Found in one of the books on quantum physics. Therefore, the story about the pineal gland is in the context of creating a quantum computer. The very fact of the existence of such sand for me was very unexpected. The esoteric can be partially filtered out, but the scientific data is interesting.

"At first glance, it would seem that what could be in common between the elemental base of a quantum computer and esotericism? It turns out that there is a direct connection - very interesting and unexpected, which we will discuss below.

Many have probably heard that there is a small organ in the brain - the pineal gland, or the pineal gland. It is believed that this is the "Third Eye". The pineal gland has many names: Third eye, ajna chakra, eye of eternity, all-seeing eye, Eye of Shiva, eye of wisdom, "seat of the soul" (Descartes), "dreaming eye" (Schopenhauer), pineal gland, etc. Even the "eye of the cyclops" I think it has a lot to do with it.

According to ancient beliefs and traditions, the Third Eye is a sign of the gods. He allowed them to contemplate the entire prehistory of the universe, see the future, freely look into any corner of the universe. Hindu and Buddhist deities are usually depicted with a third eye, vertically located above the level of the eyebrows. With the help of the Third Eye, the god of creation Vishnu penetrates the veils of time, and the god of destruction Shiva is able to destroy the worlds. The all-seeing eye gave the gods wonderful abilities: hypnosis and clairvoyance, telepathy and telekinesis, the ability to draw knowledge directly from the cosmic mind...

Many people devote their whole lives to regaining the once lost "divine" abilities. They consider the opening of the Third Eye to be one of their primary tasks. It takes years and years of spiritual asceticism. And the most amazing thing is that these people actually acquire paranormal psychic abilities.

It would seem that all these are myths and fairy tales, and all the alleged achievements of the ascetics are nothing more than the glitches of the “shizikov”. After all, we have been taught for so long that, apart from matter (substance and physical fields), there is nothing in nature, and all these phenomena do not fit into the framework of the usual ideas about reality. But this is from the point of view of classical physics. And from the point of view of quantum theory? What if there is some rational grain behind all this? After all, it is no coincidence that for many millennia such a field of human knowledge as esotericism has been preserved and continues to exist. It is well known that any knowledge quickly disappears into oblivion if there are no objective processes behind it, and, on the contrary, only that which stands the test of time remains. The mystical methods and practices of expanded perception of reality have probably passed the most rigorous and lengthy test and still passed it. But, if they cannot be explained by classical physics in any way, then, perhaps, quantum theory will shed light on this issue and, finally, will reveal to us what causes such unusual human capabilities when the “Third Eye” is opened.

To begin with, let's try to figure out what is the epiphysis? Santi describes the pineal gland as follows*:

“The pineal body (corpus pineale) is a cone-shaped formation 6 mm long and 4 mm in diameter, attached to the roof of the third ventricle with a flattened leash (habenula). This gland is also called the pineal gland. The pineal body is located at the bottom of the transverse sulcus of the brain, directly under the ridge of the corpus callosum, between the upper mounds of the roof of the midbrain. It is tightly covered by the soft shell of the brain. Habenula bifurcates to form dorsal and ventral plates separated by a pineal gap. The ventral plate fuses with the posterior commissure, while the dorsal plate continues behind the commissure, adhering closely to the roof epithelium. At the point of attachment to the visual tubercle, the dorsal plate thickens, forming stria medullaris thalami (pineal gland strip). This thickening is a bundle of fibers of the column of the arch and the middle strip of the olfactory tract. Between the brain bands at the posterior end there is a transverse commissure, commissura habenularum, in which the fibers of the bands partially cross, reaching the causal nucleus of the optic tubercle. The interior of the pineal gland consists of closed follicles surrounded by ingrowths of connective tissue. The follicles are filled with epithelial cells mixed with a calcareous substance - "brain sand" (acervulus cerebri). Calcareous deposits are also found in the leash of the epiphysis and along the choroid plexuses.

