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			Mind ControlThe Ultimate Brave New 
			World
 
			  
			
			
			Part 2 of 2 
			"Earth Rising II: The Betrayal of 
			Science, Society and the Soul"  
			2003 
			Extracted from Nexus Magazine 
			Volume 13, Number 3 (April - May 
			2006) 
			  
				
					
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						New 
						technologies to control the mind, change behaviour and 
						even transfer thoughts for good or ill have been created 
						using sound as well as external and internal 
						electrostimulation of the brain. |  
			
 Auditory 
			Effects (continued)
 
			The military interest in auditory effects was present since the 
			first inventions were patented, but in 1971 came a system which 
			would allow troops to communicate through a radio transmitter which 
			would render the enemy deaf and disoriented while allowing 
			"friendly" combatants to communicate at the same time.
 
			The device is described as follows:
 
				
				"Broadly, this disclosure is 
				directed to a system for producing aural and psychological 
				disturbances and partial deafness of the enemy during combat 
				situations. Essentially, a high directional beam is radiated 
				from a plurality of distinct transducers and is modulated by a 
				noise, code, or speech beat signal. The invention may utilize 
				various forms and may include movable radiators mounted on a 
				vehicle and oriented to converge at a desired point, 
				independently positioned vehicles with a common frequency 
				modulator, or means employed to modulate the acoustical beam 
				with respect to a fixed frequency.    
				During combat, friendly forces would 
				be equipped with a reference generator to provide aural 
				demodulation of the projected signal, thereby yielding an 
				intelligible beat signal while enemy personnel would be rendered 
				partially deaf by the projected signal as well as being unable 
				to perceive any intelligence transmitted in the form of a 
				modulated beat signal."29
				 
			What this says simply is that 
			at-a-distance personal communication could be achieved by one’s own 
			forces while denying it to others and disabling adversaries at the 
			same time. 
			In 1974, it was noted that using a microwave a signal was changed (transduced) 
			by the receiver into an acoustic signal. This signal was "heard" 
			inside or just behind the head. The report stated:
 
				
				"...it was noticed that the apparent 
				locus of the ’sound’ moved from the observer’s head to the 
				absorber. That is, the absorber acted as a transducer from 
				microwave energy to an acoustic signal. This observation, to the 
				best of our knowledge, has not been described in the literature 
				and may serve as a mechanism mediating the ’hearing’ of pulsed 
				microwave signals."31 
			By 1989, the science took another leap 
			forward with the combination of the modulated signal on a microwave 
			carrier. This provided a much more efficient delivery of the sound. 
			It was reported:  
				
				"Sound is induced in the head of a 
				person by radiating the head with microwaves in the range of 100 
				megahertz to 10,000 megahertz that are modulated with a 
				particular waveform. The waveform consists of frequency 
				modulated bursts. Each burst is made up of ten to twenty 
				uniformly spaced pulses grouped tightly together. The burst 
				width is between 500 nanoseconds and 100 microseconds. The pulse 
				width is in the range of 10 nanoseconds to 1 microsecond. The 
				bursts are frequency modulated by the audio input to create the 
				sensation of hearing in the person whose head is irradiated."31 
			Two other patents awarded that year 
			addressed this breakthrough. The first invention related to devices 
			for aiding hearing in mammals:  
				
				"The invention is based upon 
				perception of sounds which is experienced in the brain when the 
				brain is subjected to certain microwave radiation signals."32 
			The second invention confirmed the 
			earlier observations:  
				
				"Sound is induced in the head of a 
				person by radiating the head with microwaves in the range of 100 
				megahertz to 10,000 megahertz that are modulated with a 
				particular waveform. The waveform consists of frequency 
				modulated bursts. Each burst is made up of ten to twenty 
				uniformly spaced pulses grouped tightly together."33 
			In 1992, another patent was issued with 
			the following description:  
				
				"A silent communications system in 
				which nonaural carriers, in the very low or very high audio 
				frequency range or in the adjacent ultrasonic frequency 
				spectrum, are amplitude or frequency modulated with the desired 
				intelligence and propagated acoustically or vibrationally, for 
				inducement into the brain, typically through the use of 
				loudspeakers, earphones or piezoelectric transducers."34 
			This device had limited practicality in 
			that it required the person to be in contact with or in close 
			proximity to the sending device. 
			When examined together, each of these patents is seen to be a 
			discrete step toward a new weapon system. 
			In 1995, it was reported that in the early research, clear sound 
			signals had been sent and received. It is difficult now to determine 
			what level of military or other research was being advanced in these 
			areas. The history is clear from congressional reports that this 
			entire area was of great interest to the intelligence communities. 
			According to Scientists for Global Responsibility:
 
