One of the other places I've seen Persinger cited is in some of Kenneth Ring's
work on Near Death Experiences, and his book _The_Omega_Project_.
Someone had an interesting comment to me about Persinger's EM helmet
experiment where he 'simulates UFO and mystical experiences.'
He said that it sounded like Persinger's field-generating helmet
may have mainly facilitated a guided reverie somehow, possibly made it
more vivid. This would seems to have been a less extravagant conclusion
than Persinger's, but interesting nontheless.
With respect to Robert McGrath's line of thinking, regarding the cult
relationship and anxiety relief, I think that Marc Galanter's book
_Cults,_ Faith, Healing, and Coercion_ was a very good (clinical, not
experimental) analysis of the anxiety relief effect in group behavior.
Thanks very much to Chris R. for the useful references on critical analyses
of Persinger !
kind regards,
todd
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