Parapsychologist Ninel Kulagina and her amazing gift. How can it be that Kulagin was tested by scientists for two decades and no one noticed the trick? Health problems

Ninel Kulagina

But, of course, the most famous owner of the gift of psychokinesis in the world (if you don’t take into account various showmen, about whom there are a number of questions) was a native of Leningrad, Ninel Kulagina. In April 1942, sixteen-year-old Ninel volunteered for the front, where she was wounded in the stomach, underwent five operations and was awarded an order and medals. Ninel knew about her abilities for a long time, but she decided to publish such “obscurantism”, which ran counter to the materialistic line of the party, only in the thawed sixties and turned to Leningrad Institute metrology.

There she demonstrated that she could move matches across a table without using her hands, suspend a ping-pong ball in the air, swing a pendulum under a glass cover, and the like.

After several experiments, delighted scientists took Kulagina to Moscow to continue her research. There, after a series of experiments, it was decided that “the experiments were carried out incorrectly” and their results could not be trusted. Kulagina was declared a fraud. It is unknown who prevented Moscow academicians from conducting “correct” experiments. Apparently, the result frightened them so much that, in spite of everything, they scientific practitioners, simply decided to “forget” about the phenomenon.

A number of articles appeared in the press accusing Kulagina of fraud, which Soviet times was tantamount to a court verdict. But a few years later, fate brought Kulagina together with academician Yuri Borisovich Kobzarev, Hero Socialist Labor, laureate Stalin Prize. Having carefully studied her phenomenon, he demonstrated the woman’s unusual abilities to several academicians and Professor Yuri Gulyaev, deputy director of the Institute of Radio Engineering and Electronics of the USSR Academy of Sciences. The result of this meeting was a form from the institute with a summary: “The phenomenon demonstrated by N. S. Kulagina is of enormous interest for science. Its study can lead to fundamental discoveries that are not inferior in importance to the theory of relativity and quantum mechanics" It was a kind of safe conduct.

Kulagina died in 1990, but controversy surrounding her phenomenon still rages. For example, Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences A. M. Ivanitsky believes that during the demonstration of moving objects, Ninel Kulagina in some cases used thin threads. The famous Soviet illusionist Yuri Gorny echoes him: “...she (Kulagina) used strong magnets and thin threads, invisible to the observer. Sometimes she did it in a sophisticated way. For example, she asked to cover the matches with a glass, but they still moved, changing the direction she asked. Thin steel needles were previously driven into the matches, which were influenced by magnets located in her shoes and in the abdomen.”

It is clear that the use of magnets and threads has never been proven by anyone, and moreover, it is even more difficult to believe in this than in the amazing phenomenon itself.

Kulagina demonstrated her abilities not only to many Soviet and foreign scientists, but also to a number of Western journalists who “ate the dog” at such tricks and could hardly fail to notice them. Moreover, much of what Kulagina demonstrated cannot be explained by the simplest fraudulent techniques. For example, the movement of a plastic ball in a closed vessel, or the movement of a glass glass under a glass cover. The same matches, before Kulagina began to influence them, underwent a thorough examination. It is also difficult to explain how Kulagina “exposed” photographic paper from a distance or stopped and then started the heart of an experimental frog. Moreover, the illusionist Hmayak Hakobyan, who was invited as an expert, said that he could not imagine how some of Kulagina’s “tricks” could be repeated, for example, scattering a laser beam.

Kulagina, most likely, indeed, had unique abilities, but party ideology and the rigidity of scientific thinking did not allow her to carry out full research this phenomenon. Scientists were too frightened by the results that they managed to obtain by studying Kulagina’s abilities. Kulagina influenced objects using ultrasound and electric fields. How her body could produce these energies, it seems, we will never know.

When Ninel Sergeevna Kulagina (1926-1990) unexpectedly discovered amazing abilities in herself, she could not even imagine what consequences this would cause, what kind of torment she would experience. Some called her a miracle of nature, talked about a phenomenon that lies beyond our knowledge, others called her a fraud and a charlatan.

Ninel Sergeevna recalled how it all began. It happened in the hospital. Lying in bed after a major operation, she suddenly discovered that she could, by touch, without looking, accurately determine the color of the threads she was holding in her hands.

However, to be more precise, the beginning should be considered December 1963, when news spread throughout our country about the extraordinary abilities of a previously unknown young woman, a resident of the Urals, Roza Kuleshova, who, blindfolded, could read text with her fingers, distinguish colors and “ see" drawings.

That’s when Ninel Kulagina announced to her loved ones that she could do this too. Home experiments began. Wearing a tight blindfold, she easily identified the color of sheets of paper painted with watercolors. The same thing happened with a set of colored pencils. After such experiments, there was not a shadow of doubt left that “seeing” with fingers exists, and Ninel Kulagina possesses this gift to the fullest.

Of course, experiments were also conducted with reading texts blindly. First they took texts with large font, then with smaller ones. Not right away, but Ninel Sergeevna mastered this skill quite quickly. Further more. It turned out that she can determine color and read printed text not only with her fingers, but also with her toes, as well as with her elbow, chin and even the sole of her foot! They tried to put multi-colored scraps of paper into black, completely opaque envelopes and conducted experiments in complete darkness. The result was also positive.

Event in science

Ninel Kulagina could not explain her abilities with any physical or physiological theories. At that time she was undergoing treatment with a candidate medical sciences S. G. Fainberg. Ninel Kulagina decided to tell him about her strange abilities. From Feinberg about Ninel Kulagina and her wonderful gift Professor of Leningradsky learned state university Leonid Leonidovich Vasiliev is the founder of telepathic research in our country. Back in the 20s of the last century, under the leadership of Academician V. M. Bekhterev himself at the Brain Institute, he began to research mysterious phenomena human psyche.

In January 1964, a conference of doctors and scientists (neuropathologists, psychiatrists, psychologists, physicists) was held in Leningrad, at which the first message about the paranormal abilities of Ninel Kulagina was made. That day, the small hall in which the conference was held was filled to capacity with people wanting to see the wonderful woman.

Professor Vasiliev spoke and opened the meeting. And then Ninel Sergeevna Kulagina, in front of the audience, demonstrated experiments in “skin vision” and her other mysterious abilities.

Needless to say about the enormous impression these experiments made. It is no coincidence that Professor Vasiliev said then: “We were present at a real scientific event.” And he added that in his long research work He had never encountered such paranormal abilities as Kulagina’s.

Telekinetic power of Ninel Kulagina

This conference dramatically changed the life of Ninel Sergeevna Kulagina. She was invited to the parapsychological laboratory of Professor Vasiliev. She was invited to participate in scientific experiments and even joined the laboratory staff. It seemed that for Ninel Kulagina everything was going as well as possible.

"Skin vision", as it soon became clear, was not yet the most a shining example Kulagina's mysterious gift. It turned out that she has the ability to perform a more amazing phenomenon - telekinesis, that is, the non-contact movement of objects!

At first, Ninel Kulagina herself did not know about this, but one day Professor Vasiliev suggested that she may well have such an ability. And Kulagina decided to secretly move the envelope lying on the table without touching it.

The first experiments were unsuccessful. She later wrote that at that time she simply did not yet know how to induce in herself the state necessary for the manifestation of telekinesis. But at one fine moment the envelope trembled, turned, slowly crawled forward and, reaching the edge of the table, fell to the floor! Later, Kulagina managed to move matches, cigarettes, a wedding ring, wrist watch and other small items.
Having learned about this, Professor Vasiliev immediately called Ninel Kulagina to the laboratory. This was in the spring of 1964. That day, Kulagina demonstrated telekinesis for the first time in front of the laboratory staff. Vasiliev then warned Ninel Sergeevna not to tell anyone about the telekinesis experiments. And there was every reason for this - attacks began on research into parapsychological phenomena.

Mysterious Burn

Even in Vasiliev’s laboratory there were people who doubted the reliability of Ninel Kulagina’s experiments. Rumors spread that she was simply fooling the gullible scientist, that objects moved with the help of the thinnest invisible threads. Suspicions did not disappear even after Ninel Kulagina successfully demonstrated telekinesis with objects covered with a transparent plexiglass cap.

The attacks became especially fierce after Professor Vasiliev died in 1967 and his laboratory was closed. Meanwhile, Ninel Kulagina’s abilities continued to develop. She could already rotate the compass needle without touching it with her hands. And again - distrust. Scientists from the Institute of Metrology named after D.I. Mendeleev, where Kulagina conducted this experiment, refused to sign the official act! We decided to play it safe - what if this is a scam?

Meanwhile, Ninel Sergeevna discovered another amazing ability in herself. She discovered that with the help of self-hypnosis she could cause a burn on her skin! Moreover, Kulagina could demonstrate a similar effect on the skin of another person, and at a distance of up to two meters!

The variety of parapsychological abilities of this woman amazed people. Another gift of hers manifested itself in the illumination of photographic materials packed in light-proof envelopes!

An effect unknown to science

Ninel Sergeevna heard that this could be from the Czechoslovak scientist, Dr. Zdenek Reidak, who came to Leningrad in 1968. But Kulagina wanted not just to expose the photographic film, but to cause the appearance of some geometric shapes. She also managed to capture a cross, a circle, a stripe and even some letters on film. Ninel Kulagina demonstrated experiments on “psi-photography” at the A. L. Polenov Institute of Neurosurgery. The experiments were carefully controlled - she even took off all her home clothes and put on hospital clothes.

“This experience,” recalled Kulagina’s husband, “required a lot of strength and health from Nineli.” And although there were skeptics, the scientific commission had no choice but to sign a protocol on the existence of an “effect unknown to science.”

All these demonstrations and experiments were accompanied in those years by a noisy coven of obscurantists in newspapers and magazines, who did not hesitate to insult the wonderful woman. In 1987, Ninel Kulagina even had to sue one of these slanderers and insulters.

She won the case, but at too high a cost. Her health was seriously compromised. The reason for this was not only the huge nervous overload during the experiments, but also the persecution that accompanied the unique woman constantly. Ninel Kulagina suffered a heart attack and did not live long after that. On April 11, 1990, at the age of just 65, she died, left unsolved and completely unappreciated.

