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Show FOUND: THE LOST CHORD The Amazing Man Who "Photographs" Thoughts Experts can't explain how but they admit Ted Serios somehow can "think" pictures onto film By PAUL WAHL are ON this page examples " Conn's exclusive lights your way to "instant music." "Show-Chord- We did it and we're glad. We fixed it so that now even a beginner need never grope for chords. We created "Show-Chord,- " the exclusive playing device that not only finds the chords for you . . . but at the flip of a switch, it automatically plays theml At Conn Organ we believe every- one deserves the unique enjoyment and that comes from making music. We don't care if you've never had a lesson in your life. With " it doesn't matter. You " play the melody. plays the chords that make the song complete. Soon you have the assurance to play the notes your" self as lights the That's of the Conn's way. beauty self-expressi- "Show-Chord- "Show-Chord- "Show-Chord- "Show-Chord.- " your progress. 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Well, neither did Ted at first but he has been "thinking" pictures into cameras for years now, and nobody scientists, doctors, camera experts has yet to explain it. There's a word for what Ted Serios does : thoughtography. It was coined more than 50 years ago by a Japanese psychical researcher, Dr. Tomokichi Fukurai, as a name for the apparent ability of some mediums to project and imprint mental images on photographic plates. Ted Series is in his late 40s. He has had little formal education, dropping out of grammar school at 16. A former seaman, his last steady job was as an elevator operator. With George Johannes, a fellow hotel employee who dabbled in hypnotism and found Ted a good subject, Serios engaged in a number of experiments in clairvoyance in 1955. At Johannes' suggestion, Serios tried to photograph his thoughts. Using a sealed camera, he shot away at a blank wall. When the processed film came back with a lew pictures on it, Ted was sure that a joke was being played on him. Assured by Johannes that this was not the case, he repeated the experiment and continued to get inexplicable photographs. In these early attempts at thoughtography, conventional cameras were used. Later, he switched to the Polaroid Land camera for quick results. While an assistant holds the camera, Serios standing or sitting close stares fixedly at the lens. Concentrating intensely, he appears to be under great strain: his face is flushed and his heart pounds wildly. He seems to be trying to force the picture out. When he feels ready to imprint an image o the film, he yells "Now!" and the camera operator trips the shutter. Sometimes, Ted will make the exposure himself. The print pulled ORGAN 48SU INDIANA Family Weekly, April 8, 1968 f ''' that they're wife i. Tnnirni mnniT'i w . ' .... , In seeming agony, Serios "thinks" a picture at his assistant's camera. imii.ii.Li. iiiiwwii in II ' -" : , . rl ,il in II in . & 1 l- - Trying to project a bell tower, Ted came up with this photo of a hotel. . it in night clubs or tv." Serios' demonstrations are concondiducted under to eliminate tions designed virtually any possibility of fraud or collusion. He is under constant close surveillance by various experts throughout the session, sometimes monitored by movie cameras. Often, he submits to personal search. In spring, 1964, Serios met Dr. Jule Eisenbud, a prominent Denver psychiatrist and associate clinical professor of psychiatry at the University of Colorado Medical School. Dr. Eisenbud has been actively interested in parapsychology psychical research for more than 25 years and was greatly impressed by a demonstration Ted gave. Later that year, at the psychiatrist's invitation, Serios moved to Denver to join him in a series of experiments. In more than three years of investigation, Dr. Eisenbud conducted many tests of the Serios phenomenon under a variety of conditions, well-controll- !m I ; f fi" photo and who showed up but Queen Elizabeth II, crown and all! It has been reported that Ted produced a picture of Russia's Vostok spaceship in flight before any pictuies of it had been published. Although he has made hundreds of thoughtographs since 1955, Serios can't do it every time. Indeed, his all-ti"batting average" is low-- he misses more than he hits. Serios has used his failures as an argument to answer those who say it must be a trick. He says, "If it isn't for real, wjy can't I do it all the time? If it was a trick, I could make money on !M i I with every possible safeguard After several attempts, Serios projected what he wanted automobiles. from the the camera seconds later isn't close-u- p portrait of Ted Cerios that you might expect to see, but a picture of something else that shouldn't be there at all like a building or an automobile. Often he is as surprised as anybody by what ha photographs. Once he tried to "think" a submarine against any possibility of deception, and all were closely observed. As a result of these experiments, Ted Serios finally has received at least in some measure the scientific attention he so long sought. He also became the subject of a fascinating book, "The World of Ted Serios," written by Dr. Eistnbud. Does Ted Serios really photograph his thoughts? As one scientist who worked with him five years ago says: "If what Serios does is a trick, all I can say is that it's a good one !" |