| Frequency range |
Name |
Usually associated with: |
| > 40 Hz |
Gamma waves |
Higher mental activity, including perception, problem solving, fear, and consciousness |
| 13–39 Hz |
Beta waves |
Active, busy or anxious thinking and active concentration, arousal, cognition, and or paranoia |
| 7–13 Hz |
Alpha waves |
Relaxation (while awake), pre-sleep and pre-wake drowsiness, REM sleep, Dreams |
| 4–7 Hz |
Theta waves |
deep meditation/relaxation, NREM sleep |
| < 4 Hz |
Delta waves |
Deep dreamless sleep, loss of body awareness |
the dream birds fly in the licorice of eve
dodging orange and yellow hues
ochre stone and ashen leaves
underneath a scarlet moon
animated rainbows dancing to-and-fro through forms
dyslexia of common waves are norm and anti-norm
this language is a dance of which our tongues and pens partake
t'will tango about nothingness and boogie at our wake
walls were made to conquer
hills were made to climb
in our gateless prison the wardens name is 'time'