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RENAISSANCE
OF PARAPSYCHOLOGY
Esotera
28:300-301,
April
/Article
by
Scott
Hill,
biophysicist
and parapsychologist,
"Cop enhag en/
Investigations
in the frontier areas
of modern
natural
science were
the
focus
of
a Congress
held
in October
1976
in
Alma-Ata,
the
capital
ofthe
Kazakh
Soviet
Republic.
Only
three guests from
the West
were
permitted
to
participate.
One
of
them
uuas
Esotera
staffer Scott
Hill.
Parapsychology
was
not
taken
up
at
the
conference.
The author obtained
information
on
the
subject
more
or
less unofficially,
only
at
the fringes
and
after
the
completion
of
the meeting.
/TextJ
Does parapsychology actually
exist
in
the
USSR?
This
‘Field’
is officially outside the
realm
of
traditional
psycholo-
gy and
it
is therefore
not mentioned
in psychological
litera-
ture.
Nor
is there any Institute
of Parapsychology
in
the
Soviet
Union.
However,
in
the most
recent
edition
of
the
Soviet
Encyclopedia,
Volume
19/1974,
there
is the following
very interesting
definition under
"P":
The
domain-:
of
para-
psychological
research
is based
on
1.
forms
of sensory per-
ception occurring
via
a mode
of
information transmission that
cannot
be
explained
by the mechanism
of
known
sensory organs;
2.
corresponding
forms
of action
of
living
substance
on
phy-
sical
phenomena,
which occur outside the organism without
involvement
of muscular force,
due
to
will
training,
mental
action,
etc.
This parapsychological
relationship
also
in-
cludes
concepts
such
as
*
psychotronic,
'
* bio- inf ormation,
'bio-introscopy',
etc."
It
is interesting
that
the
concept
of
psyche
does
not
occur anywhere.
This
definition
differs
in
substance
from
the
earlier
editions
of
the
Soviet
Encyclopedia which
attempted
to
represent
para-
psychology
as
an outgrowth
of
decadent western
culture.
This
is
easy
to understand
if we
consider
the various philosophies
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that
mere misconceived
by Marxi sm-Leni ni sm
as
less materia-
listic
ideologies.
This
led
scientific
research
in psycho-
energy into
ideological
problems,
even though most
investi-
gators were
not
even properly aware
of
the political
impli-
cations
of their
work.
The primary question
to
be answered
i s
«
Does
the
existence
of
the psyche
(or
soul)
contradict
a materialistic philosophy?
Is the mind
(thinking,
feeling,
wishing)
identical with
a soul?
Is
one
of the
two
identical
with
the
brain?
Parapsychology Literature
By Political Publishers
According
to
a story circulated
in
the Soviet
Union,
the most
recent
Soviet
renaissance
in parapsychological
research
stems
from
a trip
to
India made
by former Premier Khruschev
in
the
course
of which
he observed
a
number
of
yogis
in
scientific
experiments,
e.g.
in respiratory and metabolic
control
while
"being
buried alive."
The story goes
that
no
sooner
had
he
returned
to
Moscow
he
put
together
a group
of
experts and
ordered
them
to
investigate these phenomena with
an initially
approved
research
budget
of
one million
rubles.
As good Marxists and therefore materialists
did the
scien-
tists
refuse
to acquiesce
to
this
demand?
It
is unlikely
because
Lenin himself was interested
in cosmobiology and
matters
of
the psyche.
However,
it
is
clear that many Soviet
scientists
first
had
to make
their interest
in psychic pheno-
mena
conform
rationally with
scientific Marxism.
In this
connection,
we
reviewed
the
work
of the Russian
phy-
siologist
Leonid
L.
lAlassiliev
who worked
as
a pioneer
at
the
Leningrad
Brain
Research
Institute between
1925
and
1965.
He was
known
to
have performed
numerous experiments
in
the area
of
"telepathic hypnosis"
or
"mental
suggestion from
a
distance".
Sovietologists feel
it
is
significant
that these
experiments
performed
in
the twenties and
thirti e s were first published
in
the
sixties,
and
this
by
a political publisher
in
a
small
volume
entitled "Mysterious
Phenomena
of
the
Human
Psyche."
