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Approved For Release 2001/03/07 : CIA-RDP96-00792R000300330001-8 LN734-85 bacteria, retarding its growth rate. In her experiments, Vasse demonstrated that the will could cause plants to grow. Doctor Barre's experiments on using will power to retard the growth of bacteria verifies Vasse's experiments in certain ways. Although we need experiments on a wider scale before we have ample evidence to prove this positively, these results are very encourageing. It shows that the hu;man mind can have an effect on living things. Since this is the case, it seems extremely important that we determine the mechanism as quickly as possible, and determine just how great a curative effect Pk has. 6. PK'and Healing: A jockey in Iceland had bone cancer, and many doctors gave up on hin. Finally there was nothing to do but let him go home and take pain pills for what time he had left. The jockey requested help from a "psychic healer" from across the ocean in England. Every month at a certain time he would report his condition to her. In eah reply the healer would say nothing but "you must have faith", "believe in me", or something like that. The jockey had faith in the healer, and cooperated with her. After two years his paralysis disappeared and he started riding again. In this case and in many other cases of "faith healing" of "spiritual healing" the "faith" or "spiritual" factors does indeed play a role. Just what these roles are hasnot yet been seriously researched by persons in orthodox medicine. What was the effect of the healer far across the ocean on thijs jockey anyway? The jockey's personal belief and hope and will had what effect on his tumor? Did he only have a one percent chance of curing himself? If there is a reason, is it only that it is not yet understood? If we are able to explain this kind of question as well as the endless unorthodox curative methods of peoples all over the world, we must repy on progress in basic research. The first reports of research on this "healer" came out of Canada in 1961. B. Grad, a university biochemist and his associates designed an experiment. The purpose was to eliminate any effect of the power of suggestion on the subject, and to prove whether of not all of the curative effects were brought about. by the "healer". Therefore, white mice were used as subjects in the experiment. The experiment used 300 white mice. A small piece of skin was cut from the back of each mouse. One hundred mice were allowed to be cured by "healer" E, Another hundred were treated to a similar treatment by a person who claimed no | curative powers, but who mimicked the actions of the "healer". The final one hundred mice were placed in a cage, and a paper bag was placed over the cage. The "healer" would put his hand in to the bag twice.a day, and touch the cage a couple of times a day for fifteen minutes at a time. The other person did the same thing. The results of the experiment showed that E's group of mice healed faster, but not to the extent where the experimentor felt he could make a conclusion. -85- Approved For Release 2001/03/07 : CIA-RDP96-00792R000300330001-8