Research

Cymatics, true random number generators, and group coherence experiments that inform the ORACLE dance.

The Science Behind the Mystery

Ecstatic ORACLE Dance sits at the intersection of ancient wisdom and contemporary research. We are not asking you to believe—we are inviting you to experience and explore alongside us. The practices and technologies we integrate are rooted in decades of scientific inquiry into consciousness, resonance, and the subtle fields that connect living systems.

This page outlines the research lineages that inform our work.

🔬 Peter Merry & Wyrd Technologies: Measuring the Field

Peter Merry is a pioneer in whole-system change, integrating developmental, complexity, and consciousness research into practical transformation. Through Wyrd Technologies, he builds on 28 years of Princeton PEAR lab research — the same lineage that produced the Global Consciousness Project.

On March 31, 2026, Peter brings the Wyrdoscope — housing original Princeton PEAR lab hardware — to measure collective coherence during the Sufi Edition of Ecstatic ORACLE Dance. Two independent random number generators. One dance. The question: does the field respond?

gowyrd.org · petermerry.org

🌊 Cymatics: The Geometry of Sound

The Discovery

In the 1960s and 70s, Swiss physician and natural scientist Hans Jenny pioneered the field of cymatics—the study of visible sound. The word derives from the Greek kuma meaning “wave” or “billow,” describing how sound and vibration shape matter into ordered patterns.

Using crystal oscillators, tone generators, and his invention called the tonoscope, Jenny ran pure sound frequencies through various media: water, sand, glycerin, mercury, and powders. What emerged was extraordinary—intricate geometric patterns that shifted and evolved with each frequency change.

What Jenny Found

Over 14 years of meticulous experiments, Jenny documented how sound frequencies organize suspended particles into orderly, periodic patterns—not random chaos, but dynamic, balanced systems. The liquids and powders arranged themselves into:

Sacred geometry: Mandalas, hexagons, pentagonal symmetries
Fractal patterns: Self-similar structures across scales
Vortices and flow forms: Spirals, waves, standing patterns found throughout nature

His work revealed that sound is not just heard—it is seen, felt, and embodied. Every frequency carries a signature form. Jenny’s research showed that the universe speaks in geometric language.

How We Use It

During ORACLE dances, we project light through water plates positioned atop subwoofers. As the DJ plays, the water surface vibrates, revealing real-time cymatic patterns—standing waves, ripples, mandalas—that shift with the music’s frequency and amplitude.

This is not decoration. It is feedback. The room watches its own resonance. The dancers see the field they are co-creating. The visual becomes oracle.

🎲 True Random Number Generators: Co-Creating with Chaos

What Is Randomness?

Most “random” systems in computers are not truly random—they use algorithms to simulate unpredictability (pseudorandom). But true random number generators (TRNGs) harvest entropy from physical quantum processes: radioactive decay, thermal noise, photon behavior.

Quantum TRNGs exploit the inherent unpredictability of quantum mechanics—genuine randomness from the fabric of reality itself. Unlike deterministic systems, quantum randomness cannot be predicted, even in theory.

Why We Use TRNGs

In ORACLE dance, we use a hardware TRNG to inject quantum entropy into the ritual’s timing structure. The device whispers fluctuations that suggest:

When the DJ shifts energy (a drop, a build, a silence)
When a new sonic layer emerges
When the room needs grounding or ignition

This is not control. This is co-creation with the unpredictable.

We are not programming the dance—we are allowing the random stream to participate. The TRNG becomes a third collaborator alongside DJ and dancers, ensuring the experience remains unscripted, emergent, alive.

The Controversy

Can human consciousness influence quantum randomness? Research into “micro-psychokinesis” has explored whether focused intention can bias random number generators. While some studies report small effects, the evidence remains controversial and disputed.

We do not make claims. We simply create conditions—and notice what arises.

🌍 The Global Consciousness Project: Measuring the Field

Origins at Princeton

From 1998 to 2015, The Global Consciousness Project (GCP) operated a worldwide network of quantum random number generators, coordinated by Dr. Roger Nelson from Princeton’s Engineering Anomalies Research Lab. The project asked a radical question:

Does collective human consciousness produce measurable effects in physical systems?

The Experiment

The GCP deployed up to 70 RNG nodes across the globe, generating random 0s and 1s continuously, 24/7. Each second, 200 random bits were recorded at each location and sent to Princeton for analysis.

The hypothesis: When millions of people focus attention on the same event—a global tragedy, a shared celebration, a synchronized meditation—the random data would become subtly structured.

The Results

Over 15 years and more than 450 formal tests, the GCP found consistent deviations from randomness during major world events:

September 11, 2001 attacks
Major tsunamis and earthquakes
New Year’s celebrations across time zones
Princess Diana’s funeral
Global meditation events

The cumulative statistical result showed odds of one in a trillion that the effect was due to chance (Z = 7.31). The data suggested that when human consciousness becomes coherent and synchronized, physical random systems respond.