Gennady Chernenko

Soviet ideology did not recognize mysticism and metaphysics, but allowed belief in the paranormal abilities of individual people.

Phenomenon from Leningrad

Belief in paranormal (or psychic) ​​abilities originated in the 19th century. In Bolshevik Russia for a long time they did not pay attention to circles of researchers of the “astral” and public performance mediums, however " cultural revolution", started by Joseph Stalin, put them outside the law.

Therefore, starting in the 1930s, occult practices began to dress up in the garb of science. Many scientists and even entire institutes dealt with the issues of telepathy, telekinesis, pyrokinesis, hypnosis, clairvoyance, etc. In most cases, self-proclaimed “uniques” were recognized as either fraudsters or crazy. However, from time to time, real nuggets came across among them.

In 1962, Soviet researchers were attracted Rosa Kuleshova. An illiterate woman suffering from epilepsy demonstrated “skin vision,” that is, the ability to read texts of any complexity with one touch - not only with her fingers, but also with her elbow, foot, through an impenetrable partition or a thick envelope.

In December 1963, a Leningrad housewife accidentally heard about the “Kuleshova effect.” Ninel Kulagina(before Mikhailov’s marriage).

She decided to tell specialists about her own phenomenon. She had difficult fate: She went to war as a girl, served as a radio operator in tank forces and was seriously wounded. Ninel was awarded various awards, including the Order of the Patriotic War, II degree. IN Peaceful time she was on the veterans council of the 268th division.

According to Nineli Kulagina, she inherited her unusual abilities from her mother. Since childhood, she noticed that she was able to move objects when she was angry, i.e. she was a psychokineticist.

Nineli herself had to resort to meditation to influence things remotely, so she was not always able to demonstrate her capabilities. Nevertheless, she managed to convince scientific world, which deserves attention, and the study of the “K phenomenon” (as Kulagina’s gift was called in the press) began with complete seriousness.

Miracle or scam?

For the first time, Nineli Kulagina’s unusual abilities were announced at a special conference held on January 10, 1964 in Leningrad. The psychophysiologist Leonid Vasiliev, a leading Soviet specialist in telepathy and paranormal abilities of humans, who took part in its organization, highly appreciated the experiments carried out at that time, called them a “scientific event” and admitted that in 30 years of his activity he had not seen anything like it.

Kulagina regulated her own pulse rate, rotated the compass needle, read the text in a magazine with her fingers, and burned strangers with the touch of her hand.

At the end of the same month, Kulagina was sent for a comprehensive examination to the Leningrad Psychoneurological Institute named after V.M. Bekhterev. The results were disappointing: experts did not find any hereditary “abnormalities” in the woman’s body. Furthermore, she was unable to reproduce any of the experiments presented at the conference, so she was declared a swindler.

A year later, Kulagina appeared in court on charges of fraud: she allegedly collected money from citizens who wanted to buy scarce furniture, and defrauded them of more than seven thousand rubles. Most likely, the woman actually acted as an intermediary in one of the many shadow schemes for the distribution of goods consumer consumption, but chose to admit her guilt under the article “Fraud,” since the crime included organized group a much more serious sentence was due.

Despite the petition of scientists led by Vasiliev, who were eager to continue studying the “K phenomenon,” the court pronounced a guilty verdict, and Kulagina was sent to a colony for two years.

It seemed that the star of the Leningrad psychokineticist had set forever, but in March 1968, articles appeared again where she appeared under her maiden name - Mikhailova. Wherein new series experiments during which Ninel Sergeevna demonstrated her abilities, as journalist Lev Kolodny claimed, were carried out by specialists from the All-Union Research Institute of Metrology named after D.I. Mendeleev.

The directorate of the institute issued a refutation, but a short popular science film was made about Kulagina, which attracted the interest of foreign experts. The first to meet her was the Czechoslovakian scientist Zdenek Reidak. The observation of the “K phenomenon” made a great impression on him - he came to the conclusion that it was necessary to study physiological changes, which occur in Nineli Sergeevna’s body during psychokinesis sessions.

Lost talent

Various institutes began to invite Kulagina to their laboratories to conduct experiments. She moved objects at the Physics Faculty of Moscow State University, influenced liquids within the walls of the Institute chemical physics, read texts with the back of my head at the Institute of Precision Mechanics and Optics.

“Phenomenon K” was received in different ways. Some recognized its reality, others looked for a catch. For example, Kulagina’s ability to rotate a compass needle from a distance was explained by the fact that she hides magnets on her body; movement of objects such as a box of matches or a ping-pong ball - by sleight of hand and special threads that are not visible to an outside observer.

However, each time Ninel Sergeevna demonstrated new unexpected effects, leaving scientists in amazement: for example, she exposed photographic film in a thick envelope or changed the acidity of water in a closed vessel with her gaze.

The disputes did not stop. To dot the i's, academician Yuri Kobzarev contributed to a series of experiments in a special laboratory created under the roof of the Institute of Radio Engineering and Electronics. They were carried out during 1981-1982 and led to amazing results. It was established for certain that a strong electric field arises around Nineli Kulagina’s hands.