				
				"Drs Alan Frey and Joseph Sharp 
				conducted related research. Sharp himself took part in these 
				experiments and reported that he heard and understood words 
				transmitted in pulse-microwave analogs of the speaker’s sound 
				vibrations. Commenting on these studies, Dr Robert Becker, twice 
				nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize, observed that such a device 
				has obvious applications in covert operations designed to drive 
				a target crazy with voices, or deliver undetectable instructions 
				to a potential assassin."35 
			Then, in 1996 came another development, 
			a... 
				
				"wireless communication system 
				undetectable by radio frequency methods for converting audio 
				signals, including human voice, to electronic signals in the 
				ultrasonic frequency range, transmitting the ultrasonic signal 
				by means of acoustic pressure waves across a carrier medium, 
				including gases, liquids, or solids, and reconverting the 
				ultrasonic acoustical pressure waves back to the original audio 
				signal".36 
			Although this was meant to be used with 
			both receiving and sending hardware, what was determined were the 
			modulation methods for transferring the signal. 
			The real work was yet to be made public in the form of patents. 
			However, the military claims in the area were starting to surface. 
			What was known from experience was that patents were being held back 
			by the government and confiscated by the military. When this 
			intellectual property was seized, the inventors were given a choice: 
			work for the government, or you cannot continue research or even 
			talk about your invention under a national security order. Those who 
			did not cooperate could have their work effectively shut down.
 
 
			Brain-to-Computer Connections
 
			Major steps are being made to connect biology to information 
			technology. In 1990 came the news that,
 
				
				"[s]cientists have succeeded 
			for the first time in establishing a colony of human brain cells 
			that divide and grow in laboratory dishes, an achievement with 
			profound implications for understanding and treating a wide range of 
			neurological disorders from epilepsy to Alzheimer’s disease".37 
			According to a report in the Wall Street Journal in February
			1994:  
				
				"Researchers said they took a key 
				first step toward creating electronic microchips that use living 
				brain cells. The researchers said they had learned how to place 
				embryonic brain cells in desired spots on silicon or glass chips 
				and then induce the brain cells to grow along desired paths."38 
			The other possibility is that both brain 
			cells and computer hardware could be built in the laboratories, 
			creating, perhaps, the first biologically augmented computers. 
 
			What’s 
			on Your Mind?
 
			A significant initiative was started for use in creating 
			counter-drug measures: the Brain Imaging Technology Initiative.
 
				
				"This initiative establishes NIDA 
				[National Institute on Drug Abuse] regional neuroimaging centers 
				and represents an interagency cooperative endeavor funded by 
				CTAC [Counterdrug Technology Assessment Center], Department of 
				Energy (DOE), and NIDA to develop new scientific tools (new 
				radiotracers and technologies) for understanding the mechanisms 
				of addiction and for the evaluation of new pharmacological 
				treatments."39 
			Through neuroimaging, not only could the 
			stated objective be achieved, but through imaging a person’s 
			emotional states could be mapped, chemical influences determined and 
			perhaps even specific thoughts read. 
			Back in 1975, Physics Today reported:
 
				
				"Developments in ways to measure the 
				extremely weak magnetic fields emanating from organs such as the 
				heart, brain and lungs are leading to important new methods for 
				diagnosing abnormal conditions."40 
			In 1995, a system for capturing and 
			decoding brain signals was patented which includes a transducer for 
			stimulating a person and EEG transducers for recording brainwave 
			signals from the person. It also includes a computer for controlling 
			and synchronizing stimuli presented to the person and at the same 
			time recording brainwave signals, and either interpreting these 
			signals using a model for conceptual, perceptual and emotional 
			thought to correspond to the EEG signals of the person’s thoughts or 
			comparing the signals to normal brain signals from a normal 
			population to diagnose and locate the origin of brain-dysfunctional 
			underlying perception, conception and emotion.41 
			 
			  
			In other words, the device reads your mind by comparing your brain 
			activity to other people’s. 
			In 1996 came this Orwellian development:
 
				
				"...a method for remotely 
				determining information relating to a person’s emotional state, 
				as waveform energy having a predetermined frequency and a 
				predetermined intensity is generated and wirelessly transmitted 
				towards a remotely located subject. Waveform energy emitted from 
				the subject is detected and automatically analyzed to derive 
				information relating to the individual’s emotional state. 
				 
