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And now: here's a piece by Charles T. Tart Ph.D., a Core Faculty
member of the Institute of Transpersonal Psychology in Palo
Alto, California.
From Charles T. Tart of www.paradigm-sys.com
Speaking on Out of Body (OBE) Experiences:
In a previous publication (Int. J. Parapsychology, 9, 1967, 251- 258), a psycho
physiological study of a male subject (Robert Monroe) ,who had frequent, selfinduced,
out-of-the-body experiences (OBEs) was reported. The two brief
OBEs he was able to produce in the laboratory occurred during an EEG state
that resembled Stage 1 dreaming, but this identification was somewhat
ambiguous because of exceptionally high variability in the subject's EEG
patterns. The subject was unable to report on an ESP target used in that study.
In the present study, the same subject was studied again in a more
comfortable laboratory setting. In the course of a two-hour session, he
reported two brief OBEs, and reported awakening within a few seconds after
each, allowing correlation of physiological recordings with the OBE. EEG, eye
movements, and peripheral blood flow (plethysmograph) were recorded, and
the subject was monitored via closed circuit TV for the first OBE, but not for
the second.
These findings generally parallel those of the earlier published study: the
subject's OBEs seem to occur in conjunction with a prolonged, deliberately
produced hypnologic state (Stage 1 EEG). Such prolonged states are not
normally seen in the laboratory. The preponderance of theta rhythms and the
occasional slowed alpha show an intriguing parallel with EEG states reported
for advanced Zen masters during meditation.
Modern EEG feedback techniques have shown that subjects can learn to
produce increased alpha rhythm, and to slow the frequency of their alpha
rhythm. Studies now being conducted in my laboratory will determine the
feasibility of training subjects to produce an abundance of theta rhythm. If this
is successful, they will then be taught psychological techniques believed to
increase the likelihood of OBEs, and to superimpose these techniques on a
high theta state, to see if this offers a key to the laboratory production of OBEs
in ordinary subjects. The major achievement of the present experiment has
been to demonstrate that OBEs can occur in a laboratory setting, and are thus
amenable to scientific investigation.
(1969, Proceedings of the Parapsychological Association.)
This article was originally published under the above title in the Proceedings of the
Parapsychological Association, W. Roll, R. Morris & J. Morris (Eds.), Nov. 6, 1969, pp.
43-44. The contents of this document are Copyright © 1969 by the
Parapsychological Association.
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