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Approved For Release 2001/04/02 : CIA-RDP96-00789R001001420001 -3 minerals, and so on, by means beyond known sensory or ‘perceptual faculties), remote viewing or out-of-body experiences (seeing locations, objects or events shielded from ordinary perception ina spatial location separate from one’s physical body) and psychokinesis (movement of matter by mental means without using any known physical force). These types of psychic functioning are also referred to as psi, which is frequently preferred by ae researchers to dispel the misconception that these capabilities are outside the realm of normal human experience. Researchers contend psychic functioning t oceurs naturally in the everyday experiences of many people" (41:11). Psi is further subdivided into two categories. The term extrasensory perception (ESP) refers to telepathy, dowsing, precognition and remote viewing, while the term PK refers to psychokinesis (33:27). Psychotronics is the teri used to describe “the amplification of psychic energies by electronic devices" (33: 125). The first recorded experiment of psi involved a military intelligence application of remote-viewing. Back in 550 B.C. King Croesus of Lydia felt threatened by the increasing power of the Persians. He needed to know what they were planning. Historians give us a detailed account of just what happened. Croesus sought an oracle who could somehow perceive his enemies plans; an oracle with proven psychic abilities. 50 he devised a simple test. | He dispatched messengers throughout the ancient world to visit Approved For Release 2001/04/02 : CIA-RDP96-00789R001001420001-3 5