PARAPSYCHOLOGY ABSTRACTS INTERNATIONAL, 01942. CUEVEDO, OSCAR G. THE PROBLEM OF HEALERS: PART II

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score. They were asked to conduct 4 runs of a clair-
voyance test with standard ESP cards by themselves and
report to the author their ESP scores and their physiologi-
cal conditions. One of them, M.K., took her basal body
temperature (BBT) every morning just before leaving the
bed; the other subject, Y.O, reported to him the date of
the beginning and end of her menstruation. The results
revealed that ESP scores in the low temperature phase
were higher than those in the high phase, and that the
former scores were above chance except for one case,
whereas all of the latter were below mean chance expecta-
tion. These results suggest a relationship between ESP and
BBT, although the difference in the score between the two
conditions was not significant. The ESP score of Y.O. was
the highest (p = .0000036) at the beginning of her men-
struation and gradually declined toward the end of it. Fur-
thermore, the differences in the score between the day
before and the first day of the menstruation and between
the first and the last (fifth) day of it were statistically
significant. - T.K.
01940. Mizukami, Toshiyuki, and Otani, Soji. Results of
the Argentina-Japan long distance ESP experiment.
Proceedings of the Japanese Society for Parapsycho-
logy, 1968, No.1, 29-32. 4 illus; 3 refs
Eight series of GESP experiments were carried out
from September to November 1965. to see if the ESP effect
would occur even over a very long distance. The distance
between the targets (standard ESP cards) placed in Decep-
tion Island near the Antarctic Circle and the 93 perci-
pients in Japan was about 17,200 km. The subjects were
divided into three groups: adults, children, and students.
No significant difference was found in any group, nor was
a sheep-goat effect noted. On the other hand, the results
revealed an outstanding decline pattern in the second half
of the experiment in the student group. - T.K.
01941. Otani, Soji, and Onda, Akira. A survey of opin-
ion on parapsychology of Japanese psychologists. Pro-
ceedings of the Japanese Society for Parapsychology,
1968, No. 1, 54-58. 1 illus; 3 refs
A survey of opinion on parapsychology of Japanese
psychologists was conducted in 1963. A questionnaire was
mailed to 1,115 randomly selected Japanese psychologists;
262 questionnaires were returned, 16 of which were ex-
cluded from the analysis because of deficiencies. Eleven of
the 246 respondents considered ESP to be an established
fact, 109 of them considered it possible to be proved; 9 of
them, on the other hand, replied that ESP is not possible.
- T.K.
compared with the results of the author's own follow-up
survey of clients of Arigo. Of a sample of 636 clients,
only three claimed they were fully cured, 155% improved,
553% had no change, and 3.9% felt they were prejudiced
by the treatments (self-reports). The effects of the healing
for 25.1% could not be analyzed. The author concludes
that the successes of these healers relied heavily on propa-
ganda adorned with hyperbole, on the cures of hysterics
who propagated the successes, and on other "cures" of a
psychosomatic type brought about by some form of context
hypnosis. - P.V.G.
01943. Anicvas, Joaquim. Notes and notices. Revista de
Parapsicologia, 1973, 1(4), 14-17. 6 illus
Eight brief notes and notices on (1) a parapsychology
course in El Salvador; (2) an inheritance left to the
A.S.P.R. by James Kidd; (3) a request for spontaneous
cases by Rex Stanford; (4) a humorous anecdote on British
spiritualist, Maurice Barbanell; (5) a biofeedback course at
Esalen Institute; (6) the new presidency of the Argentine
Society for Parapsychological Studies (La Sociedad de Es-
tudios Parapsicologicos}; (7) a satirical account of medium-
istic messages from H.G. Wells; and (8) synopsis of a
Russian scientist's article claiming evidence debunking
Nina Kulagina. - P.V.G.
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PORTUGUESE LANGUAGE
(Editor: Patric V. Giesler)
REVISTA DE PARAPSICOLOGIA
0 Cuevc o bscar ie problem ofT-calers: Par(
11. evistaW de Parapsicologia, 1973, 1(4), 4-13. 12 iI1us 22
refs
In this second in a series of 15 articles on healing
and healers, Harry Edwards (British) and "Zc Arigo" [Bra-
zilian) are discussed in detail. The nature of the distor-
tions in the sensationalistic propaganda surrounding each
healer and his ostensible cures, the serious problem of
patient testimony (memory and observational distortions),
the types and limitations of medical verification attempts,
and the effect of transitory cures on the healers'
movements and support are emphasized in an evaluation
of the two healers. Journalistic hyperbole regarding the
number of "cures" and the nature of those "cures" is
O1944. Friderichs,_ Edvino A. Our opinion. Revista de
farapsicologia, 1973, 1(4), 18-21. 2 illus
Report on the claim that a Brazilian child in the
state of Minas Gerais has been receiving visits and mes-
sages from the Virgin Mary since she was 2 years old.
