B Premanand The psychic places the hot electric soldering iron across his hand without getting burnt. Experiment: 130 Effect: Hot electric soldering iron on the hand. Props: Electric soldering iron, petroleum jelly. Method: Smear petroleum jelly on your hand. Take the soldering Iron and lightly place it on your hand over the jelly. It…
B Premanand This ‘miracle’ is performed both by Muslims and Hindu oracles. They cut their body with a knife. Blood flows from the gashes. Later, the body is wiped with a towel and water and the cuts are healed. Experiment: 128 Effect: Cutting the body with a knife. Props: Ferric Chloride, Sodium Sulphocyanide, a…
Normal 0 B Premanand When a theft has occurred, the tantrik is called. He starts a havan by preparing a homa kunda with mud and firewood and lights the fire, chanting mantras for some time. After the prayer, he fixes a four-foot long stick in the ground and asks the assembled people go into the…
Basava Premanand We are now moving to the end of the first volume of the series under “Science Versus Miracles”. All the experiments explained here are found in books on Magic and in scientific literature. Using these methods. unscrupulous godmen and psychics have been exploiting the gullible. Even scientists like Dr. Bhagavantam. P. K. Banerjee.…
B Premanand At Tirupurakundram in Tamilnadu, two eagles come to the temple exactly at 12 noon to partake in the prasad offering of the god in the temple. Garuda is believed to be the vahana (vehicle) of Vishnu whose idol is installed in the temple. Experiment: 124 Courtesy: Wikipedia Effect: Eagle appearing at 12 noon…
B Premanand God’s spirit leaves the oracle and enters a wick which dances when it is lit. This phenomenon occurs in a village temple in South Kanara. The Oracle gets possessed by the god and after the ceremony, it leaves his body and he falls down unconscious. The spirit then enters a wick which when…
B Premanand When people come to the Tantrik to get their problems solved, he asks the person to write a number between 1 to 20 or the name of a flower. The Tantrik, after concentrating on the person, writes something on a piece of paper and puts it in his pocket. Then he asks about…
B Premanand To prove that he is a true devotee of god, a man takes a bath, makes a fire in front of him, chants mantras and then smears the ash from the Yajna Kunda on his body. The name of the god appears all over his body Experiment: 119 Effect: God’s name appears on…
The five day training program to create scientific temper among children by explaining the scientific principles behind many of the so called miracles has concluded on 30th May 2013. Science Centre, Port Blair, Andaman & Nicobar Islands Prof Narendra Nayak addressing the participants Participants observing with rapt attention Burning camphor on tongue Exposing the miracle of Kamrali…
B Premanand The psychic takes a bowl of water. He moves hishand over the water and it explodes with fire. Experiment: 117 Effect: Burning water with psychic power Props: A bowl, hot water, Sodium metal and a thimble. Method: Hide me sodium metal in the thimble. Show the bowl of water and pass your hand…