Re: 'God helmet' interactions
You are referring to the Shakti device. I bought one many years ago and had little to no effect beyond placebo. It produces a very weak magnetic field. However the way he used multiple audio splitters to simulate a rotating field is interesting. More powerful electromagnets would have a greater effect. There are also quite a few unknowns as to what the audio content is that is powering the magnets. I now have the knowledge to extract and analyze those files which I didn't at that time. Maybe I will do that.
There is little doubt that TMS level stimulation has profound results. Nor is it recommended outside trained administrators under clinical conditions. tDCS falls closer to the acceptable risk level for the hobbyist, although I am not advocating for that, I personally administer it to myself.
Still, on a philosophical level, it is entirely reasonable, in fact almost necessary, that a spiritual atheist would need to implicate some brain region (or a functional network) in the widespread religiosity of humanity, throughout all ages. Knowing that chemicals can induce these experiences, it is not at all far fetched that electromagnetic stimulation could have a similar, relative effect.
I think Persinger has some of the more interesting and profound published studies, as pertains to attempting to materialize the spiritual.
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