Telekinesis Laboratory of James A. Conrad

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Advanced Cerebral Energy Physics (ACEP) Telekinesis laboratory, April 18, 2001, United States A description of the laboratory and how the experiment works can be found below. In the background on the right on an adjustable tripod is a 9-volt portable piezo film TK detector. It is sensitive, but not as sensitive as having a connection to an oscilloscope. The piezo film sensor on the portable detector triggers a red LED and audible alarm. Custom-cut viscoelastic Sorbothane pads dampen seismic disturbances. Heavy concrete blocks provide a stable base. Bare wood, floor, and walls allow for easier inspection by scientific witnesses. The oscilloscope's power transformer was removed and isolated underneath as an added protection from micro vibrations. This is one of the few full-scale telekinesis laboratories ever known to have existed and hopefully a useful model for future ones.

telekinesis (TK):  The ability to cause at a distance by cerebral-generated motive power the movement or control of matter or energy, inclusively or exclusively, solids, liquids, gases, plasmas, subparticles of atoms, particles or molecules of matter, or particles or waves of energy. "Motive power" refers to an emission or projection from the brain-mind that acts upon or interacts with the atoms of a distant object causing an effect of repulsion, attraction, stasis, lift, or disintegration.

telekinetic:  1.  Of or pertaining to telekinesis.  2. An individual who possesses the ability of telekinesis. Alternate names:

• TKer:  Telekinesis practitioner or performer.
• TK subject:  A person, animal, etc., that takes part in a telekinesis experiment; a test subject.
• TK agent:  Someone regarded as the source of telekinetic ability, as in an experiment or in a spontaneous telekinesis case.
• TK claimant:  Someone who asserts that they have, may have, or at one time had the ability.
• TK target:  The intended receiving point or focusing area of telekinetic energy.

From what I have learned in my research, whether willfully intended or occurring spontaneously, the subconscious mind plays a role in triggering the effect. Other parapsychological and paraphysics researchers have also proposed this relationship, especially in spontaneous cases, and brain-mind researchers have found that the subconscious is very active on its own.

In my hypothesis,  ¹ I propose that circulating iron in the blood near magnetite  ² deposits in the brain may be involved in the creation of the energy that initiates the telekinetic effect in conjunction with the conscious, preconscious, or subconscious mind. Medical researchers have already speculated that iron delivered to the brain could fuel the formation of magnetic magnetite particles,  ^{3   4} which, in my hypothesis I propose could play a role in psychic power functioning in certain individuals, perhaps because the magnetite deposits are located in just the right place and quantity in the brain. Also involved could be blood vessels in the brain in just the right formation or place to assist in the process. Certain individuals who are going through an evolutionary transitional process may be genetically prone to safely exist with both increased iron levels in the blood and brain and a high concentration of magnetite in the brain. If iron levels drop significantly in the brain over an extended period of time, as happened in my case (see blood test evidence), then possibly the magnetite deposits could degrade to the point of decreasing or stopping the ability. This is my current hypothesis—a proposed scientific answer to the mystery. I am not stating it as scientific fact. More research and testing needs to be done. I am revealing some of my research here, but I am not making public everything I know for proprietary reasons. Effect levels: micro TK, macro TK.

Article mentioning magnetite deposits in birds and the discovery of a magnetic field-sensing molecule: Molecular Action May Help Keep Birds on Course.
See also Cryptochrome and Magnetic Sensing.

Another definition of telekinesis by Webster's Online Dictionary (also, foreign language spellings, etc.).   See also WIKIPEDIA ARTICLE.

psychokinesis (PK):  The ability to cause at a distance or by physical touch using the mind's consciously or subconsciously activated will power or imagination the extraordinarily profound movement or manipulation of matter, energy, or events. Psychokinesis is the general term that includes telekinesis and other supermind control of matter and energy abilities, such as the ability to soften or bend metal, phase through matter, heal, etc. Effect levels: micro PK, macro PK, RSPK (recurrent spontaneous psychokinesis).

psychokinetic:  1.  Of or pertaining to psychokinesis.  2. An individual who possesses the ability of psychokinesis. Alternate names: PKer:  Psychokinesis practitioner or performer. PK subject:  A person, animal, etc., that takes part in a psychokinesis experiment; a test subject. PK agent:  Someone regarded as the source of psychokinetic ability, as in an experiment or in a spontaneous psychokinesis case. PK claimant:  Someone who asserts that they have, may have, or at one time had one of the specialty abilities of psychokinesis, such as telekinesis; see the Wikipedia article on psychokinesis for a list of psychokinetic specialties. PK target: the intended receiving point or focusing area of psychokinetic energy.