The function of the pineal gland is unknown. Descartes believed that the epiphysis is the "seat of the spirit." Reptiles have two pineal bodies, anterior and posterior; the posterior remains undeveloped, while the anterior forms a rudimentary cyclopean eye. In the New Zealand tuatara lizard, it protrudes from the parietal foramen and has an imperfect lens and retina, and its long leash contains nerve fibers. The human pineal gland is probably homologous to the posterior pineal gland of reptiles.

* Santee H. Anatomy of the Brain and Spinal Cord. Cit. by: Manly P. Hall. Melchizedek and the Mystery of Fire. K.: Sofia, 2001.

Reading the description, you probably noticed that the pineal gland contains the smallest “sand”, the role of which is practically unknown to modern science. Studies have shown that this substance is not present in children up to about 7 years of age, in demented people, and in general in all those who suffer from certain mental disorders. Occultists know that this sand is the key to the spiritual consciousness of man. It serves as a link between the mind and the body.

H. P. Blavatsky wrote in The Secret Doctrine *: “... This sand cannot be neglected, only this sign of the internal, independent activity of the Pineal Gland does not allow physiologists to classify it as an absolutely useless atrophied organ, a remnant of the previously existing and now completely changed human anatomy some period of its unknown evolution. This "sand" is very mysterious and baffles the research of all materialists. And then she adds: “With a few extremely rare exceptions, this ‘sand’, or golden-colored calculus, is found in subjects only after they are 7 years old. Fools have very few of these calculi; in congenital idiots they are completely absent. Morgagni, Grading, and Gum were wise men of their generation, and are so today, for they are still the only physiologists who connect these calculi with the mind. For, summing up the facts that they are absent in small children, in the elderly and in idiots, the conclusion becomes inevitable that they must be connected with the mind.

* Blavatsky H. P. The Secret Doctrine. T. 3. M.: Eksmo-Press; Kharkov: Folio, 2002.

Of the pineal gland itself, H. P. Blavatsky says: “The Pineal Gland is what Eastern occultists call Devaksha, the Divine Eye. Until today, it is the main organ of spirituality in the human brain, the seat of genius, the magical Sesame, uttered by the purified will of the mystic, which opens all approaches to the truth to those who know how to use it.

E. I. Roerich in a letter to Dr. A. Aseev writes: “What is Ringse? Of course, you know about that luminous substance, like sand, observed on the surface of the pineal gland in a developed person and which is completely absent in children under the age of seven and born idiots, as well as in deep decrepitude. This sand is the mysterious substance Ringse, or the deposit of psychic energy. deposits of psychic energy can be found in many organs and nerve channels.

* Archive of A. M. Aseev, vol. I. Letters from Helena Ivanovna Roerich to Alexei Mikhailovich Aseev. Published in the collection: Roerich E.I., Roerich N.K., Aseev A.M. Occultism and Yoga. Chronicle of cooperation. T. 1. M.: Sfera, 1996.

S. Muldon, H. Carrington in the book “Projection of the Astral Body” note: “Inside the brain there is a special organ - the pineal gland, until recently an almost unexplored area, although it has long been known in the East that it is directly related to occult phenomena. Today, many Western and Eastern psychic experts recognize that the pineal gland not only has physiological significance, but also serves as a link between the physical and spiritual worlds. Swami Bhakta Vishita says: “The pineal gland is a mass of nervous tissue located in the brain almost in the center of the skull and just above the upper end of the spine. It has the shape of a small cone and is reddish-gray in color. It lies in front of the cerebellum and is attached to the third ventricle of the brain. It contains a large amount of hard particles, like grains of sand, known as brain sand. It got its name because of the shape resembling a pine cone. Oriental occultists maintain that the pineal gland, with its special arrangement of nerve cells and small grains of brain sand, is closely related to the volitional transmission and reception of mental vibration.

Scientists have also repeatedly suggested that brain sand crystals are capable of receiving radiation of a non-electromagnetic nature. Thus, back in the 1960s and early 1970s, the well-known Soviet physical chemist, professor at Moscow University, Nikolai Ivanovich Kobozev (1903–1974), analyzing the phenomenon of consciousness, came to the conclusion that the molecular matter of the brain itself is not capable of to provide thinking, this requires an external source of flows of ultralight particles - psychons. According to this hypothesis, a person does not think of his own free will, but because he has a pineal gland with brain sand that captures cosmic radiation, and psychons are the main carriers and carriers of mental and emotional impulses.

