Effect on placing magnet on your forehead

I know there's a long history of people falsely attributing magical properties to magnets, even to this day. Paracelsus, for example, thought that you could use magnets to do things like draw diseases out of the body, and manipulate the flow of body fluids like blood. This follows the logic of sympathetic magic, because magnetism was a force known to attract and potentially redirect things. Back then we didn't know that blood contained iron, which is weakly attracted to magnets. But even today, with the most powerful magnets we have such as MRIs, the effect on blood is almost immeasurable, and magnets can't cause blood to be moved inside your body. Permanent magnets like the ones someone might sell you in a copper bracelet to improve your blood circulation and heal your arthritis and whatever other quackery, basically have zero effect on their own. I've seen them work for people first hand though, and quite well, through placebo effect.

When it comes to their practical use in magic, like with a lodestone, you give them the attribution of attraction and repulsion through their nature of doing so with metal. The same way that corn kernels could be seen through sympathetic magic to correspond to prosperity by their association with a big harvest of a staple food crop. Add in a green bag to keep them in (green representing healthy growth, fertility, or money etc.) and you have yourself a very simple magic charm. Maybe toss in some corn-kernel sized iron pyrite, stick some tiny nails through the corn so they stick to the magnet too, and throw it all in a yellow bag to represent the sun, or gold, etc. It's not very complicated, it's all about associating similar things together.

Another interesting magical use of magnets I remember comes from psionics and the author Charles "Uncle Chuckie" Cosimano. In one of his books he talked about making a psionic helmet to connect to his other psionic/radionic machines, and he lined the inside of it with some of that magnetic strip tape. I would imagine it was a similar sympathetic thinking, the magnet would attract the users thoughts into the cables and into the other machines, etc. And when you do something like this, it works. Not because the magnet has such a power, but because you, the magician, make it so through your will.

Also TMS is very cool and very interesting. I once started designing a pseudo-TMS device which was basically a psionic helmet with magnets aimed at certain areas of the brain and headphones to play binaural beats to effect brainwaves. Never built the thing though. Nowdays there are devices on the market which are supposed to do something similar, such as NeoRhythm, but I've never tried any of them.

borbponderer said:

I guess it might interfere with your magnetoreception if you happen to be a bird?

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So we need to strap a magnet to a bird to do an experiment

Regarding us animals - yes magnetism does affect us , but it is usually within the range of the Earth's magnetic field and fluctuations within that . However modern 'atrophied' humans dont seem to be consciously affected by it , we dont know the other effects but we can detect a change in the brain relating to some magnetic experiments (a drop in alpha waves ) .

Some 'unpolluted' indigenous ( meaning a lack of 'background magnetic and other ' radiation ' noise ) might have more reception - but nowadays , where could that be ? In places like Australia it might have once served as part of the natural functions ; the vast continent was well traversed with walking tracks for various purposes , including trade of ocher and pearl shell . They had ( and some still do ) have a remarkable ability of 'wayfinding' .

Parts of Australia are very ancient , especially around the cratons ( an area techtonically stable for up to 4 Mil years old ... which means a LOT of erosion) , the land is the 'skeleton of the Earth' exposed and hence has areas of magnetic fluctuations . That became apparent due to some wi-fi equipment not working properly in some places.

With the Aboriginals, they would not rely on any internal receptors but paint themselves with ocher and sometimes blood ; both have a heavy iron content . A few times I have looked out over country and it seems 'overlaid ' (or under laid ) with a type of pattern or fluctuation ; this can appear in many Aboriginal depictions of landscape , sometimes more predominant in art than the visual landscape .

here is what AI says about this ;

1. The Ancient Brain (Brainstem and Cerebellum)
Recent mapping of magnetic materials shows that is most concentrated in the "evolutionarily ancient" parts of the brain.
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• Brainstem: Studies found the highest levels of magnetization here. Specifically, the pedunculopontine nucleus (PPN) in the brainstem is a strong candidate because it acts as a pacemaker for the alpha brain waves that respond to magnetic shifts.
• Cerebellum: This region, which handles motor control and balance, also shows high concentrations of magnetic nanoparticles.
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2. The Inner Ear (Vestibular System)

The in the inner ear are a primary suspect for a "light-independent" compass.
PubMed Central (PMC) (.gov)

• Electromagnetic Induction: Unlike birds that have magnetite in their beaks, humans might use the fluid-filled canals of the ear to convert magnetic movement into tiny electrical potentials, similar to how sharks sense electricity.
• Neural Link: These canals send signals directly to the vestibular nuclei in the brainstem, which process gravity and balance—senses that are naturally paired with orientation.
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• The Eyes (Retina)
  For the "light-dependent" mechanism, the reception is centered in the retina of the eyes.
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  • Cryptochrome-2 (hCRY2): This protein is found throughout the human retina, specifically in the photoreceptor layers.
  • Visual Integration: If cryptochromes are the sensor, magnetic information would likely be "overlaid" onto our vision, possibly appearing as subtle shades or light patterns that the brain processes subconsciously
  
  [ This is the first time I have ever seen any outside ( from my supposin' ) reference to this ability ! If one can overlay this on to the visual landscape and add the information in symbols about the plants animals and human activities plus the natural environmental colors ( not the present ones , Australia had a vast natural environmental palette pre-colonial times ), you get something like ;
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• 4. The Trigeminal Nerve
  Similar to migratory birds, humans have a trigeminal nerve that carries sensory information from the face to the brain. Researchers suspect a "magnetic circuit" might exist here, potentially linked to magnetite crystals located behind the nose or in the upper facial area.

