Research of "Paranormal Phenomena" in Southern India

Takayoshi ONODERA
Tokai Women's Junior College, Psychology course

ABSTRACT

In this paper, I address the research report of two so-called paranormal phenomena in South India, leaves of Agasthiya (Agasthiya Nadi) and a miracle of a pendant head. It is alleged that the leaves of Agasthiya written some thousands of years ago are the prophecy for each individual guest. It is said that, only using a person's finger-print, his/her leaf is looked for and his/her private information including family member's names, his/her past and future, are in advance printed in the leaf. The miracle of a pendant head is a kind of materialization, because the pendant head produces the liquid like sweet honey (sacred honey). What has been demonstrated in this research for the leaves of Agasthiya is that it is very dubious as paranormal phenomenon. Rather than paranormal phenomenon, it is a kind of tricky horoscope using blind-spot of the mind. For the miracle pendant head, I could not confirm any materialization of the liquid in the pendant head. I encountered difficulty when I tried to do further examination, because of the pendant owner's refusal for scientific study.

Key words : prophecy, leaves of Agasthiya, horoscope, materialization, sacred honey