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ESP Laboratory of Texas

Not a laboratory for research in the scientific sense of the term, but a mystical organization founded as the ESP Laboratory by Alcie Gwyn Manning in Los Angeles, California, in 1966. With the help of a spirit guide, "Professor Reinhardt," Manning wrote his initial book. He also became a minister of Spiritual Science and opened a church. He developed a program of psychic development designed to bring success, prosperity, and healing.

In 1970 Manning introduced a course on the I Ching and the following year one on white magic and witchcraft. His practical approach was emphasized in a new book, Helping Yourself with White Witchcraft (1972). In the early 1980s Manning moved the laboratory to Texas. He also made a most endearing and original contribution to contemporary mythology with the felicitously named Gronkydoddles, a race of invisible pixies helpful to the human race. Address: ESP Laboratory of Texas, Box 216, 219 S. Ridge Dr., Edgewood, TX 75117.