The Secret Life of Uri Geller: CIA Master Spy?

What was Geller doing in these pictures? Michael Mann, publisher at large for Watkins, said: Paperback , pages. Published October 15th by Watkins Publishing first published To see what your friends thought of this book, please sign up. Lists with This Book. This book is not yet featured on Listopia. Feb 09, Daniel Benshana rated it it was ok. I received a copy in a Giveaway. I had two main thoughts about this book. On the one hand is the interesting life of Uri Geller himself and on the other the writer's skill.

The former was pretty much lost on me by the lack of the latter. Page 57 before it even got out of a long list of experiments, page or so before the one fascinating insight into his childhood is even mentioned?

An introduction peppered with ' as we shall see later ' type brackets - I mean surely you stop doing that in A Lev I received a copy in a Giveaway. An introduction peppered with ' as we shall see later ' type brackets - I mean surely you stop doing that in A Level English essays?

Uri Geller, CIA Masterspy?

The writer is obviously an excellent journalist but what is a good style for 2, words falls apart over pages. And in this mess we have to gauge what may be an evolutionary movement in the human brain. We are even told of 'others' like Uri. Now there's a story. What we do learn is that over all the things Uri did, he never felt he had any control. Neither does the writer. An Interesting Insight I began to read this book as a person who admittedly has always doubted there was anything truly magical or mystical about Uri Geller. My reason for reading it was because of a friend that recommended it; someone who is very much in the other court as it were, who said he would be interested to hear my thoughts on it.

Well, here they are! It took me perhaps a fortnight or more to read this, because it was quite heavy at times but also incredibly interesting to me. I found t An Interesting Insight I began to read this book as a person who admittedly has always doubted there was anything truly magical or mystical about Uri Geller. I found that I would keep breaking from reading to search the internet for facts, to learn more about some of the incidents quoted and the fascinating people that are written about as well as Uri and all in all, it has been a bit of an education for me by all accounts.

It was certainly an interesting insight into the man himself and contains some incredible stories of things people have witnessed him do. It also paints an altogether diffeerent picture of Uri Geller than the one I had in my head. So, I'm no ESP expert. That established, if you were to ask me after reading all of this, do I believe Uri has special powers, I am afraid I still would have to say it is something I would need to see in person to decide for myself.

What I did get from the book was the image of a kind, generous and charitable man who has nothing but good intentions at his heart. There is no doubt that Uri Geller is a much underappreciated these days entertainer and a very clever man who has so much to give to us. He is a bright light, happy, and very motivational to listen to and read.

And yes, he has a magical quality that I find myself wanting to believe is something of another world.

How did you like the book?

Whether it is or not, we may one day know. With regards to other reviews I did not get a sense at all of this being any kind of a biaised account, I did feel a little creeped out during some sections - especially while reading late into the night as I often do and yes, the Kindle edition is, I'm afraid, littered with editing errors that were off-putting at times. Which was a shame, because all in all this was a fascinating and enjoyable read. Feb 03, Fiona rated it liked it Shelves: Spent a wet Sunday afternoon reading this.

It's fairly fascinating although these revelations were largely broadcast in the recent documentary about Uri Geller so nothing was a surprise. This is the second book Margolis has written about Geller but I haven't read the first. Personally, I often felt bogged down by information designed to reassure the reader that the account is true and I didn't much enjoy the writing style. The grammar was fairly random and oddly placed commas led to confusing se Spent a wet Sunday afternoon reading this.

The grammar was fairly random and oddly placed commas led to confusing sentences. If you haven't seen the documentary, this is an interesting read. If you have, it's less so. I met Uri Geller as part of a group of officers of the Australian Federal Government Department of the Media some time in the late s. We met up with him in his North Sydney hotel where he was staying. I was to draw an object, then 'transfer' my thought to him; he would pick this up and then draw the image I was transmitting to him.

My first attempt was a drawing of an apple, with a twig and two leaves at th I met Uri Geller as part of a group of officers of the Australian Federal Government Department of the Media some time in the late s. My first attempt was a drawing of an apple, with a twig and two leaves at the top. I seem to remember that at first he seemed to want to draw a heart-shaped object something I would have more or less accepted for an apple but he decided that this was not the case: This time, he came up with the goods.

He then proceeded to perform the act for which he is most famous: He asked one of the group to give him one of their keys one that they would not mind losing the use of and this a Yale key was provided by one of the ladies in our group. Geller got up with the key and moved from the Living room area into the Kitchen area, which was simply another section of the same room, but separated from it by a jutting counter, over which one could see into the kitchen, and above which were cabinets.

Geller explained that he did this to maximise his power because there was more metal in the counter and cabinets. We all stood on one side of the counter, with Geller on the other. He moved his finger over the key, willing it to bend, declared it was bending, although at that precise moment I did not notice anything and handed it to one of the officers.