				  
				Physiological or physical parameters of blood pressure, pulse 
				rate, pupil size, respiration rate and perspiration level are 
				measured and compared with reference values to provide 
				information utilizable in evaluating [an] interviewee’s 
				responses or possibly criminal intent in security sensitive 
				areas."42 
			This technology could be used for 
			determining what a person might do, given his totally discernible 
			interior emotions. This technology walks through any behaviour wall 
			a person can erect and goes straight to the brain to see what may be 
			on a person’s mind. 
			Inducing behaviour rather than just reading a person’s emotional 
			state is the subject of one scientist’s work in Canada.
 
				
				"Scientists are trying to recreate 
				alien abductions in the laboratory... The experiment, to be run 
				by Professor Michael Persinger, a neuroscientist at Laurentian 
				University, of Sudbury, Ontario, consists of a converted 
				motorcycle helmet with solenoids on its sides that set up 
				magnetic fields across a subject’s head."43 
			This experiment was carried out and was 
			the subject of a Canadian Broadcasting System exposé on mind 
			control. The segment ran on a program called Undercurrents in 
			February 1999. This author also appeared in that program, along with 
			several others interested in this field. 
			A 1993 report said that for over 20 years Dr Persinger,
 
				
				"...has been working on a theory 
				that connects not only UFOs and earthquakes, but also powerful 
				electromagnetic fields and an explanation of paranormal beliefs 
				in terms of unusual brain activity. He has also found that 
				stimulating another area, the temporal lobes, can produce all 
				sorts of mystical experiences, out-of-body sensations and other 
				apparently paranormal phenomena."44 
			This doctor’s work suggests that these 
			experiences may be the result of activity in the brain and not the 
			actual experiences of the individuals. He has had some measure of 
			success in re-creating many of these experiences in his subjects. Dr 
			Persinger is also known for his work in studying the effects of 
			ELF 
			[extra-low-frequency waves] on memory and brain function.45 
			In 1991, a method for changing brain waves to a desired frequency 
			was patented.46 A 
			1975 patent discussed a similar technology: a device and method for,
 
				
				"...sensing brain waves at a 
				position remote from a subject whereby electromagnetic signals 
				of different frequencies are simultaneously transmitted to the 
				brain of the subject in which the signals interfere with one 
				another to yield a waveform which is modulated by the subject’s 
				brain waves. The interference waveform which is representative 
				of the brain wave activity is retransmitted by the brain to a 
				receiver where it is demodulated and amplified. The demodulated 
				waveform is then displayed for visual viewing and then routed to 
				a computer for further processing and analysis. The demodulated 
				waveform also can be used to produce a compensating signal which 
				is transmitted back to the brain to effect a desired change in 
				electrical activity therein."47 
			In simple terms, the brain’s activity is 
			mapped in order to read a person’s emotional state, conceptual 
			abilities or intellectual patterns. A second signal can be generated 
			and sent back into the brain which overrides the natural signal, 
			causing the brain’s energy patterns to shift. This is the "brain 
			entrainment" which causes the shift in consciousness. There are many 
			uses of a positive nature for this kind of technology, as was 
			mentioned at the front of this section, the important factor being 
			who controls the technology and for what purpose.  
			In January 1998, the following encapsulating statement appeared in 
			the leading scientific journal Nature, quoting Pasteur Institute 
			neuroscientist Jean-Pierre Changeux, chairman of the French national 
			bioethics committee:
 
				
				"But neuroscience also poses 
				potential risks, he said, arguing that advances in cerebral 
				imaging make the scope for invasion of privacy immense...it will 
				become commonplace and capable of being used at a distance, he 
				predicted. That will open the way for abuses such as invasion of 
				personal liberty, control of behaviour and brainwashing."48
 
			Dancing to the Tune of an Unknown 
			Drummer 
			In...
 
