Day 3 - 17th January, 2013 - Ganzfeld Experiment

We started the class with a brief discussion on the Ganzfeld Experiment.[]

D.I.Y. Hallucinations!

AIM: To test the existence of telepathy (paranormal acquisition of information).

What you'll need:  1 Ping pong ball Bright light(preferably red) Source of static noise Medical tape 

PROCEDURE:  The receiver cuts a ping pong ball in half, and tapes each half over his/her eyes. The receiver is then made to 'stare' at a bright light while listening to white noise(static) for 30 minutes. The sender concentrates on an image, word or emotion and tries to telepathically convey the same to the receiver.</li> The receiver may or may not receive signals relating to what is being 'sent', and he/she describes the hallucinations aloud.</li> The sender notes down the descriptions as observation.</li> </ul>



OBSERVATIONS: Session 1 <ul> Small fish in deep dark ocean</li> Weird smell of wax burning</li> Someone wearing a trench-coat and running with a knife</li> Long hair</li> A tall man</li> A dinosaur tail</li> Someone who loves food sitting with a table full of food, but eating daintily with a knife and fork.</li> Lots of dots</li> Someone with glasses</li> Tina Fey</li> </ul>

Session 2 Woodpecker</li> Cartoon birds</li> Watery ink blots on paper</li> Tap filling a bucket with water</li> <li>A human heart</li> <li>Sharp pain in shoulder blades</li> <li>Strange attractors and the multi-verse theory</li> <li>Animae/Cartoons</li> <li>Dragonflies</li> <li>Helicopters, tanks, guns, battlefield</li> <li>Needle and thread</li> <li>A lot of slant eyes</li> <li>Wings</li> <li>Semicircles, Hemispheres</li> <li>Ugly pink color</li> <li>Aeroplane flying lopsided</li>

RESULTS: When we conducted the experiment, the first session had a 33% success rate, whereas, the second session had a 14% success rate.

CONCLUSION: