Under the impression of Uri Geller's speeches in the early 1970s, a general fashion for psychokinesis appeared in Europe and the United States, that is, a person's ability to remotely influence material objects. It became a sensation when, in 1991, in front of a thousand witnesses, he stopped a mechanical clock on London's Big Ben tower.
Light from heaven
Psychokinesis brought glory to Geller. And the wealth was brought to him by consultations for large concerns on the search for areas promising for the extraction of minerals - from coal to oil and gold. For his help in the discovery of an oil field in Mexico, he received from the hands of the president a passport of a citizen of this country.
And while in Russia, in an interview with a Russian newspaper, he said: “I would really like to help the Russian economy overcome the crisis. If Vladimir Putin turns to me for help, I will be happy to provide it. I can find oil, gas, kimberlite pipes and more. I have real ideas on how to get your country out of the economic impasse. However, the Russian authorities did not resort to the help of the psychic Geller. How the relatives of former Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon did not resort to her when Uri said that he could bring him out of a coma.
Talking about himself, he often paints his biography with bright and mysterious events.
It is known that Uri was born on December 20, 1946 in Tel Aviv, in a family of Hungarian Jews. He says that on the maternal side he is related to the famous doctor Sigmund Freud. He wrote about one of the vivid impressions of his childhood: “Something made me look at the sky, and - I remember very well - it was all flooded with silvery light. And the first thought that came to my mind: "What happened to the sun?" It was clearly not the sun that I was used to. The bright light seemed to cover me, sinking lower and lower. Finally he came close to me … My head seemed about to split from unbearable pain in my forehead, and then I lost consciousness. " And between the lines it is immediately read that he acquired his phenomenal abilities after meeting with an alien mind.
Geller said that he took part in the Six Day War and was even wounded. But it is known that on the eve of this war he was expelled from the officer's school for falling asleep at his post.
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Hunt for a maniac
Having heard about the abilities of Uri Geller, the American police somehow tried to resort to his help in the search for the maniac David Berkowitz, whom the journalists dubbed "Son of Sam". Geller himself wrote about it this way: “Karl (the customs agent) convinced me of the need to help in finding this thug. He introduced me to a police officer who would try any method just to catch the killer. And so one evening we drove to the last scene of the crime of "Son of Sam" in a deserted place called "Lovers Lane", located near the Vernadano Bridge. But before we went there, he showed me some photographs of previous victims - unfortunate disfigured girls. I was ready to do everything in my power to help in catching the maniac responsible for what I saw in the photographs. At the scene of the crime, I walked around the length and breadth, trying to focus my attention as much as possible. Maybe he even concentrated too much. Then he began to collect his feelings and impressions and gave the policeman an approximate description of the killer. And besides, I told him one word that persistently beat in my mind: "Yonkers". I felt that I did not help the police very much. Yonkers is a huge neighborhood in New York, and there are perhaps thousands of people living there with similar traits to the ones I gave the police. Later, I learned that the police still caught Berkovitsa, checking all the cars that were parked and receiving the appropriate coupons in the area of the crime during or shortly before the murders. This is how they got on the trail of the killer who actually resided in Yonkers. Tracked down his apartmentwhere they made the arrest … To complete the story about this terrible case, you can add that I learned that at different stages of the search for the criminal involved several telepaths. One of them was able to provide additional information, which, together with mine, put an end to the criminal activities of "Son of Sam".
In fact, "Son of Sam" was exposed thanks to several accidents and the persistence of Detective James Justas.
Commissioned by the CIA
Uri Geller talked a lot about his work for the CIA to neutralize the activities of the KGB. For example, at an informal meeting in Long Island, he mentally inspired the Soviet diplomat Arkady Shevchenko, UN Deputy Secretary General for Political Affairs: “Betray, betray. You will be fine. Betray … . He soon really became a traitor.
In Russian sources, the role of Uri Geller in this story is somehow silent. Most likely, they simply consider this role not even worth mentioning. And one of the main versions is that the CIA caught Shevchenko smuggling a portrait by a Flemish artist into the United States. After Shevchenko's betrayal was revealed, his wife committed suicide in the USSR. And he himself died in the United States all alone. It is said that only CIA officers attended his funeral. So with his hypnosis, even if he was in reality, Uri did not make anyone happy.
However, after the end of the Cold War, Geller recalled this story less and less, but began to take credit for another "hypnosis session" - when, in March 1987, he telepathically forced USSR First Deputy Foreign Minister Yuli Vorontsov to sign a nuclear arms reduction treaty.
However, he is now proud of this, and in the late 1980s he quite regretted it when it was hinted to him that there are victims in the political struggle. He wrote three short letters. One of them was addressed to the head of the USSR, Mikhail Gorbachev, the other to Yuli Vorontsov, and the third to the leadership of the KGB. Their content was identical: “After my speech at the American Mission in Geneva before the representatives of the Soviet and American delegations, I heard rumors that the KGB was planning to kidnap or kill me. I am just a popular performer of unusual shows and absolutely harmless politically. I sincerely hope that these rumors are false. Best wishes for the world, Uri Geller."
Over time, the revelations of Geller's abilities appeared more and more, and he could provide less evidence. Obviously, tired of this endless war, in 2007 he even publicly admitted that he was rather a pop illusionist, not a psychic. Currently, Uri Geller lives in England and appears less and less in public.
Magazine: Mysteries of History No. 20, Oleg Loginov