September 14, 1933 in Telluride, Colorado. In 1955 he earned double bachelor's degrees in Biology and Art from Westminster College in Salt Lake City, Utah...Around 1968, Swann began writing erotic fiction and focusing on painting...Swann was later involved in experiments, using a term he coined, "coordinate remote viewing," where the subject visualizes locations based on geographical coordinates, work which was part of the United States' "Project Star Gate" which investigated whether psychic phenomena had domestic and military applications...Swann's tenure at SRI was from 1972-1990...Swann authored numerous books including: To Kiss Earth Good-Bye (1975), Star Fire (1978), What Will Happen When the Soviets Take Over (1980), Natural ESP (1987), Everybody's Guide to Natural ESP (1991), Your Nostradamus Factor (1993), The Great Apparitions of Mary (1996), Penetration: The Question of Extraterrestrial and Human Telepathy (1998), and Psychic Sexuality (1999). He wrote erotic fiction, published under imprints of Olympia Press under the pen names Defence Eakens, Bigger than Life (1971), Honeymoon Perversion (1971) and Hero Haubold, Golden Balls (1971). Swann also served as the editor of the book Cosmic Art (1975). Ingo Swann died on January 31, 2013.)
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