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PARAPSYCHOLOGICAL RESEARCH
IN
THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC
OF
CHINA
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GENERAL OBSERVATIONS
· LACK OF GOOD REPORTING ON PARAPSYCHOLOGIC
PHENOMENA INHIBITS IN-DEPTH ANALYSIS
· AVAILABLE REPORTS OFTEN PRESENTED IN
A SKEPTICAL LIGHT
· SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE IN APPROACH OF EAST
AND WEST TO PARAPSYCHOLOGY
- WEST IS MORE SKEPTICAL AND LESS
SUPPORTIVE OF RESEARCH
- EAST GENERALLY AHEAD OF WEST IN
ACHIEVING CREDIBLE RESULTS
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OBSERVATIONS
· CHINESE RESEARCH GOES UNDER SEVERAL NAMES,
MOST COMMONLY
- ENHANCED HUMAN BODY FUNCTIONS
- SOMATIC SCIENCE
· SOMATIC SCIENCE EXAMINES THREE INTER-RELATED AREAS
- PARANORMAL CAPABILITIES
- TRADITIONAL CHINESE MEDICINE
- QIGONG
- A SYSTEM OF BREATHING EXERCISES AND BREATH
CONTROL BELIEVED TO BE A SOURCE OF BOTH
PHYSICAL AND PSYCHIC ENERGY
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APPROACH OF SOMATIC SCIENCE
· APPLIES SYSTEMS THEORY TO STUDY OF HUMAN BODY AND
ENVIRONMENTAL INTERACTIONS
. HOLDS THAT THE BODY CAN ASSUME DIFFERENT "FUNCTIONAL
STATES", ONE OF WHICH IS THE "PARANORMAL STATE"
· APPLIES MULTIDIMENSIONAL DATA ANALYSIS METHODS TO
DESCRIBE THE VARIOUS FUNCTIONAL STATES AND IDENTIFY
THE "NORMAL STATE"
· SEEKS TO DETERMINE AND ENHANCE THE MECHANISM BY
WHICH DIFFERENT FUNCTIONAL STATES ARE ACHIEVED AND
THEIR CHARACTERISTICS
- STUDIES OF QIGONG MASTERS IN THE "QIGONG FUNCTIONAL
STATE" IS A KEY RESEARCH TOPIC
· GREAT ATTENTION GIVEN TO SCIENTIFIC CREDIBILITY AND
REPRODUCIBILITY OF EXPERIMENTS
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RESEARCH CLAIMS
. THE EXISTANCE OF THE "PARANORMAL FUNCTIONAL STATE"
. THE ABILITY OF CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS TO ENTER THE
PARANORMAL FUNCTIONAL STATE AT WILL
· CERTAIN OBJECTS, WHEN ACTED ON BY PERSONS WITH
PARANORMAL ABILITIES, CAN BE PUT INTO A PARANORMAL
STATE
· THE EXISTANCE OF "REMOTE VIEWING"
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STATEMENT BY QIAN XUELIN
· LED EFFORT TO DEVELOP
APPLICATION OF SYSTEM
SCIENCE TO STUDY OF
PARAPSYCHOLOGICAL
PHENOMENA
· "RESEARCH IN SOMATIC
SCIENCE MAY LEAD TO A
NEW SCIENTIFIC REVOLUTION
IN THE 21ST CENTURY ...
THAT MAY BE A GREATER REVOLUTION THAN THOSE OF
QUANTUM PHYSICS AND THE THEORY OF RELATIVITY
IN THE 20TH CENTURY."
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CHRONOLOGY
1979 - 1982
. EARLY INDICATION OF INTEREST
. INFORMAL, LOOSELY CONTROLLED DEMONSTRATIONS
· CONFLICTS NOTED (ACTIVITIES, IDEOLOGY)
· MILITARY INTEREST SHOWN
1983 - 1987
.
TIGHTENING OF RESEARCH, PUBLICATIONS
· EXPANSION OF HIGH LEVEL SUPPORT
· DEDICATED CONFERENCES
1988 - PRESENT
· NATIONAL LEVEL RESEARCH CENTERS, COMMITTEES
· CONTINUED MILITARY INTEREST
· CENTRAL COMMITTEE APPROVAL
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SG1H
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