The "magician" indulgently handed out to the audience photographs testifying to his extraordinary abilities. One photo showed a matchbox hanging in the air between his outstretched palms. On the other, grains of rice floated over a plate.
The story of these miracles did not cause the slightest surprise among A. Smirnov, associate professor of the Moscow State Technical University named after A. I. N. E. Bauman. And Alexander Nikolaevich showed several "tricks" no worse than the stage "magician". First, a piece of polystyrene soared over Smirnov's palm. Of course, this is a light object, but it's not a feather, but it hangs in the air without any support. Then he "hung up" a tennis ball and, finally, rolled it up an inclined plane, without touching it with his hands.
It's time to admit - no miracles happened here. The movements of objects were caused not by the waves of the hands and not by the magic of a glance, but by the operation of an ultrasonic generator. For those who know how widely ultrasound is used in technology in welding, drilling, and cleaning parts, its ability to move objects is hardly a surprise. The acoustic vibrations emitted by the generator, reflecting off our palms, create motionless, so-called standing waves. By moving a light object between the ultrasound sources and the palm of your hand, you can find a position where it appears to be on the crest of a standing wave. Experiencing more air pressure from below than from above, the ball hung over the palm - its weight compensated for the pressure difference. And when Smirnov simply turned the metal sound guide parallel to the tabletop,the inaudible sound wave coming from him moved all light objects on its way.
But psychics don't use generators. Yes, they usually explain their incomprehensible abilities by the action of some kind of biofield. Noting that until now there are no manifestations of the biofield confirmed by a scientific experiment, Academician A. Migdal wrote: "We leave aside the possible purely physical reasons for the movement of light objects, for example, by the pressure of ultrasound." So the person also generates ultrasound? Yes, judging by the reports of Academician Yu. Kobzar and Academician of the USSR Academy of Sciences Yu. Gulyaev, during the session the hands of psychics emit acoustic impulses with a frequency of several tens of thousands of vibrations per second. Measured the parameters of ultrasound coming from the palms of the "magician" and A. Smirnov. It turned out that the power of the emitted pulses is sufficient to rotate a compass needle at a short distance."
- An ordinary person in a calm state is really not capable of telekinesis, - explains A. Smirnov. - His hands also emit acoustic impulses, but they are too weak to produce a noticeable effect at a distance. However, during strong excitation, the frequency and power of radiation increase many times and become comparable with the parameters of our ultrasound generator. And he is quite capable of body kinesis. And to explain it, there is no need to attract neither the "magic" of the gaze, nor the mysterious biofield - the essence of the effect on objects of a real physical field is accessible even to a high school student. And with the help of autogenous training, you can change your emotional state. Apparently, this is what psychics do when they demonstrate telekinesis …
It was at one of the impromptu press conferences organized by fans of the famous healer. Gazing at the audience with huge black eyes, she spoke:
- There is a single energy field of the Universe, and I am a redistributor of cosmic energy.
I give it to some, I take it from others. Nobody has this ability, given to me from birth to such an extent. Anyone can learn to play the violin, but Paganini is alone.
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Many psychics claim that it is this mysterious energy emanating from them that is capable of curing any disease. However, at that time there was no healing, they decided to surprise the audience with experiments on animals … A prepared frog lies on the glass, it is still alive, and the heart is rhythmically contracting in the chest cavity. The woman moves and spreads her palms several times, as if looking for the optimal distance between them. And when it is found, the palms go down, and the frog's heart is just in the middle and … begins to beat faster. It is worth moving the palms a little to the side - the contractions become weaker and less frequent.
- Remember this moment, - the healer's admirers whisper, - you have witnessed a unique phenomenon - for the first time a man managed to "swing" the heart of a frog at a distance. You have seen for yourself that healers can act on living organs without touching them.
And again vague reasoning about the biofield …
“But this phenomenon can be fully explained by the action of not a mysterious biofield, but quite real, well-known physical fields recorded by precise equipment,” says A. Smirnov. “Let's leave aside the thermal and electromagnetic radiation emanating from any person. Imagine that a standing wave of ultrasound has arisen between the palms of a psychic, and everything will become clear: on the “crests” of the wave, air molecules vibrate with maximum amplitude and irritate the heart. Conversely, where the vibration amplitude is small, the effect of ultrasound is practically zero - the frog's heart beats in a natural rhythm. It will be even stronger to influence him not by a standing, but by a running or damped wave, which freely spreads from one palm of the psychic, without meeting the screen on its way - the other palm.
Indeed, the woman achieved the most impressive effect with just one hand. Her passes were similar to punches in karate - now with the outer edge of the palm, now with the tips of the fingers. And although she did not touch the frog's heart, it began to pound faster.
- The reason is an ultrasound blow, - says the scientist. “Cosmic energy has nothing to do with it.
