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Article: Two cognitive DMILS studies in Bali.(Direct Mental Interaction with Living Systems )
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- The Journal of Parapsychology
- Article date:
- September 22, 2004
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In spite of the great diversity among the world's cultures, every culture reports parapsychological phenomena. Claims of extraordinary events seem to abound in nonindustrial cultures, from levitation, to fire-walking, to psychic surgery, and to dramatic instances of telepathy and clairvoyance.
Some of these claims are known to be false but still have meaning for those involved (e.g., Reichbart, 1978). Practitioners who fake magical powers may still even consult each other, as was noted by Rose (1956) for some Australian healers. Other claims have been placed in doubt; for instance, Wiseman and Haraldsson (1995) investigated ostensible macro-PK in India. Although ...