According to Yu. B. Kobzarev, among the recorded phenomena associated with Kulagina were the following:

1. moving small objects, such as a piece of sugar or matchbox;
2. rotation of the compass needle;
3. touching another person's hand with your hand can cause severe burn;
4. scattering the laser beam with your hands;
5. change in acidity (pH) of water;
6. exposure to photographic film placed in a closed bag (exposure).

At the end of 1987, Ninel Kulagina appealed to the people's court of the Dzerzhinsky district of Moscow, accusing the editors of the magazine “Man and Law” of disseminating slanderous information that humiliated her honor and dignity. In fact, the court had to establish the reliability of the paranormal abilities that the plaintiff demonstrated. In January 1988, unexpectedly for many, he made a decision obliging the magazine to publish a refutation. The trial went down in history under the name “The Case of Telekinesis.”

Laboratory employee Alexander Taratorin recalled:

“We managed to find out that histamine is being released from her palm in small droplets, possibly through the sweat glands. When sprayed, it forms a charged aerosol, which explains all the observed effects.

The sprayed droplets caused clicks in the microphone; they changed the dielectric constant of the medium, scattering the laser beam, corroding the skin... Understand physiological mechanism We never succeeded in such squirting; it was truly a physiological phenomenon.”

Ninel Kulagina began to enjoy the fame of a psychic, and with the skills of a folk healer. Her ability to warm the skin was perceived as a medical method. It is known that the famous conductor Maxim Shostakovich, actor Innokenty Smoktunovsky, figure skaters Oleg Protopopov and Lyudmila Belousova turned to her for help.

On April 11, 1990, Ninel Sergeevna Kulagina died at the age of 63, and the nature of the “K phenomenon” remained undisclosed. She was probably let down by her desire to please the researchers: she had a unique gift, but sought to demonstrate it even in situations where it could not work, which caused a natural mistrust of the phenomenon. As a result, today scientists refuse to discuss experiments involving Kulagina.

Anton PERVUSHIN, magazine "Mysteries of History. Secrets of the USSR" No. 3, 2017

Not every magician or psychic can boast the gift of moving objects using the power of thought. But Ninel Kulagina could, and the range of her paranormal abilities was quite wide. Of course, they caused conflicting feelings among the public. Some admired the woman’s “magical” gift, others fell into a stupor after her sessions, and some did not believe in her at all. unique abilities. Is it really Ninel Sergeevna Kulagina? How many years did it take scientists to analyze her unique gift? As many as twenty! During this period of time, the popularity of the “Russian pearl” of parapsychology leaked far beyond the borders of the USSR. In the late 60s, a specialist in the field of psychic abilities came from Czechoslovakia specifically to see with his own eyes and study the phenomenon of Ninel Kulagina.

He would later write: “Her unique gift is hidden in the depths of her unique physiology.”

Curriculum Vitae

Ninel Kulagina - native Northern capital. She was born on July 30, 1926. Already in adolescence the girl joined the ranks of the Red Army, and when the Great War struck Patriotic War, got into tank forces as a radio operator. Ninel Kulagina, whose biography did not begin as the girl would have liked, was repeatedly wounded in battle and by 1945 proudly held the rank of sergeant. The war made the owner of unusual abilities disabled, but this did not stop her from starting a family and giving birth to a son.

Where it all started

Ninel Kulagina stated that she first felt an unusual gift, inherited, in her opinion, from her mother, when objects began to move chaotically around her - this happened if she was in a bad mood.

To activate her unique gift, she needed certain time for meditation, which helped to get all extraneous thoughts out of my head.

One day, when 1963 was coming to an end, a woman was listening to a radio program in which they talked about a girl with “unusual abilities”, as if she could see with her fingers (distinguish colors, read text). And then Ninel Kulagina told her husband that she also had the same gift as the girl, remembering how she took a spool of thread of the desired color out of the box by touch. The husband was initially skeptical of his wife's claim, but she convinced him that she had the ability to feel with her fingers.

Confirmation of telekinetic abilities

For telekinesis to take place, Ninel Sergeevna Kulagina had to fully concentrate, which was not always easy for her. The fact is that during meditation she began to experience sharp pain in the spine, and her eyes experienced serious discomfort. In addition, the quality of paranormal abilities was influenced by Negative influence storm.

However, scientists needed serious, and most importantly, real evidence that Ninel Sergeevna Kulagina was not entirely a common person. In the spring of 1970, an experiment took place in one of the laboratories of the Scientific and Technical Society of Instrument Engineering, the purpose of which was to test the unique abilities of a woman. Kulagina, through telekinesis, influenced the frog’s heart, separated from the body. The results were amazing: she was able to change the pulse and completely stop the heart muscle.

Fame and recognition

Rumors about the woman's unusual abilities began to spread very quickly in scientific community. Ninel Kulagina's experiments, filmed on black and white film, were transferred abroad. Foreign scientists were shocked by these materials. Some have directly stated that humanity has finally managed to obtain proof that telekinesis is a real phenomenon.

Developing a Unique Gift

Not paying attention special attention Despite the sudden fame, Kulagina continued to develop her gift.

