Alois Benjamin Saliger
Alois Benjamin Saliger (June 30, 1880 - April 1969) was a New York City inventor and businessman. He was the owner of the Saliger Ship Salvage Company in New York and was charged with stock fraud in 1919.[1] In 1927 he invented the Psycho-Phone.[2]
Biography
He was born on June 30, 1880 in Bartošovice v Orlických horách in what is now the Czech Republic to Marie and Frank Saliger. In 1927 he invented the Psycho-Phone for sleep learning: "It has been proven that natural sleep is identical with hypnotic sleep and that during natural sleep the unconscious mind is most receptive to suggestions."[2][3] He died in April 1969.
External links
- Psycho-Phone at San Diego Paranormal
- Psycho-Phone at History Detectives
References
- ^ "Salvaging Syndicate Says No Stocks Have Been Put on Sale.". New York Times. July 18, 1919. Retrieved 2010-11-15.
- ^ a b "The Psycho-Phone". Canadian Antique Phonograph Society. Archived from the original on 30 November 2010. Retrieved 2010-11-15. "It is against this background that Alois B. Saliger of Brooklyn, NY, developed a device purported to subliminally influence its subjects to take control of their lives and overcome their weaknesses. He called his 1927 invention The Psycho-Phone. The premise on which he based his invention was: 'It has been proven that natural sleep is identical with hypnotic sleep and that during natural sleep the unconscious mind is most receptive to suggestions.'"
- ^ "Psycho-Phone". The New Yorker. 1933. Retrieved 2010-11-18. "Well, sir, since 1927, Mr. Saliger has sold more than 2500 Psycho-phones ..."