A major
part
of
this work was
defense
of
the
idea that
psychic
research was
not
contradictory
to
scientific Marxism.
Bioplasma
--
The Explanation For
All
P5I Mysteries?
5oviet
scientists
in Kazakhstan have
dev eloped
a theory
on
biologi-
cal
plasma
--
bioplasma
--
as
the possible
link between
the
effects
of
electromagnetic intermediate reactions
and the
individual
parts
oh
the
biological
organism.
This
idea
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stimulated
the phantasy
of many western authors
and
entire
books
uuers
Rjrittsn
on
binpl3sni3
on d
hoiM
it
con
solve
oil
our
problems with
regard
to unknown intermediate actions
and
ex-
plain
the
"PSI mysteries"
of
psychokinesis and
extrasensory
perception.
But what
is
: bioplasma?
In order
to
obtain
scien-
tific information
about
this
rather occult
idea,
the author
had
to
travel
6000
kilometers
to
Alma-Ata,
where
the theory
developed
in
1967
by engineer
\l
,
5.
Grieschenko
originated.
Can Plasma
Exist
In
An Organism?
Before we consider the theory
of
bioplasma more
closely,
we
must
briefly
review
what
science
knows about
plasma.
Plasma
is
the
"fourth
state
of matter,"
beyond
liquid,
. solid
and
gas.
In accordance with
its high
inner
energy,
the individual
atoms
ionized and formed ionic gas
or
a
high temperature
plasma.
(In
the
process,
the
electrons were hurled away. from
their
nuclei
at
high temperatures and
the
fiasma
contains
the
same
number
of positive
and
negative particles.)
Soviet
scientists
know
a
lot
about this type
of
plasma,
e.g.
that
it
can
be
stored
and concentrated
in
a
magnetic field.
The temperature
of
several
million
degrees
is
so
high
that
any
conventional
container would
evaporate.
This
type
of
plasma
could
not
exist
in
the
human
body with
its temperature
of
37°C,
Dr
could
it?
If there are
electrons
in
a
solid
(solid-state
electronics)
,
within semi-conductor
elements
at
room temperature,
physicists
speak
of
an
"electron gas"
and also
of
gases made
up
of
"holes,
(the absence
of
an
electron),
protons
and
the
combination
of
a
hole and an
electron,
or
"exiton"
(pair formation).
The
density
of
"electron-hole
plasma"
in
a semi-conductor
changes
depending
on the temperature.
Heating
causes an
increase
in the number
of free
electrons and
holes. from
10 13
el ect rons/sq
cm
to
1022
electrons/sq
cm.
Various
os-
cillations
can occur
in plasma
of
this
type according
to
So-
viet scientists
and intensified oscillations
in
the plasma
can
approach
the waves
of visible
light
or
UV
light.
Unlike
the
case with
solid matter,
each
electron
or hole
does
not
belong
only
to
one
atom;
rather
it
has
broken out
of
the
crystal
lattice
of
the
solid matter
and
it
is manifest
as
a. part
of
the
"ensemble"
or
the totality
of
the
solid plasmatic
struc-
ture.
In
1967,
Nobel
prize winner
St.
Georgi
pointed
out
the
im-
portant
part played
by delocalized
electrons
in
the
biolo-.
g i cal
p ro cess.
He actually stimulated
experimental
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on the semi-conductor properties
of
biological
mole-
cules
such
as white
blood
corpuscles,
DNA,
RNA
and protein
compounds.
As we mentioned
in
the previous
issue
( E sot era ,
3/77),
the German investigator
Dr
F,
Popp
believes
tha^E
FFTe
DNA
helix
can
Function
as
a
bio-laser
and
emit
coherent
(uni-
direction)
radiation.
The so-called Pi-electrons allegedly
play
a
major part
here since their
binding
to the nucleus
is
weaker than that
of
other
electrons.
Storage
in
Cell Membranes
According
tD
the view
of
Soviet
scientists,
in
order
to
Fulfill
their
cellular respiratory Functions,
mitochondria
(small
cellu-
lar
organs)
must undergo
a
chain
of
respiratory reactions.
