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those
healers who
act by "laying
of hands."
He
wrote two
books, one
in cooperation
with
the parapsychologist G.
Ian-
tiuzzo, and numerous papers on
the same subject, gathering
an
extensive
collection
of
historical
cases.
After
having
dealt
with some problems connected
with
the peculiar
situa-
tion
of
Italian
healers (who maintain their
position
in spite
of important medical and
surgical progress and their
illegal
situation),
the author discusses
three
topics:
new
historical
cases,
laboratory
results, and the placebo
effect.
Regarding
the
first
he
refers
to
the
results
of some
cases
of
Muscular
Progressive
Distrophia.
Some
young
patients have improved both during and
after pranotherapy.
After
(from two
to
six
months)
patients
got
worse
again:
they
then
repeated
the treatment and
got
better. They are
like
a
battery
that charges and
discharges.
If we
are
able
to
get
confirmation about such
a phenomenon, how can
it
be explained by
the placebo effect?
The second subject
dealt with
is
Kirlian photography.
In
Italy
a
well
organized
and
diffused
Center
issues
a
diploma
to
healers
(or presumed
healers)
certifying
that
a
fluid
(bioplasma) emanates from
their hands
as attested by
Kirlian
photography.
It
is
certainly
proved
that
Kirlian
photography
depends
on
a
well-known
physical
phenomenon,
but
in
Italy
four
Lower
Court
judges
have
acquitted
four
healers
from
the
indictment
of
the
illegal
practice
of
medicine.
Their
sentence
was
founded on
the
results
of
Kirlian
photography.
It
is
advisable
that major
parapsychological
organizations
(like
the
P.A.) suggest
that
their members do
not
participate
in
any
meeting,
or any-
thing else that
this Center might promote.
The
third
subject
concerns
the
placebo
effect
(P.E.),
perhaps
the
most
disturbing and
puzzling problem
for
the
scientifically
oriented
mind
of
a
physician
when
he
is
facing the interpretation
of pranotherapy
results. Papers on
this subject
agree
that 35%
of
the
benefits
of
all
medical
treatments (chemical, physical, or surgical) may be
referred
to
P.E.!
P.E.
apparently
is
not
a
mere
suggestion
effect,
unless we acknowledge
that suggestion can
give
rise
to ex-
traordinary
biological
reactions
(on
enzymes,
on
chemical
blood components, on
hormones, and so
on).
Furthermore,
well
mastered
researches
in
this
field
(P.E.)
are
necessary.
After
years
of
clinical
observation
and
controls
of
a
good
number
of
healers’
results,
the
author
is
at
present
very
cautious on
the
possibility
of
the
presence
of PK
in
this
matter.
The same
position
is
maintained on
the
pos-
sibility
that
something
"flows"
or
emanates
from
the
healer’s
body.
He
is
waiting
for
clinically
controlled
ex-
periments
(by
blind
and
double-blind
methods)
to
be
carried
out
only
in
Clinical
University
Institutes.
DA/R.A.W.
03621.
Rosa,
Rodolfo.
Reflections on
the time-bound
universe.
Quaderni di Parapsicologia,
1986,
17(1),
90-100.
3 graphs;
illus; 8
refs
The aim
of
this
lecture
is
to
introduce
to
the
non-
specialist
the
Erhenfest urn model
exploited by Cocke
to
illustrate
an
oscillating
universe model
in which
there
are
two
boundary
conditions:
one
in
the
past
(big-bang)
and
one in the future (big-crunch).
A simple Monte Carlo com-
puter code has been
set up
in order to simulate the
statisti-
cal
behavior
of
the
system
consisting
of two
urns
and
balls numbered from
to
36.
One
starts with
balls
in
the
left-hand
urn and
in
the right-hand
one.
A random
number
selects
a
ball which
is moved from
the system and
is
defined
as
delta n = n sub
s (number
of
balls
in
the
left-hand
urn)-rt sub e (equilibrium
value).
Two
typical
histories
and
the
average
of
over
hundreds
of
runs
is
reported.
The code saves only those
histories which
satisfy
the
final boundary
condition.
Two
such
allowed
histories
and
the average
of
of them
arc
reported.
