Maryland Paranormal Research ® Consciousness, Capacities and Communication

1. Consciousness, Capacities and Communication

2.  This presentation outlines and explains
an operational approach to instrumental
transcommunication in terms of the core
elements of consciousness, capacities
and communication and how these
elements may be employed to provide
evidence for post mortem survival

3.  " A communication (if such a thing
exists) from a departed person to a
person still on earth, is at any rate, a
communication from one mind in
one state of existence to a mind in a
very different state of existence. "
- FredericWH Myers (1843-1901)
Myers, FredericW.H., Human Personality and its Survival of Bodily Death,
Longman’s Greens and Company, NewYork, 1903

4.  Psi phenomena are experiences in
which information or energy seems
to have been transferred or
apprehended without the operation
of the known senses or logical
inference
CARDENA, Etzel, MARCUSSON-CLAVERTZ, David and PALMER , John (2015), Reintroducing Parapsychology. In E
Cardena (Ed.), Handbook of Parapsychology: A Handbook for the 21st Century, North Carolina: McFarland and Co. Inc.

5. Mind Matter
Interaction
Extra Sensory
Perception
Survival of
Consciousness
reincarnation
ghosts/hauntings/adc
near death experience
psychokinesis (pk)
intentionality
DMILS
clairvoyance
precognition
telepathy
psychometrypoltergeists
mediumship

6.  [transcommunication research] is
the study and exploration of agency
and instrumental capacities for
communication with non-localized
consciousness

7.  But how does it occur ?
signal
noise
channel
psi
evp
esp
instrumental
mediumistic
electromagnetic spectrum

8. Communication
CapacitiesConsciousness
non-local
collective
somatic
sensorimotor
mediumistic
instrumental
psi
electromagnetic
physical
electronic voice phenomenaextra sensory perception
sensory perception

9.  The fact of awareness by the mind
of itself and the world
 Where does the mind exist?
" I regard consciousness as fundamental. I regard
matter as derivative from consciousness. We cannot
get behind consciousness. Everything that we talk
about, everything that we regard as existing,
postulates consciousness"
- Max Planck (1931 inThe Observer)

10. Platonism
 Spiritual realm of timeless forms
Animism
 Everything possesses a spirit
Monotheism
 One transcendent/personal God

11. Dualism
 Separation of mind and matter
Materialism/Mechanism
 Reality consists only of matter
Physicalism
 Everything is physical

12.  The mind-body problem is the
question of the relationship between
the mental and the physical realms
 Dualism maintains a rigid distinction
between mental and physical realms
 Monism maintains there is only one
unifying reality, one realm of being

13.  Epiphenomenalism is the prevailing
mind–body (monist) philosophy that
regards mental events as dependent
on physical functions. Consciousness
is a product of neurophysiology of
the brain. Under this view the mental
realm reduces to the physical realm
Robinson,W. S. (2010). Epiphenomenalism.Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Cognitive Science, 1(4), 539-547.

14. Behavorialism (1913-1957)
 Unlike behaviors, mental events were
not directly observable. Descriptions
of the mind should thus be avoided
Cognitive Revolution (post 1955)
 The mind is a complex system tied to
the physical world through feedback,
information and computation

15.  Biogeneticists regard the brain as a
genetically-programmed computer
" Now they swarm in huge colonies, safe inside
gigantic lumbering robots…They are in you and in
me; they created us, body and mind; and their
preservation is the ultimate rationale for our
existence. They have come a long way, those
replicators. Now they go by the name of genes, and
we are their survival machines "
- Richard Dawkins,The Selfish Gene (1976)
Dawkins, R. (1976).The Selfish Gene Oxford University Press. NewYork.

16. Phenomenal (p-consciousness)
 Raw experiences (qualia) consisting of
forms, sounds, sensations, emotions
and feelings with our bodies
Access (a-consciousness)
 Involves memory, reasoning, behavior
control and introspection
Block, N. (1995). On a confusion about a function of consciousness. Behavioral and brain sciences, 18(2), 227-247.

