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Clairvoyance was another talent of Swedenborg's. It has led Duke University's famed Extrasensory Perceptionist Joseph B. Rhine to call him "the pioneer in the work I am doing." At about 6 o'clock one night in 1759, Swedenborg, who was visiting a friend in- Goteborg, suddenly turned pale. A great fire had broken out, he announced, in Stockholm, 325 miles away, and as it spread, he gave out bulletins like a mental radio station...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: The Great Swede | 6/28/1954 | See Source »

From the War Office last week came an unexpected communiqué: General Sir Gerald Templer, 55, victor of Malaya, would not get his promised command of the 80,000-man British Army of the Rhine. "Plans for General Templer's future employment in an important military appointment," said the War Office, "will be announced later. General Templer has been granted a long leave...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GREAT BRITAIN: The Templer Mystery | 6/14/1954 | See Source »

Before him now lies Britain's top field command: commander in chief of the Army of the Rhine. A lean, austere martinet who characterizes himself as "a professional soldier ... no politician," Templer had expected no fond farewells in Malaya. Yet all the way to the airport from his gubernatorial mansion, his Rolls Royce had been mobbed by cheering, affectionate Asians: Malays, Chinese and Indians. From the turbaned representatives of nine Malayan potentates, Templer got a silver cigar box. On his wrist he wore a bamboo bracelet, given by the aborigines of far-off Negri Sembilan, to ward off evil...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SOUTHEAST ASIA: Success of a Mission | 6/7/1954 | See Source »

...newspaperman, then posing successively as a healer, front man for an Oriental fakir, and a mortally sick man. His most startling report: "unorthodox" healers are now 48,000 strong and outnumber the country's 42,000 licensed physicians. They are also increasing rapidly east of the Rhine, a German delegate reported...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Faith & Healing | 5/17/1954 | See Source »

...Pickett's freshman squad meets undefeated Governor Dummer at 3:45 p.m. on the Business School Field. The regular lineup should start, with Marc Rhine, goalie; Dave Newhall, Les Moulton, Brewster Righter, defense; Mike Holmes, Barry Saxe, and Mike Durham, midfield; and Ed Ansin, Gib Gerry, and Stan Yassukovich, attack...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Varsity Ten Favored To Top Weak Trinity; '57 to Face Dummer | 5/12/1954 | See Source »

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