In the East, cosmic energy is called Qi, prana, etc. It is usually defined as a form of energy that fills the Universe and manifests itself in a special way in the human body. This subtle force is capable of being transmitted from one organism to another and is the energy on which numerous occult and magnetic phenomena are based. It is very similar to the "animal magnetism" of Western occultists. I note that in all its characteristics and distinctive features, this subtle energy corresponds quite well to the energy-information processes that accompany non-local quantum correlations.

A. M. Panichev and A. N. Gulkov in their article* put forward a hypothesis according to which the brain sand in the pineal gland is the control center and carrier of the information hologram in the human body and other highly organized animals. This is already quite close to the concept of a quantum computer and the physics of entangled states. At the beginning of the book, I already mentioned that the holographic theory can serve as a good qualitative illustration of the physics of quantum information. Only, to be more precise, "brain sand" is presented to the authors as spent "living crystals", which are assigned the main role - the control center. In the process of vital activity, “living crystals” gradually “grow” with organo-phosphorus-calcium shells, that is, inside the epiphysis, in an environment supersaturated with calcium and phosphorus salts, they gradually transform into aggregates of “brain sand”. The unusual informational properties of "brain sand" noticed during the experiments by S. N. Golubev** testify, according to the authors, only to the fact that all information about the organism remains recorded in them.

* Panichev A. M., Gulkov A. N. On carriers of information holograms in biological systems

** Golubev S. N. Biostructures as a fractal reflection of quasi-crystalline geometry // Consciousness and physical reality. 1996. Vol. 1. No. 1–2. pp. 85–92.

Histochemists have now figured out what the structure of brain sand* is. Sand grains range in size from 5 microns to 2 mm, in shape they often resemble mulberries, that is, they have scalloped edges. They consist of an organic base - a colloid, which is considered the secret of pinealocytes and is impregnated with calcium and magnesium salts, mainly phosphates. X-ray crystallographic analysis showed that calcium salts on the diffraction patterns of the pineal gland are similar to hydroxyapatite crystals. Brain grains in polarized light show double refraction with the formation of a "Maltese" cross. Optical anisotropy indicates that the crystals of salt deposits of the pineal gland are not crystals of the cubic system. Due to the presence of calcium phosphate, grains of sand primarily fluoresce in ultraviolet rays, like colloid droplets, with a bluish-white glow. A similar blue fluorescence is produced by the myelin sheaths of the nerve trunks. Typically, salt deposits are in the form of rings - layers alternating with layers of organic matter. More about the "brain sand" scientists have not yet been able to find out anything.

* Shmatov S. V. Synthesis of scientific and esoteric knowledge about the pineal gland // Medicine of the future in the light of the synthesis of the scientific worldview of East and West: Proceedings. abstracts and reports of the medical scientific-practical conference May 1-2, 1998. Tomsk: SSMU, 1998. S. 42-45.

So, the most interesting thing is that, it turns out, this “sand” contains calcium hydroxyapatite in its composition! It was about him that it was discussed as one of the most suitable "candidates" for the role of the physical basis of a quantum computer! An amazing coincidence, and probably not accidental.

Combining data on the elemental base of a quantum computer with biological data on the pineal gland and the structure of brain sand, we can make a very interesting assumption: the pineal gland of the brain is an integral part of the quantum computer in our head, and “brain sand” is the physical basis of the quantum processor.

The computer in our head is quantum, with all the ensuing consequences. Therefore, there is a direct connection with esotericism, which is based on the use of the quantum properties of this computer (non-local correlations, "psychic energy").

A person has the opportunity to use the "magic" non-local properties of the entangled states of the qubits of his quantum computer. It turns out that all esoteric practices essentially mean that a person is trying to “switch” his brain from the classical mode of functioning to the quantum mode. Engaged in mystical practice, he is trying to use and control the non-local resource of entangled states, doing almost the same thing that physicists are striving for now, working on the technical implementation of a quantum computer!

