Kulagina, Nina S. (1926-1990)
Kulagina, Nina S. (1926-1990)
Russian psychic who demonstrated the ability to move objects at a distance, one form of psychokinesis (PK). Kulagina, a St. Petersburg housewife, has been tested under laboratory conditions by noted researchers, including physiologist L. L. Vasiliev and neurophysiologist Genady A. Sergeiev of the Uktomskii Physiological Institute, Leningrad; Czech psychical researcher Zdenek Rejdak; psychologist B. Blazek; and Dr. J. S. Zvierev.
Tested by Vasiliev in the 1960s, Kulagina caused a compass needle to spin by holding her hand a few inches above it and also moved matchboxes at a distance. She was filmed demonstrating her ability to move small objects such as a pen or cigarettes without contact. In 1968 this film was presented by Sergeiev before an international meeting of parapsychologists in Moscow. American parapsychologists who tested her, including Montague Ullman and J. G. Pratt, considered her a most successful subject with respect to producing PK regularly on demand.
Kulagina died in 1990.
Sources:
Berger, Arthur S., and Joyce Berger. The Encyclopedia of Parapsychology and Psychical Research. New York: Paragon House, 1991.
Kulagina, V. V. "Nina S. Kulagina." Journal of Paraphysics 5 (1971).
Rejdak, Z. "Nina Kulagina's Mind Over Matter." Psychic 2, no. 4 (June 1971).