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Andrija Puharich (February 19, 1918 - January 3, 1995) — born Henry Karel Puharić — was a medical and parapsychological researcher, medical inventor, physician and author, known as the person who brought Israeli Uri Geller (born 1946) and Dutch-born Peter Hurkos (1911-1988) to the United States for scientific investigation. ==Biography== Puharich was born in Chicago, Illinois, one of seven children born to Croatian immigrants.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Andrija Puharich Résumé )〕 His father had emigrated from what was then the Austro-Hungarian Empire, entering the U.S. in 1912 as a stowaway. At home Karel's parents always called him "Andrija," which apparently wasn't his name at birth but just his parents' nickname for him. When Karel, as a young boy, started attending school, his parents enrolled him under the name "Henry Karl Puharich," feeling he would be more easily accepted with that name than with the foreign-sounding name "Karel Puharić."〔Hermans, H. G. M. (1998). ''Memories of a Maverick''. Chapter 2 ("Early Life and Adolescent" ).〕 Thereafter he often signed his name as "Henry Karl Puharich." He didn't start using his nickname "Andrija" as his first name until sometime in the later part of his life. Between 1942 and 1946, Puharich attended Northwestern University as a student in the Army Specialized Training Program. He earned bachelor's degrees in philosophy and pre-medicine in 1943, and graduated from the Northwestern University School of Medicine in 1947.〔 His residency was completed at the Permanente Research Foundation in Oakland, California, where he specialized in internal medicine. From 1953 to 1955, he served as a U.S. Army Medical Corps captain appointed as Chief, Outpatient Service, U.S. Army Dispensary, Army Chemical Center, Edgewood Arsenal, Maryland .〔 By this time he was already presenting papers on the possible military usefulness of paranormal phenemona.〔Puharich, Andrija, "A critique of the possible usefulness of extrasensory perception in Psychological Warfare", Paper presented to a Seminar on Psychological Warfare. Department of Defense, Washington, D.C., November 23, 1952.〕 During that time, he was in and out of Edgewood Arsenal Research Laboratories and Fort Detrick, meeting with various high-ranking officers and officials, primarily from The Pentagon, CIA, and Naval Intelligence.〔Albarelli, H. P. (2009). ''A Terrible Mistake: The Murder of Frank Olson and the CIA's Secret Cold War Experiments.'' Trine Day. p. 53. ISBN 978-0977795376〕 The Edgewood Arsenal is currently officially called the Edgewood Area of Aberdeen Proving Ground. Puharich was impressed by the stories about the Dutch psychic Peter Hurkos and invited him to the U.S. in 1956 to investigate his alleged abilities (see below). In 1960, Puharich investigated materialization séances at Camp Chesterfield, but discovered the use of cheesecloth being used to fake ectoplasm.〔Melton, John. (2007). ''The Encyclopedia of Religious Phenomena''. Visible Ink Press. p. 96. ISBN 978-1578592098〕 Puharich played himself on ''Perry Mason'' television series, in the episode, "The Case of the Meddling Medium," in 1961. He conducted a series of three tests to help determine the ESP of Mason's client accused of murder. During the third test, the actual murderer was exposed. In 1971, Puharich met Israeli psychic Uri Geller and endorsed him as a genuine psychic (see below). Puharich wrote a supportive 1974 biography of Geller, a subject he had investigated with the help of Itzhak Bentov, among others. He also investigated and thought favorably of the Brazilian psychic surgeon Zé Arigó, providing an afterword for his 1974 biographer. Puharich also investigated Mexican psychic surgeon Pachita. One of his books is ''The Sacred Mushroom: Key to the Door of Eternity'', describes his work with psychics. In the 1970s, Puharich claimed he had investigated the effects of a low frequency radiation beam that the Soviet Union had been testing. According to Puharich the beam was based on the work of Nikola Tesla and could be used as a weapon to control people. He also claimed the beam was responsible for climatic disturbances, earthquakes, Legionnaires' disease and violent riots. Puharich wrote Tesla was contacted several times by extraterrestrials.〔Hussain, Farooq. (1977). ''Is Legionnaire's disease a Russian plot?''. ''New Scientist''. 15 December. p. 710〕 Two of the most famous of Puharich's 50-plus patents were devices that assist hearing: the "Means For Aiding Hearing" and "Method And Apparatus For Improving Neural Performance In Human Subjects By Electrotherapy" ". He was also granted a 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. While working in Mexico, Puharich married and later divorced Rebecca Alban Hoffberger, the future founder and director of The American Visionary Art Museum. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Andrija Puharich」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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