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John Hagelin (born 1954) is an American scientist who was a researcher at CERN (the European Center for Particle Physics) and SLAC (the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, is an educator, and was a three-time Natural Law Party candidate for President of the United States. Hagelin is Professor of Physics and Director of the Institute of Science, Technology and Public Policy at Maharishi University of Management, Executive Director of the International Center for Invincible Defense, President of the US Peace Government, and Raja of Invincible America.

Early life and education

John Samual Hagelin was born in 1954, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. According to a 1992 biographical article, as a child he played sports such as soccer and hockey and excelled at the piano. Hagelin also won a scholarship to the elite Taft School for boys, where he earned a reputation as both a genius (receiving a perfect score of 165 on a school-administered IQ test), and a dare-devil. In 1970, while at Taft, he was involved in a motorcycle crash that led to hospitalization and a full body cast. During this time, one of his teachers introduced him to quantum mechanics, and he also learned the Transcendental Meditation technique, both of which had a major impact on his life.

Hagelin later graduated from Taft and attended Dartmouth College on a scholarship, where he participated in athletics, earned an undergraduate degree with highest honors (summa cum laude) in three years, co-authored and published research, and won a fellowship to study physics at Harvard. While at Harvard, Hagelin worked under the noted physicist Howard Georgi, best known for his work in Grand Unification and gauge coupling unification within SU(5) and SO(10) groups. Hagelin received a Master's degree from Harvard in 1976 and a Ph.D. in 1981.

After his freshman year at Dartmouth a continued interest in Transcendental Meditation led him to Vittel, France, where he completed the studies necessary to become a qualified teacher of the Transcendental Meditation technique.

Professional careers

Academic

In 1982, after graduating from Harvard, Hagelin won a post doctoral research appointment at CERN (the European Center for Particle Physics) in Switzerland, and in 1983 was recruited by SLAC (the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center), CERN's North American counterpart. In 1984, Hagelin shifted his appointment from SLAC to Maharishi International University, where he continued research in physics, pursued a long-time interest in brain and cognitive science research, and established a graduate program in theoretical physics.

He remained in contact with colleagues from Harvard, Stanford, and CERN, and continued to collaborate with several. While at MIU, his continued contributions to the field of theoretical physics were supported by funding from the National Science Foundation.

Hagelin continues to teach physics as Professor of Physics at Maharishi University of Management (formerly MIU), and to serve as Director of the Institute of Science, Technology and Public Policy at Maharishi University of Management, and as Minister of Science and Technology of the Global Country of World Peace.

Research

In the years 1979-1996, Hagelin published seventy papers in the fields of particle physics and cosmology. This work includes the so-called "flipped SU(5), heterotic superstring theory,” which he developed in collaboration with CERN researchers John Ellis, D.V. Nanopoulus, and others. The theory is considered one of the more successful unified field theories or “theories of everything” and was highlighted in a feature article in Discover magazine. Hagelin was a co-author on a paper which is included in a list of the 103 articles in the physical sciences which were cited the most times during the years 1983 and 1984. As of 2007, the article has been cited over 500 times. As a result of this work, in 1992 Hagelin received the Kilby Award which is awarded to "individuals who make extraordinary contributions to society through science, technology, innovation, invention and education."

In 1987 and 1989, Hagelin published two papers on the relationship between physics and consciousness. These papers discuss the Vedic understanding of consciousness as a field, and compare it with theories of the unified field derived by modern physics. Hagelin argues that these two fields have almost identical properties, and that the most parsimonious explanation is that they are one and the same.

Part of the evidence he presents for this explanation is the body of research on the effects that practitioners of certain advanced meditation techniques claim to have on measured parameters in society. In these two papers he refers to numerous such studies, and in the summer of 1993, he himself conducted a study of this type. He imported some 4,000 practitioners to the Washington D.C. area, where they practiced these techniques twice daily in a group. Using data reported by the D.C. Police Department, scientists followed the changes in crime rates for the area before, during, and after the 6 weeks the group was in place. In 1999, the study was published in Social Indicators Research.

In 1992, Hagelin was honored with a Kilby International Award, for his work in particle physics leading to the development of supersymmetric grand unified field theories, for his innovative applications of advanced principles from control systems theory and optimization theory to digital sound reproduction, and for his research of human consciousness.

In 1994, Hagelin was selected for the Ig Nobel Prize for Peace, an annual parody award given for achievements that “first make people laugh and then make them think." The award was given for the experimental conclusions drawn from the Washington, D.C. study. See also List of Ig Nobel Prize winners

Hagelin's linkage of quantum mechanics and unified field theory with consciousness, and particularly with the "Maharishi Effect," was critiqued in the journal Social Forces, and has infuriated his former fellow collaborators and other scientists who insist that SU(5) has nothing to do with TM.

In July, 2007, Hagelin predicted a 12 month major drop in crime in the United States as a result of the effect a course entitled Invincible America Assembly, in which course participants assembled in a large group practiced the TM-Sidhi program twice daily.

