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EVIDENCE OF MACRO-PSYCHOKINETIC EFFECTS
PRODUCED BY THOMAS OF BRAZIL
performing tricks along with genuine phenomena, and
therefore experiments must be conducted in such a way as to
prevent any possibility of fraud. It is certainly more-
difficult to critically analyze every experiment than to
Lee Pulos PhD
Clinical Assistant Professor
Vancouver, Canada
continue collecting experimental data without such analysis.
As I have mentioned, in order to maintain controlled
conditions, we placed the object to be bent (for example, an
aluminium ball into a sealed box of /transparent plastic.
The history of science has been characterized by a
This bar was covered by a thin layer of putty or other soft series of anomalies appearing on the horizon of the
material which would indicate how the pressure of a force is prevailing world view. These "taboo discoveries," because
distributed along the bar, i.e., is the force applied to one of their prematurity are generally ridiculed and ignored.
point or is it a uniform continuous pressure? The bar was 'George Bernard Shaw once remarked that "All great truths
bent a few minutes after the box was handed to a subject, begin as blasphemies" and Harman [1] in a very scholarly
and subsequent analysis showed that the pressure seemed to exposition describes many of the blasphemies in science,
be uniform.
Some subjects liked to take the sealed box and go to psychic phenomena. As recently as 1966, D.O. Hebb [2], a
another room where nothing prevented them from concentra- leading behavioral psychologist, rejected the strong
ting. Therefore, we had to find a method that prevented any scientific evidence for telepathy "because the idea does not
fraud under these conditions. To do this we used a closed make sense."
box with the metal bar in it along with a glass cylinder
filled with two unmixed powders of different colors. The
idea was that if the subject shook the box or turned it dealing with a predictable world in which the events of the
over, the powders would become irreversibly mixed.
After the metal was bent even under these conditions,
we asked ourselves: could the subject obtain this result by versions of reality. A complete issue of Psychoenergetic
means of any trick? We concluded that the only possibility
Systems [3] was devoted to reporting sophisticated
experiments of psychokinetic metal fracture physics and
critical examinations of the "Geller effect." Complementing
of the centrifugal force can bend the bar without mixing the the experimental data, a number of theoreticians such as
for the boy was to use the centrifuge from a washing
machine; if a box is placed in a centrifuge, the influence
two powders.
However, it is extremely unlikely that this .H. Walker and Nick Herbert [4] have been attempting to
boy, during the short period of time when he was in another explain PK phenomena by expanding the quantum theory of
room with the box, could reach the washing machine (which systems and mathematical physics.
was in the basement), put the box in the centrifuge in the
correct position (any other position would lead to mixing
This paper is a report on a series of observations over
the powders), and come back with a bent bar. At this point I period of two weeks in January 1981. The subject is
we can only stress the necessity for further studies of the thomas Green Morton Souza Coutinho, a thirty-four year old
phenomena."
Interviews were conducted by Larissa Vilenskaya exhibiting a wide spectrum of paranormal abilities that
Brazilian pharmacist who was struck by lightning at the age
of twelve.
Subsequent to that experience ' he began
became increasingly more dazzling over time. It prompted
me of the Brazilian researchers, Mario Machado, [5] who
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particularly with reference to consciousness research and
While there has been some unjust criticism of science
being totally committed to the worship of scepticism and
psyche have no meaning, a number of scientists have been
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lobby while he went to the seventh floor to visit a patient
for healing.
As he entered the elevator, the
jasmine/eucalyptus fragrance permeated the lobby and got
increasingly strong during his half hour absence. We also
stopped at a macrobiotic restaurant for lunch and once more
the fragrance filled both the upper and lower levels of the
restaurant.
as "the wondrous real magic of the mind." Throughout our
observations there were a number of people present. These
included Theresa, Thomas' 54 year old cousin who is blind;
Jim Jensen, an American businessman and president of a
large, successful corporation; Gary Richman, a free-lance
journalist and our translator; Heloise Gorman, a psycho-
logist; and her husband Tom who is marketing manager for
Kodak of Brazil. The position that I will be taking in this
paper is that of a "psychic naturalist" - simply observing
as carefully and openly as possible without seeking
mechanisms or meanings.
