CIA Reading Room nsa-rdp96x00790r000100040008-6: SCIENCE AND PSYCHIC POWER

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Approved For Release 2008/04/01: NSA-RDP96XO079OR000100040008-6 THE NfITIONfIL OBSERVER Week Ending October 20, 1973 .v.W,.a.1,.Y.^.l.iA~r6aP.'+Ns'.a~tlJ' ?},r~*P?%a~.~~rw :n[,^' ,..:'I'.t.,'.FI{if~ ~ .., d." ..r tt Approved For Release 2008/04/01: NSA-RDP96XO079OR000100040008-6 Approved For Release 2008/04/01: NSA-RDP96XO079OR000100040008-6 By John Paterson Faux UW AL'rol, CALIR. L T1115 Is not the tame stuff of science fiction. It Is. Instead, the realm of the psychic, the mystical world of the supernatural and the paranormal that, its adherents may, may change your life markedly in the next 5, possibly 10 years. Some highly reputable scientists and philoso- phers, undaunted by the scorn and skepticism that such thoughts evoke, see ordinary folks doing some amazing things as a profound psychic revs adaa fogies them with extras:!i .ary Ia w erst: ? It is the middle of the afternoon. Rather than telephone your wife, you ease back In your chair, compose your thoughts, and beam a tele- pathetic message to her. That evening your fa- vorite dinner is waiting. When some disease or ailment strikes, you head for the nearest spiritualist, acupuncture practitioner, or faith healer. We will all realize, of course, that our minds control our bodies and that Illness Is merely the result of a disturbed psyche. This peace of mind will also mean the near-eradlcatlon of mental Illness. ? Those who really work at it will be able to read books still on the shelf in the next room, partal:o of astrotravel iwhere the soul leaves the body and flits through the universe!, or commu- nicate with deceased loved ones and our spiritual guides. We may even learn of our previous re- incarnations. One hazard: insanity Inevitably there will be broader, more signifi- cant Implications to society because of these ex- panted powers of our minds, but their definition must wait until the nature of these now-inexplic- ahle occurrences becomes clear. Former astro- naut Edgar Mitchell contends we are now on the verge of man's most Important scientific break- tb c,t:gh, which will show these phenomena to he "i'atttral events that can be as easily explained as at,nlight bending around the moon." lie adds, "anyone who Iti still doub'ful of psychic phenom- ena Is simply i aorant." Mitchell Is hardly a voice In the wilderness, for Interest in psychic research Is booming. Physicists at major universities and research centers are attempting to measure the mind's waves or energy levels that produce these phe- nomena. Philos:,phers are trying to develop theories that embrace and explain the inexplic- able. No one yet has it true glimmering of the at,awer-If Indeed there Is an answer. But even while learned men try to unravel the mystery, thwu.iands of persons ara flocking to institutes, cl.,ss:3, and week-end sessions that hold forth promise of psychic knowled^e and In- sight. Some are finding it. And what's more, drug-abuse experts a