PSI: Psychic Discoveries Behind The Iron Curtain

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Introduction by Ivan T. Sanderson. First published by Prentice-Hall, Inc., NY, 1970. Excerpts appeared in Parapsychology Review, National Enquirer and Omen Press. Abacus edition first published in Great Britain 1973 by Sphere Books Ltd, London. [Rear cover blurb:] "All eye-opening, fascinating, sometimes fright- ening and occasionally hard-to-believe book... The Russians are actually investigating ESP and its use. The authors are utterly serious, so are the Russians." --PUBLISHERS' WEEKLY "This book was born to cause controversy. Some chapters make science fiction seem dull and unimaginative by comparison... Fact, fancies and fantasies are all there, woven in a vivid style that will stimulate and intrigue every imagination. This is not only a fascinating book but a potential bombshell." --PSYCHIC MAGAZINE "The most important book about ESP research and the validity of the occult tradition yet to appear." --LOS ANGELES TIMES Psychic Discoveries Behind the Iron Curtain - Front Cover About the authors Title Page Printer's Imprint An Introduction by Ivan T. Sanderson Acknowledgements Some Cities in the Communist World hosting PSI Research Contents Prologue Part I: RUSSIA 1. "A Riddle Wrapped in an Enigma" 2. Karl Nikolaiev, Self-Made Psychic 3. Mind-Link, Body-Link 4. Wolf Messing, the Psychic Stalin Tested 5. Political Smoke Screens and Parapsychology 6. Have the Soviets Found the Secret of Mind Over Matter? 7. Inner and Outer Space 8. UFOs and PSI, Seeking the Cosmic Messiah 9. The Telepathic Knockout 10. What Makes You Psychic? Telepathic Sender—the Forgotten Psychic? Amping-Up Psychic Ability Astrology—or Cosmic Biology? Can ESP Be Bugged? 11. From Animals to Cybernetics: The Search for a Theory of PSI 12. Artificial Reincarnation 13. Time—a New Frontier of the Mind 14. Eyeless Sight 15. Dowsing: From "Wizard Rod" to "BPE" 16. Kirlian Photography—Pictures of the Aura? 17. Science Probes the Energy Body 18. The Energy Body and ESP Healing The Energy Body and Acupuncture Acupuncture, Telepathy, and the Bioplasmic Body Points That Make You Psychic The Aura, Energy Body, and Plants A Window on the Unknown 19. A Soviet Witch Predicts Folk Healers A Supernatural Hothouse Can a Young Russian with Nothing but ESP...? Shamans and the Dance of the Supernatural The Mystic Soul of Russia 20. Are We in an ESP Race with Russia? ESP-ionage, or A Weapon of War Are There Religious Implications to Soviet Parapsychology? Political Interference America vs. Russia: A Psychic Comparison [photoplates] Part II: BULGARIA 21. Vanga Dimitrova, the Bulgarian Oracle 22. Mission Control Center for the Mind Suggestology Healing with Thought Parapsychology: Teaching the Blind to See Supernormal Powers of the Mind Revolutionize Education Exploring PSI Part III: CZECHOSLOVAKIA 23. The Psychic Life of Czechoslovakia Alchemy Psychotronics Reincarnation Research Brětislav Kafka, Pioneer Parapsychologist 24. Dr. Milan Ryzl, Creator of Psychics 25. Pavel Stepanek, an Answer for the Skeptics? 26. Astrological Birth Control 27. Pyramid Power and the Riddle of the Razor Blades 28. Psychotronic Generators—Psychic Machines? The Secret's in the Form A Visit to the Czech Merlin 29. Image, Energy, Potential Appendixes Appendix A Appendix B Appendix C Appendix D Partial Bibliography and References Author's Note Index Rear Cover