Research Abstract 2001 - Abstract - Reports of Peak and Other Experiences

1 Pages·2001·0.05 MB·English

by  The Monroe Institute

(Hemi-Sync® Journal, Vol. XIX, No. 3 , Summer 2001)
ABSTRACT: REPORTS OF PEAK AND OTHER EXPERIENCES DURING A
NEUROTECHNOLOGY-BASED TRAINING PROGRAM

This study examined the nature of self-reported peak and other powerful experiences during a
six-day residential, neurotechnology-based training program. There were 160 participants (81
males, 79 females), of whom 121 reported seventy-five types of peak and other experiences.
Neurotechnologies are methods and devices that purportedly enhance mental functioning by
entraining brain-wave patterns, often producing a psychophysiological state of hemispheric
synchronization.
Research on peak and other powerful experiences was reviewed in Part 1 and an overview of
neurotechnologies was given. Part 2 described the study methodology and the results,
including short- and long-term aftereffects of the GATEWAY VOYAGE® program and the
meaning of the experiences for the participants.
[Published in The Journal of the American Society for Psychical Research, volume 92,
number 4, October 1998, and volume 93, number 1, January 1999.]

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