It
must
be
emphasized
that
in double-ended
statistics, even
in
the
ex-
panding phase of the
universe,
the course of events can
be
conditioned
by
the
future
boundary
conditions.
In
this
sense we speak
of
causality
violation
or
"pre-effect":
the
future
can
influence
the
past.
In
such
a
context,
time-
symmetric
thermodynamics
(i.e.,
a
thermodynamics
with
boundary
conditions on both
the
past and
the
future)
put
forward
by
J.A.
Donald and
B.
Martin some
years
ago
is
referred
to.
According
to
these
authors,
a
past
directed
neg-entropy
associated with boundary
conditions
in
the
fu-
ture
is
the
means
through
which
living
organisms
can
in-
fluence
the
past.
In
an
analogous
way
they
utilize
the
usual
neg-entropy
to
change
the
future
states
of
the
universe.
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03622. Bernard!, Sergio.
The cradle of the paranormal.
Quaderni di Parapsicologia, 1986,
77(1),
101-110. 23
refs
People have wondered about
the
psychological
origins
of paranormal phenomena.
There
has been some
research
in
what
has
been
defined
by
Jan
Ehrenwald,
a
famous
researcher now in New York, as the cradle
of the paranor-
mal.
More
in-depth
study
has
been
made
in
this
field.
Attention was
at
first given
to the mother/suckling
relation-
ship
and
to
its
paranormal
components.
This
led
to
the
intrauterine mother/fetus relationship and research was con-
ducted
at
this
level.
This problem was brought up
in
the
1930’s by the famous psychoanalyst Sadger, who
said:
"The
child
knows
from
the
uterine
stage
whether
the
mother
loves
him
or
hates
him."
The
Argentinian
psychoanalyst
Arnaldo
Raskovski
discussed
many
aspects
of
this
topic.
Recently,
Mauro
Mancia,
a
neuropsychologist
and
psychoanalyst,
shed more
light on
the
subject. A
book
by
Otto Rank, The Trauma of Birth,
is
an
in-depth
study
of
f
the
psychic
life
of
the unborn
child.
This
topic
has
also
been
researched
by
others such
as
Sandor
Ferenzi,
Georg
Groddek,
and
Wilhelm
Steckel.
The
existence
of
an
oneiric
life
and
therefore
psychic
life
in
the
fetal
stage
during
the
last
months
of
pregnancy
and
after
the
first
months
of
birth
has
been
demonstrated
by
experiments
using REM and EEG.
Undoubtedly,
these remarks
are
of
great
importance
in
the
evolution
of
research
in
this
area,
which
is
so
significant
for
a
better
knowledge
of
the
modalities and
structures
of
the deep
levels
of human
per-
sonalities,
A distinguishing criterion
is suggested about
the
interpretations
that
various
scholars have
given
to
the
con-
cept
of "psychic
regression" to primary
stages
in connection
with emerging paranormal phenomena,
- DA/R.A.W.
03623.
Iannuzzo,
Giovanni.
Psychiatry and
spiritism:
Italian
psychiatry
of
the
early
20th
century
and
psychic
research.
Quaderni
di Parapsicologia,
1986,
77(1),
111-125.
32 refs
The
author
discusses
the
relationship
between
psychiatry
and
psychical
research
at
the
beginning
of
the
20th
century.
He
deals
mainly
with
two
personages:
Cesare
Lombroso
and
Enrico
Morsclli,
leaders
of
Italian
psychiatry, both
with
a
great
interest
in
psychical
research,
but along different
lines.
In
fact, Lombroso became
a
fol-
lower
of
spiritistic
doctrine
after
some
mcdiumistic
ex-
periences;
Morselli
retained
a
sufficiently
severe and
anti-
spiritistic
scientific
behavior.
They
were
not
the
only
physicians approaching
spiritism:
other
lesser known
scien-
tists
(Samona,
Luciani,
Bianchi)
attended
to
this
subject,
demonstrating
that
the
interest
in
these
phenomena
was
very
deep.
The most important
scientific
journals of
that
period
dealt
with
this argument.
This was
the golden
age
of
psychical
research
in
Italy,
but
it
lasted
only
a
few
years and soon our country
lost
its supremacy.
The author
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analysis revealed no significant sun sign
effects on
political
conservatism.