James on the left in late 1956

It is apparent, however, that the energy in its earliest form is able to safely pass through the originating source of the brain, skull, eyes, skin, etc. Japanese scientists have already proven with the invention of the MEG machine) that, in everyone, low-level magnetic energy fields are emitted by the brain through the skull into open space at various points around the head and can be measured, so it is possible for energy, other than normal thermal energy, to pass through the skull. Teleportation has also been successfully demonstrated and repeated by physicists in the laboratory, but not yet by psychic means.

Iron in the body.  Normally, circulating and stored iron in the body is only extremely weakly magnetizable because of the way it is paired with other atoms in chemical compounds. However, the situation changes in individuals with iron overload disease. Those afflicted can be unaware that they have so much excess iron in their body that they can set off a walk-through metal detector. Excess iron in the body shows up as dark areas on a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scan. (For a little more information on excess body iron and metal detectors see the book The Iron Disorders Institute Guide to Hemochromatosis, 2004.) and for research on how the brain regulates iron, including how the blood-brain barrier may prevent sudden excess iron from reaching the brain, see the work of American scientist James Connor  ⁵. See also the research work of American scientist Thomas C. Skalak on the effect of magnetism on blood vessels in rats  ⁶.)

It may be and it is my current position that, due to increasingly stressful conditions in the industrialized world, where iron deficiency is not a significant problem, an evolutionary transition is taking place and some humans have acquired or were born with the ability to cope with higher iron levels in the brain than those who are less protected. There are those can smoke cigarettes their entire adult life and live past 100 (I have never smoked). Some parapsychologists and paraphysics researchers believe that everyone has psychokinetic ability, even at just a very low level. I prefer to believe, however, in support of my hypothesis, that since 3.5 billion of the world's population is iron deficient  ⁷, making it the most common nutritional deficiency on Earth  ⁸, that psychokinesis is presenting itself here and there in certain individuals—evolution at work. In my research work, I neither had iron overload disease or iron deficiency, just a higher level of iron in my system still within a normal acceptable range depending on the lab doing the test (see blood test evidence).

Blood Type:  My blood type is B Positive, also known as B Rh-positive. Is blood type important?  That is not known yet.  Only 8.5% of the U.S. population, or 9 out of 100, has this blood type.

CONTROVERSY: "Mind-Matter Interaction" vs. "Psychokinesis" by James A. Conrad / January 21, 2011 mind-matter interaction (MMI):  A term advanced by some English-language parapsychologists 9 10 and parapsychological organizations 11 12 13 as a replacement term for psychokinesis, a term they now consider obsolete, along with "paranormal" and "telekinesis," in which it is proposed—if the word "interaction" is being used literally—that the mind can not only have an effect on matter directly at a distance without any intervening steps, but that matter itself can have an effect on the mind directly at a distance also without any intervening steps (bypassing the brain) because perhaps matter possesses a level of consciousness or a mental property (see also panpsychism, Dualism: philosophy of mind, property dualism, Interactionism (philosophy of mind), Problem of mental causation, Quantum mind-body problem, Consciousness and the Physical World [text of book by Douglas M. Stokes that impartially discusses the many theories of psi.]). James A. Conrad comments on the controversy:  Mind-matter "interaction," if the term with the word "interaction" is taken literally, is just one hypothesis or theory of psychokinesis. Other hypotheses and theories propose that the mind only "acts" upon matter in one direction at a distance to cause movement. Officially replacing the term "psychokinesis" with "mind-matter interaction" would have to mean that all other hypotheses and theories of psychokinesis have been proven false, which is definitely not the case. For example, suppose psychokinesis involves mental control of the collapse of a probability wavefunction into a favorable universe each time a successful PK event occurs? Suppose PK involves mental contact with a dimensional entity of some kind, which then moves an object (one of the theories in poltergeist research)? There is of course mind-matter interaction within the human body at the quantum level of the brain, but PK is about causing movement in matter outside the body. As a private research-and-development (R&D) researcher, and as someone with dictionary writing experience, I personally will not use the term "mind-matter interaction" based on the evidence offered thus far by parapsychologists for "interaction" because in my experiences with telekinesis I never experienced any sense that matter apart from my local brain matter was able to communicate with my mind or otherwise affect my thoughts directly. Sometimes people misuse the word "interaction" when they really mean "action." In the end, it will be those who can actually do psychokinesis and telekinesis who will decide what term they want to call it: they will have naming rights. Here is how the opening of Stephen King's 1974 novel Carrie reads: "What none of them knew, of course, was that Carrie White was a telekinetic." What brave or foolish parapsychologist of the future would tell a real-life Carrie that she must conform to American parapsychological terminology and call herself a mind-matter interactor to be taken seriously? Perhaps another explanation that should be considered for the asserted change is that "mind-matter interaction" is a better phrase than psychokinesis to market products by some of these same American researchers. 14 15 Also, since mind-matter interaction technically does occur if the term refers to brain matter, any skeptic who states generally "I don't believe in mind-matter interaction" or "There is no convincing evidence for mind-matter interaction" would seem incompetent. Telekinesis is a word understood and used popularly by the general public around the world, which bothers many modern parapsychologists because they are only able to offer less appealing statistical evidence derived from large numbers of quantum-level random-number generator experiments as alleged proof of PK. To further their research paper positions in favor of statistical evidence, they long ago declared "telekinesis" to be an obsolete term and now are seeking the same fate for "psychokinesis," to be replaced by the questionable "mind-matter interaction." Poster for the film The Medusa Touch (1978, ITC/ITV plc, Warner Bros). DVD My concern is the potential for grammatical misuse of the word "interaction" when what is usually being discussed is just "action." See if you notice that misuse when you encounter the term. My advice is to not allow parapsychologists and their organizations who might have underlying commercial motives to decide what terms you as a researcher or claimant should officially use. If you have the extraordinary proof mainstream science has been waiting for, you will have earned naming rights. I admit I am a populist researcher, am not afraid to use the term "telekinesis," and will not seek or need the endorsement of parapsychology to prove any future claim. I was a member of a skeptics organization for 15 years. Perhaps you should consider joining and "interacting" with a skeptics organization if you ever have convincing evidence of a psychic power that they could examine.

