by Napoleon Hill
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Sidney Schneider told us that he converted his conclusions regarding the principle that placed the seamen operating radar in a trance into the Brain Wave Synchronizer, a machine which he invented after the war.
What is the Brain Wave Synchronizer?
It is an electronic instrument designed to induce various levels of hypnosis by subliminal and photic (light) stimulation of the brain waves. The instrument can be used alone or combined with a tape recording of the therapist's verbal suggestions. No physical connections or attachments are placed on the patient. Results are obtained at any distance in which the light in the machine is visible. The apparatus induces light to deep hypnotic levels in over 90 per cent of the subjects in an average time of three minutes.
In an experiment with the Brain Wave Synchronizer, none of the persons involved was informed about the machine or what it could do. Neither were they told that they were subjects of an experiment. Yet 30 per cent of them were hypnotized to various degrees, ranging from light to deep states.
"Why and how does the Brain Wave Synchronizer work?" we asked.
"It is like a television transmitter," Schneider said. "The human brain produces pulses (waves) of electricity in several frequency ranges. This knowledge has been applied in the field of medicine since 1929 and the invention of the electroencephalograph commonly known as the EEG machine, an apparatus for recording brain waves.
"My machine operates much like a television system," Schneider continued. "The reason the picture on your receiving set does not drift up or down is that the pulses generated within the set synchronize with corresponding pulses generated by the transmitting television station. The receiver is forced to operate at a rate controlled by the transmitter and the picture must obey.
"Like the transmitter of a television station, the Brain Wave Synchronizer also produces synchronizing pulses. And through photic stimulation, the waves sent from the synchronizer cause the frequency of the brain waves also to lock in step. At this point hypnosis can be achieved. Just compare your brain to a receiving set, and the Brain Wave Synchronizer to a television transmitter."
And you will see as you continue to read that in addition to comparing your brain to a receiving set, you can compare it to a television transmitter also.
A little knowledge becomes a dangerous thing. We have just explored some of the unseen forces from known physical causes. Now let's proceed further into the realm of the unknown: the thrilling field of psychic phenomena, such as:
1. ESP (extrasensory perception)... awareness of or response to an external event or influence not apprehended by sensory means. Here are included:
(a) Telepathy... thought transference
(b) Clairvoyance... the power of discerning objects not present to the senses
(c) Precognition... seeing into the future
(d) Postcognition... seeing into the past
2. Psychokinesis... the effect of the mind on an object.
Now let's be realistic and keep our feet firmly on the ground. Let's explore the unknown with common sense! You'll be in danger unless you use good logic and avoid the gathering of cobwebs in your thinking. Facts should be your stepping stones over the river of doubt. Therefore, let an experienced guide direct you along safe paths. And we will introduce you to such a guide. But before we do, let's talk about the past.
Thomas J. Hudson's famous book, The Law of Psychic Phenomena, when published in 1893, became a best seller. (The book is published today in paperback by the Hudson-Cohen Publishing Company, Monterey, California.) It contained many thrilling stories of reported psychic experiences. The imaginations of tens of thousands of people who read this book were stimulated. Some were ready. Some were not.
From then on public interest in psychic phenomena made rapid progress. But many persons, not properly prepared, injured themselves by becoming crackpots. This was due to the awesomeness and magnetic interest a little knowledge of psychic powers generated within them. There is a noticeable tendency of some persons who are not properly educated and mature in their thinking and not very well adjusted emotionally to become fascinated with this intriguing study. It is easy to understand why so many religious leaders, scientists, and persons responsible for
the welfare of the people found the study of psychic phenomena an anathema:
1. Imaginations ran rampant and threatened the sanity of the people.
2. Fact and fiction seemed to be indistinguishable.
