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Grad also tested Estebany’s
influence on plant growth, comparing plants which have
been ‘treated’ by a healer, vs. untreated plants. Plant
growth (e.g. height, density of foliage, etc.) was
measured by independent observers (known as ‘blind
judges’), who don’t know which plants were treated and
which not.
In the most interesting of these studies the healer was
asked to just treat the solution used to water the plant
-- a saline solution, which normally stresses plants and
inhibits growth. Flasks were sterilized and sealed, to
prevent any chemical contamination of the solution from
Estebany’s hands; they were also maintained at a
constant temperature, so that there could be no
temperature differences between the treated and
untreated flasks. For each session, Estebany held the
‘influence’ flask for several minutes and tried to
cancel the harmful potential of its saline solution.
Indeed, plants watered by the treated solution grew
significantly higher and were more robust than those
watered by the identical, but untreated solution.
One of the most dramatic demonstrations of
distant-healing involved a single blade of grass. Dr.
Robert Miller, a chemist, had been conducting
experiments on the growth rate of rye grass under
different lighting conditions; he used an extremely
sensitive instrument, capable of measuring the growth
rate of grass to an accuracy within thousandths of an
inch per hour. By maintaining constant lighting,
temperature and watering conditions, Miller was able to
measure a relatively constant growth rate in the plant
of about .006 inches per hour.
At some point, he met with the well-known psychic Olga
Worrall, and her husband Ambrose, both famous for their
distant healings. To see whether they can indeed
influence living systems at large distances, Miller
asked them to attempt to mentally affect the growth a
single blade of rye grass. A date was fixed, and the
time was set for the regular prayer time of the Worralls,
9:00 pm. At that time, the Worralls prayed for the
plant, visualizing a white light around it which would
help it growing vigorously. Their home was over 500
miles away from the lab. Here’s what Dr. Miller says
about the graph representing the plant’s growth:
"All through the evening and up until 9:00 pm the trace
was a straight line with a slope which represented a
growth rate of .00625 inches per hour. At exactly 9:00
pm the trace began deviating upward and by 8:00 am the
next morning the growth rate was .0525 inches per hour,
a growth rate increase of 830%" |
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