During dinner in Pouso Alegre that evening, Thomas
began pouring enormous quantities of salt in his beer and
while stirring it with a dinner knife, the knife twisted
into an S shape. He then took a fork to continue stirring
and the prongs of the fork twirled and curled around
themselves ending up like some abstract psychic sculpture.
Thomas seemed curiously silly and almost agitated that
evening and he kept pouring salt onto everything he was
eating. He picked up another fork, speared a piece of
lettuce and held it for his wife to eat.
Within seconds,
the second fork twisted and bent into a carbon copy of the
first.
In São Paulo we were sitting with Thomas having coffee
and as he picked up a teaspoon to stir his coffee, the spoon
curled up in a complete 360 degree "loop the loop." He then
picked up a second spoon and it too twisted while we were
observing him stirring his coffee. It happened quickly but
we could see the spontaneous bending of the metal.
I took
the spoon and could not unbend it without exerting a fair
In the course of dinner, we were joined by a young
amount of force. We compared the spoons and they looked honeymooning couple and Thomas felt the occasion should be
like carbon copies of each other - both twisted in the
honored with a special gift. He took a piece of soft foil
that is found in cigarette packages and seemed to go into a
meditative or trance consciousness as he began tearing
identical fashion. This was to become a common occurrence.
Spontaneous metal bending would occur both in his presence
(touching and not touching the metal objects) and on several pieces of foil and folding the larger piece in a certain
occasions when he was in the house but not in the same room
as the phenomena.
fashion. There was both an air of mindlessness and total
absorption about him as he took a toothpick and began
probing the foil as if he were examining an insect. At this
point, he excitedly remarked that the "energy was arriving"
as he began to experience a coldness and "goose-bumps" on
both his forearms. Then suddenly, within a fraction of a
second the finished product had been transmuted or trans-
One morning, when coming to a private home in São Paulo
(where Thomas was staying), we began to detect
increasingly strong fragrance of a mixture of jasmine and
eucalyptus which seems to surround Thomas and predominate
his environment. The fragrance becomes particularly evident
when phenomena are about to happen and our logical'teleported on to the table before us. It was a hard,
explanation at the time was that it was a shaving lotion or
silvery metal phoenix bird with very fine detail in its
someone had sprayed perfume. However, Thomas claims that it wings, head, and tail feathers. Its dimensions were
is the "calling card" of his "extraterrestial guide" or approximately two inches in diameter and one inch high. At
energy that he has named Xils.
no time did Thomas touch the tin foil with anything other
The next day Thomas suggested we drive with him from
than the tip of the tooth pick and while the transmutation
São Paulo to Pouso Alegre, the town where he was living some was taking place, his hands were eight inches or so back
three hundred kilometers away. On our way out of the city,
from the foil. During the process, Thomas appeared to be
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straining very hard to mobilize or hold the energy and once
the phenomena happened (or sometimes just as it was about to
happen) he released the energy with a loud "hra-ah!"
During the week, Thomas was to transmute a number of
metal objects from cigarette package foil. The foil was
always provided for him by various members of our group and
during the psychokinetic or transmutational process his
hands remained above the table. He would on occasion
interrupt his intense concentration and occasional pulsating
to say that the energy was going away. Following a brief
rest, he would try again and usually succeed. There were
instances however when he would release the energy with the
accompaning "h-ra-ah!" and nothing would happen. Thomas'
reaction to failure was to shrug his shoulders matter-of-
factly and accept these occurrences as part of the overall
picture. Thomas also explained that he must say definitivo
(definite) following "materializations" or they will
sometimes revert to their original matter or energy state.
dining room and 'within five minutes or so it too "melted"
and collapsed Thomas on to the floor. Two waiters then
brought in a very large, heavy metal backless piece of
furniture for Thomas and this held up throughout dinner. In
conversations with waiters and the management of that
restaurant they acknowledged that spontaneous metal bending
was common when Thomas was present. At times, the phenomena
would occur at other tables or locations in the room and the
circumstances would have to be brought to his attention.
