PARAPSYCHOLOGY ABSTRACTS INTERNATIONAL, 02450. WALTHER, GERDA. SEANCES WITH THE MEDIUM, RUDI SCHNEIDER.

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 the title "The Third Arm of the Medium:'  He wrote: "It
 was at Rome, 21 years ago, that I had a seance with that
 famous medium, Eusapia Palladino.   At that seance, a
 married couple was also present. Eusapia told us that she
 would try to levitate the table without using her muscles.
 All of us stood around the table, holding each other's
 hands which were placed on the table.  Eusapia stood at
 one of the short ends of the table.  I squatted on the floor
 on her right side.  I put my left hand around her legs.  I
 raised her skirt, so that I could see the two legs of the
 table nearest to me.  This made it impossible for anyone
 to place his foot under the table-leg and lift the table.
 With my right hand I got hold of Eusapia's right hand.
 This hand was also held by Mrs. P.  Mr. P was holding
 Eusapia's left hand.  There was not much light in the
 room, but it was sufficient to distinguish the various ob-
 jects in the room.  After waiting some time the table sud-
 denly began to move.  The table moved for a few mo-
 ments to the left and to the right, and then suddenly left
 the floor and floated about 15 cm above it.  This lasted a
 few minutes and then it dropped to the floor with a loud
 bang.  When the table started to move about I suddenly
 saw that Eusapia's right hand became indistinct.  Then it
 seemed as if a whole series of arms, one arm above the
 other, were visible for a short time.  The levitation of the
 table too was of short duration.       Those present at the
 seance were very pleased with what they had seen.  This
 made them urge the medium to repeat the phenomenon.
 The medium guessed correctly what he wanted to see
 again, for she said: 'You want to see my astral double,
 don't you?"'
 'The phenomena were again observed and were a
 great deal better than those in the beginning.   Out of
 Eusapia's left thigh, just in front of his head, projected a
 straight black spoke which looked like a long thin arm.
 That arm ended in a broader piece that got hold of the
 right table-leg.  All the time that I saw this ghostly thing,
 the table remained levitated.  The phenomenon was only
 visible during a short time, but long enough to give mei
 the certainty that I was not having a hallucination." - G.Z.
 02450.  Walther, Gerda,  Seances with the medium,
 Rudi Schneider. Tijdschrift voor Parapsychologie, 1934,
 6, 84-118.
 Describes the early history of the mediumship of
 Rudi and Willy Schneider. Tells how Baron von Schrenck
 Notzing became involved and set up a laboratory to inves-
 tigate Rudi's mediumship in particular.  Some of his sit-
 tings are described in which C.G. Jung and others were
 present.  The author describes the seance conditions which
 she observed as a sitter. - G.ZJR.A.W.
 02451.    Kooy, J.M.J.   Experiences concerning the
 Dunne effect.  Tijdschrift voor Parapsychologie, 1934,
 6, 144-169.
 The "Dunne effect" is a Dutch term for precognitive
 experiences such as were described by J.W. Dunne in his
 book, An Experiment With Time (1929).  Dunne described
 a number of precognitive dreams that came true.  These
 dreams were generally of a symbolic nature,  and the
 dreamed  future events happened  within  a short time
 (rarely over a month).
 Before he read Dunne's book, Kooy himself had had
 dreams of this kind.  From the very beginning Kooy wrote
 his dreams as soon as he woke.  His dreams forced Kooy
 to accept the future as of the same nature as the present
 and the past, and that time was a human fiction.   He
 describes some  of    his experiences  in  this  article. -
 G.ZJR.A.W.
 02452.  Hamel, A.G. van.  Paranormal phenomena in
 Iceland. Tijdschrift voor Parapsychologie, 1934, 6, 177-
 199.
 Paranormal  phenomena  were  already  known  in
 Iceland in 900 A.D, and many cases were described in the
 Island's Sagas and in the book, Landnamabok. In ,the lat-
 ter such cases are described in detail, and the place where
 they occur is also mentioned. This book was written in
 the 13th century. From the very beginning, parapsychologi-
 cal phenomena  were cited in the  Icelandic literature.
 These phenomena were mostly spread among the Icelandic
 population. Not everybody, however, possesses this paranor-
 mal gift.  Why this is the case, is still unknown.  The
 Icelanders themselves would like to know why so many
 people of other countries are devoid of this gift.  The best
 book about the paranormal experiences of the people in
 Iceland  is that  written  by  Gudmundur Finnbogason
 (Reykjavik, 1933).
 The principal paranormal experience described is the
 dream.   The dream might be  precognitive, or one that in-
 forms the dreamer about a missing object, or where to
 find missing people, dead or alive.   Many dreams have a
 symbolic meaning that have to be decoded.  Dream appari-
 tions arc also often mentioned.  The man or woman who
 was drowned or murdered appears in the dream of one of
 their beloved ones,  and tells where she or he can be
 found.
 The article gives many examples of clairvoyant men
 and women whose second sight is not only active in
 dreams, but also when fully awake.  These clairvoyants of-
 ten know special things, e.g., where to find runaway cattle
 or horses, the hour and manner of the death of certain
 people, the finding of those who committed criminal ac-
 tions, etc. - G.Z.
 02453,   Van de Kroon,  A.A.        Some paranormal
 phenomena the author investigated at first hand.
 Tijdschrift voor Parapsychologie, 1934, 6, 216-223.
 Describes some of his own psychic experiences.  One
 involved knowing a young patient would die where there
 were no overt signs that he would do so.  The second in-
 volved the dream of a female relative concerning theft in
 the largest church in Breda.  All but one detail was later
 verified. - G.ZJR.A.W.
 02454.  Tenhaeff, W.II.C.     Pygmies of Central Africa
 and their paranormal capacities.  Tijdschrift voor
 Parapsychologie, 1934, 6, 301-306.  (Reprinted from R.P.
 Priller, Les Pymees de la Foret Equatoriale. Paris, 1934.1
 Quotes some psi experiences of African  pygmies
 described by R.P. Triller.  Their sorcerers used a scrying
 method of polished copper or mirrors to obtain informa-
 tion.    Several cases of ESP,  some precognitive,                                                                         arc
 described. - G.ZJR.A.W.
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 02455.  Kell, 11.11. Jurgen.  Pavel Stepanek and the
 focusing effect.  Zeitschrift fur Parapsychologie and
 Grenzgebiete der Psychologie, 1977, 19(1), 1-22. 33 refs
 Stepanek emerged in the 1960s as one of the most
 successful and consistent ESP subjects.  Over a period of
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