Each
of these
reactions includes
electron transfer and plays
an
im-
portant
part
in
energy conversion
For
the
entire
organism.
It
is
estimated that
there
are' ICP^
mitochondria
in
the human
body
which make
up
about
one percent
of
the
body weight.
By way
dF
energy conversion,
they produce
energy reserves
in
the
cell,
e.g.
From
the
energy that
is
liberated
during
biological
oxidation.
According
to the
opinion
of
the
Polish
investigator
5.
Monczarski,
electron plasma
found
in mitochondria displays
a greater ionic
density than
the ionosphere.
Soviet
researchers
have also
Focused
Dn
the
cell membrane
as
a
special
object
to
study in terms
of
a possible
reservoir.
They have prompted
the view
that
" el ect ron- hole- exiton plasma”
might
be stored
there.
Scientists
L.A.
Pirozyan
and
V.N.
Aris-
tarhov
have demonstrated
the
existence
of the
semi-conductor
property
in membranes,
and
of
course membranes play
an
enormously
important
part
in
the biological
process.
Plasma
is formed
by the ionization process
and
the formation
of
localized charged particles.
The
reverse
reaction process
of
course also
takes place*
There
is
the
reciprocal
action
of
particles and their
reversal
to
lower
energy stages
in which
they are
bound
to
the atomic
nucleus.
Both processes
are
ac-
companied
by emission
Dr absorption
of quantities
of
radiation.
As previously mentioned
in
earlier chapters,
the bioluminescence
of
tissues
and
cells
is
an area
of
intensive research
in
the
Soviet
Union.
There are many electron
exchange
reactions
during
which numerous
cells
luminesce
in
the visible portion
of
the
spectrum,
as demonstrated
in
studies
by Dr.V.N,
Tarusov,
Pro-
fessor
of
Biophysics
at Moscow
5tate University.
He
emphasizes
that
these
are very weak
light
rays
and difficult
to
detect,
even
when light-sensitive detectors are used
( cf
.
E'so't’era
and
3/77,
comments
on
the Gurvich
effect)
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The Luminescence
of
the
Beating
Heart
In
an
experiment
at
the Leningrad
State University supervised
by
Dr
L.
WJassiliev,
a newly removed
frog heart was
connected
to
an
electrical
apparatus
in such
a manner that
it
continued
beat-
ing,
stimulated
by the
current
impulses.
Light
from
the heart
was
recorded
by
a UV-light sensitive photo-detector.
A
high
level
of
light
emission was
registered when
the
heart
beat was
strongest.
As
the heart
beat
declined,
even though
electrical
stimulation was maintained
at
a constant
level,
the
U V
light
quantity decreased
and disappeared
entirely when
the heart
stopped
beating.
Two Australian investigators
carried
out
the
same
experiment with
a giant
yeast
culture.
The scientists
artificially produced processes
such
as
"dying
’
and
"birth"
by addition
of nutrient
medium.
Without
the
nutrients,
a number
of
older
yeast
cells
exceeded
their
life
span and
died,
giving
off
UV Tight
.
Nutrients were
then injected
in
the
yeast,
making possible
a
"rebirth"
during
which
UV
light
photons were
also
discharged.
Soviet
scientists assume that this
biological
plasma
contains
a
high
level
of
what physicists
and
chemists
refer
to
as
a
low
entropy content.
They
say that
this
distinguishes
bioplasma
from conventional
semi-conductor plasma.
They believe
that
this
is
a system
that
is
not
in
a
state
of thermodynamic
equilibrium
but
that
nevertheless
exhibits
a
high
degree
of stability.
It
is their opinion
that
the thermal
noise
in
bioplasma
is
of
a
low
level,
which indicates
a particularly well organized
con-
dition.
They think that
the absolute temperature
of
a
compound
of this
type may
be near
zero,
even though
this
is
hard
to
ac-
cept
since
in physics
even
negative temperatures
are theoreti-
cally possible.