She trained hard and soon was able to lift small items, and also influence the compass needle. Moreover, she learned to revive withered plants, change chemical structure water and expose the film through a thick envelope. Scientists were perplexed when Ninel Sergeevna could cause a severe burn on a person’s skin with just one glance.

Payback for the gift

However, the more complex her experiments were, the more serious her health problems became. Experiments were taken away from the Russian “pearl of parapsychology” great amount not only physical, but also mental strength. As a rule, after them the woman was tormented by terrible headaches and discomfort in the occipital part of the spine. In addition, in one session she could lose up to 800 grams of weight: her pulse instantly increased and her blood pressure became very high. However, no ailments could quell the desire to unravel the nature of his unique gift. Together with her husband, Ninel Sergeevna visited about three dozen laboratories at state institutes.

Some employees did not hide their skepticism when they saw this an ordinary woman. It was they who claimed that Ninel Kulagina is a charlatan who simply wants to become famous throughout the country. However, when they failed to prove this, they personally signed their impotence.

Criticism

Both Soviet and foreign scientists did not believe in the parapsychologist’s unique gift. In particular, representatives of the foundation did not believe in Kulagina’s abilities. And the Italian expert in the field of psychology, Massimo Polidorogo, even stated that careful preparation and an uncontrolled environment in the room where the experiments took place create favorable conditions for volumetric deception. What could Ninel Kulagina oppose to such attacks? Exposure was the only goal set for themselves by those who did not want to recognize the unique gift of the Russian “pearl of parapsychology.” Of course, it was unpleasant for her to work in conditions where they did not believe her.

And yet she learned to tune in the right mood, even when her name was declined by skeptics of all stripes. Some of them boldly declared that all of Ninel Sergeevna’s experiments were ordinary “sleight of hand and no fraud.”

And the popularizer of science and writer Lvov V.E. became the author of a publication in the Pravda newspaper, where he publicly stated that Kulagina is the most ordinary fraudster who performed another trick using a banal magnet attached to her body. He also reported that Ninel Sergeevna was taken into custody for one of the tricks with five thousand rubles. In order not to be unfounded, he cites the fact of an examination by a parapsychologist, which was carried out at the V. M. Bekhterev Psychoneurological Institute. Its results were approved by authoritative experts in the field of psychiatry, who agreed that Kulagina was a charlatan who did not have extrasensory abilities.

Health problems

Of course, the uncontrolled spending of her gift could not but affect Ninel Sergeevna’s health.

She spent a lot of effort to demonstrate to others her extraordinary abilities. Were there enough resources to compensate for this amount of energy expended? This question cannot be answered unequivocally. Doctors warned her that experiments in parapsychology could be fatal, but the woman continued her experiments. As a result, Ninel Sergeevna Kulagina (age 64 years) died. Many subsequently stated that the unusual experiments ruined her life and seriously shortened it. Undoubtedly, Ninel Kulagina passed away early. The cause of death was a heart attack. She was given a magnificent funeral.

Conclusion

There are still heated discussions about whether Kulagina is a parapsychologist or not. After her death, the desire to know the secrets psychic abilities in society has increased significantly, and a serious impetus for this trend was the study of the “phenomenon K” and her “colleagues in the shop.” Currently, scientific works in the field of parapsychology are classified as “Particularly relevant.” Both the military and politicians are showing increased interest in this topic. It is possible that towards the end of her life Ninel Sergeevna seriously regretted that one day winter evening confessed to her husband her ability to “feel with her fingers.” One way or another, the fact remains: the “K phenomenon” made it possible to make sensational discoveries in the field of parapsychology and identified new points of contact between the world of matter and the world of energy.

20.07.2014 12:53

Telekinesis requires a favorable psychological environment and the working spirit of the subject.

When Ninel Sergeevna Kulagina own initiative demonstrated the effect to observers, the shows were very successful. At the same time, there was no overexertion, no increase in heart rate and breathing. No fatigue was noticed. The experiments were carried out easily, as if playfully. The duration of the demonstrations was considerable, reaching several hours.

The mood of others is also important. Open interest, sincere, trusting and sympathetic attitude, an atmosphere of friendly participation is the key to success.

When the initiative did not come from Ninel Kulagina, she fell into unusual surroundings, were present strangers- that lightness was no longer there. The official atmosphere, strangers' faces, unfamiliar objects, different than usual lighting conditions, etc. - all this complicated the course of the experiment. Internal preparation, psychological and physical mood were more difficult, sometimes requiring several hours. Excitement increased, pulse quickened, etc. At the moment of telekinesis, its frequency reached 220-240 beats per minute... In this state, she stopped distinguishing objects, not noticed their movements. In these cases, fatigue quickly set in.

The extreme tension at which telekinesis occurred usually lasted 8-10 seconds. Sometimes up to 15-20 seconds. After a series of movements in a row, a short break and rest are necessary. The course of the experiment became significantly more complicated when one of those present expressed distrust of N.S. in an obvious or hidden form or showed skepticism.

