Michael Persinger

Professor, author and clinical psychologist. Michael A. Persinger was born on 26 June 1945 in Jacksonville Florida. He obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Wisconsin (1967), a Master of Arts from the University of Tennessee (1969), and a PhD  from the University of Manitoba (1971). He has been a professor at Laurentian University in Sudbury, Ontario, Canada, since 1971, and is a registered psychologist with a focus on clinical neuropsychology.

He has published over two hundred academic articles and written, co-authored or edited seven books:  ELF and VLF Electromagnetic Field Effects (1974); The Paranormal: Part I, Patterns (1974); The Paranormal: Part II, Mechanisms and

Models (1974); Space-time Transients and Unusual Events (1977); TM and Cult-Mania (1980); The Weather Matrix and Human Behaviour (1980), andNeuropsychological Bases of God Beliefs (1987).  His research interests includethe neuropsychological correlates of religious and paranormal beliefs, delusional thinking, UFO encounters and alien abductions, HAUNTINGS, POLTERGEIST episodes, and telepathic and NEAR-DEATH EXPERIENCES.

Some of Michael Persinger’s work addresses the interaction between the geophysical environment, particularly magnetic fields, and human brain structure and activity. It investigates the possibility that emotions and experiences can be induced by the application of magnetic fields to the brain, in comparison to external explanations for alleged experiences of gods and other non-physical beings. For instance, research participants wearing specially fitted helmets that subject them to low-intensity electromagnetic waves have reported seeing ANGELS and other phenomena. Persinger states that the research is not meant “to demean anyone’s religious/mystical experience but instead to determine which portions of the brain or its electromagnetic patterns generate the experience.”

See also http://www.livingplanet.be/persinger.pdf for ON THE POSSIBILITY OF DIRECTLY ACCESSING EVERY HUMAN BRAIN BY ELECTROMAGNETIC INDUCTION OF FUNDAMENTAL ALGORITHMS By Professor Michael A. Persinger Laurentian University, Ontario

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