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  Bulletin of the
  William C. Menninger
  DREAM LABORATORY
  Number 2 (/"aimonioes meoical centeR Summer, 1969
  FIRST GARDNER MURPHY FELLOWSHIPS    LAB STAFF TO PRESENT SIX PAPERS AT
  AWARDED                             P.A.
                                      

                                      
                                      

  Dr. Gardner Murphy, a former presi- Several research reports will be
                                      

  dent of the American Psychological  presented by Dream Laboratory staff
  Asso-                               mem-
                                      

  ciation and current president of    bers at the annual meeting of the
  the A-                              Para-
                                      

  merican Society for Psychical Research,psychological Association in New
                                      York
                                      

  has given the Dream Laboratory a    City, September 4-6, 1969. Dr. Montague
  special                             
                                      

  fund to allow college students to   Ullman, Dr.Stanley Krippner,and Charles
  engage                              
                                      

  in research activities. The first   Honorton will read a total of six
  stu-                                re-
                                      

  dents to be awarded the Murphy Fellow-search briefs and experimental reports.
                                      

  ships are Donadrian Rice (Wofford   Dr. Krippner's paper summarizes results
  Coll-                               
                                      

  ege, S.C.) and Mildred Carbone (Hofstrafrom 55 experimental nights and 79
                                      pilot
                                      

  University, N.Y.). Other students   nights in which a single subject
  at                                  and a
                                      

  the laboratory this summer include  single agent (who attempted to "send"
  Rich-                               
                                      

  ie Davidson (New York University),  a picture)were used in telepathy
  Gor-                                stud-
                                      

  don Goodman (Harpur College, N.Y.), ies. outside judges (who did not
  Bill                                know
                                      

  Hughes (Oregon State College), Gaylewhich art print was used for any
  Mi-                                 given
                                      

  ree (City College, N.Y.C.), and Dianenight) assigned "hits" and "misses"
                                      to
                                      

  Schneider (Hunter College, N.Y.C.).Part-the sessions. The most successful
                                      com-;
                                      

  tiuie wor1cers have included Ralph  binattons involved a male sul)ject
  Blick-                              and
                                      

  enstaff, Robert Harris, Dale Ironson,a male agent -- or a male subject
                                      and a
                                      

  Ron Victor, and Brian Washburn.     female agent.
                                      

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                         Issue Number Two Summer, 1969.
       MALCOLM BESSENT ARRIVES FROM ENGLAND
  A noted psychic sensitive from
  London, England,Mr. Malcolm Bessent,
  has been spending the summer serving
  as a research subject at the labora-
  tory. Several research projects are
  underway, attempting to test areas
  of his psi capacities and discover
  information about his abilities. A-
  mong the studies attempted are tar-
  get picture readings, psychometric
  readings, psychokinetic effects upon
  plants, and an eight-night dream
  study involving precognition. During
  the latter study, Mr. Bessent would
  attempt to dream about an experience
  which he would have the following
  morning. This experience was ran-
  domly selected once the night's in-
  terviews and dream reports had been
  tape-recorded. Mr. Bessent's travel
  expenses were paid by Donald C. Web-
  ster of Toronto, Canada;the research
  projects were funded by the Founda-
  tion for the Study of Consciousness,
  Philadelphia, Pa.
  ALPHA-ESP STUDIES INAUGURATED AT LAB
  Mr. Charles Honorton,
  Dream Laboratory Research Associate,
  has inaugurated a series of projects
  investigating the relationship be-
  tween ESP and the alpha state (i.e.,
  when a subject's brain waves register
  between 8 and 13 cycles per second
  on the EEG).In his first experiment,
  he tested 10 subjects with randomized
  decks of cards containing geometric
  forms. Each of these 10 subjects
  attempted to guess the order of the
  cards in the deck. In the trials
  with relatively high alpha wave
  activity there was an average of 6
  correct guesses per each run of 25
  attempts. In the trials with rela-
  tively low alpha wave activity there
  was an average of 4 correct guesses.
  The difference was statistically
  significant and Mr. Honortori con-
  cluded that successful ESP pergorm-
  ance 11may be related to a relaxed,
  passive state of mind, devoid of
  imagery, and in which there is a de-:
  Individuals and institutions wishing
  crease of attentive activity." An
  to receive future Bulletins are re- alpha training device has now been
  quested to notify Charles Honorton,
  Dr ni buUt for additional experimentation
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  York 11219. (funded by the oci'eqy
  tive Philosophy, Sausalito, Calif.).