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Approved For Release 2001/03/07 : CIA-RDP96-00792R000300330001-8 IN734-85 "Automatic movement" belongs to another type of state of ‘consciousness change. When the pointer of a Ouiji board seems to move by itself, or someone "automatically" begins to write, this tis the effect of unconscious muscle movement. Before they are aware that the spirit in fact has an unconscious level, people often wonder why they do things at their own will. I, Litvag, in Song in the Shadows (Macmillan, 1972) noted.a famous case. In 1913, Helen, a housewife from St. Louis, found out that the answers from the Ouiji board were coming from a 17th century English maiden who claimed she was ?Frances Warren?. Although the Oulji board yielded some soustanding prose, the language was that of 17th century English. However, this cannot prove who Frances Warren was or if she was still alive. This case, also, cannot be placed within the realm of parapsychology. Sometimes the Ouiji board will give statements which are later proven to be true, but the people using the Ouiji board were not aware of this at the time. A young girl wrote a paper with automatic writing. What she wrote was that a handsome boy she knew was a parolled felon, that he. would be invovled in a shooting in a robbery. A few days later what she had believed to be a joke actually came to pass. The picture of this young man appeared on the fron tpage of the papers. According to the papers he attempted to hold up a store, and was killed by the police. ‘ This automatic writing seems to have come from an outside intelligence. Actually, the intelligence was her own. Unlike some people who believe that the knowledge comes from someone's spirit, she very accurately stated, "This time the ESP took over, and it made a message with the pointer." ‘There are many types of automatic movements similar to the Ouiji board and qutomatic writing. One of these is to put @ pendulum on a chart. It is determined beforehand which kind of movement will be a "yes" and which will be a "no", When people ask it a question, the type of movement will determine. your fortune. Another type is the "divining rod". When a dowser walks over a place where there is underground water, the divining rod will automatically twist in his hands. If the divining rod actually points out an area where there is underground water, unless there are other explanations, this is a type of "x-ray vision" using a divining rod. Another type of automatic movement is "table rapping". Normally a group of two or more people will sit around a table with their hands placed on top of the table. Then they will ask the table to answer a question. If the table tilts enough to cause one of the legs to raise up high enough to gently rap on the floor, then it may give an intellligent answer in accordance with a code established beforehand. ‘The code may be a certain number of taps for "yes" and a certain number of taps for "no", It may cease apping at a certain leter when - the alphabet is being recited, and in this manner spell out individual words. Those participating may not know that just slight pressure of one or two fingers on the table is enough to cause this movement. Of course, there may be ~80- Approved For Release 2001/03/07 : CIA-RDP96-00792R000300330001-8