advanced cerebral energy physics (ACEP):  A specialized research area of cerebral energy physics that studies mind-brain energy activities and emissions in an attempt to detect and create higher levels of energy that can be controlled by the subject. In layman's terms, it is the study of psychokinesis, telekinesis, telepathy, and other reported and hypothesized high-level brain energy functions. Term coined by James A. Conrad June 16, 2003 to describe own research.

cerebral energy physics (CEP):  A proposed new branch of physics that studies electrical, electromagnetic, etc., energy produced by natural physiological processes in the brain. Term coined by James A. Conrad June 16, 2003 to describe own research.

Experiments on living targets.  Two types of plants that I experimented unsuccessfully with in the early 1990s were the Sensitive Plant and the Venus Fly Trap. These plants require a higher and sudden level of telekinetic or psychokinetic ability to cause a reaction—their leaves fold inward when touched lightly. If the applied force is similar to a gentle breeze or an agitation of the air from an insect flying very near it, they will not respond. But they are very interesting living test instruments in that they provide a macro visual response to an external stimulus and are easy to control in a laboratory setting. They are not micro TK detectors. They are living macro telekinesis detectors that will trigger at a minimum macro level of power; that is, at a power level that can produce an effect observable without the need for optical magnification or magnification by an electronic instrument.

Three species of animals that evolved electricity generating organs in order to survive:
ELECTRIC CATFISH   ELECTRIC EEL   ELECTRIC RAY    See also ELECTRIC FISH

Hands and No-Hands Telekinesis.  If an arm and hand are held out, energy generated in the brain could hypothetically by some means not yet fully understood accumulate along the body and discharge in that way. We do know that the hand can act as a discharge point for static electricity. Perhaps the brain in some evolutionarily advanced individuals can generate an unusually strong energy field that is then carried to the outer surface of the body and discharged in the nearest straight line to a target. In Hollywood movies, however, the use of a hand in telekinesis and other forms of PK is often done for dramatic purposes so that the audience can understand which character is the source of the ability and where it is being targeted. In real life, telekinesis has also been reported without the use of hands and that is the method tested in my laboratory.