Well, if invisible and inaudible ultrasonic waves are able to move a cup across the table, there is nothing mysterious about their effect on living organs. But what is unclear is that the impact should be directed, concentrated. It is not difficult to achieve this with the help of a sound guide in a laboratory, but in our body there are no sound guides …
- From what? - Smirnov smiled and said: - There are many more mysteries in biology, physics, chemistry, yes, probably, in every field of science they are. But to understand their essence, you must at least have a stock of knowledge. That is why belief in parapsychology so warms the pride of ignoramuses - no need to study science, it is enough to assert with aplomb: there is a kind of biofield that is inaccessible even to the understanding of scientists. How easy it is to declare the unexplored supernatural. However, let's move from reasoning to experiments.
Alexander Nikolaevich turned on the oscilloscope, connected a sensitive sensor to it and brought it to his hand. A green beam flickered slightly on the screen. Smirnov slowly passed the sensor over his palm. In some places, the oscilloscope recorded strong vibrations - steep bursts of a green beam appeared on the screen. The scientist showed several points on his hand that constantly generate oscillations of large amplitude.
By holding the sensor over a large vessel, the scientist convincingly demonstrated that the pulse gives out on the screen much more rare, and most importantly, weak impulses. But when Smirnov ran the sensor along his index finger, I was amazed at how many sounding places on it - just a miniature generator. These are BAP - biologically active points. It is on them that physicians act when they are treated with acupuncture.
Perhaps it is appropriate here to go back a little and explain how the human body generates ultrasound.
- In the cells of our body every moment there is a huge number of chemical reactions, which are accompanied, in particular, by sound vibrations, - says Smirnov. - The source of acoustic impulses are complex transformations in activated water. And the human body is two-thirds water. Reflecting from bones and other tissues, sound vibrations can overlap each other and form standing acoustic waves. Where these waves go to the surface of the body, the so-called energy meridians are located, and biologically active points are located in the places of antinodes. And although we do not hear this - after all, ultrasound is not perceived by the ear - nevertheless, our body continuously sounds like a large organ, and the role of pipes in it is played by BAT. I would like to put forward a guesswhich can be accepted as a working hypothesis, naturally requiring experimental verification. Suppose that a psychic, acting on a patient with ultrasound, changes the amplitude and frequency of oscillations at his biologically active points. Let me remind you that acoustic impulses reach the surface of the body in hundreds of points. By changing the natural rhythm of their work, it is really possible to influence the internal organs, which "represent" these points on the skin. After all, this is how reflexologist doctors treat. By the way, they act on active points not only with needles, but also with an electric potential, the same ultrasound. Only doctors, unlike psychics, do not present their work as miracles of magic and something supernatural.changes the amplitude and frequency of oscillations in its biologically active points. Let me remind you that acoustic impulses reach the surface of the body in hundreds of points. By changing the natural rhythm of their work, it is really possible to influence the internal organs, which "represent" these points on the skin. After all, this is how reflexologist doctors treat. By the way, they act on active points not only with needles, but also with an electric potential, the same ultrasound. Only doctors, unlike psychics, do not present their work as miracles of magic and something supernatural.changes the amplitude and frequency of oscillations in its biologically active points. Let me remind you that acoustic impulses reach the surface of the body in hundreds of points. By changing the natural rhythm of their work, it is really possible to influence the internal organs, which "represent" these points on the skin. After all, this is how reflexologist doctors treat. By the way, they act on active points not only with needles, but also with an electric potential, the same ultrasound. Only doctors, unlike psychics, do not present their work as miracles of magic and something supernatural. After all, this is how reflexologist doctors treat. By the way, they act on active points not only with needles, but also with an electric potential, the same ultrasound. Only doctors, unlike psychics, do not present their work as miracles of magic and something supernatural. After all, this is how reflexologist doctors treat. By the way, they act on active points not only with needles, but also with an electric potential, the same ultrasound. Only doctors, unlike psychics, do not present their work as miracles of magic and something supernatural.
It is possible that some people have from birth or have developed the ability to register weak acoustic impulses emitted by a person. In this case, their hands already work as sensors. The fact that this is real can be seen by bringing your hand to our ultrasonic generator. It will be colder in some places and warmer in others. Psychics diagnose about the same. But in this ability there is nothing mysterious, I think, to a greater or lesser extent, any person can train it in himself. Only is it necessary? - modern devices diagnose much more accurately.
Probably, the “miracles” demonstrated by psychics and telepaths, parapsychologists and healers, would not be harmful if they did not support in people an irrational belief in something supernatural and unknowable. But there are many who really believe, and it sometimes comes to curiosities. The famous illusionist Igor Kio recently said that he was also enrolled in psychics. Once on tour, he received a letter without a signature, without a return address - some woman asked to influence her unlucky daughter.
- Probably, the stranger thought, - recalls Kio, - that since I am a magician, I can figure it out myself without difficulty and I will be able to inspire my sensible thoughts to her daughter at a distance.
The case is funny, but very revealing. Note, the calculation of the mother - no need to raise a daughter, it is enough to find a psychic, and everything will be fine, troubles and sorrows will go away, diseases will pass. And "magicians" do not disappoint those waiting for a miracle at all - on the contrary, without a veil of mystery, they feel uncomfortable.
From the book: "SECRETS OF THE TWENTY CENTURY". I. I. Mosin