Comments on: Here’s a weird story http://www.starchamber.com/2001/01/heres-a-weird-story.html Ned Gulley's Blog. Resident buzzwords: synthetic biology, ambient displays, swarm robotics, wise crowds. Tue, 06 Jan 2009 12:49:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Eric de Fontenay http://www.starchamber.com/2001/01/heres-a-weird-story.html/comment-page-1#comment-36577 Eric de Fontenay Fri, 26 Oct 2007 23:49:34 +0000 http://starchamber.com/?p=138#comment-36577 It would seem common sense that drilling a hole in one's head would not be recommended for one's health and well being. Really? What if you were told that Bill Clinton's mentor at Oxford University, Lord James Neidpath, drilled a hole in his head? Or that the procedure is as old as the ancient Egyptians and Incas that practiced it? Or that those who have undergone the surgery report added energy, increased brain power, and even induce a permanent feeling of high? It is the strange phenomena of trepanation, the procedure of drilling a small hole through one's skull, that is examined by an hour-long documentary released by alternative/rock musician Cevin Soling. <a href="http://www.holeintheheadmovie.com" rel="nofollow">'A Hole In the Head'</a> examines the development of "modern" trepanation as used by people in the United Kingdom, the United States, and The Netherlands for the purpose of attaining a higher level of consciousness. The DVD can purchased online at <a href="http://www.holeintheheadmovie.com" rel="nofollow">http://www.holeintheheadmovie.com</a> It would seem common sense that drilling a hole in one’s head would not be recommended for one’s health and well being. Really? What if you were told that Bill Clinton’s mentor at Oxford University, Lord James Neidpath, drilled a hole in his head? Or that the procedure is as old as the ancient Egyptians and Incas that practiced it? Or that those who have undergone the surgery report added energy, increased brain power, and even induce a permanent feeling of high?

It is the strange phenomena of trepanation, the procedure of drilling a small hole through one’s skull, that is examined by an hour-long documentary released by alternative/rock musician Cevin Soling. ‘A Hole In the Head’ examines the development of “modern” trepanation as used by people in the United Kingdom, the United States, and The Netherlands for the purpose of attaining a higher level of consciousness.

The DVD can purchased online at http://www.holeintheheadmovie.com

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