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03587. Miillcr, Arno.
Accident-prone persons
in
the
horoscope: Report on Part II of an astrological match-
ing
test (Vernon Clerk Test) and discussion of the to-
tal
study.
Zeitschrift
ftir
Parapsychologie
und
Grenzgebiete der Psychologies
1988,
30(1-4),
230-235.
refs
After
critical
comments
on
a
publication
of
Part
I
presented by others, the results of Part
II are reported.
In
seven independent
tests the astrologers had
to
select out
of
three
persons
(one
accident
prone,
two
for_, control)
the
accident-prone one on
the
basis
of
official time records on
the
charts.
The
person was
described,
including
his
most
serious
accidents with
date
of
occurrence.
Whereas Part
I
yielded
a
slight
positive
result,
Part
II was
distinctly nega-
tive.
The
total
result
vindicates
the
conclusion
that
the
astrologers were
not
able
to
identify
persons
with
serious
accidents
with
statistical
significance
on
the
basis
of
the
chart.
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03588. Walti, Bernhard.
Preliminary report on an un-
usual
experiment
with
Silvio.
Zeitschrift fUr Para-
psychologie und Grenzgebiete der Psychologies
1988, 30(1-
4),
236-242.
illus; 5
refs
We
report
an
experiment
in
which
a
well-known
al-
leged
paranormally
talented person
intertwined two frames
made
out
of
different
materials
(paper
and aluminum)
in
an
as
yet
unexplained
manner.
Although
the
mere
exis-
tence
of
the
object
cannot
be
regarded
as
ultimate
proof
of
a
paranormal
action,
the
threshold
for
a
conventional
explanation
is
set
high.
Careful
examinations
of
the
object
have
not
revealed
any
trace
of
technical
manipulation.
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ITALIAN LANGUAGE
(Editors: Paola
Giovetti; William Giroldini)
Luce e Qmbra
Published quarterly
in
Italian by dell’Associazione Ar-
chivio
di Documentazione Storica
della Ricerca Psichica
(Silvio
Ravaldini,
director).
Founded
in 1900,
it
is edited by Riccardo
Cesanelli, Lina de Boni, Giorgio di Simone, Pierangclo Garzia,
and Paola
Giovetti.
The address
is Bozzano-De Boni, Via Or-
feo,
15; 40124
Bologna,
Italia.
Telephone (051) 33 27 05.
03589.
Ravaldini,
Silvio.
From D.D. Home
to "A" En-
tity:
Is
mcdiumistic phenomenology
adapting
to
the
times and
historical
contexts
to be
better understood?
Luce e Ombra, 1988 (Jan/Mar), 33(1),
1-9.
refs
In
the above
article, the author makes an excursus
in
paranormal
phenomenology,
going
from
the
English
medium D.D. Home
to
the high
level messages ("A" Entity)
still
being
received
through
the
excellent medium
at
the
Parapsychological Study Center
in
Naples.
Therefore,
the
certainty
of
the
existence
of an
"interiority”
in humans
is
confirmed
by
the
various
intelligent
messages
received
during
this
span
of
time.
At
the
same
time,
this
"interiority"
is
also
underlined by our modern
philosophers
(Assagioli,
Tagore, Fromm) who
cannot
accept
in humans
an
intelligence
of
a
solely
mechanic
type.
Life
meaning
will be found through
the discovery and
the
acceptance
of
our own
"interiority."
Being able
to read
all
the mediumis-
tic
messages-even
the
simplest
ones,
such
as
those
that
will
be
due
to
telepathy-with
the
detachment
of
a
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research
focus
will make
it
possible
to
understand
better
the
intelligent
pattern
of
the
spiritual
universe.
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03590.
Piancastelli,
Corrado.
The
interior
in
psychotherapy:
Introductory
statement
of
a
research.
Luce e Ombra, 1988 (Jan/Mar), 33(1),
10-18.
The
author
belongs
to
the new wave
of
parapsychol-
ogy
which,
in
Italy,
is
centering
its
research
aims
inside
"the
man,"
where
respect
for
the
traditional
and
phenomenological
extra-sensoriality
are
recognized
as
very
important paranormal
aspects.