The author cautions that the atmosphere around the child
is suggestion-filled and that such cases of the miraculous
must be rigorously examined before the Catholic church
would consider them examples of authentic miracles. The
author advises that the child is highly sensitive and prone
to hallucinations and hypnotic trance. The child's visions
are not of apparitions, therefore, but are hallucinations
shaped by the collective suggestibility of the audience.
The case is contrasted with the model religious foundation
of the case of Lourdes and the scientific seriousness that
it merits. - P.V.G.
01945. Quiles, Ishmael, and Quevado, Oscar G. Dialog
with the reader. Revista de Parapsicologia, 1973, 1(4),
22-25. 3 illus; 1 ref
Several questions by lay and clerical readers an-
swered by Ismael Quiles and Oscar G. Quevedo,;two Ro-
man Catholic priests/parapsychologists. Key issues raised
and discussed included; How do you reconcile your Chris-
tian faith with parapsychological phenomena? How might
the science of parapsychology help in the treatment of ex-
ceptional (e.g. retarded) children? I have begun to develop
automatic writing, but I am also moving toward _ other
forms of mediumship and I am worried that it means I'm
going crazy -- am I? - P.V.G.
A
01946. Anicvas, JoaAt m. Facts of real life. Revista de
arapstcologia, 1973, 26-29. 3 illus; 2 refs
Three spontaneous cases are summarized: one from
A.R.G. Owen's research on poltergeists; one from Andrew
Mackenzie's review of apparitions (Apparitions and
Ghosts, 1971, 63-66); and a third from the author's research
of poltergeist cases in Sao Paulo, Brazil. All of the
phenomena of the cases are discussed in terms of uncon-
scious sources and motivations, and this interpretation is
contrasted with the Brazilian Spiritist (a form of spiri-
tualism) perspective. - P.V.G.
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na es-
is, they
g, who
these
is prin-
ase and
erefore,
she cor-
nomena
.ed into
directly,
;ion ob-
e event
- T.K.
score. They were asked to conduct 4 runs of a clair-
voyance test with standard ESP cards by themselves and
report to the author their ESP scores and their physiologi-
cal conditions. One of them, M.K., took her basal body
temperature (BBT) every morning just before leaving the
bed; the other subject, Y.O, reported to him the date of
the beginning and end of her menstruation. The results
revealed that ESP scores in the low temperature phase
were higher than those in the high phase, and that the
former scores were above chance except for one case,
whereas all of the latter were below mean chance expecta-
tion. These results suggest a relationship between ESP and
BBT, although the difference in the score between the two
conditions was not significant. The ESP score of Y.O. was
the highest (p = .0000036) at the beginning of her men-
struation and gradually declined toward the end of it. Fur-
thermore, the differences in the score between the day
before and the first day of the menstruation and between
the first and the last (fifth) day of it were statistically
significant. - T.K.
01940. Mizukami, Toshiyuki, and Otani, Soji. Results of
the Argentina-Japan long distance ESP experiment.
Proceedings of the Japanese Society for Parapsycho-
logy, 1968, No.1, 29-32. 4 illus; 3 refs
Eight series of GESP experiments were carried out
from September to November 1965. to see if the ESP effect
would occur even over a very long distance. The distance
between the targets (standard ESP cards) placed in Decep-
tion Island near the Antarctic Circle and the 93 perci-
pients in Japan was about 17,200 km. The subjects were
divided into three groups: adults, children, and students.
No significant difference was found in any group, nor was
a sheep-goat effect noted. On the other hand, the results
revealed an outstanding decline pattern in the second half
of the experiment in the student group. - T.K.
01941. Otani, Soji, and Onda, Akira. A survey of opin-
ion on parapsychology of Japanese psychologists. Pro-
ceedings of the Japanese Society for Parapsychology,
1968, No. 1, 54-58. 1 illus; 3 refs
A survey of opinion on parapsychology of Japanese
psychologists was conducted in 1963. A questionnaire was
mailed to 1,115 randomly selected Japanese psychologists;
262 questionnaires were returned, 16 of which were ex-
cluded from the analysis because of deficiencies. Eleven of
the 246 respondents considered ESP to be an established
fact, 109 of them considered it possible to be proved; 9 of
them, on the other hand, replied that ESP is not possible.
