03-05-2025, 06:25 AM
Why is this paranormal?
Trust me, bro! Here's a conference publication from 2015, Neolithic Art, Archaeoacoustics, and Neuroscience discussing it a bit. During searches later in the writing I also came across this article in Popular Archeology, which is a brief read.
This is probably just part 1 of a series that will look at the exploration of consciousness. I'll see how it goes and how much interest there is, but more nuanced topics like starting your own exploration and the techniques I've found useful may be in later parts. These techniques can be used just to enhance the efficacy of meditation or, at the extremes, facilitate much more profound experiences. Under this umbrella you'll find everything from lucid dreams to out of body experiences. Between the two are things like divination, remote viewing, and ESP. Also under this umbrella are things considered to be mentalism, which has a long and controversial history. I have found practice of any techniques that exploit these phenomena have synergistic benefits to the practice of all the other techniques.
That stuff will be later though. First, a bit of history and some modern academic work. The evidence helps foster belief and belief is far more important than most people think. You are the observer, the one to bring about the collapse of wave function, and your belief has real impacts on how the world evolves around you. The human brain is a quantum computational device. Roger Penrose has two books on that subject, but Shadows of the Mind is the most recent. Penrose has a Nobel in physics and his work was instrumental in the evolution of my beliefs. It helped explain some of my experiences and gave me a thread to pull for further research.
Neolithic resonance chambers are found in a number of locations that have had a long history of human habitation, though some resonance chambers also date from more recent times and many haven't seen habitation for some time. There is probably a lot of wiggle room about dating too, but the focus of my study is mostly just anything older than 500 years or so. Places include Ħal Saflieni Hypogeum (Malta), Newgrange, Walyand's Smithy, Chun Quoit (and others Ireland & UK), Great Pyramid (King's Chamber), and Chavín de Huántar (Peru). This isn't comprehensive and I may be forgetting some, but a couple of the links will lead to more than just the sites listed. There are a number suspected and yet to be tested. Some of them are not chambers, but stone circles or open auditorium type structures.
While the acoustical properties vary, they tend to cluster around 110 Hz. It seems 90-120 Hz is the prevalent range and accounts for the vast majority of the frequencies measured.
The left prefrontal cortex has a couple areas where inhibition via induced lesions (temporary) has shown improvement in psi potential.
The CIA document is an interesting read if you haven't read it, but it's not critical to read it all. There are some interesting portions that offer conjecture (and some references) on how what is called kundalini awakening may be a result specific changes in heart rate related to deep mediation causing resonance in the brain cavity.
CIA - Analysis and Assessment of Gateway Process
The Gateway Experience is fairly well known in conspiracy and new age communities. It uses a combination of deep relaxation, brain entrainment (hemisync), and some humming, to facilitate altered states. It uses ambient environmental noises to help distract the mind as well. I'm not sure of the precise frequencies used, but they're mentioned at 100 Hz and 105 Hz. That could be more effective it it were 110 and 115, but perhaps it already is and is being misrepresented by other parties. With the different tones in each ear the resulting binaural is at 5 Hz (theta) which a deeply relaxing brain state. It's essentially guided meditation, which can then be repurposed as an autosuggestion (self-hypnosis) technique. People have some success, but often the don't stick with it very long or don't have much more than a refreshing meditative experience.
What The Gateway Experience is missing, aside from the humming during what is referred to as resonant tuning, is vibration strong enough to really reach the brain. It doesn't mean that it can't work, but that it is not complete. The resonance chambers, amplifying the 110 Hz frequency, may very well be able to do that. It's missing some tools that I have personally trained on as well, which relate to maintaining your ego "I am" while moving through various altered states. Those aren't really practical within the scope of the tapes, but prove very valuable for exploration. I understand that some later modules of The Gateway Experience get into more advanced techniques, but cost is prohibitive and the first module is widely available (and provides the framework you need to do the rest).
I'm not going to go too far into the spiritual practices of Tibetan monks, Hindu mystics, and various other groups, but it is commonly known that they exploit acoustics to enhance their rituals. I believe this practice predates recorded history, which seems to be supported by the presence of these precisely constructed structures. I also have (had) a private source from an esoteric group that has maintained similar practices which originated in Assyria. I think that it is probably related to the Magi as well, of Zoroastrianism. Unfortunately, geopolitical events may prevent the world from ever learning more about that particular group. Important though, is that their practices in the use of resonance and acoustics is merely the conclusion of an initiation process. It's also a test. It's just the introduction to entering these altered states, not the culmination of their practices. Once that state is achieved it is expected that the initiated can continue their journeys without the full initiation ritual.
