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work with who was not an experienced psychic. They wanted a "control" subject.
We selected photographer Hella Hammid, whose passions were blue glass, beauty in the world, and egg custard soufflé. She had spent most of her life looking at the world through the viewfinder of her Leica, so for her to become an accomplished remote viewer was a completely apropos extension of her experiences. Hella was a longtime friend from New York, and she promised that she had no previous psi experience, although she was very excited about the challenge. So, Hella came to us as a "control," and she became our most reliable remote viewer for more than a decade.
The reason Hella was so appreciated at SRI is that she brought warmth and grace that permeated the entire laboratory. Hella was charming as well as astute, as you might be able to ascertain from her photograph in Figure 12. Since the 1950s she had been a regular contributor to Life magazine, and in 1974 she began her career as a psychic superstar. It was a label she thought hysterically funny, because she had no more idea than we did how psi worked. Hella died in 1992, but she is often in my thoughts as I continue the work that we did together.
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Figure 12.
Photographer Hella Hammid began working 
at SRI as a control subject because she had 
never done anything psychic before. It turned 
out that she was an out standing remote viewer 
and was with our team from 1973 to 1982.

 
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