Trepanation - Opening Ones "Third Eye" - The Hard Way

The medical community argues against it . . . media has used it as a shock story . . . but it's a procedure that has been around for ages, and some people believe it to be effective: trepanation. The desire to increase one's conciousness permanently has led some brave people to undergo this procedure. - Source WARNING - SHOCKING IMAGES ( This source under went a trepanation procedure. It shows not only trepanation in action, but also has his own personal diary. You have been warned. Read below for more links and information. )

Hippocrates endorsed its use and it’s the world’s second oldest surgical procedure following circumcision. It’s called trepanation and it literally means drilling a hole in your head. The practice of making a hole in the skull has been around since the Stone Age — archaeologists have found trepanned skulls dating back to 3000 B.C. Hippocrates, in his classic medical text "On Injuries of the Head," endorsed trepanation for the treatment of head wounds. During the middle ages it was thought the procedure was able to liberate demons from the heads of the possessed and, later on, “enlightened” Europeans did it to cure maladies ranging from meningitis to epilepsy.

And yes, today in the 21st Century people are still doing the procedure, even whats known as self-Trepanation....

So why are people still doing it? Wiki says : "Although widely considered today to be pseudoscience, the practice of trepanation for medical benefits continues. The most prominent explanation for these benefits is offered by Bart Hughes, sometimes referred to as "Dr. Bart Hughes" even though he did not complete his medical degree. In the Hughes theory, trepanation increases "brain blood volume" and thereby enhances cerebral metabolism in a manner similar to cerebral vasodilators such as gingko biloba. However, most individuals who practice non-emergency trepanation today do so for psychic purposes. A prominent proponent of the modern view is Peter Halvorson, who drilled a hole in the front of his own skull to increase "brain blood volume"."

Quite the length to go for Enlightenment. There is a Trepanation Society, Trepan, Which believes that by having Trepanation done, or even Self-Trepanation one can expand their own consciousness and open their 'third-eye'. Apparently, it goes under the guise of body modification, although it is a serious and dangerous 'medical' procedure. Its hard to believe people are actually out there doing this. Then again, not really.