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
Events
January
* January 1 – The European Economic Community (EEC) comes into being.
* January 3 – The West Indies Federation is formed.
* January 4
** Edmund Hillary's Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition completes the third ...
, 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
The year was highlighted by protests and other unrests that occurred worldwide.
Events January–February
* January 5 – "Prague Spring": Alexander Dubček is chosen as leader of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia.
* Januar ...
Patent #3,393,279. The invention earned him a profile in
Life magazine
''Life'' was an American magazine published weekly from 1883 to 1972, as an intermittent "special" until 1978, and as a monthly from 1978 until 2000. During its golden age from 1936 to 1972, ''Life'' was a wide-ranging weekly general-interest ma ...
, which called him a "unique, mature and inquisitive scientist."
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.
[Ridder, Chris (September 5–11, 1996)]
"The Amazing Neurophone"
''The Anchorage Press''. Retrieved 19 November 2012.
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References
External links
PhiSciencesPatrick Flanagan Official site
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1944 births
Living people
American inventors
Pyramidologists
Sacred geometry