It often happened that, despite the apparent general favorable attitude of those gathered, with Ninel Sergeevna’s insistent desire to show her gift, the objects did not obey. In these cases, she unmistakably pointed to one or two people present who, according to her, were disturbing her with their disguised distrust and hidden skepticism. After such persons temporarily left the room where the experiments were taking place, an atmosphere of trust was restored. The experiment continued, and the effect was achieved quickly. When everyone was convinced of the reality of the effect, the presence of skeptical people no longer influenced further move experience, efficiency of Ninel Kulagina.

If the experiments took place all day with interruptions, Ninel Sergeevna experienced significant fatigue and pain in the spine and in the back of the head.

There was a taste of iron or copper in the mouth, and strong thirst appeared. Dizziness and vomiting occurred. After an hour and a half, the condition improved. The pain in the head and spine subsided. Appetite appeared. During an hour of relatively intense experiments, weight loss averaged 500-700 grams. Blood sugar increased.

Long breaks and lack of systematic training had a sharply negative impact on the results and well-being. Restoration of “sports shape” was achieved in about a month of training.

Telekinesis experiments have failed during thunderstorms.

Now about the objects used for telekinesis.

The material from which they are made has virtually no effect on the effect. We used products made of aluminum, copper, steel, bronze, gold, silver, glass, various plastics, plexiglass, ceramics, porcelain, wood, paper, fabrics, organic matter(bread, sugar, etc.), as well as water.

Shape, weight, size matter. Objects that are cylindrical, elongated, and installed vertically are easier to influence. Placed horizontally along the longitudinal axis, it is more difficult to move. Children's balls, rubber balls, wooden balls with a diameter of 3-5 centimeters, plastic table tennis balls and others move without rolling or rotating.

For experiments we usually took household items of small size and weight - matches, boxes, cigarettes, various plastic and metal cases for perfumes, glasses, glasses, toys, sheets of paper, cardboard, lumps of sugar, candy, small pieces of bread, fruit, etc. P. Their weight ranged from a few to hundreds of grams. The most massive object, which was moved several times over a distance of about 10 centimeters, was a glass decanter weighing 380 grams.

In a family setting, during a conversation, one day a vase of flowers standing on the table suddenly burst. Another time during the experiment, a glass, turned over and placed on the table, split: the stem bounced off it with a characteristic sharp sound. Other cases involving changes in shape and appearance there were no objects.

When exposed to liquid - a drop of ink on paper - its shape changed. The trail of the drop (in the direction of movement) sharply narrowed and at a distance of two or three centimeters turned into a hair-thin line that ended at five to six centimeters.

Bulk materials - small sawdust of aluminum, iron, hard rubber, located on a sheet of paper in the form of a circle - moved unevenly along the circumference, both from the periphery to the center and vice versa.

By subjective assessment Ninel Sergeevna finds it harder for her to move flat, loose or, as in the experiment with a drop of ink, liquid objects.

Now about the physical conditions of the effect.

The route of movement of objects depends on the wishes of N.S., the conditions that are agreed upon during the experiments. In principle, she doesn’t care where to move them, either towards herself or away from herself. However, a number of circumstances should be noted.

At first, Ninel Sergeevna moved objects away from herself. When moving, they seemed to jump, make jerks, and at the same time overcome spaces of different lengths.

Some observers have suggested that light objects are affected by the flow of air during exhalation, which is why they move away from themselves.

In this regard, the subject decided to change the direction of telekinesis and, after practicing, began to move them towards herself.

Most experiments were carried out this way. She noticed that it was even easier to move it towards her. Objects move more energetically, faster and seem to themselves strive towards the source of tension. If, while sitting at the table, Ninel Sergeevna turned and deviated in one direction or another, then objects rushed in the same direction, as if trying to catch up with her.

Less frequently, but very consistently, lateral movements were performed - to the right or to the left. Changing directions required some kind of internal restructuring. She is not always N.S. was a success.

Repeatedly experiments were carried out in moving two, three or more objects simultaneously in different directions. No established sequence was observed at the beginning and end of the movement of objects. The objects either suddenly diverged simultaneously or moved one by one. The duration of the movement varied. At the request of Ninel Sergeevna, spontaneously, along with rectilinear movement, translational and rotational movement took place around vertical axis.

The task was to move an object along a given trajectory. For example, from a “star” figure laid out with matches, the far stick moved along the route “to the right and towards itself” or “to the left and towards itself”. From a figure laid out from matches, any stick that moved along a given route could be selected. Usually the position of the remaining matches did not change.

How far does Ninel Kulagina’s force field extend? At the beginning of her exercises, she worked on objects two meters away from her, and she managed to move them from one end to the other of the table.

As the distance increased, the effort increased. Since there are no specific tasks to study the nature and speed of propagation in space of this type " force field" was not carried out, experiments began to be carried out in a fifty-centimeter zone. Less effort was required, and the effect manifested itself faster.

