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of the top scientists in the world. Among his many inventions was a device he called the Neurophone—an electronic instrument that can successfully programme ‘sigges- tions directly through contact with the skin. When he attempted to patent the device, the government demanded that he prove it worked. When he did, the NSA (National Security Agency) confiscated the Neurophone. It took Pat years of legal battle to get his invention back. : HISTORY OF THE NEUROPHONE The first Neurophone was made when I was 14 years old, in 1958. A description was Th e published in our first book, Pyramid Power. The first Neurophone device was construct- ed by attaching two Brillo pads to insulated copper wires. Brillo pads are copper wire scouring pads used to clean pots and pans. They are about two inches in diameter. The N Cu rophone is Brillo pads were inserted into plastic bags that acted as insulators to prevent clectric shock when applied to the head. | t G The wires from the Brillo pads were connected to a reversed audio output transformer an e ec ronic that was attached to a hi-fi amplifier. The output voltage of the audio transformer was about 1,500 volts peak-to-peak. When the insulated pads were placed on the temples next de vice wh ich to the eyes and the amplifier was driven by speech or music, you could ‘hear’ the resulting sound inside your head. The perceived sound quality was very poor, highly distorted and [: the early 1960s, while only a teenager, Life magazine listed Patrick Flanagan as one | S | | very weak. | ter a y I observed that during certain sound peaks in the audio driving signal, the sound per- ceived in the head was very clear and very loud. When the signal was observed on an enables one to oscilloscope while listening to the sound, the signal was perceived as being loudest and clearest when the amplifier was over-driven and square waves were generated. At the f] f] same time, the transformer would ring or oscillate with a dampened wave form at frequen- hear through cies of 40-50 kHz. O The next Neurophone consisted of a variable frequency vacuum tube oscillator that was the skin amplitude-modulated. This output signal was then fed into a high frequency transformer Wy that was flat in frequency response in the 20-100 kHz range. The electrodes were placed on the head and the oscillator was tuned so that maximum resonance was obtained using the human body as part of the tank circuit. Later models had a feedback mechanism that automatically adjusted the frequency for resonance. We found that the dielectric constant of human skin is highly variable. In order to achieve maximum transfer of cnergy, the unit had to be retuned to resonance in order to match the ‘dynamic dielectric response’ of the body of the listener. The 2,000 volt peak-to-peak amplitude-modulated carrier wave was then connected to the body by means of two-inch diameter electrode discs that were insulated by means of mylar films of different thicknesses. The Neurophone is really a scalar wave device since the out-of-phase signals from the electrodes mix in the non-linear complexities of the skin dielectric, The signals from each capacitor electrode are 180 degrees out of phase. Each The first Neurophone was made when I was 14 years old, in 1958. A description was published in our first book, Pyramid Power. The first Neurophone device was construct- ed by attaching two Brillo pads to insulated copper wires. Brillo pads are copper wire scouring pads used to clean pots and pans. They are about two inches in diameter. The Brillo pads were inserted into plastic bags that acted as insulators to prevent clectric shock when applied to the head. The wires from the Brillo pads were connected to a reversed audio output transformer that was attached to a hi-fi amplifier. The output voltage of the audio transformer was about 1,500 volts peak-to-peak. When the insulated pads were placed on the temples next to the eyes and the amplifier was driven by speech or music, you could ‘hear’ the resulting sound inside your head. The perceived sound quality was very poor, highly distorted and very weak. I observed that during certain sound peaks in the audio driving signal, the sound per- ceived in the head was very clear and very loud. When the signal was observed on an oscilloscope while listening to the sound, the signal was perceived as being loudest and clearest when the amplifier was over-driven and square waves were generated. At the same time, the transformer would ring or oscillate with a dampened wave form at frequen- cies of 40-50 kHz. The next Neurophone consisted of a variable frequency vacuum tube oscillator that was amplitude-modulated. This output signal was then fed into a high frequency transformer that was flat in frequency response in the 20-100 kHz range. The electrodes were placed on the head and the oscillator was tuned so that maximum resonance was obtained using the human body as part of the tank circuit. Later models had a feedback mechanism that automatically adjusted the frequency for resonance. We found that the dielectric constant of human skin is highly variable. In order to achieve maximum transfer of cnergy, the unit had to be retuned to resonance in order to match the ‘dynamic dielectric response’ of the body of the listener. The 2,000 volt peak-to-peak amplitude-modulated carrier wave was then connected to the body by means of two-inch diameter electrode discs that were insulated by means of mylar films of different thicknesses. The Neurophone is really a scalar wave device since the out-of-phase signals from the electrodes mix in the non-linear complexities of the skin dielectric, The signals from each capacitor electrode are 180 degrees out of phase. Each signal is transmitted into the complex dielectric of the body where phase cancellation takes place. The net result is a scalar vector. Of course I did not know this when I first developed the Neurophone. This knowledge came much later when we learned that the human nervous system is especially sensitive to scalar signals. The high frequency amplitude-modulated Neurophone had excellent sound clarity. The perceived signal was very clearly perceived as if it were coming from within the head. We established quite early that some totally nerve-deaf people could hear with the device. For some reason, however, not all nerve-deaf people hear with it the first time. We were able to stimulate visual phenomena when the electrodes were placed over the occipital region of the brain. The possibilities of Neurophonic visual stimulation suggest by Patrick Flanagan and Gael-Crystal Flanagan Vortex Industries 1109 S. Plaza Way, Suite 399 Flagstaff, AZ 86001, USA 18°NEXUS HISTORY OF THE NEUROPHONE FEBRUARY - MARCH 1994