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Scientific medical
research on the Medjugorje visionaries
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At the request of the
Parish Office of Medjugorje, psycho-physiological and psycho-diagnostic
research was carried out on the subjects who since 1981 are
known as the visionaries' group of Medjugorje. |
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The aim was to
investigate whether the ecstatic state of apparition,
already registered in 1985 by the Italian doctors
working group, still continues to be present or has
undergone changes. In addition it was desired to
investigate potential coincidence / divergence with
other states of consciousness such as guided
visualization or hypnosis. |
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The following tests were
used on the subjects to investigate their actual psychophysical
and psychological situation: |
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Complete case history, Medical
case history, Neurological visit |
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MMPI, EPI, MHQ,
Tree test, Person test, Raven Matrixes, Rorschach Test,
Hand test, Valsecchi truth and lie detection test |
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Computerized
polygraph (skin electrical activity; peripheral cardiac
capillary and heartbeat activities; skeletal and
diaphragmatic pneumography) during the apparitional
experience, during mediated hypnotic recall of the same
apparitional experience |
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Holter's arterial
pressure dynamic registration, Holter's electro-cardiographic
respiratory dynamic registration |
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Pupillary reflexes
(photomotor) and winking reflex |
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Video tapes,
Photographs |
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| The results from these psychological-diagnostic
investigations |
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During the period since
age 17, from the beginning of their apparitional experiences,
the subjects do not exhibit any kind of pathological symptoms
like trance interference, disassociate interference and loss of
reality interference. |
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From their
personal testimonies it follows that the initial
and subsequent altered state of consciousness
occurs due to their unusual experiences which
they themselves recognize and define and still
continuously recognize as a vision -
apparition of Our Lady - Blessed Virgin Mary. |
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The psychophysical
investigation was carried out on four states of consciousness: |
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Waking state |
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Altered state of
consciousness (hypnosis with investigation of the state
of ecstasy) |
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State of
visualization of mental images |
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Altered state of
consciousness (defined as the ecstasy of apparition) |
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Results of the
investigation carried out demonstrate that the ecstatic
phenomenology can be compared to the one from 1985 with somewhat
less intensity. The hypnotically induced state of ecstasy did
not cause the phenomenology of spontaneous experiences and
therefore it can be deduced that the ecstatic states of
spontaneous apparitions were not states of hypnotic trance.
(December 1998) |
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