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 more scientific" continuation of the study of paranor-          1940s toward less
 mal, spiritistic, mediumistic, and other phenomena and is             the Afro-Brazilian
 defined as a "discipline using scientific (interdisciplinary)
 methods of study." - A.I.
 03134. Adamas, E. In Sochaczev, where the ghosts run
 about.  Trzecie Oko, 1984, No. 3, 1-4. 3 figs
 Beginning in December, 1983, knockings were heard
 outside a house inhabited by a mother, her 8- and 13-year-
 old daughters, and their 14-year-old cousin.  On January 2,
 1984, drawers from the kitchen cabinet fell out and chairs
 and buckets of water and coal were overturned.  On
 January 8, a tea kettle filled with water floated down
 from the range, a plate with fruit cream fell to the floor,
 and a bucket levitated, throwing water on the children.
 The next day drawers fell with a crash,  buckets over-
 turned, and a big mirror was gently deposited from the
 wall to the floor.  A visit by a priest and a dowser did
 not stop the phenomena.   A team of observers from
 government rcpj,:..,ion of
 religions. - D.H.
 03137. Cesar, Os6rio.  Psychical research experiments,
 with photographic documentation, of some curious ec-
 toplasm formations. Revista Paulista de Medicina, 1942,
 20(3), 119-136.
 This article is based on a paper given at the As-
 sociacao Paulista de Medicina, Secao de Neuropsiquiatria,
 on January 21, 1942. The authors do not reveal the name
 of the medium, but they claim that they observed direct
 voice mediumship and luminous ectoplasm.   The experi-
 ments were done in darkness, but photographs were taken.
 Photos include a white tube (which the author interprets
 as ectoplasm) running from the medium to a megaphone
 on a table, an ectoplasmic head, and ectoplasm coming
 from the eyes of the medium (trajectory obscured by posi-
 tion of medium). - D.H.
 Trzecie Oko discovered the childrens' capacity to enter an       03138.  Spuza, TDenizard da- ' Silva,  and Teresinha
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 er to avoid further
 aggravation to the family, the team decided to discontinue
 the investigation of the case. - A.I.
 03135. Papiewski, J. Coordination council established.
 Trzecie Oko, 1984, No. 3, 32.
 On January 27-29, 1984, the second meeting of the
 representatives  of psychotronic,  dowsing,  and  kindred
 societies and clubs took place in Bydgoszcz. Thirty repre-
 sentatives of 19 societies and clubs organized the Coor-
 dinating Council of Psychotronic and Dowsing Societies and
 Clubs.  In connection with the recent inclusion of dowsing
 to the list of qualified trades (National Legislative Record
 No. 22, 1983), a representative of the Central Association
 of Trades in Warsaw presented the binding principles of
 examinations and qualification.   The definition of the
 dowsing profession is as follows: "A dowser is an artisan
 who locates underground waters using dowsing techniques."
 The objective scope of the dowser's activities was deter-
 mined as well as the scope of the theoretical and practical
 examinations.   The Coordinating Council recognized that
 limiting the dowser's activities to water location will only
 protect the profession by excluding persons "evoking reser-
 vations of a meritorial and ethical nature.'  A motion in
 the Central  Association of Trades was formulated to
 change the name of radiesthesist to dowser, radiesthesia
 being a branch of science that is working to create a
 scientific methodology and which cannot be considered a
 trade. - A.I.
 PORTUGUESE LANGUAGE
 (Editors: Patric V. Giesler and David Hess)
 REVISTA PAULISTA DE MEDICINA
 P 36. Cesar, Osdrio. Paranormal phenomena.  Revista
 ulista de Medicina, 1941, 19(5), 273-295.  -
 Based on a paper given at the Associacao Paulista de
 Medicina, Secao de Neuropsiquiatria, on September 5, 1941.
 The author reviews the work of Richet, Crawford, Geley,
 Maxwell, and Osty before a largely skeptical audience of
 Paulista psychiatrists.    He argues that psychological
 phenomena can in some circumstances become transformed
 into physiological phenomena such as ectoplasm.  The ar-
 ticle is historically significant because it marks a change in
 the author's previously held negative opinion of -Spiritism
 (Kardecism), and it corresponds to a shift in 11zit in the
 -_siquiatria, 1980, 2(3), 190-194.
 The authors describe 47 Brazilian psychiatric hospitals
 which are owned by Spiritists.      AXTthough in most cases
 psychiatric treatment  is  in  the  hands  of  non-Spiritist
 psychiatrists,  in some cases Spiritists affiliated with the
 hospitals offer alternative therapies of a Spiritist orienta-
 tion such as spiritual passes, study sessions, and disobses-
 sion (exorcism) sessions.  The authors use 123 criteria to
 compare  Spiritist therapies    to  a  number  of  other
 psychotherapies, and they conclude that Spiritist therapy is
 relatively efficient. - D.H.
 REVISTA DE PARAPSICOLOGIA
 03139. Quevedo, Oscar G. The problem of healers:
 Part V.  Revista de Parapsicologia, 1974, 2(7), 4-13. 8 il-
 lus; 21 refs
 In this fifth paper in a series of 15 articles on heal-
 ing and healers, the author proposes that three key factors
 operating in healing ceremonies and religious movements
 such as Christian Science are  belief in the cure and the
 induction  of  that  belief,   relaxation,   and  the
 psychopathological character of the healer.  The author
 cites  the case  of  the  Roman  emperor     Vespasian's
 pathological perception of his own power and his "ability"
 to cure as a function of the Roman belief in him as a
 god.   The author suggests that the psychic healer has a
 similar self-perception and relies as well on the con-
 comitant belief of his clientele in his powers.                                                                                        Relaxation
 and the interaction of conditioned reflexes and emotions
 are  discussed  in  relation  to  their  role  in  various
 psychosomatic illnesses and   their treatment  by psychic
 healers.   Several studies relating relaxation to increased
 immunological responses are summarized.  Finally, profiles
 of psychic healers as pathological characters and their
 patients as uncritical or blind believers who are highly
 suggestible are presented.  The cures of such patients are
 then evaluated in terms of several factors with emphasis
 on the effects of relaxation. - P.V.G.
 03140. Lomparte, Victoria V.  Biographies. Revista de
 Parapsicologia, 1974, 2(7), 14-15, 2 illus; 2 refs
 Two biographical sketches are presented: (1) of Louisa
 E. Rhine, botanist and parapsychologist, who specialized in
 spontaneous  case  collections and  psychokinesis  and
 produced several books and articles on her research; and
 piritist therapy in psychiatric
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