1. Andrija Puharich's father had emigrated from what was then the Austro-Hungarian Empire, entering the US in 1912 as a stowaway.
20 Facts About Andrija Puharich
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Andrija Puharich's residency was completed at the Permanente Research Foundation in Oakland, California, where he specialized in internal medicine.
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From 1953 to 1955, Andrija Puharich served as a captain in the Army Medical Corps; in this capacity, he was assigned as Chief, Outpatient Service, US Army Dispensary, Army Chemical Center, Edgewood Arsenal, Maryland.
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Andrija Puharich was impressed by the stories about the Dutch psychic Peter Hurkos and invited him to the US in 1956 to investigate his alleged abilities.
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In 1960, Andrija Puharich investigated materialization seances at Camp Chesterfield, but discovered the use of cheesecloth being used to fake ectoplasm.
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In 1960, Andrija Puharich participated in Chatino rituals in Mexico, which involved the consumption of hallucinogenic drugs.
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In 1963, Andrija Puharich investigated the Brazilian psychic surgeon Ze Arigo, who he viewed favourably, providing an afterword for his 1974 biographer.
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In 1971, Andrija Puharich met Israeli psychic Uri Geller and endorsed him as a genuine psychic.
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Andrija Puharich wrote a supportive 1974 biography of Geller, a subject he had investigated with the help of Itzhak Bentov, among others.
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Andrija Puharich claimed the beam was responsible for climatic disturbances, earthquakes, Legionnaires' disease and violent riots.
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In December, 1952, Puharich invited Hindu mystic Dhundiraj G Vinod to one of his channeling sessions.
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Andrija Puharich was impressed by the stories about the Dutch psychic Peter Hurkos and invited him to the US in 1956 to investigate his alleged abilities.
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Andrija Puharich met Uri Geller in 1971 and endorsed him as a genuine psychic.
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In 1974, Andrija Puharich claimed he had observed Geller transmute base metal into gold by psychic power.
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Andrija Puharich stated that Geller teleported a dog through the walls of his house.
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Andrija Puharich claimed that extraterrestrial beings had communicated to him that Geller was the chosen savior of humanity and had been given the ability to contact flying saucers and perform paranormal phenomena such as psychokinesis, spoon bending, telepathy and teleportation.
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Andrija Puharich claimed to have experienced poltergeist phenomena with Geller.
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Andrija Puharich is said to have conducted some form of hypnosis with Greta Woodrew at Lab Nine on his estate in Ossining, New York.
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Andrija Puharich appeared as himself in "The Case of the Meddling Medium" episode of the Perry Mason TV series.
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Andrija Puharich is shown to be the Director of the "Parapsychology Laboratory", and is described as "one of the top ESP men in the country".