Scientific GOD Journal | November 2012 | Volume 3 | Issue 10| pp. 918-921 Hu, H. & Wu, M., Scientific GOD: Michael Persinger & the GOD Experiments ISSN: 2153-831X Scientific GOD Journal Published by Scientific GOD, Inc. www.SciGOD.com 918 Special Report Scientific GOD: Michael Persinger & the GOD Experiments Huping Hu * & Maoxin Wu ABSTRACT Scientific GOD is a new pathway to truth and unity in the age of science and technology. In this Special Report, we discuss the “God experiments” of Michael Persinger and his Research Group. Persinger is a pioneer in the field of experimental studies of mystical experiences. It is suggested that altered states of consciousness such as sensed presence and out-of-body experience whether they are produced by magnetic, electric or other stimulations or circumstances can be most effectively explained as the changes of the relative contents and/or intensities of the test subjects’ neural quantum entanglement with their surroundings etc. including possibly spiritual environments or information. Key Words: Scientific GOD, Michael Persinger, God helmet, quantum spin, spin-mediated consciousness theory. Michael Persinger (1993, 2010a & 2010b) and his Research Group are known for the "God Helmet". He is a pioneer in the field of experimental studies of mystical experiences. In 1999, Wired Magazine published an article entitled "This Is Your Brain on God" in which the author, Jack Hitt stated that "Michael Persinger has a vision - the Almighty isn't dead, he's an energy field. And your mind is an electromagnetic map to your soul." Persinger states at his website that "[a]s a human being, I am concerned about the illusionary explanations for human consciousness and the future of human existence. Consequently after writing the Neuropsychological Base of God Beliefs (1987), I began the systematic application of complex electromagnetic fields to discern the patterns that will induce experiences (sensed presence) that are attributed to the myriad of ego-alien intrusions which range from gods to aliens. The research is not to demean anyone's religious/mystical experience but instead to determine which portions of the brain or its electromagnetic patterns generate the experience. Two thousand years of philosophy have taught us that attempting to prove or disprove realities may never have discrete verbal (linguistic) solutions because of the limitation of this measurement. The research has been encouraged by the historical fact that most wars and group degradations are coupled implicitly to god beliefs and to the presumption that those who do not believe the same as the experient are somehow less human and hence expendable. Although these egocentric propensities may have had adaptive significance, their utility for the species' future may be questionable." Correspondence: Huping Hu, Ph.D., J.D., Scientific GOD, Inc., P. O. Box 267, Stony Brook,, NY 11790. E-mail: editor@scigod.com Note: This essay is adopted from http://2012daily.com/?q=node/19