Date: Wed, 09 Feb 1994 11:07:33 +0100
From: balder@ECN.NL (John Balder)
Subject: reaction/contribution HANDSHAKE project
To: luxlogis@uropax.contrib.de, balder@ECN.NL



In reaction to the net-info about the HANDSHAKE project the following.

I have some ideas that might fit into your project, or maybe can reach
other interested people through this project. It is a long shot, but,
thanks to modern means, it is little investment. I'll be quite brief
and await further reactions.

I represent a group of people who are involved in what we call
Dreamtime Concerts. The group includes a variety of people who have in
common that they work with people. Some of them call themselves
healers. Many of them have a world view that is predominantly
non-scientific. For instance there are shamans, people who are into
yoga etc. If I describe what happens during the concerts from a
scientific point of view (if possible at all), one could say that the
players as well as the people who ``listen'' experience a shift in
conciousness. One of the effects seems to be that extra ``channels''
are added to the communication between people . 

As we are constantly trying to improve our ``understanding'' of what
is going on we would be interested in the following experiment. At one
place there is a group of our musicians playing. At another place
there is a group of people listening to the sounds via some kind of
electronic link. So there is one link that can be described in the
scientific paradigm. Our interest is to see if the common shift in
conciousness that is experienced when players and listeners are at one
place, is still present if we seperate the people in space. Our
expectancy is that there will be some interaction. To add some
graphics:

     -------->-------
    /  sound         \
 players           listeners      all people in same room
    \                /
     ------<>--------
        extra communication


 
     -------->......  electronic link .......> -------
    /      sound                                      \
 players                                          listeners  different locations
    \                                                 /
     -----------------<>------------------------------
        extra communication ?

Well for the moment I don't have time to write more, but I can if
people are interested.

If there are other possibilities within the project to incorporate
sound, we would be interested to add some Dreamtime sounds. But
realizing it is already the 9th this might be difficult.

I hope this message finds its way through the electronic space.

				greetings,


				Dr. John
				on behalf of the

				Dreamtime Healing Circle
				e-mail: balder@ecn.nl

P.S. I would appreciate some information on LUX LOGIS (or a pointer to
where to find it).