The Ganzfeld method and other hallucinations

Than just do not play, if you can say so, the inhabitants of the Internet. There are many discussions in the forums about how to cause various hallucinations, but the presence of such can be a sign of serious mental abnormalities, in the worst case, and at best - a signal that it's time to rest. The Ganzfeld method is used rather to experiment on yourself, the essence of it is as follows.

It is necessary to take a tennis ball and divide it into two equal parts. Further, as Ganzfeld's method says, you need to turn on the radio on a non-existent wave, where only hissing sounds are present (for this purpose, the TV is also suitable). We lay down, put the balls on our eyes, glue them and wait. The forum is also advised to turn off the lights or do it at night.

After a certain time, the Ganzfeld method begins to work, and the subject has hallucinations, and quite strong ones. So, a person can see horses, other animals or even talk with relatives who are not alive.

The method of Ganzfeld raises doubts among many skeptics, and this is fully justified. So, one visitor of the forum wrote that no visions were observed, he just fell asleep. Therefore, it is necessary to make a remark - this experiment will be interesting only to people with a developed imagination, who often see bright and memorable dreams.

However, the Ganzfeld method is not always the reason why visual hallucinations appear. They can visit us in the afternoon in a completely normal atmosphere - cloudy spots, dots, fog, strips. All this can be a consequence of body fatigue, and such visions belong to the class of simple.

As for complex hallucinations, they are divided into several types:

- zoological - when images of different animals appear;

- demonomanic - a vision of non-existent, folkloric characters, whether they are goblin, mermaid, devil, etc.

- Anthropomorphic - visual hallucinations associated with intimate, familiar and unfamiliar people, living or passing away;

- scene-like - the emergence of images that flow to each other, representing a certain chain of actions;

- endoscopic - the representation of foreign organisms or things inside our body (worms inside the head, for example).

No less mysterious hypnopopic hallucinations, that is, those associated with the moment of awakening from sleep. It is not known at what stage of sleep they arise, but such visions last, after we wake up, usually not for long.

After awakening hypnopomatic hallucinations can be accompanied by sleep paralysis. The essence of it is that the body is absolutely immobilized, sometimes speech is lost. This is due to the fact that changes take place in the body during rest, because of which we are not eager to perform everything seen in a dream - our body simply does not allow it. When we wake up, the body is not for long in sleep mode.

In this state, everything that is happening around is realized, but a fertile soil is created for the appearance of hallucinations, similar to dreams. This situation horrifies, and most people never experience it, some - several times in life. Those who suffer from disorders are prone to sleep paralysis more than others. They explain the testimony of many people who see the essence, angels, people, hear voices in the morning after awakening.

Especially for skeptics and amateurs of experiments, one more effect, which is quite simple in execution. It is necessary to have two wishing and eye patches. One, blindfolded, sits on a chair behind the other and starts stroking his nose and partner's nose at the same time. After a while, the subject in the bandage creates a feeling that he has a very long nose. This effect was called the illusion of Pinocchio. Such hallucinations are more harmless, but you should not abuse any of them.