:na es- is, they _g, who n these mis prin- use and nerefore, the cor- nnomena 'cd into directly, tion ob- -e event T.K. ve pro- r Para- P works SP opc- a or il- ,hen the which, ~s which J to bc of ESP cative ancously image is ,he crea- mes true illumina- and the union of [I as the and the ,nse and 'te Japa- 20-24. 5 r 44 days author as was con- ions: the and the d of the score of s, one of ated with clow the associated is called ,on. Five .:ording to frequently F group). -icr group rence was and LF miled less t the two between Proceed- ogy, 1968. lc subjects -lationship I the ESP I I rracg 1,11 I V' A o r e eran ast I eOl 2 X66M 0 1000/08/11 : CIA-RDP96-00792ROO0400080001-5 score. They were asked to conduct compared with the 4 runs of a clair- results of the authoes own follow-up voyance test with standard ESP cardssurvey of clients by themselves and of Arigo. Of a sample of 836 clients, report to the author their ESP scoresonly three claimed proved, and their physiologi- they were fully cured, 15.5% im cal conditions. One of them, M.K, 553% had no change, udiced took her basal body and 3.9% felt they were prej temperature (BBT) every morning by the treatments ~ The effectshcaling just before leaving the (sclf-rcports of the bed; the other subject, Y.O, reportedfor 25.1% could not yzed. The to him the date of be anal author concludes the beginning and end of her menstruation.that the successes The results of these healers relied heavily on propa- revealed that ESP scores in the ganda adorned with low temperature phase hyperbole, on the cures of hysterics were higher than those in the high who propagated the phase, and that the successes, and on other "cures" of a former scores were above chance psychosomatic type except for one case, brought about by some form of context whereas all of the latter were belowhypnosis. - P.V.G. mean chance cxpecta- tion. These results suggest a relationship between ESP and BBT, although the difference in 01943. Anievas, Joaquim. the score between the two Notes and notices. Revista de conditions was not significant. Parapsicologia, 1973, The ESP score of Y.O. was 1(4), 14-17. 6 illus the highest (p = .0000036) at the Eight brief notes beginning of her men- and notices on (1) a parapsychology struation and gradually declined course in EI Salvador; toward the end of it. Fur- (2) an inheritance left to the thermore, the differences in the A.S.P.R. by James score between the day Kidd; (3) a request for spontaneous before and the first day of the cases by Rex Stanford, menstruation and between (4) a humorous anecdote on British the first and the last (fifth) day spiritualist, Maurice of it were statistically Barbanell; (5) a biofeedback course at significant. - T.K. Esalen Institute; (6) the new presidency of the Argentine Society for Parapsychological Studies (La Sociedad do Es- 01940. Mizukami, Toshiyukl, and tudios Parapsicologicosy, Otani, Soji. Results of (7) a satirical account of medium- the Argentina-Japan long distance istic messages from ESP experiment. H.G. Wells; and (8) synopsis of a Proceedings of the Japanese SocietyRussian scientist's for Parapsycho- article claiming evidence debunking logy, 1968, No.1, 29-32. 4 illus; Nina Kulagina. - 3 refs P.V.G. Eight series of GESP experiments were carried out from September to November 1965 to see if the ESP effect would occur even over a very long distance. The distance between the targets (standard ESP cards) placed in Decep- tion Island near the Antarctic Circle and the 93 perci- pients in Japan was about 17,200 km. The subjects were divided into three groups: adults, children, and students. No significant difference was found in any group, nor was a sheep-goat effect noted. On the other hand, the results revealed an outstanding decline pattern in the second half of the experiment in the student group. - T.K. 0i941. Otani, Soji, and Onda, Akira. A survey of opin- Ion on parapsychology of Japanese psychologists. Pro- ceedings of the Japanese Society for Parapsychology, 1968, No. 1, 54-58. 1 illus; 3 refs A survey of opinion on parapsychology of Japanese psychologists was conducted in 1963. A questionnaire was mailed to 1,115 randomly selected Japanese psychologists, 262 questionnaires were returned, 16 of which were cx- eluded from the analysis because of deficiencies. Eleven of the 246 respondents considered ESP to be an established fact, 109 of them considered it possible to be proved; 9 of them, on the other hand, replied that ESP is not possible. - T.K. PORTUGUESE LANGUAGE (Editor: Patric V. Giesler) REVISTA DE PARAPSICOLOGIA 01942. Cuevedo, Oscar G. The problem of healers: Part 11. Revista, de Parapsicologia, 1973, ](4), 4-13. 12 illus; 22 refs In this second in a series of 15 articles on healing and healers, Harry Edwards (British) and "Zc Arigd' [Bra- zilian) are discussed in detail. The nature of the distor- tions in the sensationalistic propaganda surrounding each healer and his ostensible cures, the serious problem of patient testimony (memory and observational distortions), the types and limitations of medical verification attempts, and the effect of transitory cures on the healers' movements and support are emphasized in an evaluation of the two healers. Journalistic hyperbole regarding the number of "cures" and the nature of those "cures" is 01944. Friderichs, Edvino A. Our opinion. Revista de Parapsicologia, 1973, ](4), 18-21. 2 illus Report on the claim that a Brazilian child in the state of Minas Gerais has been receiving visits and mes- sages from the Virgin Mary since she was 2 years old. The author cautions that the atmosphere around the child is suggestion-filled and that such cases of the miraculous must be rigorously examined before the Catholic church would consider them examples of authentic miracles. The author advises that the child is highly sensitive and prone to hallucinations and hypnotic trance, The child's '~:,sioiys are not of apparitions, therefore, but arc hallucinations shaped by the collective suggestibility of the audience. The case is contrasted with the model religious foundation of the case of Lourdes and the scientific seriousness that it merits. - P.V.G. 01945. Quiles, Ishmael, and Quevado, Oscar G. Dialog with the reader. Revista de Parapsicologia, 1973, 1(4), 22-25. 3 illus; 1 ref Several questions by lay and clerical readers an- swered by Ismael Quiles and Oscar G. Quevedo,,two Ro- man Catholic priests/parapsychologists. Key issues raised and discussed included: How do you reconcile your Chris- tian faith with parapsychological phenomena? How might the science of parapsychology help in the treatment of ex- ceptional (e.g. retarded) children? I have begun to develop automatic writing, but I am also moving toward other forms of mediumship and I am worried that it means I'm going crazy -- am I? - P.V.G. 01946. Anievas, Joaquim. Facts of real life. Revista de Parapsicologia, 1973, ](4), 26-29. 3 illus; 2 refs Three spontaneous cases are summarized: one from A.R.G. Owen's research on poltergeists; one from Andrew Mackenzie's review of apparitions (Apparitions and Ghosts, 1971, 63-66); and a third from the author's research of poltergeist cases in Sao Paulo, Brazil. All of the phenomena of the cases are discussed in terms of uncon- scious sources and motivations, and this interpretation is contrasted with the Brazilian Spiritist (a form of spiri- tualism) perspective. - P.V.G. 29 ,q)P96'00792ROO0400080001-5