This is a superb mini-documentary about two extraordinary Russian women, who possessed telekinetic ability. Nina Kulagina had the ability to move small objects such as compass needles, cigarettes, and matches by moving her hands over them. Her supernatural talents piqued the curiosity of scientists, the KGB and noted skeptics. She received harsh criticism when she refused to demonstrate her abilities outside her home or in hotel rooms. The preparation time also bothered the skeptics, who considered her a skilled magician.
Watching the documentary, which included the black and white footage of Nina’s demonstration as well a re-enacted one, I am left undecided about the validity of her abilities and spooked by the possibility at the same time. I can’t imagine anyone with the ability to stop a heart with the brush of a hand.
Since 1979, the Princeton Engineering Anomalies Research (PEAR) laboratory made international headlines with its efforts to prove that thoughts can alter the course of events. This laboratory has been an embarrassment to the mainstream scientists of Princeton University because they felt that extrasensory perception (ESP) and telekinesis weren’t “real” science.
PEAR will close its doors at the end of the month because its founder, Robert G. Jahn, believes it’s time. The laboratory’s equipment is aging and its finances are dwindling. But the deciding factor in the decision was the lack of new resources to study.
“For 28 years, we’ve done what we wanted to do, and there’s no reason to stay and generate more of the same data,†said the laboratory’s founder, Robert G. Jahn, 76, former dean of Princeton’s engineering school and an emeritus professor. “If people don’t believe us after all the results we’ve produced, then they never will.â€
After his son’s death in 1918, Dr. Thomas Glendenning Hamilton began to experiment with psychic phenomena, investigating paranormal occurrences such as rappings, psychokinesis, ectoplasms, trance states, psychic phenomena, and apparitions. He conducted his experiments under scientific conditions that he believed would minimize errors and expose hoaxes. His work became known throughout Europe as well as the United States.
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