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Michael
Pinney is currently a graduate student in Anthropology at Texas A&M
University and a professor of psychology at Blinn College in Bryan,
Texas. As a student of the social sciences for the past 18 years,
earning a Bachelors degree in Psychology & Sociology from the
University of Texas, and a Masters Degree in Social Psychology from the
University of Houston, his research interests are as diverse as his
subjects of study.
Mike has spent the last two
years amassing a collection of pareidolic imagery with the hope of
turning the collection into a study describing how the media, along with
cultural and religious institutions, provide the framework for
perceiving and interpreting such imagery. He also hopes to answer
the questions of where, why and under what conditions people are most
likely to perceive such images.
In the process of
researching the subject of pareidolic imagery in relation to religious
miracle sites, Mike became interested in ecstatic states of
consciousness (described by some who have witness "miracles") and the
role of tryptamines in such mental states. He is currently
researching the role of DMT, and various DIPT analogues in ecstatic
religious experiences. |
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