				
				"...a dramatic demonstration of 
				mind 
				reading, neuroscientists have created videos of what a cat sees 
				by using electrodes implanted in the animal’s brain. ’Trying to 
				understand how the brain codes information leads to the 
				possibility of replacing parts of the nervous system with an 
				artificial device,’ he said."49 
			The scientist commenting on this 
			technology—Gattett Stanley, assistant professor of biomedical 
			engineering at Harvard—saw the future possibility of brain activity 
			mapping being used in creating electronic components to replace 
			damaged parts of the system.  
			The use of mind-mapping had other possibilities as well. Similar 
			research in controlling the behaviour of humans and animals was 
			pursued by Dr José Delgado at Yale University, one of the leading 
			research institutions in the United States. Actual testing of 
			certain systems proved that "movements, sensations, emotions, 
			desires, ideas, and a variety of psychological phenomena may be 
			induced, inhibited, or modified by electrical stimulation of 
			specific areas of the brain".50
 
			  
			By 1985, Dr Delgado was able to create 
			these effects using only a radio signal sent to the brain remotely, 
			using energy concentrations of less than 1/50th of what 
			the Earth naturally produces. This discovery implied that frequency, 
			waveform and pulse rate (modulation) were the important factors 
			rather than the amount of energy being used. In considering this, it 
			makes sense because the human body does not require high 
			electromagnetic power concentration to regulate its normal 
			functioning. The key was in finding the "tuning" mechanisms for 
			locating the right "receiving station" in the brain. 
			By 1993, publicly released information was being discussed as a 
			result of information openly flowing out of Russia. Meetings were 
			held to assess the threat:
 
				
				"the main purpose of the March 
				meetings was described in the Psychotechnologies memo as to 
				’determine whether psycho-correction technologies represent a 
				present or future threat to US national security in situations 
				where inaudible commands might be used to alter behavior’".51 
			The threat assessment was likely to 
			begin to condition Americans for the public acknowledgement of one 
			of the government’s long-held secrets: that the human mind and body 
			can be controlled remotely, without a trace of evidence being left 
			behind.  
			In another quote, one of the leading researchers in this area, Dr 
			Igor Smirnov, began to announce his findings.
 
				
				"But psychological warfare experts 
				on all sides still dream that they will one day control the 
				enemy’s mind. And in a tiny, dungeon-like lab in the basement of 
				Moscow’s ominously named Institute of Psycho-Correction, 
				Smirnov 
				and other Russian psychiatrists are already working on 
				schizophrenics, drug addicts and cancer patients."52 
			The results of this research have been 
			investigated and demonstrated to members of the intelligence 
			community in the United States, and have even been demonstrated by 
			Dr Smirnov in an interview for the Canadian television documentary 
			Undercurrents. 
			This issue is also an interesting one, as can be seen in this 1999 
			article excerpt.
 
				
				"Fantasies are thought processes 
				involving internal monologues and imaginative sequences which 
				can motivate healthy people to constructive behaviour; likewise, 
				they can inspire unbalanced individuals to destructive or 
				dangerous behaviour. One conclusion from that research was that 
				fantasy played a major role among violent criminals.    
				Researchers learned that criminals 
				often daydreamed their fantasies, and then practiced elements of 
				those fantasies before committing their crime. FBI agents 
				determined that violent criminals often exhibit telltale signs 
				as children and as adults. Hence, disturbed employees or 
				students may demonstrate signs of violent fantasies to close 
				observers. Troubled individuals may be obsessively interested in 
				music with violent lyrics, or may have a drug or alcohol 
				problem.    
				When these signs reveal themselves, 
				they should be reported to a threat management team, which can 
				then neutralize the threat, either by therapy, if rehabilitation 
				is possible, or by firing the employee. Workplace and school 
				violence is usually preceded by warning signs."53 
			The ability to determine a 
			"predisposition" for a behaviour does not mean that a person will 
			make the "choice" to act on the feelings and internal thoughts. 
			Every person on the planet can remember times when his thoughts were 
			dangerous, immoral or otherwise unacceptable, falling below the 
			standards set by societal and cultural "norms". Yet, we can have 
			these thoughts in the privacy of our own mind.  
			The trend in the application of mind control technology now would 
			make our most private internal thoughts, as we wrestle with the 
			temptations and choices of everyday life, subject to scrutiny by 
			government and employers. Who will define the rules for 
			psycho-correction? Who will decide what is ethical and right in this 
			area as it develops over the next decade?
 
 
			Control of the 
			Mind and Body
 
			The predominant brain wave frequencies indicate the kind of activity 
			taking place in the brain. There are four basic groups of brain wave 
			frequencies which are associated with most mental activity.
 
				
				
				The 
			first group, beta waves (13–35 Hertz or pulses per second), is 
			associated with normal activity. The high end of this range is 
			associated with stress or agitated states which can impair thinking 
			and reasoning skills. 
				
				The second group, alpha waves (8–12 Hertz), 
			can indicate relaxation. Alpha frequencies are ideal for learning 
			and focused mental functioning. 
				