As we watched, it seemed to me that not only was the key bent, but it was continuing to bend while it was in the hands of our group. We were all suitably astounded, and unable to explain what we had just witnessed. Geller said he could not explain it either, but told us that he felt that in some way, the combined thoughts of all present were somehow making the metal bend. It was, apparently, an example of the potential powers of the human mind. This seemed to be at a time when there was a lot of interest in these phenomena. The Cold War war also still on, and there had been books on Soviet persons who were also deemed to possess similar powers; the influence and power of the occult and the paranormal were strong.

The years passed, and the interest in these topics died; soon there was little to be heard of anything from whatever source. Consequently I was pleased when I noticed this book in a local second-hand bookshop. It was published in , so I thought It would be interesting to read up on Geller and try to find out what happened to him.

What a disappointment this book turned out to be! The author adopts a 'tell all' approach which promises to be objective and authoritative… but instead it reads more like an extended article like one would find in some populist magazine. Claims to unusual activity are made; some people affirm certain things, others remember slightly different things; some emphatically stated their belief; others doubted. When scientific studies are referred to, the fact that many times the results were neutral or negative is provided, but then this is juxtaposed with even more mysterious and amazing events were happening elsewhere in the laboratory, all attributed to the Geller 'influence', but this only serves to confuse the matter.

This results in a sort of scatter-gun approach which proceeds more or less like this throughout the book. The author 'deals' with those who opposed as well as those who backed the Geller phenomenon, but the ultimate effect is more obscurantist rather than enlightening. I am a real skeptic with an open critical mind. Also as a physicist I have a theory how psychokinesis, telepathy and remote viewing even of the future work. Pseudo-skeptics like not so amazing randi are basically snake oil salesmen and not really all that successful at it.

So pleased you took the time to respond. Thank you again, and by all means please get in touch with me. Shalom with love, Marnie.

Uri Geller, CIA Masterspy?

I'm still a skeptic—I noticed that he didn't really provide an explanation for why he couldn't bend Randi's spoons. As Randi showed in a later video, bending spoons is easy if you do it before-hand. I've never seen him do anything that couldn't be disproven easily. The ability to use these abilities, which many feel are based upon complex aspects of quantum physics and electromagnitism are not always reliable; especially given what Uri described as a negative environment.

Shalom with Love, Marnie. Several times I have have the good fortune of meeting with Uri. Once at a cafe in London when the two of us were talking, we searched for a metal spoon [the utensils were mostly plastic one-time items. I found a pretty cruddy metal teaspoon on the floor. Am I naive to believe it is real?

I don't think so. All of modern physics essentially reduces matter to manifestations of energy. Articles of this kinds irk me to no end. Why is it that science must be used to validate our emunah? Uri's "mystical" powers will not help anyone in search of G-d. In science, there is a fundamental principle of falsefiability. Essentially, a theory is valuable only when one can at least theoretically imagine results that would contradict the theory.

Thus, the theory of gravity is falsifiable because its predictions are specific. With paranormal phenomena, it is asserted that the conditions have to be just right. If the phenomenon takes place, it is taken as positive evidence for the paranormal's existence. By the same token, if the phenomenon fails to occur, then the conditions are not right! You can't have it both ways. I am delighted, however, that this column appeared in the humor and entertainment section.

In that context, it can't hurt - though it should not be taken seriously either. Uri Geller is a complete fraud and a master of doublespeak. He has claimed to receive these paranormal powers through aliens. He has made many predictions, most of which have not come true. I don't believe he is anything more than a glorified magician with a very active imagination.

Daniel , October 31, 5: Joseph, as a student of magic, I understand your angst, but Uri Geller does not deserve to be called a "magician".

And thanks for your comments. I did ask Uri about receiving powers through "aliens. He does NOT believe he received "alien" powers. He said he was talking about the possibility of aliens existing in the universe. I had Uri on my radio talk show back in the mid '70's in Houston, TX.

He was amazing then, thanks for the interview. I had wondered if he was still around. Once at a gathering of city officials in Houston, they presented him with a "key" to the city. It was a small charm like key, in a closed clear plastic case. As Uri held it up before the audience, it began to bend. His power comes from the Lord God Almighty. I have often wondered of Uri Geller's whereabouts. Marnie this was truly and enjoyable read.

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I will be getting his book. It sounds amazing, and will be a gift for my StepDad. Bill, he loves spy and Uri.

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I believe that Uri Geller does what we all can do IF we focus our minds properly. Some years ago I watched a television program during which Uri suggested holding a watch which wouldn't work and then focussing upon it to start it going again. I had a gold watch which hadn't worked for over fifteen years to my certain knowledge. I did exactly as Uri said and after a few moments, my watch began ticking again. I am utterly convinced not that I needed "proof" that Uri Geller is absolutely genuine and a man of considerable ability. I feel quite irritated by his critics!

Oh ye of little faith! Thank you for this interesting interview. As a Marnie afficianado, I am never surprised by her work. Keep on keepin' on Marnie. As always, Marnie has done a spectacular job in the interview with Uri Geller. It is me who hesitates about the subject as Mr. Geller reports what and who he is. Very funny and one of the best interviews.

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