It follows from the theoretical foundations of quantum mechanics that the presence of classical interactions is necessary for the appearance of additional quantum correlations. That is, in order for our soul to have the opportunity to realize itself and develop further, it must have a material basis, a “guide” in the objective world. Such a "conductor" may well be hydroxyapatite crystals in brain sand, which act as the physical basis of a quantum computer in our brain. By the way, with ultrasound, the pineal gland becomes visible in the human fetus on the 49th day after its conception, at about the same time when the sex of the child becomes discernible. Nature first of all begins to form the processor of our future quantum computer, on which the rest of the hardware is already “winded”. Formation begins from subtle quantum levels, and if reincarnation takes place, then it is at this time that the quantum astrosome is “captured” for the next incarnation. According to Buddhist ideas, the life force of the deceased needs just 49 days to enter the next incarnation.

After the birth of a child, his quantum computer is still clean, it is not loaded with any programs that allow you to navigate in our dense world. And the computer itself, as a device that can be used, is not yet ready for work - the final “assembly” has not yet been completed. It's like in the physics of quantum information: what's the point in the fact that any interacting systems are connected by non-local correlations - from this they do not become quantum computers for us. To get a quantum computer, you need to organize qubits that can be selectively manipulated, perform logical operations and get a result. It is the same with a child - at first he is closer to the Subtle World, in his pineal gland there are still no qubits on which he could perform logical operations. Brain sand and hydroxyapatite crystals as physical carriers of qubits are formed gradually, as the child grows up, when he begins to master mental constructions and logical operations. It turns out that the opinion of the occultists is to some extent true that brain sand is a deposit of "psychic energy", and the point of view according to which the pineal gland is the connecting link of the body and consciousness ("the seat of the soul") also seems quite reasonable.

This conclusion is confirmed by another quote from M. P. Hall's book: “A small child lives mainly in invisible worlds. His physical organism is still difficult to manage, but in those worlds with which he is connected through the open gates of the pineal gland, the child is self-aware and active (at least to some extent). Gradually, certain manifestations of his higher consciousness are absorbed into the physical organism and crystallize into the finest sand found in this gland. But until consciousness enters the body, there is no sand in this gland.”

In terms of quantum computing, the pineal gland is the physical carrier of the qubits of our quantum computer. With its help, we navigate in the dense objective world, but, since the computer is quantum, we can “look” at the subtle levels of reality. After the death of our body, the need for a material carrier of qubits disappears - we no longer need to perceive the dense planes of reality, so we can safely leave dense qubits in our mortal remains. But their quantum "cast" continues to exist, taking with it what has been accumulated in the dense world. To perceive subtle levels, only fine structures are sufficient, and in this case, quantum halos of once dense qubits act as the physical basis of our quantum computer. Consciousness continues to function approximately according to the same principles as before, but is already localized only at the quantum levels of reality - there already has its own “brain sand” and its own “hydroxyapatite crystals”.

"Brain sand" is not only people, but also animals. Probably their quantum computer is only more primitive, has an earlier version of the "operating system".
The pituitary gland begins to glow faintly. Slightly flickering light rings begin to emanate from it, gradually fading at a short distance from the gland. As the occult develops, due to a proper understanding of the relevant laws, the rings surrounding the pituitary gland become brighter. Their distribution is uneven: they lengthen towards the side of the pituitary that faces the third ventricle, and expand, forming elegant parabolas, towards the pineal gland. Gradually, as the flow intensifies, they draw closer and closer to the dormant eye of Shiva, coloring the pineal gland a golden orange color and gently setting it in motion. Under the influence of the gentle warmth and radiance of the fire of the pituitary gland, the divine egg begins to tremble and move; the majestic mystery of occult unfolding is accomplished.

The pineal gland is the link between human consciousness and the invisible worlds of Nature. Whenever the fornix of the pituitary gland comes into contact with this gland, a person experiences a brief flash of clairvoyance, but in order to achieve the coordinated work of these organs, many years of dedicated physiological and biological preparation of a special kind are required.

What is surprising is that this is a classic NMR scheme! Most often, an additional alternating magnetic field directed perpendicular to a constant external field is used to observe magnetic resonance.

