Experiments in Mental Suggestion * L.L. Vasiliev

Studies in Consciousness. A groundbreaking, data-dense scientific report detailing early-to-mid 20th-century laboratory experiments conducted by a prominent Soviet physiologist to determine if human thoughts and hypnotic suggestions can travel over vast distances through non-physical channels.

The Story: Written by prominent Soviet physiologist and University of Leningrad professor L.L. Vasiliev, this landmark text transforms fringe supernatural claims into a rigorous, laboratory-first research workspace. Vasiliev completely shatters the western assumption that Soviet science was strictly limited to predictable, physical material logistics. Instead, he establishes an uncompromising empirical ledger documenting state-sanctioned research conducted before, during, and after World War II into the absolute parameters of mind-to-mind communication. The monograph guides neuroscientists and cognitive researchers step-by-step through a versatile landscape of tightly controlled tracking lines. Vasiliev utilizes a sharp clinical diagnostic toolkit to measure how long-distance mental suggestions influence physical motor acts, generate vivid visual sensations, and induce sleeping or waking states in human subjects over distances ranging from a few meters to hundreds of kilometers. The text outlines the precise technical parameters of his setups—detailing how researchers placed subjects inside heavily shielded iron chambers or lead capsules to serve as an active protective shield against known electromagnetic frequencies, ultimately proving that mental suggestion could easily pass through physical barriers. Rather than relying on abstract anecdotes, the book provides complete statistical tables, physiological tracking logs, and historical cross-references. By evaluating the precise metrics of the human nervous system under alternative sensory conditions, this rare classic serves as an invaluable reference tool for parapsychological history. It instructs the reader's mind on the absolute boundaries of cognitive physics, helping researchers turn a standard psychology shelf into a profound sanctuary of forbidden science documentation.

Perfect For: Neuroscientists, psychiatrists, and graduate students looking for an objective, research-backed textbook on the history of telepathy and altered states of consciousness; military history buffs analyzing Cold War parapsychology and early behavior modification programs; and book collectors archiving definitive volumes in Hampton Roads' Studies in Consciousness series.

Published 2002 by Hampton Roads Publishing