				The third group, theta waves (4-7 
			Hertz), indicates mental imagery, access to memories and internal 
			mental focus. This state is often associated with young children, behavioural modification and sleep/dream states. 
				
				
				The last group, 
				ultra-slow delta waves (0.5–3 Hertz), is found when a person is in 
				deep sleep.  
			The general rule is that the brain’s predominant wave 
			frequency will be lowest in terms of pulses per second when a person 
			is relaxed, and highest when a person is most alert or agitated.54   
			External stimulation of the brain by electromagnetic means can cause 
			the brain to be entrained or locked into phase with an external 
			signal generator.55 
			Predominant brain waves can be driven or pushed into new frequency 
			patterns by external stimulation. In other words, the external 
			signal driver or impulse generator entrains the brain, overriding 
			the normal frequencies and causing changes in the brain waves, which 
			then cause changes in brain chemistry, which then cause changes in 
			brain outputs in the form of thoughts, emotions or physical 
			condition. As you are driven, so you arrive.  
			  
			Brain manipulation can 
			be either beneficial or detrimental to the individual being 
			impacted, depending on the level of knowledge or the intentions of 
			the person controlling the technology. 
			In combination with specific wave-forms, the various frequencies 
			trigger precise chemical responses in the brain. The release of 
			these neurochemicals causes specific reactions in the brain which 
			result in feelings of fear, lust, depression, love, etc. All of 
			these, and the full range of emotional/intellectual responses, are 
			caused by very specific combinations of these brain chemicals which 
			are released by frequency-specific electrical impulses.
 
				
				"Precise mixtures of these brain 
				juices can produce extraordinarily specific mental states, such 
				as fear of the dark, or intense concentration."56 
			The work in this area is advancing at a 
			very rapid rate, with new discoveries being made regularly. 
			Unlocking the knowledge of these specific frequencies will yield 
			significant breakthroughs in understanding human health. 
			Radiofrequency radiation, acting as a carrier for extremely low 
			frequencies (ELF), can be used to entrain brain waves wirelessly.
			 
			The control of mind and body by using various forms of 
			electromagnetic energy including radio signals, light pulsations, 
			sound and other methods has resulted in several inventions and 
			innovations. The positive health effects and uses have been pursued 
			by private researchers around the world. In 1973, an...
 
				
				"...apparatus for the treatment of 
				neuropsychic and somatic disorders wherein light, sound, VHF 
				electromagnetic field and heat sources, respectively, are 
				simultaneously applied by means of a control unit to the 
				patient’s central nervous system with a predetermined repetition 
				rate. The light radiation and sound radiation sources are made 
				so as to exert an adequate and monotonous influence of the light 
				and sound radiation on the patient’s visual analyzers and 
				auditory analyzers, respectively."57 
			This results in the brain following the 
			external stimulating source in triggering brain pattern changes 
			which affect the brain immediately and directly.  
			A simple invention patented in 1977...
 
				
				"...provides a device for improving 
				upon the aforesaid application [see below, patent for full text] in 
				assisting the induction of natural sleep. As stated above, this 
				invention is concerned specifically with an improvement that 
				will permit the creation of several waveforms such that an 
				analgesic noise device can approximate soothing sounds of 
				nature, i.e., waves, rain, wind."58 
			These kinds of devices are available 
			everywhere and are noted for their calming effects in helping people 
			relax and sleep.In 1980, another patent was issued which disclosed...
 
				
				"...a method and apparatus for 
				producing a noise-like signal for inducing a hypnotic or 
				anesthetic effect in a human being. The invention also has 
				application in crowd control and consciousness level training 
				(biofeedback). The invention may also be used in creating 
				special musical effects."59 
			This device would have a profound effect 
			in controlling individuals to a point otherwise only achievable 
			through the application of hypnotherapy or drugs.  
			  
			A couple of years later, another device 
			was engineered to create these types of effects, again using very 
			subtle energy:  
				
				"Brain wave patterns associated with 
				relaxed and meditative states in a subject are gradually induced 
				without deleterious chemical or neurological side effects."60 
			Various systems were perfected and 
			patents issued for controlling brain activity.61, 
			62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68 These inventions 
			generated a whole array of breakthroughs for controlling a person’s 
			emotional state, concentration and pain levels and creating other 
			effects as well. In 1990, the results of a study strongly indicated 
			that... 
				
