Comments on the "IR Spectra Alteration in Water Proximate to the Palms of Therapeutic Practitioners"

Abstract

The inspiration to find a measurable property in water that is capable of retaining a memory of an influence by a human mind is very understandable and commendable. In other words, it is an attempt to put a finger on a "prana saturated water." Some seventeen years ago I tried exactly the same type of experiment. I tried to find micro superstructure in water that had been exposed to Ninel' Kulagina's "healing power." This superstructure, I thought, might be seen in the NMR (Nuclear Magnetic Resonance) spectrum of water exposed to Kulagina's hands. So I brought her to the NMR laboratory of the Leningrad University headed at the time by Dr. Chizhik. Three pairs of sealed glass vials were prepared, filled with chemically pure water, and solutions of paramagnetic and diamagnetic salts in this water. It was a strictly exploratory attempt. The vials were placed between Kulagina's palm and the shoulder of one of the researchers for as long as he could tolerate the burn (perhaps, 30-50 seconds). Reddening of the "victim's" skin was obvious. This was typical to subjects of Kulagina's laying-on-of-hands treatment. They often developed blisters. Then the vials were placed in the cell of a NMR Spectrometer. To our disappointment, no difference in the NMR spectra of treated and untreated solutions and water was found. That is why I read with great interest the article "Infrared Spectra Alteration in Water Proximate to the Palms of Therapeutic Practitioners" by Stephen A. Schwartz, Randall J. DeMattei Edward G. Brame, Jr. and S. James P. Spottiswoode published in the first issue of Subtle Energies, 1990.