It should be mentioned that Thomas usually consumes
considerable scotch whiskey while waiting for his energy
bursts.
It is almost as if he is anesthetizing his cortex
with alcohol because his powers appear to get stronger as
the night wears on. A point of diminishing return is
inevitably reached, however, and Thomas will then exit and
retire for the evening. At the same time, many trans-
mutations, materializations, metal bending and so on often
occur both spontaneously and with directed energy without
his having consumed any alcohol. Thomas believes that the
alcohol seems to amplify the energy when he is working over
a three to four hour period.
Following dinner Thomas went to the refrigerator in the
room and opened a bottle of mineral water with a metal
bottle opener. As he placed it back in the refrigerator, it
suddenly bent into a forty-five degree angle looking like a
The next phase of our working with Thomas began with
placing a number of coins from different countries on the
perfect "V". Gary Richman returned to his room shortly table before him. It was a very warm evening, and as was to
thereafter and noticed that the bottle opener on his
refrigerator had also bent into a "V" identical with the one
become typical of his dress code for extended sessions,
Thomas wore only trousers and was bare from the waist up.
in Thom'' room. Gary had his hotel key with him during our je asked for a piece of tin foil, picked up an American
brief visit with Thomas and no one else had access to his
room.
silver dollar and held a small piece of foil against the
edge side of the coin with just his thumb and index finger.
During our most recent visit with Thomas (December, we could see the edges of the foil under his thumb and as
1981) I was following him through a cafeteria line which had
a succession of different kinds of salads displayed in five
large bowls. Thomas walked right by the salad bar without
stopping or touching anything but as I reached for the
spoon-like ladle, I noticed that all five spoons (fourteen
to eighteen inches in length) were all bent in the now
the energy and concentration built up he punctuated it with
iis usual "h-r-a-ah!" and the foil suddenly transmuted into
I carbon copy of the phoenix bird that was presented to the
young honeymooners the night before. Jim Jensen was then
Invited to pick up the silver dollar and hold it in the palm
of his tightly closed hand. Thomas realized that a trans-
familiar 360 degree loop-the-loop fashion.
Shortly
mutational energy was building up and took the coin from
thereafter, Thomas sat on an all-metal folding chair at our
dinner table and in five minutes the bottom portion of it
"melted" as if it were made of hard butter and Thomas found
lim, placed it on a sheet of paper and traced the
circumference of it with a pencil. Jim picked up the dollar
igain, held it tightly as Thomas closed his eyes and began
himself on the floor. I got another metal chair from the
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to build up energy. Hle stopped at this point, asked Jim his
One day during lunch Thomas asked Jim to take the thigh
astrological sign (Pisces) and then had us all grasp a piecebone of a chicken on one of the plates, scrape it clean and
of metal and say "feesh. . . feesh" over and over. After abreak it in two (the bone was approximately five inches in
minute or so, Jim experienced what he described as a "punglength). Thomas seemed to slip into a very deep state of
sensation," opened his hand, and the silver dollar had beenconcentration and asked Jim to fit the two edges of the
replaced with a beautiful medallion. There were twobroken bone together and hold them in that position. He
porpoises with the word Peixes (Pisces in Portuguese) on onethen put each of his index fingers on the back of Jim's
side and all the astrological signs on the other. We tracedhands. Gary, Jim and myself could all see a bluish type of
the medallion on a sheet of paper and it was an eighth of anenergy move from around the chicken leg and then localize at
inch wider than the circumference of the original silverthe juncture where the bone had been snapped. After several
dollar. Jim remarked that he was going to have a metalseconds, the bone suddenly fused together and we examined it
clasp made and wear it around the neck. Thomas took thevery carefully in the sunlight but could find no evidence
medallion and said he would create a clasp with a toothsuch as a telltale scar where it had been broken. Thomas in
pick. As we watched, a small lip of metal began to slowlylis excitement took the bone back, examined it, and began
extrude from the top of the medallion but Thomas could notwaving it over his head. As he did this, the end of the
get it to form a closed circle. He finally gave up saying>one flew off and it fractured apart once more but about an
"that energy" had dissipated for now.