In my experience the more one practices, the easier and more fluid the movement into these states. Some people have advantages, but I have no insight on how that comes about. I suspect it has something to do with neural architecture, but I don't really know. There's also a lot of culturally reinforced inhibition, which has a far greater effect than one might imagine. If nothing else, these cultural (sometimes religious) inhibitions mean that the topic doesn't get much attention in academic research. Experimental design is a significant barrier as well. There is no tool to directly measure the quantum fields and their interactions. Research deals with incredibly indirect measurements or what could be considered to be almost abstract evidence.
It's my belief that direct experience is really the best evidence. Until you do something that everyone else considers magic or new age nonsense, it's very difficult to believe that these experiences are real. I don't really debate the topic. It took me many years, many experiences in a variety of forms, to believe in the non-physical nature of my consciousness. I recognize some as local, as in they are moderated through my brain. I recognize others as something more, because they can have very real impacts on the world and provide very real information. With $50-100 thousand for equipment and a proper lab space, I could have a lot of fun.
So to recap. The 110 Hz resonance inhibits left frontal lobe activity and shifts some activity to the right frontal lobe. I didn't include above that Gary Nolan has done some work that indicates increased activity in the caudate and putamen in people that had an experience with a UAP. That will be perhaps tied in at a later time, with the physical resonance in chambers being able to reach that location. Inhibition of the left frontal lobe, particularly in Brodmann areas 9, 10, and 32, increases psi effects in a measurable way. Ancient resonance chambers often are tuned to 110 Hz and may have amplified a group chant to levels capable of causing the physical vibration of that resonance to all parts of the brain. Another interesting thing found near some of these ancient sites are depictions of what appear to be standing waves in stone carvings.
This research into Neolithic resonance chambers is the most recent of my studies, but it seems to make sense as a starting point or prologue to things that I have been practicing or experiencing for much longer. It's the freshest in my mind, so I sort of remember where to look. With the information I've gathered on these chambers the next step in exploring enhancement of these states is finding or creating a small device that can cause the same physical vibration as the focal points found in the chambers. I'll be doing an experiment with a TBD 10,000-15,000 gauss static magnetic field to inhibit left frontal lobe via glial "fatigue", which will probably happen before I figure out how to simulate the chamber effect. This isn't the same as the rTMS, but static magnetic fields have been shown to accelerate nanoparticle uptake in glial cells. This may or may not lead to a "fatigued" state. Unlike rTMS, static magnetic fields are also low risk for experimentation.
I'm going to call it for this part. It feels like a fragment because it is. The main issue with getting a thread like this together is running down all the information so I can link to it. This ends up taking many hours more than just writing it from memory. Some of the materials linked are new to me, but have information that I had already gathered at some point. I'm not endorsing the bulk of the material, just offering it as a starting point if you'd care to do more research on anything I've said. I can't be arsed to do a full review of all the articles and then also run down all the secondary sources used.
Do I believe in all this stuff? Absolutely. As somebody that was engaging with the world through the eyes of a scientist since I was around six years old it took a long time and a lot of personal experience to believe. I am not religious and had great disdain for religion. I mostly still do, but I have stopped throwing out the baby with the bath water if it contributes to my research. Penrose gave me a bridge between science and woo, but that really only accelerated my pursuit of more information. I still look for academic work providing evidence, but my beliefs have shifted in the past decade and I no longer need more evidence. There are still many missing pieces and not just for me, but for the entirety of (publicly available) science. I strongly suspect there's a great deal more, but I think that those in control of the flow of information have embargoed it.
3/9/2024 - Changed title to reflect part of series - working on part 2 covering rituals and practices associated with altered states.
Trust me, bro! Here's a conference publication from 2015, Neolithic Art, Archaeoacoustics, and Neuroscience discussing it a bit. During searches later in the writing I also came across this article in Popular Archeology, which is a brief read.
This is probably just part 1 of a series that will look at the exploration of consciousness. I'll see how it goes and how much interest there is, but more nuanced topics like starting your own exploration and the techniques I've found useful may be in later parts. These techniques can be used just to enhance the efficacy of meditation or, at the extremes, facilitate much more profound experiences. Under this umbrella you'll find everything from lucid dreams to out of body experiences. Between the two are things like divination, remote viewing, and ESP. Also under this umbrella are things considered to be mentalism, which has a long and controversial history. I have found practice of any techniques that exploit these phenomena have synergistic benefits to the practice of all the other techniques.
