Patrick Flanagan

Gillis Patrick Flanagan (born 11 October 1944 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma) is an American inventor.

Childhood

As a teenager Flanagan invented a device he called a Neurophone which he claimed transmitted sound via the nervous system to the brain.^[1] This earned him a profile in Life magazine, which called him a "unique, mature and inquisitive scientist".^[2][3] In 1968, the invention was further improved by the development of a means of simplifying speech waveforms, for which he received U.S. patent no.3,647,970,^[4] which allowed the device to produce clear sound at lower power levels. Flanagan has continued to develop the Neurophone and it is currently being sold as an aid to speed learning.

Flanagan claims to have invented an electronic sleep machine at age 8, developed and sold a guided missile detector to the U.S. military at age eleven, gained his air pilot's licence at age seventeen, and been employed by a Think Tank at The Pentagon, and later as a consultant to the NSA, CIA, NASA, Tufts University, the Office of Naval Research, and the Aberdeen Proving Grounds for the Department of Unconventional Weapons and Warfare.^[5] He also claims the unusual ability to tie 6000 different knots, 4800 by the age of 8.^[6]

Pyramid power

Main article: Pyramid power

During the 1970s, Flanagan aroused controversy by becoming a proponent of pyramid power, widely regarded by mainstream science as New Age pseudoscience. Flanagan wrote several books about the topic (see bibliography) and promoted pyramid power through lectures and seminars. According to the Skeptical Inquirer, during the planetary alignment of 1985 Flanagan "charged up a number of crystals full of pyramid energy during the alignment and offered to give one free to everyone who signed up for his $145 seminar near San Francisco. These crystals "were also charged at the apex of the Pyramid in the full moon-light on the last day of this most powerful alignment." Flanagan went on from pyramid research to investigate geometric power design, and ended up creating an experimental geometric design called the Sensor, which he claims has the ability to produce the same energetic effects as pyramids but in a more compact form. Based on the phi ratio, this design was made into a metal medallion and continued to be sold until the late 90s.^[7] In 1977, Flanagan told a press conference that he had 15 gold needles embedded in his body at a cost of $1,000, in the belief that this would make him immortal.^[8]

Claimed inventions and discoveries

In 1981, Flanagan invented an Electron Field Generator, or air ioniser, capable of negatively charging and purifying air, for which he received U.S. patent no.4,391,773.^[9] It consists of two or more circular flat electrodes, stacked on top of one another, separated by and encased in a dielectric material, through which a high voltage alternating current is passed. The design was improved upon in 1986, receiving U.S. patent no.4,743,275, ^[10] by doping the dielectric material with conductive or semiconductive particles, reducing the power consumption and increasing the field strength.

In 1982, Flanagan and his wife, Gael Crystal, claim to have discovered a new form of colloidal silica known as a microcluster in the glacial water drunk by the Hunza people of northern Pakistan, a people who are renowned for their health and longevity. The Flanagans went on to develop a product utilizing the microclusters called Crystal Energy (the ingredients are water, silica, potassium carbonate, and magnesium sulfate), which is claimed to lower the surface tension of drinking water. In the 1990s the couple claimed discovery of negatively charged hydrogen or hydride ions in the Hunza water. They claim that these ions act as powerful antioxidants. A nutritional supplement was developed using silica microclusters to stabilise the hydride ions, a novel compound known as silica hydride.^[11] For this work he was named 1997 Scientist of the Year by the International Association for New Science, a body that promoted work in fringe science. Several scientific papers by Flanagan about silica hydride have been published in peer review journals such as the International Journal of Hydrogen Energy^[12] and Free Radical Biology and Medicine.^[13]

References

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5. ^ "Ground-Based 'Star Wars' Disaster Or 'Pure' Research?", Earthpulse Flashpoints, Series 1, Number 3.
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8. ^ "You Can Read This Article", Washington Post, November 30, 1977 [7]
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Bibliography

• The pyramid and its relationship to biocosmic energy, 1972 (ASIN B0006WI7UM)
• Pyramid Power: The Millennium Science, 1973 (ISBN 0-9648812-6-8)
• Beyond pyramid power, 1975 (ISBN 0-87516-208-8)
• Pyramid Power II: Scientific Evidence, 1981 (ISBN 0-940598-00-0)
• Elixir of the ageless: Liquid crystal water, electro-colloidal mineral concentrate, 1986 (ASIN B000724IK4)
• Towards a New Alchemy by Dr. Nicholas J. Begich, 1996 (ISBN 0-9648812-2-5)
• Patrick Flanagan: Interviews, Hintergründe und Biografisches (Gebundene Ausgabe) von Patrick Flanagan und Katrin Klink, 2005 (ISBN 3-89539-235-9)
• 飲水大革命 - 楊乃彥, 2008 (ISBN 978-986-84817-1-8)

External links

• PhiSciences, official website of Patrick Flanagan

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