On the Art Bell show a guy e-mailed George Norley the Guest host with the Secret of "how to make yourself invisible".It = raise your left hand with your index finger (nail) facing you--grab it with your right hand ,whilst at the same time pinching your thumb nail against your index finger nail.(you can do this after a few trys its all positioning you see).ok then..breath in 4 times ..then 2 more times ..then 2 more times...POOF!!! your invisible ! for more info go to http://www.artbell.com you'll see it in the yellow section current news/and stuff for yesterdays date (or the 22nd)
How To Become Invisible
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I've tried it. So when do I breathe out?ruffready said:
when do I breath out
I thought the same -I got so dizzy! tryed it both ways''. I walked around ,went up to my dog he (could smell though) and then to the mirror, and saw myself..anyway the instructions on the site don't mention breathing in do they..
I thought the same -I got so dizzy! tryed it both ways''. I walked around ,went up to my dog he (could smell though) and then to the mirror, and saw myself..anyway the instructions on the site don't mention breathing in do they..
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Proof
No one's ever actually seen me, have they?
No one's ever actually seen me, have they?
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I'd have replied to this thread sooner, but I didn't see it...
Invisibility
Hold up left index finger with nail facing you.
Grab left index finger with right hand
Pinch the index nail with right hand thumb nail.
(to locate pulse)
Breathe in for 4 heart beats
Breathe OUT for 2 heart beats
Repeat breathing cycle 3 times
Poof you are invisible?..
(the above quoted from the Art Bell site mentioned above)
Hmm, can anyone see me??? Hello??? So, er, how do you get visible again?
Jane.
Hold up left index finger with nail facing you.
Grab left index finger with right hand
Pinch the index nail with right hand thumb nail.
(to locate pulse)
Breathe in for 4 heart beats
Breathe OUT for 2 heart beats
Repeat breathing cycle 3 times
Poof you are invisible?..
(the above quoted from the Art Bell site mentioned above)
Hmm, can anyone see me??? Hello??? So, er, how do you get visible again?
Jane.
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Ringing the Bell
It's all further proof, if any were needed, that Art Bell has zero respect for his audience and is in fact nothing but a cynical exploiter of the gullible and the naive.
It's all further proof, if any were needed, that Art Bell has zero respect for his audience and is in fact nothing but a cynical exploiter of the gullible and the naive.
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I'd never try anything to turn me invisible without finding out how to make myself visible again. 
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I reckon for effective invisibility you probably just need to find a colour no-one can quite see and immerse yourself in it.
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Going to the Wells
H. G. Wells covered all this and more in The Invisible Man, including the fact that his outline would be visible in fog and rain; food and drink and presumeably also waste products would be visible unless and until metabolized; one could toss flour or paint onto him and make him visible; and so on.
H. G. Wells covered all this and more in The Invisible Man, including the fact that his outline would be visible in fog and rain; food and drink and presumeably also waste products would be visible unless and until metabolized; one could toss flour or paint onto him and make him visible; and so on.
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Breakfast said:
Is that like wearing beige and telling everyone it's taupe?
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Hey
What's the American-sized condom doing in Hong Kong? Talk about invisibility, this is pure stealth diplomacy at work, eh?
What's the American-sized condom doing in Hong Kong? Talk about invisibility, this is pure stealth diplomacy at work, eh?
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Do Invisible Threads
...lead to arrests for nudity?
...lead to arrests for nudity?
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I once went out wearing beige leggings and beige T-shirt, when leggings were all the rage. After almost causing umpteen pile-ups in the traffic, I was just congratulating myself on how stunning I must look, when it dawned on me, that from a distance it looked as tho I was wearing nothing. :eek!!!!:Breakfast said:
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Invisible Strings & Body Paint
I guess invisible threads DO lead to arrests for nudity, even though the arrested parties in this instance were apparently gawking drivers.
Inversely, anyone here ever see those nude models and actresses with body paint that looks like clothes? Fascinating, how things reverse so easily, and actually calls into question the definition of nudity.
Now that's Fortean.