That stuff will be later though. First, a bit of history and some modern academic work. The evidence helps foster belief and belief is far more important than most people think. You are the observer, the one to bring about the collapse of wave function, and your belief has real impacts on how the world evolves around you. The human brain is a quantum computational device. Roger Penrose has two books on that subject, but Shadows of the Mind is the most recent. Penrose has a Nobel in physics and his work was instrumental in the evolution of my beliefs. It helped explain some of my experiences and gave me a thread to pull for further research.
Neolithic resonance chambers are found in a number of locations that have had a long history of human habitation, though some resonance chambers also date from more recent times and many haven't seen habitation for some time. There is probably a lot of wiggle room about dating too, but the focus of my study is mostly just anything older than 500 years or so. Places include Ħal Saflieni Hypogeum (Malta), Newgrange, Walyand's Smithy, Chun Quoit (and others Ireland & UK), Great Pyramid (King's Chamber), and Chavín de Huántar (Peru). This isn't comprehensive and I may be forgetting some, but a couple of the links will lead to more than just the sites listed. There are a number suspected and yet to be tested. Some of them are not chambers, but stone circles or open auditorium type structures.
While the acoustical properties vary, they tend to cluster around 110 Hz. It seems 90-120 Hz is the prevalent range and accounts for the vast majority of the frequencies measured.
Quote:Activity in the left temporal region was found to be significantly lower at 110 Hz than at other frequencies. Additionally, the pattern ofBrain Activity And Acoustic Resonance
asymmetric activity over the prefrontal cortex shifted from one of higher activity on the left at most frequencies to right-sided dominance at 110 Hz. These findings are compatible with relative deactivation of language centers and a shift in prefrontal activity that may be related to emotional processing
The left prefrontal cortex has a couple areas where inhibition via induced lesions (temporary) has shown improvement in psi potential.
Quote:These robust findings across different brain pathologies in neurological patients, as well in healthy participants with reversible rTMS induced brain lesions, support the concept that the brain acts as a filter to inhibit psi and that the left medial middle frontal region, involving one or more of Brodmann areas 9, 10, and 32, is a key anatomical component of this filter...Enhanced mind-matter interactions following rTMS induced frontal lobe inhibition
Our findings in healthy participants with rTMS induced reversible brain lesions are potentially transformative for the way we view interactions between the brain and seemingly random events. They replicate our previously published findings in individuals with damage to their frontal lobes and support the concept that the brain serves as a filter to block psi effects. This may help explain why these effects are so small and hard to replicate in healthy participants.
The CIA document is an interesting read if you haven't read it, but it's not critical to read it all. There are some interesting portions that offer conjecture (and some references) on how what is called kundalini awakening may be a result specific changes in heart rate related to deep mediation causing resonance in the brain cavity.
CIA - Analysis and Assessment of Gateway Process
The Gateway Experience is fairly well known in conspiracy and new age communities. It uses a combination of deep relaxation, brain entrainment (hemisync), and some humming, to facilitate altered states. It uses ambient environmental noises to help distract the mind as well. I'm not sure of the precise frequencies used, but they're mentioned at 100 Hz and 105 Hz. That could be more effective it it were 110 and 115, but perhaps it already is and is being misrepresented by other parties. With the different tones in each ear the resulting binaural is at 5 Hz (theta) which a deeply relaxing brain state. It's essentially guided meditation, which can then be repurposed as an autosuggestion (self-hypnosis) technique. People have some success, but often the don't stick with it very long or don't have much more than a refreshing meditative experience.
What The Gateway Experience is missing, aside from the humming during what is referred to as resonant tuning, is vibration strong enough to really reach the brain. It doesn't mean that it can't work, but that it is not complete. The resonance chambers, amplifying the 110 Hz frequency, may very well be able to do that. It's missing some tools that I have personally trained on as well, which relate to maintaining your ego "I am" while moving through various altered states. Those aren't really practical within the scope of the tapes, but prove very valuable for exploration. I understand that some later modules of The Gateway Experience get into more advanced techniques, but cost is prohibitive and the first module is widely available (and provides the framework you need to do the rest).
