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Higher forms of the trance state include the artistic or parataxic mode and the creative or syntaxic mode. Parataxic experience consists of relationships with images whose meanings remain on the symbolic level. Syntaxic experience occurs when the conscious ego cooperates willingly with the subconscious. Charles Honorton's term for this state was "syntactic", but John Curtis Gowan's ontology of mystical states of consciousness is more complete. Here, meaning is fully cognised with minimal distortion in the production of psi energy. Older magical ceremonies such as the Banishing Ritual and the Middle Pillar Exercise can be seen as designed to facilitate higher forms of concentration (i.e., syntaxic mode). Other ways of attaining this state include biofeedback, meditation, peak experience, the higher Jhana (Gowan's term) states of yoga, and so on. The Banishing Ritual provides protection from invading thoughts and distractions. Concentration during this form of ritual purification is intense, structured and prolonged. The magical concept of energised enthusiasm—arousing oneself emotionally—seems to be pertinent to facilitating telepathic reception. Puharich believed that reception is improved by parasympathetic activation, in which there is an increase in the release of the brain neurotransmitter acetylcholine. He also held that the telepathic sending of information is easier when there is an increased amount of adrenaline in the system. These metabolic processes need not be viewed as "causal" but as simultaneous or synchronous with the ESP experience. This way of viewing the body metaphorically is the basis for modern alchemy—the process of personal transformation. Psi meaning comes through intense visual, auditory and kinesthetic psychosensory experiences. Do-It-Yourself ESP A simple method for inducing extrasensory perception through forms of self-hypnosis is now given as follows: 1) Formulate the question. 2) Hold that thought for as long as possible. 3) Assume that the event has occurred. 4) Drop into a "blank mind" state and wait. When questioning or desirous thoughts are intense enough, last long enough or are repeated frequently enough, psi is produced in sufficient intensity and structure to be detectable in the physical world. This may occur in hypnotic states, in states of intentionality, with elated or traumatic emotions, or when interest, motivation or desire is strongly increased. The individual confronts the continuum with desire and prolonged concentration. The question being asked must be intense enough to impress itself on the unconscious. Lacking intensity, the signal will not be perceived. One's intent strengthens the signal path. Consciousness is then dropped into a "blank" state, an empty state or a “beginner's mind". The actua visualisation is a switch from the concentrated point to he void. When this occurs, the information is impressed onto the consciousness, resulting in a psychophysical perceptual event which is independen of both space and time. When you spontaneously fall into a trance state, you are generally not in a "blank mind" state of expectan emptiness. There is the chatter of subconscious houghts going on, even as the process deepens toward sleep. These thoughts are generated and go on automatically at a subliminal level, often without awareness. Consequently, the information or signal path becomes distorted and weird patterns emerge, much like those experienced in dreams. In a waking dream, distorted signals may be perceived as "spirit guides” or expressed as automatic handwriting or other autonomous related phenomena of trance Atatan Somervi [le e "Sir, the good news is that the last adult citizen in the country has been successfully secretly microchipped. The bad news is that Microsoft just changed the software and they're all obsolete..." states. This research into ESP has yielded incredible results and has offered conclusions that are more far-reaching than might first be realised. It may well be that man is not looking into the future (via ESP) but, rather, is creating it with his own belief systems and values. To suggest that one could predict something 400 times beyond normal inference is also to suggest a more fundamental possibility. The brain itself can be seen as a four- dimensional hologram of five-space. This concept is part of a holographic model of the universe and may suggest a non-local mind aspect not yet described in the literature. Rather than seeing the universe as quantised, we may in fact regard it as being about information and the resolution of information. 46 * NEXUS APRIL - MAY 2010 www.nexusmagazine.com