Enlightened Audio Designs

During his summers at Harvard, Hagelin repaired audio equipment in a Cambridge audio shop. In 1990 Hagelin founded Enlightened Audio Designs (EAD) with electronic engineer Alastair Roxburgh in Iowa. Working with EAD, Hagelin co-designed a high-end digital to analog (D-to-A) system that was commercially marketed. In 2001 the company was sold to the Oregon-based company Alpha Digital Technologies.

Politics: Natural Law Party

According to then press secretary Robert Roth, the Natural Law Party was founded in 1992 in the United States by a group of educators, business leaders, and lawyers in Fairfield, Iowa, who desired to elect a national administration that would promote field-tested solutions to the nation's problems. This group chose the academics, Hagelin and Michael Tompkins, as its Presidential and Vice-Presidential candidates that year, and the same pair won the nomination again in 1996. Hagelin also ran for President in the 2000 Presidential election, being nominated both by the Natural Law Party and by the Perot faction of the Reform Party, which disputed the nomination of Pat Buchanan. Hagelin’s running mate in the 2000 election was Nat Goldhaber, a wealthy businessman who, like Hagelin and Tompkins, was a longtime practitioner of the Transcendental Meditation program.

After a legal battle with the supporters of Buchanan, the Federal Election Commission ruled in September 2000 that Buchanan was the official candidate of the Reform Party, and hence, was eligible to receive federal election funds. . As part of the ruling, the Reform convention that nominated Hagelin was declared invalid, and Hagelin lost the Reform spot on many state ballots to Buchanan. However, Hagelin remained on several state ballots as the Reform Party nominee, due to the independent nature of various state affiliates. He also was the national nominee of the Natural Law Party gaining many ballot lines, and in New York was the Independence Party nominee.

Hagelin's Presidential electoral results:

• 1992 - Ballot status in 32 states - 39,000 votes - 0.04%
• 1996 - Ballot status in 44 states - 110,000 votes - 0.1%
• 2000 - Ballot status in 39 states - 83,000 votes - 0.08%

The Natural Law Party, under Dr. Hagelin's leadership, became the first "third party" to attain "national party status" from the Federal Election Commission and as a result Hagelin qualified for federal matching funds. In the 1996 elections, the Party ran over 400 candidates on the ballot in 48 states, and drew more than 2.5 million votes nationwide.

In the 2004 primary elections Hagelin endorsed Democratic candidate Dennis Kucinich. In April 2004 the U.S. Natural Law Party officially disbanded its national organization, although a few state parties still remained active.

Hagelin has worked on Capitol Hill promoting progressive health care, crime prevention, education and environmental reforms and in 2007 helped organize the first-ever bipartisan, bicameral Congressional caucus, known as the Congressional Prevention Coalition.Hagelin presented testimony to the NIH hearings on the genetic engineering of human fetuses. At that time he recommended a ten-year moratorium on utero gene transfer therapy "to permit a comprehensive evaluation of its long-term and short-term safety to the fetus and possible irreversible side effects on the human germ line." He testified before the FCC's hearing, where Fox television was seeking to provide free TV air time to certain candidates.

Invincible America and US Peace Government

Maharshi Mahesh Yogi appointed Hagelin as the "Raja of Invincible America". The process of creating an "invincible america" is described as diffusing political, religious and ethnic tensions through the creation of large groups of practitioners of the Transcendental Meditation technique and TM-Sidhi programs. As Raja, Hagelin oversees all of the U.S. organizations created by the Maharishi, including the US Peace Government, the Maharishi Invincibility Centers, and the Peace Palaces.

As President of the US Peace Government Hagelin presides over a national assembly of state governors, who in turn preside over US Peace Government assemblies in every state, each with their own capital buildings.A national capital for the US Peace Government has a planned location of Washington Township, Smith County, Kansas, near the geographic center of America.. The US Peace Government is an affiliate of the Global Country of World Peace. The US Peace Government and the Global Country of World Peace were created to promote principles and policies of governance that are aligned with Natural Law.

Hagelin also holds the title of Director of the Global Union of Scientists for Peace.

Other

Hagelin participated in What the Bleep Do We Know, an independent film released in 2004. He has also been featured in a film called The Secret.

