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| The magnetic fields get stronger and weaker, mimicking patterns that appear in EEG traces. Although they're
still magnetic fields, they are also 'magnetic signals', and that's what we'll be calling them. |
| It works by switching the magnetic fields between two sets of magnetic coils connected to the left and right
channels of your sound card. This brings the areas within the magnetic fields to greater activity than stationary
fields could every achieve. |
| Each side of the head has two pairs of coils. When one of these pairs is producing the signals, the area under
it becomes active, and it becomes quiet again when the other pair of coils is producing the signals. This alternation
helps the brain to become active enough to produce a phenomenal experience - one that most people would call spiritual.
The temporal lobes of the brain (as shown above) are the area most likely to produce spiritual experiences from
this kind of stimulation, though the 8 Coil Shakti can be applied to several areas of the brain. To have such experiences
using the 8 Coil Shakti, you will need to do your sessions during sensory deprivation, especially silence. Sessions
done without silence can still have worthwhile effects, but silence can make them more "phenomenal". |
| There are several ways of using Shakti that do not depend on sensory deprivation at all. If you use Shakti
for mood enhancement, or meditation enhancement, there is no need for sensory deprivation. |
| Interestingly, laboratory studies have found that the effects are most pronounced during times of geomagnetic
quiet (Click HERE to see the current
levels). However, you don't need to do your sessions under perfect conditions in order for Shakti to work.
The right conditions help it work better. |
| This technology can enhance your meditation, Yoga, or other spiritual practice when Shakti sessions are done
an so that they end about an hour before your spiritual practice begins. For this kind of Shakti session, you don't
need sensory deprivation. |
| There is more to say about the 8 Coil Shakti, but the best way to fully understand what it can do is to read
the rest of this page, and check out the online demo for the software, which is
packed with information about how to use it, and what kind of effects each signal can produce, as well as how to
set up your audio, where to put the coils and more. There are 'quick start' sessions as well as basic and advanced
session designs. |
What The Signals Do.
Shakti uses audio files to play the signals. The 'sounds' have the same shape as an EEG signal - one whose
appearance shows the activation of a particular structure (brain part). The magnetic coils are plugged into the
sound card, just like a pair of speakers. When the audio file is played, the coils produce magnetic fields whose
shape matches the shape of the original EEG trace. The structure the signal 'belongs' to is activated.
Some people have wondered which frequencies are used, and the answer is that Shakti's signals are irregular
'bursts' containing many frequencies.
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When the signals are played and the coils are in place, the coils put out magnetic fields that match the
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| EEG ("Brain Wave") traces are the source for most Shakti signals |
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This is a single EEG trace. |
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This is a sound file (in stereo) derived from the EEG trace. The shape is slightly
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To use the 8 Coil Shakti effectively, you need to understand something about the brain. Each signal has it's
own information page, but let's look at the source for three of the signals - the amygdala, the hippocampus, the
caudate nucleus, and the septum. There are other signals based on different principles, included in Shakti For
Windows. These include the whole range of common frequencies (using the Function Generator included in the software),
as well as some based on lab experiences and discoveries that don't 'target' only one brain part
You have two of each, one on each side.
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The AMYGDALA
is an emotional structure.
On one side, it supports a broad range of positive emotions, such as elation (along with many other functions).
It also functions to infuse our experiences with a sense of meaningfulness.
On the other side, it supports a broad range of negative emotions, most importantly fear (along with many other
functions). It can color our experiences with a sense of meaninglessness.
(Based on previous work with the amygdala using it's signal.) |
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The HIPPOCAMPUS
is a cognitive, or 'thinking' structure.
On the one side, it supports silent, non-verbal ways of thinking, positive thoughts and expectations, spatial perceptions,
and several kinds of inner imaging, including imagination, visualization, and pictorial memories (along with many
other functions).
On the other side, it supports verbal skills, negative thoughts and expectations, and logical thought (along with
many other functions).
Based on previous work with the hippocampus using it's signal. |
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The CAUDATE NUCLEUS
is a somatic or 'bodily' structure.
On one side, it seems to support arousal (including anger, excitement, sexual desire, and a sense of anticipation).
One the other, it supports relaxation, calm, and even lethargy.
Based on preliminary reports from a few people using this signal. |
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The SEPTUM
is the brain's "Pleasure Center". It's one of the few brain parts most people have actually heard of.
It supports the experience of pleasure, with a special emphasis on sexual pleasure (including Orgasm)
Preliminary reports from a few people are consistent with it's known role in mediating sexual enjoyment. |
Each of these structures has a signal that belongs only to it. The two signals
appear on an EEG (An electroencephalograph. The signals that come out of these are also called 'brain waves'.)
