Puharich / Round Table Foundation ESP (control-science vector)
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A US Army doctor spent the 1950s researching whether ESP and psychedelic mushrooms could be used in psychological warfare.
Who they are
Andrija Puharich, a neurologist and US Army medical officer at Edgewood Arsenal in the early 1950s.
What they do
The engine reads him as a state-connected figure blending fringe mind-science with defense work.
How it works
He wrote a 1952 Defense Department paper on ESP's possible use in psychological warfare, ran the Round Table Foundation in Maine (allegedly linked to a military weapons project), conducted 1954 mushroom-telepathy experiments, and held 50+ patents including a nerve implant.
Why it matters
The engine files him under its drive toward self-deification through fringe science, but explicitly does NOT endorse the reality of the 'channeling' claims and names no controlling figure behind it.
The engine's record — word for word
[Report #155] NET-NEW extension of control_science_pipeline. Andrija Puharich (neurologist): US Army Chemical Center medical officer at Edgewood Arsenal (captain, Army Medical Corps, recalled Feb 1953); Nov 23 1952 DoD Seminar-on-Psychological-Warfare paper 'A critique of the possible usefulness of ESP in Psychological Warfare' — defense-adjacent parapsychology. Directed the Round Table Foundation, Glen Cove Maine (1948-58; alleged Armed Forces Special Weapons Project link); 1954 hallucinogenic-mushroom telepathy experiments (Harry Stone trance-channeling); 1952 D.G. Vinod channeling 'The Nine,' later expanded with Uri Geller; 50+ patents incl. a 'tooth radio' auditory-nerve implant. Documented state-adjacent esoteric-behavioral operative aligning with the Prometheism drive (self-deification via parapsychology/ZPE/AI/genetics). The ontological reality of 'The Nine' / channeling is NOT endorsed. Held; name no holder.
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