				"...specific types of subjective 
				experiences can be enhanced when extremely low frequency 
				magnetic fields of less than 1 milligauss are generated through 
				the brain at the level of the temporal lobes. Vestibular 
				feelings (vibrations, floating), depersonalization (feeling 
				detached, sense of a presence) and imaginings (vivid images from 
				childhood) were more frequent within the field exposed groups 
				than the sham field exposed group."69 
			In a 1996 "new age" invention, 
			quartz 
			crystals are used to create stress relief by slowing brain activity.
			 
				
				"Physiological stress in a human 
				subject is treated by generating a weak electromagnetic field 
				about a quartz crystal. The crystal is stimulated by applying 
				electrical pulses of pulse widths between 0.1 and 50 
				microseconds each at a pulse repetition rate of between 0.5k and 
				10k [500 and 10,000] pulses per second to a conductor positioned 
				adjacent to the quartz crystal thereby generating a weak 
				magnetic field. A subject is positioned within the weak magnetic 
				field for a period of time sufficient to reduce stress."70 
				 
			It is interesting that "New Age" thinkers have played on 
				"crystal magic" as a way to get "in tune" with oneself and 
				relax, and here is a quartz crystal being included as a 
				component of this invention. Again, the crossovers between 
				fiction and science continue to appear. 
			Consciousness training is also a big theme in 
			cults, religious 
				organizations and others pursuing the "New Age". 
			Science has now gained a greater understanding of how the mind and 
			brain work, so that what used to take years or even decades to 
			achieve can now be mastered in weeks, days or even minutes. For 
			instance, in 1996 a method and apparatus for the use in achieving 
			alpha and theta brainwave states and effecting positive emotional 
			states in humans was developed.71
   
			Three years before, a patent was issued 
			for a device which could create desired consciousness states: 
			 
				
				"...in the training of an individual 
				to replicate such states of consciousness without further audio 
				stimulation; and in the transferring of such states from one 
				human being to another through the imposition of one person’s 
				EEG, superimposed on desired stereo signals, on another 
				individual, by inducement of a binaural beat phenomenon."72
 
			Thought transference?
			 
			This is interesting in that it speaks to the ideas alluded to 
			earlier by the military in changing the memory of a person by 
			imposing computer-manipulated signals which would integrate with the 
			normal memory of a person. The possibility for abuse is obvious, and 
			the opportunity for personal advancement is great. Imagine gaining 
			education by the transfer of data directly into the human brain by 
			these new methods rather than by the standard methods of learning.
 
			A serious consideration in developing these types of memory transfer 
			systems is that they bypass normal intellectual filters: information 
			is deposited into the brain as fact, without question or careful 
			consideration. What happens when the new information conflicts with 
			existing information? Would it be possible to include hidden 
			information meant to unduly influence things like religious beliefs, 
			politics or consumption of goods and services?
 
			The possibilities are immense and the ethical and moral questions 
			surrounding these matters are equally large. We can no longer avoid 
			the debate. In fact, the debate is lagging far behind the scientific 
			advances.
 
			In the interim, there are some simple things we could all do to 
			enhance our own, or our children’s, learning capacity by applying 
			simple and available knowledge. For instance,
 
				
				"researchers at the 
			Center for the Neurobiology of Learning and Memory at University of 
			California, Irvine, have determined that 10 minutes of listening to 
			a Mozart piano sonata raised the measurable IQ of college students 
			by up to nine points".73
				 
			This is a simple thing of great use to anyone seeking 
			self-improvement. 
 
			Weapons of the 
			Mind
 
			A 1984 paper titled "The Electromagnetic Spectrum in Low-Intensity 
			Conflict" said much about the military’s interest in EMR:
 
				
				"The results of many studies that 
				have been published in the last few years indicate that specific 
				biological effects can be achieved by controlling the various 
				parameters of the electromagnetic (EM) field. A few of the more 
				important EM factors that can be manipulated are frequency, wave 
				shape, rate of pulse onset, pulse duration, pulse amplitude, 
				repetition rate, secondary modulation, and symmetry and 
				asymmetry of the pulse.    
				Many of the clinical effects of 
				electromagnetic radiation were first noticed using direct 
				current applied directly to the skin. Later the same effects 
				were obtained by applying external fields. Electromagnetic 
				radiation has been reported in the literature to induce or 
				enhance the following effects. 
					