The line connecting the pituitary and epiphyses lies fairly close to the plane perpendicular to the line of the spine. The pituitary thus plays the role of a coil that is perpendicular to the external magnetic field in classical NMR.

Another point: in NMR, they try to use the strongest possible external field, since the resonance signal is amplified, that is, a more accurate, detailed picture is obtained. This principle is valid for a biocomputer and similar methods of opening the "Third Eye", that is, in order to see a clear "picture", you need to be able to create a sufficiently powerful flow of energy. But it is not the absolute value of the magnetic field that is of decisive importance, but its gradient (within the epiphysis), however, the larger the field itself, the better. Of course, this is just an analogy. The only thing that can be common with NMR here is the principal scheme, at least in its most general features. Brain sand has a complex layered structure, and the role of qubits can be played, for example, by separate layers of these deposits - then magnetic fields with a strong gradient will not be needed, but “energy bursts” will be quite enough.

And the hydroxyapatite crystals themselves in our body are not ideal - they contain inclusions, for example, metal ions, which give them different color shades. It is still difficult to talk about the role and significance of these inclusions. If we were dealing with physics and with a quantum computer based on single crystals of calcium hydroxyapatite, then any inhomogeneities and extraneous inclusions would only complicate the task. Even in the presence of an ideal crystal, it would be necessary to “uncouple” the 31P–1H interactions, which, however, is quite easy to do. And the interactions of protons with 43Ca and 17O isotopes, which have magnetic moments, can be neglected due to their low percentage in natural compounds (43Ca - 0.145% and 17O - 0.037%).

But this is physics, which requires the ability not only to conduct experiments, but also to quantitatively describe what is happening on theoretical models. A large number of parameters only complicates the description and conduct of experiments. They usually start with the simplest situations, and then you can “wind up”, look for more effective solutions.

And when it comes to biology, who knows... A mathematical model for the operation of our quantum computer is not needed in the head. It was not designed by us. Although I have hope that someday we will understand the basic principles of its work.

In favor of the idea that the quantum computer in our brain works by analogy with NMR, there is indirect evidence. For example, the influence of alternating magnetic fields on the pineal gland has been noted, which is being studied quite intensively due to the interest in melatonin, which is produced there. And these experiments confirm that the pineal gland is one of the magnetically sensitive organs in our body*. There are a lot of publications on this subject in the West. The article cited in the footnote** has a large list of references on this topic.

* Temuryants N., Shekhotkin A., Nasilevich V. Pineal magnetosensitivity. Biophysics. T. 43. Issue. 5. 1998, pp. 761–765;

** Pfluger D. H, Minder C. E. Effects of exposure to 16.7 Hz magnetic fields on urinary 6-hydroxymelatonin sulfate excretion of Swiss railway workers. J. Pineal Res. 1996 Sep; 21(2):91–100

The analogy with NMR can be very useful and productive for understanding the basic principles of how a quantum computer works in the brain. It is no coincidence that the first experiments on the practical implementation of a quantum computer were carried out using NMR methods - today it is not only a strong experimental base, but also powerful theoretical methods that make it possible to describe spin dynamics and explain the essence of ongoing processes using simple models. By the way, I can recommend a great review article * in Rev. Mod. Phys., dedicated to modern NMR methods in relation to quantum computing. One of its authors is the same Y. Chuang, who is credited as the creator of the first prototypes of quantum computers. Ultimately, these methods may not be used in industrial designs of a quantum computer. However, due to the fact that NMR methods are very well formalized, they are an excellent model example of the theoretical foundations of quantum computing.

* Vandersypen L. M. K., Chuang I. L. NMR techniques for quantum control and computation, Rev. Mod. Phys. 76, 1037 (2004).

Hydroxyapatite crystals as a model basis for a quantum computer in the brain are good because they have a theoretical description of a specific quantum computing mechanism that allows modeling the operation of a crystal as a carrier of quantum memory registers (qubits). Moreover, theoretical modeling is quite simple - the quasi-one-dimensional structure of calcium hydroxyapatite allows us to reduce the problem to a linear chain of interacting nuclear spins (qubits), theoretical methods for describing such one-dimensional systems in NMR are well developed.