'' Placing magnetite in the brainstem allows magnetic data to be integrated instantly with balance signals. This creates a foundational "sense of place" that operates below the level of conscious awareness, much like how we instinctively know where our limbs are without looking at them
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- a 'sense' of place and location are very strong with some Aboriginals .

It goes on ... AI talks about the brain being able to make magnetite crystals , how they are formed and how they effect brainwaves .

It seems research has uncovered a lot more since I looked into this subject . It might even turn out that the right face paint , in ocher and blood, done in the right places ( 'pattern' ) acts as an amplifier or receptor to such energies ?

I'm pretty sure that experiment has been done. Think with birds it's a kind of "sensor fusion", and that all their senses come into play. istr the magnet confused them but they compensated with their other senses. Or was it their sense of smell they were screwing around with? I forget..

Indigenous Australians sure have it going with with the songlines, all mapped to the landscape, forward and back in time, everywhen and everywhere. It seems like a very unique variety of animism compared to indigenous folks elsewhere.

Amazing what we can do with our brains when we aren't so encumbered with so much noise and oversocialisation.

Firetree said:

So we need to strap a magnet to a bird to do an experiment

Regarding us animals - yes magnetism does affect us , but it is usually within the range of the Earth's magnetic field and fluctuations within that . However modern 'atrophied' humans don't seem to be consciously affected by it , we don't know the other effects but we can detect a change in the brain relating to some magnetic experiments (a drop in alpha waves ) .

Some 'unpolluted' indigenous ( meaning a lack of 'background magnetic and other ' radiation ' noise ) might have more reception - but nowadays , where could that be ? In places like Australia it might have once served as part of the natural functions ; the vast continent was well traversed with walking tracks for various purposes , including trade of ocher and pearl shell . They had ( and some still do ) have a remarkable ability of 'wayfinding' .

Parts of Australia are very ancient , especially around the cratons ( an area techtonically stable for up to 4 Mil years old ... which means a LOT of erosion) , the land is the 'skeleton of the Earth' exposed and hence has areas of magnetic fluctuations . That became apparent due to some wi-fi equipment not working properly in some places.

With the Aboriginals, they would not rely on any internal receptors but paint themselves with ocher and sometimes blood ; both have a heavy iron content . A few times I have looked out over country and it seems 'overlaid ' (or under laid ) with a type of pattern or fluctuation ; this can appear in many Aboriginal depictions of landscape , sometimes more predominant in art than the visual landscape .

here is what AI says about this ;

1. The Ancient Brain (Brainstem and Cerebellum)
Recent mapping of magnetic materials shows that

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is most concentrated in the "evolutionarily ancient" parts of the brain.
eos.org +1

• Brainstem: Studies found the highest levels of magnetization here. Specifically, the pedunculopontine nucleus (PPN) in the brainstem is a strong candidate because it acts as a pacemaker for the alpha brain waves that respond to magnetic shifts.
• Cerebellum: This region, which handles motor control and balance, also shows high concentrations of magnetic nanoparticles.
  eos.org +4

2. The Inner Ear (Vestibular System)

The

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in the inner ear are a primary suspect for a "light-independent" compass.
PubMed Central (PMC) (.gov)

• Electromagnetic Induction: Unlike birds that have magnetite in their beaks, humans might use the fluid-filled canals of the ear to convert magnetic movement into tiny electrical potentials, similar to how sharks sense electricity.
• Neural Link: These canals send signals directly to the vestibular nuclei in the brainstem, which process gravity and balance—senses that are naturally paired with orientation.
  PubMed Central (PMC) (.gov) +1
  
  
• The Eyes (Retina)
  For the "light-dependent" mechanism, the reception is centered in the retina of the eyes.
  Nature +1
  • Cryptochrome-2 (hCRY2): This protein is found throughout the human retina, specifically in the photoreceptor layers.
  • Visual Integration: If cryptochromes are the sensor, magnetic information would likely be "overlaid" onto our vision, possibly appearing as subtle shades or light patterns that the brain processes subconsciously
  
  [ This is the first time I have ever seen any outside ( from my supposin' ) reference to this ability ! If one can overlay this on to the visual landscape and add the information in symbols about the plants animals and human activities plus the natural environmental colors ( not the present ones , Australia had a vast natural environmental palette pre-colonial times ), you get something like ;
• 
  
  
  
  
  
• 4. The Trigeminal Nerve
  Similar to migratory birds, humans have a trigeminal nerve that carries sensory information from the face to the brain. Researchers suspect a "magnetic circuit" might exist here, potentially linked to magnetite crystals located behind the nose or in the upper facial area.

