One of the most common elements of psychedelic experiences reported today is that of confusion, fear, instability, and decoherence. When we do reach profound states they are often brief, lucky glimpses that can be difficult to re-access, even with diligent inner work. This is perhaps especially true with DMT.
What we currently lack is a method that provides both reliable access to these states, and pulls them into far greater levels of coherence, stability, and integrated functionality.
This may not have always been the case. It's possible that modern methods of utilizing psychedelics have become highly de-contextualized. We may have forgotten why our ancestors worked with these medicines in the first place, while we neglect a synergy of techniques and locations once considered crucial for access to a transformative state of consciousness.
If consciousness is fundamentally field-based in some way, then the striking possibility is that our ancestors were deliberately cultivating conditions for greater coherence within that field. They appear to have frequently combined multiple techniques that have been shown to synchronize neural activity across brain regions (aka further unify the overall neural field) - such as psychedelics, eye gazing, collective chanting, breath work, and music. Even more intriguing is that this was often done at very specific "powerful" locations, acoustically engineered chambers, and often in the presence of large "geocrystalline" resonators (quartz-rich rock or megaliths), perhaps in attempts to utilize external sympathetic resonance to pull the psychedelically-synchronized neural field into a more coherent state. Likewise, crystal-gazing is a widespread ancient technique.
It is well established in several fields of science that external resonance can pull oscillating systems into greater coherence. Perhaps these basic principles of resonance apply to neural resonance fields as well.
Tony Wright has recently presented a modern version of this ancient protocol which is extremely effective in the preprints, pages, and videos of his website. This post will cover the protocol itself, along with a short summary behind why it may work.
I’ll do my best to condense a partial summary and explain my experience with the basic protocol itself...with the disclaimer being that I’m absolutely NOT an expert on this stuff, and am certainly NOT an expert on resonance states.
Again, this is not my theory, so bare with me. I didn’t come up with this theory, Tony Wright did, and this is essentially my own understanding (and perhaps at times misunderstanding) of it. It would take much longer to properly unpack this in a way that does it justice than I can encompass in a single post.
There is a much larger theory that surrounds this narrow summary (aka why our ancestors may have thought these techniques were necessary in the first place), but there is more on that in the links. The more speculative resurrection end of it is what I’ll cover here, since it is possible to simply view this protocol as a way to dramatically transform psychedelic states into more coherent, resonance states.
Our ancestors frequently combined psychedelics with a number of synergistic techniques, often at specific locations they considered extremely powerful. Such practices often fell under themes of “resurrection” or “rebirth”, where the day-to-day self and reality dissolves, giving way to a more fundamental, connected, or even cosmic sense of self that was subjectively described in terms of divinity and superlatives. You see this perspective in several places such as the Egyptian book of the Amduat, and even the the Gospel of Philip of the Nag Hammadi texts: “Those who say they will die first and then rise are wrong. If they do not receive the resurrection while they live, when they die they will receive nothing”.
It was only in fairly recent times that “resurrection” became confused as a literal re-animation of the dead.
If field theories of consciousness are on the right track, then the mechanisms underlying these techniques, and the transformative states that emerge as a result, become more clear. Field theories in neuroscience vary, but the point here is they generally suggest that the resonance fields the neural system emanates are somehow correlated with our sense of self. There is a wide range of resonance phenomena within the brain that different theories propose could be involved in this; EM fields, of course, but also superradiance, biophotons, high frequency phononic resonance in microtubules, and so on. These phenomena all seem to be interconnected and may play a role, but the current theory isn’t really concerned with uncovering the precise biophysics of consciousness - the key point here is the view of brain as a resonator.
The study this youtube video above is pulled from takes this a bit further. They used new ultra-fast fMRI which revealed the brain appears to behave like a resonance chamber, with standing waves of variable frequency and coherence moving across it. This makes the brain analogous to an acoustic chamber, such as a room or instrument, where sound resonates and forms standing-wave patterns within the acoustic field. If we assume field theories of mind are accurate, then the scale and coherence of these standing waves could directly correlate with the quality and depth of our perception and sense of self.
The question then is how would these ancient techniques impact the nature of this neural symphony. The evidence suggests that these techniques have neurological effects which converge towards synchronizing neural activity, and pulling the neural field into greater coherence using sympathetic resonance. This includes psychedelics, meditative approaches, acoustic resonance, geocrystalline resonance, eye gazing, and related techniques.
The first layer is psychedelics and meditation, both of which have been shown to synchronize neural activity across brain regions [international mega-study on psychedelics]. An analogy would be recruiting more members across a large orchestra to play in unison, resulting in the emergence of a more orchestra-wide, unified sound wave. The degree of brain-wide neural synchronization has even been directly linked to the level of reported ego-dissolution.
However, as profound as many of these psychedelic states feel, the experience can often fluctuate from horrific, to transcendent, or anywhere in between. For reasons they deemed extremely important, our ancestors appear to have been focused on pulling this psychedelically-unified neural field into greater coherence and resolution with the help of sympathetic resonance, perhaps resulting in reliable access to far deeper and more stable states than we have reference points for today.
The classic example of sympathetic resonance is when striking one tuning fork causes another tuning fork nearby to vibrate at the same frequency, without being struck. It is noted in several fields of science that external resonance can pull oscillating systems into a more coherent state, and being a resonance system itself, this principle may apply to the brain as well.
According to basic resonance principles, synchronized oscillations (i.e. the more unified field provided by psychedelics and meditation) would provide a more conducive state for sympathetic resonance to occur. A good example that is somewhat related to this is ephaptic coupling, a route whereby neural fields resonance couple to eachother without physical connections - and a feedback route through which neural fields can influence neural activity directly.
The first layer of sympathetic resonance that permeated ancient traditions was acoustic resonance, both in the form of acoustically-designed chambers, chanting, singing, and a range of instruments from gongs, singing bowls, conch shells, etc. Music has been found to cause brainwave entrainment, where neural oscillations couple with external stimuli and synchronize their activity throughout several brain regions. This essentially means that external acoustic resonance can help induce a more unified and coherent overall neural field, with a result somewhat related to that of psychedelics or meditation. Considering that acoustic and other fields such as EM can interact directly, there is also a potential for a more direct sympathetic impact on oscillating neural structures themselves.
Acoustics of the quartz-rich, highly polished granite chambers of Barabar, India:
There is an entire field of archeoacoustics studying the peculiar focus on sound at countless ancient sites. However, our ancestors were adamant that these were extremely powerful locations for more reasons than acoustics.
We have numerous studies demonstrating that acoustic, EM, ultrasound, and other external fields can interact with each other - and in some cases strongly influence the brain’s neural activity and consciousness (e.g. TMS therapy for depression, etc.). It would therefore be reasonable to investigate whether the neural field, under certain conditions, could potentially interact with the established high frequency resonance properties of crystalline materials. If so, it's possible that geocrystalline resonance was utilized as another layer of sympathetic resonance to pull the psychedelic or meditative state into greater coherence.
This might not be as far fetched as it initially sounds. Today, quartz is the most widely used resonator on the planet, primarily because of its stable high-frequency phononic oscillations, piezoelectric and optical properties. Its exotic quantum resonance properties and high level of coherence are becoming increasingly utilized in quantum sensors and quantum computing. In physics, “phonons” are regarded as quantized vibrations in matter; in other words, phonons are to sound as photons are to light. Quartz's highly ordered atomic lattice structure sustains these coherent vibrational waves at extremely high frequencies.
This curiously parallels the ancient perspective where quartz was globally revered for its supposed highly energetic properties. This view is remarkably consistent among ancient cultures, and quartz was frequently integrated into spiritual traditions and architecture. Interestingly, microtubule lattices within neurons somewhat overlap the characteristics of a quartz lattice; these cytoskeletal structures permeate the neural system, behave like coupled oscillators, emanate high frequency EM and phononic resonance, have potential piezoelectric properties, and display quantum coherent behavior such as superradiance. The structure and behavior of microtubules has also been compared with crystal resonators in a number of studies.
The point here is not to prove anything, but merely to suggest that the possibility of an interaction between neural and crystalline resonant structures can be framed as a testable hypothesis, with potential mechanisms to explore. It’s worth mentioning that some of the most exotic properties of quartz, such as coherent hybrid oscillations extending beyond its surface, were only discovered in 2026. As with the neural system, the physics of its resonant behavior is not entirely settled. There may well be more to discover about its characteristics that could be relevant to this investigation and the impetus behind its widespread historic usage.
