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be a "more scientific" continuation of the study of paranor-
mal,
spiritistic,
mediumistic,
and
other phenomena
and
is
defined
as
a
"discipline
using
scientific
(interdisciplinary)
methods of study."
-
A.I.
03134. Adamas, E.
In Sochaczcv, where the ghosts run
about
Trzecie Oko, 1984, No.
3,
1-4. 3
figs
Beginning
in
December,
1983,
knockings
were
heard
outside
a house inhabited by a mother, her
8- and
13-year-
old daughters, and
their 14-year-old
cousin.
On January
2,
1984, drawers from
the kitchen
cabinet
fell out and
chairs
and
buckets
of
water
and
coal
were
overturned.
On
January
8,
a
tea
kettle
filled
with
water
floated
down
from the
range,
a
plate with
fruit cream
fell
to the
floor,
and
a
bucket
levitated,
throwing
water
on
the
children.
The
next
day
drawers
fell
with
a
crash,
buckets
over-
turned,
and
a
big
mirror
was
gently
deposited
from
the
wall
to
the
floor.
A
visit by
a
priest and
a dowser
did
not
stop
the
phenomena.
A
team
of
observers
from
Trzecie Oko discovered
the
childrens’ capacity
to enter an
altered
state
of
consciousness.
In
order
to
avoid
further
aggravation
to the
family,
the team decided
to discontinue
the investigation of the case.
-
A.I.
0313S.
Papicwski,
J.
Coordination
council
established.
Trzecie Oko,
1984, No.
3,
32.
On
January
27-29,
1984,
the
second
meeting
of
the
representatives
of
psychotronic,
dowsing,
and
kindred
societies and
clubs
took
place
in
Bydgoszcz.
Thirty
repre-
sentatives
of
societies
and
clubs
organized
the
Coor-
dinating Council of Psychotronic and Dowsing Societies and
Clubs.
In connection with
the
recent
inclusion of dowsing
to the
list
of
qualified
trades (National
Legislative Record
No.
22,
1983),
a
representative
of the Central
Association
of
Trades
in Warsaw
presented
the
binding
principles
of
examinations
and
qualification.
The
definition
of
the
dowsing
profession
is
as
follows: "A
dowser
is an
artisan
who
locates underground waters using dowsing
techniques."
The
objective
scope
of
the
dowser’s
activities was
deter-
mined
as
well
as the scope of the
theoretical and
practical
examinations.
The
Coordinating
Council
recognized
that
limiting
the
dowser’s
activities
to
water
location
will
only
protect the profession by excluding persons "evoking
reser-
vations
of a
meritorial and
ethical
nature."
A motion
in
the
Central
Association
of
Trades
was
formulated
to
change
the name
of
radiesthesist
to
dowser,
radiesthesia
being
a
branch
of
science
that
is
working
to
create
a
scientific
methodology
and
which
cannot
be
considered
a
trade.
-
A.I.
PORTUGUESE LANGUAGE
(Editors:
Patric V. Giesler and David Hess)
Revista Paulista de Medicina
03|38. Cesar, Osdrio.
Paranormal phenomena.
Revista
Paulista de Medicina,
1941,
79(5), 273-295.
Based on
a paper given
at the Associacao Paulista de
Medicina, Secao de
Neuropsiquiatria, on September
5,
1941.
The
author
reviews
the work
of
Richet,
Crawford,
Geley,
Maxwell,
and
Osty
before
a
largely
skeptical
audience
of
Paulista
psychiatrists.
He
argues
that
psychological
phenomena can
in some
circumstances become transformed
into
physiological phenomena
such
as
ectoplasm.
The
ar-
ticle
is historically significant because
it marks
a change in
the
author’s
previously
held
negative
opinion
of Spiritism
(Kardecism), and
it corresponds
to
a
shift
in Hraril
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toward
less
government
repulsion
of
Spiritism
and
the Afro-Brazilian
religions.
- D.H.
03137.
Cesar,
Osdrio.
Psychical
research experiments,
with photographic documentation, of some curious ec-
toplasm formations.
Revista Paulista de Medicina,
1942
20(3), 119-136.
This
article
is
based
on
a
paper
given
at
the
As-
sociacao
Paulista
de
Medicina,
Secao de
Neuropsiquiatria,
on January
21,
1942. The
authors do not
reveal
the name
of
the medium,
but
they
claim
that
they
observed
direct
voice
mediumship
and
luminous
ectoplasm.
The
experi-
ments were done
in
darkness,
but photographs were
taken.
Photos
include
a
white
tube
(which
the
author
interprets
as
ectoplasm)
running
from
the medium
to
a megaphone
on
a
table,
an
ectoplasmic
head,
and
ectoplasm
coming
from the eyes of the medium
(trajectory obscured by
posi-
tion of medium).
- D.H.
03138,
Souza.
Denizard
da
Silva,
and
Teresinha
*F4lima
.Hassan Dei tos. Spiritist therapy
in
psychiatric
hospitals
(Brazil).
Revista da Associacao Brasileira de
Psiquiatria,
1980,
2(3),
190-194.
.
The authors describe 47 jSgzjliah psychiatric hospitals
which
are owned
by
Spiritists.
Although
in
most
cases
psychiatric
treatment
is
in
the
hands
of
non-Spiritist
psychiatrists,
in
some
cases
Spiritists
affiliated
with
the
hospitals
offer
alternative
therapies
of
a
Spiritist
orienta-
tion
such
as
spiritual
passes,
study
sessions,
and
disobses-
sion
(exorcism)
sessions.
The
authors
use
123
criteria
to
compare
Spiritist
therapies
to
a
number
of
other
psychotherapies, and
they conclude
that
Spiritist therapy
is
relatively efficient
- D.H.
Revista de Parapsicologia
03139. Quevedo,
Oscar G. The problem
of
healers:
Part
V.
Revista de Parapsicologia,
1974,
2(7),
4-13. 8
il-
lus; 21
refs
In
this
fifth paper
in
a
series
of
articles on
heal-
ing and
healers, the author
proposes
that three key
factors
operating
in
healing
ceremonies
and
religious
movements
such
as
Christian
Science
are
belief
in
the
cure and
the
induction
of
that
belief,
relaxation,
and
the
psychopathological
character
of
the
healer.
The
author
cites
the
case
of
the
Roman
emperor
Vespasian’s
pathological
perception
of
his own power and
his
"ability"
to
cure
as
a
function
of
the Roman
belief
in
him
as
a
god.
The
author
suggests
that
the
psychic
healer
has
a
similar
self-perception
and
relies
as
well
on
the
con-
comitant
belief
of
his
clientele
in
his
powers.
Relaxation
and
the
interaction
of
conditioned
reflexes
and
emotions
are
discussed
in
relation
to
their
role
in
various
psychosomatic
illnesses
and
their
treatment
by
psychic
healers.
Several
studies
relating
relaxation
to
increased
immunological
responses are summarized.
Finally,
profiles
of
psychic
healers
as
pathological
characters
and
their
patients
as
uncritical
or
blind
believers
who
are
highly
suggestible
are
presented.
The
cures
of such
patients
are
then
evaluated
in
terms
of
several
factors
with
emphasis
on the effects of relaxation.
- P.V.G.
03140. Lomparte, Victoria V.
Biographies. Revista de
Parapsicologia, 1974,
2(7),
14-15,
illus; 2
refs
Two
biographical sketches are presented:
(1) of Louisa
E. Rhine,
botanist and
parapsychologist, who specialized
in
spontaneous
case
collections
and
psychokinesis
and
produced
several
books
and
articles
on
her
research;
and
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