However,
we would assume
that
humans have
a
temperature
of
37 degrees
and
not absolute
zerol
The formation
of
the
bioplasma
on the substrate
of
a uniform
body
can give
rise
to
a biofield
(as
is
assumed with certainty
by Soviet investigators)
that
is anisotropic,
i.e.
that has
a preferred
direction.
Communication
Between Cats
and
Plants
One
of the most
surprising
statements that
the
author heard
in Alma-Ata
and
one
of the most
unusual
experiments
he witnessed
was the
"cat-plant
experiment,"
carried
out
by
the
Institute
of Biophysics
at
the Kazakh
State University after the comple-
tion
of
the
official
conference.
Dr
Inyushin
and his associates
have
not
yet published
the study
on
the
experiment
and admit
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are necessary before
they
can give
an official
report.
For
reasons
of
space,
these experiments
that
are described
for
the first
time will
be
taken
up
in
simplified form.
However,
they have
ramifications
that will
probably be widely discussed
in
the
coming
years.
In principle,
these
are
a variation
of
the
Backster
experi-
ments,
which were reported
Dn
for the first
time
in
1968
(cf.
Esotera
p
916
ff,
10/1973),
The American polygraph
(lie
de-
t ect or)
specialist
believes
that
he ascertained
reactions
of
plants
to
thoughts
of human intentions
as
noted
in experiments
that were
not
entirely undisputed.
His measuring
apparatus was
the electric
lie detector used
tD ascertain modifications
in
the bioelectrical
activity
of
plants.
The Soviet
scientists
designated their experiments
"human-plant,"
"plant-human"
or
"animal-plant"
communication
and utilized
a
laser for
optical
detection.
We feel
that
this method
is superior
to
those
of
Backster
and
others.
A
double-walled metallic
chamber was
installed
in
the
labora-
tory.
This
served
as
a Faraday
cage,
preventing
the penetra-
tion
of electromagnetic short-wave
radiation
and
permitting
only the passage
of
light
from the
mW helium-neon
laser.
During
the
experiment,
all
light
sources were
shut
off
to
pre-
vent
the sensitive photomultiplier from
responding
to foreign
light.
In the
cage,
on
a table,
there
stood
a plant which
in-
terrupted
the
laser
beam.
The other participant
in
the
experi-
ment was outside the
cage.
This was
a
house
cat
squeezed
into
a metal
box from which only
its
head protruded.
The
cat's
ears
were fitted with
two
electrodes connected
to
an
electrical
sti-
mulator outside
the
cage.
Plant Reacts
to
Cat's Meowing
After
a
stable initial
base
line
had
been
recorded for
the
plant
leaf,
the
cat
was placed
in
the chamber with
the plant
(but
at
some distance from
it).
At
a
signal
from
Inyushin,
50-volt
im-
pulses were transmitted
in
short
blasts over
the
cat's
ears,
causing
the
cat
to
meow
so
pitifully that
it was
even
painful
for the author
and his Danish
colleagues.
This dreadful
treat-
ment apparently also affected
the
plant,
as indicated
by the
light
level.
The intensity
of
the polarized
laser
light
trans-
mitted through
the
plant
leaf
rose.
Inyushin assured
us
that
this
experiment would
be
repeated,
using
another plant
as
a participating
element,
and
a human,
if
pos-
sible
a
"healer."
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Picture captionsi
P
302*
Electron microscopic picture
of
a DNA
helix,
the
carrier
of genetic
information.
The Soviet
scientist
Dr
F,
Popp
believes that
DIMA
(desoxyribonucleic
acid)
functions
as
a
"biolaser"
and
emits
"bundled"
light.
Does
it
serve for
the
regulation
of biological
growth?
P
303*
After
the
completion
of the congress,
Prof
V.
IYI
.
Inyu-
shin,
years
(left),
director
of
the
Alma-Ata Con-
ference,
gave
our
staff member some information
on
ex-
periments
at
the
Institute for
Biophysics
in Alma-Ata
(right)
regarding
the
"Baskster
effect*"
He observed
a successful
"biocommunication"
between
a
cat
and
a
plant
.
7072
C5D
* 8120
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