The Noosphere Hypothesis

The GCP proposes that these findings point toward an emerging noosphere—a term coined by Pierre Teilhard de Chardin and Vladimir Vernadsky to describe a “sphere of human thought” encircling the Earth, akin to the biosphere or atmosphere.

Dr. Nelson writes in his book Connected: The Emergence of Global Consciousness:

“The evidence suggests the possibility of a unifying field of consciousness—an interconnected fabric that responds to collective human attention and emotion.”

How This Informs ORACLE Dance

We are inspired by the GCP’s methodology—not to prove anything, but to explore. During rituals, we log coarse, anonymized field measurements: heart rate variability trends, breath coherence, ambient electromagnetic fluctuations.

We do not track individuals. We sense the collective arc.

When 50 bodies move as one organism, when breath synchronizes, when the room enters flow state—what changes? Can we feel it? Can we measure it? Can the oracle speak through data as much as through movement?

We don’t know. But we’re listening.

🔬 Dean Radin: Real Magic and the Science of Consciousness

The Scientist at the Edge

Dr. Dean Radin is Chief Scientist at the Institute of Noetic Sciences and one of the world’s leading researchers on consciousness and anomalous phenomena. With a background in electrical engineering and psychology, Radin has spent decades applying rigorous scientific methods to questions that mainstream science often dismisses—telepathy, precognition, psychokinesis, and the observer effect in quantum mechanics.

Real Magic: Ancient Wisdom Meets Modern Science

In his book Real Magic: Ancient Wisdom, Modern Science, and a Guide to the Secret Power of the Universe, Radin presents a compelling case that magic is real—not as theatrical illusion, but as the scientifically measurable influence of consciousness on physical reality.

He defines magic across three categories:

Force of Will: Influencing the physical world through intention (psychokinesis, mind-matter interaction)
Divination: Gaining information beyond ordinary senses (precognition, remote viewing, intuition)
Theurgy: Connecting with non-ordinary states and transcendent experiences (mystical states, unity consciousness)

Radin synthesizes decades of peer-reviewed research showing statistically significant evidence that consciousness is not confined to the brain—it appears to extend beyond the body and interact with the world in subtle but measurable ways.

Why This Matters for ORACLE

Radin’s work validates what dancers, shamans, and mystics have known for millennia: focused intention and collective presence alter reality. His research on:

Observer effects on quantum systems: Consciousness influencing random number generators and photon behavior
Presentiment: The body responding to future events before they happen
Field consciousness: Groups producing measurable effects on random systems (similar to the Global Consciousness Project)

…directly informs our approach at ORACLE. We are not just dancing—we are co-creating the field through shared intention, synchronized movement, and collective presence.

Real Magic is essential reading for anyone exploring the intersection of science and the sacred. It demonstrates that wonder is not opposed to evidence—it is supported by it.

💎 Bioresonance: Frequencies of Life

The Concept

Bioresonance is based on the premise that living organisms emit electromagnetic frequencies, and that health and disease correspond to specific frequency patterns. Practitioners use devices to detect these frequencies and introduce balancing or healing vibrations.

While bioresonance remains outside mainstream medicine, it has a dedicated following in complementary health communities, particularly in Europe.

Research Partner: Emolio

We collaborate with Emolio, a Dutch bioresonance research center that explores how electromagnetic frequencies interact with human health. Their work examines:

Emotional and energetic states through frequency analysis
Chakra and aura coherence measurements
Vibrational responses to sound, meditation, and movement

Emolio’s approach emphasizes self-exploration and participatory research—clients are invited to witness their own frequency patterns and document shifts over time.

How It Connects to Dance

Movement, breath, and sound all generate measurable electromagnetic activity—from the heart’s electrical field (detectable several feet away) to brainwave coherence during trance states.

During ORACLE rituals, we explore whether collective movement produces coherent field effects—whether the room, as a unified organism, generates a detectable resonance.

This research is speculative, exploratory, and open-ended. We are not claiming to prove anything. We are documenting experiences and inviting curiosity.

🧬 Group Coherence: When Fifty Become One

What Is Coherence?

In physics, coherence describes waves that are synchronized in phase—like lasers, where light waves align to produce amplified, focused energy.

In biological systems, coherence refers to the synchronized rhythms of heart rate, breath, brainwaves, and nervous system activity. Research by the HeartMath Institute shows that coherent states correspond to reduced stress, enhanced intuition, and improved emotional regulation.

Collective Coherence

What happens when groups enter coherent states together?