Additionally, the potential implications of much of this research are not considered on the macro scale. We are currently sitting on a roughly 20 mile thick geocrystalline shell, while immersed 24/7 in the larger electromagnetic, telluric, geomagnetic, and seismic fields around or emanating from the earth. This invisible ocean includes other resonance waves that our physics instruments say are all around us at any given moment, but reside outside of the visual spectrum (gamma rays etc). We tend to view these fields as distinct because this conceptual separation is easier to understand and useful for conducting research, but at another level, it is more like a seamless ocean of vibrational phenomena, already known to interact in a variety of ways. These fields and geocrystalline materials never truly exist in isolation, and neither does our neural field.
According to several geological surveys, a number of ancient sacred sites appear to have been preferentially built near cracks or fissures in the geocrystalline crust. Immense geological pressure exists in these areas, and pressure within the crust is known to generate EM fields, ionization of the air, and likely the peculiar phenomena of “earthquake lights”. Modern findings also include standing waves of seismic energy that propagate within fluid filled cracks (which serve as a wave-guide), and high frequency EM waves emanating from fractures in the crust. [See studies below]
If ancient megalithic sites were frequently built around hotspots of resonance phenomena, then this would explain the frequent preference for quartz-rich material in both the selection of sacred sites and megalithic structures themselves, which were continuously rebuilt on precisely the same location for thousands of years. The recent discovery that Stonehenge consists of a rare form of mineral quartz that is 99.7% pure is but one example. This could also explain the quartz-rich granite lining the inner chamber of the great pyramid, quartz shiva-lingams in the center of temples, and the preference for crystalline material noted worldwide.
Interestingly, dowsers' depictions of “ley lines” look like cracks along a map, not straight lines. They could be simply mapping cracks in the geocrystalline crust which emanate these waves. Stone circles and many sacred sites are supposedly even located where two ley lines meet. Such wave collisions could form cymatic, spiral patterns, because in physics, when two waves meet, spiral eddies and wave interference patterns often form - just like when you clap your hands just under the surface of water. Callanish in the Outer Hebrides is a great visual example. Later, Anglo-Saxon churches were often built on top of these ancient sites, and mirrored this cruciform orientation. Some old churches even have a crooked nave, which is quite an anomaly for such master craftsmen, but would make sense if its layout reflects where cracks in the geocrystalline crust meet. (There is much potential related symbology I won’t cover here, as this is already the more speculative end of the theory.)
The theory also explains the curiously widespread traditions of crystal gazing. If there is a potential for sympathetic resonance with the neural field, then a meditative gaze and physical contact with what modern science now considers a high-frequency geocrystalline resonator might make sense. It would also open the possibility of sympathetic resonance between two or more neural fields, perhaps explaining the tradition of eye gazing that was heavily embedded in India and hinted at in various ancient traditions, including Greece and Egypt.
Studies have found eye contact synchronizes neural activity both within the brain and between participants, even eventually leading to hallucinations while sober. A similar but perhaps less intense neural-synchronization effect between individuals has been noted with other common ancient group practices as well, such as synchronized breathing, movement, singing, and humming. In physics, structures with similar resonance characteristics that emanate similar fields are far more likely to resonate with each other (e.g. similarly synchronized neural fields), which opens the door to an explanation for countless reports of shared experiences and related phenomena.
The following accounts of eye-to-eye Darshan with Ramana Maharshi, while at a temple on the slope of the sacred granite mountain Aranachala, are strikingly similar to some of the recent eye gazing experiences people have been reporting with this protocol.
There is another layer or over-arching part of this theory (compared to this much more speculative resurrection part) that addresses the question of why our ancestors might have been obsessed with this stuff in the first place, and why they viewed this within a context of healing and re-accessing something that was lost. It seems that ancient spiritual practices were actually viewed as treatments, not advancements, but I’ll leave that out for now and just refer to Tony Wright’s other work for more context there.
[Edit: For now, anyone who wants more info on all this should check out the website, preprints, etc. linked later in this thread. All of this may sound crazy, but this is a partial skeletal outline at best.]
Now...on to the fun stuff!
The important thing is that much of this is testable.
Regardless of the validity of any of the above ideas, and the potential mechanisms behind why this works, the modern version of this ancient protocol seems to reliably produce increasingly profound and stabilized experiences in a number of people who have tried them. I'd rather people come to their own conclusions rather than take my word for it.
What follows is just a brief overview of my experiences with the modern re-imagined version of the ancient resurrection protocols outlined by Wright. The theory is that this induces the emergence of a profoundly different state of perception and sense of self - in other words, the resurrection of a coherent neural resonance field or standing wave. The idea is to pull the psychedelic state into vastly greater levels of coherence by utilizing a specific sequence of increasingly high-frequency sympathetic resonance.
There is obviously scope for improvement here and, of course, any number of partial protocols of variable effectiveness. It’s also obviously recommended to have significant experience with psychedelics before attempting this. It is so shockingly effective that I'm hesitant to recommend that anyone try the full protocol, apart from researchers who can test these elements safely. I'm simply reporting my experience testing it, and not recommending everyone dives into this. This protocol requires comparatively small amounts of psychedelics, so the ultimate goal here is harm reduction on several levels. Please read the websites disclaimers/content in full after this short summary.
This is how it’s broken down on the site, so what follows is just my own experience and take on it, based on what my friends and I have seen so far during our relatively limited exploration of it.
The safest route was to first re-familiarized myself with small doses of DMT or Changa. This amount can vary and seems to depend on individual sensitivity, practice, other techniques used, and several other factors. The idea was to first become familiar and comfortable enough with this state so that I could get up and walk around, etc. This can be weird at first, but I was already accustomed to it after years of “normal” exploration, and it became increasingly relaxed over time. The goal is a state where the visual environment has changed somewhat but physical function remains. A vape made re-dosing in the middle of things easy.
The next layer is acoustics (when possible, but not strictly necessary). High quality choir music on a pair of halfway decent speakers worked well (not headphones).
If available, I then add in a quartz singing bowl on top of the choir music.
Obviously a lot of different acoustics and music can help, but this particular combination seems quite effective. With relaxation my partner and I can feel the acoustics already bringing increased focus and perceptual coherence. I've played around a bit with layering a 110 or 111hz tone first on a separate pair of speakers, as an additional layer before the choir music and singing bowl (some temples seem tuned to that resonant frequency) and it is surprising how much that helps lift the state.
So we hit the vape, relax, and layer up the acoustics if available. Then we focus a relaxed and meditative gaze onto a 1kg+ geocrystalline resonator, such as an amethyst cluster or clear quartz.
There seems to be a large sensitivity spectrum between people here. For some it might be shocking right away, or may take several attempts to notice anything strange at all. But with a decent amethyst, the right dosage, relaxation, and practice, we eventually notice a repeatable and increasingly easy-to-access visual effect, a greatly amplified and extended psychedelic state, pulsing back-lit glowing light, glowing standing waves/fields around the crystal, a magnetic connection, physical oscillations, sensations in the hands, greater perceptual and visual focus, the other more standard psychedelic visuals clearing up, etc., etc. Placing hands on the crystal seems to help a lot to.
While often relatively mind blowing, or even shocking and terrifying at first, this is just the clue that it is barely beginning to work.
This could of course be easily dismissed as a typical artifact of a hallucinatory experience and a suggestive mind, and some of the initial distortion/decoherent aspects might be simply that, as the experience is still filtering through our dominant perceptual mode/ego. There does seem to be a pretty odd alignment period initially for me, where the crystal takes on a very bizarre look that is difficult to describe. But with practice, an increasingly stable and deep connection forms that eventually becomes subjectively self-evident, increasingly intense, and repeatedly accessible.
Once a resonance connection on low dose DMT became easy and familiar with practice, the protocol is to carefully add in more elements, namely a longer lasting psychedelic.
It seemed easiest to slowly up the dosage to 100ug of LSD over the course of a few sessions so that I could remain relaxed and comfortable (which is a bit stronger than most seem to think, since the dosage of LSD these days is often wildly exaggerated and mysterious unless you test it). Once comfortable I then added in acoustics and crystal gazing. After it is clear that crystal gazing is beginning to work on LSD, the idea is to amplify this state with small hits of DMT, as before.
Other psychedelics work well, but IMO, LSD seems to be the most useful, coherent, and functional long-lasting “platform” so far tested, and can be worked with on its own to great effect with practice, especially if it is high quality. It also appears to remain very effective even long after the peak, and seems to slowly build a background of coherence. The usefulness of hours 4-9, especially at sacred sites or in the presence of large resonators (giant amethyst), is often shocking.
These substances synchronize and unify neural activity, according to studies, but usually the neural resonance field or sense of self is still relatively decoherent compared to what is possible. This seems to be largely why the psychedelic experience can vary anywhere from divine, hellish, and anything in between. If the idea is to apply an increasingly high frequency ladder of sympathetic resonance to bring this field into ever greater levels of coherence, then acoustics + crystal gazing are the first steps on this ladder.