At first, Ninel Sergeevna achieved the effect without moving her hands, with relative peace. She tensed her muscles to the utmost, sometimes involuntarily leaning on the edge of the table, putting her hands under its lid. Observers often had the suspicion that she was using some kind of invisible threads... Once we noticed that after the object had stopped, simply raising a hand to it again caused movement. That's when I decided to include hands in the experiment. This significantly accelerated the appearance of the effect and reduced effort. The position of the hands over the object, as it seemed to us, was supposed to remove any suspicions regarding the purity of the experiment, and this created a better psychological environment. The inclusion of hands in the experiment made it possible to completely reject some of the expressed considerations about the role of the eyes, “special look,” head, etc. P.

The experiments began with the eyes tightly blindfolded. The effect has not changed at all, and it has become easier to perform the exercises. Although Ninel Sergeevna did not see the object, she correctly spoke about the beginning or end of its movement, direction and location.

Most of the exercises were performed facing objects. Sometimes the subject was positioned with the back of her head facing them with her eyes open or tightly blindfolded. Hands, of course, were not used in the experiment, but the effect was still achieved, albeit with somewhat greater tension.

Sometimes Ninel Sergeevna tilted her head below the table top, squatting, and in this position she moved objects that were half a meter from the edge of the table. Usually the exercises were performed while sitting, but she could achieve the same results while standing.

Ten times the object moved spontaneously, unexpectedly for Ninel Sergeevna herself. We attribute these cases to a strange effect - “aftereffect”. Its essence lies in the fact that after stopping, the object sometimes instantly and rapidly moved again three to five centimeters towards the hand extended to it by one of the observers or the subject herself. As a rule, the jerk occurred unexpectedly and even frightened observers.

The “aftereffect” effect, it would seem, can be simply explained by the elementary attraction of two objects charged with opposite electric charges. However, practice shows that this is not entirely true. Using electroscopes, electrometers and other instruments, it was established: during telekinesis, neither on the surface of the subject’s body nor on the surface of the object electric potential hasn't changed. More moreover, in a number experiments it was established that the electric potential near the body of N.S. was a quarter less than that of anyone present in the laboratory.

At the moment the movement begins, the space between Kulagina’s hand and the object becomes electrically conductive! It's confirmed simple experience using an electrical circuit made up of a battery direct current(batteries) and measuring device. In another experiment of Kulagin through air space filmed electric charge from the surface of a plexiglass cube.

A few notes about screens. What is their role in telekinesis? To eliminate any suspicion of tricks and fraud, we often covered the objects with a protective cap and placed them in closed vessels.

Sheets of paper, cardboard, plywood, plexiglass and tin, ebonite, and wooden shields were used as barriers and screens. Caps, boxes, vessels, transparent and opaque materials made of glass, plexiglass, lead glass, and tin were used.

Repeatedly, someone present placed a palm in the path of the object. The object rested against the palm and froze. However, no other sensations other than touch were noticed.

With an opaque screen, when Ninel Sergeevna could not see the object, the nature of its movement was normal. She accurately determined the beginning of telekinesis, the stop of an object, as well as the direction of its movement.

When the objects were covered with caps before the start of the experiment, Ninel Sergeevna spent more effort and time than usual in the absence of such a screen. However, the nature of the movement did not change in this case either. Repeatedly the object was covered while moving. During this procedure there was no stopping, no slowing down, no change of direction...

Closed, sealed vessels were used several times. The effect of telekinesis was achieved in two cases: once it was possible to move a ball floating in water in a long glass sealed flask. Another time - an air bubble.

It was not possible to move objects that were in vessels under partial vacuum.

In one experiment, a lead glass cap covered a metal stand and objects made of glass, aluminum, wood and paper. The cap and stand were securely grounded. Both Kulagina’s hands were also grounded using metal bracelets. And yet, everything that was under the hood went.

Another time they put a cigarette on the butt under the glass. During telekinesis, first the cigarette moved from the far wall to the near one, and then the glass moved in the same direction. At the same time, the cigarette remained motionless.

Small objects moved along a trajectory passing near the poles of a strong permanent magnet. This magnet held steel products weighing 5 or more kilograms.

It is worth mentioning a unique exercise that is suitable for a “piggy bank for thinking.” The light metal lid made of tin was set to the maximum close range from a small horseshoe magnet, but in such a way that there is no attraction. First of all, Kulagina pulled the lid towards her. Then the objects were swapped and N.S. attracted one magnet to itself, but the lid did not touch. Next, the task was to move both the lid and the magnet at once, as if in a bundle. And this task was accomplished.

Both objects, without joining, moved about five or six centimeters, after which, as a rule, the lid was attracted to the magnet.

The experiments were carried out both on a smooth polished surface and on fleecy, coarse-wool fabric. The pile bristled and rose even before the object began to move. And the object itself seemed to slide along the fibers, slightly rising above it.

I’ll tell you how the electroscope behaved during the experiments: it never gave any reactions. Kulagina never managed to charge the electroscope with energy, that is, to make its petals disperse, or to discharge it so that the petals fell off.

Many have seen how pieces of paper react to an electrically charged ebonite stick. With telekinesis, the picture is different: small pieces of paper do not move separately, but in a group, all together. Then this pile of small pieces is pulled out, forming a kind of wedge directed forward. Some pieces of paper, moving, seem to rise and slide along the underlying ones, moving faster. Individual leaves move around a vertical axis. Some of them turned more than 90°.

