Exploring the Association
between ESP and
Geomagnetic Activity using
5-second Local Geomagnetic
Field Measurements
Overview
Part 1
Geomagnetic Activity and ESP
Local Sidereal Time and ESP
Part 2
Analysis of Edinburgh Ganzfeld Sessions
Geomagnetic Activity
Geomagnetic Activity
Continuous Pulsation
510
530
550
58 68 78 88
Minutes
nT
Irregular Pulsation
1080
1100
1120
1140
1160
1180
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80
Minutes
nT
450
470
490
510
530
550
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80
Minutes
nTIrregular Pulsation
ESP and Geomagnetic Activity:Literature Review
Negative Correlation Makarec and Persinger, 1987Persinger and Krippner, 1989Krippner and Persinger, 1996Radin, 2002Positive Correlation Radin, 1994Persinger et al, 2002Booth et al, 2002
Little or No Correlation Nelson and Dunne, 1986Persinger, 1989Spottiswoode, 1997
ESP and Geomagnetic Activity: Literature Review
Local Sidereal Time Spottiswoode, 1997
Local Sidereal Time
Local Sidereal Time Simulation
Edinburgh Ganzfeld ESP Sessions
1. Effect size (z/N) for the study-condition > 0.15
Criteria
2. 5-second geomagnetic readings available
Study Condition N ES GMA Correlation
Sender - No Sender Sender 64 0.17 Negative
Creativity (1997) All 79 0.50 Positive
Exploratory Dataset
Method
510
530
550
570
590
610
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80
Minutes
nT
510
530
550
570
590
610
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80
Minutes
nT
Method
0
0.01
0.02
0.03
0.04
0.05
0.00 0.01 0.02 0.03 0.04 0.05 0.06 0.07 0.08 0.09 0.10
Hz
nT
Band 3Band 4
Band 5Band 6
Method
Continuous Pulsation
510
530
550
58 68 78 88
Minutes
nT
Sender - No Sender Study(Sender Conditions)
All Sessions (N = 64)
Component rs
Cont. Pulsation -0.26* Range -0.10Trend -0.07Total Power -0.15Band 3 Power -0.17 Band 4 Power -0.06Band 5 Power -0.10 Band 6 Power -0.13
KD Sessions (N = 30)
Component rs Cont. Pulsation -0.31Range -0.04Trend -0.04Total Power -0.17Band 3 Power -0.39*Band 4 Power -0.08Band 5 Power 0.02 Band 6 Power -0.12
* significant at p < 0.05, 2-tailed
Sender - No Sender(Sender Conditions)
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
35
-1.1 -0.8 -0.5 -0.2 0.15 0.45 0.75 1.05 1.35 1.65 1.95 2.25
Band 3 Magnitude (Ln)
Sender - No Sender
Creativity (1997)
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
35
-1.1 -0.8 -0.5 -0.2 0.15 0.45 0.75 1.05 1.35 1.65 1.95 2.25
Band 3 Magnitude (Ln)
Sender - No Sender
Creativity 1997
p < 0.05
>
Summary of Findings
• ESP may not work very well when band 3 > 0.31
• ESP may not work very well during periods with continuous pulsations.
• May explain the inconsistent relationship between ESP and the geomagnetic index.
• May explain the Local Sidereal Time effect.
Creativity (1997)
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
35
-1.1 -0.8 -0.5 -0.2 0.15 0.45 0.75 1.05 1.35 1.65 1.95 2.25
Band 3 Magnitude (Ln)
Sender - No Sender
Creativity 1997
Confirmatory Dataset• Too few studies
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
35
-1.1 -0.8 -0.5 -0.2 0.15 0.45 0.75 1.05 1.35 1.65 1.95 2.25
Band 3 Magnitude (Ln)
Sender - No SenderCreativity 1997Confirmatory
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