CIA Chief Breaks Silence on Time Travel Abilities

February 14, 2026

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CIA Officer, Mystic, and Time Traveler: Rolf Mowatt-Larssen's Unusual Journey

Rolf Mowatt-Larssen spent over two decades at the CIA, serving as Moscow station chief, head of the Weapons of Mass Destruction Department, and later as director of intelligence at the Department of Energy. He briefed President George W. Bush in the Oval Office, worked shoulder-to-shoulder with NSA Director Michael Hayden and CIA Director George Tenet, and spent years trying to prevent terrorists from acquiring nuclear weapons. But the most remarkable part of his story has nothing to do with espionage. In 1991, while on a pilgrimage to Mount Athos, Greece, he fell asleep on a stone chair and found himself walking through 19th-century Paris, then traveling backward in time to become a 14th-century monk named Odeus Maximus—an experience he insists was as real as the interview itself.

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1 (00:09) **Guest Introduction & Credentials** - Jesse Michels introduces Rolf Moab Larson, a 20+ year CIA veteran, Moscow Station Chief, and DOE intelligence officer.
2 (06:38) **Larson's Motivation & CIA Career Overview** - Larson explains why he wrote his book, "A State of Mind: Faith in the CIA," and outlines his intelligence career.
3 (13:48) **Inside the Oval Office: Post-9/11 & Iraq War** - Larson describes briefing President George W. Bush on WMD threats and the decision to bomb Zarqawi.
4 (26:20) **The Brink of Nuclear War & The 747 Dream** - Larson describes the most dangerous moment of his career and his first major mystical experience.
5 (33:42) **Wife's Synchronicity & The Frederick Wolf Coincidence** - Larson's wife independently dreams the same numbers (3, 6, 9), and he encounters a grave with his chosen pseudonym.
6 (48:03) **The Watchman Role & The Sadat Assassination Dream** - Larson connects his mystical experiences to his professional duty as a "watchman" against nuclear terrorism.
7 (64:43) **The Virgin Mary Encounters: Paris 1998** - Larson describes his most profound mystical experience: a direct encounter with the Virgin Mary in a Paris hotel room.

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