I guess invisible threads DO lead to arrests for nudity, even though the arrested parties in this instance were apparently gawking drivers.
Inversely, anyone here ever see those nude models and actresses with body paint that looks like clothes? Fascinating, how things reverse so easily, and actually calls into question the definition of nudity.
Now that's Fortean.
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Good book on the subject
"Invisibility" by Steve Richards: picked it up at a second hand bookshop in Bath last weekend - goes into physics of light, visibility, thence onto alchemy, Rosicrucians, Patanjali - will write it up properly when I've read it.
Watch this space.
Stu
"Invisibility" by Steve Richards: picked it up at a second hand bookshop in Bath last weekend - goes into physics of light, visibility, thence onto alchemy, Rosicrucians, Patanjali - will write it up properly when I've read it.
Watch this space
.Stu
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Can't Wait
Stu - read fast, sounds fascinating. Reminds me again of Aleister Crowley wandering the souk invisible and craving.
Stu - read fast, sounds fascinating. Reminds me again of Aleister Crowley wandering the souk invisible and craving.
Basic problem, though...
If you're invisible, you go blind - as you need light to hit the back of your eye (can't remember the scientific term) to see. If it goes straight through it, as it would, then you see nothing.
So, no-one can see you - but you can't see anything either!
Hmmph.
If you're invisible, you go blind - as you need light to hit the back of your eye (can't remember the scientific term) to see. If it goes straight through it, as it would, then you see nothing.
So, no-one can see you - but you can't see anything either!
Hmmph.
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Ah Lliteralists
Yes, science fiction weenies have been critiquing H. G. Wells on scientific grounds for ages now, missing the fact that he was writing socialist polemics, not science fiction at all. He could not have cared less about the science.
Actually, few care. Which is why genuine science fiction is rare and heady stuff for the very few prepared minds, alas.
You'd think we'd be more science literate these days, but we're probably even more superstitious then ever.
Yes, science fiction weenies have been critiquing H. G. Wells on scientific grounds for ages now, missing the fact that he was writing socialist polemics, not science fiction at all. He could not have cared less about the science.
Actually, few care. Which is why genuine science fiction is rare and heady stuff for the very few prepared minds, alas.
You'd think we'd be more science literate these days, but we're probably even more superstitious then ever.
Party Pooper!!!!!!!!
I love science fiction! I'm not having a go at H G Wells - thanks, I did notice he was writing socialist polemics - but responding to all the talk about spells etc above. If you turn yourself invisible, you're going to have problems...
Also, it's the fact that I'm reasonably science literate that lets me realise that - you can't have science literacy without a certain amount of literalism.
Sheesh!
Btb if you are interested in how sci fi / fantasy pushes against and interacts with the limits of reality, the 'The Scar' by China Mieville is worth checking out - deeply sophisticated (and highly imaginative) take on the whole thing - and some intriguingly marxist pondering on social interrelations and functions in there too.
If you're not, then you're missing out on one of the more interesting themes that seems to be developing in modern politically / socially aware fantasy and sci fi - how can abstract theory interact with the real world it's trying to describe / explain / influence?
Or, how do you use non-realist fiction to consider problems of reality? Working in fantasy / sci fi gives you access to a huge range of symbols and metaphors that just don't exist in more realist forms (as HGW, amongst others, knew) - but these have to retain some sort of grounding in reality as lived day to day, otherwise you lose your reader!
Who would you recommend? Am intrigued to see who you've been reading.
Science fiction weenies indeed...
*goes off muttering to self*
I love science fiction! I'm not having a go at H G Wells - thanks, I did notice he was writing socialist polemics - but responding to all the talk about spells etc above. If you turn yourself invisible, you're going to have problems...
Also, it's the fact that I'm reasonably science literate that lets me realise that - you can't have science literacy without a certain amount of literalism.
Sheesh!
Btb if you are interested in how sci fi / fantasy pushes against and interacts with the limits of reality, the 'The Scar' by China Mieville is worth checking out - deeply sophisticated (and highly imaginative) take on the whole thing - and some intriguingly marxist pondering on social interrelations and functions in there too.
