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STAT Approved For Release i an eeeeseeenemeennaaal DST-18108-387-75 September 1975 Although the design and construction of the generators may be quite complex, they are simple to operate and require only minimal training in their oper- ation. They have two other major advantages, they require no supervision of the subject by an investigator and the observable physical effects (motion, attraction, etc.) serve as positive, encouraging feedback for the subject. (U). One of Pavlita's devices for demonstrating PK is shown in Figure 8. The usual way of charging the device with psychic energy is to touch the temple area of the head with the hand, then touch the device. The accumu- lated energy then causes the spoked wheel to revolve. Pavlita claims that with training some individuals can learn to make the wheel turn by visual concentration alone. (U) Czech physicist Julius Krmessky41 has experimented with very light foil or paper discs or cylinders enclosed in circular containers; the effect of biological energy on them is generally a slow, but observable, rotation. They have no directly practical applications, but Krmessky feels that they are ideal research tools, since they are simple, inexpen- sive, and require no special training or psychic talent for their operation. A device similar to Krmessky's is shown in Figure 9. The cylinder is made to rotate by placing the hands above or alongside the device while concen- trating ones gaze on the upper strip, or cross-bar. Krmessky recommends isolation of the system from the motion of air and the effect of heat radiation by enclosing it in glass, metal, or other containers with provi- sion for inspection through a glass cover. Motions in such enclosed spaces are slow and hence not too spectacular, but are nevertheless convincing. The slow rate of motion or the occasional immobility cannot be explained by the walls being impenetrable to outside impulses, because the device is able to detect the nearing of a hand, even through a thick layer of lumber, metal, water, etc. The cause lies somewhere else. The reaction of rotational systems in free and enclosed space is highly variable and changes with place and time. Krmessky believes that changes of meteorological or even a cosmic nature may be the cause. Similar cases occur with physics experiments, where even the most carefully prepared electrostatic demonstration may not be successful if a change in weather raises the relative humidity or causes alterations in atmospheric ionization. Magnetic experiments are disrupted by the proximity of magnets, electrical wiring and appliances, and also by the aurora borealis, sunspot activity, or other cosmic causes. The causes of disturbances in PK experiments have yet to be explained. Krmessky feels that no quantitative observations could be made in the privacy of homes, where diverse effects accumulate and overlap. Such effects are various radiations, changes in the conditions of illumination (in the intensity of diffused daylight, for example), 47 Approved For Release I somata cn-eneas-oozlyeonosoo4nooe STAT