By and large, any quasi-closed system of interacting subsystems can be considered a quantum computer. There is only one small "but" - in order to purposefully use the non-local quantum resources of such a system, one must be able to manage quantum correlations between its subsystems. There is a distant analogy with esoteric practice here - in order to use our magical abilities, we must be able to control our quantum correlations with the environment, interactions at subtle energy levels, that is, "conduct" energy-information flows.

For example, if we take a particular system, let's say water (or ice crystals), then it is impossible to single out qubits in it and, moreover, to indicate a method that allows them to be manipulated selectively. Although the non-local correlations inherent in water (its informational properties) undoubtedly play a very significant role in our life, as well as in life on Earth in general.

But in the case of calcium hydroxyapatite, it is clear what needs to be done and how to make this crystal work as a quantum computer. Therefore, even as a model system, it can give a lot for understanding the physical foundations of the work of consciousness. The simplest thing is to imagine that we have an ideal single crystal of hydroxyapatite instead of the epiphysis, and, therefore, it is already possible to simulate the work of consciousness using the approaches used in quantum computing.

Within the framework of the proposed hypothesis, it is also interesting to analyze the following question: what happens to a person whose epiphysis has been removed? Such operations are carried out in the presence of a malignant tumor in it. How do patients behave after surgery? On the Internet, I have come across descriptions of cases when, after the removal of the epiphysis, people experience the so-called "bi-placement". Here is one such description*:

“I have seen many neurosurgical patients who had their pineal removed due to a tumor. They classically exhibit a virtual "bi-location" in which they exist both in dream reality and in the present. They exist in a vivid "dream" state (in a vivid dream state) while they are conscious, and can alternate between these two states of their consciousness. When testing these patients, it is revealed that their orientation in "this" reality is somewhat different from the norm and may seem a little strange to the casual observer. Curiously, these patients demonstrate fully fixed gaze with little discernible eye movement. And even more curious is that when they move in "this" reality, they move the same distance in the "other" reality. One gentleman, whom I helped to get to the bathroom, stopped halfway and for some time could not go further due to the fact that in his “other” reality he was at the races, and the place where we were in the corridor of the hospital was simultaneously perceived by him as track border. We did not move until the path was clear of horses that could knock it down.

Here I see an analogy with a broken quantum computer, when the ability to select a suitable “picture” of perception from a superposition state is lost, and they remain superimposed on each other. But at the same time, the human body is a fairly reliable system, and many of its main functions are duplicated, so the removal of the pineal gland does not lead to a total "turn off" of the quantum computer (our consciousness). There are hydroxyapatite crystals not only in the pineal gland, but also in the surrounding tissues; in general, there is quite a lot of it in our body. And the quantum "cast" of the pineal gland continues to remain in place, connected by non-local correlations with other functioning parts of the system. Therefore, our quantum computer does not turn off, but continues to work, it only “bugs” sometimes, but these failures in terms of “bi-placement” symptoms in themselves unambiguously testify in favor of the quantum hypothesis with its superposition of states of perception. By analogy with a quantum computer, this “failure” can be represented as follows: we perform quantum calculations, but we cannot derive the result, we cannot decohere it on dense qubits and see what happened. There are simply no dense qubits, the epiphysis is removed - the result is not transferred to a material carrier, it cannot be “read” by other material structures of the brain as perception information about the objective bodies around us. In the best case, its quantum halo remains in place of the pineal gland - a fine-energy structure, and the brain "reads" information from there, but at the same time there is no way to distinguish the subtle "phantom reality" from the real one - both perception pictures are contained in the fine structure. The brain is not able to choose the one that belongs to the dense world, since there are no dense carriers of this information from where it can be read.

Since the pineal gland and the brain sand are, I suppose, given such an important role in our "brain computer", it makes sense to become more familiar with scientific and medical research in this area. For this purpose, I. V. Syaesk’s article “Brain Sand of the Human Pineal Gland” *, which contains all the basic information about the structure of the epiphysis and the composition of the brain sand, is well suited.