Inch away from the original break. Thomas then spoke very
novingly and meaningfully about the healing capabilities
In the course of gathering data and affidavits fromthat we all possess and that "electrical energy" is the
other witnesses of Thomas phenomena, two persons (one was a
pasis of healing. He added that all matter including
Inanimate substances are infused with an "intelligent
lawyer) indicated that they provided Thomas with a ten
cruzeiro note which was then transmuted into a thousandenergy" at a very basic level.
cruzeiro note (worth about $14.00 US). Thomas admonished
them not to spend the note or it would revert back to its
Together with Thomas we visited the "fasqueira" (place
original ten cruzeiro state. One of the individuals still'f lightning), an open field and pond ten kilometers from
has the transmuted currency but the other took the thousand is home town, where Thomas had been struck by a lightning
cruzeiro bill to a grocery store, purchased groceries andbolt at the age of twelve. He frequently goes there during
cigarettes, and as she handed the note to the cashier, in torms and goes into almost a frenzy holding his arms up
the brief moment it took to exchange hands, it transmutedtoward the sky and "charging" himself with electrical
back to a ten cruzeiro bill. A related experience occurredenergy. Adjacent to the fasqueira is a small cave with a
when Thomas asked me to obtain a brand new, crisp, tenstatue of St. Mary inside it. People will go there to pray
cruzeiro note, fold it, and hold it in my closed handind sometimes leave St. Christopher medals or coins behind.
(again, he never touched the currency and was approximately homas picked up one of the St. Christopher's medals and
six feet from me throughout this demonstration). Helave it to Theresa, his fifty-four year old blind cousin to
appeared to work extra-hard at mobilizing energy, releasedeep for him. He asked for the small, dirty oval-shaped
it with a "h-r-a-a-h!" and when I opened my hand, the newledal shortly following our experience with the medallion.
bill was replaced with an old crumpled worn ten cruzeiro't was placed on the table and he held his hand above it but
note that had been out of print and circulation for over'e were able to maintain eye contact with the medal
forty years. In all instances, we have documented the
throughout.
In a fraction of a second it suddenly
before and after transmutations with photographs and careful ransmuted into a larger, shinier medallion of Santa Lucia
recording of the serial numbers of the currency.
who is considered the patron saint of the blind in Brazil.
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This was presented to Theresa and it was a very moving
Forearms indicated that Thomas' energy was building up but
moment for all of us as Thomas is very close to his cousine remarked that "this energy" was different. He asked for
and has tried unsuccessfully to restore her sight on several
five hundred cruzeiro Brazilian note, took a pair of
occasions in the past.
scissors and began in what appeared to be a daydreaming,
engrossed state to casually trim all four edges of the bill,
Following a brief rest, the "energy" began building upreducing it in size. Thomas took the bill and folded it,
again and Thomas took a piece of cigarette tin foil ansaying that he was going to transmute it into a currency of
rolled it into a loose cylindrical shape approximately one different country. The bill was then handed to Jim who
and a half inches long and a quarter inch in diameter. Thexamined it making certain it was the same note. Jim was
obtained small figure had long hair, a full robe, the armsasked to fold it several more times and hold it tightly in
were crossed, and it was identified as San Onofre, thehis closed fist while he held a piece of metal (a bent
patron saint of drunkards. There was considerable jokingspoon) in the other hand as a "conductor" of energy. Thomas
and frivolous insinuations at this point as to. Thomas'then began to kindle and build up the energy as usual,
drinking habits although he was not intoxicated at the timeexploding and releasing with a loud "h-r-a-a-ah!" Jim felt
Using the same sheet of tin foil and following more or lessthat nothing had happened for there were no unusual
the same process (except for one of the tin foil "templates"sensations experienced at all. When he opened his hand and
which was rolled into a tight, round ball), Thomas proceededinfolded the bill it had transmuted into a brand new 10,000
to materialize three small metal statues of little monkeysItalian lire note which we have kept for documentation.