Once we can confidently access some level of a resonance connection via crystal gazing and are in a relatively coherent state that seems to plateau, we begin eye gazing.
This protocol seems to be shockingly more effective at an ancient sacred site such as a stone circle, temple, or dolmen (especially any ancient site with large quartz-rich megaliths). It's easy to underestimate the power of these sites. There seems to be a reason our ancestors were obsessed with them for thousands of years, constantly rebuilding on the same locations and augmenting them with megaliths for their most important rituals surrounding "rebirth" and "resurrection".
The more we build coherence first via crystal gazing, the better/quicker eye gazing seems to work, and the less time spent languishing in the weird but interesting “revolving door of faces” stage. This is a transitional stage filled with any number of bizarre effects and face changes such as elderly faces, other people or animals faces, and even ghoulish, decaying, distorted or zombie-like faces. The energetic visage seems to reflect the level of coherence between partners. In ancient times it looks like this process was usually referred to as a journey through the underworld/netherworld, as the normal sense of self "dies" en route to resurrect a divine sense of self or connection with the cosmos, and tbh the experience reflects this theme of death and rebirth quite heavily at times.
Psychedelic eye gazing is not for the faint of heart and requires absolute trust between people. Studies also have shown eye gazing synchronizes neural activity far more successfully between people who know each other well. This has been reflected in our experiences, and doing it with a partner seems quite effective given the level of trust/intimacy, as there is less barriers and emotional walls that need to come down. The bizarre face changes and other more typical psychedelic effects calm down as coherence builds and perception sharpens dramatically.
Feeling/seeing freakishly stable and increasingly mind boggling cymatic standing waves of glowing (and even ringing) resonance around crystals, partners, and plants is normal at any stage of this process. Eventually an intense magnetic connection can form with the partner or crystal, and the sympathetic resonance connection between each other begins to truly sing. This can be terrifying to the ego, but seems to be increasingly smooth, quick, and easy with practice. Sometimes I know it’s working when a bright white light begins above my head or around us, connection between our eyes becomes intensely magnetic, fields begin emerging from their forehead, etc. This is often when my ego feels like it is getting subsumed and may put up little or heavy resistance. This is just the beginning.
Getting through this initial transition into a profound and stable resonance state seems much easier to accomplish at a sacred site or with a very large geocrystalline resonator at home, and can take several sessions, but every stage of the process is just utterly incredible. What seems to eventually emerge cannot be accurately described in language. The art of Alex Grey is at times shockingly reminiscent, and ancient art of rainbow light bodies and auras, or our ancestors descriptions of resurrection or rebirth of a cosmic sense of self with effulgent, archetypal divine radiance that can be shockingly stable beyond belief, along with a perception of resonance fields and non-duality that is impossible to describe, all while remaining physically functional. It’s eventually as if there is an increasingly intense resonance coupling with the vibrational fabric of reality and you are the universe re-opening its eyes to the fundamental resonance ocean that “it” all is. Sounds crazy perhaps, but this aligns with ancient accounts, and we are after all the eyes and ears of the cosmos experiencing itself, any way you slice it...we just normally are never aware of this on a visceral level. But if the brain is a resonator, then a more coherent field may well reveal a clearer picture of where and what we are.
Shared, stable visual/perceptual/auditory/psychic content between individuals has become normalized at any stage of this process for us. Elements of these states are of course part of psychedelic experiences people still describe today, but I am not exaggerating...this is like taking the best elements of psychedelic states and bringing them into vastly greater clarity and focus, while making it repeatedly accessible and physically functional for extended periods, once stabilized.
Potentiating factors
A clean diet seems to help immensely. Especially fruit in the days leading up to a resonance session (more on that on the website etc.)
1 or 2 nights sleep deprivation. Even just waiting till the next morning to dose around the 24hr mark is significantly more effective for us. Sleep deprivation is a powerful ancient approach found all over the world that seems to significantly fatigue the ego/left hemisphere first, thereby lessening its dominance and ability to suppress these right hemispheric states (see Adam Levin’s work on how the right brain is essentially the seat of these experiences). The most familiar example is probably the Buddha staying awake for 7 days and reaching enlightenment, Native American vision quests, Egyptian right of passage or the Epic of Gilgamesh. Once you look for it, it is everywhere. See Tony Wright, Ian McGilchrist, and Adam Levin’s work for more on the reasoning behind that. It makes more sense once you understand the greater context behind these ideas, which the larger theory thoroughly explains.
Significant prior experience with psychedelics was of course a prerequisite and great practice, but even with the better part of 2 decades of fairly intense psychonautic experience under my belt this was still ontologically shocking, and that’s with just my fairly limited experience with the full protocol. As shocking as it’s been, it’s all relative and I’ve really only had glimpses.
Letting go, and dealing with the shock, is often the main hurdle, but paranoia and delusions can also arise just like with any other psychedelic usage, except these combined techniques are far more powerful (eventually the geocrystalline resonators become more powerful than the substances in a way that is shockingly self-evident). Usually, increasing coherence via more of the protocol (e.g. more crystal gazing) smoothens these issues out if they arise for me, especially with a useful mantra to bring calm focus. Any repressed trauma will likely emerge to the surface to, which can of course be a good thing when ready for it. We make sure there are sitters when possible and like to keep a xanax handy tbh.
Practice seemed to be key, and transformed the results of even partial protocols dramatically... to a degree that people would think is completely impossible, including myself. My partner and I have gotten in over our heads more than once with this. There are endless layers to it. Once it begins to really work it’s analogous to rapidly re-awakening an atrophied muscle, or finally figuring out how to make a singing bowl truly ring (it begins to feedback with its own resonance and snowballs). Anyways this probably sounds completely crazy, but future reports by myself and others will hopefully make the experiential aspect more clear.
Normally I would prefer not to relate these experiences so as to not potentially color expectations and experiences if this is ever studied. But at this point I've seen enough friends try it with or without expectations, who observed the same results - and, more importantly, due to the high level of shock/weirdness of the results, it is far safer to be prepared for the potential terrain than to go in blind.
This is just a brief summary of my experiences with it. Please don't take my word for it and give Wright's work a serious look if you're interested in these areas, because the full context is important and I have not touched on it here.
[this post was originally a reply to this thread, and has been heavily updated with links etc since - so, sorry if the flow of this thread is a little wonky]
Video overview:
Experience with the full protocol:
Resurrection in a Quartz Cave with LSD, DMT, & Sympathetic Resonance
Experiences with partial protocols:
A Shared Resonance Field with DMT + Quartz + Eye Gazing
Snaking Resonance Waves and Auras in the Underworld (LSD, DMT & Eye Gazing)
What we currently lack is a method that provides both reliable access to these states, and pulls them into far greater levels of coherence, stability, and integrated functionality.
This may not have always been the case. It's possible that modern methods of utilizing psychedelics have become highly de-contextualized. We may have forgotten why our ancestors worked with these medicines in the first place, while we neglect a synergy of techniques and locations once considered crucial for access to a transformative state of consciousness.
If consciousness is fundamentally field-based in some way, then the striking possibility is that our ancestors were deliberately cultivating conditions for greater coherence within that field. They appear to have frequently combined multiple techniques that have been shown to synchronize neural activity across brain regions (aka further unify the overall neural field) - such as psychedelics, eye gazing, collective chanting, breath work, and music. Even more intriguing is that this was often done at very specific "powerful" locations, acoustically engineered chambers, and often in the presence of large "geocrystalline" resonators (quartz-rich rock or megaliths), perhaps in attempts to utilize external sympathetic resonance to pull the psychedelically-synchronized neural field into a more coherent state. Likewise, crystal-gazing is a widespread ancient technique.
It is well established in several fields of science that external resonance can pull oscillating systems into greater coherence. Perhaps these basic principles of resonance apply to neural resonance fields as well.
Tony Wright has recently presented a modern version of this ancient protocol which is extremely effective in the preprints, pages, and videos of his website. This post will cover the protocol itself, along with a short summary behind why it may work.
I’ll do my best to condense a partial summary and explain my experience with the basic protocol itself...with the disclaimer being that I’m absolutely NOT an expert on this stuff, and am certainly NOT an expert on resonance states.
Again, this is not my theory, so bare with me. I didn’t come up with this theory, Tony Wright did, and this is essentially my own understanding (and perhaps at times misunderstanding) of it. It would take much longer to properly unpack this in a way that does it justice than I can encompass in a single post.
There is a much larger theory that surrounds this narrow summary (aka why our ancestors may have thought these techniques were necessary in the first place), but there is more on that in the links. The more speculative resurrection end of it is what I’ll cover here, since it is possible to simply view this protocol as a way to dramatically transform psychedelic states into more coherent, resonance states.