In support of what was said
above
mystical
experiences
are
valuated
and,
above
all,
those obtainable by the superior method of autogenic
train-
ing developed by Schultz.
The author
talks about the sub-
jective
evidence
in
which
a
verified
clinical
death
is
fol-
lowed by
a
return
to
life.
These
facts,
verified
even
in
hospital, show
a fantastic consistency and provide an impor-
tant analogy
with
mystic
raptures, drug
hallucinations, and
the
perceptions
obtainable
by
autogenic
training.
The
author attempts
to
identify an eventual structure independ-
ent
of
the
psychic
one,
as we know
it,
and
he
does
not
hesitate
to
call
this
possible
structure
the
"soul."
From
within
the general theory
of personality,
it will be
possible
to obtain the desired
identification.
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03591. Biontli, Massimo.
Tables and mediums: History
of
spiritism
in
Italy.
Luce e Ombra,
1988
(Jan/Mar),
33(1),
20-30.
h
In
the
1900s,
in
a wine shop
in Turin
there occurred
a
typical
poltergeist
case.
Attracted
by
the
news
that
started
to spread about
the
case, many
scholars
carried out
some
investigations
(Prof. Lombroso among
them).
Within
a few
days,
the phenomena
stopped
after
a
boy who was
working
inside
the shop departed.
Besides
this
one, many
other
poltergeist
events
have
occurred
in
Italy
in
all
periods.
But
scholars
did
not
take
a
big
interest
in
them,
even
if some
of these researchers proposed very
interesting
theses and
considerations.
This
article
is
taken
from
the
book
Tables
and
Mediums: History of Spiritism
in
Italy.
It
will
be
the
first
history
of
Italian
spiritism
from
the
last
half
of
the
last century
to the
First World War.
- DA/R.A.W.
03592.
Giovetti,
Paola.
Findhorn community
in
Scot-
land: Conscience in the Aquarian Age.
Luce e Ombra
1988 (Jan/Mar), 33(1),
31-41.
This
article
describes
the community
of
Findhorn
in
Scotland,
where
the
author
spent
a
period
of
time
last
year.
She
lived
with
the members
of
the community and
spoke with
the most representative
ones.
Findhorn
is
well
known
for
its
exceptional
garden,
which
grows
in
a
cold,
windy
and
sandy
place: The
wonderful
and
extraordinary
big
flowers
and
vegetables
that
are
obtained
in
Findhorn
are
the
result
of
a new,
respectful, and warm approach
to
nature and
to
the
"spirits
of
nature," who
are
willing
to
cooperate
with men
if
they
change
their
minds.
Today
Findhorn
is
a
place
where
people
try
to
develop
a
new
consciousness and
a new way
to
relate
to God,
man,
and
nature:
a
consciousness
for
the
comine
centuries'
-
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03593. Simone,
Giorgio
di.
The
interior area:
From
subjectivity to metaphysical objectivity.
Luce e Ombra
1988 (Jan/Mar), 33(1), 42-49.
refs
After
a
sequence
of
quotations
(Bhagavad-Gita,
A.
Munthe, C.G. Jung, R.
Laing, A. Maslow),
the
author
reaf-
firms
the
importance
of
analyzing
human
interior
space
compared
to
the
current
culture
that
tries
to
repress
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tical activity
is diminished,
and points
out
that
several
observations
of what
occurs during Rol's demonstrations
indi-
cate cortical
inhibition derived
from
hypnosis.
She notes
that
one
can
be
in
an
altered
state
without
being
con-
sciously aware
that one
is
in
it.
Riccardi
called
for
a
vote
on
whether
the audience considered
that
all
Rol's
phenomena
are
faked.
A1
votes
were negative.
There
follows
a
general
discussion
among
Gabricci,
Valerio,
and
Galateri,
of mediumship,
hypnosis,
and mediumistic
trance.
Alberti
and
Mengoli
urges
that
filming
the proceedings
of
seances
is
highly
desirable,
and
Mengoli
cites
Schiebeler’s laboratory
at Ravensburg
that
is
equipped
to
study
physical
phenomena.
Occhipinti
describes
parallels
be-
tween
Rol's
demonstrations
and
what
he
observed
at
seances
with
the
medium,
Anibale Gnocchi.
