The Third Man Factor tells the revealing story behind an extraordinary idea: that people at the very edge of death, often adventurers or explorers, experience a benevolent presence beside them who encourages them to make one final effort to survive. If only a handful of people had ever experienced the Third Man, it might be dismissed as an unusual delusion shared by a few overstressed minds. But the amazing thing is this: over the years, the experience has occurred again and again, to mountaineers, divers, polar explorers, prisoners of war, solo sailors, aviators, astronauts and 9/11 survivors. All have escaped traumatic events only to tell strikingly similar stories of having experienced the close presence of a helper or guardian. The mysterious force has been explained as everything from hallucination to divine intervention. Recent neurological research suggests something else. In The Third Man Factor John Geiger combines history, scientific analysis and great adventure stories to explain this secret to survival, a Third Man who — in the words of legendary Italian climber Reinhold Messner — ‘leads you out of the impossible.’
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'I consider John Geiger a fellow writer of exploration literature.' William S. Burroughs
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TOUCHING THE VOID meets MOUNTAINS OF THE MIND
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
By Ginty
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This book first caught my attention due to my interest in climbing munros and the great outdoors. I also love watching extreme sport programmes and exploration. This book is a must for people with the same interests as myself. It is comforting to know that if we are ever pushed beyond our limits then there may be someone there to help us. John Geiger gives you the facts and lets you decide for yourself. The book gives every conceivable aspect of these encounters. One minute I believed it was all in the mind due to severe fatigue, altitude, extreme cold, isolation,starvation and any other combination. Then I believed that there really is something else beyond our imagination. It made me think and argue it out. How are some saved and some die in the same situations. I prefer to believe that there is another person with us in times of severe trial - a Third Man. Enjoy. The book was £5 cheaper from Amazon and arrived within 2 days of ordering.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
By Apollo
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The Third Man is a magnificent little compendium of amazing, sometimes hair raising occurrences. Very well researched,the writer manages to create a real sense of awe, and I often found myself 'living' these odd moments, 'frozen' in time. Ideal holiday matter, for those with the kids.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
By S. Bamber
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A fascinatingly bizarre book. Do we all have an angel watching over us in our time of need? Or is it just a trick of the brain?
5 of 6 people found the following review helpful
By Djenglish
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I was left disappointed through not having been taken, in depth, through the experiences of the various subjects who had been in contact with the "Third Man"enigma. I wanted to know more of the situation and the experience of the subjects, what they thought and felt at the time and after on reflection. Analysis, comparison and conjecture would have been interesting across people and there experiences where survival made it possible.
3 of 4 people found the following review helpful
By P. dawson
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This book has been of great interest to me. i saw it advertised in the Daily Mail wherein an excerpt from it was printed. My only downside was, although there were a few stories here and there about aircraft fliers, and sailors, all the stories seemed to be about the arctic/antarctic, and climbing. And of course,these places do have extreme weather conditions.I did however,thoroughly enjoy the book, and there were some nail biting stories to be told. My own belief is that all of these people were visited by their Guardian Angels, in their desparate time of need. I do not think for one moment it was all in their imagination.How can all of those people have the same experience, in different places, and different times.I believe that there is far more out there than we will ever comprehend, and I also believe that we all have Guides beside us through life, and when the going gets really tough, they are there,and our faith in what we believe in comes to fruition.All in all a good read, with enough interest to keep you turning the pages.
2 of 3 people found the following review helpful
By Delsey Tripp
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This book has strengthened a belief I already held, that there is someone or something that come to your aid in extreme circumstances and stays with you until you are safe.
0 of 1 people found the following review helpful
By Herbkr
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I had a 'sensed presence' experience about 17 years ago that I put down to a religious revelation at the time.
Having gone into Christianity as a result, then through it and out the other end, when my rational mind realised what a lot of nonsense it really is, I was still left with this unexplained, very personal, 'religious' experience that could not be explained.
Now, thanks to John Geiger and his book, and after more than a decade of not being able to close the loop on this, I have had it closed for me by realising the extent of the third man, sensed presence experience, and its contexts.
I now understand how perfectly normal, rational people can have religious or other other 'presence' experiences that are not really real. That they are the responses of our brains to some pretty predictable and understandable sets of circumstances, based on our evolutionary survival mechanisms, and developed in us over aeons of natural selection.
The sheer extent of the examples he gives (maybe over-making the point by giving too many?) is testament to the extent of the phenomenon, and a comfort I have no doubt to those who have had such experiences and now know that they are very common indeed.
It is also a challenge to us to reevaluate those mystics who, down the centuries, have had a 'revelation' of god(s), and John touches on examples from the Bible by way of speculation about this. Another book expanding on that would, I believe, be earth shattering and of great benefit to furthering our knowledge about ourselves.
A big thank you to John Geiger for having put his finger on a very real button, not just for me, but for many whom, I think, will also have gained some startling insight into their own life experiences.
Having gone into Christianity as a result, then through it and out the other end, when my rational mind realised what a lot of nonsense it really is, I was still left with this unexplained, very personal, 'religious' experience that could not be explained.
Now, thanks to John Geiger and his book, and after more than a decade of not being able to close the loop on this, I have had it closed for me by realising the extent of the third man, sensed presence experience, and its contexts.
I now understand how perfectly normal, rational people can have religious or other other 'presence' experiences that are not really real. That they are the responses of our brains to some pretty predictable and understandable sets of circumstances, based on our evolutionary survival mechanisms, and developed in us over aeons of natural selection.
The sheer extent of the examples he gives (maybe over-making the point by giving too many?) is testament to the extent of the phenomenon, and a comfort I have no doubt to those who have had such experiences and now know that they are very common indeed.
It is also a challenge to us to reevaluate those mystics who, down the centuries, have had a 'revelation' of god(s), and John touches on examples from the Bible by way of speculation about this. Another book expanding on that would, I believe, be earth shattering and of great benefit to furthering our knowledge about ourselves.
A big thank you to John Geiger for having put his finger on a very real button, not just for me, but for many whom, I think, will also have gained some startling insight into their own life experiences.
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