Patrick Flanagan
American New Age author and inventor
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| Field | Value |
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| name | Patrick Flanagan |
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| birth_name | Gillis Patrick Flanagan |
| birth_date | October 11, 1944 |
| birth_place | Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, U.S. |
| death_date | December 19, 2019 (age 75) |
| occupation | Author, inventor |
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| name = Patrick Flanagan | image = | website = | caption = | birth_name = Gillis Patrick Flanagan | birth_date = October 11, 1944 | birth_place = Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, U.S. | death_date = December 19, 2019 (age 75) | death_place = | other_names = | known_for = | occupation = Author, inventor Patrick Flanagan (October 11, 1944 – December 19, 2019) was an American New Age author and inventor.
Flanagan wrote books focused on Egyptian sacred geometry and Pyramidology.
In 1958, at the age of 14, while living in Bellaire, Texas, Flanagan invented the neurophone, an electronic device that claims to transmit sound through the body's nervous system directly to the brain. It was patented in the United States in 1968 (Patent #3,393,279). The invention earned him a profile in Life magazine, which called him a "unique, mature and inquisitive scientist."
Pyramid power
Main article: Pyramid power
During the 1970s, Flanagan was a proponent of pyramid power. He wrote several books and promoted it with lectures and seminars. According to Flanagan, pyramids with the exact relative dimensions of Egyptian pyramids act as "an effective resonator of randomly polarized microwave signals which can be converted into electrical energy." One of his first books, Pyramid Power, was featured in the lyrics of The Alan Parsons Project album, Pyramid.
Inventions and discoveries
In 1958, at the age of 13, Flanagan invented a device which he called a Neurophone, which he claimed transmitted sound via the nervous system to the brain.
Bibliography
References
References
- (September 14, 1962). ""Wiz Kid, Hands Down"". LIFE Magazine.
- Encyclopedia of Occultism and Parapsychology, Lewis Spence, Kessinger Publishing, 2003, pp. 759–760
- (November 30, 1977) "You Can Read This Article", ''Washington Post''. Retrieved January 7, 2021.
- William G. Bailey, Frank Hoffmann, ''Mind & Society Fads'', p. 225 (Haworth Press, 1992)
- Krow, Daniel. (February 8, 2009). "[http://audaud.com/2009/02/alan-parsons-project-six-expanded-edition-cds-%E2%80%93-aristalegacy/ Alan Parsons Project – Six Expanded Edition CDs – Arista/Legacy] {{webarchive. link. (2015-09-23 ". ''Audiophile Audition''. Retrieved May 28, 2013.)
- Ridder, Chris (September 5–11, 1996). [http://www.cridder.com/morgue/press/news/neurophone.html "The Amazing Neurophone"] {{webarchive. link. (October 21, 2016 ''The Anchorage Press''. Retrieved November 19, 2012.)
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