Day 3 - 17th January, 2013 - Ganzfeld Experiment

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We started the class with a brief discussion on the Ganzfeld Experiment.[[1]]

D.I.Y. Hallucinations!

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

What you'll need:

1. 1 Ping pong ball
2. Bright light(preferably red)
3. Source of static noise
4. 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.
• The receiver may or may not receive signals relating to what is being 'sent', and he/she describes the hallucinations aloud.
• The sender notes down the descriptions as observation.

OBSERVATIONS:

Session 1

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

Session 2

Woodpecker</li>

Cartoon birds</li>

Watery ink blots on paper</li>

Tap filling a bucket with water</li>

A human heart</li>

Sharp pain in shoulder blades</li>

Strange attractors and the multi-verse theory</li>

Animae/Cartoons</li>

Dragonflies</li>

Helicopters, tanks, guns, battlefield</li>

Needle and thread</li>

A lot of slant eyes</li>

Wings</li>

Semicircles, Hemispheres</li>

Ugly pink color</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:

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