I'm not going to go too far into the spiritual practices of Tibetan monks, Hindu mystics, and various other groups, but it is commonly known that they exploit acoustics to enhance their rituals. I believe this practice predates recorded history, which seems to be supported by the presence of these precisely constructed structures. I also have (had) a private source from an esoteric group that has maintained similar practices which originated in Assyria. I think that it is probably related to the Magi as well, of Zoroastrianism. Unfortunately, geopolitical events may prevent the world from ever learning more about that particular group. Important though, is that their practices in the use of resonance and acoustics is merely the conclusion of an initiation process. It's also a test. It's just the introduction to entering these altered states, not the culmination of their practices. Once that state is achieved it is expected that the initiated can continue their journeys without the full initiation ritual.
In my experience the more one practices, the easier and more fluid the movement into these states. Some people have advantages, but I have no insight on how that comes about. I suspect it has something to do with neural architecture, but I don't really know. There's also a lot of culturally reinforced inhibition, which has a far greater effect than one might imagine. If nothing else, these cultural (sometimes religious) inhibitions mean that the topic doesn't get much attention in academic research. Experimental design is a significant barrier as well. There is no tool to directly measure the quantum fields and their interactions. Research deals with incredibly indirect measurements or what could be considered to be almost abstract evidence.
It's my belief that direct experience is really the best evidence. Until you do something that everyone else considers magic or new age nonsense, it's very difficult to believe that these experiences are real. I don't really debate the topic. It took me many years, many experiences in a variety of forms, to believe in the non-physical nature of my consciousness. I recognize some as local, as in they are moderated through my brain. I recognize others as something more, because they can have very real impacts on the world and provide very real information. With $50-100 thousand for equipment and a proper lab space, I could have a lot of fun.
So to recap. The 110 Hz resonance inhibits left frontal lobe activity and shifts some activity to the right frontal lobe. I didn't include above that Gary Nolan has done some work that indicates increased activity in the caudate and putamen in people that had an experience with a UAP. That will be perhaps tied in at a later time, with the physical resonance in chambers being able to reach that location. Inhibition of the left frontal lobe, particularly in Brodmann areas 9, 10, and 32, increases psi effects in a measurable way. Ancient resonance chambers often are tuned to 110 Hz and may have amplified a group chant to levels capable of causing the physical vibration of that resonance to all parts of the brain. Another interesting thing found near some of these ancient sites are depictions of what appear to be standing waves in stone carvings.
This research into Neolithic resonance chambers is the most recent of my studies, but it seems to make sense as a starting point or prologue to things that I have been practicing or experiencing for much longer. It's the freshest in my mind, so I sort of remember where to look. With the information I've gathered on these chambers the next step in exploring enhancement of these states is finding or creating a small device that can cause the same physical vibration as the focal points found in the chambers. I'll be doing an experiment with a TBD 10,000-15,000 gauss static magnetic field to inhibit left frontal lobe via glial "fatigue", which will probably happen before I figure out how to simulate the chamber effect. This isn't the same as the rTMS, but static magnetic fields have been shown to accelerate nanoparticle uptake in glial cells. This may or may not lead to a "fatigued" state. Unlike rTMS, static magnetic fields are also low risk for experimentation.
I'm going to call it for this part. It feels like a fragment because it is. The main issue with getting a thread like this together is running down all the information so I can link to it. This ends up taking many hours more than just writing it from memory. Some of the materials linked are new to me, but have information that I had already gathered at some point. I'm not endorsing the bulk of the material, just offering it as a starting point if you'd care to do more research on anything I've said. I can't be arsed to do a full review of all the articles and then also run down all the secondary sources used.
Do I believe in all this stuff? Absolutely. As somebody that was engaging with the world through the eyes of a scientist since I was around six years old it took a long time and a lot of personal experience to believe. I am not religious and had great disdain for religion. I mostly still do, but I have stopped throwing out the baby with the bath water if it contributes to my research. Penrose gave me a bridge between science and woo, but that really only accelerated my pursuit of more information. I still look for academic work providing evidence, but my beliefs have shifted in the past decade and I no longer need more evidence. There are still many missing pieces and not just for me, but for the entirety of (publicly available) science. I strongly suspect there's a great deal more, but I think that those in control of the flow of information have embargoed it.
3/9/2024 - Changed title to reflect part of series - working on part 2 covering rituals and practices associated with altered states.
