Todd Murphy

Todd Murphy - Laurentian University Behavioral Neurosciences Program (Associate Researcher)

Author Todd Murphy is a long-time member of Laurentian university Behavioral Neurosciences Research Group, known for the God Helmet, which operated under the direction of Dr. Michael A Persinger. He has published in the Journal for Near-Death Studies, Psychology Reports, Activitas Nervosa Superior, Neuroscience & Medicine, and the journal, Neuroquantology. He's also the developer of the Shakti and Shiva Neural stimulation systems, which made Dr. Persinger’s pioneering neural stimulation work available to the general public. 

Murphy's studies in the science of religious experience began in 1985, becoming increasingly professional until his work found publication in academic journals, beginning in 1998. In his early life, he had temporal lobe epilepsy, which gave him a wide range of spiritual experiences. This set the stage for his eventual career in the neuroscience of mysticism.

Todd Murphy has appeared on Coast-to-Coast AM, the most popular 'new science' radio show in the USA. His 9-hour lecture series can be seen at https://www.youtube.com/user/brainsci


Publications

  • Murphy, Todd “Recreating Near-Death Experiences: A Cognitive Approach” Journal of Near-Death Studies, 1998, Volume 17, Number 4, Pages 261-265
  • Murphy, Todd “Near-Death Experiences in Thailand” Journal of Near-Death Studies, 2000, Volume 19, Number 3, Pages 161-178
  • Murphy T, Persinger MA. “Complex partial epileptic-like experiences in university students and practitioners of Dharmakaya in Thailand: comparison with Canadian university students.” Psychology Reports. 2001 Aug;89(1):199-206.
  • Murphy, Todd “Commentary on “Nondualistic Experiences of Light in Near-Death Experiences and in The Tibetan Book of the Dead” Journal of Near-Death Studies Vol. 25 No. 1, Fall 2006
  • Murphy, Todd “The Structure and Function of Near-Death Experiences: An Algorithmic Reincarnation Hypothesis” Journal of Near-Death Studies Vol. 20 No. 2, Winter 2001 
  • Murphy, Todd “The production of consciousness out of states of consciousness” Activitas Nervosa Superior, Vol 51, No 3 (2009)
  • Persinger, Michael, Saroka, Kevin, Mulligan Bryce P, Murphy Todd R, “Experimental Elicitation of an Out of Body Experience and Concomitant Cross-Hemispheric Electroencephalographic Coherence“. Neuroquantology 2010; Vol 8: Issue 4, NeuroTheology Special Issue
  • Todd R. Murphy “The Role of Religious and Mystic Experiences In Human Evolution: A Corollary Hypothesis for NeuroTheology“. Neuroquantology 2010; Vol 8: Issue 4, NeuroTheology Special Issue
  • Murphy, Todd “Sacred Pathways: The Brain’s Role In Religious and Mystic Experiences”, 2013 (eBook)
  • Murphy, Todd “Sacred Pathways: The Brain’s Role In Religious and Mystic Experiences” (second edition), 2015
  • Persinger, Michael A., and Todd R. Murphy. “Validating New Technologies to Treat Depression, Pain and the Feeling of Sentient Beings: A Reply to “Neuroscience for the Soul”.” Neuroscience & Medicine 7.01 (2016): 27.
  • Murphy, Todd “Deja Vu and other Spiritual Gifts“, 2017 (Book)
  • Murphy, Todd “The God Helmet Experiments: The Science that found God in the Human Brain“, 2019 (Book) 
  • Murphy, Todd “Solving the “Hard Problem”: Consciousness as an Intrinsic Property of Magnetic Fields” Journal of Consciousness Exploration & Research 10(8)646-659

Developments

  • 2000 – Developed the “Shakti Helmet” applying two magnetic signals to the two hemispheres of the brain over the temporal, frontal and parietal planes.  Discontinued in favor of the 8 Coil Shakti System
  • 2003 – Developed the 2 coil Shakti system, applying multiple static signals over several brain areas.
  • 2004 – Developed the 4 coil Shakti system, applying multiple signals both dynamically and in sequence over several brain areas.
  • 2005 – Developed the 8 Coil Shakti, an approximation of the Koren Helmet.
  • 2007 – Developed the Shiva Neural Stimulation system, reproducing the “Octopus” apparatus, applying magnetic signals in a circumcerebral configuration.
  • 2009 – Developed the “God Helmet” neural system, reproducing the Koren Helmet, applying complex magnetic signals in rotating patterns over the temporal lobes.

 

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