17.  The hard problem of consciousness
is the problem of explaining why we
have qualia (experiences), or why
there is a "what it is like" for a
subject. In essence it is the problem
of explaining why we are not robots
and why consciousness exists at all
Chalmers, D. J. (1995). Facing up to the problem of consciousness. Journal of consciousness studies, 2(3), 200-219.
Chalmers, D. J. (1996). Facing up to the problem of consciousness.Toward a science of consciousness, 5-28.

18.  Thought experiment illustrating the
hard problem conceiving of an exact
molecular replica of an individual. If it
is possible that the replicant is "dark"
inside, a zombie lacking phenomenal
consciousness, then consciousness
cannot reduce to the physical realm
Chalmers, D. J. (1995). Facing up to the problem of consciousness. Journal of consciousness studies, 2(3), 200-219.
Chalmers, D. J. (1996). Facing up to the problem of consciousness.Toward a science of consciousness, 5-28.

19.  Panpsychism is the view that the
basic physical constituents of the
universe have mental properties. It
is a notion found in ancient eastern
and Grecian philosophy. Interest in
panpsychism has revived due to the
hard problem of consciousness

20.  Varieties of exceptional experiences
suggest but not prove dualism and
that mind exists apart from the body
 Enigmas of near death experiences
 Varieties of dissociation/automisms
 Post mortem survival/psi phenomena
 Conundrums of trace memory theory
Kelly, E. F., & Kelly, E.W. (2007). Irreducible mind:Toward a psychology for the 21st century. Rowman & Littlefield.
Kelly, E. F. (2015). Parapsychology in Context. Parapsychology: A Handbook for the 21st Century, 30.

21.  The ability, potential or power to
perform, experience, or understand
something

22. organic-sensorimotor instrumental
reception
touch
skin
speech
ears
sight
eyes
transducer
detection direct
hearing
range
visual
range
transmission
time
threshold
force
pressure
volume visible light sub-sensory
property
mechanics
thermics
acoustics optics
electro-
magnetic
transference quasi-static resonance of vibrations and waves
Adapted from InstrumentelleTranskommunikation (1989), Ernst Senkowski

23. mediumistic-spiritualistic
reception somatic psychic
detection brain and nervous system mind
threshold limited space/time unlimited space/time
property bioelectrical quantum biological?
transference hyper-resonance of vibrations and waves?
Adapted from InstrumentelleTranskommunikation (1989), Ernst Senkowski

24.  The notion of post-mortem survival
that a disembodied consciousness or
some such discarnate element of
human personality might survive
bodily death at least for a time
IRWIN, H.S. andWATT, C (2007: An Introduction to Parapsychology, 5th Edition, McFarland & Company,Inc,: Jefferson, NC.

25.  Super-psi hypothesis is the notion that
psychic functioning is more pervasive in
everyday affairs than experimentation
suggests, and represents psi functioning
of a highly controlled or refined nature
Braude, S. (2016).The Super Psi Hypothesis, In PSI Encylopedia, Society for Psychical Research..

26.  The Model of Pragmatic Information (MPI)
is a notion inspired by quantum field
theory that psi phenomena represent
meaningful and self-organizing mental,
social and physical entanglements
Lucadou,W.v. (2015):The Model of Pragmatic Information (MPI). In: EdwinC. May & Sonali Marwaha
(eds.).Extrasensory Perception: Support, Skepticism, and Science:Vol. 2:Theories and the Future of
the Field. Praeger publications, Santa Barbara, USA,Ca., pp.221-242.

27. Q: Are psychokinetic or transcommunication events conserved?

28. N S
Ohm’s Law
Faraday’s Law
Lenz’s Law
Magnetic flux
Induced current
Q: Is transcommunication psychokinetic, electromagnetic or both?

