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~P0ttarelh6.~81/03/07 : CIA-RDP96-00792R000700710001-2 I Or ! Quisition and Seemed Determined to Ban ;". t . .- ~P0ttaRelh6.~81/03/07 : CIA-RDP96-00792R000700710001-2 I or ! quisition and seemed determined to ban "claims of the 02445. Martens, Ronny. Observational theories: Part I. ::'le paranormal." The author states that blind faith in one's Psi-Forum, 1984, 1(2), 108-117. 7 refs ap- own belief leads to underestimating the quality of the The author introduces the reader to the new observa, ')t- proponent and the complexity of the subject under discus­ tional theories within the field of parapsychology. Thc~e 'er sion. This explains the unfair treatment of the French theories are based on quantum physics, which shares some ,ts psychologist/statistician, Michel Gauquelin. Hoebens and elements with paranormal phenomena. The reader is be other skeptics who supported the investigation of Gau­ provided with an introduction to quantum physics upon in quelin feared that the Committee was a lost cause: All which two of the three most developed thcories are moderates would probably leave and turn their backs on elaborated. - DA the crusaders. Fortunately, this ye ' (1984) a "Reappraisal" os took place through internal and xternal pressure. It ch seems to the author that they ve learned their lesson TlJDSCHRIFT V of from this affair. He praises the w evolution which aims at cooperation between ske cs and critical para­ 02446. Tenhaeff, W. .C. Spontaneous clairvoyance .. .ot psychologists as allies in the fi t against irrationalism. - Tijdschri voor Para ychologie, 1932/1933, 5, 62-79. .b- D.O. Tenha f notes tat since 1929 many people have )a- written to about lairvoyant experiences, which were is 0244L Du~alin,. aniel. Sp rlezen: "The show must mostly of a e nature. A drawback was that In. go on . • •• PSI- orum, 1984, (I), 25-29. 1 ref none of the s w told to other people so that they :w The human a omatic ref xes are used in a number could be corro rate He presents 10 of the cases. - GZ. by of mentalistic tricks nd can g e the layman the impres- Its sion of a paranorma eat. In few recent TV programs 02447. Koster, Aspects of the occult. Tijdschrift lQ. this method was u by pIe who claimed to be voor Parapsycho e, 1934, 6, 24-26. :x- psychics. In our hom town hent, Belgium), a man is Serious inves ators of the occult, i.e., the paranor.. still performing this act nder e guise of telepathy. This mal, have observe vera I times that the manifesting en- ed article shows under wh for and in what way human tities at seances a ot able to see what is happening in nt reflexes can be used to ople the impression that the seance room. is fact applies especially to those to one is gifted with psychic . s. - D.O. scances where t le-tling, planchette-writing, and other ld such phenomena ake p ceo The Dutch spiritualist, Mr. de a 024-12. Martens, Ronny. Psi- Fremery, during seanc asked the manifesting entity if it he Forum, 1984, 1(1), 30-35. 2 r knew what th persons tending the seance were doing. :d The history of parapsyc ogy is heavily marked by The answer w ,"You ar busy washing the dishes." The fraud and poorly controlled riments. This article re­ en by the ble knocking with one of its views an experiment by Ran roject Alpha) to test cur­ r. Mr. Kos r writes that he himself once rent parapsychological resea tandards. Unfortunately~ question to t entity that was present at Randi's experiment shows t 'rigs have not improved was attending. The answer was, "You are through the years. His theses: (1) that the doing the w. 'hing with a was gboard." availability of money does cily improve research ong time Mr. Kost thought about this queer standards and (2) that seie a very bad position t of the spirits but i1ed to find any explana­ to uncover subject fraud, ed. The author con­ years later, when st 'ng in Java, he believed c1udes (a) that Randi's e ges the paranormal explanation. In Ja he had himself mag­ investigator to reconsider s position d research, and (b) netized. hen he fell into a kin of magnetic sleep, he both the researcher and t skeptic sho d strive towards a suddenly ound that his sight has come quite different. meaningful dialogue and peration. - It is hi opinion that a deceased son is in the same situatio as a living person in a ma etized trance. Al- 'Il, 02443. Zorab, Georg Poltergelst-s Psi· tered ceptions occur in both situatio - G.Z. Forum, 1984, 1(2), 66-81 7 refs US The author traces e origin of the te ietz, P.A. Experiments concerning the homing :r­ and the history of the enomena. This is it s. Tijdschrift voor Parapsychologie, 1934, 6, 86- ks well-known cases betw n the years 1450-1968. as states that now, after o years, it has become ar that hese experiments took place in the South of Ger­ ce there is no differenc between local (haunting) a per- man in the neighborhood of Munich. Three dogs were of sonal (poltergeist) ha ntings. In both cases the same tested. The transport of a dog was done in such a way he phenomena can occur He concludes that the paranormal that it could not see where it was going. They were he is domin3ited by the ing and there is no need for super- taken to a place about 6 miles from their home, in the it natural entities. - 0 middle of woods and hills. According to the experimenters of the dogs found their way home not by using their senses, d­ 02444. Gondry, Di 250 years: Franz A. Mesmer. but by a capacity of orientation which migrating birds also he Psi-Forum, 1984, 1( 86-82. 13 refs possess. - G.z. a The career of esmer is placed in its historical con­ text The author sh s that the ideas of Mesmer were not 02449. Tenhaeff, W.II.C. Dr. G. van Rljnberg and original, but can placed next to the works of other parapsychology. Tijdschrift voor Parapsychologie, 1934, ·S. authors as eady as 0 B.C. His idea of animal magnetism 6,123-129. and his life seem to ave been influenced by several per­ Professor van Rijnberg, who for many years was the .1- sons such as M ell, Count de Gebelin, and Maria­ editor of a prominent Dutch medical journal, was inter­ Ig Theresia Paradis. After his downfall his ideas were taken ested in spiritualism and all things mystical. He was one n­ up by' se\'eral persons such as Dr. E. Perkins (U.s.) and de of the'very few Dutch people who attended seances with JD Puysegur (France). - DA the famous medium Eusapia Palladino. He published what n- he observed at these seances in a Dutch periodical under 25 Approved For Release 2001/03/07 : CIA-RDP96-00792R000700710001-2 This document is made available through the declassification efforts and research of John Greenewald, Jr., creator of: The Black Vault The Black Vault is the largest online Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) document clearinghouse in the world. The research efforts here are responsible for the declassification of hundreds of thousands of pages released by the U.S. Government & Military. Discover the Truth at: http://www.theblackvault.com ' . Approved For Release 2001/03/07 CIA~RDP9'6~00792R00070071 0001-2 Vol. S, No. 2 December 1987 the title 'The Third Arm of the Medium:' He wrote: "It was at Rome, 21 years ago, that I had a seance with that 02452. Hamel, A.G. van. Paranormal phenomena in famous medium, Eusapia Palladino. At that seance, a Iceland. Tijdschrift voor Parapsyclwlogie, 1934, 6, 177- married couple was also present Eusapia told us that she 199. would try to levitate the table without using her muscles. Paranormal phenomena were already known in All of us stood around the table, holding each other's Iceland in 900 A.D .. and many cases were described in the hands which were placed on the table. Eusapia stood at Island's Sagas and in the book, Landnamabok. In .the lat­ one of the short ends of the table. I squatted on the floor ter such cases are described in detail, and the place where on her right side. I put my left hand around her legs. I they occur is also mentioned. This book was written in raised her skirt, so that I could see the two legs of the the 13th century. From the very beginning, parapsychologi­ table nearest to me. TIl is made it impossible for anyone cal phenomena were cited in the Icelandic literature. to place his foot under the table-leg and lift the table. These phenomena were mostly spread among the Icelandic With my right hand I got hold of Eusapia's right hand. poPullation. Not everybody, however, possesses this para nor- . This hand was also held by Mrs. P. Mr. P was holding mal gift. Why this is the case, is still unknown. The Eusapia's left hand. There was not much light in the Icelanders themselves would like t know why so many room, but it was sufficient to distinguish the various ob­ people of other countries re devoid this gift The best jects in the room. After waiting some time the table sud­ book about the para nor I experie es of the people in denly began to move. The table moved for a few mo­ Iceland is that writte by Gu undur Finnbogason ments to the left and to the right, and then suddenly left (Reykjavik, 1933).
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