If you're not, then you're missing out on one of the more interesting themes that seems to be developing in modern politically / socially aware fantasy and sci fi - how can abstract theory interact with the real world it's trying to describe / explain / influence?
Or, how do you use non-realist fiction to consider problems of reality? Working in fantasy / sci fi gives you access to a huge range of symbols and metaphors that just don't exist in more realist forms (as HGW, amongst others, knew) - but these have to retain some sort of grounding in reality as lived day to day, otherwise you lose your reader!
Who would you recommend? Am intrigued to see who you've been reading.
Science fiction weenies indeed...
*goes off muttering to self*
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Haven't forgotten, nearly finished book, will post back later this evening.
Stu
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O My Brothers, A Squint of Invisibility
Bravo, Big_Al. Could not agree more about science fiction, and I wish more would discover it's brainier aspects and move away from the franchise fiction such as STAR DRECK novels and so on.
I not only read but also write and publish science fiction, so I'm convinced.
I've read and liked China Mieville, although not yet The Scar. I like Neal Stephenson, Stephen Baxter, and Bruce Sterling. I like Patricia Anthony, Connie Willis, and have discovered a new one called Wen Spencer.
I've been reading science fiction for decades and like the classics, too, such as Asimov, Clarke, and Heinlein, and the New Wavers such as Ellison and Zelazny and Delany too. Wide range.
Philip K. Dick is a favorite, and I belong to a couple of discussion groups dedicated to his work.
Too many to mention. Do you participate in zines? Sort of sf's samizdat, and worth a look if you're into these things.
As for turning one's self invisible, I don't think anyone's got to worry about doing it literally. It's relatively easy to do in practical, metaphorical terms, though -- one learns to blend in, be inconspicuous.
Criminals do it all the time, as do shrinking violets and wall flowers. lol
Bravo, Big_Al. Could not agree more about science fiction, and I wish more would discover it's brainier aspects and move away from the franchise fiction such as STAR DRECK novels and so on.
I not only read but also write and publish science fiction, so I'm convinced.
I've read and liked China Mieville, although not yet The Scar. I like Neal Stephenson, Stephen Baxter, and Bruce Sterling. I like Patricia Anthony, Connie Willis, and have discovered a new one called Wen Spencer.
I've been reading science fiction for decades and like the classics, too, such as Asimov, Clarke, and Heinlein, and the New Wavers such as Ellison and Zelazny and Delany too. Wide range.
Philip K. Dick is a favorite, and I belong to a couple of discussion groups dedicated to his work.
Too many to mention. Do you participate in zines? Sort of sf's samizdat, and worth a look if you're into these things.
As for turning one's self invisible, I don't think anyone's got to worry about doing it literally. It's relatively easy to do in practical, metaphorical terms, though -- one learns to blend in, be inconspicuous.
Criminals do it all the time, as do shrinking violets and wall flowers. lol
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"Invisibility" book review
"Invisibility: Mastering the art of vanishing" (Steve Richards, 1982, Aquarian Press)
Finished it. Very interesting read: takes in a brief history of invisibility in Rosicrucian literature, including Bulwer-Lytton's attempts at vanishing; Ectoplasm and Blavatsky; Alchemy and the nature of matter; orthodox physics and how we view light; shifting our own perceptions to adjust our visual range (to "see" astral light etc); Albertus Magnus; negative hallucinations (when we fail to see what is in plain sight right in front of us);the key of Solomon; Patanjali; the Qabalah; Golden Dawn, Vampirism, and a marvellous scepticism about Crowley's claims.
Richard's proposition (and it does have a neat "theory of everything" overtone and structure) is that invisibilty is possible, in more than one way. The first method, that takes up a fair portion of the book, contends that basically(and this is seriously simplifying it) one needs to shroud oneself in a "cloak" of matter that will not reflect any wavelength of light, which is how we see things: different wavelengths manifest as different colours. What is required is a material that will absorb any wavelength: and there is a matter that will do this, according to esoteric literature of many shades. This is the first matter, the basic material of which all things are ultimately constructed. This matter can in various forms become ectoplasm, the energising principle in the Philosopher's Stone (capable of transmutations and re-animations): in it's pure state it absorbs light, and therefore anything surrounded by it will become equally unobservable. This summary does it scant justice: he provides a plausible methodology, and certainly the physics of observability are accurate (I checked with someone who knows!).
