When Biohacking Collides with Exotic Physics: From the Knights Templar to CERN to a $200 Nootropic

Last year, I wrote a Sci-Fi/Cyberpunk novel about Biohacking and philosophy, wherein exotic solar particles - tachyons - harvested at CERN, in Switzerland, are used to alter consciousness and dramatically enhance human cognition. And…

Science fiction doesn’t remain fiction for long.

For the past two months, I’ve been on a cognitive enhancement stack, IgniCognition, unlike any I’ve tried before: it contains Ignitons (which is not just a cool marketing name - it’s short for eNPQ quasi-particle), which are tachyonic solar particles originally discovered at CERN.

So you can think of Ignitons in the same vein as neutrinos or the Higgs-Boson particle; something almost infinitely small that is passing through you at this very moment. Ignitons are transmitted by active stars, like our own. And in fact, you may have gotten an extra dose of Ignitons in late January of 2026, just a few days before we recorded this, as the Aurora Borealis lit up the night sky as far south as central Europe. (There’s another connection to the fictional events of my book!)

I interviewed the man behind this Nootropics stack, Ashley Grace. He has an impressive professional pedigree, serving high-level roles in the corporate world and as one of the founders of Charlotte’s Web. But what I think makes him most interesting is his relentless curiosity about what I’m going to term: applied pragmatic spirituality. So we’re going to bridge the gap here between exotic physics, practical Biohacking, and spirituality.

Mentioned in this interview...

Igniton science

Influence of Enhanced Amino Acid Compositions on Human Cognitive Functioning

Influence of an Amino Acid Composition Enhanced with Cold Plasma Radiation on Psychological Stress: A Blood Test, Gas Discharge Visualisation and Biofeedback Approach

Influence of Enhanced Amino Acid Compositions on Human Cognitive Functions after COVID-19

Nootropic ingredients

N-Acetyl-L-Tyrosine - an “unsexy” yet reliable Nootropic for sleep deprivation (useful for new parents!)

Nicotine - For treating “long COVID” - Ashley recommends NicNac’s

Self-quantification tools & tech

Igniton’s cognitive assessment tests - Use this before and after 30 days of using Igniton stacks. Impressively, I had an average uptick of 29% in my working memory capacity!

Dual N-Back brain training - The best way to measure cognitive performance, in my view

Sleep-tracking Garmin Smart Watch

Films

The Corporation (2003) - Documentary about corporations as “psychopaths”

The Simulation Hypothesis - Compelling documentary about the simulation theory

Amazing Grace (2006) - about the abolition of the slave trade throughout the British Empire by British elites

The documentary Watch the Water and the work of Dr. Bryan Ardis explore the COVID/Cobra venom connection.

Fringe science

Epigenetic mindset transformation meditation - from You Are The Placebo by Dr. Joe Dispenza

The Maharishi Effect - experiments on “raising collective consciousness”

Muscle “truth-testing” as described in Power vs Force by David Hawkins

Steve Taylor - Ashley’s (life-saving) kinesiology-based energy healer based in Boulder, Colorado. He is available for remote consultation and can be reached at: [email protected]

Bio-Well Energy Field Scan - Diagnostic device measuring the body’s light field (don’t call it “aura detection”)

Monatomic gold - A superposition particle (that enabled the remarkable longevity of the Knights Templar?)

My book: Hourglass: A science fiction novel - Not For Sex Addicts - about seduction, biohacking & philosophy

Ashley On podcast - Health & Wellness, Spirituality, and All Things New

Try IgniCognition

Over the past 14 years, I’ve done Biohacker trials of over 200 Nootropics, and this Igniton-enhanced stack ranks up there. I was impressed with the brainpower uptick in working memory I experienced after about 30 days of being on it. But, it’s not cheap - so I suggest treating it as a sunk-cost investment into other transformative personal growth practices and an ambitious medium-term goal that you have for this year. While you’re on it, devote yourself to something demanding enhanced consciousness, and anticipate that “time dilation” effect Ashley described.

As you can tell, I really like what Igniton is about, so I’ve included them in the illustrious ranks of Limitless Mindset Secret Society partners. Pick up over $300 worth of their products, and you’ll be eligible to join our Biohacker secret society and get a free consultation session with me.

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