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Do Halos Reveal Brain Archetype Patterns?

James V. Hardt, Ph.D.
Biocybernaut Institute

Power and coherence EEG patterns for 30 Zen meditators rated as "Beginner", "Intermediate", or "Advanced" by their Roshi were described by Hardt at the 1994 SSNR conference. In addition, the EEG power and coherence patterns of the Roshi and the Roshi's successor (7 years prior to the succession) were shown to have a unique bi-modal coherence pattern not seen in any of the other Zen meditators.

An analysis of this bi-modal coherence pattern was conducted with reference to suggested Fibonacci scaling of EEG frequency bands. Drawing upon the fact that the ratios of successive Fibonacci numbers are irrational, these bi-modal coherence patterns indicate the existence, in phase space, of a stable torus over the heads of people capable of creating this bi-modal coherence pattern.

The topological similarity between such a torus and a halo is remarkable, and may be more than a coincidence, especially since only the most advanced Zen practitioners (the Roshi and his eventual successor) showed this pattern. Indeed it is possible to use measurements of the orientation of the halo and its size (major and minor axes of the torus) to calculate what brain wave frequencies were present in a Saint's head, and what brain regions were coherent. Conversely it is possible to show how different patterns of brain coherence lead to different sizes and orientations of halos.

While most people may be unable to see a torus in phase space, the intuitive and visionary artists who painted halos over the heads of saints and sages may have seen reality in more dimensions than the average person, or may simply have artistically translated the experience of oneness and wholeness they felt in the presence of the Divine into the image of a luminous circle. With our advanced mathematics and EEG technology we can now see that these "halos" are three dimensional toroidal forms, and we can chart their size and position relative to the Saint's head as mathematical functions of the Saint's neuroelectric patterns. There are many religious paintings depicting halos, and selected samples will be shown.