Other methods are the Yogic trance routines (traditional high level meditation techniques, acheivable given 40 odd years of training), Oriental hypnosis techniques, as exemplified by the Indian Rope Trick, and Golden Dawn stuff: mostly the assumption of a divine principle, in this case Harpocrates (or Haar-por-Kraat): this method involves assuming the mantle of the god in question, becoming one with it, and thus deriving some of it's power - in this case the power of invisibilty. Also in the Golden Dawn chapter are references to Qabalistic methods, and standard summoning and banishing stuff.
He does mention more prosiac stuff too: I was struck by FraterLibre's quote thus:
Richards quotes Crowley on this:
All in all, it's a well written book, scrupulously referenced, does not take itself overly seriously and whilst cheerfully aware of the implausibilities of the subject, Richards manages to make it thought provoking and above all interesting. It's listed on Amazon.co.uk, here, but is currently unavailable.
They ain't getting my copy...
Stu
"Invisibility: Mastering the art of vanishing" (Steve Richards, 1982, Aquarian Press)
Finished it. Very interesting read: takes in a brief history of invisibility in Rosicrucian literature, including Bulwer-Lytton's attempts at vanishing; Ectoplasm and Blavatsky; Alchemy and the nature of matter; orthodox physics and how we view light; shifting our own perceptions to adjust our visual range (to "see" astral light etc); Albertus Magnus; negative hallucinations (when we fail to see what is in plain sight right in front of us);the key of Solomon; Patanjali; the Qabalah; Golden Dawn, Vampirism, and a marvellous scepticism about Crowley's claims.
Richard's proposition (and it does have a neat "theory of everything" overtone and structure) is that invisibilty is possible, in more than one way. The first method, that takes up a fair portion of the book, contends that basically(and this is seriously simplifying it) one needs to shroud oneself in a "cloak" of matter that will not reflect any wavelength of light, which is how we see things: different wavelengths manifest as different colours. What is required is a material that will absorb any wavelength: and there is a matter that will do this, according to esoteric literature of many shades. This is the first matter, the basic material of which all things are ultimately constructed. This matter can in various forms become ectoplasm, the energising principle in the Philosopher's Stone (capable of transmutations and re-animations): in it's pure state it absorbs light, and therefore anything surrounded by it will become equally unobservable. This summary does it scant justice: he provides a plausible methodology, and certainly the physics of observability are accurate (I checked with someone who knows!).
Other methods are the Yogic trance routines (traditional high level meditation techniques, acheivable given 40 odd years of training), Oriental hypnosis techniques, as exemplified by the Indian Rope Trick, and Golden Dawn stuff: mostly the assumption of a divine principle, in this case Harpocrates (or Haar-por-Kraat): this method involves assuming the mantle of the god in question, becoming one with it, and thus deriving some of it's power - in this case the power of invisibilty. Also in the Golden Dawn chapter are references to Qabalistic methods, and standard summoning and banishing stuff.
He does mention more prosiac stuff too: I was struck by FraterLibre's quote thus:
Richards quotes Crowley on this:
Levi is also quoted
Richards gives us a prosaic, meditative exercise to acheive this effect, specifically just withdrawing into yourself, calming your mind, and imagining a veil about you: this is a technique used in Transcendental Meditation, Silva, and Rosicrucian practices. Whilst not literal invisibility, it does nonetheless confer a degree of anonymity.
All in all, it's a well written book, scrupulously referenced, does not take itself overly seriously and whilst cheerfully aware of the implausibilities of the subject, Richards manages to make it thought provoking and above all interesting. It's listed on Amazon.co.uk, here, but is currently unavailable.
They ain't getting my copy...
Stu