Homo sapiens kinesis:  My proposed taxonomic name for a new subspecies of human whose members have psychokinetic abilities, if said population group were to be distinct enough from the nominate subspecies Homo sapiens sapiens to qualify as a new branch in the human family tree, eventually becoming Homo kinesis. Term coined by James A. Conrad February 15, 2005. Other more generalized possible subspecies names that would include all humans having proven psychic powers: Homo sapiens superior (Marvel comics' name for the "X-Men") or Homo sapiens futuris.  ARTICLE: Humans are evolving at a faster rate than at any time in history.

mind over matter:  Another term for psychokinesis and telekinesis, especially in popular culture. For origin information, click on mind over matter.

paraphysics:  A branch of physics that studies paranormal phenomena in an attempt to discover and replicate the physical laws behind such events. The term is controversial and not fully accepted by skeptical mainstream physicists.

star performer:  A term used by some psychic power researchers to refer to someone who can demonstrate a relatively higher level of psychic power ability consistently in experiments. First use possibly in the 1937 issue of Harper's magazine, Volume 174 (available on books.google.com)

Private Research of James A. Conrad - continued

Telekinesis laboratory, April 28, 1999. A wide shot showing second monitor. Black card on pole at eye level provided a dark background while looking at silver piezo strip.

My website address www.jamesaconrad.com appears on the sign attached to the monitor and shelf. The floor of the laboratory was bare concrete to eliminate static electricity effects and the walls were bare also to make it easier for skeptical observers to search the room. I am standing four feet from the sensor in stocking feet. My 30-30-30 experiment protocol required the videorecording of 30 seconds of front comparison footage of the oscilloscope waveform, 30 seconds of telekinesis activation attempt, followed by 30 seconds of back comparison footage while standing motionless and breathing slowly. A disturbance in the waveform during the middle 30 second period would indicate that a possible effect had taken place. The experiment was repeated in numerous runs using the same protocol and the results examined by playing back the footage. The waveform is slightly bent at the high magnification setting used. I am watching the clock display on an offcamera Super-VHS video recorder count the first 30 seconds. Super-VHS video is now an obsolete format. Redesigning my lab setup today, of course, I would use state-of-the-art equipment.

Positive results of no-hands telekinesis at the micro level were consistently observed only in the middle 30 seconds of footage and from distances of up to 25-feet away (my test space limitation). The effect was repeatable enough that I regularly recorded over past experiments to save the cost of expensive S-VHS blank tapes. During this time of research I was experimenting with methods (mental and biological) to boost the ability to a more dramatic level before inviting in witnesses from the skeptics' organization to which I belonged. As you know, skeptics of the paranormal would prefer to consider evidence that is the most extraordinary possible. I directed my efforts toward that goal.

Unknown to me, however, also during this time, because of a vegetarian diet that I had begun on March 12, 1997 (the reason for which was also connected to my research), I was gradually losing the high iron levels in my body (45.8% loss of serum iron by October 1999). Due to the depletion of circulating and stored iron in my particular physiology, I hypothesize that I lost the ability to exert a mind-brain-generated influence on the hanging piezo film sensor and other targets without the use of hands and at a distance. It was the sudden failing of the ability that caused me to go back through my blood tests, discover the iron loss, and form my hypothesis. The human body absorbs iron more easily from meat sources, as opposed to from plant sources. For more on that topic, see the article "Iron We consume."

Confident that I had the luxury of time on my side with repeatable micro-telekinesis evidence, I opted to seek a level of "extraordinary proof" that would have approached the level of repeatable macro-telekinesis (observable with the unaided eye). Scientific research does not always work out as intended. I hope to resume my research again someday.

The telekinesis detector seen in the photographs on this page was so sensitive that the mere touch of a human hair on the piezo film would cause the waveform reading to go off the scale and bounce up and down wildly. The touch of a human hair is about 25,000 times lighter than the weight of a U.S. penny (I made a measurement comparison using a sensitive laboratory-grade digital balance). This truly was a micro telekinesis detector.

Caution Psychokinesis Laboratory sign Credit: James A. Conrad 7/7/2011

* Note to potential funding sources Private sector and government — United States and international I am seeking a research grant or a first-look deal, seed money, angel funding, venture capital, etc., to renew my psychokinesis research full time or, additionally or alternatively, a paid think-tank position. As long as the funding is legal, the country of origin or nationality of individuals involved is not an issue (except presently for Iran, North Korea, and possibly a few others). If you would like me to move to your country and join your research team, that is a possibility. Please inform me of your proposal and whether it is time dated or a standing offer. There are currently no export controls on the transfer of psychokinesis information out of the United States.  16 That may change, which is why, if the subject of psychokinesis is of interest to you, it is important to be connected to an originating researcher source for breakthrough information. I am fluent only in the English language. In the 1980s I studied Russian very briefly (language of my deceased grandparents). I am not a member of any religion. I was a member of a skeptics organization in the United States for 15 years. Contact me in a manner you deem appropriate if you are interested. If I do not respond, try another method. I will respond to any contact if received and you provide a viable means to answer. It is suggested that a way to respond in writing (email or ground) be included. This web page does not reflect the extent of my knowledge and its entertaining presentation is intended primarily for general public consumption.