						
							
							
							Stimulation of bone 
						regeneration [in fractures]
							
							Healing of normal fractures
							
							Treatment of congenital 
						pseudarthrosis
							
							Healing of wounds
							
							Electroanesthesia
							
							Electroconvulsive therapy
							
							Behavior modification in 
						animals
							
							Altered 
						electroencephalograms in animals and humans
							
							Altered brain morphology in 
						animals
							
							Effects of acupuncture
							
							Treatment of drug addiction
							
							Electrostimulation for 
						relief of pain
							
							Altered firing of neuronal 
						cells 
				"These are but a few of the many 
				biological effects and uses that have been reported over the 
				past decade. They are not exhaustive and do not include many of 
				the effects reported in the Soviet and East European literature. 
				"As with most human endeavors, these applications of 
				electromagnetic radiation have the potential for being a 
				double-edged sword. They can produce significant benefits, yet 
				at the same time can be exploited and used in a controlled 
				manner for military or covert applications. This paper focuses 
				on the potential uses of electromagnetic radiation in future 
				low-intensity conflicts.
 
				"’Potential Military Applications of EMR
 
				"The exploitation of this technology for military uses is still 
				in its infancy and only recently has been recognized by the 
				United States as a feasible option. A 1982 Air Force review of 
				biotechnology had this to say.
 
 
				’Currently available data allow the projection that specially 
				generated radio frequency radiation (RFR) fields may pose 
				powerful and revolutionary military threats. Electroshock 
				therapy indicates the ability of induced electric current to 
				completely interrupt mental functioning for short periods of 
				time, to obtain cognition for longer periods and to restructure 
				emotional response over prolonged intervals. 
				’Experience with electroshock therapy, RFR experiments and the 
				increasing understanding of the brain as an electrically 
				mediated organ suggested the serious probability that impressed 
				electromagnetic fields can be disruptive to purposeful behavior 
				and may be capable of directing and or interrogating such 
				behavior. Further, the passage of approximately 100 milliamperes 
				through the myocardium can lead to cardiac standstill and death, 
				again pointing to a speed-of-light weapons effect.
 
				’A rapidly scanning RFR system could provide an effective stun 
				or kill capability over a large area. System effectiveness will 
				be a function of wave form, field intensity, pulse widths, 
				repetition frequency, and carrier frequency. The system can be 
				developed using tissue and whole animal experimental studies, 
				coupled with mechanisms and waveform effects research.
 
				’Using relatively low-level RFR it may be possible to sensitize 
				large military groups to extremely dispersed amounts of 
				biological or chemical agents to which the unirradiated 
				population would be immune.
 
				’The potential applications of artificial electromagnetic fields 
				are wide ranging and can be used in many military or 
				quasi-military situations.
 
				’Some of these potential uses include dealing with terrorist 
				groups, crowd control, controlling breeches [sic] of security at 
				military installations, and antipersonnel techniques in tactical 
				warfare... One last area where electromagnetic radiation may 
				prove to be of some value is in enhancing abilities of 
				individuals for anomalous phenomena.’"74
 
			Quite the papers for the 1980s. 
			Stimulating anomalous phenomena was another interesting point 
			revealed in the Air Force review. What could this mean? In one press 
			report in November 1995, the interest of the CIA was disclosed when 
			it was announced that for... 
				
				"...20 years, the United States has 
				secretly used psychics in attempts to help drug enforcement 
				agencies track down Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi and find 
				plutonium in North Korea, the CIA and others confirm. The 
				ESP 
				spying operations—code named 
				’Stargate’—were unreliable, but 
				three psychics continued to work out of Ft Meade, at least into 
				July, researchers who evaluated the program for the CIA said..."75 
			It is also worth pointing out that this 
			report coincided with the public disclosure by military personnel of 
			this project. The story was revealed in David Morehouse’s book 
			Psychic Warrior.76 
			Col. John Alexander, working out of Los Alamos and a major proponent 
			of this area of research, was quoted as saying:
 
				
				"...there are weapons systems that 
				operate on the power of the mind and whose lethal capacity has 
				already been demonstrated... The psychotronic weapon would be 
				silent, difficult to detect, and would require only a human 
				operator as a power source."77 
			According to a paper on non-lethal 
			weapons:  
				
				"An RF weapon currently under 
				development is the high powered, very low frequency (VLF) 
				modulator. Working in the 20–35 kHz spectrum, the frequency 
				emits from a 1–2 meter antenna dish to form into a type of 
				acoustic bullet. The weapon is especially convenient because the 
				power level is easily adjustable. At its low setting, the 
				acoustic bullet causes physical discomfort—enough to deter most 
				approaching threats. Incrementally increasing the power nets an 
				effect of nausea, vomiting and abdominal pains. The highest 
				settings can cause a person’s bones to literally explode 
				internally. Aimed at the head, the resonating skull bones have 
				caused people to hear ’voices’."  
			The weapon was researched by the Russian 
			military more extensively than by the US. Indeed,  
				
