TELEPATHIC HYPNOSIS ST-CS-O1-169-72

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5. (U) Where the Soviets are going to go with Raikov's work is
open to conjecture. There is some indication that the Soviets
believe that Raikov's work and the CCAP device may unlock many
of the mysteries behind ESP and other psi phenomena. If any
of the above is true, this work may be a new way of looking inside
and catching the subtle interplay between thought and body, psyche
and soma. The CCAP device may have a much wider use than charting
the mental states of reincarnated artists.
PART D - Telepathic Hypnosis
part of Vasilev's experiments in mental suggestion. See reference
62, pages 75 through 88.
2. (U) Parapsychologists in Leningrad and Moscow are involved
in the telepathic manipulation of consciousness, now recording
successes with the EEG. Doctor V. Raikov (see PART C of this
section) is involved in this EEG research as well as E. Naumov.
Naumov reports that mental telepathy woke up a hypnotized subject
(by telepathy) six of eight times. Naumov remarked that as soon
as the telepathic "wake up" is sent, trance becomes less and
less deep, full consciousness returning in twenty to thirty
seconds (137). In the Leningrad laboratory of Doctor Paul Gulyaiev
(Bekhterev Brain Institute), friends of subjects have been trained
to put them to sleep telepathically (138).
wake, backed by columns of data, might be the most astonishing
1. (U) According to Ostrander and Schroeder (75), the ability
to put people to sleep and wake them up telepathically fxm. a
-Fince 5T yards to over a thousand miles became the most
~aroug yT tested and perfecte contribution of the Soviets to
international parapsychology. It is reported that the ability
to control a person's consciousness with telepathy is being further
studied and tested in laboratories in Leningrad and Moscow. The
work was started in the early 1920s but was not publicized until
the early 1960s. The work was begun by K.O. Kotkov, a psychologist
from Kharkov University, in 1924. Kotkov could telepathically
obliterate an experimental subject's consciousness from short
distances or from the opposite side of town. The work was documented
by Vasilev (62) who conducted research of his own but could not
reveal it under Stalin's regime. The reality of telepathic sleep-
3. (U) Why are the Soviets again hard at work on the telepathic
control. of consciousness? Doctor I. Kogan, like Vasilev, is
probably doing it for theoretical reasons; still trying mathe-
matically to prove that an electromagnetic carrier of telepathy
is possible. Why other scientists may be delving into control
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of consciousness by ESP is another question. During telepathic
sleep is an individual simply dreaming his own private dreams
or does someone else hold sway? The current Soviets have not
divulged the psychological details about their telepathic manipu-
lation of consciousness. Vasilev describes some revelations in
his book (62) but little else has been reported. Doctor Stefan
Manczarski of Poland predicts that this new field of telepathy
will open up new avenues for spreading propaganda. He feels.
that the electromagnetic theory is valid and believes, therefore,
that telepathy can be amplified like radio waves. Telepathy would
then become a subtle new modus for the "influencers" of the world
(139). Doctor Manczerski's wave ideas are still very debatable,
but what about telepathy someday becoming a tool for-influencing
people?
4. (U) Hypnotizing someone telepathically probably comes over
as a more eerie, mystifying, almost diabolical act in the US
than it does in the Soviet Union. The US is really just becoming
adjusted to some of the aspects of hypnotism. Since the turn of
the century, the Soviets have been exploring and perfecting the
various advantages that hypnotism provides. In the Soviet Union,
hypnotism is a common tool like X-rays, used in medicine, psychotherapy,
physiology, psychology, and experimental pedagogy.
5. (U) The Soviets have been reportedly working on the effects
of drugs used in combination with psychic tests. Vasilev used
mescarine in the early days and more recently M.S. Smirnov, of
the Laboratory of Vision, Institute of Problems of Information
Transmission of the USSR Academy of Science, has been obtaining'
psychic success with psil.ocybin (140).
6. (U) The tests that Vasilevhad perfected may have a more
interesting future in them than the developer had imagined. Manipu-
lating someone else's consciousness with telepathy, guiding him
in trance ..... colorful uses are too easy to conjure. The ability
to focus a mental whammy on an enemy through hypnotic telepathy
has surely occurred to the Soviets. Iu espi.onag~~ _nt,7d
tele_L thicall h ooze an ind;v idual with the Uost J np otir_
suggestion t.o steal classified documents or detonate important
military equipment. The e mission is accomplished and the individ-
ual does not even know that he has done an thin Ryz1 see
appendix VI state in Psychic 41), "The bulk o recent telepathy
research in the USSR is concerned with the transmission of behavior
impulses - or research to subliminally control an individual's
conduct." Visiting Soviet psi labs in 1967, Doctor Ryzl says
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he was told by a Soviet, "When suitable means of propaganda
are cleverly used, it is possible to mold any man's conscience
so that in the end he may misuse his abilities while remaining
convinced that"he is serving an honest purpose." (140) Ryzl
continues, "The USSR has the means to keep the results of such
research secret from the rest of the world and, as practical
applications of these results become possible, there is no doubt
that the Soviet Union will do so." What will ESP be used for?
"To make money, and as a weapon," Ryzl states flatly.
SECTION II - CONDITIONING THROUGH SUGGESTION
PART A - Hypnopedia
1. (U) The subject of hypnopedia or sleep-learning has been
openly discussed in the Soviet literature for the past decade
(142-161). One of the most thorough Soviet reports has been
prepared by Bliznichenko (162) in 1966. Dodge and Lamont (163)
have published a report that covers the field of hypnopedia in
the Soviet Union through 1968. Further elucidation of this subject
in this report, with the exception of a discussion of possible
trends in this area since 1969, is believed to be redundant and
unnecessary.
2. (U) The last decade of Soviet hypnopedia research has led
-them into new concepts of memory improvement. It is believed
that areas such as subliminal perception and subconscious learning
with hypnosis were borne from the basic research involved in
hypnopedia training. The most recent indication of new Soviet
interest in utilizing the subconscious as a reserve for the retention
of facts is a booklet written by L.I. Kuproyanovich (164). This
book describes the equipment and technical means used for improving
memory as well as the prospective uses of cybernetics for memory
retention. One of the more interesting features of this book
is a discussion on subliminal acquisition of facts. This is an
area of concern when one is speaking of conditioned behavior or
mental alteration. It is also an area seldom discussed in open
Soviet literature. PART B of this section will briefly discuss
some Soviet work in subliminal perception and possible uses for
this technique.
3. (U) The following discussion on memory and hypnopedia is based
on Kuproyanovich's report. The author states that the subconscious
is one of the unused reserves for the retention of facts. Memory
operation on the subconscious level takes place without our realizing
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