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The Archaeus Project began as a discussion group in the home of Earl Bakken, a highly successful inventor-businessman who co-founded Medtronic, Inc. (Bakken, n.d., p. 73). They were soon joined by Dennis Stillings, who had earlier built the collections of The Bakken, now a renowned library and museum focusing on electricity and life (Bakken, n.d., pp. 70-71; Stillings, 2001). Stillings went on to become the director of the Archaeus Project. | The Archaeus Project began as a discussion group in the home of Earl Bakken, a highly successful inventor-businessman who co-founded Medtronic, Inc. (Bakken, n.d., p. 73). They were soon joined by Dennis Stillings, who had earlier built the collections of The Bakken, now a renowned library and museum focusing on electricity and life (Bakken, n.d., pp. 70-71; Stillings, 2001). Stillings went on to become the director of the Archaeus Project. | ||
The group had a number of other members with significant mainstream accomplishments. Otto Schmitt, an eminent biophysicist, was one of the early members involved with paranormal investigations. The November-December 2004 issue of IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Magazine devoted over 40 pages to Schmitt and his work, including an article by Stillings. John E. Haaland, a former Corporate Vice President of The Pillsbury Company, was another member. In 1998 Haaland and members of Robert Jahn’s PEAR laboratory at Princeton University received a patent for an electronic | The group had a number of other members with significant mainstream accomplishments. Otto Schmitt, an eminent biophysicist, was one of the early members involved with paranormal investigations. The November-December 2004 issue of IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Magazine devoted over 40 pages to Schmitt and his work, including an article by Stillings. John E. Haaland, a former Corporate Vice President of The Pillsbury Company, was another member. In 1998 Haaland and members of Robert Jahn’s PEAR laboratory at Princeton University received a patent for an electronic [[Global Consciousness Project|random-number generator]] used to control a game toy or computer display (Bradish et al, 1998). Archaeus Project member Karen Olness, a professor of pediatrics, has received honors for improving children’s health around the world. | ||
In 1993 the Archaeus Project moved to Hawaii as its focus shifted to more mainstream healthcare-related matters. In 2001 it became a sole proprietorship owned by [[Dennis Stillings]]. It has not since been active in paranormal areas, though Stillings retains his personal interest. | In 1993 the Archaeus Project moved to Hawaii as its focus shifted to more mainstream healthcare-related matters. In 2001 it became a sole proprietorship owned by [[Dennis Stillings]]. It has not since been active in paranormal areas, though Stillings retains his personal interest. | ||
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Archaeus. The 16th century philosopher and physician Paracelsus to designate “an invisible spirit universal in all things, the healer, the dispenser and composer of all things” first used the term Archaeus.
In December 1982, six professionals came together, drawn by their own experiences with the occult, the paranormal, to secretly research the psychic sciences. They developed their own methods and experiments. The goal was to discover the relationship between the brain, the mind, and the spirit. They called this secret activity the Archaeus Project.
The study of the paranormal continues to be a lively topic for millions of people worldwide. Nearly everyone has had some type of déjà vu moment. Some people still experience new forces and worlds within our world, only because they have that ability. The Archaeus Project tried to dispel these concepts and focused on the mind itself. The unconscious mind was a difficult thing to test and understand. And parallel to the Heisenberg Uncertainly Principle, the more the Archaeus Project tried to pin down ESP, the less they knew of where it was coming from or going to.
Project Archeus, also known as the Archaeus Project, is a term that refers to two distinct concepts: a secret research group focused on psychic sciences and a term for the "hidden virtue of nature" in philosophy.
The Secret Research Project:
The Archaeus Project was a clandestine group of professionals who secretly researched psychic sciences, including the relationship between the brain, mind, and spirit.
The project aimed to develop medical practices that could potentially double the quality of life while reducing costs. Their research included the study of paranormal phenomena, the unconscious mind, and bioenergetic fields. The project was active in the 1980s and involved individuals from diverse professional backgrounds. The project was described by some as a scholarly, yet informal, exploration of bioenergetics, distinct from the more fanatic approach to psychic phenomena, according to some reviews of the project.
Philosophical Concept:
The term "Archaeus" was first used by the 16th-century philosopher and physician Paracelsus to denote an invisible, universal spirit in all things, according to a book on the project.
In this context, Archaeus represents "the hidden virtue of nature," "the invisible sun," or the force that orders everything according to a definite pattern. Essentially, the anatomy of Archaeus is seen as the anatomy of life.
The Archaeus Project was one of the groups active in paranormal fields in the 1980s and early 1990s. It was founded in 1982 in the Minneapolis-St. Paul area (Bakken, n.d., p. 74), and during its early years it focused heavily, though not exclusively, on the paranormal. It conducted investigations, sponsored lecture series, held conferences, established a library, and published periodicals and monographs.
Its journal, Archaeus, was published in five volumes from 1983 to 1989. It carried papers from a variety of contributors, with names familiar to paranormal researchers, including (in order of first appearance): Eldon A. Byrd, Jack Houck, James McClenon, John Thomas Richards, Dennis Stillings, Robert C. Beck, Jule Eisenbud, Andrija Puharich, Elizabeth A. Rauscher, Otto H. Schmitt, George P. Hansen, W. E. Cox, Robert E. L. Masters, Earl E. Bakken, Hilary Evans, Martin S. Kottmeyer, Peter M. Rojcewicz, Michael Grosso, Alvin H. Lawson, Michael A. Persinger.
The Archaeus Project began as a discussion group in the home of Earl Bakken, a highly successful inventor-businessman who co-founded Medtronic, Inc. (Bakken, n.d., p. 73). They were soon joined by Dennis Stillings, who had earlier built the collections of The Bakken, now a renowned library and museum focusing on electricity and life (Bakken, n.d., pp. 70-71; Stillings, 2001). Stillings went on to become the director of the Archaeus Project.
The group had a number of other members with significant mainstream accomplishments. Otto Schmitt, an eminent biophysicist, was one of the early members involved with paranormal investigations. The November-December 2004 issue of IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Magazine devoted over 40 pages to Schmitt and his work, including an article by Stillings. John E. Haaland, a former Corporate Vice President of The Pillsbury Company, was another member. In 1998 Haaland and members of Robert Jahn’s PEAR laboratory at Princeton University received a patent for an electronic random-number generator used to control a game toy or computer display (Bradish et al, 1998). Archaeus Project member Karen Olness, a professor of pediatrics, has received honors for improving children’s health around the world.
In 1993 the Archaeus Project moved to Hawaii as its focus shifted to more mainstream healthcare-related matters. In 2001 it became a sole proprietorship owned by Dennis Stillings. It has not since been active in paranormal areas, though Stillings retains his personal interest.