'' Placing magnetite in the brainstem allows magnetic data to be integrated instantly with balance signals. This creates a foundational "sense of place" that operates below the level of conscious awareness, much like how we instinctively know where our limbs are without looking at them
''

- a 'sense' of place and location are very strong with some Aboriginals .

It goes on ... AI talks about the brain being able to make magnetite crystals , how they are formed and how they effect brainwaves .

It seems research has uncovered a lot more since I looked into this subject . It might even turn out that the right face paint , in ocher and blood, done in the right places ( 'pattern' ) acts as an amplifier or receptor to such energies ?

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Great post. It does go on and on. Now we have measures of electromagnetic chirp waves during successful healing, so distant intent where the intent re-enters the area of healing and causes a disruption, enough of one to show electromagnetic anomalies like chirp waves. Gravity is a chirp wave.
In addition, we have the acupuncture meridians reacting to all sorts of things, including magnetics, and Qi measures that show Qi also interacts with magnetics. But Qi crosses all sorts of areas, showing it interacts with, or alters other fields and energy types.
I think the part that throws people is how subtle it is. The more force you apply, unless it is focused like deep brain stimulation, the more resistance you get. Most people reacting to the God Helmet already have unstable temporal lobe issues, as do most of the people who can perform regularly for Psi testing. The more recent activation of PK by temporarily shutting down parts of the frontal lobe shows that the entire system is part of a lock, block, and filter system that keeps us from many skills.
I think what people misunderstand is the action/interaction of other forces with magnetic and electromagnetics. Chirp waves happen when multiple fields are actively disturbing the environment, oversimplifying it with a magnet moving is what we do for explanations.
Sure, there are some placebo things going on. But to dismiss it all because you can't get it to dance for you in a box with bow on it is how science has been working around the facts we know.
I own a God Helmet, and have made some modifications to it. What happens is that you can disrupt the standard signals in the outer layers of the brain. With enough disruption, or shutting down areas, other areas reach out to compensate or fill the void. As the science put it, the left brain areas will compensate by intruding into the right brain areas if you change the right brain enough with proper signals. The brain is always trying to compensate and maintain homeostasis. We sometimes see types of savant activity when the brain becomes damaged. We see Psi phenomena when the temporal lobes are functioning differently. The God Helmet, for example, is an attempt to reproduce some of these phenomena, like temporal lobe anomalies. For whatever reason, we do this with our entire body. Think Ganzfeld, or sensory deprivation tank. When you take something away, like a feedback loop, the brain / body searches and tries to restore that feedback, trying to find homeostasis again. So, by upsetting the magnetic fields, we are forcing a fluctuation that is a response to the disruption. Most people get nothing from it, because the lock, block, and filter systems are stone cold and rock hard. Others are more sensitive, and recover more slowly, and they will often experience what happens when the body/mind systems reach out and try to connect to things beyond the physical limits because they have been challenged.

I conducted my own little study about electromagnetic influences on human consciousness by comparing my day to day encounters with fellow apes and the current sun activity with the data provided from the stereo sattelites that orbited the sun for about 8 (2008-2016ish) years. (I think one shut down a few years ago but the others still sending data)
My conclusion: The electromagnetic fluctuations on earth that are largely induced by the activity of the sun most definetly have an influence. It probably has a lot of individual factors that shape the nature of that influence but it is there for sure.
Also ties together with my "scientific" hypothesis of why birthcharts have an influence on the human as a whole. The present magnetic currents in the moment of conceivement/development influences the dna.
Sun activity is cyclical and like the sun is influencing earth itself is influenced by other large celestial object, which are in turn influenced by yet other objects and so on, depending on position fields connect and disconnect and form cyclical patterns of specific electromagnetic activity.

Firetree said:

Brainstem: Studies found the highest levels of magnetization here. Specifically, the pedunculopontine nucleus (PPN) in the brainstem is a strong candidate because it acts as a pacemaker for the alpha brain waves that respond to magnetic shifts.

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Firetree said:

Cerebellum: This region, which handles motor control and balance, also shows high concentrations of magnetic nanoparticles.
eos.org +4

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I wondered why your post didnt explictly state that why the brainstem and the cerebellum have the highest level of magnetization.
The reason is because the brainmass there has the highest concentration of magnetite crystals. The rest of the brain has magnetite crystals all over too though, just not in as high concentrations.

Visual Integration: If cryptochromes are the sensor, magnetic information would likely be "overlaid" onto our vision, possibly appearing as subtle shades or light patterns that the brain processes subconsciously

also this is highly interesting. Could explain some of the visual phenomena described on hallucinogens, since a lot they do is shutting down filters.