References

1. http://hagelin.org/about.html
2. Ryan, Philip (February 6, 2008). "Maharishi Passes". tricycle editor's blog. Archived from the original on August 14, 2009. Retrieved August 14, 2009./
3. US Peace Government
4. Dickie, Neil. "John Hagelin and the Constitution of the Universe", The Fairfield Source, February 1992, pp 1, 10-13]
5. Dickie, Neil. "John Hagelin and the Constitution of the Universe", The Fairfield Source, February 1992, pp 1, 10-13]
6. Dickie, Neil. "John Hagelin and the Constitution of the Universe", The Fairfield Source, February 1992, pp 1, 10-13]
7. Hagelin's page at Maharishi University of Management.
8. http://hagelin.org/index.html
9. SLAC page at Stanford
10. Freedman, David H: The new theory of everything. Discover, 1991, pp 54-61
11. Physical Science papers cited most in 1983/84
12. Hagelin's most cited paper Ellis, J. (1984-06-11). "Supersymmetric relics from the big bang". Nucl. Phys. B. 238: 453–476. doi:10.1016/0550-3213(84)90461-9. {{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help) had 589 citations as of mid-2007."[[Web of Science]] (access requires subscription)". Retrieved 2007-06-30. {{cite web}}: URL–wikilink conflict (help)
13. Kilby Foundation
14. Hagelin, JS: Restructuring physics from its foundation in light of Maharishi’s Vedic Science. Modern Science and Vedic Science 3, 1989, pp 3-72
15. Hagelin, J: Is consciousness the unified field? A field theorist’s perspective. Modern Science and Vedic Science 1, 1987, pp 29-87.
16. Maharishi University of Management
17. Hagelin, J. S., Orme-Johnson, D. W., Rainforth, M., Cavanaugh, K., & Alexander, C. N. (1999). Results of the National Demonstration Project to Reduce Violent Crime and Improve Governmental Effectiveness in Washington, D.C. Social Indicators Research, 47, 153–201.
18. Kilby laureates
19. "Winners of the Ig Nobel Prize". Retrieved 2009-08-15. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |site= ignored (help)
20. Fales, E., Markovsky, B. Evaluating Heterodox Theories, Social Forces, 76, 511-525
21. Anderson, Christopher, "Hagelin & Quantum Theory: Holding on by a superstring", Nature Vol 359 (September 10, 1992)
22. Reuters article on claims made by Invincible America Assembly
23. Dickie, Neil. "John Hagelin and the Constitution of the Universe", The Fairfield Source, February 1992, pp 1, 10-13]
24. EAD products
25. Roth, R:The Natural Law Party:A Reason to Vote, page 285. St. Martin's Press, 1998
26. http://books.google.com/books?id=7SsEAAAAMBAJ&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_v2_summary_r&cad=0 Party out of Bounds, Vibe, Nov 1996 Vol. 4, No. 9 p 70.
27. http://books.google.com/books?id=zWThVWqRcv0C&pg=PA194&dq=hagelin+2000+presidential+election&ei=y_hDSvqgNJDUyQTfidlI The New Campaign Finance Sourcebook, Anthony Corrado, Thomas E. Mann, Daniel R. Ortiz, Trevor Potter, 2005, p. 194.
28. http://books.google.com/books?id=ewneO8ToymIC&pg=PA111&dq=john+hagelin+nat+goldhaber&ei=sPtDSqaOKKP2yATf2ehD Multiparty politics in America, Paul S. Herrnson, John Clifford Green, 2002, p.111.
29. http://books.google.com/books?id=ewneO8ToymIC&pg=PA111&dq=john+hagelin+nat+goldhaber&ei=sPtDSqaOKKP2yATf2ehD Multiparty politics in America, Paul S. Herrnson, John Clifford Green, 2002, p.111.
30. http://books.google.com/books?id=ewneO8ToymIC&pg=PA175&dq=john+hagelin+2000+ny+independence+party&ei=aExESqXVD4SszgTM1Jhk, Multiparty politics in America, Paul S. Herrnson, John Clifford Green, 2002, P.175
31. The Manifest Station, 2007
32. The Manifest Station
33. The Manifest Station
34. The Manifest Station, 2007
35. http://invincibleamerica.org/press/2007_04_18.html
36. US Peace Government
37. US Peace Government
38. [http://uspeacegovernment.org/structure.html Structure of the US Peace Government
39. http://www.uspeacegovernment.org/
40. http://invincibleamerica.org/press/2007_04_18.html

Further reading

• Hagelin, J.S., Rainforth, M.V., Orme-Johnson, D.W., Cavanaugh, K. L., Alexander, C.N., Shatkin, S.F., Davies, J.L, Hughes, A.O, and Ross, E. 1999. Effects of group practice of the Transcendental Meditation program on preventing violent crime in Washington D.C.: Results of the National Demonstration Project, June-July, 1993. Social Indicators Research, 47(2): 153-201. For a summary, see
• Hagelin, J.S. Manual for a Perfect Government: How to Harness the Laws of Nature to Bring Maximum Success to Governmental Adminsitration. Maharishi University of Management Press, 1998.
• Freedman, David H: The new theory of everything. Discover, 1991, pp 54-61.
• Hagelin, J: Is consciousness the unified field? A field theorist’s perspective. Modern Science and Vedic Science 1, 1987, pp 29-87.
• Hagelin, JS: Restructuring physics from its foundation in light of Maharishi’s Vedic Science. Modern Science and Vedic Science 3, 1989, pp 3-72.

External links

• Official site
• MUM Faculty
• PBS Bio

• 1954 births
• Dartmouth College alumni
• Harvard University alumni
• Ig Nobel Prize winners
• Living people
• Natural Law Party
• Particle physicists
• Politicians from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
• United States presidential candidates, 1992
• United States presidential candidates, 1996
• United States presidential candidates, 2000