29. Wavelength (λ)
λ
ƒ
LF RADIO/HF OPTICS/IR-UV RADIATION
Q: Does transcommunication occur throughout the EM spectrum?
[velocity] [speed of light]
frequency
wavelength

30. kinetic energy
motion energy
rest energy
mass energy
Q: Does consciousness possess mass or travel at light speed?
[profmattstrassler.com]
Strassler, M. (2012, Mar 27). Mass and Energy. In Of
Particular Significance: Conversations About Science
withTheoretical Physicist Matt Strassler (blog). .

31. strong force
[gluons]
electromagnetic
force [photons]
weak force
neutral leptons
[neutrinos]
Higgs field
quarks
charged
leptons
heavierparticles
Facts of Life
 Entanglement
 Indeterminacy
 Duality
t
b
c
u
s
d
Particles
possess
 Spin
 Charge
 Mass
Q: Is transcommunication a quantum entanglement phenomenon?
bosons
[profmattstrassler.com]
Strassler, M. (2011, Aug 8).The Known (Apparently-)
Elementary Particles. In Of Particular Significance
Conversations About Science withTheoretical
Physicist Matt Strassler (blog).

32.  Dropping a three-dimensional ball in
a two-dimensional world with time
Adapted from “Flatland” (1884) Edward Abbot
Q: Is consciousness a multi-dimensional phenomenon?

33.  The process by which information is
imparted or exchanged resulting in
understanding

34.  Meaning conveyed by a particular
arrangement or sequence of things

35. Structure (syntactic)
 Phonetics
Meaning (sematic)
 Linguistics
Transfer (statistical)
 InformationTheory

36. Study of the "transmission, processing,
utilization and extraction" of
information
 Resonance
 Bandwidth
 Signal/Noise
Shannon-HartlyTheorem (1949)

37.  InstrumentalTrans Communication
is communication with incorporeal
entities via any electronic device
 Concept attributed to Nobel physicist
Ernst Senkowski; main methods are:
trans audio; trans video; trans text
 ElectronicVoice Phenomena (EVP)
are obtained via trans audio methods

38.  ElectronicVoice Phenomena (EVP)
refer to electronically generated
sounds that resemble speech, but
are not the result of intentional voice
recordings or renderings
 EVP are often short lasting < 4 secs
 EVP contain unusual speech formants
LEARY, Mark R and BUTLERTom (2015), ElectronicVoice Phenomena. In E Cardena (Ed.), Handbook of
Parapsychology: A Handbook for the 21st Century, North Carolina: McFarland and Co. Inc.

39. Compact
Disks
[1982]
Magnetic
Tape
[1948]
Radio/Disc
Phonograph
[1889]
Electronic
Recording
[1925]
Friedrich
Jurgenson
[1959]
Konstantin
Raudive
[1968]
Sarah
Estep
[1982]
AttilaVon
Salzilay
[1941]
Ernst
Senkowski
[1974]
Stereo
Recording
[1941]
Telephone
[1877]
Transistor
[1947]
Compact
Cassette
[1964]
Television
[1928]
Personal
Computer
[1977]
Spiritualist
Movement
[1840-1920s]
Digital Audio
Formats
[1985]
Researchers
Technologies
Society for
Psychical
Research
[1882]
American
Association
of EVP
Marcello
Bacci
[1949]
Frank
Sumption
[2002]
 Realized with the advent of telephony

40.  Konstantin Raudive is credited with
popularizing the existence of EVP
with his book “Breakthrough” (1971)
 His work was regarded as uncritical
and uncontrolled. A favored EVP was
found to be a German radio broadcast
 Academic research has been sparse
LEARY, Mark R and BUTLERTom (2015), ElectronicVoice Phenomena. In E Cardena (Ed.), Handbook of
Parapsychology: A Handbook for the 21st Century, North Carolina: McFarland and Co. Inc.

