An Extraordinary Clairvoyant and an Extraordinary Policeman

An Extraordinary Clairvoyant and an Extraordinary Policeman

by Zofia Weaver

It needs to be stressed that the official attitude of the Polish police is not unique; using psychics continues to be an embarrassing subject for police forces in other countries. This is hardly surprising since clairvoyance is not a recognised human ability; it’s surrounded by controversy and provides good feeding ground for the media, with many extraordinary claims and counter claims (see chapter 6). It also needs to be borne in mind that Jackowski’s clairvoyance is not a unique gift; there is much reliable evidence, both experimental and anecdotal, that testifies to the reality of the phenomenon (chapters 4 and 5). What makes his case unique is the fact that for years now, he has insisted on having his contributions to specific police cases confirmed in writing at the time. There is also a multitude of letters from private persons acknowledging his help. We should bear in mind that in the case of missing persons, everyone involved in the search is blind to the location of the target, while Jackowski is blind to any information about the case except maybe a photo or personal possession. This is solid empirical evidence in real life cases. His dossier is a unique set of evidence for clairvoyance outside the lab.

In many thoroughly verified cases, Jackowski has provided details of which he could not possibly be aware of by normal means. These abilities could be tested in laboratory conditions (and in fact the clairvoyant has successfully taken part in a number of tests and competitions, also outside Poland), but such tests provide limited information and little insight into clairvoyance when compared to real-life cases. Experiments such as, for example, identifying an object in a box, are a far cry from a linked continuum of specific details that match a particular real situation and lead to, for example, locating a specific body. Such clairvoyant “visions”, or “readings” are spontaneous, irregular and not repeatable to order, but they do exist. It is impossible to offer a reliable assessment of Jackowski’s rate of success, as many of his cases are undocumented. On the basis of the reasonably well documented accounts Janoszka estimates Jackowski’s accuracy rate to be about 50-60%, which is close to the estimates of success in remote viewing (with 65% reliability being “tops”) offered by Joe McMoneagle, one of the most well-regarded remote viewers in the West today (McMoneagle, 2000, pp. 27-33).

“An Extraordinary Clairvoyant and an Extraordinary Policeman” is an excerpt from The Mind at Large: Clairvoyance, Psychics, Police and Life after Death: A Polish Perspective by Zofia Weaver and Krzysztof Janoszka published by White Crow Books.