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Approved For Release 2001/03/07 : CIA-RDP96-00792R000300330001-8 LN734-85 This calm, relaxed, but always active alpha wave seems to be so similar to the state in which ESP scores are highest. In fact, some parapsychologists have attempted to find out if subjects achieve higher ESP scores when in an alpha state. The results were the same as when the testing for ESP was under hypnosis. There was no simple yes or no answer. In general, the manifestation of an alpha state does not necesarily signify higher ESP scores. However, many high scores were achieved where the alpha wave was very strong or had just turned from weak to strong. Also, many low scores were achieved when the alpha wave changed from strong to weak. More experiments are needed to prove this relationship. Recently, there has been a great deal of researh in another state of consciousness. This is the ancient indian yoga trance, induced by yoga of other buddhist techniques. Some experiments investigating psychic abilities using these techniques have been reported. They have produced some exciting, but not yet verified, results. As yet no one hundred perent effective "open sesame" has been found to open the doors to psyhic ability. More basic researh is necessary in psychological states before it can: be determined if they are significant and where they Should be categorized. 4. The PK Effect: When a relative dies or is in grave danger, a person often experiences a feeling of cold. Cases like this are often seen in reports of spontaneous psychic experiments. Dr. Schmeidler's report was published in 1973. She conducted experiments on Ingo Swan's ability to change temperatures at will. During the experiment, four thermometers were placed in thermos bottles (the temperatures could be read by instruments in the next room). The four thermos bottles were placed close to the subject. In each experiment, one of the bottles was chosen as the target. Each test lasted for 45 minutes. According to the prearranged sequence, the experimentor would tell the subject to raise or lower the temperature in the object thermos. The results show that the average change in temperature was about one half of one degree. This shows that the subject was able to affect the reading of the thermometer in the thermos to a Significant degree. , People noticed that thermometers placed a distance away from the object bottle showed an oppostie change in temperature. This raises some interesting possibilities. Perhaps the energy to raise the temperature in the target area was gathered from the surrounding area. This theory, just like the experiment itself, needs more testing before it can be used as reliable evidence for the "cold effect" when a relative dies or is in danger, or for expanding our knowledge of the PK effect. Information from the Soviet Union, demonstrations where objects have been moved by will power alone have been very successful. Doctors J.G. Pratt and H. H. J. Keil saw a Russian woman move an objuect on a table. Because of restrictions placed’ on them by the authorities, a planned experiment was -82- Approved For Release 2001/03/07 : CIA-RDP96-00792R000300330001-8