Click the spoiler below for a short summary, or skip to the protocol below for the practical techniques:Partial Resurrection Summary
Our ancestors frequently combined psychedelics with a number of synergistic techniques, often at specific locations they considered extremely powerful. Such practices often fell under themes of “resurrection” or “rebirth”, where the day-to-day self and reality dissolves, giving way to a more fundamental, connected, or even cosmic sense of self that was subjectively described in terms of divinity and superlatives. You see this perspective in several places such as the Egyptian book of the Amduat, and even the the Gospel of Philip of the Nag Hammadi texts: “Those who say they will die first and then rise are wrong. If they do not receive the resurrection while they live, when they die they will receive nothing”.
It was only in fairly recent times that “resurrection” became confused as a literal re-animation of the dead.
If field theories of consciousness are on the right track, then the mechanisms underlying these techniques, and the transformative states that emerge as a result, become more clear. Field theories in neuroscience vary, but the point here is they generally suggest that the resonance fields the neural system emanates are somehow correlated with our sense of self. There is a wide range of resonance phenomena within the brain that different theories propose could be involved in this; EM fields, of course, but also superradiance, biophotons, high frequency phononic resonance in microtubules, and so on. These phenomena all seem to be interconnected and may play a role, but the current theory isn’t really concerned with uncovering the precise biophysics of consciousness - the key point here is the view of brain as a resonator.
The study this youtube video above is pulled from takes this a bit further. They used new ultra-fast fMRI which revealed the brain appears to behave like a resonance chamber, with standing waves of variable frequency and coherence moving across it. This makes the brain analogous to an acoustic chamber, such as a room or instrument, where sound resonates and forms standing-wave patterns within the acoustic field. If we assume field theories of mind are accurate, then the scale and coherence of these standing waves could directly correlate with the quality and depth of our perception and sense of self.
The question then is how would these ancient techniques impact the nature of this neural symphony. The evidence suggests that these techniques have neurological effects which converge towards synchronizing neural activity, and pulling the neural field into greater coherence using sympathetic resonance. This includes psychedelics, meditative approaches, acoustic resonance, geocrystalline resonance, eye gazing, and related techniques.
The first layer is psychedelics and meditation, both of which have been shown to synchronize neural activity across brain regions [international mega-study on psychedelics]. An analogy would be recruiting more members across a large orchestra to play in unison, resulting in the emergence of a more orchestra-wide, unified sound wave. The degree of brain-wide neural synchronization has even been directly linked to the level of reported ego-dissolution.
However, as profound as many of these psychedelic states feel, the experience can often fluctuate from horrific, to transcendent, or anywhere in between. For reasons they deemed extremely important, our ancestors appear to have been focused on pulling this psychedelically-unified neural field into greater coherence and resolution with the help of sympathetic resonance, perhaps resulting in reliable access to far deeper and more stable states than we have reference points for today.
The classic example of sympathetic resonance is when striking one tuning fork causes another tuning fork nearby to vibrate at the same frequency, without being struck. It is noted in several fields of science that external resonance can pull oscillating systems into a more coherent state, and being a resonance system itself, this principle may apply to the brain as well.
According to basic resonance principles, synchronized oscillations (i.e. the more unified field provided by psychedelics and meditation) would provide a more conducive state for sympathetic resonance to occur. A good example that is somewhat related to this is ephaptic coupling, a route whereby neural fields resonance couple to eachother without physical connections - and a feedback route through which neural fields can influence neural activity directly.
The first layer of sympathetic resonance that permeated ancient traditions was acoustic resonance, both in the form of acoustically-designed chambers, chanting, singing, and a range of instruments from gongs, singing bowls, conch shells, etc. Music has been found to cause brainwave entrainment, where neural oscillations couple with external stimuli and synchronize their activity throughout several brain regions. This essentially means that external acoustic resonance can help induce a more unified and coherent overall neural field, with a result somewhat related to that of psychedelics or meditation. Considering that acoustic and other fields such as EM can interact directly, there is also a potential for a more direct sympathetic impact on oscillating neural structures themselves.
Acoustics of the quartz-rich, highly polished granite chambers of Barabar, India:
There is an entire field of archeoacoustics studying the peculiar focus on sound at countless ancient sites. However, our ancestors were adamant that these were extremely powerful locations for more reasons than acoustics.
We have numerous studies demonstrating that acoustic, EM, ultrasound, and other external fields can interact with each other - and in some cases strongly influence the brain’s neural activity and consciousness (e.g. TMS therapy for depression, etc.). It would therefore be reasonable to investigate whether the neural field, under certain conditions, could potentially interact with the established high frequency resonance properties of crystalline materials. If so, it's possible that geocrystalline resonance was utilized as another layer of sympathetic resonance to pull the psychedelic or meditative state into greater coherence.
This might not be as far fetched as it initially sounds. Today, quartz is the most widely used resonator on the planet, primarily because of its stable high-frequency phononic oscillations, piezoelectric and optical properties. Its exotic quantum resonance properties and high level of coherence are becoming increasingly utilized in quantum sensors and quantum computing. In physics, “phonons” are regarded as quantized vibrations in matter; in other words, phonons are to sound as photons are to light. Quartz's highly ordered atomic lattice structure sustains these coherent vibrational waves at extremely high frequencies.
This curiously parallels the ancient perspective where quartz was globally revered for its supposed highly energetic properties. This view is remarkably consistent among ancient cultures, and quartz was frequently integrated into spiritual traditions and architecture. Interestingly, microtubule lattices within neurons somewhat overlap the characteristics of a quartz lattice; these cytoskeletal structures permeate the neural system, behave like coupled oscillators, emanate high frequency EM and phononic resonance, have potential piezoelectric properties, and display quantum coherent behavior such as superradiance. The structure and behavior of microtubules has also been compared with crystal resonators in a number of studies.
The point here is not to prove anything, but merely to suggest that the possibility of an interaction between neural and crystalline resonant structures can be framed as a testable hypothesis, with potential mechanisms to explore. It’s worth mentioning that some of the most exotic properties of quartz, such as coherent hybrid oscillations extending beyond its surface, were only discovered in 2026. As with the neural system, the physics of its resonant behavior is not entirely settled. There may well be more to discover about its characteristics that could be relevant to this investigation and the impetus behind its widespread historic usage.
Additionally, the potential implications of much of this research are not considered on the macro scale. We are currently sitting on a roughly 20 mile thick geocrystalline shell, while immersed 24/7 in the larger electromagnetic, telluric, geomagnetic, and seismic fields around or emanating from the earth. This invisible ocean includes other resonance waves that our physics instruments say are all around us at any given moment, but reside outside of the visual spectrum (gamma rays etc). We tend to view these fields as distinct because this conceptual separation is easier to understand and useful for conducting research, but at another level, it is more like a seamless ocean of vibrational phenomena, already known to interact in a variety of ways. These fields and geocrystalline materials never truly exist in isolation, and neither does our neural field.
According to several geological surveys, a number of ancient sacred sites appear to have been preferentially built near cracks or fissures in the geocrystalline crust. Immense geological pressure exists in these areas, and pressure within the crust is known to generate EM fields, ionization of the air, and likely the peculiar phenomena of “earthquake lights”. Modern findings also include standing waves of seismic energy that propagate within fluid filled cracks (which serve as a wave-guide), and high frequency EM waves emanating from fractures in the crust. [See studies below]
If ancient megalithic sites were frequently built around hotspots of resonance phenomena, then this would explain the frequent preference for quartz-rich material in both the selection of sacred sites and megalithic structures themselves, which were continuously rebuilt on precisely the same location for thousands of years. The recent discovery that Stonehenge consists of a rare form of mineral quartz that is 99.7% pure is but one example. This could also explain the quartz-rich granite lining the inner chamber of the great pyramid, quartz shiva-lingams in the center of temples, and the preference for crystalline material noted worldwide.
Interestingly, dowsers' depictions of “ley lines” look like cracks along a map, not straight lines. They could be simply mapping cracks in the geocrystalline crust which emanate these waves. Stone circles and many sacred sites are supposedly even located where two ley lines meet. Such wave collisions could form cymatic, spiral patterns, because in physics, when two waves meet, spiral eddies and wave interference patterns often form - just like when you clap your hands just under the surface of water. Callanish in the Outer Hebrides is a great visual example. Later, Anglo-Saxon churches were often built on top of these ancient sites, and mirrored this cruciform orientation. Some old churches even have a crooked nave, which is quite an anomaly for such master craftsmen, but would make sense if its layout reflects where cracks in the geocrystalline crust meet. (There is much potential related symbology I won’t cover here, as this is already the more speculative end of the theory.)
