Since the Cold War Americans & Russians alike have cultivated a special fascination with the workings & failures of communication Each has accused the other of media jamming & propaganda posed competing claims to expression & creativity & even released mirroring rumors of telepathic connections & interstellar contacts Technologies for Intuition explores the ways in which people hone techniques to discern & describe channels & contacts including those that seem weak & failed or blocked & invisible Specifically it explores stagings of communicative energy through paranormal experiments in telepathy drills to build theatrical empathy & other phenomena The author examines settings where media & performance professionals encounter neophytes where insiders mix with foreigners & where skeptics debate naifs Moving back & forth across geopolitical borders the book shows how the phenomena at hand have developed through historical events & relations in conflict & in conversation The author suggests that Cold War preoccupations & strategies have marked theoretical models of communication & mediation even while infusing everyday practical technologies for intuition