The New Global Psychic Arms Race

I created this fictional "U.S. Psychic Army" recruiting poster above on November 5, 2008, adapting it from the famous public domain 1917 "I Want You" U.S. Army recruiting poster. If you have a spoof psychic recruiting poster for your country, let me see it and perhaps I can include it here or a link to it. "[U.S.] Army working on Science's Outer Limits" Military.com, November 4, 2008 "For the last several years, the Army has kept a close eye on research into areas of science that might have once been called "paranormal." "Russia working on electromagnetic radiation guns" Herald Sun, April 4, 2012, Australia (Warning: graphic bloody zombie computer game image) "Mr Serdyukov said the weaponry based on new physics principles — direct-energy weapons, geophysical weapons, wave-energy weapons, genetic weapons and psychotronic weapons — were part of the state arms procurement program for 2011-2020."

Who will win the new global Psychic Arms Race? Website visitor countries to date:  174 (See home for list.) Click and drag names to relist as you desire. Listed alphabetically. No preference implied. (List resets when you leave.) Winner:                                                China Iran Israel North Korea Russia United Kingdom United States country not listed here unidentified genius unidentified group U.S. Privacy Act / FOIA CIA response letter to James A. Conrad April 20, 2010, .PDF (37.5 KB) I submitted a U.S. Privacy Act / Freedom of Information request to the Central Intelligence Agency in March 2010 to learn if they have a file on me regarding my psychokinesis research, since I had written to the CIA's Directorate of Science and Technology in June 1992 and offered to provide a demonstration of macro-PK phenomena I was able to produce on demand at the time. Their response to my 2010 PA / FOIA request is below. Is it meaningful or is it the standard reply everyone receives? You decide.

Unclassified U.S. Military Research

1973 United States Russia

"Paranormal Phenomena -- Briefing on a Net Assessment Study" (DARPA) The Rand Organization's January 1973 briefing paper for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), U.S. Department of Defense, that studied the differences in psychic powers research in the United States and the Soviet Union at the time. http://www.dod.gov/pubs/foi/paranormal_briefing.pdf Update: In early June 2011, the U.S. Department of Defense removed this unclassified document from its website. You can do a Google search for the above URL proving it was once hosted there. Update: In early September 2011, the above document was discovered back on the DOD's website but moved to the Freedom of Information (foi) subfolder titled "homeland_defense/UFO" even though it does not discuss the subject of UFOs. http://www.dod.gov/pubs/foi/homeland_defense/UFOs/968.pdf Alternate download locations: Source 2 (remoteviewed.com),  Source 3 (docstoc.com).

Briefing paper for DARPA U.S./Soviet, 1973, .PDF (1.24 MB) DECLASSIFIED

1980 United States Observers film and photograph a U.S. nuclear explosion Code name: "Wasp Prime" Nevada test site, March 29, 1955

"The New Mental Battlefield" (U.S. Army) An article in Military Review magazine, official publication of the U.S. Army, December 1980 cover story, pages 47-54.       — Lieutenant Colonel John B. Alexander, Ph.D, U.S. Inspector General Agency, Department of the Army, "The New Mental Battlefield," Military Review, December 1980 cover story, pages 47-54. Alternate download location: Source 2 (icomw.org). Note the magazine cover and article are in the public domain. Publisher: U.S. Army.

Military Review magazine December 1980 cover story Pictured: Kirlian photography

1985 United States

"Psychokinesis and Its Possible Implication to Warfare Strategy" (U.S. Army) A June 7, 1985 research paper by Major W. Gary Norton, U.S. Army, for the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas USA that studied the possible military value of psychokinesis. The report was done as a course requirement. The above link goes to the report's information page at the Defense Technical Information Center. http://www.dtic.mil/cgi-bin/GetTRDoc?AD=ADB097979&Location=U2&doc=GetTRDoc.pdf Alternate download locations: Source 2 (U.S. Gov't, .pdf file),  Source 3 (The Black Vault).

