This article was originally published with the title “The Pineal Eye the Pineal Gland, and the Pituitary Body” in SA Supplements Vol. 64 No. 1660supp (October 1907), p. 260 doi:10.1038 ...

The pineal gland, according to this belief, can be activated or developed by various spiritual and mental practices or exercises, such as meditation, by certain sacred sounds or music, or by ...

RELATED: If you can open your 'third eye,' you'll find your soulmate. Arina Krasnikova / Pexels Philosophers and mystics have long pondered the pineal gland, beginning with the time of Galen, a ...

By the end, I think you know I was contemplating suicide," Frasca told Ivanhoe. An MRI finally revealed a tiny cyst deep in her brain on her pineal gland -- a structure that aids in our sleep cycle.

According to the National Library of Medicine, the pineal is a pea-sized endocrine gland in the middle of the brain that has one central job – to maintain the body. Despite its small size, it ...

This is all interesting, to be sure, but none of it explains why the pineal gland is associated with the metaphysical. To understand that, we must go back in time to the 17th century, when the ...

The pineal gland releases several important hormones, but there’s no conclusive evidence that it releases DMT. The pineal gland releases hormones such as melatonin, which helps regulate the body ...

Once called the third eye, the pineal gland is a gland located deep in the center of the brain. It secretes melatonin, which affects the body clock and other functions. Signs of a problem include ...

The pineal gland is a pea-sized body located deep in the brain. Its main function is the secretion of the hormone melatonin, but it has often been ascribed much more mysterious significance. In the ...