PARAPSYCHOLOGY ABSTRACTS INTERNATIONAL, 02452. HAMEL, A.G. VAN. PARANORMAL PHENOMENA IN ICELAND

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the title The Third Arm of the Medium:' He wrote: "It
was at Rome, 21 years ago, that I had a seance with that
famous medium, Eusapia Palladino. At that seance, a
married couple was also present. Eusapia told us that she
would try to levitate the table without using her muscles.
All of us stood around the table, holding each other's
hands which were placed on the table. Eusapia stood at
one of the short ends of the table. I squatted on the floor
on her right side. I put my left hand around her legs. I
raised her skirt, so that I could see the two legs of the
table nearest to me. This made it impossible for anyone
to place his foot under the table-leg and lift the table.
With my right hand I got hold of Eusapia's right hand.
This hand was also held by Mrs. P. Mr. P was holding
Eusapia's left hand. There was not much light in the
room, but it was sufficient to distinguish the various ob-
jects in the room. After waiting some time the table sud-
denly began to move. The table moved for a few mo-
ments to the left and to the right, and then suddenly left
the floor and floated about 15 cm above it. This lasted a
few minutes and then it dropped to the floor with a loud
bang. When the table started to move about I suddenly
saw that Eusapia's right hand became indistinct. Then it
seemed as if a whole series of arms, one arm above the
other, were visible for a short time. The levitation of the
table too was of short duration. Those present at the
seance were very pleased' with what they had seen. This
made them urge the medium to repeat the phenomenon.
The medium guessed correctly what he wanted to see
again, for she said: 'You want to see my astral double,
don't you?"'
"The phenomena were again observed and were a
great deal better than those in the beginning. Out of
Eusapia's loft thigh, just in front of his head, projected a
straight black spoke, which looked like a long thin arm.
That arm ended in a broader piece that got hold of the
right table-leg. All the time that I saw this ghostly thing,
the table remained levitated. The phenomenon was only
visible during a short time, but long enough to give men
the certainty that I was not having a hallucination.' - G.Z.
02450. Walther, Gerds. Seances with the medium,
Rudi Schneider. Tijdschrift voor Parapsychologie, 1934,
6, 84-118.
Describes the early history of the mediumship of
Rudi and Willy Schneider. Tells how Baron von Schrcnck
Notzing became involved and set up a laboratory to inves-
tigate Rudi's mediumship in particular. Some of his sit-
tings are described in which C.G. Jung and others were
present. The author describes the seance conditions which
she observed as a sitter. - G.ZJR.A.W.
02451. Kooy, J.M.J. Experiences concerning the
Dunne effect. Tijdschrift voor Parapsychologie, 1934,
6, 144-169.
The "Dunne effect" is a Dutch term for precognitive
experiences such as were described by J.W. Dunne in his
book, An Experiment With Time (1929). Dunne described
a number of precognitive dreams that came true. These
dreams were generally of a symbolic nature, and the
dreamed future events happened within a short time
(rarely over a month).
Before he read Dunne's book, Kooy himself had had
dreams of this kind. From the very beginning Kooy wrote
his dreams as soon as he woke. His dreams forced Kooy
to accept the future as of the same nature as the present
and the past, and that time was a human fiction. He
describes some of his experiences in this article. -
G.ZJR.A.W.
02452. Hamel, A.G. van. Paranormal phenomena in
Iceland. Tijdschrift voor Parapsychologie, 1934, 6, 177-
199.
Paranormal phenomena were already known in
Iceland in 900 A.D, and many cases were described in the
Island's Sagas and in the book, Landnamabok. In the lat-
ter such cases are described in detail, and the place where
they occur is also mentioned. This book was written in
the 13th century. From the very beginning, parapsychologi-
cal phenomena were cited in the Icelandic literature.
These phenomena were mostly spread among the Icelandic
population. Not everybody, however, possesses this paranor-
mal gift. Why this is the case, is still unknown. The
Icelanders themselves would like to know why so many
people of other countries are devoid of this gift. The best
book. about the paranormal experiences of the people in
Iceland is that written by Gudmundur Finnbogason
(Reykjavik, 1933).
The principal paranormal experience described is the
dream. The dream might be precognitive, or one that in-
forms the dreamer about a missing object, or where to
find missing people, dead or alive. Many dreams have a
symbolic meaning that have to be decoded. Dream appari-
tions are also often mentioned. The man or woman who
was drowned or murdered appears in the dream of one of
their beloved ones, and tells where she or he can be
found.
The article gives many examples of clairvoyant men
and women whose second sight is not only active in
dreams, but also when fully awake. These clairvoyants of-
ten know special things, e.g, where to find runaway cattle
or horses, the hour and manner of the death of certain
people, the finding of those who committed criminal ac-
tions, etc. - G.Z.
024S3. Van de Kroon, A.A. Some paranormal
phenomena the author investigated at first hand.
Tijdschrift voor Parapsychologie, 1934, 6, 216-223.
Describes some of his own psychic experiences. One
involved knowing a young patient would die where there
were no overt signs that he would do so, The second in-
volved the dream of a female relative concerning theft in
the largest church in Breda. All but one detail was later
verified. - O.ZJR.A.W.
02454. Tenhaeff, W,II.C. Pygmies of Central Africa
and their paranormal capacities. Tijdschrift voor
Parapsychologie, 1934, 6, 301-306. [Reprinted from R.P.
Priller, Les Pymees de la Foret Equatoriale. Paris, 1934.1
Quotes some psi experiences of African pygmies
described by R.P. Triller. Their sorcerers used a scrying
method of polished copper or mirrors to obtain informa-
tion. Several cases of ESP, some precognitive, are
described. - G.ZJR.A.W.
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02455. Kell, 1I.H. Jurgen. Pavel Stepanek and the
focusing effect. Zeitschrift fur Parapsychologie and
Grenzgebiete der Psychologie, 1977, 19(1), 1-22. 33 refs
Stepanek emerged in the 1960s as one of the most
successful and consistent ESP subjects. Over a period of
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