with their hands over their mouth, eyes, and earsThere was a great deal of excitement and Thomas indicated
respectively. Again, very profound messages can . sometimesthat the "energy was becoming stronger."
come through in very simple and apparently innocuous ways.
I was then asked to produce a new, crisp bill and Jim
Hle added that to hear no evil, speak no evil, and see noprovided me with an American one dollar bill. Thomas asked
evil would help us discover the basic goodness andne to write my signature twice on the face of the bill and
perfection that exists within all of us.
to fold the bill down several times. Again, Thomas never
We took a break at this point and room service broughttouched the bill and he remained on the other side of the
us refreshments including a dish of ice cream and a salt
shaker for Thomas. Just as he was transferring the first
teaspoon of ice cream from the metal container to his mouth,
table throughout, stripped to the waist. Thomas said he was
going to invoke all the forces of spiritual and universal
the spoon instantaneously bent into a 360 degree "loop-the-wisdom and burn my birthdate someplace on the bill. Despite
loop" and the ice cream plopped onto Thomas' lap.
geill we had seen to date I silently questioned this since no
laughed at this unplanned "psychic joke," picked up another'ne in our group knew my exact birthdate. Thomas took a
spoon and it too bent and flipped ice cream into hiscigarette and burned the back of my hand as a symbolic
trousers as he was attempting to get it into his mouthgesture and when I opened my hand a few moments later and
Just as he finished eating the ice cream with the curlicuedinfolded the dollar bill, my birthdate, 06-01-1928 was
spoon, the metal cup containing the ice cream suddenlyburned along the edge of the bill.
folded so that the two edges came together and touched.
We
Thomas said he was going to do something similar for
all tried to pull it apart but were unable to budge the twolim and I provided Jim with an American one dollar note.
lips of metal. Thomas presented the cup to Gary who hadlim folded it several times, held it tightly in his closed
earlier talked of losing weight - the implication being thatfist, and then extended his arm across the table to Thomas
he could never retrieve food from an almost sealedwho still held the burning cigarette. Thomas said he was
container.
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and then burned the back of Jim's hand - punctuating thirprise, Jim reached into his pants pocket and took out a
with his usual "h-r-a-a-ah!" When Jim unfolded the noted of American one hundred dollar bills that were held
what was burned on the edge was his American social securitgether by a thick elastic band. He took off the elastic,
number rather than his driver's license number. Of interesfolded the currency and I was further astonished to see
however is that an Idaho driver's license has at twelve to fourteen of his credit cards were inside the
Individual's social security number just above the driver' ls. It should be pointed out that not one person in our
license number and on frequent occasions, people copyigrty was aware where Jim kept his credit cards. In
down identifying data from the license frequently copy thscussing this with Jim later, he impressed upon us that no
social security number for the license number. Upon returf ever had access to his credit cards since at all times
to his hotel room Jim double-checked his social security were either in his pocket or on the bedstand next to
card which was hidden with other documents in a concealgere he slept at night. (We all had single rooms).
