Andrija Puharich
| Andrija Puharich | |
|---|---|
| Born | February 19, 1918 Chicago, Illinois |
| Died | January 3, 1995 Dobson, North Carolina |
| Residence | Devotion, R. J. Reynolds Family Estate |
| Occupation | Inventor, Scientist, Physician |
Andrija Puharich, MD original name is Henry K. Puharich, (February 19, 1918 - January 3, 1995). He was an Army officer in the early 1950s. During that time, he was in and out of Edgewood Arsenal Research Laboratories and Camp Detrick, meeting with various high-ranking officers and officials, primarily from the Pentagon, CIA, and Naval Intelligence.[1] The Edgewood Arsenal is currently officially called the Edgewood Area of Aberdeen Proving Ground. Puharich was a medical and parapsychological researcher, medical inventor and author, who is perhaps best known as the person who brought Israeli Uri Geller and Peter Hurkos to the United States for scientific investigation.
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[edit] Biography
In 1947, Puharich graduated from the Northwestern University School of Medicine. His residency was completed at Permanente Hospital in California, where he specialized in Internal Medicine.
Of the many books Puharich wrote, he also wrote a supportive biography Uri Geller, a paranormal case he investigated with the help of Itzhak Bentov, among others. Before that he investigated favorably the Brazilian psychic surgeon Zé Arigó. He met the Dutch psychic Peter Hurkos and brought him to the United States to participate in scientific experiments in parapsychology. He also investigated Mexican psychic surgeon Pachita. He encouraged a rational assessment of people with paranormal faculties and applied scientific methods to investigations of what were their startling and often unpredictable and elusive skills or abilities.
Two of the most famous of Puharich's over 50 patents were devices that assist hearing - the "Means For Aiding Hearing" U.S. Patent 2,995,633 and "Method And Apparatus For Improving Neural Performance In Human Subjects By Electrotherapy" U.S. Patent 3,563,246". He was also granted a U.S. Patent 4,394,230 in 1983 for a "Method and Apparatus for Splitting Water Molecules." His research included studying the influence of extremely low frequency ELF electromagnetic wave emissions on the mind, and he invented several devices allegedly blocking or converting ELF waves to prevent harm.
Played Dr Andrija Puharich on Perry Mason, in the episode The Case of the Meddling Medium, in 1961.
[edit] References
- ^ A Terrible Mistake: The Murder of Frank Olson and the CIA'S Secret Cold War Experiments by H.P.Albarelli Jr. - pg 53 First Edition 2009 (book)
[edit] Bibliography
- Effects of Tesla's Life and Electrical Inventions (Essay on Nikola Tesla)
- The Sacred Mushroom early work of psycho-ethno-botany, connected religion to psychoactive fungi
- Beyond Telepathy, intro by Ira Einhorn
- Uri: A Journal of the Mystery of Uri Geller. Anchor Press / Doubleday (1974) ISBN 0385009925
- The Iceland Papers, Editor
- Magnetic Model of Matter.
- ELF Magnetic Model Of Matter And Mind
- Origin Of Life
- Art Of Healing
- Tesla's Magnifying Transmitter
[edit] Patents
These are but a few of Puharich's patents:
- U.S. Patent 2,853,067
- U.S. Patent 2,995,633
- U.S. Patent 3,170,993
- U.S. Patent 3,563,246
- U.S. Patent 3,629,521
- U.S. Patent 3,726,762
- U.S. Patent 4,394,230
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