How to Control 300 Million Minds: The Mysterious TV Psychic Who Tried to Save the Soviet Union

“Relax. Let your thoughts wander free.”

A deep, measured, baritone reverberates through the air. The voice belongs to Anatoly Kashpirovsky, a man seated behind a simple desk in a dimly lit studio.

Dressed in black, his piercing gaze fixes on the camera, seemingly penetrating the television screens of 300 million viewers across the Soviet Union.

It is October 8, 1989. As night falls over Moscow, the streets empty. Inside cramped Soviet apartments, families huddle in the pale glow of their televisions as the evening news fades to silence.

In its place appears a haunting image: a misty, desolate lake, accompanied by gentle guitar strings as white letters materialize on screen: Health Séance of Doctor-Psychotherapist Anatoly Mikhailovich Kashpirovsky.

The camera trembles slightly, zooming closer to Kashpirovsky’s unblinking eyes. His voice, hypnotic yet commanding, continues: “Look around your space. There should be no sharp objects, no fire. Sit in a stable position.”

[darktv]

Place a vessel of water near your YouTube viewing device. It will be charged with healing energy.

[reelingwithrobby]

Been watching you since I was in highschool, I’ll be 25 this year. Thanks for these awesome videos all these years!

[DixieDaydreamer]

I remember when Uri Geller was in his prime, my Nan who was the most rational, down to earth person you could meet suddenly became enamoured with his power when he did some broadcast once. He told everyone to go get a broken wristwatch from a drawer and hold it, he did his pscyhic "song and dance" routine, and my nan swears my grandad's old broken wristwatch that had been broken for 15 years after he'd died, suddenly sprang to life. I didn't believe a word of it even as a gullible teenager, Geller always looked and sounded like a fraud to me, but my alwasy so clear and rational grandma was convinced he was some sort of miracle worker.

She wouldn't have it any other way than it was Geller's powers had fixed that watch and it didn't change her in any other way. She was still sharp and rational but it taught me a lesson that even the most rational person can be taken in by cheap parlour tricks or convinced of psychic powers when it was more likely they did something to make something happen. I've been an ardant skeptic of paranormal phenomena ever since I saw one of the most logical and rational people I knew get suckered into parlour tricks.

[thetruth]

Our phones keep us hypnotized for sure, and it definitely benefits the government, to persuade if you will, our sense and sensibility

[zsoltbartus]

Modern television does that for decades.

[adinocc]

@4:08 I've heard of actors who're stiffs, but this guy takes the cake!

[ag]

This guy was like a megapastor in America 😂

[stephenn]

Fascinating and oddly relevant ..thank u

[Primal-]

Tsarist Russia was always superstitious. Soviet thinking was going agains the grain.

[ingridfong-daley]

was wicked, even by Dark5 standards... awesome upload!!

[sandrafaith]

Not all that surprising that desperate people believe what they want to believe.

[seankeikbusch]

So in lieu of meditacal treatment they employed the placebo effect on the entire nation.

[Knight_of_the_Old_Code]

That woman's strength to endure that amount of pain for so long during her surgery is/was greater than any "mind control."

[MAGAWON]

This tactic still happens on all social media sites like tiktok, IG, etc.

[Yasinnguyen]

Hey again I been watching your videos since you first came out maybe like 2-3 years In. I gotta say I love the intro on this video. 👏 love you man! Love your videos and hope all is well with you and your loved ones.

[thanakislupusthesaltywolve]

Every country in the world uses the same tactics exactly like 1984

[oleole]

they are not citizens, they are population

[avelione]

I remember seeing this guy on TV as a kid! XD My grandparents watched his seances...

[oneshotme]

I very much enjoyed your video and I gave it a Thumbs Up

[miguelcastaneda]

Remember back in 60s 70s they discovered ..subliminal messages were being broadcasted during commercials and programs...what makes anyone think they...we stopped