It was possible to repeatedly obtain a “garland” of paper hanging in the air between the palms of the hands, separated by fifteen to twenty centimeters.

Objects floating on the surface of the water moved. At the same time, N.S.’s efforts were required less than during conventional “land” experiments.

Objects were also immersed in water. A transparent vessel was filled with high concentration salt water, while a raw egg, lowered into the water, did not sink, was in suspension, and remained at the bottom. Then one or two more raw eggs were immersed in the same vessel. During telekinesis, the eggs either came together, moving towards each other, then moved apart, then moved in the same direction, etc.

I will dwell in more detail on one experiment when a hydrometer was immersed in a vessel with water.

It was carried out by English scientists in the spring of 1973 in Leningrad. Biophysicists Herbert and Cassirer brought with them various instruments: an electrometer, Crookes radiometers, a hydrometer, which was immersed in a cylindrical vessel of water with a capacity of about a liter. Then the vessel with the immersed hydrometer was installed in a metal can. It was grounded, acting as a screen.

Before the start of the show, one of the English scientists walked around Kulagina several times to make sure there were no threads to simulate telekinesis. This procedure was carried out simultaneously with a thorough examination of the table at which the subject was sitting. If we take into account that the experiment was carried out in the hotel room where our guests lived, and the fact that Ninel Sergeevna appeared in it shortly before the start of the experiment, then it will become clear with what reserve of doubt the English scientists arrived.

They carried out the experiment with the hydrometer under the assumption that Kulagina would only be able to change its vertical position. However, she moved the hydrometer horizontally from the far edge of the vessel to the near one and vice versa, repeating the movement twice with the device in a strictly vertical position.

Observers were especially struck by the fact that the hydrometer maintained a strictly vertical position at the moment of telekinesis. Usually it is not possible to move it without tilting it by touching the upper part of the hydrometer protruding from the water.

This paradoxical result completely removed any suspicions among English scientists regarding the honesty of the subject.

Here is what B. Herbert writes about this experience in the journal “Para-Physics” (London, 1973. Vol. 7. Issue 3):

“It turned out to be not so easy to measure the forces acting on the hydrometer. All those present a day ago unsuccessfully tried to set it in motion by placing their hands on the metal body of the can, which acted as a screen. Now I discovered that the hydrometer floating in a saline solution is very difficult to move even with normal means so that it remains in an upright position, as Kulagina did. Due to the low center of gravity and the viscosity of the solution, the instrument has significant stability, and even with an open, nearby window in gusts of wind, it only bounced up and down, but not floated through a glass vessel.

It was a device specially adapted for demonstrating telekinesis. When you blow hard on it from a distance of a foot, it tries to oscillate like a pendulum, and only barely moves a centimeter or two. Kulagina was sitting at a distance of 3-4 feet, her mouth was tightly closed all the time. Hitting the table hard and pushing the table leg, I could not change its position.

The glass and saline solution acted as an electrical shield; even without the metal body of the jar, the electric charge resulting from friction with the glass cannot produce movement, and if the charge were located above the walls of the vessel, then top part a hydrometer 4.5 centimeters long (total length 20 centimeters), located outside the liquid, would be attracted and there would again be a pendulum-like movement. This charge would also cause a significant deflection of the electrostatic meter. VC.), while no deviations were noticed during Kulagina's experiment.

The flask-shaped base of the hydrometer contained lead powder - this lowered the center of gravity.

We were unable to make the hydrometer move through the liquid in a strictly vertical position by any means.

Due to the irregular shape of the flask, it was difficult to estimate the position of the center of buoyancy.

It is easy to calculate that the restoring moment, which prevents the hydrometer from tilting, is present for any tilt angle.

On returning to England with this instrument I made further careful measurements in my laboratory to verify the calculations and found that an angle of 6° was required to change the position of the hydrometer. From this data simple calculation it can be found that the minimum force required to move the hydrometer along the surface exceeds 150 dynes. The mass of the hydrometer is 26 grams.

But in order to produce movement without rocking or bouncing, the center of action of the telekinetic forces must apparently be much lower, inside the liquid itself.

By placing my mouth only one inch from the hydrometer and blowing on it as hard as I could, I was able to shake it vigorously and move it about 2 centimeters; but there was, however, a noticeable tendency in its movement to go in a circle parallel to the edge of the vessel, and not along the diameter."

Finally articles dr. B, Herbert, in particular, writes:

"In my lectures to university students in Switzerland, I was constantly asked why I had not measured telekinetic force; I am now happy to report that we were the first researchers in the West to do so."

Finally, Ninel Kulagina switched from telekinesis to levitation, she learned to hold herself suspended without support small lungs objects: empty match and paper boxes from paper clips, small plastic capsules from medicines, ping-pong balls... The levitation effect was successfully photographed in 1968 by professional photographer Vladimir Bogatyrev. His photograph clearly shows the ball hovering between his palms. This photograph first saw the light only twenty years later in Moskovskaya Pravda in a publication by Lev Kolodny. On March 17, 1968, in this newspaper, he published a message about the telekinetic abilities of Ninel Kulagina, which was then reprinted by many means mass media worldwide.