The theory also explains the curiously widespread traditions of crystal gazing. If there is a potential for sympathetic resonance with the neural field, then a meditative gaze and physical contact with what modern science now considers a high-frequency geocrystalline resonator might make sense. It would also open the possibility of sympathetic resonance between two or more neural fields, perhaps explaining the tradition of eye gazing that was heavily embedded in India and hinted at in various ancient traditions, including Greece and Egypt.
Studies have found eye contact synchronizes neural activity both within the brain and between participants, even eventually leading to hallucinations while sober. A similar but perhaps less intense neural-synchronization effect between individuals has been noted with other common ancient group practices as well, such as synchronized breathing, movement, singing, and humming. In physics, structures with similar resonance characteristics that emanate similar fields are far more likely to resonate with each other (e.g. similarly synchronized neural fields), which opens the door to an explanation for countless reports of shared experiences and related phenomena.
The following accounts of eye-to-eye Darshan with Ramana Maharshi, while at a temple on the slope of the sacred granite mountain Aranachala, are strikingly similar to some of the recent eye gazing experiences people have been reporting with this protocol.
There is another layer or over-arching part of this theory (compared to this much more speculative resurrection part) that addresses the question of why our ancestors might have been obsessed with this stuff in the first place, and why they viewed this within a context of healing and re-accessing something that was lost. It seems that ancient spiritual practices were actually viewed as treatments, not advancements, but I’ll leave that out for now and just refer to Tony Wright’s other work for more context there.
[Edit: For now, anyone who wants more info on all this should check out the website, preprints, etc. linked later in this thread. All of this may sound crazy, but this is a partial skeletal outline at best.]
Now...on to the fun stuff!
A Modern "Re-Imagined" Resurrection Protocol
The important thing is that much of this is testable.
Regardless of the validity of any of the above ideas, and the potential mechanisms behind why this works, the modern version of this ancient protocol seems to reliably produce increasingly profound and stabilized experiences in a number of people who have tried them. I'd rather people come to their own conclusions rather than take my word for it.
What follows is just a brief overview of my experiences with the modern re-imagined version of the ancient resurrection protocols outlined by Wright. The theory is that this induces the emergence of a profoundly different state of perception and sense of self - in other words, the resurrection of a coherent neural resonance field or standing wave. The idea is to pull the psychedelic state into vastly greater levels of coherence by utilizing a specific sequence of increasingly high-frequency sympathetic resonance.
There is obviously scope for improvement here and, of course, any number of partial protocols of variable effectiveness. It’s also obviously recommended to have significant experience with psychedelics before attempting this. It is so shockingly effective that I'm hesitant to recommend that anyone try the full protocol, apart from researchers who can test these elements safely. I'm simply reporting my experience testing it, and not recommending everyone dives into this. This protocol requires comparatively small amounts of psychedelics, so the ultimate goal here is harm reduction on several levels. Please read the websites disclaimers/content in full after this short summary.
This is how it’s broken down on the site, so what follows is just my own experience and take on it, based on what my friends and I have seen so far during our relatively limited exploration of it.
The safest route was to first re-familiarized myself with small doses of DMT or Changa. This amount can vary and seems to depend on individual sensitivity, practice, other techniques used, and several other factors. The idea was to first become familiar and comfortable enough with this state so that I could get up and walk around, etc. This can be weird at first, but I was already accustomed to it after years of “normal” exploration, and it became increasingly relaxed over time. The goal is a state where the visual environment has changed somewhat but physical function remains. A vape made re-dosing in the middle of things easy.
The next layer is acoustics (when possible, but not strictly necessary). High quality choir music on a pair of halfway decent speakers worked well (not headphones).
If available, I then add in a quartz singing bowl on top of the choir music.
Obviously a lot of different acoustics and music can help, but this particular combination seems quite effective. With relaxation my partner and I can feel the acoustics already bringing increased focus and perceptual coherence. I've played around a bit with layering a 110 or 111hz tone first on a separate pair of speakers, as an additional layer before the choir music and singing bowl (some temples seem tuned to that resonant frequency) and it is surprising how much that helps lift the state.
So we hit the vape, relax, and layer up the acoustics if available. Then we focus a relaxed and meditative gaze onto a 1kg+ geocrystalline resonator, such as an amethyst cluster or clear quartz.
There seems to be a large sensitivity spectrum between people here. For some it might be shocking right away, or may take several attempts to notice anything strange at all. But with a decent amethyst, the right dosage, relaxation, and practice, we eventually notice a repeatable and increasingly easy-to-access visual effect, a greatly amplified and extended psychedelic state, pulsing back-lit glowing light, glowing standing waves/fields around the crystal, a magnetic connection, physical oscillations, sensations in the hands, greater perceptual and visual focus, the other more standard psychedelic visuals clearing up, etc., etc. Placing hands on the crystal seems to help a lot to.
While often relatively mind blowing, or even shocking and terrifying at first, this is just the clue that it is barely beginning to work.
This could of course be easily dismissed as a typical artifact of a hallucinatory experience and a suggestive mind, and some of the initial distortion/decoherent aspects might be simply that, as the experience is still filtering through our dominant perceptual mode/ego. There does seem to be a pretty odd alignment period initially for me, where the crystal takes on a very bizarre look that is difficult to describe. But with practice, an increasingly stable and deep connection forms that eventually becomes subjectively self-evident, increasingly intense, and repeatedly accessible.
Once a resonance connection on low dose DMT became easy and familiar with practice, the protocol is to carefully add in more elements, namely a longer lasting psychedelic.
It seemed easiest to slowly up the dosage to 100ug of LSD over the course of a few sessions so that I could remain relaxed and comfortable (which is a bit stronger than most seem to think, since the dosage of LSD these days is often wildly exaggerated and mysterious unless you test it). Once comfortable I then added in acoustics and crystal gazing. After it is clear that crystal gazing is beginning to work on LSD, the idea is to amplify this state with small hits of DMT, as before.
Other psychedelics work well, but IMO, LSD seems to be the most useful, coherent, and functional long-lasting “platform” so far tested, and can be worked with on its own to great effect with practice, especially if it is high quality. It also appears to remain very effective even long after the peak, and seems to slowly build a background of coherence. The usefulness of hours 4-9, especially at sacred sites or in the presence of large resonators (giant amethyst), is often shocking.
These substances synchronize and unify neural activity, according to studies, but usually the neural resonance field or sense of self is still relatively decoherent compared to what is possible. This seems to be largely why the psychedelic experience can vary anywhere from divine, hellish, and anything in between. If the idea is to apply an increasingly high frequency ladder of sympathetic resonance to bring this field into ever greater levels of coherence, then acoustics + crystal gazing are the first steps on this ladder.
Once we can confidently access some level of a resonance connection via crystal gazing and are in a relatively coherent state that seems to plateau, we begin eye gazing.
This protocol seems to be shockingly more effective at an ancient sacred site such as a stone circle, temple, or dolmen (especially any ancient site with large quartz-rich megaliths). It's easy to underestimate the power of these sites. There seems to be a reason our ancestors were obsessed with them for thousands of years, constantly rebuilding on the same locations and augmenting them with megaliths for their most important rituals surrounding "rebirth" and "resurrection".
The more we build coherence first via crystal gazing, the better/quicker eye gazing seems to work, and the less time spent languishing in the weird but interesting “revolving door of faces” stage. This is a transitional stage filled with any number of bizarre effects and face changes such as elderly faces, other people or animals faces, and even ghoulish, decaying, distorted or zombie-like faces. The energetic visage seems to reflect the level of coherence between partners. In ancient times it looks like this process was usually referred to as a journey through the underworld/netherworld, as the normal sense of self "dies" en route to resurrect a divine sense of self or connection with the cosmos, and tbh the experience reflects this theme of death and rebirth quite heavily at times.
Psychedelic eye gazing is not for the faint of heart and requires absolute trust between people. Studies also have shown eye gazing synchronizes neural activity far more successfully between people who know each other well. This has been reflected in our experiences, and doing it with a partner seems quite effective given the level of trust/intimacy, as there is less barriers and emotional walls that need to come down. The bizarre face changes and other more typical psychedelic effects calm down as coherence builds and perception sharpens dramatically.
Feeling/seeing freakishly stable and increasingly mind boggling cymatic standing waves of glowing (and even ringing) resonance around crystals, partners, and plants is normal at any stage of this process. Eventually an intense magnetic connection can form with the partner or crystal, and the sympathetic resonance connection between each other begins to truly sing. This can be terrifying to the ego, but seems to be increasingly smooth, quick, and easy with practice. Sometimes I know it’s working when a bright white light begins above my head or around us, connection between our eyes becomes intensely magnetic, fields begin emerging from their forehead, etc. This is often when my ego feels like it is getting subsumed and may put up little or heavy resistance. This is just the beginning.