An EEG signal is a record of an electrical signal. Shakti begins when these
EEG signals are converted into audio files that are 'played' into magnetic coils. The coils turn the audio output
into magnetic signals.
The magnetic signals are applied to the head at very low strength (close to
what comes out of a telephone receiver when you're holding it next to your ear). Many of the signals are short
bursts, followed by intervals of silence. The low strength is used because experiemnts have shown that these are
the levels that work best for this kind of neural technology.
Each signal speaks a language that only one brain structure understands.
So only the one brain part responds. It communicates with other parts, of course,
and they, in turn, also start responding.
You have two of each of these structures - one on each side of the brain.
Shakti is applied using the structures own signal, but only over the side of
the head where it supports something positive, or over both sodes equally.
For the amygdala, it's almost always on the left, and for the hippocampus,
it's almost always on the right.
For the septum and the caudate
nucleus, it's matter of personal preference which side is
best.
When these structures respond, they put the person in a positive altered state
of consciousness.
Even though we can apply the wave forms "symmetrically" (over both sides at the same time), your
brain probably doesn't work symmetrically. For example, if you have low self-esteem, you probably use your right
side more. If you're prone to irritability, you might be more active on the left side. If you're very emotional,
your amygdala's activity might offset your hippocampal activity a bit. If you think in pictures, you might have
a busy right hippocampus. If you think in words, you might have a busier left hippocampus.
This means that some session designs may not be as effective as others for you.
The things that affect the way individual brains respond to Shakti often elate to long standing, even lifetime,
personality traits. If targeted structure has a history of low activity, the 8 Coil Shakti might produce quite
a marked experience for that person.
In addition to these signals, there are a few newer ones, including one that alters the "binding factor" for human consciousness, based on years of lab work. This signal
has produced some profound experiences. (LINK)
There is also the recent addition of a signal derived from the Septum, the Brain's "Pleasure center".
Initial reports indicate that it's effects are consistent with the Septum's function - the capacity for pleasure,
especially sexual pleasure.(more)
What you experience depends on who you are and how you choose
to use Shakti.
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If you want to try to have intense experiences,
you do one-hour sessions, no more than one every three weeks. These sessions need sensory deprivation, including
silence and darkness.
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You can do sessions every three days for 18 days (six sessions) and then stop for three weeks. Most people
choose this way of using Shakti. More info
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WHY ALTERNATE THE SIGNALS? - To make the signals move and elicit more activity than stationary signals
ever could.
Each pair of coils has two poles. One positive and one negative.
When the coils are actually producing the signals, the area between the coils are stimulated. Activity outside
these areas is reduced. With the alternating signals, this happens too quickly for one of the two strips to finish
deactivating before the other begins to activate.
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second pair of coils. This process, called 'intrusion', shunts the activity back and forth between the two strips
of brain between the coils. As the two interact, the overall activity becomes much more intense than could ever
be produced by stationary fields. Alternating signals over the temporal lobes are the ones that were used in most
of the reports made famous through TV documentaries. Conversations with Persinger confirmed that alternating signals
are equivalent to rotating coils in most important respects. |
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| The top and bottom signals shown here represent the left and right stereo channels.
The signal alternates between the two, activating two sets of magnetic coils. Coils from each channel are placed
over both sides of the head. |
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the other channel for the second phase. |
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field of between ten nanotesla and one microtesla over the temporal lobes of the brain. This is placed on the subject's
head and they are placed in a quiet chamber while blindfolded. So that there is no risk of 'suggestion', the only
information that the subjects are given is that they are going in for a relaxation experiment. Neither the subject
nor the experimenter carrying out the test has any idea of the true purpose of the experiment. In addition to this,
the experiment is also run with the field switched both off and on. This procedure Dr. Persinger claims will induce
an experience in over 80% of test subjects." |
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of surreal experiences in ordinary people (New Scientist, 19 November 1994, p 29). Through trial and error and
a bit of educated guesswork, he's found that a weak magnetic field--1 microtesla, which is roughly that generated
by a computer monitor-- rotating anticlockwise in a complex pattern about the temporal lobes will cause four out
of five people to feel a spectral presence in the room with them." |
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| The power of moving magnetic signals is illustrated in one study where 3 volunteers were given LSD and were given sessions
with the Koren Helmet. When the coils were moving, the subjects saw "blobs of white, purplish, or greenish-yellow
lights ". When the magnets (ordinary horseshoe magnets, not the coils or signals used in Shakti For Windows)
weren't moving, the subjects didn't see these lights. |
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And those were common magnets, not much different from the kind you might have
on your refrigerator.
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