Zierold, Maria Reyes
Zierold, Maria Reyes
A Mexican sensitive who was the subject of experiments by Gustav Pagenstecher (1855-1942) from about 1919 onward. Zierold was a housewife whom Pagenstecher treated for insomnia by means of hypnosis. To his surprise, Zierold manifested psychometric ability while in hypnotic trance.
A medical committee in Mexico City also examined Zierold's abilities and reported that the phenomena seemed genuinely paranormal. In 1921 Walter Franklin Prince, then principal research officer of the American Society for Psychical Research visited Mexico to observe Pagenstecher's experiments and to conduct his own. He reached similar conclusions.
Sources:
Pagenstecher, Gustav. Die Geheimnisse der Psychometrie oder Hellsehen in die Vergangenheit (Secrets of Psychometry or Clairvoyance into the Past). N.p., 1928.
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——. "Past Events Seership." Proceedings of the American Society for Psychical Research 16 (January 1922).
Prince, Walter Franklin. "Psychometric Experiments with Maria Reyes de Z." Journal of the American Society for Psychical Research 16 (January 1922).
——. "Psychometric Experiments with Maria Reyes de Z." Proceedings of the American Society for Psychical Research 15 (1921).
Tyrell, G. N. M. The Personality of Man: New Facts and Their Significance. U.K.: Penguin Books, 1947.