Stanley Krippner’s first encounter with Amyr Amiden, a ‘psychic sensitive’, was in 1993, when he was part of a tour of Brazil sponsored by the Institute of Noetic Sciences.
Amyr Amiden was born in 1941, of Syrian and Persian descent. He worked for a labor union and helped his brother run an import business. On weekends he served as a volunteer at a leper colony.
Amyr agreed to work with a team of researchers that included Stan Krippner, a Brazilian psychologist, a Brazilian physician, and a Brazilian physicist.
During this time with Amiden, members of the group reported the sudden appearance of objects that appeared anomalously included polished stones, coins, medallions, onyx jewelry, gemstones, and a pair of metallic linked rings. Laboratory tests identified some of the stones as agate, amethyst, a low-grade emerald, and a small diamond. A total of ninety-five unusual events were observed, of which ninety-one were scored as ‘apparent anomalies’. Amiden explained these phenomena are not under his voluntary control, making investigation difficult.
When Dr. Krippner asked Amyr if he felt that these phenomena were the work of some spiritual force…. mentioning the name “Christ” in this dialogue, instantly, Amyr began to bleed from his palms and the back of his hands. A dark red mark also appeared on his forehead.
Research continued for 17 years, with the final set of phenomena occurring in 2019.
Biographical Information
Stanley Krippner, Ph.D., has held faculty appointments at Akamai University, Fordham University, Kent State University, New York University, Saybrook University, Sofia University, and the California Institute for Integral Studies. He has received lifetime achievement awards from the Parapsychological Association, the International Association for the Study of Dreams, and the Society for Humanistic Psychology.
Krippner is a Fellow of the American Psychological Association, which granted him its 2002 Award for Distinguished Contributions to the International Development of Psychology. He is co-author of the award-winning book Personal Mythology, and co-editor of the award-winning book Varieties of Anomalous Experience, and has published over 1,000 peer-reviewed articles.
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