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Approved For Release 2003/09/10 : CIA-RDP96-00788R001300020001-6 UNCLASSIFIED ST-CS—-01-169~72 July 1972 PART II PARAPSYCHOLOGY IN THE SOVIET UNION SECTION I — BACKGROUND 1. (VU) The science of parapsychology includes special sensory bio-— physical activities, brain and mind control, telepathic communications or bioinformation transceiving, bioluminescent and bioenergetic emissions, and the effects of altered status of consciousness on the human psyche. The Soviets prefer the term biocommunications instead of the term para- psychology. Other terms that may appear in the Soviet literature that normally mean parapsychology are: .psycho~physiology, psychotronics, psychoenergetics, or biophysical effects. The term parapsychology (biocommunications) as used in this report denotes a multi-disciplinary field consisting of the sciences of bionics, biophysics, psychophysics, psychology; physiology, and neuropsychiatry (57,58). 2. (U) The broad area of biocommunications can be further subdivided into two general classifications: Bioinformation and Bioenergetics. Bioinformation includes paranormal events between living organisms (telepathy, precognition) and events between living organisms and the inorganic world. Bioenergetics denotes those activities such as biological location and indicator techniques, bioenergetic therapy using electromagnetic fields, and psychokinesis, or the influence of mind upon matter. The definitions of the terms Biocommunications, Bioinformation, and Bioenergetics are given in Table III which appeared in the Mankind Unlimited Research report. The basic definitions are based on information provided by Ryzl (59). It should be mentioned that parapsychology was accepted in 1969 as a legitimate field of science and scientific research by the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). TABLE LILI BASIC TYPES OF BIOCOMMUNICATION PHENOMENA (VU) General: Biocommunications A new branch of science involved with the human capability of obtaining information from other than the normal senses and the ability to respond to or reasonably interpret such information. Biocommunications, also synonymous with para- psychology, is, however, distinct from other sciences in that it is primarily concemed with researching the exist— ence of a definite group of natural phenomena controlled by laws which are not based on any known energetic influence. 21 UNCLASSIFIED Approved For Release 2003/09/10 : CIA-RDP96-00788R001300020001-6