- T.K.
compared with the results of the author's own follow-up
survey of clients of Arigo. Of a sample of 636 clients,
only three claimed they were fully cured, 155% improved,
553% had no change, and 3.9% felt they were prejudiced
by the treatments (self-reports). The effects of the healing
for 25.1% could not be analyzed. The author concludes
that the successes of these healers relied heavily on propa-
ganda adorned with hyperbole, on the cures of hysterics
who propagated the successes, and on other "cures" of a
psychosomatic type brought about by some form of context
hypnosis. - P.V.G.
01943. Anicvas, Joaquim. Notes and notices. Revista de
Parapsicologia, 1973, 1(4), 14-17. 6 illus
Eight brief notes and notices on (1) a parapsychology
course in El Salvador; (2) an inheritance left to the
A.S.P.R. by James Kidd; (3) a request for spontaneous
cases by Rex Stanford; (4) a humorous anecdote on British
spiritualist, Maurice Barbanell; (5) a biofeedback course at
Esalen Institute; (6) the new presidency of the Argentine
Society for Parapsychological Studies (La Sociedad de Es-
tudios Parapsicologicos}; (7) a satirical account of medium-
istic messages from H.G. Wells; and (8) synopsis of a
Russian scientist's article claiming evidence debunking
Nina Kulagina. - P.V.G.
-ve pro-
- Para-
P works
SP ope-
a or il-
,hen the
which,
is which
d to be
of ESP
cative
aneously
image is
the crea-
mes true
illumina-
and the
union of
11 as the
and the
,rise and
5e Japa-
20-24. 5
r 44 days
author as
was con-
-.ions: the
and the
d of the
score . of
s, one of
ated with
Blow the
associated
is called
';on. Five
cording to
frequently -
F group).
ner group
rence was
and LF
called less
t the two
between
Proceed-
ogy, 1968,
Ic subjects
alationship
i the ESP
PORTUGUESE LANGUAGE
(Editor: Patric V. Giesler)
REVISTA DE PARAPSICOLOGIA
0 Cuevc o bscar ie problem ofT-calers: Par(
11. evistaW de Parapsicologia, 1973, 1(4), 4-13. 12 iI1us 22
refs
In this second in a series of 15 articles on healing
and healers, Harry Edwards (British) and "Zc Arigo" [Bra-
zilian) are discussed in detail. The nature of the distor-
tions in the sensationalistic propaganda surrounding each
healer and his ostensible cures, the serious problem of
patient testimony (memory and observational distortions),
the types and limitations of medical verification attempts,
and the effect of transitory cures on the healers'
movements and support are emphasized in an evaluation
of the two healers. Journalistic hyperbole regarding the
number of "cures" and the nature of those "cures" is
O1944. Friderichs,_ Edvino A. Our opinion. Revista de
farapsicologia, 1973, 1(4), 18-21. 2 illus
Report on the claim that a Brazilian child in the
state of Minas Gerais has been receiving visits and mes-
sages from the Virgin Mary since she was 2 years old.
The author cautions that the atmosphere around the child
is suggestion-filled and that such cases of the miraculous
must be rigorously examined before the Catholic church
would consider them examples of authentic miracles. The
author advises that the child is highly sensitive and prone
to hallucinations and hypnotic trance. The child's visions
are not of apparitions, therefore, but are hallucinations
shaped by the collective suggestibility of the audience.
The case is contrasted with the model religious foundation
of the case of Lourdes and the scientific seriousness that
it merits. - P.V.G.
01945. Quiles, Ishmael, and Quevado, Oscar G. Dialog
with the reader. Revista de Parapsicologia, 1973, 1(4),
22-25. 3 illus; 1 ref
Several questions by lay and clerical readers an-
swered by Ismael Quiles and Oscar G. Quevedo,;two Ro-
man Catholic priests/parapsychologists. Key issues raised
and discussed included; How do you reconcile your Chris-
tian faith with parapsychological phenomena? How might
the science of parapsychology help in the treatment of ex-
ceptional (e.g. retarded) children? I have begun to develop
automatic writing, but I am also moving toward _ other
forms of mediumship and I am worried that it means I'm
going crazy -- am I? - P.V.G.
A
01946. Anicvas, JoaAt m. Facts of real life. Revista de
arapstcologia, 1973, 26-29. 3 illus; 2 refs
Three spontaneous cases are summarized: one from
A.R.G. Owen's research on poltergeists; one from Andrew
Mackenzie's review of apparitions (Apparitions and
Ghosts, 1971, 63-66); and a third from the author's research
of poltergeist cases in Sao Paulo, Brazil. All of the
phenomena of the cases are discussed in terms of uncon-
scious sources and motivations, and this interpretation is
contrasted with the Brazilian Spiritist (a form of spiri-
tualism) perspective. - P.V.G.
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