The Psychotronics and Folk Medicine Center

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The Psychotronics and Folk Medicine Center

A research center dedicated to collecting and disseminating information on psi and alternative (especially folk) medicine. Since the fall of the Soviet Union, Russian study of parapsychology (or psychotronics ) and contact with the West has increased measurably. The Psychotronics and Folk Medicine Center, established in the 1990s, initiated communication with Western scientists and businesses concerning psi knowledge. It developed and published relevant literature and films on these subjects, working with such prominent healers as Nickolay Kasyan and psychic Nina S. Kulagina.

Edward Naumov, president of the center, was a corresponding member of the Parapsychological Association. He was known in the West for his work on "bioinformation" and healing. He dispensed information on what he called "the mystery of Psy-weapon," and the center's literature outlined examples of former Soviet government interest in "radioson," which allegedly was capable of causing "acoustic modulations in the brain." Naumov claimed that the representatives of the KGB and the CIA reported the creation of "a generator [that can] transmit information regardless of distance."

Last known address: House 1, Block B, Apt. 60, Pl. Poebody, 12193 Moscow, Russia, Commonwealth of Independent States.

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