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Approved For Release 2001/03/07 : CIA-RDP96-00792R000300330001-8 N734-85 some psychic movement or automatic movement within this activity. Before psychic movement was acknowledged, automatic movement seemed like magic. Sometimes it was seen as the manifestation of the spirit. It may now be considered that all intelligent answers come subconsciously from the participants' own spirits. It must also be noted that some automatic movements, if carried to the extreme, or if there is a sensitive participating, may result in injury. It may cause a mental breakdown or abnormal psychological reactions. Psychic abilities have always been believed to be generated by the subconscious - turning unconscious knowledge into conscious knowledge. Problems with this have been the greatest obstacle to conducting a free will over psychic - abilities. Experiments have shown that ESP seems to be only manifested after the overlaying layer of consciousness has been broken through. Therefore, one of the tasks of parapsychologists is to find an environment which will induce ESP where the subject is not completely awake and completely conscious, and look for the proof of ESP there. Therefore, more recent researh methods are to attempt to discover a kind of "altered" conscious state, which will enable the unconscious to more easily break through the shackles of the consciousness. Hypnotic states are believed to be a kind of altered conscious state. Lots of people use hypnosis as an aid to research ESP and PK. Despite this, J. B. ?Lyon?, after he had hypnotized his subjects, did not discover any clear cut increase in scores. However, for the question of whether hypnosis can aid in increasing psychic powers, people are continually pointing out that because under hypnosis mental conscious activity seems to be controlled, it is hoped that the deep unonscious may bemore easily unlocked. However, the experiments were not as decisive in their results as had been hoped. So far we have been unable to determine just how much of an effect hypnosis has on the psychic powers. One reason for this is that research in hypnosis is just now beginning. The authorities have still not reached agreement on just what exactly what mental — process occurs in hypnosis. Also, methods for inducing a hypnotic state havenot : been standardized. Each hypnotist has his own methods. In addition, it is difficult to determine the level of so-called "under", Also, each person has his own individual reaction to hypnosis. Because hypnosis itself is an unknown quantity, research into its relationship with ESP has not come up with any definite results, not surprisingly. As was stated in the last chapter, a kind of instrument for reording brain waves has simplified dream research. It has also made it possible to explore other brain activities. Several years ago, J. Kamiya, a psychologist at San Francisco State, attahed electrodes on a subject's head, and taught the subject how to use the signals of the instrument to become aware of the distinction of the different wave forms generated by the brain. The alpha wave was one of the wave forms he was most - able to control. Once the subject became aware that he was generating an alpha wave, specially designed apparatus would play a specific note. This was the feedback that he was in the predicted state of consciousness. In a short time, a number of subjects learned to put themselves into this state of consciousness. -81- Approved For Release 2001/03/07 : CIA-RDP96-00792R000300330001-8