The God Helmet

Found an interesting article on ‘Mysterious Universe’ that provides some food for thought:

http://mysteriousuniverse.org/2018/01/te...e-results/


Quote:

“At the recent Lowlands 3-day musical festival, 193 volunteers wore the faux God helmet while blindfolded and 

listening to white noise in headphones. They were instructed to click on a mouse when having any kind of 

unusual experience. In the review afterwards, participants who clicked said they felt they were floating, heard 

voices and saw visions, as well has having less interesting sensations of itching, dizziness or heart palpitations.”

"To avoid that, Dutch scientists from the University of Amsterdam decided to use a placebo God Helmet (a skate helmet with wires attached to a lighted box that did nothing) and look for signs to identify what types of people are most susceptible to the powers of the God helmet – real or placebo ..."

That really doesn't make much sense. They used a placebo helmet to tell them who was most susceptible to the helmet - real or placebo?

"To avoid that, Dutch scientists from the University of Amsterdam decided to use a placebo God Helmet (a skate helmet with wires attached to a lighted box that did nothing) and look for signs to identify what types of people are most susceptible to the powers of the God helmet – real or placebo ..."

That really doesn't make much sense. They used a placebo helmet to tell them who was most susceptible to the helmet - real or placebo?

To be really honest, I didn’t quite understand that part myself.

Slight problem.  Effect could be simply ganzfeld and nothing to do with electromagnetic stimulation.

Found an interesting article on ‘Mysterious Universe’ that provides some food for thought:

http://mysteriousuniverse.org/2018/01/te...e-results/


Quote:

“At the recent Lowlands 3-day musical festival, 193 volunteers wore the faux God helmet while blindfolded and 

listening to white noise in headphones. They were instructed to click on a mouse when having any kind of 

unusual experience. In the review afterwards, participants who clicked said they felt they were floating, heard 

voices and saw visions, as well has having less interesting sensations of itching, dizziness or heart palpitations.”

 

...almost one in five (19%) of people ages 16 to 34 attending the Lowlands 3-day music festival said the planned to use drugs more than they normally do...

There is actually an awful lot to say about the God Helmet and the technology behind it.
I have been looking here on the forum, but I don't really see an outline of what it is or what it was designed to do.

Since I own one, and have made adjustments and modifications, I would be happy to share.

For those who don't know, Stanley Koren designed this together with Michael Persinger in the late 1980's.
The device is patented by Koren. The waveforms and delivery are patented by Stanley A. Koren, Michael A. Persinger, Chin-Ning Chu, and Curt Allen Paulson.
The device sold to the public and books about it were managed by Todd Murphy.

For those unaware of the brain delivery systems involving electrical stimulation waveforms, a quick dive into John Lilly will show his work in the 1950's and the development of Lilly Waves.
Lilly is widely known as the inventor of the isolation tank (sensory deprivation tank) and for his studies on dolphin consciousness and ketamine-induced states.

Basically, if you produce the wrong kind of electrical wave form to the brain, it can be damaging. The brain also rejects attempts to stimulate it by calcium switching. Another lock and block system.

Here are the key aspects regarding Lilly waves and calcium channels:

• Mechanism of the Lilly Wave: Unlike previous electrical waveforms that injured neurons using unidirectional current, the Lilly wave consists of a pulse in one direction, followed by a brief interval, and then a pulse in the opposite direction. This allows ions (including Calcium,) to be moved one way and then immediately back, stimulating the neuron while leaving ions in their original positions, minimizing injury.
  
• Interaction with Calcium Channels: Calcium channels are crucial for converting electrical signals (like those from a stimulation waveform) into cellular responses, such as neurotransmitter release. The Lilly wave stimulates neurons by influencing these voltage-gated channels, specifically targeting the membrane potential to induce calcium flux.
  
• Application in Neural Stimulation: By using this balanced waveform, researchers can trigger calcium-dependent processes—such as synaptic transmission—without the damaging effects of prolonged, unidirectional stimulation.
  
• Context in Neuroscience: The development was a significant advancement in neurophysiology, allowing for safer, more precise, and longer-lasting electrical stimulation of brain tissue and neurons.
  

