One of the four brainwave patterns, the beta state is typified by patterns that repeat at the speed of 14-20 Hertz (cycles per second). People in their normal, waking consciousness are in the beta state. It is the brainwave pattern when you are focused on the outside world. The other brainwave patterns are alpha, delta, and theta.
Readers, please enjoy this guest blog post by Matthew Ash McKernan, author of the new Wyrdcraft.
The weird, wild, and wonderful English psych-rock band Hawkwind said it well in their song, "We Took the Wrong Step Years Ago." What this "wrong...