Getting through this initial transition into a profound and stable resonance state seems much easier to accomplish at a sacred site or with a very large geocrystalline resonator at home, and can take several sessions, but every stage of the process is just utterly incredible. What seems to eventually emerge cannot be accurately described in language. The art of Alex Grey is at times shockingly reminiscent, and ancient art of rainbow light bodies and auras, or our ancestors descriptions of resurrection or rebirth of a cosmic sense of self with effulgent, archetypal divine radiance that can be shockingly stable beyond belief, along with a perception of resonance fields and non-duality that is impossible to describe, all while remaining physically functional. It’s eventually as if there is an increasingly intense resonance coupling with the vibrational fabric of reality and you are the universe re-opening its eyes to the fundamental resonance ocean that “it” all is. Sounds crazy perhaps, but this aligns with ancient accounts, and we are after all the eyes and ears of the cosmos experiencing itself, any way you slice it...we just normally are never aware of this on a visceral level. But if the brain is a resonator, then a more coherent field may well reveal a clearer picture of where and what we are.
Shared, stable visual/perceptual/auditory/psychic content between individuals has become normalized at any stage of this process for us. Elements of these states are of course part of psychedelic experiences people still describe today, but I am not exaggerating...this is like taking the best elements of psychedelic states and bringing them into vastly greater clarity and focus, while making it repeatedly accessible and physically functional for extended periods, once stabilized.
Potentiating factors
A clean diet seems to help immensely. Especially fruit in the days leading up to a resonance session (more on that on the website etc.)
1 or 2 nights sleep deprivation. Even just waiting till the next morning to dose around the 24hr mark is significantly more effective for us. Sleep deprivation is a powerful ancient approach found all over the world that seems to significantly fatigue the ego/left hemisphere first, thereby lessening its dominance and ability to suppress these right hemispheric states (see Adam Levin’s work on how the right brain is essentially the seat of these experiences). The most familiar example is probably the Buddha staying awake for 7 days and reaching enlightenment, Native American vision quests, Egyptian right of passage or the Epic of Gilgamesh. Once you look for it, it is everywhere. See Tony Wright, Ian McGilchrist, and Adam Levin’s work for more on the reasoning behind that. It makes more sense once you understand the greater context behind these ideas, which the larger theory thoroughly explains.
Significant prior experience with psychedelics was of course a prerequisite and great practice, but even with the better part of 2 decades of fairly intense psychonautic experience under my belt this was still ontologically shocking, and that’s with just my fairly limited experience with the full protocol. As shocking as it’s been, it’s all relative and I’ve really only had glimpses.
Letting go, and dealing with the shock, is often the main hurdle, but paranoia and delusions can also arise just like with any other psychedelic usage, except these combined techniques are far more powerful (eventually the geocrystalline resonators become more powerful than the substances in a way that is shockingly self-evident). Usually, increasing coherence via more of the protocol (e.g. more crystal gazing) smoothens these issues out if they arise for me, especially with a useful mantra to bring calm focus. Any repressed trauma will likely emerge to the surface to, which can of course be a good thing when ready for it. We make sure there are sitters when possible and like to keep a xanax handy tbh.
Practice seemed to be key, and transformed the results of even partial protocols dramatically... to a degree that people would think is completely impossible, including myself. My partner and I have gotten in over our heads more than once with this. There are endless layers to it. Once it begins to really work it’s analogous to rapidly re-awakening an atrophied muscle, or finally figuring out how to make a singing bowl truly ring (it begins to feedback with its own resonance and snowballs). Anyways this probably sounds completely crazy, but future reports by myself and others will hopefully make the experiential aspect more clear.
Normally I would prefer not to relate these experiences so as to not potentially color expectations and experiences if this is ever studied. But at this point I've seen enough friends try it with or without expectations, who observed the same results - and, more importantly, due to the high level of shock/weirdness of the results, it is far safer to be prepared for the potential terrain than to go in blind.
This is just a brief summary of my experiences with it. Please don't take my word for it and give Wright's work a serious look if you're interested in these areas, because the full context is important and I have not touched on it here.
[this post was originally a reply to this thread, and has been heavily updated with links etc since - so, sorry if the flow of this thread is a little wonky]
Video overview:
Experience with the full protocol:
Resurrection in a Quartz Cave with LSD, DMT, & Sympathetic Resonance
Experiences with partial protocols:
A Shared Resonance Field with DMT + Quartz + Eye Gazing
Snaking Resonance Waves and Auras in the Underworld (LSD, DMT & Eye Gazing)
The Brain Works Like a Resonance Chamber - Neuroscience News
Overview & Binding problem
The Easy Part of the Hard Problem: A Resonance Theory of Consciousness
Hunt & Schooler 2019
www.frontiersin.org
A historical review of ephaptic field research: from early foundations through contemporary renaissance
Key review
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Babcock et al. (2024)
Ultraviolet Superradiance from Mega-Networks of Tryptophan in Biological Architectures
https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.jpcb.3c07936
Quantum Information Flow in Microtubule Tryptophan Networks
Kalra et al. (2023)
Electronic Energy Migration in Microtubules
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Landmark study on quantum coherence in microtubules and their crystalline nature
Tubulin Vibration Modes Are in the Subterahertz Range, and Their Electromagnetic Absorption Is Affected by Water
Saurabh Kumar Pandey et al. J Phys Chem Lett. 2024.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39110643/
Ghz
Vibrations in Microtubules
J Pokorný et al. 1997
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100 Mhz
Aslam 2019
Experimentally measured phonon spectrum of microtubules
Mhz
Generation of Electromagnetic Field by Microtubules
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Havelka et al. 2011
High-frequency electric field and radiation characteristics of cellular microtubule network
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0022519311003511
Electrical oscillations in microtubules
Moshin et al. 2025
www.nature.com
Behave like connected oscillators
Bressloff & Cowan
The visual cortex as a crystal
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0167278902006772
full: https://www-sop.inria.fr/members/Olivier.Faugeras/MVA/Articles_11/bressloff-cowan-02.pdf
(these guys also have some interesting info/studies on how this may relate to psychedelic geometry etc., as it notes the twisting columnal/crystal like lattice structures in the visual cortex)
Sanchez-Castro et al. (2021)
Microtubules as One-Dimensional Crystals: Is Crystal-Like Structure the Key to the Information Processing of Living Systems?
Gardiner (2015)
Subcellular neuronal quasicrystals: Implications for consciousness
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Hameroff et al. (2026)
Microtubules are 'Fractal Time Crystals': Implications for Life and Consciousness
Kushagra (2015)
Thermal Fluctuation Induced Piezoelectric Effect in Cytoskeletal Microtubules: Model for Energy Harvesting and Their Intracellular Communication
DOI:10.4236/jbise.2015.88048
Long-term meditators self-induce high-amplitude gamma synchrony during mental practice
https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.0407401101
Girn et al. (2026)
An international mega-analysis of psychedelic drug effects on brain circuit function
An international mega-analysis of psychedelic drug effects on brain circuit function - Nature Medicine
“Our findings reaffirm previous observations of psychedelic-induced enhanced whole-brain integration”
Increased Global Functional Connectivity Correlates with LSD-Induced Ego Dissolution
Tagliazucchi et al. 2016
https://www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(16)30062-8
Hemispheric annealing and lateralization under psychedelics (HEALS): A novel hypothesis of psychedelic action in the brain
Levin 2024
https://journals.sagepub.com/eprint/GFK4XDFZAIZ8FX8PKTHI/full
Scientific precedent for sympathetic resonance:
Synchronization: A Universal Concept in Nonlinear Sciences” — Pikovsky, Rosenblum & Kurths (2001)
https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/synchronization/
Found that oscillators with similar natural frequencies and coupling can synchronize more easily because their phase differences are easier to stabilize.
Aka
Found that weakly coupled oscillators can lock their phases and become coherent across many systems (physics, biology, engineering).
Self-entrainment of a population of coupled non-linear oscillators
DOI: 10.1007/BFb0013365
considered the foundational benchmark in non-linear dynamics for collective synchronization.
The Kuramoto model: A simple paradigm for synchronization phenomena
DOI: 10.1103/RevModPhys.77.137
Spontaneous synchronization of coupled oscillator systems with frequency adaptation” — Taylor, Ott & Restrepo (2010)
Found that interacting oscillators can adjust their frequencies and synchronize even with noise and variation.
Kiss, Zhai & Hudson (2008)
Resonance Clustering in Globally Coupled Electrochemical Oscillators with External Forcing
Found that oscillators with compatible frequencies form resonant clusters when driven and coupled.
