PEOPLE
Start with Bob Monroe and the people whose names recur in the books, journals, interviews, and Explorer material. Each profile explains their place in the collection and gives you a route into the sources.
Read the introduction to Bob and the Institute, then come back to follow individual voices.
14 introductory profiles · A starting selection, not a complete roll call
Author and founder
Bob is Robert Monroe, the author whose out-of-body accounts and audio experiments are at the center of this archive. His three books describe his own experiences; interviews let you hear how he explained them to other people.
178 items with name matches →ORGANIZATION
The Institute is the organization associated with Monroe’s research and educational programs. Its archive includes much more than the Explorer tapes: program explanations, laboratory discussions, journals, professional seminars and participant reports.
251 items with name matches →Institute leadership and introductions
Laurie Monroe was Bob Monroe’s daughter and served as Institute president. Her recorded introductions help explain the organization and its work in her own words.
13 items with name matches →Research and laboratory perspectives
Skip Atwater appears throughout the archive discussing research, binaural beats, laboratory work and remote viewing. A seminar introduction identifies his role as the Institute’s research director.
45 items with name matches →Early experiments and later interpretations
Tom Campbell is described in the Institute’s 2010 journal as a physicist who worked with Monroe and Dennis Mennerich on early experiments and audio technology. He later developed the ideas presented in My Big TOE.
31 items with name matches →Early research collaborator
The 2010 TMI Journal describes Dennis Mennerich as a physicist who collaborated with Tom Campbell and Robert Monroe in the early 1970s on experiments and the development of Hemi-Sync technology.
1 item with name matches →Remote-viewing accounts
Joe McMoneagle is presented in the archived interview material as a retired intelligence officer and remote viewer. His conversations connect the Institute’s exploration of consciousness with accounts of military remote-viewing work.
15 items with name matches →Institute history and program perspectives
Nancy McMoneagle appears in journals and interviews about Institute life, programs and history. In her 2014 talk, she describes Bob becoming her stepfather and recounts the organization’s development. A 1990 journal account refers to her as the director.
13 items with name matches →Explorer conversations and training
Rita Warren appears in material about Explorer work and participant training. The archive includes an article presenting Explorer Session 1654 with her and Harald Wessbecher.
5 items with name matches →Author mentioned in the journals
The 2003 Hemi-Sync Journal names Rosie McKnight among authors of Monroe-focused books. This entry helps you find those references in the available collection.
1 item with name matches →Author and later Focus-level interpretation
Bruce Moen is an author whose descriptions of Focus levels are quoted in the archived 2012 overview. His account is especially relevant to the descriptions of Focus 22 through 27 in the introductory guide.
4 items with name matches →Reporter and compiler
Daniel Erickson appears as a reporter in Explorer summaries and as the compiler of material about Miranon’s levels and seven colors. His work offers a route into later organization and interpretation of the sessions.
10 items with name matches →A voice in the video collection
William Buhlman is featured in the two-video collection titled The Monroe Experience. This gives you a direct route to his material within the archive.
1 item with name matches →REPORTED COMMUNICATOR
Miranon is a name used for a reported communicator in several Explorer conversations, including compiled sessions 5, 6 and 13. The name identifies a voice or claimed identity within the accounts.
10 items with name matches →Profiles are editorial introductions with source links. The name index matches explicit names in titles and source text; a mention does not establish authorship or participation. Explorer codes remain separate from real-name identities.