With his eyes shielded by his hand and facing the wall.
place. We were convinced that no one had access to thi
documents and there was no evidence to suggest they had beepmas began with "I see a Shell card," then correctly and
tampered with.
ickly gave the nine digit identification number and the
During our most recent trip to Brazil, Jim brought ipiration date. He went on to say "American Express,
eleven year old daughter Julie with him and Thomas becanmero. . . (reciting the thirteen digits)" and expiration
very fond and protective of her. On one occasion she wate. Then in a very surprised manner "another American
asked to produce, fold, and hold in her closed hand apress Card - you have two cards?" (it was an executive
American bill (in this case a five dollar denomination) d card) and proceeded to rattle off the numbers like a
Thomas then asked Julie what she would like burned on thmputer. There were twenty cards in total, some were
bill and she responded "Thomas this way (horizontally)Plicates, and others were club membership cards in
Julie this way (vertically), the word 'love' in between, an
dition to a telephone credit card. There was an average
nine digits per card and Thomas got all digits correct on
December, 1982." Thomas mobilized his energy in the usua
fashion, burned the back of Julie's hand with a cigarettr,
twenty cards. He even added qualifying remarks such as
and when she opened her hand, the bill was burned with this is a different card - very hard plastic." It should
noted that Thomas spouted the numbers with such rapidity
words, just as she had requested.
at Gary had difficulty in copying down the information
Lckly enough.
Shortly after the social security number experienc
The same evening Thomas asked me to bring out a bill of
Thomas began asking questions about Uri Geller.
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denomination (American one dollar bill), to hold it
until he saw Uri on Brazilian television in 1976 even thoupfore me and visualize myself pretending I am tearing the
he was able to do far more impressive phenomena by thall in two down a centerline. I did this several times in
time. lle also asked about Uri's telepathic abilities and i
several side remarks he defended Geller's abilities aº.
mind's eye and at his request actually tore the bill in
I was asked to fold and refold the pieces several
genuine. Thomas then seemed to become inspired and samles (he never touched or came close to the dollar bill)
that he was going to demonstrate telepathy. He went to th
far end of the room, faced the wall, and we sat behind
I to hold the folded pieces tightly in my hand while he
bilized a reconstituting energy. The energy was released
sofa as a shield at the other end of the room.
Jim wa
th the now common "h-r-a-a-ah!" and upon opening my hand
asked to take out his identification and Thomas would bill was in one piece and there was no evidence of a
telepathically "read" the identifying information. Gary wa
ar. Thomas had Jim do the same thing and again a bill
asked to prepare to write the numbers down and much to m'"
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state. We documented this sequence with a series
during our first visit with Thomas and did not detect any
"Instances of fraud or deception. Prior to our second trip
photographs.
In November, 1981, we had heard through several sources that
Even though it was quite late following dinner, Thoma
Thomas had worked with a parapsychologist of international
repute, William G. Roll of Chapel Hill, North Carolina. I
felt he had more energy and we set up cameras and tap
recorders once more in the hotel room. Thom'as turned to me
and joked about the number of credit cards that Nortspoke with Dr. Roll who alerted me to his observations of
Americans carry with them. He went into the bathroom, leffeveral instances of outright fraud on the part of Thomas
the door open and told Gary to get out a pencil and paperlong with very genuine psychokinetic phenomena. Throughout
and prepare for a telepathy transmission. Gary could seur second visit, we were extra-attentive, prudent, and
both Thomas and Jim and I at the other end of the room. Theindful of Thomas with respect to Dr. Roll's cautions.
pocketbook containing my credit cards and identification wawe did not notice any evidence of fraud throughout the
in a small sealed pouch attached to my camera case. Mtwelve days we were together.
passport and other identification were inside the mail
What does Thomas have to say about his powers?
chambers of the camera case. For obvious reasons I eitheinitially, he attributed his new-found capacities to the
carried my camera case or it was at my feet at all times anliberation of "latent human energy" after he was struck by a
no one had access to it. Before I could get my credit cardlightning bolt and "knocked out of his body" at age twelve.
out of the pocketbook, Thomas began reciting so quickly tsince then, however, he has "revised history" and now states
Gary that it sounded like a computer read-out. I had twelwhat he was struck by a "ray" from some sort of extra-
credit cards, bank cards, and medical and dental insurancerrestial origin and ascribes his unusual faculties to
cards. He 'read' off all the eight to twelve digit numberspace energies" from parallel universes.
