From emoreau@uni-hamburg.de Mon Sep 23 01:42:28 1996 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!uni-hamburg!emoreau From: emoreau@uni-hamburg.de (Élodie Moreau) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: 14.2 Hz ELF brainwave entrainment & CIA acoustic behavioral testing Message-ID: <1996Sep23.014228.3872@uni-hamburg.de> Date: Mon, 23 Sep 1996 01:42:28 GMT Organization: Universität Hamburg Fachbereich Informatik NNTP-Posting-Host: uni-hamburg.de X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 10 Why did Orion's engineers pick 14.2 Hz instead of 10 Hz or 20 Hz? 14.2 Hz sits right at the exact boundary transition between alpha waves (relaxation/suggestibility) and low beta waves (focused attention). Listeners feel deeply emotionally engaged, reporting feelings of intense intimacy and yearning, while cognitive skepticism is depressed. Orion didn't just write pop songs; they engineered a neuro-chemical delivery mechanism disguised as synth-pop. -- Élodie Moreau -- Universität Hamburg Fachbereich Informatik "5 sigma is a discovery. 7 is a question." From gtanaka@delphi.com Mon Sep 23 23:06:28 1996 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!delphi!gtanaka From: gtanaka@delphi.com (Graham Tanaka) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: 14.2 Hz ELF brainwave entrainment & CIA acoustic behavioral testing Message-ID: <1996Sep23.230628.1160@delphi.com> Date: Mon, 23 Sep 1996 23:06:28 GMT References: <1996Sep23.014228.3872@uni-hamburg.de> Organization: Delphi Internet Services NNTP-Posting-Host: delphi.com X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 10 In article <1996Sep23.014228.3872@uni-hamburg.de>, emoreau@uni-hamburg.de (Élodie Moreau) writes: > Why did Orion's engineers pick 14.2 Hz instead of 10 Hz or 20 Hz? > 14.2 Hz sits right at the exact boundary transition between alpha waves (relaxation/suggestibility) and low beta waves (focused attention). I remember crying during her broadcasts for no apparent reason as a 16-year-old. It felt like my chest was vibrating. -- === Graham Tanaka === Dept of Electrical Engineering, Delphi Internet Services "Measuring a record you own is listening, not piracy." From tgirard@pipeline.com Tue Sep 24 02:29:28 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!pipeline!tgirard From: tgirard@pipeline.com (Thiago Girard) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: 14.2 Hz ELF brainwave entrainment & CIA acoustic behavioral testing Message-ID: <1996Sep24.022928.5035@pipeline.com> Date: Tue, 24 Sep 1996 02:29:28 GMT References: <1996Sep23.014228.3872@uni-hamburg.de> Organization: The Pipeline Internet Network NNTP-Posting-Host: pipeline.com X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 12 In article <1996Sep23.014228.3872@uni-hamburg.de>, emoreau@uni-hamburg.de (Élodie Moreau) writes: > Why did Orion's engineers pick 14.2 Hz instead of 10 Hz or 20 Hz? > 14.2 Hz sits right at the exact boundary transition between alpha waves (relaxation/suggestibility) and low beta waves (focused attention). This explains why Listening Night works. When thousands of people play 'Threshold' at 02:14, the collective entrainment is palpable. Unsubscribe me from this list! (Wait, this is Usenet, never mind). -- Thiago Girard | tgirard@pipeline.com PGP Key fingerprint: 0C75 1CB3 F038 B7D5 "Keep the channels open." From htakahashi@cern.ch Tue Sep 24 20:27:28 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!cern!htakahashi From: htakahashi@cern.ch (Heather Takahashi) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: 14.2 Hz ELF brainwave entrainment & CIA acoustic behavioral testing Message-ID: <1996Sep24.202728.2548@cern.ch> Date: Tue, 24 Sep 1996 20:27:28 GMT References: <1996Sep23.014228.3872@uni-hamburg.de> <1996Sep23.230628.1160@delphi.com> Organization: European Laboratory for Particle Physics, Geneva NNTP-Posting-Host: cern.ch X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1996Sep23.230628.1160@delphi.com>, gtanaka@delphi.com (Graham Tanaka) writes: > I remember crying during her broadcasts for no apparent reason as a 16-year-old. It felt like my chest was vibrating. This explains why Listening Night works. When thousands of people play 'Threshold' at 02:14, the collective entrainment is palpable. -- Heather Takahashi | htakahashi@cern.ch PGP Key fingerprint: 41B9 F50A D807 7693 "Keep the channels open." From tperez@netcom.com Thu Sep 26 14:53:28 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!netcom!tperez From: tperez@netcom.com (Tobias Pérez) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: 14.2 Hz ELF brainwave entrainment & CIA acoustic behavioral testing Message-ID: <1996Sep26.145328.1157@netcom.com> Date: Thu, 26 Sep 1996 14:53:28 GMT References: <1996Sep23.014228.3872@uni-hamburg.de> <1996Sep24.022928.5035@pipeline.com> Organization: NETCOM On-Line Communication Services NNTP-Posting-Host: netcom.com X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1996Sep24.022928.5035@pipeline.com>, tgirard@pipeline.com (Thiago Girard) writes: > This explains why Listening Night works. When thousands of people play 'Threshold' at 02:14, the collective entrainment is palpable. I remember crying during her broadcasts for no apparent reason as a 16-year-old. It felt like my chest was vibrating. -- === Tobias Pérez === Dept of Electrical Engineering, NETCOM On-Line Communication Services "Hold for relay."