Riccardi
describes
personality
changes
in
Rol
as
his
demonstrations
develop.
At
such
times,
he describes
does
not
take
over
a
situation,
even
though
he may be
the center of
it.
Ric-
cardi
thinks
it
is
of
great
importance
that
Rol
seems
to
address
remarks
to
someone,
he knows
not
who,
during
his
demonstrations.
He
says
the
process
of
each
sitting
develops
"as
if
there
were
band
of
hobgoblins
in
the
room"
who
receive
orders
and
rush
into
the
opera-
tions
needed
for
reaching
the
final
end
desired.
He
says
he
is
convinced
that
Rol
is served with continuity and preci-
sion
by
those
entities,
as
was
Aladdin,
who
also was
ignorant- of
the
identities
of his invisible
helpers.
Occhipinti
says Gnocchi
was able
to
transfer
his
powers
to
someone
else.
Riccardi
adds
that
the
same
is
true
of
Rol,
and cites an example.
The
editor,
Ettore
Mengoli,
con-
cludes
the debate with
this note:
"From
the preceding pages one can see
that
Dr.
Rol
has been approached cordially
and
praised,
but
in
no way thoroughly
ex-
amined.
In
Italy
and
abroad
all
state-
ments
about
this
case
are
to
be
con-
sidered
"informative"
but
not
"scientific."
- DA/R.A.W.
01683.
Racanelli,
Francesco.
I
and
parapsychology.
Metapsichica
Ri vista
Italians
di
Parapsicologia
1970
( Jan-
Jun),
25(1-2),
56-62.
At
the
request
of
the
editor,
Racanelli
describes
his
work
as
as
a
medical
doctor
and
as
a healer.
Ini-
tially
he
was
a
convinced
healer
only,
but
this
displeased
the
Italian
police,
so
he decided
to obtain
a medical
degree
and practice healing
lawfully.
With
him
the
two professions
are complementary.
—
DA
JAPANESE LANGUAGE
(Editor:
Toshio
Kasahara)
RESEARCHES OF JAPAN PSYCHIC
SCIENCE ASSOCIATION
01684.
Tanaka,
Chiyomatsu.
Annals
of
new spiritualism,
psychical
research,
and parapsychology.
Researches
of Japan
Psychic Science Association,
1974
( Oct )
,
1-69.
This
is
a
chronological
record
of
100
important
events
in
the
history
of
spiritualism,
psychical
research,
and
parapsychology beginning with
the Hydes-
ville
rappings
in
1848
through
1974.
The
text
is
in
both
Japanese
and
English.
The sources
of
the information
in
the
chronology
is
provided
in
the
form
of
bibliographic
notes.
A
letter
code
recedes
each
ev" n
nited States;
B
for Britain;
C
for Con-
tinental
Europe;
J
for
Japan,
and
G
for
General
history.
The
sources
footnotes
are
N.
Fodor's
Encyclopedia
of
Psychic
Science
(1934),
E.
Thompson's
History £
Science
of
Spi r i t ual ism
( 1948 )
,
Rhine
and
Pratt's
Parapsychology
(1957),
Doyle’s
History
of
Spiritualism
(1926),
and
Nelson's
Spiritualism
and
Society
(1969).
-
R.A.W.
III. ARTICLES IN NONPARAPSYCHOLOGICAL
JOURNALS
This
section
will
henceforth
be
presented
in
two
parts:
Part
1 will
con-
sist
of articles
on parapsychological
topics published
in nonparapsychological
journals.
Part
will
consist
of
ar-
ticles
in
nonparapsychological
journals
on
topics dealing with other disciplines
but
that
also
may
be
applicable
or
relevant
to parapsychological
concerns.
PART
1.
ARTICLES ON PARAPSYCHOLOGY
IN
NONPARAPSYCHOLOGICAL JOURNALS
01685.
Abbott,
David
P.
Mediumistic
readings of sealed writings.
Open Court ,
1906
(Apr),
20(4),
194-211.
Several
methods
are
outlined
for
reading writing
secured
in
sealed
en-
velopes.
The
techniques
are
basically
those
used
by
stage
clairvoyants
during
their
public
displays.
Included
are
descriptions
of
various ways wood
al-
cohol
can
be
used
to
make
envlopes
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