Cheng et al. 2024
Brain to brain musical interaction: A systematic review of neural synchrony in musical activities
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0149763424002811
Within and between brain synchronization via acoustics
Jahn et al. (1996)
Acoustical resonances of assorted ancient structures
Progress and perspectives on phononic crystals
Vasileiadis et al. 2021
Good overview of crystals/phonon/their usage
“This paper presents an experimentalists’ point of view on the recent progress and prospects of PnCs [phononic crystals] . We present an overview of the advances in fabrication, experimental characterization, and new features for the broad spectrum of acoustic waves/phonons.”
“In general, the phononic spectrum (Fig. 1) consists of infrasounds ( few Hz), audible sound (from few Hz to 20 kHz), ultrasounds (from 20 kHz to 1 GHz), hypersounds (from 1 GHz to 1 THz), and heat ( THz at room temperature). For all these bands, acoustic waves/phonons are information and energy carriers that play an inherent role in condensed matter physics.”
“The structure of PnCs mimics the arrangement of atoms in natural crystals and results in phononic features typical for thereof.”
Thin-film quartz for high-coherence piezoelectric phononic crystal resonators
Odawara, R., Shirahata, K., Ohi, A., Hashiyada, S., & Kawano, Y. (2026).
“Direct observation of anisotropic surface phonon polaritons on α-quartz.”
arXiv preprint, arXiv:2606.11239.
DOI: 10.48550/arXiv.2606.11239
Freund & Stolc (2013)
Nature of Pre-Earthquake Phenomena and their Effects on Living Organisms
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
EM, ionized air, and corona discharge of light caused by tectonic stress and how it impacts animals through known dynamics of quantum biology
“Consequently, thermodynamic coupling by EM resonance is possible between the ambient EM field and the most fundamental biochemical process of life.”
'Quartz' crystals at the Earth's core may power its magnetic field
https://phys.org/news/2017-02-quartz-crystals-earth-core-power.html
Kei Hirose et al, Crystallization of silicon dioxide and compositional evolution of the Earth's core, Nature (2017). DOI: 10.1038/nature21367
Leon et al. 2022
The Possible Relation Between Ancient Monuments and Geophysical Anomalies
Florinsky 2010
Sacred places and geophysical activity
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/287298677_Sacred_places_and_geophysical_activity
Kostov 2008
Geological and Mineralogical background of the Megalithic and rock-cut sites in Bulgaria and other European countries
https://www.researchgate.net/public...IN_BULGARIA_AND_SOME_OTHER_EUROPEAN_COUNTRIES
Did Ancient Greeks Deliberately Build Temples on Earthquake Faults?
https://www.livescience.com/60447-ancient-greeks-built-temples-earthquake-faults.html
Quotes from author of “Seismic faults and sacred sanctuaries in Aegean antiquity” paper listed below
Stewart & Piccardi 2017
Seismic faults and sacred sanctuaries in Aegean antiquity
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0016787817301190
Liang et al. (2024)
Resonances of Fluid-Filled Cracks With Complex Geometry and Application to Very Long Period (VLP) Seismic Signals at Mayotte Submarine Volcano
More on sacred sites
Nash et al. (2021)
Petrological and geochemical characterisation of the sarsen stones at Stonehenge
“Geochemical data show that the sarsen is chemically pure, comprising 99.7 wt. % SiO2.”
Matched 50 of 52 sarsen stones!
“50 of the 52 sarsens had chemical compositions consistent with the same general source population as Stone 58.”
Not All That Glitters is Gold? Rock Crystal in the Early British Neolithic at Dorstone Hill, Herefordshire, and the Wider British and Irish Context
doi:10.1017/S0959774322000142
www.cambridge.org
Caves and Crystalmancy: Evidence for the Use of Crystals in Ancient Maya Religion
Geology
Martinelli et al. (2020)
Electromagnetic Emissions from Quartz Subjected to Shear Stress: Spectral Signatures and Geophysical Implications
“Shear tests on quartz rocks and single quartz crystals have been conducted to understand the possible relationship between the intensity of detectable stress in fault areas and the energy released in the form of electromagnetic waves in the range 30 KHz-1 MHz (LF–MF).”
“Experience has shown that quartz crystals generate electromagnetic emissions in the LF–MF range, linked in intensity and frequency to the surface created by the fractures and to the distance between the walls of the fractures.”
“It is still premature to say whether these phenomena can be used as premonitory for seismic events, although the electric fields generated by the electromagnetic emissions of quartz are very intense, and their frequencies could, in principle, be compatible with the transmission through geological barriers of tens of kilometers in depth.”
He et al. (2024)
A new scientific explanation to rock fracture-induced electromagnetic radiation process https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2095268624001605
Earthquake Lights: Mechanism of Electrical Coupling of Earth's Crust to the Lower Atmosphere https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1029/2018JD028489
Freund (2007)
Pre-earthquake signals-part i: Deviatoric stresses turn rocks into a source of electric currents; and pre-earthquake signals-part ii: Flow of battery currents
https://www.researchgate.net/public...als-part_ii_Flow_of_battery_currents?hl=en-US
“The most important conclusion to be draw from this series of experiments is that, when rocks such as granite or gabbro are subjected to deviatoric stress, they behave as if they were batteries.”
Observations of co-seismic broadband electromagnetic waves in the VHF band
K. Shin, M. Nishi, T. Yoshida
doi.org
High freq em measurements from cracks
Ceperley (1992)
Rotating Waves
https://pubs.aip.org/aapt/ajp/artic...1-PyYGVFgfAM9NG_ScZOFQ6A.zU_Sh1XFK7s9g9KTaBYo
“In cylindrical and spherical geometries, the proper linear combination of standing waves results in a rotating wave field.”
Luft et al. (2022)
Social synchronization of brain activity increases during eye-contact - Communications Biology
Leong et al. (2017)
Speaker gaze increases information coupling between infant and adult brains
https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.1702493114
Caputo (2015)
Dissociation and hallucinations in dyads engaged through interpersonal gazing https://www.researchgate.net/public...in_dyads_engaged_through_interpersonal_gazing
Thaut et al. 2015
Frontiers | Neurobiological foundations of neurologic music therapy: rhythmic entrainment and the motor system
External rhythm results in neural oscillation entrainment, motor networks synchronization, large-scale coordination increase.
Overview & Binding problem
The Easy Part of the Hard Problem: A Resonance Theory of Consciousness
Hunt & Schooler 2019
Frontiers | The Easy Part of the Hard Problem: A Resonance Theory of Consciousness
Synchronization, harmonization, vibrations, or simply resonance in its most general sense seems to have an integral relationship with consciousness itself. O...
www.frontiersin.org
A historical review of ephaptic field research: from early foundations through contemporary renaissance
Key review
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Babcock et al. (2024)
Ultraviolet Superradiance from Mega-Networks of Tryptophan in Biological Architectures
https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.jpcb.3c07936
Quantum Information Flow in Microtubule Tryptophan Networks
Kalra et al. (2023)
Electronic Energy Migration in Microtubules
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Landmark study on quantum coherence in microtubules and their crystalline nature
Tubulin Vibration Modes Are in the Subterahertz Range, and Their Electromagnetic Absorption Is Affected by Water
Saurabh Kumar Pandey et al. J Phys Chem Lett. 2024.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39110643/
Ghz
Vibrations in Microtubules
J Pokorný et al. 1997
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100 Mhz
Aslam 2019
Experimentally measured phonon spectrum of microtubules
Mhz
Generation of Electromagnetic Field by Microtubules
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Havelka et al. 2011
High-frequency electric field and radiation characteristics of cellular microtubule network
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0022519311003511
Electrical oscillations in microtubules
Moshin et al. 2025
Electrical oscillations in microtubules - Scientific Reports
Environmental perturbations and local changes in cellular electric potential can stimulate cytoskeletal filaments to transmit ionic currents along their surface. Advanced models and accurate experiments may provide a molecular understanding of these processes and reveal their role in cell...
www.nature.com
Bressloff & Cowan
The visual cortex as a crystal
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0167278902006772
full: https://www-sop.inria.fr/members/Olivier.Faugeras/MVA/Articles_11/bressloff-cowan-02.pdf
(these guys also have some interesting info/studies on how this may relate to psychedelic geometry etc., as it notes the twisting columnal/crystal like lattice structures in the visual cortex)
Sanchez-Castro et al. (2021)
Microtubules as One-Dimensional Crystals: Is Crystal-Like Structure the Key to the Information Processing of Living Systems?
