The conspiracy stories surrounding Ongs Hat are bizarre and twisted but I have done my best to condense them below. The information has been gathered from various sources so Please bear with me.
Ongs Hat is located somewhere in
New Jersey's
Pinelands and its true location can only be found on old
survey maps of the area. In
1978 a radical by the name of
Wali Fard purchased 200 acres in the Pinelands and established the
Moorish Science Ashram. This Ashram (or travel cult) would find itself home to a brother and sister,
Frank and Althea Dobbs. Two undergraduates at the
University of Texas who had come up with a new science called "
cognitive chaos" which attempts to map the brains thought processes based on "
The Fractal Universe". At any rate this radical concept ended up confusing and pissing off the administration at
Princeton and saw the brother and sister ejected from the faculty. Having had a history of being involved with travel cults the siblings found comfort in the Ashram which lead them to set up shop and continue their research at Ongs Hat. As the Dobbs twins proliferated their
research so did the community at Ongs Hat grow. The Ashram became home to an assortment of people ranging from
scientists to families and general
drop-outs. As the Dobbs twins continued there research they were soon joined by two scientists (already a part of the community)
Harold Acton with experience in various
computer sciences (hacking, programming, networking ect.) and
Martine Kallikak a
machinist and handy man. From this new union of concept and technology emerged some major breakthroughs and life altering events.
The research at Ong's Hat involved a strange mixture of
philosophy,
quantum mechanics and technology that is very difficult to explain in simple terms. What was the goal of this research and what is the makeup of the technology? The basic premises of these technologies are:
1.
Mind machines: Seen advertised in
magazines such as
Popular Mechanics or
Popular Science. They are used as
meditation tools and
cognitive learning devices. By projecting random, abstract light patterns onto the eyelid and stimulating the
optic nerve thereby effecting different regions of the brain and increasing brain activity. Sound is often combined with this
visual martix which stimulates the
auditory centers of the brain. It has been found that Mind Machines can actually reduce learning time and help to achieve higher states of
meditation,
perception and
concentration. The twins used modified Mind machines from the early 80's to help visualize abstract concepts and "tune" the mind to alternate states of perception. The Mind Machine was connected directly to the "
Mainframe".
2. Mainframe: A series of
computers networked together to form a mainframe. This mainframe would preform the immense task of crunching
chaos math formulas. These special Dobbs twins formulas would help to visualize the
fractal universe and guide the user through a preprogrammed directed experience stimulating various levels of perception.
3.
Drugs: It is vaguely mentioned but no less a part of this recipe. To properly focus and achieve even higher forms of abstract perception
hallucinogens were often used in tandem with
technology. Drug use was often a double edge sword as the user would either benefit from the effects or "
freak out". More often than not the use of hallucinogens would actually calm the user and help him to better digest and process the overwhelming experience.
4.
Sex: Alot of argument relates to this ingredient but I'll attempt to explain it. By reaching a higher state of
primal function you are getting in touch with a sort of base reality and grounding yourself in the
quantum universe. By the act of
lovemaking and the above technologies a couple can guide or alter there reality while in this state of bliss. When you are in touch with this great void you can change its very state by "will" alone and "
ride the wave" to other realities or alternate places.
Supposedly all of these technologies came together and helped the residents of the community to open up a
portal that led to either
another world entirely or a second,
alternate earth. The information and
websites that exist and attempt to document what is occuring with Ongs Hat are always vague and lead me to believe that the whole thing is more
hoax than anything else.