PK U.S. Warfare Strategy, 1985, .PDF (3.44 MB) DECLASSIFIED

1988 United States

"Psychic Warfare: Exploring the Mind Frontier" (U.S. Air Force) A May 1988 research paper by Lieutenant Colonel Dolan M. McKelvy, M.S., U.S. Air Force, for the U.S. Air War College, Air University, Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama, USA, that studied the possible military value of psychokinesis. The report was done as a course requirement. The above link goes to the report's information page at the Defense Technical Information Center. http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA202099 http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA202099 http://www.dtic.mil/cgi-bin/GetTRDoc?AD=ADA202099&Location=U2&doc=GetTRDoc.pdf Alternate download location: Source 2 (U.S. Gov't, .pdf file). The quote below from the report is by university professor and skeptic Marcello Truzzi, who coined the saying "Extraordinary claims require extraordinary proof."

"Psychic Warfare" U.S. Air Force research report May 1988, .PDF (2.18 MB) DECLASSIFIED

2005 United States

"Kinetic" solutions: The CIA's operational name for killing or destroying enemy targets Testimony of the Director of Central Intelligence Porter J. Goss before the United States Senate Armed Services Committee (as prepared for delivery), March 17, 2005. Goss was Director from 2004 to 2006. "Terrorists started the war on our soil. We have taken the war to them. Sometimes this requires what we euphemistically call a 'kinetic' solution on foreign soil. We have to be able to use all of the tools at our disposal and understand the consequences of how we use them. Dealing successfully with dangerous terrorists requires rapid application of the proper capabilities whether the USG [U.S. Government] is conducting planned strikes or exploiting targets of opportunity." https://www.cia.gov/news-information/speeches-testimony/2005/Goss_testimony_03172005.html James A. Conrad comments: The phrase "kinetic solution" most certainly refers to such things as the use of short- and long-range snipers, missiles fired by military drone aircraft, etc., but it is an interesting word choice considering its potential inclusion someday in the terminology of psychic warfare options.

CIA Director Porter Goss CIA seal

News Media Reports Research

1981 to 1985 United States

Jack Anderson (born 1922 - died 2005) Pulitzer-Prize Winning Syndicated Newspaper Columnist, United States Below: "Pentagon goes sci-fi" January 9, 1981 Below: "Voodoo at defense" February 5, 1981 Selected newspaper columns of American journalist Jack Anderson at news.google.com "Pentagon goes sci-fi" Jan 9, 1981 "Voodoo at Defense" Feb 5 1981 "Psychic hocus pocus" Apr 1, 1981 "Pentagon may be concentrating on psychic arms race" Jan 15, 1984 "Pentagon pursues psychic projects" Apr 23, 1984 "Soviets winning the 'psychic-warfare' race" Jul 16, 1985 The New York Times, January 10, 1984 "Pentagon is said to focus on ESP for wartime use" by William J. Broad "Advocates such as Representative Charlie Rose, a North Carolina Democrat on the House Select Committee on Intelligence, say the possibility of psychic warfare is all too real, and might one day call for a crash program of development similar to the Manhattan Project that built the first atom bomb." http://www.nytimes.com/1984/01/10/science/pentagon-is-said-to-focus-on-esp-for-wartime-use.html?pagewanted=all

U.S. Representative Charles Rose, North Carolina 12 terms: 1973 - 1997 Advocated the United States Government might one day need to establish a well-funded "Manhattan Project" for psychic powers research similar to the effort put into nuclear weapons development that produced the world's first atomic bomb: "They could make every other weapon obsolete," said Congressman Rose in 1981 while a member of the U.S. House Select Committee on Intelligence.

Religious Research

The Bible

Q: Is Psychokinesis allowed in Christianity? James A. Conrad comments: The verses below are from the New Testament of the Bible. The founders of Christianity who authored them seem to be clear in their intent that they support the position that Jesus approved the use of what we now call psychokinesis and telekinesis by ordinary humans who possess great faith, but whether that "faith" and accompanying telekinetic power is supposed to be in and sourced directly through the Christian God, a divine gift with free will attached, or one's own evolved human mental capability as a Christian is a topic open to further debate within modern Christianity, if you are a member of that religion. Matthew 21:18-21 (New King James Version): (See also Mark 11:23) 18. Now in the morning, as He returned to the city, He was hungry. 19. And seeing a fig tree by the road, He came to it and found nothing on it but leaves, and said to it, "Let no fruit grow on you ever again." Immediately the fig tree withered away. 20. And when the disciples saw it, they marveled, saying, "How did the fig tree wither away so soon?" 21. So Jesus answered and said to them, "Assuredly, I say to you, if you have faith and do not doubt, you will not only do what was done to the fig tree, but also if you say to this mountain, 'Be removed and be cast into the sea,' it will be done." Matthew 17:18-20 (New King James Version): 18. And Jesus rebuked the demon, and it came out of him; and the child was cured from that very hour. 19. Then the disciples came to Jesus privately and said, "Why could we not cast it out?" 20. So Jesus said to them, "Because of your unbelief; for assuredly, I say to you, if you have faith as a mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, 'Move from here to there,' and it will move; and nothing will be impossible for you." Luke 17:5-6 (New King James Version): 5. And the apostles said to the Lord, "Increase our faith." 6. So the Lord said, "If you have faith as a mustard seed you can say to this mulberry tree, 'Be pulled up by the roots and be planted in the sea,' and it would obey you."

