The Body Electric: A Personal Journey into the Mysteries of Parapsychological Research, Bioenergy & Kirlian Photography

s/t: A Personal Journey into the Mysteries of Parapsychological Research, Bioenergy & Kirlian PhotographyThelma Moss (1/6/18—2/1/97) was an American psychologist & parapsychologist, best known for her work on Kirlian photography & human auras. Born Thelma Schnee in Connecticut, she obtained an undergraduate degree from Carnegie Tech. She returned to academia in the mid-60s, studying at the Neuropsychiatric Institute at the UCLA & interning at the Wadsworth Veterans Hospital. She earned a psychology PhD from UCLA & became a professor there. For a time in the '70s she led UCLA's parapsychology laboratory. She explored a wide range of specific subjects in parapsychology (hypnosis, ghosts, levitation, alternative medicine), tho her research on Kirlian photography was the most significant theme in her work for the remainder of her career. She made several trips to the USSR to explore Russian work in the field, & wrote two books on that & related subjects, plus lesser works.