41. Transform versus live EVP
 Both are likely vocal frequency (VF)
Radiofrequency interference (RFI)
 Less a factor for professional audio
Audio interpretation issues (pareidoila)
 Machine analysis removes subjectivity

42. EVP should meet four criteria:
Specific
Direct
Context-relevant
Phrase and/or sentence length

43. MACKIE
1202-VLZ3
12 Channel
Compact
Mixer
ART
EQ351
Equalizer or
HARMON
DIGITECH
VocalistVR
HARMON
DBX 1066
Compressor/
Expander/
Limiter/Gate
Digital
Audio
Recorder
-35 dB
Speech
Transcription
Platform
BEHRINGER
XM1800S
Dynamic
Microphones
 Modernized microphone method

44. MAGNETIC
SCIENCES
MC95VF
Sensors
SRS
SIM 910
JFET
Low Noise
Preamplifier
MACKIE
402-VLZ3
4 Channel
Ultra-
Compact
Mixer
ART
EQ351
31 Band
Equalizer
ROLLS
CL151GLC
ROLLS
DA134
Line
Amplifier
Digital
Audio
Recorder
Spectrum
Analyzer/
Oscilloscope
Speaker
Data
Acquisition
Console
-35 dB
Low Pass
RF Filter
50 kHz
-80 dB
50 Ω
 Direct Electro AcousticVoice
 Audio from electromagnetic induction

45.  Reception: An antenna collects the
radio signal and a capacitor tunes
the signal to the desired frequency
 Heterodyning: Signal is mixed with
an oscillator to get an intermediate
frequency (IF) and is amplified
 Demodulation: Original audio is
extracted from the IF for processing

46.  Pioneered by Marcello Bacci (1949)
who swept SW frequencies by hand
 Frank Sumption’s (2002) design used
auto-swept frequencies/white noise
 Current designs include reverberation
 Digital noise filtering helps attenuate
white noise and distortion artifacts

47.  Video is a series of still image scans
displayed at 25-30 frames/second
 Composite of chroma (color), luma
(brightness), scan rate information
 Scans are controlled by horizontal
and vertical synchronization pulses
 Signal voltage varies from 0V to 2V

48.  Anomalous video has been reported
under varieties of configurations
 Video feedback loop method is a
popular technique but it also carries
a very high potential for pareidolia
 Claimed to be more successful when
used alongside trans audio methods

49.  Drop-in communicators in mental
mediumship refer to non-corporeal
uninvited communicators who are
usually unknown to the medium
and to séance participants. These
psionic phenomena also occur in
instrumental trans communication
Haraldsson, E. (2008). Ian Stevenson’sContributions to the Study of Mediumship, Journal of Scientific Exploration,
Vol. 22, No. 1, pp. 64–72

50.  Random Event Generators (REGs)
are statistical devices that test for
microscopic psychokinesis
 Used by Princeton researchers to
study consciousness field effects
 Devices generate random walks
from 200 bit trials/second and the
cumulation of normalized errors

51.  Given sufficient ITC signal capacity,
proof of survival reasonably requires
convergence in:
 evidence of communication
 evidence of personality

52.  Evidence of communication requires
information transfers that are:
 Clear: Is the information understood?
 Complete: Is there an information
cycle between sender and receiver?
 Meaningful: Do frames and metaphors
make sense?

53.  Evidence indicating personhood or
personality reasonably requires:
 Identity: Mention of decedent by name
 Consistency: Vocal expressions or
patterns matching those of a decedent
 Connectedness: Indications of shared
history or experience with a decedent

54.  Consciousness remains the hard problem
that is not fully explained by science. It is
either foundational or universal to being
 The early psychical researchers believed
trans communication provided the best
evidence for the survival of consciousness
 Speech involves syntactic, statistical and
sematic aspects of information exchange

55.  Trans communication is indicative of psi
functioning. Random event generators
provide convergent evidence of psi
 EVP arise from electromagnetic induction
in the vocal frequency ranges of audio
 Proof of survival of consciousness from
ITC requires convergent evidence of
communication and personality

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