The Psychical Research Foundation
Karen was the name of the reception person, who sat behind the
desk one Saturday morning around noon when I dropped in. I had
never heard about them and was actually planning to find the
J.B. Rhine Institute or the Federation for Research on the
Nature of Man (FRNM). I had stumbled in to the 'mother lode'. It
wasn't necessary to come to these places to look for their
literature or research. I could have found more than enough of
that at the Association for Research and Enlightenment
library in Va. Beach. I wanted to experience these things first
hand.
Karen Getsla turned out to be much more than a receptionist.
There was a person in what had been the front living room in
this quaint converted house under the magnolias. He was on a bed
and there was a cat and recorder in the room. Karen explained it
was Blue Harary, the most effective astral or OOBE (Out of Body
Experience) researcher. I later ran in to a book of his at an
account in Laguna Beach, but that was in another lifetime almost
twenty years later. Karen explained that the black cat was
helpful in guiding Blue back from his travels. She was a few
years older than me and a handsome woman with lots of strength
who acted as if I was a bit of a nuisance at first. We talked,
and it was clear she needed to impress me. I knew that wouldn't
be the act of someone who wasn't interested in me. Still the
moment didn't seem right that day to ask her out; and I listened
and encouraged her to tell me all about herself. Needless to say
I was quite impressed. She told me that she had worked on the
FRNM project to communicate with the submarines below radio
contact range. I had read about this as one of the better proofs
of parapsychology and ESP. Still it wasn't the 100% proof that
nay-sayers needed.
She talked about taking courses at Duke University towards her
degree in psychology and how she had helped a Yogi psychically
remove a needle that a failed medical treatment had left in a
child