The Qur'an (Koran)

Q: Is Psychokinesis permissible in Islam or not? "A: Our opinion on practicing arts like Telekinesis and Psychokinesis, etc, if they really exist, is that as long as it does not involve any haraam; e.g., Subjuing jins, shaitaani actions, witchcraft, etc., this in principle it could not be classified as haraam. However due of it being a huge waste of time and effort, one would not be advised to destroy his priceless time in this avenue, solely for the "kick". Yes, if it is possible for it to have social benefits (possible helping people by moving objects for them) or maybe for jihad by attacking the enemy through it, then it would be completely permissible."       — Fatwa issued by Mufti Ebrahim Desai, June 19, 2004, AskImam.org - Islamic Q & A Online Source 1: http://www.islam.tc/cgi-bin/askimam/ask.pl?q=11118&act=view Source 2: Try a Google search.  Identity of questioner unknown. Source 3: On file.  Source 4: On file. James A. Conrad comments: (see paragraph at the end of the next section on Judaism).

The Tanakh (Hebrew Bible)

Q: Is Psychokinesis allowed in Judaism? Full question: Is Psychokinesis allowed in Judaism? As long as it is sourced not from evil, but from God, either naturally or a divine gift, is there anything in the Jewish religion that would forbid a Jew from possessing and using psychokinesis, such as to move rubble after an earthquake or to defend Israel? — James A. Conrad, March 6, 2012 "A: I am not aware of the phenomenon as a scientific reality, but if in theory a person had this ability and did not do anything forbidden (witchcraft?) to acquire this ability, then I would say it is a gift from God and the person should use his 'super-power' wisely."       — Rabbi Moshe Newman, Israel, March 7, 2012, AskTheRabbi.org - Judaism Q & A Online Source: Email on file. "A: Use of psychokinesis is generally disallowed. There are exceptions such as the cases that you mentioned, whereby human lives can be saved."       — Rabbi P. Waldman, Israel, March 9, 2012, Ask the Rabbi, Aish.com Source: Email on file. "A: These abilities you speak of are manipulations of the natural order, which according to Kabbalah are really miraculous and a constant feat of creation by G-d. Just that it happens so consistently we take it for granted. However, the righteous who labor for years to attain holiness and total attachment to G-d, His will and wisdom, and total observance of Judaism are granted abilities to influence the natural order. But this is not public or known or publicized. Technically it's possible, yet the world doesn't exist to play games, rather to reveal G-d, and that's why such abilities are entrusted only to the righteous."       — Rabbi Zalman Nelson, Israel, March 12, 2012, Ask the Rabbi, Chabad.org Source: Email on file. Other published research: "Commenting on the law of the mekhashef in the Mishnah, Abbaye (278-338) remarks (Sanhedrin 6713) that with regard to magical practices there are three separate categories: (1) The actual performance of the magical act, for which, as the Mishnah states, there is full culpability. (2) Deceiving the eyes, for which there is no full culpability but which is nonetheless forbidden, according to Abbaye. (3) White magic, performed by a perusal of the Sefer Yetzirah (Book of Creation) i.e. to bring something into being by means of certain divine names. It is permitted to use these supernatural means even in the first instance. Thus, resort to white magic is permitted; to deceive the eyes is forbidden but there is no culpability, and to perform by sorcery a magical act is to be culpable. ... When we turn to the Shulchan Aruch (Yoreh De'Ah 179:15) we find the ruling that ochez et haenyim is forbidden but that it is permitted to perform 'white magic' by means of the Sefer Yetzirah."       — Rabbi Louis Jacobs (1920-2006), United Kingdom, Masorti Journal, 1993. Source 1: Masorti Journal, 1993, "When Magicians Get in a Pickle Over Cucumbers" by Rabbi Dr Louis Jacobs. Source 2: http://louisjacobs.org/library/articles/magicians-get.php Source 3: http://louisjacobs.org/articles/view.php?id=3 James A. Conrad comments: My analysis is that, for an observant Jew, PK openly claimed to be sourced from God and used for righteous acts and the defense of Judaism would be permitted; PK sourced from evil is "sorcery," deception, and forbidden; and PK done as entertainment is generally allowed as long as the magician or illusionist does not claim it to be real. Thus, in my opinion, the government of Israel, or any individual Jew or group of Jews worldwide, could, if they were so inclined, pursue psychokinesis research with the intended goal of using it to defend Judaism and Israel one day if needed and only if it were done in the name of the Jewish God and, as such, it would not be a violation of Jewish religious law. Note that the same conditional uses appear to apply to Muslims and the Islamic faith, though more controversially and dangerously in many Islamic countries, as opposed to a Muslim or group of Muslims, say, living in the United States or Canada attempting to acquire psychokinetic abilities. Note also that for all three religions, the knowledge and practice of making and using knives, swords, arrows, spears, guns, mines, bombs, tanks, missiles, and nuclear weapons have long been interpreted and judged not to violate religious laws and that defensive weapons are routinely used around the world to protect Holy sites and religious leaders in Christianity, Islam, and Judaism.

