Recent Findings Relating to the possible role of the Pineal Gland in affecting Psychic Ability.
S. M. Roney- Dougal.
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Journal of the Society for Psychical Research, Vol. 55, No. 815, p. 312-327.
Abstract
In recent years findings in neurochemistry and anthropology have given greater credence to the folklore which states that the pineal gland is the ‘third eye’, source of ’second sight’, ’seat of the soul’, or psychic centre within the brain (ajna chakra).
Recent neurochemical research has identified a class of compounds called beta-carbolines which appear to be endogenously produced in the pineal gland, most interest centering on the 6-methoxy-tetrahydrobetacarboline (GMeOTHBC), now being called pinoline. Beta-carbolines are found in the pineal gland in quantities equivalent to melatonin, the major pineal neurohormone, from which they may be synthesized. Beta-carbolines are neuromodulators in that they play a role in the fine tuning of the action of neurotransmitters (Buckholtz, 1980).
This neurochemical evidence concerning the pineal gland links directly with anthropologists’ reports on the usage of a vine of the genus Banisteriopsis by South American tribes in the Amazon area. The Indians use the vine specificially for psychic purposes: to induce out-of-body visions, to assist in healing, for clairvoyance and for precognition. There are dozens of psychoactive plants in the Amazon basin, yet ALL of the tribes scattered over this vast area use this vine for psi effects. Chemical analysis of the vine reveals the presence of various harmala alkaloids, these being chemically very closely related to the pinoline found in the pineal gland.
The presence of pinoline, and also what we now know of the various functions of melatonin, in the pineal gland, appear to link directly with, and make sense of, many experimental findings in parapsychology:
S. M. Roney- Dougal.
[Source]
Journal of the Society for Psychical Research, Vol. 55, No. 815, p. 312-327.
Abstract
In recent years findings in neurochemistry and anthropology have given greater credence to the folklore which states that the pineal gland is the ‘third eye’, source of ’second sight’, ’seat of the soul’, or psychic centre within the brain (ajna chakra).
Recent neurochemical research has identified a class of compounds called beta-carbolines which appear to be endogenously produced in the pineal gland, most interest centering on the 6-methoxy-tetrahydrobetacarboline (GMeOTHBC), now being called pinoline. Beta-carbolines are found in the pineal gland in quantities equivalent to melatonin, the major pineal neurohormone, from which they may be synthesized. Beta-carbolines are neuromodulators in that they play a role in the fine tuning of the action of neurotransmitters (Buckholtz, 1980).
This neurochemical evidence concerning the pineal gland links directly with anthropologists’ reports on the usage of a vine of the genus Banisteriopsis by South American tribes in the Amazon area. The Indians use the vine specificially for psychic purposes: to induce out-of-body visions, to assist in healing, for clairvoyance and for precognition. There are dozens of psychoactive plants in the Amazon basin, yet ALL of the tribes scattered over this vast area use this vine for psi effects. Chemical analysis of the vine reveals the presence of various harmala alkaloids, these being chemically very closely related to the pinoline found in the pineal gland.
The presence of pinoline, and also what we now know of the various functions of melatonin, in the pineal gland, appear to link directly with, and make sense of, many experimental findings in parapsychology:
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