That being said, the commercial version operating in a Windows environment comes with issues because of the garbage sound systems Windows operating systems use. Windows produces a wide spectrum of noise that is not compatible with the ideal setup. The output is also lacking in power.

The software drives a DOS window with a multi-channel sound system that produces multiple stereo output channels, splitting into USB outputs to accomplish this. There are recommended operating systems and soundcard setups for proper production of required strength levels and waveforms.
The output goes directly to individual electro-magnets, which are basic handheld/landline telephone microphones. These magnets are positioned in different places across the skull for different sessions. Each session is designed to simulate specific EEG-related data. One of the sessions is called the "Harribance Configuration" because it simulates what Sean Harribance's EEG was showing during successful Psi phenomena.

What I discovered was that my computer system wasn't producing enough power to the individual electro-magnets, which I compensated for using mini-amplifiers inserted between the computer and the electromagnets. I had measured this using a standard EM meter. I then ran sessions while monitoring the output to ensure I had the proper power at the end points.

The obvious issues are with proper replication of the signal driving the electromagnetics, and the electromagnetic power level and format. Using basic measuring equipment and free software like Audacity, you can check the waveform and timing, or create new audio files to use. Designing the 3 ms window and power of these waveforms is not for the beginner. The software supplied with the helmet has enough waveforms and sessions to keep someone busy for a very long time.

The helmet design came as a baseball cap with velcro sewn on for the version I have. The weight of the electro-magnets and the wires made it difficult and bulky. So, the first redesign was to get a Styrofoam bike helmet and drill holes to accommodate the electro-magnet microphones. The second stage was to get a support arm, I used a hands-free device designed to hold a tablet to any table edge, and attached the wiring using nylon cable ties. That took the weight off the skull and stopped any pulling caused by the wires.

Next was to dial in the electromagnetic strength. The mini-amplifiers come with a volume knob, which then creates more or less power to the electromagnetics at the microphone/magnet. Measuring with a standard EM meter, my setting ended up being about 3-4 on the volume to achieve enough of a magnetic pulse to graze the surface of the skull when wearing the bike helmet headset. This compensated for the crappy output of my computer. Some soundcards appear to compensate for this, and some were recommended in the documentation.

The general idea is that you are creating a very small plus or minus magnetic energy flux in specific areas of brain tissue, and your brain attempts to correct the fluctuation by compensating. This is what was observed during Sean Harribance's sessions where he called down his angel. The right side of his head was actually becoming less energetic, and the left side would then theoretically try to compensate, what Persinger and Koren called intrusion of the active side into the side needing attention or energy, or the side lacking in homeostasis. This intrusion of one region into another can also be observed when there is brain damage and the brain attempts to compensate or redistribute function, or when you find different neural networks for various reasons, from developmental differences to health.

TMS is different because it actively shuts down brain regions with an extreme magnetic pulse. This is only a temporary shutdown, but it has been used to demonstrate PK becoming active in some individuals when specific brain regions are temporarily shut down using this method.

So you have two major components in replication. One is the subject, since nobody is exactly the same or has the same neural networks or brain chemistry. The other is the equipment and replication of the proper pulses/waveforms at the desired strengths in the proper location.

Some bring up the requirement for a Faraday cage, which reduces some of the environmental influence, but it has nothing to do with magnetics, which are not blocked or rerouted by Faraday cages. A Faraday cage doesn't change gravity, or magnetics. So, in my humble opinion, it is not necessary to this experiment because it doesn't change magnetic influences.

Then, if you follow the instructions Murphy created, you have to monitor for solar flares and the resulting changes to local electromagnetic changes. The reasoning there is that larger solar flares will block or change the brain's reaction. I see that Persinger also covered this experiment and produced some data about Psi, behavior, and the Earth's changing electro-magnetic field. So you then have to pick days where the results tend to be positive, or are not being influenced by stronger forces at work in nature.
Geophysical variables and behaviour

Biological Effects of Magnetic Storms and ELF Magnetic Fields

BTW, I also added the proper red light format using a pair of VR cellphone goggles by attaching the correct frequency LED's to an adjustable flash circuit that can be mounted freely in various positions of the goggles. In this case, the upper left corner of the visual field.

Red light facilitates the sensed presence elicited by application of weak, burst-firing magnetic fields over the temporal lobes