Alterations in Random Event Measures Associated with a Healing Practice
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Can a healer's presence make random number generators go haywire? Researchers placed two identical electronic coin-flippers in two spots: one in bioenergy healer Mietek Wirkus's office, the other at a library five miles away. Over three years, the office device showed unusual behavior on a whopping 92% of days versus 58% at the library -- highly significant statistically. Sounds dramatic! But whether the healer was actively healing or just hanging out didn't produce consistent effects, and his attention to the device didn't matter. Most tellingly, the weirdness had zero correlation with whether clients actually got healthier. Something unusual may have been happening around the healer's space, but what it means remains wide open.
Research Notes
First field REG study in a bioenergy healer’s office — healer Mietek Wirkus. Parallel REG design (office vs. library) controls for temporal confounds. Part of PEAR/Nelson field REG research program. Inconsistent healing-phase results and null attention effects complicate interpretation. Connects to GCP/field consciousness literature and distant healing research.
Two portable REGs (PEAR Lab design) ran in parallel over three data collection periods (1999–2001): one in bioenergy healer Mietek Wirkus’s office in Bethesda, MD, the other at a university library 5 miles away as control. REG excursions beyond the 95% confidence parabola occurred on 92% of days in the healer’s office (47/51) versus 58% in the library (35/60), χ²=16.3, p<0.0005. Healing versus non-healing phases within the office showed inconsistent results across experiments. The healer’s level of attention to the REG (high vs. low) did not significantly affect excursion rates. No correlation was found between REG deviations and client health outcomes on the SF-36.
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- Transcriptional Changes in Cancer Cells Induced by Exposure to a Healing Method — Beseme, S (2018)
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📋 Cite this paper
Crawford, Cindy C, Jonas, Wayne B, Nelson, Roger, Wirkus, Margaret, Wirkus, Mietek (2003). Alterations in Random Event Measures Associated with a Healing Practice. Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine. https://doi.org/10.1089/107555303322284805
@article{crawford_2003_alterations,
title = {Alterations in Random Event Measures Associated with a Healing Practice},
author = {Crawford, Cindy C and Jonas, Wayne B and Nelson, Roger and Wirkus, Margaret and Wirkus, Mietek},
year = {2003},
journal = {Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine},
doi = {10.1089/107555303322284805},
}