Studies on synchronized meditation, group prayer, and collective rituals suggest that coherence can extend beyond individuals:

Reduced crime rates during mass meditation events (controversial, but documented)
Synchronized heart rhythms among audience members during live music
Entrainment of brainwaves in group meditation settings

Our Inquiry

In ecstatic dance, we create conditions for coherence:

Shared rhythm: Music as a unifying pulse
Synchronized breath: Guided breathwork before the wave
Collective intention: The ritual frame, the spoken Code, the silent agreement to surrender

When the room moves as one—when you lose track of where you end and the field begins—what is happening?

We measure what we can. We feel what we cannot. We remain open.

📊 Our Approach: Participatory Research

We are not a laboratory. We are a living experiment.

Every ritual is an inquiry. Every dancer is a co-researcher. We invite you to:

Experience first: Feel the field, notice the shifts, trust your body’s knowing
Question everything: We do not ask for belief—only curiosity
Share your observations: What did you notice? What changed? What moved through you?

All measurements are:

Opt-in: You choose whether to participate in data collection
Anonymized: No individual tracking or identification
Transparent: We share what we measure and what we find

We are not interested in control. We are interested in co-discovery.

🔮 The Invitation

Science and mysticism are not opposites. They are two languages describing the same mystery.

The research we draw from—cymatics, quantum randomness, collective consciousness, bioresonance—does not “prove” that the oracle is real. It simply suggests that reality is more permeable, more interconnected, more responsive than we thought.

The body knows what the mind cannot name. The field speaks when we listen. The dance becomes oracle when we surrender.

Will you explore with us?

🔬 Researchers & References

The work behind ORACLE is informed by decades of scientific inquiry into consciousness, randomness, and collective coherence. Here are the researchers and publications that guide our exploration.

Consciousness & Random Number Generators

Roger Nelson, PhD — Founder of the Global Consciousness Project, Princeton. Originated the FieldREG tradition. Author of Connected: The Emergence of Global Consciousness (2019).
Dean Radin, PhD — Chief Scientist at IONS. Meta-analyses of mind-matter interaction, observer effects, presentiment. Author of Real Magic (2018).
Dick Bierman, PhD — University of Groningen / University of Amsterdam. Pioneered FieldREG experiments, CIRTS theory, altered states & psi research. ResearchGate
Peter Bancel, PhD — Institut Metapsychique International, Paris. Definitive 17-year statistical analysis of GCP data. ResearchGate
Brenda Dunne — Co-directed the PEAR lab at Princeton for decades. Mind-matter interaction and experiential consciousness research via ICRL.

Group Coherence & GCP 2.0

Rollin McCraty, PhD — HeartMath Institute. Heart-rate variability, group coherence, and the GCP 2.0 NextGen RNG network.
Nachum Plonka, PhD — HeartMath Institute. Technical lead on GCP 2.0 infrastructure and data analysis.

Netherlands-Based Research

Jacob Jolij — University of Groningen, Heymans Group. EEG analysis and anomalous cognition research.
Eva Lobach — University of Amsterdam. Psi research in the Dutch FieldREG tradition.
Peter Merry — Wyrd Technologies. Creator of the Wyrdoscope hardware TRNG device. petermerry.org

Frontier Psychology

Jiri Wackermann — IGPP Freiburg. Rigorous methodology in frontier psychology, time perception and consciousness.

📚 Key Publications

Nelson, R. D., Bradish, G. J., Dobyns, Y. H., Dunne, B. J., & Jahn, R. G. (1996). FieldREG anomalies in group situations. Journal of Scientific Exploration, 10(1), 111–141.
Nelson, R. D. et al. (1998). FieldREG II: Consciousness Field Effects. Journal of Scientific Exploration, 12(3), 425–454.
Nelson, R. D. & Bancel, P. A. (2011). Effects of Mass Consciousness: Changes in Random Data during Global Events. Explore, 7(6), 373–383.
Bancel, P. A. (2017). Searching for Global Consciousness: A 17-Year Exploration. Explore, 13(2), 94–101.
Nelson, R. D. (2019). Connected: The Emergence of Global Consciousness. ICRL Press.
Plonka, N., McCraty, R., van der Westhuyzen, L., & Edwards, S. D. (2023). Global Consciousness Project 2.0: A First Look. DIALOGO, 10(1), 37–49.
Plonka, N., McCraty, R., & Welss, C. (2024). The Path to Global Coherence.
Radin, D. & Nelson, R. (1989, 2003). Meta-analyses of mind-matter interaction with RNGs.
Bierman, D. J. (2010). Consciousness-Induced Restoration of Time Symmetry (CIRTS). Journal of Parapsychology, 24, 273–300.
Radin, D. (2018). Real Magic: Ancient Wisdom, Modern Science, and a Guide to the Secret Power of the Universe. Harmony Books.