on each card without error. He then 'went into' a hidde
"I am intrigued by his original version. For the past
fold where I kept my birth certificate and in a very puzzleeven years I have had twenty-three children ranging in age
tone read out "Lecorgous Peter Pulos" (my name in Greek @from three to eleven brought to me for an opinion because of
the certificate) and accurately gave the ten-digitheir unusual proficiences. Nineteen of the twenty-three
registration number, registration date, and issue datehildren had a history of severe electrical shock or an
Another card in the hidden fold was my NAUI Scuba Diver carlectrical insult (including lightning) to the mother's body
with seventeen identifying digits - also accurately given.
ihile the child was in utero. While Uri Geller's assertions
re considered a gordian knot by many scientists, he
There were more sessions and many other phenomena budmitted to me in a personal communication that at the age
what has been reported is a representative sampling of what three and a half he saw a blue light under his mother's
we saw and experienced. My overall impression of Thomas L
that he is one of the most emotionally responsive, warmes!
ewing machine, explored it with his finger and received an
and basically kind persons I have ever known.
Whal
verwhelming electrical shock. Matthew Manning, a gifted
astounded us more than anything was his child-like awe
fritish psychic, described a similar experience in his
wonderment, and exhilaration every time a phenomenautobiography, as does Steve Shaw, a twenty year old student
occurred. Even though he had probably transmuted ofrom Iowa. Peter Phillips [6], a professor of physics from
materialized objects thousands of times, he treated eadt. Louis University, has studied Shaw extensively and
event as if it were the first time it happened.
escribed metal bending and other psychokinetic phenomena
The question of his personal honesty must be considerender laboratory conditions. While this type of data is
since in view of the phenomena described and the absence onecdotal there are low order implications of some type of
ideally controlled conditions, cries of "magic" and "fraucause and effect connection between a sudden and traumatic
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electrical shock and the unfolding of different types of psi
abilities. On the other hand, golfer Lee Trevino has been
struck by lightning eight times with no apparent psychic
changes. The work of Burr [7], a neurophysiologist,
suggests that varying gradations of consciousness result in
significant electromagnetic shifts and bioelectric
reorganizations of the body. I found his hypothesis a
useful platform to begin speculating about the possible role
of magnetism and electricity in the phenomena.
I hope that Thomas in his own unique way will
contribute to widening our apertures of vision and
consciousness.
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Department of Psychiatry
University of British Columbia
Vancouver, BC, Canada
STUDIES IN NEN-GRAPHY IN JAPAN
Yuji Ogawa, Shigemi Sasaki
Tokyo, Japan
Our colleagues from Japan have described in
their journal Psi Kazaku (Psi Research, Vol. 4,
No. 1, September 1979; Vol. 5, No. 1, August 1980;
and Vol. 5, No.3, February 1981) several experi-
mental series with a gifted subject, Masuaki
Kiyota, who produced apparent psychokinetic metal-
bending and thoughtography, i.e., exposed photo-
graphic film with mental (PK) influence. Assuming
that an influence which is capable of exposing
photographic film should possess some properties
of light, the authors conducted experiments using
a light-quanta detector (a silicon photo-diode -
SPD) to record this influence called by the
authors nen-field (thought-field). To record
changes in the output current produced by the
photo diode, they used a high speed digital wave-
form memory or oscilloscope (photography as a
memory). The authors found that the subject
seemed to be able to control the appearance of the
nen-field, thereby changing the output current of
the SPD. The current was produced with
interruptions correlated with the subject's
intention. He could influence the SPD when it was
placed in an opaque box at a distance of about 1.5
meters from him. Experimental results seemed to
depend on the psychological state of the subject.
The abilities of Masuaki Kiyota have also been
described by Walter and Mary Jo Uphoff in their
book Mind Over Matter (Oregon, WI: New Frontiers
Center, 1980) - Editor's abstract.
1. Method
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We define thoughtography (nen-graphy) as a phenomenon
:oduced solely by the direct mental influence of a
vecially gifted person on a photographic film surface in
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