				"...the Russians actually offered 
				the use of such a weapon to the FBI in the Branch Davidian 
				standoff to make them think that ’God’ was talking to them. 
				Concerned with the unpredictability of what the voices might 
				actually say to the followers, the FBI declined the offer. 
				Another RF weapon that was ready for use back in 1978 was 
				developed under the guise of Operation PIQUE. Developed by the 
				CIA, the plan was to bounce high powered radio signals off the 
				ionosphere to affect the mental functions of people in selected 
				areas, including Eastern European nuclear installations."78 
			The use of the ionosphere in the CIA’s 
			experiments reminds one of the possibilities now available with 
			systems such as 
			HAARP, which was developed 15 years later. What is 
			clear in all of this is that these systems have been developed and 
			hidden from public view. The practice continues to this day. 
				
				"The next area of non-lethal weapons 
				is primarily used against machinery... these devices can either 
				cause the machinery to stop functioning or to render it 
				vulnerable to further, more lethal attacks. In addition to this 
				effect, man has become very dependent upon the use of machines 
				and is often rendered helpless in a situation when they become 
				dysfunctional. Therefore, it is only appropriate that they are 
				covered here. The primary anti-machinery arsenal includes the 
				microwave weapon, the non-nuclear electromagnetic pulse, and the 
				laser weapon. 
				"US Special Operations Command has in its arsenal the portable 
				microwave weapon. The capability of such a weapon is varied in 
				that it can not only disrupt enemy communications, but can also 
				superheat internal organs. Of course, directing this type of 
				weapon towards personnel eliminates it from the non-lethal 
				classification. Developed in the Los Alamos National Laboratory, 
				the weapon forms its signal similar to the RF weapons discussed 
				above in that it directs the energy into a high-powered pulse 
				and destroys transistors and other electrical equipment... On an 
				even smaller scale, a portable EMP weapon could be carried by 
				ground forces to destroy the electrical components in an armored 
				vehicle or tank. This capability is being developed with police 
				forces to emit a pulse that would stop a car almost 
				immediately."79
 
			These systems offer both promises and 
			risks as we move into the new century. What will be the public 
			reaction to these systems? We suggest that the reaction will cause a 
			significant change in the uses and further developments of these 
			technologies. Additionally, we suspect that monitoring systems would 
			be developed which would allow for the detection of these 
			technologies in order to control abuse.
 
			Mind Control 
			Victims
 
			Sometimes referred to as "wavies" or "beamers", these individuals 
			are usually dismissed when asserting that they are the victims of 
			mind control weapons testing. In fact:
 
				
				"University of South Florida 
				researchers have published a study showing that fears of the 
				Internet are replacing the CIA and radio waves as a frequent 
				delusion in psychiatric patients. In every case of Internet 
				delusion documented by the researchers, the patient actually had 
				little experience with computers."80 
			The problem is that it is difficult if 
			not impossible to sort out which people might be victims and which 
			are delusional. Attempts to determine the reality of the complaints 
			are often the butt of jokes and fear. For example, the University of 
			Albany has... 
				
				"...shut down the research of a 
				psychology professor probing the ’X-Files’ world of government 
				surveillance and mind control. At conferences, in papers and 
				research over two semesters, Professor Kathryn Kelley explored 
				the claims of those who say they were surgically implanted with 
				communications devices to read their thoughts."81 
			Since the release of our first book, 
			
			Angels Don’t Play This HAARP: Advances in Tesla Technology,82 
			we have heard from hundreds of people making such claims. We cannot 
			sort out what might be real experimentation from that which resides 
			only in the minds of these people. We believe that the claims should 
			be taken seriously and that people should have some place to go in 
			order to find the truth or gain the medical treatments they 
			otherwise deserve. The history of the United States is littered with 
			examples of people being exploited by scientists working under the 
			cover of darkness provided by "black budgets". Could these reports 
			have a factual basis? We believe that some do. 
			Government control of the mind in order to impose its will on people 
			is best summarized on the wall of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Memorial 
			with an inscription that reads:
 
				
				"They [who] seek to establish 
				systems of government based on the regimentation of all human 
				beings by a handful of individual rulers... call this a new 
				order. It is not new and it is not order."83 
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