The experiment seems fine to me. Tell us your results Alex. As to brainwaves, THEY AREN'T SO SIMPLE! Jonah, in most college textbooks I have seen have precious little about their change during concentration and meditation- in fact, many real studies indicate substantially different EEG's depending on the type of meditation. Therefore, they cannot be taken as proof of anything, in themselves. Your comment about faith makes sense: it is what I have been getting at all along.
KO