General Research Notes

Brian Josephson, Physics Nobel Prize winner

Nobel Prize Winner Says Psychokinesis Is Possible "In their paper Biological Utilization of Quantum Nonlocality, published in Foundations in Physics in 1991, [Nobel Prize winning physicist] Brian Josephson and Fotini Pallikara-Viras cautiously floated the idea of the phenomenon of quantum entanglement, which Einstein famously dismissed as 'spooky action at a distance' as a possible mechanism for telepathy [and psychokinesis]. ... In brief, Josephson and Pallikari-Viras say that it is not impossible that the existence of 'remote influences' suggested by quantum theory (where say, the quantum state of an object like an electron or photon, say, its spin or polarization, may correlate over arbitrarily large distances after they have been split apart) may indicate that the same effect could lie behind the direct connection of minds (telepathy) and between mind and matter (telekinesis)." [The physicists use the word "psychokinesis" three times in their research paper.]       — 10 Questions Science Can't Answer (Yet), Michael Hanlon, 2007, pp. 165-166, Macmillan, New York, ISBN: 978-0-230-51758-5.

Michio-Kaku, Theoretical Physicist

Theoretical Physicist Says Tech-Assisted Psychokinesis Is Possible "It is well within the laws of physics for a person in the future to be trained to mentally manipulate an electronic sensing device that would give him godlike powers. Radio-enhanced or computer-enhanced psychokinesis is a real possibility."       — Physics of the Impossible, Michio Kaku, Professor of Theoretical Physics, City University of New York, 2008, p. 94, Doubleday, New York, ISBN: 978-0-307-27882-1. "The rapid rise of computer power by the year 2100 will give us power like that of the gods of mythology we once worshipped, enabling us to control the world around us by sheer thought. Like the gods of mythology, who could move objects and reshape life with a simple wave of the hand or nod of the head, we too will be able to control the world around us with the power of our minds. We will be in constant mental contact with chips scattered in our environment that will then silently carry out our commands."       — Physics of the Future, Michio Kaku, Professor of Theoretical Physics, City University of New York, 2011, p. 26, Doubleday, New York, ISBN: 978-0-385-53080-4.

Hollywood Portrayals

Actor John Travolta as telekinetic George Malley in Phenomenon (1996, Touchstone Pictures). DVD Netflix VUDU

Actor Aaron Stanford as psychokinetic Pyro in X2: X-Men United (2003, 20th Century Fox). Specialty: pyrokinesis. DVD Blu-ray Netflix

No hands telekinesis. In the movie X-Men 3: The Last Stand (2006, 20th Century Fox), Professor Xavior (Patrick Stewart) experiences omnidirectional telekinetic energy being emitted by Jean Grey / Phoenix (Famke Janssen) in the Grey family home. DVD Blu-ray Netflix VUDU

"There's something's different about you today... Too much iron in the blood." Actor Ian McKellen as Magneto in X2: X-Men United (2003, 20th Century Fox). DVD Blu-ray Netflix