Washington Research Center and Parapsychology Group
Washington Research Center and Parapsychology Group
The Washington Research Center and Parapsychology Group was founded in 1982 by Russian-American parapsychologist Larissa Vilenskaya (b. 1948). Vilenskaya had been involved in parapsychological research throughout the 1970s at the Research Institute of General and Pedagogical Psychology of the USSR Academy of Sciences. She moved to the United States in 1981. The center published a journal, Psi Research, which made an effort at informing an English-speaking audience of research being conducted in Russia, Eastern Europe, and China.
The center also became identified with the firewalking movement. Vilenskaya became interested in firewalking and conducted numerous events teaching attendees to experiment with the practice. Last known address: 484B Washington St. #317, San Francisco, CA 93940.