Gardiner (2015)
Subcellular neuronal quasicrystals: Implications for consciousness
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Hameroff et al. (2026)
Microtubules are 'Fractal Time Crystals': Implications for Life and Consciousness
Kushagra (2015)
Thermal Fluctuation Induced Piezoelectric Effect in Cytoskeletal Microtubules: Model for Energy Harvesting and Their Intracellular Communication
DOI:10.4236/jbise.2015.88048
Long-term meditators self-induce high-amplitude gamma synchrony during mental practice
https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.0407401101
Girn et al. (2026)
An international mega-analysis of psychedelic drug effects on brain circuit function
An international mega-analysis of psychedelic drug effects on brain circuit function - Nature Medicine
“Our findings reaffirm previous observations of psychedelic-induced enhanced whole-brain integration”
Increased Global Functional Connectivity Correlates with LSD-Induced Ego Dissolution
Tagliazucchi et al. 2016
https://www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(16)30062-8
Hemispheric annealing and lateralization under psychedelics (HEALS): A novel hypothesis of psychedelic action in the brain
Levin 2024
https://journals.sagepub.com/eprint/GFK4XDFZAIZ8FX8PKTHI/full
Scientific precedent for sympathetic resonance:
Synchronization: A Universal Concept in Nonlinear Sciences” — Pikovsky, Rosenblum & Kurths (2001)
https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/synchronization/
Found that oscillators with similar natural frequencies and coupling can synchronize more easily because their phase differences are easier to stabilize.
Aka
Found that weakly coupled oscillators can lock their phases and become coherent across many systems (physics, biology, engineering).
Self-entrainment of a population of coupled non-linear oscillators
DOI: 10.1007/BFb0013365
considered the foundational benchmark in non-linear dynamics for collective synchronization.
The Kuramoto model: A simple paradigm for synchronization phenomena
DOI: 10.1103/RevModPhys.77.137
Spontaneous synchronization of coupled oscillator systems with frequency adaptation” — Taylor, Ott & Restrepo (2010)
Found that interacting oscillators can adjust their frequencies and synchronize even with noise and variation.
Kiss, Zhai & Hudson (2008)
Resonance Clustering in Globally Coupled Electrochemical Oscillators with External Forcing
Found that oscillators with compatible frequencies form resonant clusters when driven and coupled.
Cheng et al. 2024
Brain to brain musical interaction: A systematic review of neural synchrony in musical activities
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0149763424002811
Within and between brain synchronization via acoustics
Jahn et al. (1996)
Acoustical resonances of assorted ancient structures
Progress and perspectives on phononic crystals
Vasileiadis et al. 2021
Good overview of crystals/phonon/their usage
“This paper presents an experimentalists’ point of view on the recent progress and prospects of PnCs [phononic crystals] . We present an overview of the advances in fabrication, experimental characterization, and new features for the broad spectrum of acoustic waves/phonons.”
“In general, the phononic spectrum (Fig. 1) consists of infrasounds ( few Hz), audible sound (from few Hz to 20 kHz), ultrasounds (from 20 kHz to 1 GHz), hypersounds (from 1 GHz to 1 THz), and heat ( THz at room temperature). For all these bands, acoustic waves/phonons are information and energy carriers that play an inherent role in condensed matter physics.”
“The structure of PnCs mimics the arrangement of atoms in natural crystals and results in phononic features typical for thereof.”
Thin-film quartz for high-coherence piezoelectric phononic crystal resonators
Odawara, R., Shirahata, K., Ohi, A., Hashiyada, S., & Kawano, Y. (2026).
“Direct observation of anisotropic surface phonon polaritons on α-quartz.”
arXiv preprint, arXiv:2606.11239.
DOI: 10.48550/arXiv.2606.11239
Freund & Stolc (2013)
Nature of Pre-Earthquake Phenomena and their Effects on Living Organisms
Nature of Pre-Earthquake Phenomena and their Effects on Living Organisms - PMC
Earthquakes are invariably preceded by a period when stresses increase deep in the Earth. Animals appear to be able to sense impending seismic events. During build-up of stress, electronic charge carriers are activated deep below, called positive ...
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
“Consequently, thermodynamic coupling by EM resonance is possible between the ambient EM field and the most fundamental biochemical process of life.”
'Quartz' crystals at the Earth's core may power its magnetic field
https://phys.org/news/2017-02-quartz-crystals-earth-core-power.html
Kei Hirose et al, Crystallization of silicon dioxide and compositional evolution of the Earth's core, Nature (2017). DOI: 10.1038/nature21367
Leon et al. 2022
The Possible Relation Between Ancient Monuments and Geophysical Anomalies
Florinsky 2010
Sacred places and geophysical activity
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/287298677_Sacred_places_and_geophysical_activity
Kostov 2008
Geological and Mineralogical background of the Megalithic and rock-cut sites in Bulgaria and other European countries
https://www.researchgate.net/public...IN_BULGARIA_AND_SOME_OTHER_EUROPEAN_COUNTRIES
Did Ancient Greeks Deliberately Build Temples on Earthquake Faults?
https://www.livescience.com/60447-ancient-greeks-built-temples-earthquake-faults.html
Quotes from author of “Seismic faults and sacred sanctuaries in Aegean antiquity” paper listed below
Stewart & Piccardi 2017
Seismic faults and sacred sanctuaries in Aegean antiquity
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0016787817301190
Liang et al. (2024)
Resonances of Fluid-Filled Cracks With Complex Geometry and Application to Very Long Period (VLP) Seismic Signals at Mayotte Submarine Volcano
More on sacred sites
Nash et al. (2021)
Petrological and geochemical characterisation of the sarsen stones at Stonehenge
“Geochemical data show that the sarsen is chemically pure, comprising 99.7 wt. % SiO2.”
Matched 50 of 52 sarsen stones!
“50 of the 52 sarsens had chemical compositions consistent with the same general source population as Stone 58.”
Not All That Glitters is Gold? Rock Crystal in the Early British Neolithic at Dorstone Hill, Herefordshire, and the Wider British and Irish Context
doi:10.1017/S0959774322000142
Not All That Glitters is Gold? Rock Crystal in the Early British Neolithic at Dorstone Hill, Herefordshire, and the Wider British and Irish Context | Cambridge Archaeological Journal | Cambridge Core
Not All That Glitters is Gold? Rock Crystal in the Early British Neolithic at Dorstone Hill, Herefordshire, and the Wider British and Irish Context - Volume 33 Issue 1
Caves and Crystalmancy: Evidence for the Use of Crystals in Ancient Maya Religion
Geology
Martinelli et al. (2020)
Electromagnetic Emissions from Quartz Subjected to Shear Stress: Spectral Signatures and Geophysical Implications
“Shear tests on quartz rocks and single quartz crystals have been conducted to understand the possible relationship between the intensity of detectable stress in fault areas and the energy released in the form of electromagnetic waves in the range 30 KHz-1 MHz (LF–MF).”
“Experience has shown that quartz crystals generate electromagnetic emissions in the LF–MF range, linked in intensity and frequency to the surface created by the fractures and to the distance between the walls of the fractures.”
“It is still premature to say whether these phenomena can be used as premonitory for seismic events, although the electric fields generated by the electromagnetic emissions of quartz are very intense, and their frequencies could, in principle, be compatible with the transmission through geological barriers of tens of kilometers in depth.”
He et al. (2024)
A new scientific explanation to rock fracture-induced electromagnetic radiation process https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2095268624001605
Earthquake Lights: Mechanism of Electrical Coupling of Earth's Crust to the Lower Atmosphere https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1029/2018JD028489
Freund (2007)
Pre-earthquake signals-part i: Deviatoric stresses turn rocks into a source of electric currents; and pre-earthquake signals-part ii: Flow of battery currents
https://www.researchgate.net/public...als-part_ii_Flow_of_battery_currents?hl=en-US
“The most important conclusion to be draw from this series of experiments is that, when rocks such as granite or gabbro are subjected to deviatoric stress, they behave as if they were batteries.”
Observations of co-seismic broadband electromagnetic waves in the VHF band
K. Shin, M. Nishi, T. Yoshida
Observations of co-seismic broadband electromagnetic waves in the VHF band
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Ceperley (1992)
Rotating Waves
https://pubs.aip.org/aapt/ajp/artic...1-PyYGVFgfAM9NG_ScZOFQ6A.zU_Sh1XFK7s9g9KTaBYo
“In cylindrical and spherical geometries, the proper linear combination of standing waves results in a rotating wave field.”
Luft et al. (2022)
Social synchronization of brain activity increases during eye-contact - Communications Biology
Leong et al. (2017)
Speaker gaze increases information coupling between infant and adult brains
https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.1702493114
Caputo (2015)
Dissociation and hallucinations in dyads engaged through interpersonal gazing https://www.researchgate.net/public...in_dyads_engaged_through_interpersonal_gazing
Thaut et al. 2015
Frontiers | Neurobiological foundations of neurologic music therapy: rhythmic entrainment and the motor system
External rhythm results in neural oscillation entrainment, motor networks synchronization, large-scale coordination increase.
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