It's based on the Koren Helmet, a technology that has been studied in many laboratory experiments. It's also appeared
several times in television documentaries about near-death experiences, alien abductions, and altered-states of
consciousness. Art Bell has discussed it on his national radio show, and it has been given the nickname "The
God Helmet".
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). Interestingly, laboratory
studies have found that the effects are most pronounced during times of geomagnetic quiet. (Click HERE to see the current levels)
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.
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.)
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.
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.
The Septum
is the brain's "Pleasure Center". It's one of the few brain parts 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 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.
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 structure - 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.
For the amygdala, it's most often on the left, and for the hippocampus, it's
most often 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.
Shakti uses signals derived from specific brain structures,
including two taken from the amygdala and the hippocampus, and they activate these two structures, as well as areas
that are naturally connected to them.
The amygdala and the hippocampus are parts of the limbic system. The caudate nucleus and septum don't appear
In this example.
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
relate 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)
From a BBC report:
"How does Dr. Persinger induce artificially religious experiences in his patients?
"Dr. Persinger has designed a helmet that produces a very weak rotating magnetic 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."
From New
Scientist (4/21/01)
"For several years, Persinger has been using a technique called transcranial magnetic stimulation to induce
all sorts 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."
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.
| And those were common magnets, not much different from the kind you might have
on your refrigerator................ |
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