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A UNIQUE CASE OF PARANORMAL ABILITIES
In the spring of 1983, a thirteen-year-old Polish schoolgirl named Joasia Gajewski suddenly began to exhibit astounding paranormal abilities (often beyond her conscious control) that mystified and frightened the people around her. The inexplicable, often destructive psychokinetic effects she randomly generated (even in her sleep!) met with disbelief, exasperation, and superstitious fear. Attempts by local authorities to ascribe these puzzling events to physical causes (settling of walls, geopathic anomalies, etc.) proved superficial and unsatisfactory.
Eventually Joasia's plight caught the attention of several courageous, open-minded Polish scientists. Over a period of forty months, they administered tests and conducted numerous experiments with her under controlled laboratory conditions. Their detailed studies, though ultimately inconclusive, did succeed in confirming the girl's remarkable powers, which she continued to manifest long after the end of puberty-a singular case in the annals of parapsychology.
About the author
ANNA OSTRZYCKA is a Polish journalist and publisher with an interest in unexplained phenomena and extraordinary human capabilities. In 1990 she and her husband founded the New Age magazine entitled Nieznany Swiat (The Unknown World). She also runs a publishing house of the same name and a bookstore-gallery in Warsaw. The Elusive Force, written with her husband, is her first book.
